Englewood High School - Purple and White Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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tn nppret'ialmn mt their many years of simmt SCFVH'C to UHF srhnnt, the tQSQIPtLrpte mut XVhile is gratefully amt attectionatety tlmlipatml t0 Daylnn C. Atkinson, Katherine Kiety, amt Thomas ti. rtwmmey. Having reat'timt the Chicago Boartt of tittueatirm retirement age. atter 32 years of teachingF at tingtewomt, tVIr. Atkinsan and h'tiss Kiety tett us on Fehruary t 1952. tVtr. Twmney will do likewise tor the same reason in June mt 1952, atvter seventeen years, meme hcrship on our taeutty. As Miss Kiety so etoqucntty said, how- ever. at the January, 1952, graduating ex- ercises, anyone who has heen as comptetety ictentiFicct with a great institution tite Engte- wood as tong as she, Atkinson, amt Twomey have can never teave it. As tong as there is an Engtewooct these three stettar teachers and vitat personalities Witt, in the deepest sense, he a vibrant part of it. KATHERINE KIELY Venturesome, warmhearted, enthusi- astic, deeply retigious, greatly interested in both people and ideas, Miss Kiety trans- formed her courses into creative projects and provided her ctasses with tangihte objectives. She gave her pupits much more than the routine requirements, and she went out of her way to hetp other teachers. The kind of attitude att this represents has kept her young in appearance as wett as in spirit e so much so, incteett, that it seems strange to think of her as having retired. DAYTON C. ATKINSON Quiet amt simple in manner, persever- ing in spirit, sometimes picturesque in speech, and witty in a quaint tmtiana fash- ion, tVtr. Atkinson is a tahoratory scientist and SCiOHCG teacher in the hest tradition of that tiet t. Restraint, taithtutness to demon- strahte tacts, Objective fairness toward his stuttents as wett as towarct peopte in general, amt earthy common sense are his most n0- tahte Characteristics. THOMAS L. tPATt TVVOMEY tn regard to Coach Twomey it may wett he said that the educational wortcts gain was the entertainment wortcts toss. Not only ttict he turn out teams who matte a science and an art of Americas great Qrictiron sport: he, himself, made an art of the pep tatts with which he regatect our toothatt assemblies. His wit anct banter as wett as his Vigor, knowledge of athletics and insight into human nature witt he greatty missect at Englewood after he leaves us in June. He witt remain with us. however, as the living legend which he has already become.

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V ' ,I ,, T i -V t 7.! 3: ?'Ma f3 - tltfi'ixr'V-t Secretarial work, counseling, preparation of bulletins, library serv- ice, maintenance of contact with parents, showing of movies, returning of lost items, stimulating and supervising student contribution to worthy causes, and the like are essential in the lfun-scale operation of a repre- sentative moctem high school like Englewood. i g i E t t March of dimes and dollars contributions USO you've got it. Thank you, and thank to help knock out the dread demon polio you again, a junior Miss says to Mrs. come pouring in to Miss Nash, who re- MrGovcrn with a deep sigh of relief. ceives them with the aid of a student N11: Duban explaining intricacies of prot VVouldnyt you do the same if a wallet you 1 assistant. t jector to members of Ntovie Club. had lost had just been returned to you? w mww clerk, Miss 001 bulletin Ntrs. Jennings thanking two alert students nBooks. books. and more books - a for A future tunttime secretary learning about for their cffidcnt service in the Attendanco your uso, librarian John G. Johnson smiL mnploymont opportunities in the secretarial k OHit'C. ingly informs a group 0t students in search Field from :Wrs. Hosselmf-ycr. 0t suitable rotcrvnm material. :

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' wmiu ltsinqb1-zlmrs-VA w..-.::a;w..wr.-.u. . ,. . Wnommwaammmmmm- THREE WHO MADE HISTORY AT ENGLEWUOD Asked for his most memorahIe experience as a teacher at Eng1ewood, Mr. Atkinson, characteristically, recaHed-the satisfaction he derived from having in one of his c1asses a gir1 who got grades of 80, 100, and 100 in the First three tests given in that class ,. and an S every marking period of her two semesters of physics. When she graduated she hau an S for every semester of every course she had taken except two. In each 01C these her mark was E uA student like that makes up for many of the 1heartaches1 and headaches, that are part of every teachers lot, remarked Atkinson with a smile. You cant expect to have many hke that. rye had my share of poor ones, but Ive a1so had quite a few good ones, he said by way of conc1usion. Not much coaxing was necessary to get Miss Kiely to tell of her experience as a high school teacher which stands out in her mind above an others. uAs 1 look back over the past thirty glorious and satisfying years at Eng1ew00t1,n she remarked with characteristic exuberance, HI recaH especiaHy the Spanish three- act play, 1Los CastiHos de Torresnohles: which we of the Spanish department presenteu in room 310 two consecutive evenings to seH-out audiences. It was thriHing to Find parents and friends of pupiIS g1ad1y pay- igig an1C alumission fee to see them perform a urama in a foreign language. Oh it was coIorfuI. It was eauti u . uDances, songs, and piano and organ music were interwoven with the action ot the p1ay. The organ, a sma11 collapsible instrument, clear ant1 sweet in tone, which we horroweu from a nearby church, created a true-to-Iife atmos here in the wedding scene. The students Iooked Spanish and simulatect the hearing of Spaniards most eFchtiver. They 8.150 spoke their 1ines very we11. Of course, to prepare for an this properly, we H the stuotents anu teachers invoIved H stayed after school daily for six weeks. It was hard work, but it was a1so Iots of fun H what with snacks between tasks, and parents he1ping to decide on the costuming of their dear young hopefuls, and the uetermina- tion to perfect the performance regardless of the time and effort required. After a pause at this point, Miss Kiely continued, HRecaHing this spirit of ctetermination brings me to my parting message to all the Fine students at dear 01d EngIewood in 1952. I urge you to persevere, to persist, to exert common ordinary egort continuously. Cu1tivate an attitude of enthusiasm toward your school work. Give your very best to it, and you111 reap 1ite10ng rewards. Carry your assignments through to completion. Make a habit 01C that. It wi11 bring you joy and exhi1aration. Reacl, stucty, think. Stay with your books as 1ong as possthe, because education 1eading to c1ear thinking ogers the only genuine solution to the comp1ex problems of our day. 1 1 1 I i 1 1 1 i I I 1. i 1 ,i 5 Asked for his ngood-hy message to the sch001 of which he has been so much a part for more than three decades, Mr. Atkinson remarked, u1 never like to say good-hy, and a1ways say it with a feeIing in that there soon will he an opportunity to say, lhe110 . Then he continued, uEducation seems to me to he more important than ever. As for teachers, 1 fee1 that they are the most important cogs in the ectucational whee1. It takes a great c1ea1 of work, however, to he a successfuI teacher. The teacher must not only do a lot of work himseIf. He must a1so somehow End a way 01C getting his pupi15 to uo a good c1ea1 of work. To get much out of education you must put much into it. Remember the OM saying, Theres no roya1roac1to1earning.H, Though Mr. Twomey has been at Eng1ewood about seventeen years, his most satisfying experience is very fresh in his memory. It occurred,on1y 1ast year. My most satisfying experience at Englewoodnsaid our hearty football coach of the past decade and a ha1f, ucame in 1951. That yearys Eng1ewood football team gave it to me by winning five out of eight games. Jinxed by injuries, ineIigihiIity, and generaI hard luck, our gridiron squads had won on1y one game in each of the preceding years y 1948, 1949, and 1950. So the Five resounding victories in 1951 gave us a new lease 01C hfe and a great 910w of satisfaction. . ........,.ub-..-- u --- -.-xu.,n..-- .. ..-.u.i... mxn T0 the request for a going-away message to the boys and girls of our schooI, Twomey responded spiritedly: Get as much education as you can. he saitt, and then continued: HA good education enahIes a person to make the most of unforeseen opportunities. Be prepared for them. Don,t he fainthearted. You never know what you can do ti11 you try. Don,t c10t1ge work and evade sacriFices. The sincere and sus- tained eHort you make in sch001 win, in the end, pay hig dividends and bring large rewards.