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+

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fi 'Y -Q T, as '- S .I.:a no 4- 'gi Q D 1 4 llcalce and Cogee were served al rhe begnnirg ol lhe meellng. Then everyone 90+ down lo busfness. They beg Sandburg Hgh Sohoof an llracfng lhe lack regargmg +he hls+ory of Carl 'Several cornmunwes-Palos, Orland, Trey, l-llclcory l-l'lls and Wor'h-were Qfowlnq raoldly. The smal' eassroems wh':h were 'n 'he onglral school had become lnadeoua+e lo serve 'he surrofofng area. Cassei were be g held stores and nearby Churches. l+ was efoenl rhal ser-ne'h'rg rn,:+ C6 done. so a Sonar'- lee was fofmed 'o mahe bans no efoand ehe :a: 'es. Amer rnany C:n :re's'a4 mee-Pegs 'he Commwee deooe: 'ha' a 'ew school be bfi 'The 'ef' srooem was hhe selechon og e sue Io' 'he szhoo. Tne and 'ea' Qode 45 and l3ls+ Siree' seemed Lo gulf' hhe reourernenis, The 5 -e was surchazeo a'Ch'+eC': were h eo a': worlc began 5' fhe s:'oo. 'Aher +he bans were :nsheo and 2o's u:+'on s+ar'ed, lhe zfnoo C'Ji'fj was laced w h 'lhe 'rash of :ho:s'V'Q a name Tor 'he sthool. Sludenfs facuuv and +he DGODTE of 'he cornrn. +y were asked io submw suggesions. Maw narnez were as Cussed bu' 'one of :hem seerned ho Ls' U our rew school. The CC'3'Cf members had several avrfbules 7' mfnd whfch lhey honed 'C :Vg 'n +he person :or whom +hey named our school. They wished To name +he school eller somecre who had cor- Vbuled much To our sooely. They wanled a person who was Connecheo w'+h lllfnois. They were En'e'es'ed 'n hndn a name wh':h hao refer before oeen used To' a school. Q When Dr. Bono s w 7e, Former seerelary of 'rhe l-larrlel Monroe Lbrafv of Mod- ern Poelry, suggesleo nanfng fhe new school 'n honor ol Carl Sandburg, all of 'rhe ouallllcarions seemed 'o have been meh. Car' Sandburg surely had conrribured much fb our soclery wl+h hls pcerry an d essays: he was born En Galesburg. lllholsx and ar lhaf llnne. a school had nel been named In h'z nonor. Dr. l-lenry. superlnrendenl ol The dislrlcl high school, wrole dedicale our new school lo hlrn. and rece7ved bermisslon from Carl Sandburg lo All ol lhese Tacls are ol lnleresl' To me becauze l am a parl of 'rhe hlzlory of Carl Sandburg High. l, loo, spenr many hours lhinlcing ol names for lhe new school OT Orland-Palos Townshlp. Overhearlng 'rhal nneellng lagl Tall was very enloyable, and l chuckled lo rnyselT when Dr. Henry expressed everyones lhoughls by saylng, 'This doesn'+ even loolc like lhe school we namedl' l if -,