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

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Q IIRUA Ill'AS'l' No. I This is your an- nouncer, Sara Gross, mg broadcasting over A Station PTHS. and in- troducing to you Pro- viso Township high school, located in Maywood. illinois. Surrounded by vel- vet lawns. embroid- ered with shrubs and trees, and blessed with a background of green forest and blue sk ies. Proviso high stands as an architectural achieve- ment, a dream become real- ily. Directing the policies of the school through her twen- ty-ninc years of service and aehiexcinents has been the l'roviso Board of lfducation. consisting of five men elected by popular vote in the vari- ous towns. lflection is held the second Saturday in April. D Mr. Allen has served on the Iiozlrd ot' I'Idue:ilion sine-e ISPZSIZ: Wir. Palriehy. Since 1935: Mr. lflwert. since ISDIH: Mr. llendriekson. Nine-e HD36: Mr. Newcomer, since ltl32. They have with 1ll0llI eopies of the publlentlon of the senior elxlss. sented a fur dltferent picture from the Provlso of 1939. Wvhen photo- 4 6 Provi: their nnmen yearly appear :unoniz the patrons ot' this Zllllllllll I The Proviso ot' 1020 pre- 'llhe present personnel of the board is as follows: Harry W. lfwert, of Maywood, president, ,lohn M. Newcomer, of May- wood. secretary, Emery A. Pariehy, of Forest Park, president in 1933-1939, B. Leslie Allen. of Melrose Park, secretary in 1938-1939g Irvin C. Hendrickson, of Bell- wood. Each oilicer serves for one year, or until his successor is elected and qualified. The view you see now is the first edition of Proviso high school, erected in 1911, with an enrollment of 241. ln 1915, to the surprise of all, this new building was out- grown by an enrollment of 523 students. An addition was demanded which added to the original a library, a gymnasium. and a cafeteria, as well as more classrooms. In 1924. came yet another addition, complete with a swimming pool, a girls, gymnasium. and an enlarged auditorium. Shortly after this, the school bought more land, extend- ing north to W3ShlHg1llI1 boulevard, and east toward the Desplaines river. ln 1929, Classes were being held in the gymnasiums, library, and cafeteria, be- cause of the overflowing enrollment. A greatly increased plant was inevitable. The result was the edifice pictured here, joined gsrzlphed. the building, g:.'Ie:llnin,2.' in its newness. uns still surrounded with the debris ol' its construction lnuterinl. The tuo llllgil' IIDIPI4' trees which lent Il sturdy friendliness to the new :und Nlllll011'lllll lonely lmildinfg, were ol' necessity removed as they gradually de- euyell. I Inquisitive neighborhood children, pietnred here in the net of munching apples. decided to wnteli the nmn behind the lilnek box nose the building to his satisfuetloll,

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PRl'INEN'l'lNG PROYISU HIGH St'HO0L I n. to the old building by a grilled runway and crowned by a clocked tower. The growth of Proviso has been as spec- tacular as the meteoric rise of a radio star from comparatively nothing into decidedly something. Today, its enrollment is 4024 pupils, 1932 girls and 2092 boys, and the end is not yet. Eight towns and forty-four diverse nationalities are represented. The classrooms number 120, and the faculty, 132. And now let me point with justifiable pride to Provisois crowning achievement, her fieldhouse. Of brick, with stone orna- mentation. and of steel construction, the edifice, costing 3450,000, came to the re- t lief of the badly crowded boys' physical education department, and, indirectly, to E i E that of the girls', also. It was constructed during summer and fall, 1937, and, in at spectacular dedication pageant, presented to the public January 27, 1938. ln the next scene we behold the huge concrete pride of Proviso, her stadium, located at the west end of the athletic field. This structure, completed in 1934, has a seating capacity of 2000. On the under f ll:15 and all's well! tieks the eloek. as we get this slant-eye- view of Provisifs tower. 'I'he toner entranee leading into the lnodern halls of the liuileling sees hundreds ot' sm-hool boys. with satehels and shining' morning fares, ereeying like snails sehool. 'l'hese same boys fall over 1-aeh other when unwillingly to the hands point side of the stadium we see the refreshment stands. public rest rooms, and football dug-outs which were recently installed. house cannot he fully appreciated unless viewed hy the naked eye- hut this television gglanee may help you detect the beauty and stren,2.'th ol' its design. Q Yuni. ylllll. guess what this is! Right the lirst time: the newly illstzllled refreshluent stands. Hinee no gganxe is in evidenee on the other side ot' the stadium. the stands. to 3:25 p.ni. Q 'I'he pride ot' Proviso as seen during: sehool sorrily enon,u'h. are momentarily closed. You eau wager. however. hours. Here is the tieldhouse on a sunny llllirllillli, vvith neatly that their popularity rivals that ot' the football IIIIIIIP IYIIPII they parked ears nestled near. 'I'lne true arehiteetural value ot' the tield- get into action. 7 P