Gage Park High School - Icarian Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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age l9aL Jflgl lZ3eJw,-.fed Offaly 27, 1939 In the fall of 1939 the Gage Park dxstnct ded1cated to th1s commumty a new h1gh school Th1S year 1955 Gage Park Hlgh School IS celebratmg the hfteenth ann1versary of 1ts cledlcatxon Some may recall how the bu1ld 1ng stood abandoned for ten years prevlous to that t1me b cause a lack of funds prevented 1ts complet1on lt was or1g1nally 1ntended to be a g1rls techmcal school and to be named Verdx however the need for a general h1gh school prompted the CIVIC bod1es of the cornmunxty to pet1t1on the Board of Educatlon to conslder a coeduca tlonal school The request was granted and the new school was honor of George W Gage a promment member and supporter of the Park Board after Whom the d1str1ct had been named Gage has a reputatron of be 1ng one of the flnest schools 1n the Clly An enthuslastlc Splfll lS no tlceably prevalent as eXeI'1'1pl1f1ed ln the act1ve part1c1pat1on of the student body ln the numerous school and communlty functlons In 1942 the hrst class gradu ated from the new school I each succeedmg year Gage Park Hlgh School has contlnued t tra1n young men and women to TGCOQHIZS thelr I'eSpO1'1Slbll1l19S and to carry out thelr dunes ID whatever fleld of endeavor they may enter . . I e- named Gage Park High School in . n ' ' o

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id lairif ofiued THE MAN ERECT That man stands straightest who stoop to help a hild He stood erect, No slurnps or slouches hereg No captain had more military air. 'Tis true he had seen country's servir e And once was seen to give a tlag sal' t Tho he tho't himself alone. MEyes front and stand erect, He stood erect,- From an uncluttered desk An uncluttered mind Came firmly molding bulletins To guide a growing school. He led but would not lean. He stood erect And gave lfind helpg A fe:-I tree lunches here, Another chance on tardiness, Advice on how to mingle and adjust He stooped to help the erringg He stooped then upward stood. He stood erect The first Apache ut, The new nail tint Vfere not outlawed at onfif-g lle lfnew that fads ol grovxfng teens Soon settle hy therT::ff-lve:,- He watched hut flifl not swerve. He vxallfed C-mat. Dawn the lf'ffC'fl'E at f'f,rr'f'iar A rausou: janaling f-are He lost na time in hast n'na there The 'xfhjf aria' '.'.'hcrff to Then hath Sidi-s hr,-aid 'A rian of fzff,-rlina prinffg l 1 He heara' hat '.'.'U':l'l . Hay And from the Gif.-at l?fw'on 'i 'Where halt-truths are not lfnovxn A urging, fhtnderfng whisper omes Srana erect, my children, - My fifteen . . ,my thirty thousand children gtoop to but stand again,- Stana' up and stand erect '