Elston High School - Elstonian Yearbook (Michigan City, IN)

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A Voyage Into The Past Becomes wenty three men, traveling through the now developed Midwest, canoeing and portaging from Montreal to New Orleans in 1976-77; that's history in the making. No, that's a fairytale! That's LaSalle Expedition II, a group of 5 educators, 16 high school graduates, a priest, and a playwright, reinacting the 17th century expedition of Cavalier Sieur De LaSalle. Though the voyageurs frequently dined in schools and had the opportunity to come inside for presentations to school students and civic groups, they had other problems LaSalle did not have to contend with. For example, the coldest winter in 104 years which forced them to abandon their canoes and portage a distance of over 400 miles. During one of their portages four voyageurs were struck by a truck as they traveled on the shoulder of the road. A semi- truck ploughed into a light truck pushing it into the line of the crew that was proceeding legally: single file, facing the traffic. Walking on the pavement in moccassins and carrying heavy packs caused many voyageurs to suffer from back injuries and fallen arches. The LaSaIIe ll expedition visited Elston in mid- December, with Elston's T.V. Productions class doing a series of T.V. programs, the French classes escorting the voyageurs about. Their feat aroused interest from the students, the faculty, the administration and the community. Cliff Wilson relaxes after a day under the stage lightst

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Open the door, Five, six pick up sticks . l A Seven, eight open the gate! Parking Lot Yields To Expansion. . . new building is a new building is a new building building ... it is made of bricks and it is cold. It has no character. It doesn't say Look at me; look at all I've been through; look at everything I've seen. it just sits and stares, waiting for experience. Elston has a new building with a cold name: llElston Physical Education Complex . Sounds good? Yes, it does sound like a spic and span floor connected to spic and span walls, connected to a spic and span ceiling. Elston, however, survives on tradition. Perhaps someday, when Elston High is falling down, falling down, the physical education building will be a fair lady; proclaiming its nobility to all who enter. Building Blocks. i ;

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A Trail Into The Future l L V'm A trio of Voyageurs sing a French drinking song in the Media Center Reid Lewis, who portrays LaSalle on this expedition, is the group's load- 0r. A group of voyageurs sing a French ballad while the TV, Productions class films them.