LaSalle High School - Lantern Yearbook (South Bend, IN)

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A Few Chapters Of The Lions Tale I Protesting the Viet Nam War. 1973-74, President Nixoti resigns . . . Spirit week organized . . . Nancy Walker sets new state record in 50 and 100 breast stroke . . . Billy Jean King beats Bobby Riggs . . . Volleyball team gets to state semi-finals. 1974-75, Nixon pardoned . . . Drinking age in Michigan lowered. 1975-76, Disappearance of James Hoffa . . . Bicentennial celebration . . . Legion- naires disease . . . Women enter service academies . . . Mars landing 1976-77, Washington, D.C., sex scan- dals . . . Basketball and track open to girls . . . Confetti banned from pep assemblies . . . Jimmy Carter elected president . . . Girls tennis and boys basketball advance to regionals . . . New Middle school. 1977-78, Girls track wins city and N.I.C. championships . . . Star Wars craze . . . David Magley named Mr. Basketball . . . Class of ' 80 enters LaSalle. 1978-79, Deaths of Popes Paul VI and John Paul I . . . World ' s first test tube baby . . . LaSalle forms girls Softball team . . . DC 10 air tragedy. 1979-80, Hostages in Iran . . . Pope vis- its Chicago . . . James Scamman named new superintendent of schools . . . Paint- ings in gym, gift from class of ' 80 . . . Bicentennnial Celebration 1976. David Magley, Mr. Indiana Basketball, Sectional Championship. 191

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The Past 15 Years. LASALLE HIGH SCHOOL IN 1966. In 1966 LaSalle opened its doors to 1500 students. The first few months LHS had many problems: leakey ceilings and the ever-present sounds of hammers, saws, and drills. Once all the construction was done, the students felt that LaSalle was finally their home. Some of the many highlights of The Lion ' s Tale may be glimpsed on these pages. 1967-68, LaSalle adds a new spring sport to its athletic program. Coach Ben Hoevel ' s baseball team . . . Booster club marches against death on highways . . . For the first time LaSalle has a homecom- ing court. 1968-69, Cross country is added to the fall sports program . . . Due to overcrowd- ing, seniors weren ' t allowed to take physi- cal education . . . Indiana had its first baseball tournament. 1969-70, LHS has its first foreign exchange students . . . Football team wins N.I.C. under Coach Klabor. 1970-71, Tennis becomes new fall sport . . . Successful Apollo 14 and 15 moon landings . . . $1.5 million addition to LaSalle nearly complete. 1971-72, Mr. Hafner ' s first year as principal at LHS ... US withdraws from Viet Nam War . . . Female athletes win let- ter sweaters for first time . . . Junior and senior proms combined. 1972-73, Grapplers win sectional . . . Watergate Scandal . . . End of Viet Nam War . . . The skylab space mission. Gordan Nelson, first principal at L.H.S. Miss Mathews and her 1973 volleyball team. 190

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