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

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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