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

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Uf mr!! .xgmagamalfion ln the rich litcraturc of our tongue alonc arc cxprcsscd the high spirit. thc aspirations. thc lyric and dramatic gifts, the nobility of thought and insight drawn from vvcry racial group that has contrihutcd a word to its astonishing growth. lt is thc language of the pcople. the hrcath of democracy. Includcd throughout the four-year program of 4-very student, Proviso English courscs are dcsigncd to cncouragc him in widv and varicd rcading: to fostcr his apprcciation of language- and litcraturv: and to acquaint him with thc practical and crcativc usc of his natiw- spccch. by which hc may contriliutc to thc languagc unity of thc world. I x 1 A K N eZf,j9n' . 9 I it 2,4 1 fff..xv'y- ' I 1. lxllss Taylor tcaches AIIl6l'ilTiUl Literature- via tht- ncwspapcr tcxl hook! Wfhich is it. Miss Goodwin. tht- magazine or that big hunk of man? Miss Emge. Miss Harman. Bliss Trigg. Nlisr Ncal. and Miss Hogan plan a course of study for English. Mr. Daniels promotes the ide-a of international llIlflt'l'-lillldillg. Now let me src. what was that word again. Miss Scott? P11241 JI

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asa fu is swf And we thought the classics were boring! Right into athe spirit of things, Mr. Davis and llliss Reininggl tell Provisos youngest set Christmas stories. Mr. Yolk, Mrs. Davis, Miss Harris: Miss Terdina, and Mrs. Shutts discuss thc part that books will play in a united world. Rffllllb' 100ks like il sizzling panel discussion, eh what? Miss Fancher unveils Shakespearean wonders. Page 20 A cross-breed of speech, developed through centuries, English is a living svmbol of the amalgamation of peoples. lt belongs to the Teutonic family of languages, but the French conquerors of England brought it a vast enrich- ment from the romance group. lt has borrowed for its varied, powerful vocabulary from the languages of tribes and nations scattered over the whole earth through many ages. English speaking peoples likewise have built a reading tradition that is liberalizing and informative. Vistas of tolerance and knowledge, unknown to more highly na- tionalistic readers, open perpetually before us.

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J IOQQC QlfLlf':5Q5 lf'0lflfL0i8 ,iwwa fnmiig 'tn 'xii , My of 5. t 1 .M an Q .5 . tm Ml ,. xx. iz gd gg fins' FHM? yi- 5 QAM, 'ml Here is why yours doehn't ssorkfi explainb Mr. Moore. Wfill this hair-do do for the hal? Weigllty' problem is 'Lpunned', in panel discnfsion. In appreciation. our club gives you thia .... A. E. Judd, Miss Emily Reid, Manley Immel. Mirs Eleanor Lnnek. Nliss Cn-4-il Stark, and C. E. Moore learn the 1113 stery of the Hlllikef' Page 22 , A K iff M'N N.- 41, . ,4 ya- r -wt, E.: E, at ' fn, A 'tm a. ln the far past, man depended upon the spoken word to hand down his heritage of history and literature. Israel had her sweet SlI1gI0l'SQ.l Greere. her Homer: and the medieval lnarons. their lrards. ln a less poetic hut equally vital way. we. too, are de- pendent on ilu- Spoken word. Radio eonnuentators inform us of daily world happenings, and, lay editorial comment and inflection of voice. help shape the public mind. We have lpeeonle so aeeustomed to foreign am-ents and varied types of speech within our own country that we have al- rmuly completed one step toward language unity-1-wwe are