Steinmetz High School - Silver Streak Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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jfolo ieff . . we 0 lZACf0lf'g Among the trophies earned by Steinmetz teams or representatives during her first decade are these examples, gathered for a picture. There are two baseball trophies, awarded to the teams of 1939 and 1941. The handsome winged figure at the left was won by the Local History Club, in 1939. The same club brought to our school the lamp of learning you see beside the center baseball figure, this being won in the 1938 contest. The Local History Club for a third time brought home a trophy, the large cup second from the right, again in a contest conducted by the West Side Historical Society. Two baseball city championships and three historical contest trophies in ten years are an honorable record. We are justly proud of these. In the left background is a plague won by the Clean-Up Campaign in 1941. This is called the Community Service Award and shows Chiccgo's civic emblem. The shield at the top of the picture represents victory for the Steinmetz team in the Women's International Bowling Congress in 1940. The B.O.T.C. won the American Legion trophies in 1936, the cup at the left: in 1937, the cup at the extreme right of the picture: in 1939, the cup at center front of picture display: in 1941, when the figure second from left was presented: and in 1942, when the drum majorette at the right of the picture was awarded. Besides these marching trophies, the R.O.T.C. has won awards for marksman- ship and countless boys have won medals. The large plaque in the center of the picture is the Science Award, on which each year is inscribed the name of the highest ranking science student at Steinmetz.