Tuley High School - Log Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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7elw4-zq dlaaaifumq On this the thirtieth day of Ianuary, 1947, we the members of the graduating class bid farewell to our high school days and begin our journey along a road which many before us have trodden. There will be many forks in the road, different paths following different dreams: and still there is but one common goal: Happiness. The gates of the future are opening, but before we enter, let us take one moment to reminisce, one mo- ment we bask in the memory of those four years of work and play: ioy and sorrow: defeat and success. The world was at war that February of 1943, when we, a small group of freshmen, climbed the steps of Sabin for the first time. We soon were in step with the student body, for we were willing and eager to leam. Remember the hard times we had in Algebra with equations like x2+ax-52? . . . Spanish and Como esta usted? . . . and those of us who took Latin struggled along with amo amas amat . How proud we were to call ourselves high school students . . . the bond drives . . . the football rallies. How thrilled we were when we joined our upper classmates at the main building. With our second year came geometry and squares and circles and triangles . . . Oh, those tests . . . Spanish 3 and South American culture . . . English and Iulius Caesar . . . the new juke box and dancing in 27 . . . registration day and the choice of picking our own classes and teachers . . . the joy of calling younger schoolmates freshies . . . the dream of being a senior in just two years. And then we were Iuniors . . . the Tuley Civic Association was founded . . . the junior basketball team was second highest in the city . . . Physics and Ohm's law. It was as iuniors that we heard of the death of the beloved leader and president of the United States, but even that solemnity was short-lived, for it was relieved by the wondrous news of victory in Europe, followed in a few months by allied victory in the Pacific. And that September when school resumed we were proud, for though we had been too young to join the armed forces, we had done our part in bring- ing victory. Then, in February of forty-six, we became Seniors, and everything seemed different: we were no longer looking up, but being looked up to. There was English 7 and Milton's Minor Poems . . . Public Speak- ing . . . Chemistry and Gay-Lussac's Law. Remember the Prom with its gay music? How lovely the girls were in their flowing gowns being whirled around by their favorite beaus . . . and then saying good-night to one of the lovliest evenings ever spent. We were proud of the school spirit and sports- manship which helped build up Tuley's first great football team . . . what fun we had at those pep as- semblies where both the faculty and the students participated . . . English 8 and grammar, participles, adverbial clauses . . . Drama: Take heart Steen, maybe we . . . U. S. History and the leaming of the past . . . Economics, laissez faire. Election of class officers . . . choosing a class and a hatchet orator . . . picking of committees . . . final marks . . . averages . . . awarding of scholarships . . . talks with faculty advisers . . . class night . . . the play and then danc- ing in Kopp gym . . . and now, tonight. We can well remember tonight, for the strains of Pomp and Circumstance are still fresh in our minds, and somehow, we feel that we shall always remem- ber tonight: the way we strode across the stage to receive our diplomas . . . the wonderful speeches . . . the proud loving faces of those close to us. Yes, we will miss our Alma Mater and many times will wish we were back, cheering at the games, dancing at the Friday night socials, or studying for a test, even that. But tonight we hold in our hands a symbol of achievement. After four years of study and hard work, we have gained our reward, and now we look toward the future, guided by a bright and shining light. The youth of today . . . the citizens of tomorrow. Bernice Bittenfield

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