Hammond High School - Dunes Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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Mr. Theodore Fruehling briefs the graduating class before the strains of “Pomp and Cir- cumstance open commencement exercises. g iaduatio i end the itoAg of the yetui At the 1962 “Moon River prom, (1-r ) — Karen Ahlvin, Joe Cadle, Sharon Malarik, Tom Navta, Ann Law- ther. and Dan Mudd head the “Grand March.” Decoration committee workers busily add color to the “Moon River mural in the Civic Center for the 1962 prom. 17

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Anticipation was the prevailing mood through- out the 1962 and 1963 prom seasons. From the first posters advertising the gala events, there was excitement on the part of the junior and senior student body. In May, 1962, juniors decorated the Civic Center with a mural of the theme “Moon River,” and in 1963 decorating committeemen transformed St. Thomas More Hall into a setting resembling the fashionable cjty in France for “An Evening in Paris.” In June following the 1963 prom, the Bac- calaureate Service and Commencement exercises in the Civic Center officially closed the year’s activities and ended high school days for the Class of 1963. Tom Monberg and Alden Gates anxiously enter St. Thomas More Hall to enjoy An Evening in Paris at the 1963 junior-senior prom. Pjum a u After -the prom. Bud Schmueser and Pam Meyer (couple at right) and Bill Haugh and Deborah Woody arrive at Woodmar Country Club for the after-prom party highlighted by the music of Nick Noble. (Tuxedos courtesy of Dunhill Formal Attire). 16

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The roots of the “Family Tree of ’63” characterize the administrators and teachers — educators whose goal is to im- plant into students the desire to seek knowledge and apply it for a fruitful life. In the comprehension of mathemati- cal logic and the complexities of English grammar, and in the magnitude of world history and the manipulation of business macnines, teachers strive to transform the arduous into the accessible, and the accessible into the applicable. As the roots of a tree hold the tim- ber erect and absorb nourishment for it, so do teachers anchor students in a fruit- ful soil of learning drawn from their specialized educations. And, as roots grow longer to secure more and better nutrient, so do teachers extend their educations to keep abreast of contem- porary ideas in an ultra-modern world. These many efforts contributed to the success of Hammond High School in 1962-1963.