Hammond High School - Dunes Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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hammond high school

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r ) let ' s 11 ive Tlie theme ot the 1947 Dune.-. Let l.i e. has a iiies?u,i;e of frieat aIue for the student. Since 1911. wlien war was thru- t upon ns. the youth of our country has talked about, thought about, and experienced death. o it is time for us to live. Now the time has come for us li. phin In li c and to grow, to deveIo|) a stalile philosojjhv. to forget about the here-todav-gone-tomorrow liiinking o[ the war days, and to plan for |iernianence and |)eace. The world now has a choice to make. It can |iut its new found jiower to work for man and make the world a better place in which to li e. or it can let this power destroy man. There is not much question about what the people of tlie world want, but there is a great deal of question aljout how we can reach our goal of peace and brotherhood. Fdncation is the key to that goal. l!ducation i for ihnsc who wish oniv for their nun briielil bill al.-o citizens of the world. In a greater for all the people so that they will to use their knowledge not for the benefit of all l!ie .sense edupation is needed come to realize that their luic selfish ideas will only lead to misery not only for their victims but also for themselves in the end. Our time for destruction is past and uc are growing up. Il is time fur ns to build and create tiie liner things that we did without during the war years. Kducation can help us by teaching the fundamentals of government and history ilial we may profit by successes of the pa. ' t. b presenting for our problems which confront us and by giving us of the scientific world so tiiat we know better with the natural laws of the univer.se. Besides factual information. iibiraticni teaches us initiative, to be original, to expre-s our ideas, and to appreciate the bcaiililul and gooil. Such education is important to lh - inlclligei.l. tliinking citizen of tomorrow if he x.ould live abundantly. We must be natural, ihoughlfiil. kind, and adult. i iil liuough ibe romiii ' ; vears. Lets Live. the mi-ilake and consideration ih an understandinii how to coo|)eratc

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high pays tribute to mr. spohn Conu ' DuTU ' s-liiiif a aiii. it is good lo renew oui a])|)reciatioii of one who lias lived among us and served the youth of this eonimunity for more than thirty I ' lNe years. Our heloved priiici|ial. Mr. August I,. S|iohn. came to Hammond High School in 1906 as head of the Dejiart- menl of English. In this position he sir ed for six years. After an interim of teaching in Minneajiolis. he returned to n. 11. S. in 1919 as principal. Sinei- that lime, his guidance and in- llueuce ha e coiUriluited largely to mak- ing our school the great school that it is. V( hile e know our school must he th(- center of Mr. S|)ohn ' s activity, his interests have reached out in many di- rections. He is a memher of the Judd (;luh a group of leading educators ' in and ahout Chicago, a memher of the Piairie ( ' luh of ( ' hicago. and a charter memher of the Hanunond Kiwanis (Huh. Moreover, he is one of the most respect- ed and inlluencial citizens of Hammond. Under his calm and steady hand. H. H. S. ha- uealhered l.nlli the Depression, when her enrollmeiU almost dnnhled and classrooms were crowded lo llie walls, and W orhl War II. when the school, though under stalVed. gladix as- sumed its responsihility in hel|iing to ' in llie ar. In such crises Mr, Spohn -ho e(l Ills sirenglh as a hauler. r-. Ml Spohn. llioni;li » e -Imnld see llii- old MMld iraik and liirnhle ahoul u . oii luni ' Lii cn u- eau-e lo |ielie e ihal onr -piril of lunnie— in Uu: ri ' Jil .a ou lia e langlit lis lo see it. will l;o marching right on. lorevet identified in oni hearts with den old H. H. S. lour