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

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ART. . . encouraging creative work K s 3 -.QSIEL V if ' ,. vffilkia s 1 ' wi l' is ' Zilivfi ' :i'faI.fE'7 p wr ,J 1' 33 .4 V ' W a ' ,,., Page 26 The generosity of nature around Proviso has truly been appreciated by its art students. They have watched the seasons-changes in expression on the face of the earth - bring their own particular loveliness to all of life. But besides enjoying such na- tural perfection, Proviso students may View exhibits of the greatest paintings of the world in Chicago's art galleries. A comprehensive study of all art expressions reveals the underlying principles for all forms, to be the same. The interaction of the laws of balance, repetition, and dominance and subordination explain why the appeal of the uMona Lisa and that of the, Taj Mahal are artistically equal,iwhy the Mexican basket weav- er is as much a creator of art as was Michelangelo. Music is used to encourage free emotional expression in art, thus sat- isfying the creative urge. But music also utilizes the artist. For Proviso concerts every year, artistic back- grounds are created by students of the .Art Department to illustrate par- ticular moments of intense feeling. Hand in hand, the arts lead forward to the cultivation of individuals more sensitively aware of the need for beauty and harmony in the world. Surely he who is artistically aware of life will have that inner peace of T mind from which international peace must spring. Art II students study an important painting by Seurat which belongs to the post- impressionistic group. The work of commercial art students helps to emphasize with art Education for the Atomic Age -slogan for American Educa- tion Week. Stagecraft students originate and build a miniature stage for the opera Hansel and Cretelf'

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SOCIAL STUDIE E ch day the peoples of the world arc a need for an understanding feeling more rms of government and le. The Social the a Studies Department seeks to develop habits of straight thinking in its students. It is necessary that people be ' ' ' 'f the are to informed of the various fo h bits of other peop accurate and well- in their th1nk1ng 1 y remain free. N tions cannot live by more than 1 mingle. ln order to ' fl'ct countries - the themselves any a 'ndividuals can-they must do so without con 1 , ' necessary that the citizens of one it 1S ' ' of other k about the C1t1ZeI1S country now . d be- ir ideas, customs, an iefs. tudies courses present Ill3llqS Social s and suggest his future in ast and present, P. ' ' l environment and lation to his physlca IC his culture. ses are concerned pri- how the past marily W1 has affected man's present cultures. Mod- science, psychology, eco- ek to interpret our The history clas 'th the past and ern life, political omics and sociology se n 7 complex problems., to present possible so- ive a better understanding o e as they do. Civics, another subject offered in the Social Studies Depa ' h art which the govern agencies play in the lives lutions, and to g f why humans behav rtment, deals with t e p ment and community of citizens. World peace depends on every individ- ualis ability to interpret the problems of tire world-not only those of his the en own country. World History pupils discover that the Greeks and Romans also had a good civ- ilization. The problem of world peace is a big task for these four girls. Looking at the shape of the world., phys- ically speaking, are three C.P. History students. man and his world WSW Page 25

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Beginning arfisfs interpret music by making original a Miss Wilhelmina Marm, head of the art department, and her colleague, Miss Marion Dodderer, stand beside one of the two magnificent lions that guard the entrance to Chicago's Art Institute. It is difficult to estimate the service of the art department to the school. In any situation which demands the artistic approach, the Art Department is called upon for advice and assistance. It was a student of the Art Depart- ment Who designed the distinctive monogram for the choir members' stoles. As an American Education Week project, art students prepared a panel sensitively illustrating the theme Education for the Atomic Age. The scenery for school plays is prepared by Provisois artistsg their holiday decorations brighten the work-a-day atmosphere of the school. Surely, life at Proviso is greatly enriched by the innumerable services of the Art Department. bsfracfions 'X 43 Page 27