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

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jack La Rocco Shirley Fine Dawn Erickson Clifford Clark lives of their little Freshman sisters much happier. The workings of a modern school were shown to the mothers and fathers as the Parent-Teacher Associa- tion started its year's activities by holding an open- house night with regular classes in session. By this time the football season was well started, and, of even more importance to the Freshies than the Varsity victories, was the winning of the Sub- urban League championship by their own Fresh- Soph team, which had met no defeat and had not been scored upon during the entire season. Among the other highlights of that first year which were of interest to the Freshmen were the presenta- tion by the juniors of an amusing comedy, The Boomerang, and the production of the great his- torical play, Nathan Hale, by the Seniors. An operetta, Carrie Comes to College, combined music and drama in an entertaining manner: and the English Cabinet's The King's English provided rollicking amusement for the student body. ln the field of miniature dramatics, the Tatterman Marion- ettes presented an enjoyable show, The Legend of the Lightning. Almost before the newcomers could realize it, fall had turned to winter, winter had passed into spring, and with spring had come the end of their first year at Proviso. After three months' rest from school-life, the mem- bers returned, eager to start upon the second year of their journey, no longer unknown and unhonored Freshmen. Once more, before they could marshal their forces, it was necessary to select four worthy leaders. Ac- cordingly, after weighty deliberation, the members decided that jack Lalllocco, Dawn Erickson, Shirley Fine, and Clifford Clark were those whom they desired to intrust with their class affairs. Along with more than five thousand other rooters, the Sophomores turned out during the football sea- son to cheer at the Atlanta, Ga.-Proviso game. ln the realm of the stage, the Sophomores found enjoyment in the fast-moving Mrs, Bumpstead- Leigh presented by the junior Class, and in the engaging English comedy, The New Lady Ban- tock, in which the Senior dramatists displayed their histrionic abilities. 'Op o' Me Thumb and the oper- etta, Oh, Doctor, were other outstanding events of the season. In March, the Sophomores presented a comedy of their own entitled, The Initiation. And the night shall be filled with music, runs a familiar quotation. And the nights and days soon were filled with music when Proviso was host to the District Band Contest, from which the local musicians emerged victorious. Many Sophomores also were included among the members of the ln-and-About Chicago High School Chorus, under the direction of R. Lee Osburn, which presented outstanding con- certs at Orchestra Hall and at A Century of Progress. As the snows of winter melted into the warm grasses of spring, three months of vacation beckoned to Provisoites, but when the doors were opened once again, the members of the Class of l935 returned to their scholastic endeavors with renewed efforts. They had gained a coveted position: they were now juniors. t To conduct their class activities, the new enviable juniors elected class officers, or to be more exact, elected William johnson to serve as president and re-elected Dawn Erickson, Shirley Fine, and Clifford Clark to perform the respective duties of vice presi- dent, secretary, and treasurer. King Football soon began his annual reign. The Varsity boys, accompanied by a bus load of loyal rooters, among whom juniors were well represented, invaded the home territory of the southern con- querors of the year before and once again Proviso went down to defeat at the hands of Atlanta. ln the field of mirth and gayety, the annual Girls'

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FRONT ROW-YD. Mclntyre, G. Altergott, L. Baab, VV. lohnson, Mr. Stubbs, C. Clark, G. Beay, W. O'Bourke, D. Kane. BACK BOW, - E. Schroeder, D. Huxhold, W. Thompson, B. Buck, C. Hahn, B. Wi I, H. CCIYHS, A- Edwards, l- LG ROCCO, S- RUPOPOY1 E- Emsief- President, William lohnsony vice-president, Georgine Beayy Secretary, Loretta Baabg and Treasurer, Clifford Clark. Keith Gleason Muriel Vtfeber Belford Buck Clifford Clark History of the Class of 1935 By Rex Horton Even as America has paused to reflect upon her three centuries of progress in secondary education, and even as Proviso has commemorated her quarter- century of growth, so too the members of the Class of l935 may fittingly review the vitally important intellectual and social developments which their four years within the sheltering walls of Proviso have brought to them. When, on the warm, sunny morning of Tuesday, September 8, l93l, the members of the Class of l935 first glimpsed the Proviso which was to become an integral part of their lives for the next four years, they could not but be impressed by the sight before them. Surrounded by broad velvet greenswards, broken only by trees, shrubs, and bands of white concrete, stood a long, new, stately edifice, with a mighty tower high above it, rising into the sky, symbolizing the high purposes upon which it was founded. Here stood an institution well-equipped to carry out the noble mission of enabling 576 young people four years hence to take their places in the forefront of Americas thousands of high school graduates. But, upon that first morning, the 977 Freshmen had little time for reverie and meditationy the confusion and strangeness of a first day in high school soon absorbed all of their attention. After the usual first- day scramble to get to school much sooner than necessary, they found themselves in a bewildering labyrinth of seemingly endless corridors and hall- ways. Since all of the rooms had been renumbered recently, even lofty Seniors and sympathetic teachers were unable to help the poor wanderersy an as- sembly, however, soon oriented them. Thenceforth, they were able to explore with some degree of certainty the mysterious science laboratories, the beautiful, spacious library, the congenial cafeteria, the rooms where ghosts of Caesar and Cicero and remembrances of the far-gone grandeurs of Bome were to be found: and places where the spirits of Archimedes and Pythagoras yet ruled. Their days as Proviso students were begun. Soon they discovered that all was not school work, for they found a multitude of extra-curricular activities. There were clubs, class projects, athletic endeavors, and social events in which even they could participate. lt was not long before the organization of the Class was effectedg and Keith Gleason, Belford Buck, Muriel Weber, and Clifford Clark were duly chosen and installed as the first officers of the Class of l935. By means of parties and entertainments, the Big Sisters of the Senior Guard soon made the school

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League carnival was augmented by the G. A. A. Circus, featuring freaks from all four corners of Proviso. The lmportance of Being Earnest was explained in an amusing English Cabinet play. The delightfully entertaining comedy, The Meanest Man in the World, was skillfully presented by the Senior Class, to the amusement of many Iuniors. ln the middle of the year, nine members of the Class of l935 who had excelled int journalism were chosen to work on the Pageant Staff. Since the be- ginning of the year, already two other Iuniors had been Staff members. With the coming of spring, the annual junior-Senior Prom was held for the first time outside of school in the harmonizing atmosphere of the Oak Park Club. Chosen by the vote of the faculty, ten members of the Class of l935 were inducted into the Proviso Chapter of the National Honor Society of Secondary Schools. Shirley Fine, Keawana Garman, Rex Hor- ton, Donald Leal, Hilda Mahnke, Georgine Reay, Florence Rittmueller, Erna Schroeder, Aaron Spolin, and Muriel Weber were the juniors upon whom this honor was conferred. That the Class of 1935 might be an organized group at the beginning of the Senior year, the Class officers were chosen in the spring. William Iohnson was re-elected as president. Georgine Reay and Loretta Raab were chosen as vice-president and secretary, respectively, and Clifford Clark was elected, for the fourth time, as treasurer. Thus, the activities of the lunior year were concluded. fn a few short months, the members of the Class of l935 returned to the familiar life of Proviso to enter upon the final year of their journey from entrance to commencement. They had reached in their high school life a prominence to which they long had looked forward: now they were Seniors. Football again claimed a major share of interest at the beginning of the year. By raising funds, the Senior Class helped to finance the building of the new Stadium. Floodlights were installed to make night football possible. A highlight of the season Nine Seniors who were elected to membership in the National Honor Society in their junior year: E. Schroeder, H.lVfahnke, S. Fine, R. Horton, D. Leal, M. Weber, G. Reay, K. Gar- man, H. Rittmuellery not in picture, A. Spolin. William Johnson Shirley Fine Dawn Erickson Clifford Clark was the Stadium dedicatory exercises. Speeches by prominent men, parades, stirring band music, and a game between the Chicago Cardinals and the May- wood Athletic Club team were features of the eve- ning. Later on in the year, the basketeers from Marblehead, Mass. journeyed west to be defeated by the Proviso quintet. ln the middle of the year, the l935 Provi Staff was organized. Thereafter, many hectic days and nights were spent in attempting to produce something faintly resembling an annual. That the serious business of publishing a Provi was progressing in earnest, the members of the Senior Class were soon to discover as, one by one, they were forced to sit under glaring lights to meet the cold, critical eye of a camera which was to record their countenances for posterity. An event long to be remembered was Proviso's Silver Anniversary Week. One of the features of this commemoration of especial interest to the Seniors was their presentation of lames M. Barrie's Quality Street. Starred in this romantic comedy of the period of the Napoleonic Wars were Gilbert Daudistel, Georgine Reay, and Erna Schroeder. Soon many friendly social gatherings were enjoyed by the Senior girls when the Girls' League sponsored Good Fellowship Week. Seventy-five Seniors, deemed by the faculty as outstanding in, scholarship, leadership, service, and character, were chosen for membership in the Na- tional Honor Society. A fitting climax to the social activities of the year came in the long-toebe-remembered lunior-Senior u L 'S-A.. 'Jr