Thornton Township High School - Thorntonite Yearbook (Harvey, IL)

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I ' m the ghost of Thornton Future. I foresee in my crystal ball the future of Thornton Tov nship High School. I could say that students of the future will no longer have to climb stairs period after period, but will instead be able to hop on an escalator and be deposited on the next floor with no effort at all. Or I could say that tomorrow ' s pupils will sit in plastic chairs, write on glass desk tops, study in sound-proof rooms, read by natural light. I could go on to tell you that future educators will teach through advanced visual aids and that pupils of tomorrow will not have to drag home millions of books, but will simply gaze into their television screen and let the knowledge sink in. But neither I nor anyone else can promise these things to hopeful students. The only thing that I can promise is that Thornton students will always be working toward the highest goals in scholarship, in sportsmanship, and most of all in spirit. They will be leaders because such is a part of their training, bred in them through association with each other and with faculty members. From Thornton will come the leaders of tomorrow, and the next day, and the next. This I can promise you, for this is Thornton.

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rfcUtoieti4 iat i4 William E. McVey, B.S., A.M., Ph.D. Ohio Uni- versity, University of Chicago. Superintendent of Thornton Township High School and Junior Col- JUU i 7 O. Fred Umbaugh, A.B., A.M. Wittenberg College, University of Chicago. Head of English Department, Dean of Boys. Now more than ever students recognize the need for a cultural background for living. Students at Thornton derive some of this, ' tis true, from books ; but the greater part is from their associates in learn- ing, the teachers. Few realize what a tremendous job is placed on the shoulder of faculty members! Their work extends much farther than the classroom. Through daily contact with them students benefit in all phases of life. By them the younger members of the school are shown patience, tolerance for another ' s views, and steadfast effort to help in any way possible. Helene E. Wilson, B.A., M.A. University of Wisconsin, Northwestern University. Oxford University. English. Dean of Girls.