Crown Point High School - Excalibur Yearbook (Crown Point, IN)

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FOR THE FUTURE . . . We Live and Learn At Crown Point High That we might enjoy the future of our dreams and ideals, we have applied ourselves to the preparation for our part in bringing that future about. It is seniors past, present, and future who are giving their all to this world-wide conflict. But it is not only ours to fight for, it is also ours to envision a new world to be; so—“for the future we look to the sky.” High school has helped us to catch the vision of a world free from strife, selfishness and autocracy. It has also helped us to see our responsibility for helping to reconstruct, rehabilitate, reclothe, and feed the world until our hopes for peace and world co-oper¬ ation are made and put into effect. To implement this sense of responsibility we have tried to prepare ourselves by taking pre-induction courses and other studies that will make us more effective workers and citizens. We have also participated in school and community activities to hasten Victory. In our publication we shall attempt to show the classroom work, the special wartime activities, the year’s special events, and the extracur¬ ricular activities in which we have been engaged. It is by Excalibur—“the sword of the spirit of true living”— that we shall make our dreams come true—through our courage, our devotion, our patriotism, our intelligence, and our faith. This we pledge our school, our nation, our teachers, our parents, and our God. Favorite meeting place on warm days is the front steps of our fond institution. Today we find Joan Fulk and Billie Mikuta amused at an un¬ identified someone on the left, while Harriet Habenicht and Ed Heuer hold forth in the middle door. Murrell Belanger is talking things over with Gloria Ferrero. Page Six

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THE RUSH TO CLASSES.. THE REASON FOR IT ALL.. All is quiet—dong goes the hell! The halls are filled with noisy students dashing here and there. They are all hurrying to their classes, knowing that everything they learn is vital to the war effort. The students and faculty have “gone to war.” The teachers, through a guidance program have attempted to know their pupils better and know what they need to study so that they may help to win this war. Every junior and senior was inter¬ viewed by certain teachers to help them determine whether they should work in a war industry, continue their education in college, or continue with their regular studies. Students now have a real objective to prepare for in school. Because of our new Victory courses, or pre-induction courses, designed to help train boys who will be in the armed forces and the future workers in war industries, the daily program of our high school subjects was radically changed. All those who liked to sleep late had to exert themselves so that they would be at school 15 minutes earlier the second semester. The periods were shortened and the juniors and seniors now have seven classes a day instead of six. The home-room period for upper¬ classmen was discontinued for the war courses, except for on Mondays. Page Eight