Luther High School South - Shield Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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W I- EISURE Lessons and leisure are Tamiliar words To every Teen-ager. And who could imagine a Teen- ager in l959 aTTending a high school wiThouT social acTiviTies. musical organizaTions, dramaTic presen- TaTions and clubs. Now iT may surprise some, buT LuTher lnsTiTuTe Alumni l909 would share This opin- ion wholehearTedly, as would every class since ThaT Time. Were Their acTiviTies The same as Today? Did They have as many oT Them? Were These ac- TiviTies as good? Well, leT's go back a Tew years and see iT we can Tind The answers in The pages oT hisTory Juniors l'TosT Sophs aT ParTyl' is a headline ThaT could be Tound in mosT any issue oT The Blue and Gold, The school paper. ParTies were held aTTer school or in The evening, Tor ChrisTmas, Thanks- giving, ValenTine's Day or whaTever The occasion. And in case There were no special days Tor a Theme, ingenuiTy on The parT oT sTudenTs led To a Japanese parTy or perhaps a Juvenile parTy wiTh everyone making his appearance as a sTory book characTer. Speaking oT cosTume parTies, The wiTe oT our Dean oT STudenTs undoubTedly remembers The year she won TirsT prize Tor her cosTume aT a l-lalloween parTy. The Type oT enTerTainmenT varied Trom parTy To parTy buT noT unTil everyone had parTicipaTed in The TradiTional Pig in The Parlor. WhaT's ThaT? Well, Tor a compleTe explanaTion oT This good old pasTime iusT ask any LuTher lnsTiTuTe Alumni Trom The early TwenTies To The laTe Tor'Ties. AlThough parTies were Number One on The social hiT parade, oTher acTiviTies were oTTen re- sponsible Tor equally good Times. ln spring every Teen-ager's ThoughTs were Turned To picnics and hikes, TreguenTly held aT ThaTcher or Ryan Woods. ln winTer The big evenT was The annual roller skaTing parTy sponsored by The school paper. And so, whaT- ever The acTiviTy, The bonds oT Triendship became sTrengThened To evenTually lasT a liTeTime. Over The years sTudenTs have Tound enioymenT and saTisTacTion in oTher Than social acTiviTies. One oT These has been music. Choral music became an oTTicial parT oT The school program abouT I9I7 wiTh The organizaTion oT The Glee Club. The Type OT program oTTered in The early years is well sum- marized in The I92l yearbook, Since I9I9 The Glee Club has annually sTaged an opereTTa Toward The close OT The school year. These perTormances have become so popular ThaT The annual opereTTa is looked To wiTh greaT expecTaTion .... On The IITh oT February The Glee Club gave a concei-T

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