Portland High School - Tifoon Yearbook (Portland, IN)

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TCD TI-IE WAR BUT ADAPTABLE TCD PEACE UT in the tense days of war, the requirements of living in a peaceful world were not forgotten. Always looking forward to a better world, sociology and civics classes stressed good citizenship and tolerance toward all races and creeds. Literature, music, and art classes endeavored to develop our appreciation of the good and beautiful in life, and the entire school program included the essentials of the well-rounded training which a really educated person in our complex life must have. Upper pictures, left to right: Out in the shop. Orville Johnston fleftl solders a gasoline funnel, while Harold Brumm tcenterl and Jack Skinner Criglitl heat a piece of metal preparatory to bending it . . . Bob Theurer, Tom Millett, Bob Disher, and Bob Wallischeck do push-ups in phys- ical fitness class . . . Lower pictures, left to right: Sue O'Shaughnessy, Mary Louise Stout, Bessielee Kelly. Glenna Mae Valentine, and Billie Schwartz practice for state physical fitness tests . . . Motion picture and slide picture projectors as well as microscopes were used extensively as visual education aids in science classes . . . w

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CLASSES STRESSED SUBJECTS RELATED OLLQVVING the trend in education since Pearl Harbor, the curriculum of Portland High School has emphasized those studies which contribute to the war program. Mathematics, mechanical drawing, and science classes were crowd- ed. Civics and history students were alert to the progress of the war and discussed problems ofthe future-compulsory military education, our relationship with Russia, and world politics. Physical fitness continued to be important, and health and safety classes taught us the good care of the body and wholesome health habits. Upper pictures, left to right: A mechanical drawing class is hard at work . . . Mr. Fields and Nilda Jean George examine a student-made map of the war fronts . . . Lower pictures, left to right: Duane Hummel, Herbert Schmidt, LeRoy Strock, and Tom Millett Watch as Alonzo Lacey flying downh and Dale Smith Cflippingj execute a tumbling exercise in physical fitness class . . . Mrs. Jean Wibel, new art teacher, gets class supplies from the cupboard . . . Climaxing a very interesting and educational semester of speech work, the members of the class, together with Mrs. Helen McTurnan, the teacher. enjoyed a banquet in the home economics rooms.

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THE NEW RECREATIGN I-IALI. WAS Wm? SQ? 26 ORE than a year ago varlous church organvz t1ons SGFVICG clubs the Chamber of Commerce, and the young pcople of Portland Jomed forces to Work toward a Youth Center for the commu n1ty At last the only thmg lacklng was a bulldlflg sultable for the project I the fall of 1944 Aaron A Curry offered the large Weller resldence on North lV'er1d1an Street to be leased rent free for one year, and defimte plans could then go forward for the project Incorporatlng the Youth Center as a part of the Park System the C1ty Coun ul approprxated funds for the expenses of 1ts sup: lv1s1on and operatlon Dona t1ons began pourmg 1n for the purchase of equlpment and furn1sh1ngs When a poll was taken concernmg l6gLll3t1Ol'1N for the runnmg of the Recre atlon Hall the students voted to pay one dollar per year for membershlp to have separate mghts for hlgh school and Junlor h1gh puplls and to have a mlxed adult and student counc1l Members of the adult commlttee appomted by the In the top plcture student members of the counc1l ar shown Cleft to Fight, Besslelee kelly Pat Arn An1ta M1l1er Carl Bowen nd Bob Mlller Not plctured Joe Bob Hartley At left Davld Ayres Lucllle Hummer Joe B111 Burnham and Joanna Wrlghtsman are dolng then' share of cleanmg and scrubbmg before the Rec was opened At rlght LeRoy Strock Wa1tS patlently for Phyllls Whltacrc and Joe Arnold to finxsh thelr excltlng game of Plng Pong Every one was glad to have a place to dance In the bottom plctuxe Helen Kesslel K3tlC POI ter Molly Valentme and J1m Frakes take advant ge of the v1c now as Lowell NOIFIS and Toan Goff look on A V Y :A L I I ,W ' . ' A I ' 1 N - I 1 . . . . . ,, L. , f ' Q 7 v 4 . Y - . ., A . . 4 ' ' . . a ' A nf . r Z., ll af ' 24 . 1 ' if L ff' I- - , ar ,f u . , l My as . 1 . . . 'W 5- ' 2 . ' H , , M f .AM A . I . . il. 7. A A ' .' 1 p , 4 . f 'wg A Vu , 4 I x f - - u M .. ,f ' , T-ya: ' 7 . ' alfa ' . . 4 ,Ji l f 3 , a '-1 2, ' ,E 54 . . . . . ,V 1 y 1 - ' M i , J C. ' V 3 . e . I . ' ? Y 3 5 a . 2- I' . 1 . . f . X n v v I , f . . . . L. le y . - Y , ' v . ' . v s Q , . . Y 1 ' , ,L ss ' xr , 9. , ' L -