Proviso East High School - Provi Yearbook (Maywood, IL)

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1929 o oo ooo oo oTHEL PROVI Standing — R. J. Theibert, O. H. Matte, L. F. Slimmer. Seated — Miss Eddy, Miss Miller, Miss Wheeler, Miss Thacher. PHYSICAL EDUCATION S= = R. J. THEIBERT has an A. B. degree from De Pauw University. He has been head coach for four years in Proviso, and has been highlv successful in this position. Mr. Theibert is spon- sor of the Varsity Club. O. H. MATTE is a graduate of Iowa State Teachers ' College, and has studied at the Ameri- can College of Physical Education. He teaches gym and swimming classes. Mr. Matte is also a sponsor of the freshman class. LOUIS F. SLIMMER has a B. S. degree from the University of Illinois. He was the light- weight football coach, and had charge of the heavyweight basketball. This was his first year in Proviso. MISS MARY R. WHEELER, head of the girls physical education department, has a B. S. degree from Beloit College, and has done graduate work at the University of Wisconsin. She sponsors the Girls ' Athletic Association, and helps to coach the girls ' athletic teams. Miss Wheeler is also sponsor of the Leaders ' Class. MISS EVA A. EDDY has a B. S. degree from the University of Minnesota. She has also studied at Battle Creek College and the Kellogg School of Physical Education. Miss Eddy teaches swim- ming and dancing classes. She was in charge of the first Water Pageant given by the Proviso girls. She came to Proviso last fall. MISS OLIVE S. THACHER is a graduate of Sargent School of Physical Education, and has done graduate work at Harvard University. She is in charge of the corrective department, which she organized in Proviso. Miss Thacher teaches classes in swimming, and helps to coach the girls athletic teams. Twenty-seven

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the, provi o oo ooo oo ©1929 Standing— L. D. Brennen, Miss Duvall, L. K. Amsden, W. K. Ewing, M. B. Goodwin, H. Stegman. Seated — H. L. Cooper, Miss Barackman, R. E. Poplett. MANUAL AND DOMESTIC ARTS R. E. POPLETT, the head of the manual arts department, has a B. S. degree from Armour Institute of Technology, and is a graduate of the Illinois State Normal University. He is in charge of the distribution of locks and lockers in school. Mr. Poplett is also the treasurer of the Parent-Teacher Association. He frequently assists with properties in amateur theatrical productions. L. K. AMSDEN has a B. S. from the Univer- sity of Missouri, and has done graduate work at the University of Chicago, Armour Institute, and Stout Institute. He teaches classes in wood- turning and pattern making. Mr. Amsden assists with properties and stage settings for school dra- matics. L. D. BRENNEN is a graduate of Indiana State Normal School, and has studied at both Armour Institute and Lewis Institute. H. L. COOPER is a graduate of Eastern Illi- nois State Teachers ' College, and has done gradu- ate work at that school and at Armour Institute of Technology. Mr. Cooper is a sponsor of the sophomore class. Oo W. K. EWING has received a B. S. and done graduate work at the Ohio State University. He teaches auto mechanics. MYRON B. GOODWIN is a graduate of Stout Institute. He teaches classes in both mechanical drawing and bench work. He came to Proviso last fall. HARRY STEGMAN is a graduate of Stout Institute. He teaches mechanical drawing, and is the author of a book on that subject. Mr. Stegman has charge of mounting pictures for the Provi. MISS FAE DUVALL is the head of the do- mestic arts department. She has a B. S. from the University of Illinois, and has done graduate work at the University of Chicago. Miss Duvall has charge of the costuming for the school dra- matics. MISS HAZEL BARACKMAN, teacher of do- mestic science, has a B. S. degree from the Uni- versity of Illinois. She usually heads refresh- ment committees for various school functions. Miss Barackman is a sponsor of the junior class and of the Domestic Science Club. o Twenty-six

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the, provi o oo ooo oo ol929 s» THE PRINCIPAL ' S LETTER To the Class of Nineteen Twenty-Nine: You are now ready to begin preparation for your life work. Your class motto, Not finished, just begun, expresses your status very concretely. Your education has just begun; it is a process that requires a lifetime for completion. Your school work is the foundation, the beginning. High school does not aim to give you more than a good foundation. From your first year in school, you have very definitely been guided in your work. In your earlier years, the subjects studied were all selected for you; in high school, you have gradually been given more choice and more latitude. Our aim has been to teach you to think and to reason for yourself without the aid of teachers. About half of your class will go on to college or to some specialized school. If you go to college, I urge that you have a definite goal, a definite aim. Make up your mind what you want to do, and use your college course as a genuine preparation for your life work. The other half of your class has probably attended school for the last time and should decide at once, if you have not already done so, on your life work. I urge you to make this decision now and to begin right away. You are not prepared to step in at the top as a leader, but you are prepared to begin at the bottom and advance to the top in any field of endeavor. If you favor a position in industry, do not be too proud to take the most unimportant position. Never think the work you have to do is beneath you. It is not wise to take any job, no matter how much it pays at the start, unless there is a chance for advancement and a probability of permanency. In accomplishing anything big, your success will, from now on, be measured by your power to hold on. You may lack some particular ability, but you may all cultivate the quality of persistence which is never absent from a successful m an or woman. You may not be a genius — few are. Some lives are wasted by enormous expenditures of energy, each effort in a different direction or in a different line of endeavor. The dif- ference between success and failure often lies in the single element of staying power. O youth, with eyes that gaze afar To where the glittering prizes are; O youth, with spirit all aflame For honest worth and noble name, Forget not in your eager thought The deeds that must today be wrought, And heed what all the sages say: ' We build tomorrow on today ' . Sincerely, a d.CP Twenty-eight