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

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...‘J1 en a J ell. . . Z fttendc r By bus, car, or foot — Sandra Douglas, Nancy Blanchard, Christine Hershman, Willie and Mary Lou Frcderixon, Edith Nichols, Lowell Meyer, and Jim Barry make their way to C. P. H. S. About S50 C.P-.H.S.’ers live in the country and ride a bus to school. Some leave home as early as 6:40 a. m. and busses start arriving at school at 7:10. Hundreds of other students come in cars and still more walk. Some begin their day at C.P.H.S. a little past seven, others not until a minute before eight — and sometimes a minute after eight, which means an admit from the office . . . sometimes. Some of us got new lockers this year; many of our old lockers had new locks, they all had new combinations. A locker is the first place we go in the morning, the last place we go in the afternoon. A locker is the private little home of each student. Like a home, it’s a gathering place for friends. Like a home, it holds many of the little treasures we collect in the course of our year at the Hub . . . a picture that could never be replaced ... a worn- out mirror . . . your only A” economics test . . . Meeting at their lockers between classes these seniors get in a bit of news before rushing off to their next class. Page twenty-four

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Social VJU at C. V- Jf. S. Chuck Collins, junior class president, crowns Mike Hanlon and Martha Heisterberg as King and Queen of the 195 5 Junior- Senior Prom. A warm spring night ... a big bright moon . . . a new formal ... a handsome tux . . . flowers . . . music ... the prom. This is the juniors’ gift to the graduating seniors. Juniors are proud and very gay; the seniors are just a little sad for this marks the end of their four-year careers as C.P.H.S.’ers. Last year’s prom was in May at Lincolnshire Country Club in Crete, Illinois. The Class of 1956 chose Spring Fever” as its theme and more than 200 juniors, seniors, and their guests danced to the music of Bill Carnegie. The juniors chose Martha Heisterberg and Mike Hanlon as the queen and king to reign at the most important event of the year. This year’s prom was moved up to March and was in the Crystal Ballroom of the Hotel Gary. Instead of the usual hot meal served at midnight, the juniors chose a buffet supper. The Class of 1957 made a lot of changes with the prom, but, after the newness had worn off, we found that it was still our prom and all the traditions of the prom were still there. Page twenty-three

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C.P.H.S.’ers with free time may work as hall monitors, switchboard operators, or library assistants. The duties of the hall monitor are many. Among his most important are collecting the absence slips at the beginning of the period, checking the pass of everyone in the halls, and directing visitors. The switchboard was added to the office just this year. It controls eight phones in the school plant. The main requirement here is a pleasant voice. The student librarians received credit for their work for the first time this year when a course of study was added to the duties. Working hard at one of his many duties as hall monitor is senior Dave Weiss. Two big helps to the faculty and students are the student librarians and the switchboard operators. Hard at work at their jobs are Pat Kucia and Martha Gerdt. Page twenty-five