Hammond High School - Dunes Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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Hurriculum Places Smpluzsis an Demvcmfic Eitizeushlju Two important aims of the English department have been to develop proficiency in taking part in active discussion groups and in ability to give reports orally. The desire for the future is to develop critical audiences among the students for movies, radio, news- papers, and magazines. This progressive program is providing for classroom libraries which will offer all types of reading material depending on the taste of the individual student. The social studies department has realized fully its responsibility to prepare young people for demo- cratic world citizenship and to this end, has tried to find more affective means of instilling in them a real appreciation of the American heritage, a deep and abiding faith in democracy, and an understanding of the problems which will inspire them, as citizens, to take an active part in community and world affairs. The mathematics department is developing two procedures that should improve both the teaching and learning qualities. Algebra aptitude tests are being given to all eighth grade pupils, and geometry aptitude tests are being given to the ninth grad alge- bra pupils. The test results will be used in advising pupils whther or not they should take algebra or geometry, and will also be useful in setting up classes in these subjects. Screening tests are being given to juniors to determine their mathematical fitness for graduation. The language department recognizes the value of their subject in the world today, supplying to pu- pils an enriched background often not presented else- where. No other subject continues from year to year with the orderly procedure, the reliance upon at- tained background, and the management and use of detail, by which language builds mastery of expres- sion. W' ith this mastery come desirable character traits, thoroughness, promptness, and accuracy. Preparation for future jobs is the aim of the commercial department. This goal is reached by the co-operative work, the instruction, and the job place- ment help that the individual student receives both before and after graduation. The Atomic Future and the chemistry depart- ment must work together. To this end the depart- men has tried to prepare the graduating seniors for, and give to them some understanding of, our jet-pro- pelled future. The music department has tried principally to develop an interest in singing as an avocation. Through singing, the department attempts to instruct the pupils in a knowledge of musical literature and through singing the students give service to the school as well as to the community. Art is a medium through which life is lived - Fundamentally, all art is based on the same principles-line, form, color, and texture. The vari- ous employments of these, expressed in many me- diums, produce the design of a person's day-. thorough high school education. In Art I and II a pupil gets acquainted with art by starting with the things we can feel and see. The really seeing process is slow and deep and is the prelude to producing. How the parts go together is another step in teaching a person to organize toward order, and away from mediocrity. As acquaintance with mate- rials and tools develop, sensitivity through the visual and tactile experiences follows. Design evolves through the desire to communicate these experiences. By the time the student progresses to Art Proj- ects his hands and mind are fairly well co-ordinated. His production will lean toward his greatest inter- ests and needs during that period of life. Greater consciousness of life's relations not only in the im- mediate environment but also in the community and ever-enlarging areas to world dimensions is a most earnest interest. We believe, then, in the art department to so plan and work that.- one may be at home with the earth, with one's hands, and with one's fellow-men through the space arts. The athletic department has tried to teach the students the forms of recreation that will carry over into after school life and provide interesting as well as useful methods of spending leisure time. Each year the Hammond High library has awak- ened interest in the freshman student by giving him live individual library lessons which demonstrate the correct use of a school library and give him a basic knowledge of the various types of books and how they are classified under the Dewey decimal system. The library is an excellent source for all types of reading and reference material. It not only serves to help in daily class-work but also introduces good literature to the mind of the student. T he eighty students enrolled in the printing de- partment are looking forward to the addition of a bindery room and also the arrival of the new equip- ment that is now on order. Some new equipment has already been received. Th clothing course provides for the develop- ment of well-groomed, well-dressed, and intelligent consumers of clothing through the basic funda- mentals of clothing selection, while the objective of the foods course is to develop each girl into a home member by giving her a practical knowledge of the selection of adequate and nourishing food and wis- dom in marketing and technique in the preparation and serving of foods. All departments work together to give to the student a basic understanding of the importance of a thorough high school education. T14 ull Y-Ullt'

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I IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM BOSTIAN, WHO SERVED AS DAY ENGINEER AT HAMMOND HIGH FOR TEN YEARS CAFETERIA AIDICS lfroul: Gerber, Merge, Swenrko Ciucki, Halleck, Dorris, Goff Kuval, Pepin, Ovanek, Hngernmu Sheets. Kaffe: Kmwcryk, Shroul, Mary- nowski, Deck, MI. George Vaughn Custodian engineer CAFILTILRIA STAFF Lrfl lu rigbl: Mrs. Louise Barr, Mrs. Marie Wray, Mrs. Mary Gruszka, Mrs. Louise Guldyn, Mrs. Anna Barrett, Mrs. Mary Zurnwee, Mrs. Marian Dobrzynski. Mr. Wfillinln Kuhn school gardener Miss Maelntyre cafeteria superviwor