Hammond High School - Dunes Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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What’s it all about? Though school started on time Sept. 8 (no teacher strike), HHS ' s 1200 students spent the first week in 15-minute morning class- es at Civic Center to give construction men time to ready more classrooms at HHS. ABOVE — Early arrivers enjoy the outdoors before going to bleachers and balcony. Introduction 3

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Daze of 1971-72 leads to question: Hammond High- a place of dirt, dust and noise- Parking problems, cold water, scaf- folds, plaster, dirty everythings, constant room changes— all discouraged stu- TABLE OF CONTENTS What’s it all about? p. 2 About school p. 14 About people p. 106 About the community..p. 148 wU rS ca-p (Xt dent attendance. Construction disrupted and blended with school life- Lack of facilities re- sulted in fewer activities and elec- tives, in turn causing student, faculty apathy. Despite such handicaps, 2nd semester clubs, Alice, vocal department, grid success gener- ated excitement during the year. To complicate matters, deci- sions about draft, voting laws, mar- riage, pregnancy, drinking, drugs confronted teens. In the midst of all this, HHSers asked, What ' s it all about? Paradoxically, broken windows (TOP LEFT — installation of heat-air conditioning units on roof of old girls gym) and barriers (LOWER LEFT — -stairway to new office) mark the path to construction progress, yet seem regressive because they cause HHSers inconvenience and discomfort. 2 Introduction

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Officially starting March 22, ' 71, con- struction workers continued the $4 million HHS building and re- modeling project. Major changes included new roof; heating, air conditioning units installed during the summer. Workers re- placed windows, plumbing, wiring; replastered walls; added in- tercom, lower ceilings and concrete floors for later car- peting. 4 Construction