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

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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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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