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

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yond that, not too far off, perhaps marriage and a home of your own. Behind you are four fruitful years of learning, friendship, growth that you'll never forget, Your childhood is be- hind you, too. Now you're beginning to cross the bridge to young adulthood. Behind you are helpful teachers, familiar surroundings, a wide variety of memories. Yoc made many friends among your fellow students, some of whom you knew even before you en- tered high school. You can'T help wondering what will happen to This one or that - the popular girl who made such a hit as a cheere leader, the boy who did so well in public speak' ing, The agile young lady who aspires to a career as a professional dancer, The young man who wants to become a lawyer and go into politics, The fellow who was so good in drawing, The lad who writes poetry, the lass who knew S., X, I-iii .Q .K e 3' -n V , .xl . .gs 'X to January, l954, Grads Singing School Song all The answers in history, and the other one who wants to be an actress. Then there is The football hero and his am- bitions. And what about yourself - where will you turn? What will you do? What will you become? Who can tell? As Shakespeare said, We know what we are, but not what we may ban v, You know the past four years have left with you a harvest of memories you'll always treasure. You know it will all be behind you soon f the high school games, parties, dances, assemblies, and class room adventures in learn- ing. What a bittersweet feeling This realization brings to your heart, Now you are all-impor- tant, exalted, a senior - the obiect of all kinds of special attention. Soon this, too, will be just a memory. But what a memory! ,. ..., Page I7

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Page 16 Proud Procession of January, 1954, Grads. recall The nice senior who showed you how To dance and Took you To a formal Tor The TirsT Time. Then your iunior slipped up on you. ThaT's The year, you recall, you Tried To aTTend all The school dances as well as all The baskeTball, baseball, and TooTball games you could. You began To ioin school clubs, Too. You remember geTTing your TirsT job so you could buy The nice cloThes you wanTed. lT began To dawn on you ThaT school plays a very imporTanT parT in your life. You really began To enjoy your Spanish class, or was if mechanical drawing or cloThing or hisTory? NexT'? Need l say whaT came nexT - The lasT lap of The race, The beginning of The senior year. VVhaT a Thrill you TelT when you firsr slip- ped your class ring on your finger. You wanTed To show iT To everyone. Then came speculaTion, guessing, hoping in regard To The Senior TheaTre parTy, your parT in The class prophecy, The place and Time of The class luncheon, The prom, The graduaTion pro- gram, your picfure in The Annual. As The 'final year draws To a conclusion your ThoughTs are Turned Toward The Big Morn- enT when your high school diploma will be handed To you. This is whaT you've longed Tor, This is whaT you've dreamed abouT. BUT as you sTand There erecT in your cap and gown, There's a Tug aT your hearT. IT's an old sTory ThaT's ever new. Ahead of you may be college, a job, ser- vice in The Army, Navy, or Marines. And be-

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v V-Y-v-gpm Englewood's repuTaTion is, in large parT, based on The cIominanT aTTiTude oT iTs sTudenTs Through The years. WhaT has This been? IT has been The Icind oT aTTiTude ThoT expresses iTselT in good CiTizenship. The meaning oT This in The way OT conducT in a presenT-day American high school is TeIIingIy'broughT ouT in Phedonia Jones' prize- winning essay on The subiecT. IT was chosen as The besT Trom among The numerous praiseworThy pieces enTered in The Good CiTizenship essay conTesT conducTed aT our school lasT semesTer under The auspices oT Goon CITIZENSHIP AND THE ENGLEWOOD TRADITION The Englewood I-Iigh School Cilrizenship Corn- miTTee.' ITs Teacher members, wiTh Miss GroaT as chairman, acTed as iudges of The conTesT. Be- sides Miss GroaT These are Mr. STone, Mr. Cornelius Johnson, Miss Gwendolyn Williams, and Mrs. Qoylqaas. ParTicuIarly worTh noTing is The TacT ThaT Phedonia Jones loT Miss Meyer's division in room ZIOI was a IB when she wroTe The blue ribbon essay. This beTolcens much as To whaT may be expecTed of her in The TuTure, I-Ier essay Tollowsz Runners-Up in Good Cifizenship ConIesT s w . Lai -I 1-9 . -ffs:-- H r' , IKEA? hRXh 22531 I