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

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Ari sludenis busily en- gaged in a variety of crealive activities. They are members of Mrs. Currin's, Mr. Iohnson's, and Mrs. Wilson's classes. Z if sg ,- x A ,. By Richard H unt As the sun colors flowers. so does art color life. -Sir lohn Lubbock

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Mr. Thompson W i t h student m e m b e r s oi special orches- tra rehearsing instrumental accompaniment lor Arizona - Fernando operetta. Mr. Zlatnik explaining tine points of a com- position to section of school band. X ..-4 ff m y x, '41 'Za Xiu! By Richard Hunt By Richard Hunt ings by Rembrandt, such as was held in the Art ln- stitute several years ago, or listen to and really hear the New York Philharmonic Orchestra play Bee- tl'1oven's Fifth Symphony. Thats line. Only you can have spiritual expe- riences outside a church or synagogue as well as inside. And Rembrandt, Beethoven, the Art Institute and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, even con- sidered jointly, do not have a monopoly on aesthetic experiences. You can have an aesthetic and a spiritual expe- rience at one and the same time reading Walt Whit- man's Prayer ot Columbus or Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. You can have an aesthetic experience designing a garment in a clothing class, or making a drawing in an art class, or singing a song in a music class, or writing a poem, story, or essay tor an English class. You can have a spiritual experience by feeling deeply the sense ot fellowship which belonging to a school club can give. You can, likewise, have a spiritual experience just by taking part in a school assembly, or attending a football game, or by par- ticipating in any school activity which gives you a deep sense of belonging and of doing your part. A notable example of the kind ot school activity which gives one a stirring spiritual experience - and, yes, an aesthetic experience at the same time - is the type of graduation program for which Engle- wood has become widely known the past decade or so. Splendid in various ways, it has been particu- larly remarkable for the way in which it has given the spectators a feeling of being participants. The words spiritual and aesthetic are rich and many-sided in meaning. One cannot grasp all their

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meaning at one time, particularly when one is iust a teen-ager. As you grow in years and knowledge, experience and understanding, more and more ot this meaning will disclose itself to you. Meanwhile it is well to be aware that high school is giving you spiritual and aesthetic experiences, building up within you a sense of spiritual and aesthetic values. But not until years from now will you come to realize how significant a part this was of what you derived from attending high school. Drama Club enthusias- tically studying parts in a play under direction of Mrs. Ledbetler. .'-K i This will be in line with the general appre- ciation of such things which true maturity brings. It will be in line with the appreciation, which maturity brings, of the Iudaeo-Christian saying, Man doth not live by bread only . . . lt will be in line also with an appreciation of the plea attributed to Mohammed: Il you have two loaves, go quickly, sell one and buy a flower, for the soul, too, should be ted. Z Iacobson tzwsm ff-'W I' ,WM F5'9W'f'v -if fr' qw, , f-2 if- Mjwy' 5 W H5 if ,. 4' f ' M 4 'ff 2, ea rl agjk 317 f g fhfg' ff' f V , , -, . .,., . f 1 fi f f , G , gg fri fm, 'irq' 2 W2 ' ,' ' gg Q. , ' I Us , . , f ,V ,ffm ,, f,y ,ay Mm, V V , f ' ' W Miss Weisman holding forth on value of reading book reviews. 5-X f,,