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

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. ,aan-snuff 1 This panel comprised ot University ot lllinois students gave the iuniors and seniors an idea ot what lite on a big college campus was really lilce. On the list ot the new additions one ot the tirst proiects completed was the little theater. Loolcs ot surprise were not uncommon when many tound that their daily schedule called tor a study hall in this miniature auditorium. What in the world is the little theater? was the usual question. Those who tound out were soon rewarded with the pleasure ot sit- ting baclc and relaxing in the plush green cushion chairs, enioying the serene quiet- ness ot a study hall, listening to a guest spealcer, sitting in on a panel discussion, or becoming engrossed in a Dramatics club producton. The little theater gave those who had an opportunity to use it an idea ot what could be expected as the new auditorium neared completion. A, k .. Little Theater Used tor Lectures Earlier in the year, all social studies classes attended a lecture concerning the lllinois Indians and the early settlers ot the mud west. l-lere a group ot seniors get a close-up View ot a tribal maslc Q

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Eyes popped and iaws dropped when The upperclassmen reTurned To school in SepTember only To Tind ThaT The old cafe- Teria, once The cenTer oT aTTracTion during The noon hour, had been converTed inTo a brighT and modern business educaTion de- parTmenT. Many were happy To find ThaT Their program Tor The coming year in- cluded a course which would allow Them To make good use oT This new addiTion. Some such courses include business Train- ing, business law TypewriTing, bookkeep- ing, consumer educaTion. and shorlrhand. Quilre a bi+ oT college work involves The use oT a TypewriTer, and Tor This reason boys as well as girls are acquiring Typing skill. To The righ+ a class works diligenTly To compleTe The warm-up exercises. Be- low, Miss Ellen Chapman gives insTruc- Tions in The use oT compTomeTers. Qi Old Ccife Tcikes On New Look

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Bill Moflong anxiously waifs his iurn +o reiurn a volley as Paul Ashley serves The Tieldhouse was one of The firsi addiiions To Jrhe school io be finished. li is also one of Jrhe rnosl heavily used seclioris, wiih iacililies for abou? one hundred siudenis io use if simulianeously. Physical educaiion classes may use ii for badminion, iraclc and field evenfs, volleyball, and roadworls. The Toofball, iraclc and base- ball learns can also hold praclrice during bad weaiher on The imporled Keniuclsy clay couris. Fieldhouse Features Clay Courts The fieldhouse in one of i'rs rare mo- menls of solilrude belween periods. mf -nuff. 1: 'f 1 -' f i '- 'T 'sf-if fs ffizymmuu