Hammond High School - Dunes Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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churches and halls. In 1893 Mr. W. A. Hill was elected principal, and an additional teacher was ap- pointed. In March, 1894, the high school moved into its new building, complete with library and laboratory advantages. Thirty pupils were enrolled, although the assembly room was capable of seating one hun- dred twenty people. The eighth grade was also seated in this room. In 1894 the first class to com- plete the four-year course graduated, exercises being held in the high school auditorium. From 1895 to 1897 no boys were graduated from the school, and again in 1900 the class was made up entirely of girls -six of them. School spirit increased and more extra-curricu- lum activities were introduced after the new school was built. Courses in Latin, German, bookkeeping, and stenography were instituted also. By 1906 the student body was made up of one hundred thirty-six pupils, and nine teachers comprised the faculty. In 1908 H.H.S. was made a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, and in 1910 was made a high school in co- peration with the University of Chicago. By 1914 the enrollment had increased to four hundred, and a larger building was necessary. The next year the work on the new Hammond Industrial High school was started--this is the building now occupied by Hammond High School on Calumet Avenue, between Eaton and Highland streets. How- ever, the building was not completely finished until the spring of 1922, for the wings, cafeteria, and audi- torium were added in the interim. In September of 1921 the technical work was transferred from Hammond Industrial High School to the Central building and the lower grades were trans- ferred to Washington School. The Technical High School was instituted in this same year, and the name of Hammond Industrial High School was changed to Hammond High School. By this time the student enrollment was 1,885, and the faculty consisted of 69 teachers. The new addition to the building, consisting of three wings with cost S450,000, was completed in 1922. This meant that there were thirty more rooms ready for use, including the gymnasium, auditorium, cafeteria, and offices. Up to this time the school paper was known as the Temulac CCalumet spelled backwardsj, but in 1923 the name was changed to Calumet Herald . The Herald staff consisted of thirty-two members at that time. Because of greater interest in this field, a class in journalism was organized in January of that year. In 1924 the Hammond High School Association was organized, its first president being John Wilhelm. The cabinet consisted of three students-secretary of discipline, secretary of student activities and secretary of public safety-and two faculty members. One of the faculty members was secretary of social affairs and the other was secretary of the treasury. The Senate was composed of ten students and was spon- sored by Miss Mary C. Burhans. In 1926 the Dunes won a First National Rating at the National Convention held at Madison, Wiscon- sin. Only one other book in Indiana won a higher place. The Calumet Herald won second place in the Indiana High School Press Association. The National Honor Society, comprised of ten seniors who had shown exceptional ability in leader- ship, scholarship, character and service, was organ- ized in 1927. It was a high school branch of Phi Beta Kappa. The monitor system, along with the student court and honor system, was organized in '28. In 1930 the HHS Band won the Indiana State Band Championship, recognizing it as the best de- veloped ancl most advanced high school band in In- diana. Hammond High's debaters were state cham- pions that year also. The lighting system for the football field was installed in 1934 at the cost of 32,700 The years from 1935 to 1938 were illustrious ones indeed for Hammond High. Two thousand, four hundred pupils were enrolled in 1935. The first day of October, 1936, was known as Hobo Day , and HHS students expressed their secret desires in the outlandish garb which they donned for the day. Later in the semester, Amelia Earhart spoke to the girls in a special auditorium session. 1938 was an outstanding year in athletics for HHS. The football team took state honors, the basketball team won the conference title for the third consecutive time, the track team won the state championship, wrestlers lost the state title by one point, the tennis team took the title, and the swim- mers placed second in state. Golfers won second place in the Northern Indiana High School Con- ference. George Sobek was named all-state guard by the United Press, Bob Mygrants won the Gimbel Prize for the best mental attitude and sportsmanship in the state basketball tournament. Julius Papais was all state right half-back from the undefeated state championship football team. Ray Frankowski was all state wrestling champion for the fourth consecu- tive year. jim Cook was the diving champion of Indiana. In 1939 the first student forum in the history of the school gave those who were interested in study- ing 'modern problems and world affairs a chance to do Sr 1 'cn

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Hammond High Seize I Uzrzf gh E715 yea COMPILED BY MARILYN MCLEAN We wish to express our appreciation to Mrs. Howard Easter, Mr. R. G. Rupp, Mrs. William Bar- den, Mrs. W. A. Hill, and Mrs. O. C. Matthies for their cooperation in the preparation of this history of Hammond High School. Hammond High School was organized in 1884 with only a few students doing freshman work. The course offered was but three years in length, and in- cluded comparatively few subjects. The curriculum for the freshman year was algebra, physical geography, English composition, and civil government. The subjects embraced in the second year were algebra, English composition, physiology, and physics. The third year consisted of rhetoric, general history, ge- ometry and botany. Superintendent XV. C. Belman did most of the teaching for many years. His policy was to give a more thorough and comprehensive study of a few subjects instead of a scattered knowledge of many subjects. The subject most concentrated on was English-composition and literature. In june of 1887 the first graduation exercises were held in the Hohman Opera House. Three young ladies constituted this class-Edna Smith, Clara Mashino, and Sarah Martelook. Two of these women are living at the present time. On the Friday eve- ning following the graduation the faculty entertained the class at a reception, and on Saturday the three women met and organized the Alumni Association. The present membership of the Alumni Association, in comparison with the initial membership, is ap- proximately eight thousand. In the fall of 1890 XV. J. Maxwell was made principal of Hammond High. By this time the en- Six The lovely maid of 1887 vintage pictured here is one of the three young ladies who constituted the Erst graduating class of Hammond High School. She is Mrs. Frank Parker of Champaign, Illinois, the former Clara Mashino of Hammond. rollment had increased to about twenty-hve, thus making it necessary to convert the superintendents oliice into an assembly room. The room which ac- commodated the seventh and eighth grades and the high school was divided so as to form a recitation room for the high school students. During those years there were no library or laboratory facilities--everything depended on teacher and text-book. The class of 1892 was the largest one up to that time-seven in number. Previous classes had an average of three members each. In the spring of '93 the old frame building on the corner of Hohman Avenue and Fayette Street was begun. This building was later moved to Russell Street and is now occupied by Technical-Vocational High School students. For a whole year, while the new school was be- ing built, the high school classes met in various

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so. Speakers from nearby cities were secured for these meetings. To promote better feeling among the region's school, the Association sponsored a Student Conference Day. The Hrst week in the new year in 1940 was made Friendship lX7eek -each freshman was as- signd a big brother or sister to help him or her get acquainted with the school. In l94l a junior Historical Society was organ- ized. The members made scrapbooks on the history of Hammond and lake County, and gave a history of the various clubs in H .H.S. An Easter Parade Style Show was presented for the girls of Hammond High and their mothers in l942. Another unusual auditorium program, which was later staged for the public, was A Pageant of Nations , written and presented by members of the Dunes staff. An All-School Revue was staged in I945, with various school organizations contributing to the program. During the war years l,967 graduates and pu- pils of Hammond High were called upon to serve their country. The gold stars on the service flag represented those who gave their lives for their country. Stamps and bonds were sold in advisories and Hammond High maintained a high record in these sales throughout the war. The junior Red Cross prepared boxes for overseas and knit for the needy in Euro e. Waste a er was collected each week in the - . P P 1 - q 1 advisories. Each organization within the school ex- erted itself to contribute something to the war effort. Mathematics, science, and h sical education were Y stressed during the war. I946 marked the return of many veterans, many of whom attended classes at the Board of Education Building and earned their diplomas. A G.l. gradu- ation, the first one held in the nation, was held in February. We at Hammond High have a heritage of which we should be proud. XV hen our school was organ- ized sixty-two years ago with a mere handful of stu- dents and a similarly small faculty, there were no traditions to be upheld, no precedents to be followed. The people who graduated in l887 might be called trail-blazers , for they set the pace for succeeding classes. It is highly improbable that they realized at that time the extent to which Hammond High would expand nor the influence which it would have in the community. But Hammond High has flourished and grown strong through the years, and we sincerely hope that those who knew Hammond High School in the days of its youth now praise it in its maturity. Eight