Reavis High School - Aries Yearbook (Burbank, IL)

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side-of-class aid to any student, the enlarged guidance depart- ment. lThough the dependable, traditional performances .of the established teams and organizations are not specifiedherehthey are no less valuable or valued. lt is only with such a solid base of tradition that innovation can be successfull Concluding the partial list of newnesses at Reavis were the Satf urday Humanities Seminars at the University of Chicago, the spring drive for the AERO Coop, conference bowling compee tition, and the establishment of the Singers ofthe Mystic Clime. And of course, l966A67 was Dr. Callison Simon's inaugural year at Reavisf-a significant and happy experience for the school and the superintendent. lk lk if Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare John W. Gardner asked, in his l96l book llExcellence, if our society could ex- pect to be Qi excellent and equal too, i.e,, simultaneouslyf He concluded that we as a people have stressed equality at the ex- pense of excellence and that unless both were desired and at- tainable A which of course they are f we would suffer the inev- itable consequences. More than a decade and a half ago Reavis instructors and',stu- dents recognized excellence as a desirable and attainable goal Today, after I7 years, we have both mediocrity and excellence in our midstf-the former inexcusable because of the existing potential. This is not so much a criticism of the immedi- ate paste-rather it is a renewed awareness of the promise of the future of Reavis High School. lt is time to re-dedicate our' selves - as students and teachers, as administrators and board members, as secretaries and clerks, as custodians and cooks - to make this a better school. lt is time for the hard life of prinf ciple and discipline to order our beings. lt is time for excel' lence, The time IS now. PK lk Pk An outstanding example ofa principled person in our midst who is attempting to attain excellence, and give his students a .taste of it too in this Now year, is the subiect of this dedication. In talking with others about him, one hears that he has a uconcern for people generally lmeaning mankindl and a llgenuine inter- est in youth. Both true. In his l2 years at Reavis he has been teacher, coach, and friend. Some times strict, but ever fair, he encourages people around him to have the courage of theircon- victions. The I967 ARIES is dedicated to a man who this year served as president of the faculty association, the Washing-tonn trip sponsor, Social Studies Department Chairman William O'Neill. After earning his bachelor's degree from lowa's loras College, Mr. O'NeilI taught at leo High School in Chicago--coming to Reavis as an instructor of U.S. History. He received his 'mas- ter's from the University of Illinois in i965 and the following year was appointed chairman of his department. Father of 6 children and director of a boys summer camp, Mr. O'Neill has long stood for, and been an example of, ethical behavior and the belief that such conduct can lead to a better Reavis, a better life. lt is an honor to dedicate this book to him. The promise of the better high school-the significantly better high school-is within our reach. The time to stretch is upon us, all. This time of dedication and re-dedication is Now. The Time ls Now. let if be. NOVV:

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