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"Chicago" is a poem by Carl Sandburg about the city of Chicago that became his adopted home. It first appeared in Poetry , March 1914, the first of nine poems collectively titled "Chicago Poems". It was republished in 1916 in Sandburg's first mainstream collection of poems, also titled Chicago Poems .
Chicago Poems established Sandburg as a major figure in contemporary literature. [5] Chicago Poems , and its follow-up volumes of verse, Cornhuskers (1918) and Smoke and Steel (1920) represent Sandburg's attempts to found an American version of social realism, writing expansive verse in praise of American agriculture and industry.
Sandburg competes in the Southwest Suburban Conference (SWSC) and is a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA), which governs most sports and competitive activities in the state of Illinois. School teams are stylized as the "Eagles". Carl Sandburg High School state championship sign at the intersection of 131st St. and LaGrange Rd.
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Victor J. Andrew High School, Andrew, or VJA, is a public four-year high school located in Tinley Park, Illinois, a southwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is named for Victor J. Andrew , of Andrew Corporation fame.
Carl Sandburg State Historic Site was the birthplace and boyhood home of author Carl Sandburg in Galesburg, Illinois, United States. It is operated by the Illinois Historic Preservation Division . The site contains the cottage Sandburg was born in, a visitor center with a museum about Carl Sandburg, a museum shop, a small theater, and the rock ...
The American Songbag is an anthology of American folksongs compiled by the poet Carl Sandburg and published by Harcourt, Brace and Company in 1927. It was enormously popular [1] and was in print continuously for more than seventy years. [2] Melodies from it were used in Alec Wilder's Names from the War (1961).
The school served high school students in Orland and Palos Township who were ineligible to attend Chicago high schools. The school was founded by Dorothy Emily Davis, who was a graduate of the University of Chicago, who had come to the Orland/Palos area to establish a high school. The school was established in 1917 with funding from a provision ...