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

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The seniors went all out on their “senior cords” in ’55. They spent a lot of time painting the clever drawings and sayings on them, and as you can see, the results were gratifying. One of the new things in footwear for the girls was knee-length stockings, ranging from pastels to bright colored argvles. NEW FADS-FASH 10NS HIT STUDENT BODY The three girls wearing the latest in knee socks are Judy McClenthen, Deanna Traylor and Dana Polomchak. Janet Mair, Jo Greiner and Judy Owen are shown wearing the long heads, one of the most popular fads of the year. Is it a box cut? A D.A.? A Don Eagle? Or a combination of all three? Shown below are Clair Knapp, Mike Hanlon and Jim Cooper with a few of the new hair cuts for the boys. Page nine We’re not going back to the gay 1920’s, it’s just the big thing in necklaces for ’55. Hardly a girl at Crown Point High was without a pair of the long beads or “ropes.” They were found in every con¬ ceivable color and made of everything from wood to glass. The boys, in ’55, became quite conscious of their haircuts. They introduced some new and different styles, the most popular of which were the crewcuts and D. A.’s. Some were more elaborate and brushed their hair into their own unusual styles. Opposite page—Standing around the bulletin board in their senior cords are Larry Haniford, AI Seramur. Barbara Petry, Ron Phillips, and Kay McAboy.

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Nobel Prize winner Ernest Hemming- way, the author of “Old Vlan and th.- Sea”, narrow!) escaped death in two African plane crashes. Singer Eartha Kin turned to dramatic acting in the broadway play “Mrs. Pat¬ terson . The televising of the Big Ten Basket- bull games was enthusiastically received by all. The attendance records of South Pacific were broken when the Broadwa IN KEEPING WITH THE TIMES ..“ | BtJU£0G5i

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“You just don’t find them around here no more”—we mean TV’s funny man, George Gobel. The “Romance of the Century” rocked the people of Hollywood when film star Monroe and baseball’s DiMag- gio fanned out at home. Former Premier Mendes France urged French citizens to drink milk instead of wine. Five U. S. Congressmen were wounded in a tumultuous outbreak when a group of Puerto Ricans invaded the House of Representatives. HOLLY HOP BECOMES ANNUAL El ENT This is the third year that the PTA has provided first-rate entertainment for the floorshow at the prom. These acts have appeared on television and at nightclubs. On the first Monday of each month the Parent Education Group met to discuss teenage problems. A film on adolescence was followed by informal discussions. For the first time the PTA offered a scholarship of $150 to a gradua tin g senior or an alumni of our school who is going to major in education. The win¬ ner must be planning to attend an Indiana school. Mr. Ervin leans against the old- fashioned pump as he talks with Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Briggs at the Holly Hop.