Downers Grove North High School - Cauldron Yearbook (Downers Grove, IL)

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patterns of progress Are Drawn on Both North and South Campuses

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 v two schools i Recognize Creativity in Extra-curricular Activities

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VxjCLO PATTERNS OF PROGRESS arc asymmetrical in form because within the structured framework is flexi- bility for essential experimentation and chance discov- eries. Within the last two decades, Education has, by common consent, split the shackles of tradition, re- examining the entire system, selecting, retaining, dis- carding, and adding, as educators search for stimulat- ing ways to explore new and old ideas. Curriculum studies of discoveries in all fields of knowledge, cou- pled with a resurgence of interest in history as the key to probability, provide fundamental bases for those who will make history. A second high-school building, known as South campus, was partially opened in September, 1964, to house approximately 700 freshmen and sophomores who live south of the railroad tracks which divide the village; approximately 700 freshmen and sophomores who live north of the tracks and all of the more than i.300 juniors and seniors attend the original high school, now known as North campus. Next year the junior class will be similarity split; and in 1967. South campus will graduate its first class. To accommodate all young people in an expanding village. North and South campuses will continue to pioneer Patterns of Progress while providing demo- cratic education for Americans who face a challenging future. 5