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

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The Parnassus club, a group of creative writers, reorganizes and elects officers. Chosen to guide the Muse-ing ones for this year arc Helen Weimer, presi- dent: La Verne Vanck, vice-president: Carolyn Blu- dorn, secretary; French Hardesty, critic and treasurer. Programs of original writings are presented at most of the club meetings, which are held at various homes, under the leadership of Miss Florence I. Otis. By popular request, Manley W, Immel, the little giant, conducts auditions for girl cheer-leaders. The few chosen from the many called arc: Elaine Buch- holz, Murii ' l Bull, Mary Crotty, Alice Evans, June Fausset, Helen MacPhail, and Marjoric Strong. YEE-ee-ay, team! Woody Salins, Pete Pekras, Wally Wright, Larry Ruet, and Marshall Fastcrt will try to hold their ov n against the feminine contingent. With leaders such as these, what crowd and what team wouldn ' t respond enthusiastically? forward to a highly successful season, rivaling last year ' s record of but one meet lost. A new course has been routed following Madison street, Thatcher ave- nue. Washington boulevard, and both sides of the DesPlaines river. An innovation in pep meetings is introduced on the twentieth as all Proviso turns out for a stadium rouser. Gerry Bruce leads the session, which is considerably enlivened by the band, en masse, and cheer-full Mr, Immel and company. The junior varsity makes its debut in a night game with the Leydcn varsity on September 20, losing, 19-0. Several hundred A. E. F. veterans arc present as special guests of the administration. Evidence that they are still fond of a good scrap is shown in the way they cheer for the Blue-and-White on the foot- ball battlefield. o The King of the Campus now enters OpOriS spotlight. While football has always been the most popular sport at Proviso, as another gridiron campaign rolls around, the Board of Education seeks to make the entire community foot- ball-conscious. By inviting various groups to attend Proviso games, the Board strives to increase local interest in the great fall sport. September 13, with the varsity and lightweights meeting York in the opening games of the season, mothers of Proviso students attend as guests. While the heavies drop their opener, 6-0, the lights have little trouble in winning, 25-0. Mother ' s first lesson in football is therefore rated a 50-50 success, thanks partly to the broadcasting of Manley W. Immel. Training for cross-country begins on Monday, September 16, with Coach H. G. Monilaw as the guiding spirit. The thin-clad harriers are looking MANLEY AT THE MIKE HEADS up: a series: Page 25

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INSTALLATION CEREMONY OF HOME ECONOMICS CLUB THESE MAKE HAPPY HOMES An impressive candlelight service is the installation of the Senior Home Economics club officers. White- robed girls, solemnly pledging themselves to high ideals, make this one of the loveliest ceremonies of the year. Miss Lola Pickles is in charge of the club, vi hich has as its officers: Bertha Sandro. president: Joan Holland, vice-president: Elsie Dons, secretary: Elfrieda Weiss, treasurer. Friday, September 27. is a busy day for all Pro- viso. The Student Council elects delegates on this day. Each home room chooses one student to repre- sent it in the Council. The executive board is com- posed of Gerald Bruce, president: James Manton, vice-president; Betty Ann Horton, secretary: George Casper, president of the senior class: and June Lueck, Girls ' League president. Several committee chairmen and class representatives, to be appointed at a later date, will complete this organization. Res Romana, the Latin club, elects new offi- cers: consuls — Jeanette Wynne, Henry Schmidt: aediles — Marion Zielkc, Doris Lundblad, Charles Doherty, Elizabeth Bigi, Bobbie Kranz, Bernice Zars: quaestor primus — Maybelle Olson. Roman life will be studied the first semester, and the history of the toga-ed nation, the second. Sweet music hath charms for dancing Provisoites! Tricky shuffles, hops, and glides make their initial appearance at the first dance of the year, sponsored by the Dial club. The dads of Proviso get together with their sons at a football banquet in the cafeteria. Several stars of the Chicago Bears, chief of whom in local favor is Red Grange, and members of Proviso ' s football team STRIKE UP THE BAND! are special guests on this auspicious occasion on the eve of Dads ' day. As one of the high- lights of the evening ' s entertainment, a sample of the new football equipment, with Pat Patterson in it, makes its bow to the appre- ciative diners. If a theme song were to be chosen for this day, what could be better than Little Men. You ' ve had a Busy Day ? So ends September 27. Senior Hi-Y, the young men ' s high ideal club, calls for recruits. Membership in this organization of junior and senior boys is open to those who are rec- ommended by members of the faculty. Leland Meds- ker, sponsor, will aid Marvin Pries, Donn Logan, Clarence Schauberger, and Bob O ' Dea, officers, in car- rying out the club ' s program. Page 24

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HAIL. HAIL. THE GANG ' S ALL HERE Saturday, September 21, sees both varsity and lightweight squads traveling to Downers Grove. The big fellows manage to slip through for their first triumph, 7-6, and the bantams win, 19-0. In the Suburban League opener, on September 28. before a crowd of dads, the heavies and the frosh- sophs both lose to New Trier. In their initial appear- ance of the season, the yearlings are stampeded. 19-0. The varsity drops a heartbreaker, 13-6, as New Trier scores in the last minute of play, to begin an unbroken string of victories. The heavies go big time in the same game, sporting the tops in new football equipment. Blue and white, form-fitting, gen-u-wine silk pants, unique in high school football, make their debut. New helmets, blue and white jerseys, and new shoes and socks complete the ensembles. On the same day the jay-vees and the lights both win. Matte ' s charges trip Oak Park, 7-0, while the midgets tri- umph over Maine. 6-0. L. W. Remlcy is the heavyweight football coach, assisted by Chuck Kassel, S. O. Storby, and O. H. Matte. Herman L. Rider is handling the frosh-sophs: Fred J. Hatley, the lightweights: and Mr. Matte, the junior varsity. The former heavyweight football coach, Louis F. Slimmer, has been made athletic director, and will devote his time exclusively to intra- mural sports. Intramural managers for boys ' sports are elected in the home rooms the second week of school. They will organize the home room teams, collect entry fees, in- form the players of the schedule, and keep a record of all games played, reporting the results to Athletic Director Slimmer. The first activity of the girls ' physical education department is the annual physical examination of all girls, conducted during the first two weeks of school. Dr. C. M. Weinberg, examining physician, reports that the girls are in a better condition of health than in any previous year. Largely as a result of this examination, they are divided into three groups; regular gym. restrictive gym. and hygiene classes. This method of classification assures each girl of physical education work that is correct for her. Freshman girls are guests of the Girls ' Athletic association at the annual picnic, held at Thatcher ' s wood on September 19. Wieners and other good things to eat are rapidly devoured. An assembly held September 12, in the auditorium, had introduced G. A. A. activities to freshman and sophomore girls. Jennie Hess, president: June Radke, vice-president: May Taylor, secretary: and Beatrice Miller, treasurer, urge them to participate in sports. Miss Mary Wheeler is faculty sponsor of the association. September 27 begins the first week of after-school sports. Seven hundred twenty-five girls turn out for hockey, life saving, tap dancing, or soccer, under the respective supervision of Miss Mary Wheeler, Miss Eva Eddy, Miss Dorothy Jackson, and Miss Gertrude Grisier. Eighty-five girls dive into life saving: eighty hockey stars take to the field: two hundred fifty aspiring Ruby Keelers. Eleanor Powells, et al. go tapping on opportunity ' s floor: and the rest of the seven hundred twenty-five are kicking the ball around out on the soccer field. The curtain falls on the first scene of the Passing Show of 1935-36. September has indicated the time, the place, and some of the leading characters of the great three-act drama. Page 26