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

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Thumb through a filing cabinet in the main office and you will find an amazing array of numbers, names, and lists. Walk into the machine shop and you will see row upon row of costly, preci- sion-made tools. Amass book after book of statistics, examine any number of financial reports and yet ignore one element - people - and Proviso will remain merely a group of structurally sound and well equipped, but useless, buildings. That one element can- not be measured except by quanrityg it has no price and cannot be replaced. It is at once the cause and the result of every physical or mental activity, every plan or dream which has made Proviso more than a name. It has become an inseparable part of a won- derful whole - this element called - PROVISO'S PECPLE

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Where Is The . . There! The last Workman set down his tools and gazed at an endless expanse of hall. A lone figure opened the door, peered in, and entered the corridor. ln a few hours, the hall echoed the footsteps and words of 4200 such figures - September, 1958. At Proviso West, bewildered freshmen roamed wild-eyed through twisting passages while sophisticated sophomores non- chalantly became just as lost. Soon the novelty wore off and Provisoites turned to the serious business of studying - the girl across the aisle, the scene out the window, and occasionally even a book. In spite of this busy schedule, however, they found time to cheer their gridiron stars to victory. And who can forget the lovely ladies at the Homecoming dance . . . Wl1at? Exposes Freshmen Page 7