Hammond High School - Dunes Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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, r, .! f gwbk WMM if mr. spohn, 1906 it has been to me a real privilege during these past years to have a part in the work and growth of ham- mond high school. in the years that are ahead ham- mond high will move for- ward and help to keep this part of indiana a world center of education and industry. a. l. spohn 1905 1911 1919 1950 a tribute to mr. spohn assumed his first teaching position as english teacher in the hammond school system moved to minneapolis where he taught in one of the city's high schools returned to hammond where he became principal of the old industrial high school which is now hammond high school retired after thirty-one years of untiring service to the entire community mr. spoh n, 1950 l 4

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miss nellie ingraham, member of the faculty of 1906. faculty 'way back then, around 1900, the faculty con- sisted all of tvvo or three persons . . . with the principal included. today, 1950, it numbers 'way past sixty. though the numbers have changed in those many years, the characteristics and rela- tionships so peculiar to the faculty in its experi- ences with its pupils have not. because these fine characteristics and warm relationships have been familiar to us so long . . . until they have actually become traditions in our school system, our school days would hardly be recognizable without them. grade books, semester exams, red pencil markings, admits, special reports, attendance slips, and the daily assignments have become such common parts of school life novv, as they were then, that there is a clear indication that this is one part of our school life that has not been changed in the transition.