Hammond High School - Dunes Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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Beneath the eaves of Hammond High’s attic, pair of janitors hoists teacher ' s desk be- fore returning it to its classroom home. 10

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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

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Wildcats re-enter repaired Hammond High Workmen and janitors scrubbed stained walls, re-installed electric- ity, cleared out rubble from boys ' gym, removed loose ceiling tiles and fixed water-warped flooring. “Home sweet home’’ banners greeted HHS’ers on return of most fourth and fifth hour classes to south end of building at the be- ginning of March. Some classes still convened at Civic Center and Tech due to lack of space. Periods at HHS started at 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. After attend- ance at old building, students trek- ked to Tech to finish the day, which now continued until 6:16 p.m. for the majority of the Wildcats. Normal schedule resumed April 8 from 8:30 am. -2:40 p.m. Fifth hour still occurred before first. Homerooms met at 1 1 :25 a m. Sin- gle lunchtime served all pupils. Oc- casional sixth period at 2:45 p.m. included auditoriums and clubs. Administration re-assigned lockers. Boys’ phys ed sections used Civic Center and HHS boys’ pool. Ath- letic department stored new equip- ment at Tech and Center. Former office housed administrators and counselors. Co-ed and women’s fac- ulty lounges became teaching units. Main office transferred to former office of assistant principal. Former main office area serves as sta- tions for both administrators and counselors. Between HHS and Tech, Wildcats and Tigers cross paths while walking to and from schools. “Home again” banner on stairway greets students on their return to repaired DOHHS- 11