Hyde Park High School - Aitchpe Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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1943

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Page 8 THEME With the publication of this yearbook we turn back the pages of time fifty years. For half a century the annual has faithfully recorded Hyde Park's history, pictured its students, and followed its growth. In 1893 the historic beginning was accomplished. The first annual staff created a tome of 113 pages, composed for the most part of written history with a few pictures interspersed. This volume is memorable, for it is the basis of historic information about Hyde Park. When it was published the school had already reached its twentieth birthday, and so the annual began its written recordings only after a twenty year lull. Major events, however, were not lacking for the 1904 annual contained a series of alumni letters written by members of the various classes as far back as 1876. These letters gave both interesting and amusing facts about Hyde Park and the individual classes. Excerpts have been reprinted in our Alumni section. During these fifty years many changes have occurred and it has always been in the annualls realm to record them, sometimes through the printed word, often through pictures. Eaculty and student body, intricate links in the educational chain, have been constantly changing. A glance into the Faculty section, where we have recreated the Faculty of '93 will establish this thought. The most apparent difference will be instantly noticed in dress, but more important is the altering of teaching procedure from that day to this. The student of today has also perceptibly altered. Our section pages, classes and sports sections will easily demonstrate this. His dress, habits and thoughts are more abrupt than the students of fifty years ago. His education must be of more practical usage for competition to be encountered is much keener. One of the most outstanding features of the Gay Nineties, when the first Libethrian came into being, was the delicate artwork. It was typical of the age and the youth of the era. just as the super- ficiality and uneasiness of the world today is recreated in modern art so the deliberate and sensuous world of half a century ago was typified by its fine, precise artwork. The spirit of the classes then is brought to life on the class pages of the 1893 annual and is recaptured on many of our present pages. As we glance back over these golden years, marvelling at the scientific achievement that has been brought about, we cannot help but wonder if the more beautiful side of education is not being neglected. While striving for scientific knowledge in preparation for a world of science is their time to gain the insight to beauty the student of '93 gained? Perhaps after viewing the comparison that we have attempted to draw this query can be answered in the mind of the reader, for it has been with the objective of contrasting two essentially different eras that this yearbook has been published.

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AS WE GREW