Niles Township High School West - Spectrum Yearbook (Skokie, IL)

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Great lilerature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree. Eva Pound Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a progeny of hfe in tliem to be as active as tliat soul whose progeny they are; nay, tiiey do preserve as in a vial die purest etVicacv and extraction of dial living intellect diat bred diem. -Millim

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English English presents the galaxy of man ' s poetic spirit: the words, images, insights, tones, and metaphors; English also pro- vides the cool practicality of verbal skills. It satisfies the two shades of man ' s nature— the real and the ideal. Being the most color- ful of all the academic studies, its lively scope includes everything from the fiery ser- mons of the early Calvinists to the moon- light and flowers oi A Midsummer Night ' s Dream: from the red imagery of A Tale of Two Cities, to the study of logical think- ing, with its clear black and white patterns and its infinite shades of gray. yV. Sclnitkli, Mr. Gragg, A. Stein So sweet is zealous contemplation. -S iakcspeare The essence of iiumour is sensibility; warm tender fellow-feeling with all forms of existence. --Carfyle i

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How history makes one shudder and laugh by turns! -Wulpok Social Studies The pageant of social studies is a parade of red-cloaked Roman legions, tricolored French revolutionaries, gray Nazi soldiers, and frontiersmen dressed in buckskin. Not only history, but such diverse studies as economics, psychology, and sociology contri- bute to the student ' s understanding of himself and his world. These subjects aid the student in his necessary search for identity. Nothing can be more relentlessly vital or topical, for social studies is the measure of man himself.