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

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Hang on tight! These are the Commandos of Crown Point High School, made rugged and tough by calisthentics, boxing, wrestling, basketball, and rope climbing. They are the future soldiers of Uncle Sam, and it will be fellows like these who will win the war because they have conditioned themselves in high school through this special commando training and have made themselves ready for the strenu¬ ous physical conditioning programs of the armed forces. Page Nineteen

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WE WORKED TO WIN THE WAR ... The school really took to the skv in its “Schools at War” program, and soared to unprecedented heights in being chosen one of fifty schools in the state whose scrapbooks were given special honorable mention by the Treasury Department. Organized by the students and directed by Miss Eggebrecht and Miss Albright, the program got under way with an impressive assembly, using the theme, “Save, Serve, and Conserve,” which became the motto of the school. The “Schools at War” program began with a giant scrap drive supervised by Mr. Cochran and Mr. Church, which netted 60 tons; quite a load for a school population of 500. The sale of bonds and stamps was no minor school project. Directed by home-room captains, the students got down to business in purchasing more than $6000 worth of bonds and stamps, which also made possible the purchase of several jeeps. The sophomores were the leaders in buy¬ ing bonds and stamps; they received recognition at a special April assembly. Even teachers go to school. A special one-day Teaching Victory Course, sponsored by Indiana University, served to sharpen teaching practices by reviewing educational methods. Taught by Pro¬ fessor L. C. Andrews, the course reviewed the princi¬ ples of learning and what the teachers must do to get max imum assimilation by the students. The Crown Point teachers in the picture—you pick them out—are Mr. Carnahan, Mr. Bremer, Mr. Hindle, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Lindley, Miss Mauck, and Miss Wright. This is one of our many defense dances. I should be on that picture some¬ where. Let’s see—oh yes, there I am behind the trellis in the rear. My, my—could that be Don’s glamour girl from Dyer, or has “Chandie” joined the Dyer Booster Club too ? And such a slim waist¬ line, eh Don?

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That which you see before you (excluding anything human) is a part of the scrap that was collected by our students through the “Schools at War” program, and scrap which eliminated a dangerous shortage throughout the nation. Anything from bolts to barrels, thim¬ bles to lawn mowers, bedsprings to automobiles were contributed to make the drive an out¬ standing success. Page Twenty