Hammond High School - Dunes Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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At Civic Center orientation Dec. 18 student body and faculty heard details of HHS-Tech schedule. Here, pupils await rides afterwards. School scrambles into nightshift, makeshift Purplists adjusted to afternoon- evening schedule, protested Ham- mond High extinction move and raised funds through projects. Wildcats re-united at orientation Dec. 18 at Civic Center. Meeting informed befuddled HHS ' ers of temporary schedule and featured unpracticed Christmas auditorium Helmeted pupils emptied lockers and salvaged books, term papers and clothing from HHS Dec. 20-21. Hours waxed changeable. First, school lasted from 12:45-5:30 p.m with 40-minute periods. Tech used its building from 7-12 am. To qualify for state financial assist- ance and satisfy North Central Association’s criteria, periods in- creased to 50 minutes Jan. 29 to a base schedule of 3:40-7:09 p.m. Variations included 6:16 p.m. dismissal for pupils with fourth- hour study halls. Small Civic Cen- ter rooms and even foyers harbored classes on alternate days from 1 :40- 3:25 p.m. Some early Hammond High classes at Tech met from 1 :35- 2:25 p.m., followed by study from 2:30-3:20 p.m. Others used vacant Tech rooms from 2:30-3:20 p.m. Administration abolished home- room after book fee collection, but advisories met sometimes. Sched- ules altered for basketball games. City faculty meetings canceled school entirely. Athletes, cheer- leaders left early for meets and games. Teams practiced mornings. Association poll Jan. 5 revealed that 95% of pupils wished to stay intact. Parents, students and fac- ulty crowded school board meeting Jan. 15 to fight to remain together and to push new building. Committee surveyed damaged building and determined repairs necessary before re-opening of old structure. Inspectors reported its findings to board in mid-January. H-Men dance Jan. 23 kicked off fund-raising schemes. Mayor Joseph Klen dubbed Feb. 3 HHS Fund Day; purple door-to-door collectors raised $3406.85. Adult Boosters sponsored adult cabaret dance Feb. 23 at Car- penter ' s Hall to help buy new ath- letic equipment. Smoker Feb. 26 offered pro football stars and films as entertainment and added to the sports equipment fund. Outside of Tech, Victor Greenland and Mike Zafran anticipate first day of night shift. 8

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In midst of fire’s watery aftermath, holiday display case and Christmas tree stand unscathed. Day-after adventurers break into locker to extinguish still-blazing textbooks within. Charred furniture, plaster, tiles clutter social studies classroom. Fireman shoots column of water through window of guidance office.

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At orientation, Mrs, Nancy Jacobs leads concert choir in vocal selection during the unrehearsed Christmas auditorium at Civic Center. Area between inner and outer doors of Civic Center houses class of Comp 5 ' ers. Girls’ gym class met in this lobby on alternate days. UICSM 2 class taught by Mr. Don Clark meets in Civic Center. Damage to HHS math rooms kept most math pupils at center until April. Loyalists objecting to separation of student body and faculty flood board of education building for board meeting. Among pro- testors stand Wildcats Debbie Cornell, Carol Wolf, Sandi Thon and Lyn Christophersen and banner-bearing Russian students. 9