Columbus North High School - Log Yearbook (Columbus, IN)

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rz in Gofumbm gfiqlz Sckoof ily, is mt ' Mr. Donald DuShane, I o c a I school superintendent. received the teaching professions highest honor last summer when elected president of the National Edu- cation Association. Mr. DuShane is shown above with Dean Henry L. Smith of Indiana University, former N. E. A. president, at a testimonial banquet given in his honor by Columbus citizens, and attended by many noted educators. Last fall, Mr. Otto Hughes, for eleven years a member of the C. H. S. faculty, became the school's new principal. In the center picture Mr. Hughes is shown in his office conferring with senior class president Bob Birk. At impressive ceremonies conducted by the local American Legion Post, the school's new flag pole was ded- icated last fall. Ciuest speaker was Homer Chaillaux, national chairman of the Americanism Committee of the Ameri- can Legion, Below is a view of the daily flag- lowering ceremon-

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fin Columbia XLLQ An estimated I0,000 people gath- ered at the Pennsylvania depot last fall to greet Republican presidential nomi- nee, Wendell Willkie, as he made a brief back-platform address in Colum- bus. With notification ceremonies at Elwood and campaign headquarters in neighboring Rushville, Mr. Willkie put Indiana in the political limelight. Mr. Willkie is shown here in his Columbus visit greeting local admirers. Columbus' recent rapid growth, which has given it fourth class city rat- ing with a population of II,738, has necessitated an extensive program of civic improvement. Most costly item CIVIC IMPROVEMENT COSTLIEST MODERN CHURCHXNV WILLKIE VISITS COLUMBUS , 4 X, I S .Q 1,11 was the S250,000 sewer project on which a crew of W.P.A. men are shown working. Highlight of Columbus' greatest building year was the beginning of con- struction work on the new Tabernacle Church of Christ, designed by Europe's most famous architect, Finnish Eliel Saarinen. Described by Time magazine as the costliest modern church in the world this 9'p600,000 edifice repre- sents a distinct departure from the tra- ditional Gothic type of church archi- tecture. Most striking feature of the church is the I66 foot tower pictured here. Page fivv

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TELLS THE COMPLETE STORY OF THE YEAR The l94l Log is published by the senior class of Columbus High School. Columbus, Indiana. The staff is as follows: Charles Fox and Lois lean Moore, co-editors, Mary Virginia Booth and loan Robinson, co-business managers: George Eckerly and C-eorgeanna Leist, co-advertising managers, Albert jones and Lyman Sfrietelmeier, co-promotion managers, Mr. Cecil Coons, Editorial Sponsorg Miss Edna V. Folger, Business Sponsor.