Hammond High School - Dunes Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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swim Xlr Ncl'-un r YU, IIISIIAHCUHW 6'f5l'lllflS Grfzdua me fn gill i clfmmffnremenf l Y . TIN- frm- ,ill lil, ruinim-iigcim-iir to Lillie pliicc rhc Unin-rl Sum-s uns hr-lil in thc Hammond High ,lirurium un l L'l7I'll.ll'y Ii, I9-Ili. Of thc ninety- : pculwlv xvluu 1'cu,-ivcrl their lung iixvaiitc-rl rliplonms. I XYCYQ' f'X'S1.'lAX lkilf XXQYIHCU. Thu ilipluiuqis. um umm' nl thc' gI'IlQlLl2llCS. Cairricnl vcrv high siggiiiliuixiccr. lt mcainr sccuring some- ng' thru m.uu' lwi-lic-xml mis lost when thu war. Tn swim- ilu: ilipluiuri mcnnt thc Chzlmc uinuu their snugly in swim' mlln-gc and to go on ghcr liclrlw nl' wurla. Oilu-rs felt ir ii grcut rcccivc ri high scluisol iliplnnm in ll world thi I1 hy uzir rind sullcring. lklwin R. Nelson, Llircrtor of thc- Vctcrams' Erlul iran pxngrxiiii, nunrl Mr, A. l,, Spuhn. lWflllL'iI71ll of unmonnl lligh xxcrc present. The pruscurixtiun of rliploinixs uns insular nftcfr Doctor Cjlr-incm 'lf Mullin, Sllllt Supwinrcmlcnt nl' Puhlic Instruction, gmc thc commcnccrncnt aiclclrcss. Mr. l.. l-. Czxlclwcll prcscmcd L-:ich lflzunmoncl High graduate his diploma. Tlwsc gI'AlLlLl1lIlI1g from Haun- mond High '-'uuiri . Rlnrncs lfiulf.-r'icl4 l'scillu5s, lrunli Ncvcrs llcnrlcr. omns l-lglmlrl liwiin. Kzilinun rl. linrhcrly, Hurvcy Wfillizlm Boyle, jainucgs M. Burlur, Dun Rohcrrt Byrne, Robert Cl2l1'lTl.lI1 CIiii'pcim:i'. Russcll Orrin filllfli. liolwcrt !Xll:l'Cf.l iii'ic'lf5oii l3on.1lil lf. lirvin, Herman Gust Funk, Cfiirl Clrzuly. jr.. Hcrhcrt llc-nry Cricsc. Harry lcon Hzunilron, cil2l,lIClC' YV, Hmmm, Hurry Tlininzis Harmon, Rohm-r ,lohn Hr-rholrl, -Inhn Mor- ggim Hcrshhcrgcr, XWillium Basil Hitt, Xllfillinm Syl- vc-Srcr HoH'mun, Clhzirlcs Leon Hnpp, Rohn-rc .loscpli Horvzlth, Howzuxl XYIZIYITC Huntington, joseph Qlusick. john D. Kiiluli. Riclrzircl McXY7instry Kcclcr, Alhcrt james lironclsc, i,nxx'i'ciicc 'llicodorc l.LlVclli:, john Rolvcrl Mitclicll. Clliuslcr' lilllllli Nowak, Ucorgc lfrunlq Rcpiucii lfilxxuml Owen fizimlstrom, Paul l'?i'm-sr Smiih, Rurh M, Siulzincin, .lohn Wfillizuu Tcr- rill. klohn l7rguic'is Terry, lr.. ffliomzis XYZ, Vcsscls, Lzivcrnc Elton Wfillizuns, Wfilliiun G. Wfinclrirlr, Rohcrt Cflinrlcs Wfolfc, Bcrnzwcl Phillip Wfolfv, lissiu Milrlrul W'ylic. Urun Vi-rxliiym Zirumcrrngnn, - ixlr. ltlXYlII Nr-lwn, ilircciur of Yi-iii'.inK liliu.lImrx.1l fv.l. gx,ulu,ily luriwx hi-r iliplmui lmm Ml, I. I Qlililwull Nine

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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

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Tm A Soldier Hates to See His Mother Cry I came back last week for the last time, To see my home town again-for the last time. I expected to see my sister blonde and laughing and blue-eyed. I expected to see my father dignihed or gay, In one of the moods he had from time to time. I expected to find my mother quiet and smiling, And arguing with dad about working for the duration. But my mother was crying. I didn't mind dying so much after it was over, Because I could sit on almost anything and it didn't hurt. And walking around, I didn't get my feet as sore as I did Before I died. Dying didn't seem like a grand and horrible thing, just Restful. But when I saw my mother crying . . . I guess I nearly cried myself. That's why I say, if you're going to stop wars, do it now While the chance is there and you're young enough To see it that way, because when you're older, You may die too in a war like this one and take it from me, A soldier hates to see his mother cry. By JULE MEYNI, Class of 1945 C ourtefy Calumet H emld