James Harvey Bowen High School - Bowenite Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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a,,i Some Serious Thoughts Rtlirtd To The United Nations in a New World Youth is our prtcious rcsourcc in this nation as in sill nations Therefore oui youth should be given opportunity for education This education should help formu late and inculczte an ability for 1 very broad vision This broad vision should consider n rsoneil differences such as birth, enxironment, social problems and parents yiewpoints which work aw ay from a selfish power attitude To get an unselfish, frce thinking attitude for yxorld democracy, education starts in the home, carries on into tht schools 'ind on ton ard the city the farms, the state, the nation and finally it can be felt internationally This attitude can in social groups whtrt 1 unixtrsll standard is dueloped for the benefit of all humanity The time has count vthtn wt as Americans must edumte ourselves to know and try' to understand tht ways of other nations so that our thoughts and actions can be used correctly md rot be misunderstood Cooperation internationally can be gained only when we and othti ptoples of the earth try to understand real human relationships Our youth must rtililc the great educational responsibility that is at their door today, responsibility of thinking beyond the local state and national problems Brothtrhood cm tomt only nfttr selfish aims and purposes haye been eliminated .- l I X K Y I Y L - u .t K I - . . 1 ' N t . V. I . , - 1 - I I . C! I 1 Y . I ' . ' , come only through freedom of action built up by right thinking and correct living U 0 0 5 O Q Sit

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TO THE GRADUATES OF 1947 You have just fmxshed another lmportant phase on your journey through hfe Durmg thls phase you have had many opportunxtles to broaden your ynslon to 1n crease your understandmg of what our Amencan way of hfe truly means and to practlce at least to some degree those thxngs wh1ch make for good cxtlzenshnp You have shown on many occaslons that you accepted these opportunltnes You have proved that you not only recognize your rnghts but that you also performed your duties and obhgatxons In other words you were aware that xn a school of many puplls nt was necessary that each of you be w1ll1ng to vleld on certam pomts so that the welfare of all would be assured An example of thns was th regulatlon regardmg the use of the up and down stanrways Close follovung of thxs sample regulatnon added xmmeasurably m the safety of all students Such mstances are th ba xs of democramc hung XV1thout them no school can have desirable order On a wlder scale no natxon can long contmue wlthout thls respect for the rlghts of all rts cltlzens Th1s yleldmg on occasxons produces an abudance of good whrch m turn flows back to the advantage of all Now that you have jomed that mcreasmg number of Bowen graduates nt s my earnest hope that you wlll contmue to hve along the same lmes which proved successful durmg your hngh school days You learned the vsorth of each of your fellow classmates You bunlt up t1es of fr1endsh1p These are but tyyo of the endurmg gU3llflCS whch msure peaceful hvmg Cherxsh them ln your contacts mth those wlth whom you assocxate daily and you can rest assured that many benefits wlll come your way My personal Hush IS that each of you xull be xtry successful m yxhltcyer task you may be called upon to do ln the years to come VJ! Page Fwe w l 5 . - . . .. x Y.. . - a ' x 7 . . ' 9 Y. . . . . 'I F. . .Y. . . - , . t V . . . . . . , l v . Y . V v t . . . ' - . 1 , ,' ' W , ,' , ,,. a., ' ' ,. ,vs f ' . Q n

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In Rppreclatlon MISS SHI: AHAN XX nth tht rttlrtmtt of Nllss Xilrx Ni Shcthm Bowen Hugh Sthool lost one of IIN txntst IL1Ll1xl'S Xllss Qhtmhm hls been 1 member of tht Bowen lleulty snnu. 19' IBLIFIHL' thnx tnmt xht hls tlught both l1lSIOI'y md hH!,llSl1 Among the students, she wls problblx but ltnovxn to the Freshmtn ind Senlors, to the Seniors bteaust 5 L tlught L S Hutorx xxhlth utrs Semor I9 requxrcd to mlxe to the Freshmen m tr eapaeltx IS lxtshmmn lClXlSOI' She held this poeltlon Qxnec room 105 h IS been remodeled Her outetxndnng, 1b1l1t1c5 ln tclehxng 1nd the sound 1duct Qhc gut tht studtnts vull bf. remembered for some IIITIC at Bowen To tn outitmdmx, tncher we wlsh all tht lucl-. 1nd happiness thlt the future tan possnhlx hold MISS HAGS FROM for xuth her rttlrtmtnt Bowen 5 Art Department lost lIS Ll1llI'TUlD Nllss Hlustrom xxnll long be remembered is tht tuthtr who wus responslblt for the btlutlful dlspllxs ll1 tht show mst on tht flrst floor md tor tht XXllllI1QDC99 with whleh 5ht would tooperntt mth nm orgammtnon m the mzlunq ot posters ind mens NIISS XIISN E R Xlthough Nllss 'Shiner hls rctlred zfter 15 XLII' IL1Cl'lllIE, tlrrter lt Bowen t mll ot be rgotttn me X is tn 1 ll'lL x ltr ILILI' Nl 1 1 ltnowltdgt of her subject I'I11Il'lLI111IlLS XVhtn vm thxnlx of V155 Nllsner vu wlll be proud ot the mms IdYlI'1I'lgC5 Bowen has gamed throuqh her dexotlon to her work . . H. ' x A ' x A . . 2 V . . t Q . , Vx Y I 7 .tx 1 X h I I' '. ' ' '. . . 'L 4 V 4 ' I ' .4 ' I' -1. ' Y 'Y A t '- gg 1 Y 'Q i Y' . Y X 'i' . . t . 'lf L lv in ' Y 1 n 1 ' iq t ' hx 'E . I 7 . I . ' 4 . Q v I 4 X K V. ' t 'Q 'I X N . f ' y x 1 ' 1 - ' Y f A M. ,A,. A The retirement of Miss Frieda Hagstrom has left A large gap in Bowen's faculty, 'V 1 x A x 1 Vi ,' x Y x - . 1 , . A ' - A v- V' , r . , . , lk- 1 .A - . Y Yak .J -' I ' ' ,Q .X VV -' xQ E 7. V V .pl . . I it. . 'nxt nv . . . Af xv A ' - A ' 1 t ' 8 J wg .s ' , -t x, L ., sh- n x fo QY X . Sl Y va: Ll g- i.l, lx' ll , and .l- t tug 'l - Y'tl . full