Hammond High School - Dunes Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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4 the dunes sets the pace the dunes staff after the auditorium session . . . in looking back through our history we want you to feel, as we the staff do, that behind hamrnond high is a tradition and a warm spirit of brotherhood that calls for all the loyalty and enthusiasm we can show for what we consider one of the finest schools . . . participants representing the decades of growth of hammond high the 1900's mrs. william bardens the 1910's mrs. madeline gevirtz N XXX X ,E x l l 5 the 1920's mr. john wilhelrn silk if l the 1930's mr. edwin nelson the 1940's mr. julius papais titxx 1 the 1950's we, the students wx N W 1 X Q X vlNNi'vx.s.l:,,p by -M -,X HX 'wuts'- NQ 'QV X s N i

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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