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

Page 9 text:

.v i ' - i.i . Mm ' V! ■ :-- PROLOOUC

Page 8 text:

DEDICATION TO E. W. STUBBS. IMPRESARIO OF THE SENIOR CLASS, WHO STARS IN THE DUAL ROLE OF A GENTLE- MAN AND A SCHOLAR — COMMEMORATING HIS TENTH YEAR OF SERVICE TO PROVISO — THE PROVI STAFF OF 1936 GRATEFULLY DEDICATES THIS VOLUME.

Page 10 text:

PROLOGUE THE PASSING S HOW OF 1935-36 IS PRE- SENTED BY THE PROVI STAFF FOR YOUR PLEASURE, AS WELL AS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDINC3 YOU WITH A RECORD FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. THE SEQUENCE OF SCENES AND ACTIVITIES WHICH HAVE GONE INTO THE MAKING OF PROVISO SPREADS BE- FORE YOU A CONTINUOUS PANORAMA OF EVENTS. THE SETTING, WHICH INCLUDES THE FIELD, THE FOREST, AND A VARIETY OF INDOOR SCENES, PRESENTS PICTORIALLY THE CHANGING SEASONS. THE ACTORS PLAYING A PART IN THE EVER-CHANGING VARIETY OF SCENES INCLUDE PARENTS, FACULTY, BOARD OF EDUCATION. AND A STUDENT BODY OF AP- PROXIMATELY 3,600. THIS GROUP INCLUDES A WIDE RANGE WITH RESPECT TO AGES AND TYPES, AND IS REPRESENTATIVE OF MANY NATIONALITIES AND MANY COMBINATIONS OF NATIONALITIES. THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS HEREIN RE- CORDED ARE ACCOMPLISHMENTS RESULT- ING FROM THE CO-OPERATIVE EFFORT OF ALL OF THE PARTICIPANTS. THE THEME, WHICH INCLUDES SOCIAL. ATHLETIC, AND CLASSROOM EVENTS, IS INSPIRATIONAL, AND DEPICTS THE WORK IN MUSIC, ART, SCIENCE, ENGLISH, HOME ECONOMICS, MANUAL ARTS, COMMERCE, STENOGRAPHY, LANGUAGES, HIS- TORY, AND OTHER ACADEMIC SUBJECTS. IT REVEALS THE PROGRESS OF DEPARTMENTS AND THE SUCCESSES WHICH HAVE COME TO GROUPS AND TO INDIVIDUAL PARTICI- PANTS, AND PICTURES TO THE UNDERGRAD- UATE THE OPPORTUNITIES AND THE CHAL- LENGES WHICH LIE BEFORE HIM AS GOALS TO EQUAL OR TO SURPASS IN THE FUTURE. THE UNIFYING MOTIF IS THE DEVELOP- MENT AND INSPIRATION OF YOUTH. THE EVENTS HEREIN DESCRIBED TAKE PLACE IN THE SHORT SPACE OF NINE MONTHS, AND ARE ILLUSTRATED IN THREE ACTS, WITH THREE SCENES TO EACH ACT. AS SPEAKER OF THE PROLOGUE, I SOLICIT YOUR INTER- EST AS WELL AS YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR THE PLAYWRIGHTS, THE PROPERTY MEN, THE TECHNICIANS, AND THE LABORERS, WHO HAVE COMBINED THEIR EFFORTS TO PRE- SENT FOR YOU THE PASSING SHOW OF 1935-36.