Foreman High School - Foremanual Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

Page 15 text:

marl boxes The 8 30 bell rings and NTIS? Costello sends out her Seryrce girls for absence lists Her stenographers type and mxmeograph the complete list IS out the second period to every teacher rn the school At 8 43 sheeplsh tardies straggle in for admit slrps and reproofs lhe halls are quiet and the Prinerpal starts out on a tour of mspectron Mr lVlcHale is at his desk in the inner office planning programs and assemblies teachers and pupils bl'lI1glllI'Il problems to settle or moye across to the Prrnelpal s sanctum the has now returnedj for his advice and inspiration More Serylce girls on the job pulling out reeords Hlmg documents scurrying on errands At their desks tlae two elerks type busily on letters rnyentorles reports bulletins Vlsrtorseome in book men parents transfers delegates the telephone rings persistently Witla the reeeiyer at her ear and tlae school glyen the elerk questions What can I elo for you one see ond before saying Mary get Mr Jeffrey and say he IS yy anted on tlae phone T hree Jobs in the same minute are part oi the office routine What a tragle place it rs sometimes Here come truants for judgment and their parents for sad facts about the1r children Tears and repentance sullen ness and bray ado all to be handled with sympathy and help but with firmness also Here comes the rebel against rules the boy or girl vs ho cannot co operate with the rest of the world Another problem to be handled with sympathy and Hrmness so that the 1nd1y1dual1st may learn the YV19ClOITl of adjusting himself mrsery of sickness and death The depression rs no empty word to those who sit in the inner places The oflice vyalls haye heard and seen the sorry tragedies of real l1fe What a secretive plaee lt is In its vault and locked drawers are the reeords of many years of school life of many many people Wlaat a tale they tell ol struggle and aehreyement ol good beginnings and bad endings of defeat and sueeess Hoyt they note punctuality faithfulness fitfulness carelessness un trustvyorthmess And they keep their seerets till they are ealled upon by sehool or employer to tell their tale lt is yyell to haye eheerlng news buried in those seeret plaees What a snarling place the office can be sometimes T he faculty drop their sternness morning and night as they greet each other yuth Jokes and yapes lt rs their one common meeting place Vlrss Costello smrles wisely and vyarlly over 1r1qu1r1es Mr lVlcHale handles yyrt wrth the Principal and exchanges jests with anyone srmrlar minded The Oiiice smrles oyer embarrassing moments A Cllgfllfitd Senror on a hrgh stool vyorkrng bus1ly on records but mrstaken by rncomers for a dunce A ganglrng boy standing bv vyhrle hrs mother broad casts the hated name of lVzIIoezqhby Whrch he had so thoroughly concealed under the manly gurse of B111 A brayy ny six footer lrstenmg to the tale of hoyy good he is at washing dishes scrubbing the floor and mlndrng the baby for mother Then too the Office smrles knowingly afterwards at the somewhat incredible alrbrs invented by tardres and absentees Here IS the one place rn the school where rmagrnatron flourishes The Ofhce has a large quota of work tears and smiles I ll I I 1 1 4 1 I I 1 '1 1 1 Y. 1 I ' 1 1 T 1 3 1 V 3 D 1 1 1 1 I ' s -s T w s y s s ' s - ss I 's e L 5 I I e I 5 . ' T T T 'T 1 T I T' K ss 1 ys s e ' -' ' s s , s T I e - - ' . s s' sf s s r - s - v e -A 1 s s I vs 's- s s ' - ' ' -- A s ' - 1 e - ' 1 ' I h va' x 5 1' x ' ' x 'I i V I 1 h'x- Vi x ,Q .L 'vs v e - . , ' :H L Q , s s ga v' yv fy s . e s L y e 'ks rt s s el T xx I I V l 4 i 3 . 1 1 . 1 I' 1 I I 1 . 1' 1 x 1 I 1 s' e 1 sl ' s ' 1 e s st s , 3 1 V ' I 1 Y- Y 1 4 Y. X'L 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 7 I Y 4 3 x I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I . e H 1 ' I Y' I Y 1 1 I I A I 'I to existing condltlons and to his fellow-men. Here, too, come tales of poverty' and ' I 7 I 1 1 T x K. 1 1 I 'V I 1 1 V ' I s ' s s s s 7 vs s ss s 1 1 -1 Q N I 1 's 1 ' x '1 I I T I 1 1 1 x M' ' A K V 'HC e Q 4 iv Y. L T ,- L L L x xr X Q x ' .ivy i A x T I 1 I A 5-5 - --s- v s e ' v ' s i s-- s s s-- , - V ' --- s ss 1' e- s ' ev s - s r -- 5 Vi h 5' x I Yu yt A xi I i It T as 1 K I T 1 11 M 1 Y. 1 1 I 1' . 3 , . V . 7 .3 . X 4 J V I ' V 1 V 1 Y I 3 - V I - I T l D Y 1 ' 1 I 7 I l Ti 1 1 ' I D I 1 ' ' . '1 3 11 1 I D 1 4 1 J 1 1 1 I 1

Page 14 text:

9 nfl? - F3 A ga W .1 , 1. .vm ... 1, W 5432-51 , . 7'?'iii'xN -.f.4.1,,. ge Su, , gli? I Q ' K f x x it-, lb- .gf ri W 1' fiflki- 1 5,2 1 , via.: i x I lx v ,J 3i w L.Z., , v xufwe , 'L' .1 , , '- if -3.15 A S ' W. L.-if , 5 1 ,5 if 9 . kj , h. f 'V Q7 . f ' 'Y Tai? ' Q f Q A Wifi' Q 'f-1, g -2.3, -anus, XM . , ' F 33' lik Qlhr awptv. ,w A R riff., R MM wymw Al'-,H ,.., M,,.., 1 l l 1 Q Q 4 ' Q I 5- 1

Page 16 text:

Mr. MCI-Iale Mr. Alsager Assislunt Principal fxOf77lT7L'!'C14llI Law Mrs. Boughton ommercial Geography I5 Miss Coesfeld frvmkh Miss Daniels History Miss Byrne English Miss Connor English Miss Effting Art Mr. Anglemire Mr. Biglcr Wbodshop Physics Miss Cavoit Miss Christiansen English English Miss Cooney Miss Costello Phonography Phonography Miss Erickson Miss Glasheen CUmmmerc'iul Geography Phonography Sm Af'-was JMLQ In I VNMM-f , 3 Nxt A FACULTY