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

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Clark Improvements Add Comfort to Work After thirty-two years of loyal service, these exhausted rem¬ nants are being replaced. Marred by scratches and etchings, the desks are no longer useful to Clark’s new modern trend. Scratch-proof, fire-proof, and student-proof desks have intro¬ duced the “new look” at Clark. The student can no longer engrave their initials in these new formica top desks. A.V.O. boys prepare our new microphone and speaker system for an assembly program. School bells ring. Children sing? It’s back to old GRC again. But old GRC is tainted with a touch of “new”. Forsaking nostalgia for progress, GRC welcomed its 1963 facelifting. A light of wisdom now falls upon students com¬ fortably seated in the most modern desk facilities. So comfortable indeed, that now and then students have been known to fall asleep in them. To further the student’s home-away-from-home, vending ma¬ chines have been provided. Varying from beverage dispensers to fresh-fruit dispensers, the student’s health as well as pleasure is tended. The latest and most efficient speaker systems have been added to our vast audio-visual department. Our instructors have not been neglected in 1963. A recently completed teacher’s lounge replaces the makeshift meeting places previously used. With pride we hold our facelifted heads high.

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Seniors Take Honors Seniors are readying their car for the upcoming parade where they proved fortunate by winning first place. Queen Joyce Pietrzak gives up her cheering assignment temporarily while she represents Clark as the 1962 Home¬ coming queen. Joyce smiles regally at her admiring subjects. Spanish Club seizing second place last year returned this year to take first with their float, “We’re No Fan of Tech’s.” The Cheerleaders’ f aces shine with pride during the successful homecoming festivities. 13

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An extra added attraction this year was the installation of vending machines. Freshman Liz Kmetz rummages through her purse contemplating whether to buy a delicious pear while Sophomore Mary Ann Poracky inserts a coin in the fruit machine to get her apple. 15