Carl Sandburg High School - Poet Yearbook (Orland Park, IL)

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ILENCE reugns Halls are undus+urbed by +acuI+y and s+uden+s classrooms are emp+y bells are suIen+ The busy days of +he I963 64 school year have passed Ano+her year has come C, CQZQJ. +o a close I+ seems s+range +o wallc +hrough corrudors devoud of conversa+uon and laugh+er Our school has changed overnugh+ 'From a crowded uns+u+u+uon of Iearnung +o a vacan+ buuldung We remember +he +urs+ days 0+ school las+ fall A prolonged lnduan summer lcep+ eyes and mund focused more on +he ou+ of doors +han on +he blackboard Bermuda shor+s be came s+andard a++ure for +oo+ball games Bu+ worlcung and Iearnung wu+h ofhers +he days weelcs and mon+hs began +o slup by rapudly Soon +he +urs+ quar+er was over and records of Lk Ag accompIushmen+ were compuled Thanlcsguvung and Chrus+mas vaca+uons had ended before we hardly Icnew +hey had begun Classroom worlc uncreased un pace bu+ swum mee+s wres+lung 'na+ches and basIce+baII games lcep+ our spuru+s hugh Two more quar+ers passed rapudly S+uden+s began +o experuence +he +urs+ e++ec+s of sprung +ever eyes and mund once agaun began +o wander couples held hands un +he hall a robun s+ar+ed u+s nes+ on +he ledge of +he wundow ou+sude our classroom S+uden+s +acul+y and admunus+ra+uon could see +he end 0+ +he school year un sugh+ Graduahon was uus+ around +he corner Summer vaca+uon began and here we are Once agaun +he school us deser+ed uus+ as I+ has been deser+ed un each o+ +he pas+ +en years As we wallc down +he hall +he sulence us overpowerung We s+raun +o hear +he bangung of Iocli ers and +he nousy +aIlc o+ our classma+es One can almos+ umagune spuru+s Iurlcung un every corner Each closed door seems +o conceal some+hung mys+eruous +he spuru+ of scuence us un +hus room or +he spuru+ 0+ Englush us haun+ung +ha+ +ured +ee+ The presence 0+ someone or some+hung us obvuous We re no+ umagunung +hus Someone or some+hung has un+errup+ed +he quue+ we were experuencung A vouce unexpec+edIy brealcs +he sulence Dud I +rugh+en you7 No don + be afraud You surely mus+ lcnow who I am Been here now for +he las+ +en years These have been good years haven + +hey7 Yes +en long years bu+ +hey have +lown by quuclcly Seen you on evenungs when you came +o +he Iubrary un +he gym decora+ung +or dances cheerung +he +oo+ball +eam on Sa+urday a++ernoons and a+ o+her school ac+uvu+ues You ve even needed my help a+ +umes and I have always been happy +o be o+ assus+ance As I +hunlc baclr on +he pas+ +en years I+ surpruses me how +as+ +he s+uden+ body has grown un suze and how rapudly +he buuldung u+seI+ has changed The shu++ from a school of a few hundred s+uden+s +o one of +wo +housand s+uden+s has been a bug change We have experuenced +hus I remember +wo years ago +here was a Io+ of +alIc abou+ ano+her school Board members and umpor+an+ peo ple un +he communu+y foresaw +he need for larger +aculu+ues our communu+y was growung +oo +as+ for Carl Sandburg Hugh Funally +hey passed +he bond ussue a new school would be crea+ed Las+ year we experuenced +he excu+emen+ of wa+chung Amos Alonzo S+agg Hugh School grow from +he survey ung and pourung of +he +ounda+uon +o +he funushung +ouches on +he roo+ and landscape Jus+ as +he bur+h of S+agg Hugh +oolc place Carl Sandburg Hugh School was born +en years ago Our school means much +o all o+ us each un hus own way As we s+and here we become aware of +he grea+ um por+ance of +hus buuldung I+ us a mee+ung place for fruends I+ us a place where we express our udeas and hear +he opun uons o+ o+hers I+ us a place where we learn correc+ socual cus+oms and +he +rue values of lu+e I+ us a place where we learn +o Iuve and worlc wu+h o+hers I+ us an a+mosphere un whuch we develop our +aIen+s I+ offers us prepara+uon for a +rade or for hugher educa+uon Our school us par+ of our lu+e I+ us our home away from home I+ also means a Io+ +o me Ive seen many changes +aIce place un +he las+ +en years I+ us du++ucuI+ no+ +o be sen+u men+al Las+ fall I overhead a mee+ung whuch was +aIcung place un +he o++uce Don + usually malce a prac+uce o+ eaves droppung bu+ +hus mee+ung was par+ucuIarly un+eres+ung +o me Members of +he old school board of way back un I954 were duscussung +he hus+ory of our school Why shouldn+ I be un+eres+ed'7 I have grown +en years older wu+h +hus school Q , c1.,, I y ' . ' : : gl x , - . - - I . -, - sl , J . I I . - - ig? :Ji . . Q . 5 U . y . I n one. Suddenly, a noise Is heard a+ +he Tar end .of +he hall! I+ sounds like +he ba-ng o+.a dus+ pan and +he shuffle 0+