Bloom High School - Bloom Yearbook (Chicago Heights, IL)

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Four years-a long time in the eyes of the freshman, a fleeting moment in the eye of the senior. Into these four years have been crowded many hours of forming friendships and developing our minds and bodies. Now that we must leave these pleasant associations, to follow our various interests, we part with regret. The oflice, which had once seemed austere and intimidating, now has become a familiar and pleasant part of our high school. Our teachers, who once seemed lofty authorities, have become our cherished friends. The library doors, once IIVING T0 LEARN 0 FCJUR entered with trepidation and dread of that anguish experienced in plodding over the pages of a volume of Tennyson or a history of the American Revolution, have become one of the prides of our school. As we look at the bleachers, the memories of those un- comfortable hours spent sitting on hard wood while we tried to be attentive to a sometimes dull speaker, fade, as we recall the laughs we had at our class buffoons, the pleasure we experienced in hearing and seeing our tal- ented classmates perform, and the excitement we had in watching our teams Hght for victory.

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SINIOR BOARD Sliilnfillyq - Angelinig Rcirlielg Kempcg XViIIiamsong Morgan: Paulson: W'cstpI1aI. Siffiug- Powers, Vice-President: Ciarlo, President: Mr. Berg, Sponsor, Xvickstrom. Secretary: Swopc, Treasurer SUPERVISING SENIO SENIOR BOARD President ......,. .. Stanley Ciarlo James Powers Vice-President ene Wickstroiii Vernag .Warren Swope , Mr. Berg Secretary Treasuer .,... . . . Class Sponsor , . osed of a faculty The Senior Board is comp sponsor, the class ofhcers, and a representa- tive from each senior homeroom not repre- sented by a class officer. The board is the verning body of the senior class. All class go activities pass under its supervision. This year, the board approved and spon- sored a paid assembly as the class's first ac- 4 roup tivity of the year. On November a g of seniors presented A Country Boyls Dream, which gave s ' f the '39 Club. tudents a glimpse 0 The Senior Mixer, held on November 16, was a definite success. The junior-senior eve- ning party, decorated with iciclcs and snow, brought out many social-minded upper classmen. The class play, New Fires, was presented on December 1 and 2 in the Wilsh- ington School Auditorium. A basketball team of senior boys defeated both the junior boys and the faculty. The board's next activity was the sale of the Bloom Trojan felt emblems. The Senior Dinner Dance on April 20 was attended by 296 seniors, the largest number ever to attend a function of the kind. The three final events of the year were Senior Class Day QMay 26J, Baccalaureate fMay 28j, and Co E h function was under the cha ac of one or two members of the board mmencement Uune 2 J . irman- ship and a faculty sponsor. 0 LEARNING T0 IIVL R ACTIVITIES

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The in I Bloom l f all I YEARS OF LEARNING for the Art of Living SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS Snllnl-NVicksrrom, Secretaryg Ciarlo, President. Siumfing Swope, Treasurer: Powers, Vice-President. We, the class of 1939, are looking THROUGH THE WINDOWS of Bloom into a world of triumph and of defeat, of hope and of despair, of goals and of disap- pointments. We all hope that We will prove ourselves worthy of the great task set before us. That task is applying the learning we have acquired in our high school. We all hope that our minor defeats will but be a stimulus to greater triumphs, that our mo- ments of despair will spur us on to greater hopes, that our disappointments will but pro- voke higher goals. As we leave Bloom, memories of our years in high school keep returning to our minds: we reflect, and find that our class has made a record that we can well be proud of. Under the leadership of Crawford Murton as pres- ident of the junior class, we were the first class to have a prom outside of school. This is indeed an innovation in the history of the school. Crawford has also proved to be one of the best mayors of The City of Bloom that the school has ever known. Our class, however, has not had any one leader in all fields of activity. In leaving Bloom, we also leave positions of honor and responsibility to be filled by our posterity in the fields of ath- lecics, music, drama, publications, and schol- arship. With our sense of duty to the honor of our school well satisfied, we leave our win- dows and, with a hurried glance back, set our shoulders to meet the world, and hasten our steps to the outside.