George Rogers Clark High School - Powder Horn Yearbook (Whiting, IN)

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Located at 1921 Davis Avenue, in Whiting, George Rogers Clark High School has an enrollment of 799 students, 409 girls and 390 boys. In the grade school and junior high there are 639 pupils. On the three floors of Clark school are a variety of courses taught by 21 women and 22 men instructors. School begins at 8:30 with a ten minute homeroom period in which announcements for the day are read. Homeroom period is followed by seven 55 minute periods. In order to accommodate the large number of the students who must eat their lunch at school, the practice of staggering the lunch hours is employed. The first lunch hour is at 11 :30 and the other at 12:30. On Wednesday of each week the first, second, and third periods are shortened fifteen minutes to provide extra time for an activity or club period held between tirst and second periods. Located two blocks south of school is the athletic field which is used for football and baseball games and track meets. Because the school gymnasium is not large enough to accommodate the huge crowd of Clark Boosters, basketball games are played at the Whiting Memorial Gymnasium. Sherrie Gurevitz and Bernie Jo Jackura catch up on the latest school news before the lunch bell rings. The I 19th Street entrance is Clark’s freeway. Before and after school, and during lunch hours it is always packed with Pioneers going in and out of school. Bill Burk, Jack Warner, and Ron Burk find the auditorium steps a good meeting place before their morning classes. feifes r

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Ofeeuitiy. . . . ' H v Sxfc uznceA High school is a time for varied experiences which will help mold personalities and characters of future Americans. The experience of learning in high school is utmost in the teenagers’ mind. The diversified courses offered at Clark enable students to acquire a well-round education. In the classrooms numerous subjects are thoroughly discussed. Word derivations, current events, and music are just such subjects. Many times Clarkites find themselves sharing their ideas with others, and even debating them. Thinking is an experience which is encouraged by every teacher. In many ways this is a great part of the education at Clark — learning to think. Gaining and handling responsibilities is experienced in taking the opportunities to join the clubs and or¬ ganizations at G.R.C. Working on committees for dances and programs and taking part in planned ac¬ tivities are encountered by almost every student at Clark. Pioneers working as a team are witnessed not only in athletics, where it is the most prevalent, but also in such organizations as vocal music. Booster Club, and the newspaper. Clarkites working hand in hand with other Clarkites is noted everywhere: en¬ sembles practicing in the band-room preparing for contest time, young actors reviewing their lines for the all-school play, and Art Club members laboring on their Homecoming float entry. For each student the experiences he receives at Clark are different. However, they all help our teen¬ agers of today to grow up to face future problems and conflicts in the world.