Latin School of Chicago - Sigillum Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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SIGILLUM g Not only in spirit was the News changed, but also in reality. Columns themselves were reorganized, often combined, so that the needless repetition, so often found in school publications, was done away with. Feeling that in past years the importance of editorials has been on the wane, the News has published only a few editorials this year, these realistic rather than idealistic. Instead the letter forum reflected student sentiment, while featured columns presented opinions of staff writers. They were no longer mere repetitions of programs, but earnest, sincere criticisms. With these few examples of change you may perhaps understand the underlying principles of this year's News Board. We feel that this year's ten issues all pointed the way towards a unity in school spirit through a conscious understanding of the problems facing the student. The paper was not merely dedicated to rehashes of old news or well-known events, and this in itself is, we feel, a definite step forward. When a solution is found to present financial problems, when greater understanding of position, and co- operation between boards is accomplished, then the News shall be strong, lasting. Its expansion will not be for expansion's sake, but for the future good of the school, which it should represent not only as a news organ, but in spirit, pride, and outlook. This is the heritage of the News. WM. E. GREENEBAUM, Editor for 1937-38 DANCE COMMITTEE For many years it has been the custom that the senior class give a dance during the spring or Christmas vacation. This year William Denniston and Reynolds Blossom conducted a most suc- cessful one, held December 29th at the Saddle and Cycle Club. The Committee worked conscientiously to prepare the elaborate event. They secured Stan Norris's band, which provided excellent music from nine till two, the committee also arranged a delicious supper which was served at twelve o'clock. The two members of the committee are to be congratulated for their excellent handling of what was probably the most successful and enjoyable dance yet presented by the school.

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SIGILLUM of teachers was initiated, likewise letters from important alumni and an inquiring reporter's column were started. Crossword puzzles, then a vogue, also found their place in the News, along with a con- tinuance of the popular Dribble column. An important prece- dent was established when the incoming board pulbished the last issue of the year. Under Rhodes Bucklin the paper was an eagle-eyed sentinel for students' rights, school spirit, and extra-curricular activities. The vigorous editorials of the third year of the News will long be remem- bered. Especially do we remember the urgent request for a new school song and for early announcements of assemblies. It was immediately before the change of size and format, due to the desire of making the News in part financially independent of the Folio through advertisements, that such familiar titles as Here and There , The Drain Pipew, and others came into being. Many of these are today incorporated in one feature. The year closed with a photographic contest and an ad for the senior prom almost the size of the News itself. i Under William Callender all that was considered good in the past's originality was retained in the reversion to the former-sized paper. The Front Page turned into c'News Nibbles , while a vigorous Student Activities column was conducted. The editorials of this year were concentrated on participation in athletics. A letter form, Now It's YOUR Turn , proved to be one of the most popular innovations and helped to relieve the burden from the editorial page. And so the News has changed, never forgetting its basic prin- ciples, always hopeful of a new, entertaining and instructive feature for the school. The articles of the past still live today, unconsciously revitalized in new headings, topics, and articles. In every printed word is embodied the spirit of the News, its founder, and of the Latin School itself. 214 Sk wk Confident that in the rapid development of the News, readjust- ment to changing conditions must be accomplished through con- scientious thought, the News Board of 1937-38 has introduced, and abandoned, policies in reporting and writing news which, it believes, help to form a paper vital to the school. In these attempts toward a more perfectly fitting journalistic style, the paper has been reorganized so that it reflected Latin's true spirit. A platform announced in the spring of 1937 was revised in subsequent issues, until today we may proudly say that the News has helped further each cause and today finds its work three-fourths accomplished. This, We feel, does reflect the Latin outlook .

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SIGILLUM SEIPP, Editor, Blossom, DENNIS'I'0N, FRANK, EELLS. THE SIGILLUM The Sigillfum was first published in the spring of IQO2 under Arlowe K. hliller who had already founded the Folio in the same year. ln the thirty-six years since its birth the Sigillum has been pub- lished annually with but few breaks. Throughout this span of time there have been numerous changes in style and make-up, boards have ranged from three to a dozen. lts standards and principles have, however, been altered but little. Perusing the Sigillums of the early IQCO,S we find write-ups of seniors, sport records, snap- shots, news of school activities, and even some literature which technically seemed to belong in the Folio. Of course personality of the editors and their staffs has differed, changing years have brought added improvement as new boards profited by the eX- perience of their forerunners. New life and new ideas have made their impressions from time to time. lntegrally the Sigillum is as it always has been: an annual publication of high literary quality, clever wit, and honest, sincere views and impressions. The Sigillum, along with the Folio, is one of the oldest and strongest traditions of the Chicago Latin School, unchanged by the years. Long may it continue sol