Hammond High School - Dunes Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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Graduation is completion of a Goal: the Beginning of New Ones Graduating seniors listen attentively to the commencement ad- dress. In less than an hour these people will have officially com- pleted their high school education. Waiting nervously in the Civic Center hall preceeding the Pomp and Circumstance march is one of the longest parts of commencement. An end and yet a beginning is graduation’s mes- sage. Completion of a successful four years means new opportunities and responsibilities — giving I the graduation class new hopes along with their memor- ies of what has passed. What each person cont ributes to the spirit of his school becomes important at that moment of receiving his diploma, for a sense of ac- complishment is cherished by everyone. The spirit of Hammond High does not leave the individual after graduation, however; its influence stays with him for many years.

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Man ComQS To Dinner at Senior Play ‘i “The Man Who Came To Dinner” was chosen as this year’s senior play. Having been on Broadway and in movies, the play centers around the eccentricity of Sheridan Whiteside, who injured his hip while attend- ing dinner at the Stanley residence. Through the play the audience witnessed the arrival of four penguins, ten thousand cockroaches, a group of convicts, a movie star, and an Egyptian mummy case. Several weeks of re- hearsal and much practice by the selected cast brought the play to a fine performance on April 13, their “opening night.” Maggie (Leslie Malo), John (Jim Remich), Professor Metz (Allan Poqach), and Bert (Tom Cornwell) admire the ten thousand cockroaches contained in the box. Bruce Moore and Barb Smith discover that grease- paint up close looks very different from its appearance to the audience. Tim Granger craftily closes the mummy cose on Sara Pierce during a reheorsol.

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Most important in the school life of an individual is academic achievement, so it is only natural for academic accomplishments to play an important part in the for- mation of the “Spirit of ’76.” Class- room activity included new teach- ing methods such as television, more demonstrations for science classes, and speakers who shared their knowledge with students about sub- jects from chemical composition to city welfare. National Merit schol- arships were won, many entered the National Honor Society, and many others strived for better academic attainment. Speech, music, servi ces , to the school, and journalism — among others just as important, aided participants and observers.