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

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When students came back to school last September, they found it had changed immensely. Bulldozers and trucks were no longer a hazard in reach¬ ing the front door. Inside construction went on all around them. During the course of the year, cor¬ ridor walls were covered with bright hues of blue, orange, red, green and gold vinyl. Once dingy lockers matched the bright wall coverings. The old library had been converted into one huge makeshift office. Out of this jungle of stacked boxes, books, and clutter of desks, the business of the school was carried on for the entire first semester. The principal, assistant princi¬ pals, counselors, and secretaries all func¬ tioned with amazing efficiency out of this seemingly hopeless welter. Since many classrooms were still un¬ der construction, temporary rooms were used in many instances. Although ham¬ mers echoed and drills buzzed, classes went on. By now construction seemed here to stay, and students and teachers had pretty well accepted the attendant inconveniences as facts of life. But as the year wore on, day by day, progress was evident. Business students and teachers found their new depart¬ ments complete with carpeting and fur¬ niture to complement the bright wall coverings. The art and music depart¬ ments also felt compensated by the im¬ provements in their areas. Week after week, new classrooms were turned over for use. Shortly after the Christmas holidays, the office staff made the great exodus across the hall to their new offices. Some areas remained behind schedule at the year ' s closing, but prospects looked bright. CPHS was well on its way to building a rainbow—not just of build¬ ing materials, but of spirit. Little by little, as the year progressed, that intangible thing called spirit began to rekindle. PROGRESSES CONSTRUCTION 3

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Rainbow Builders Local 347 8 Rainbow Construction Local 101 32 Stay In Line 90 Rainbow Company 126 Time Is Money 188 Index 217 Out of the maze of blue prints, rolls of vinyl wall covering, and paste and paint buckets (top), a bright new look for CPHS emerges. Workmen (above) operate monstrous-looking machines to complete floor finishing. The eight-lane all weather track (left) is due to be completed by the fall of 1975. Workers (far right) decode blue prints to organize the tangle of wires now converted into the sleek electrical control panel in the main office. ' iHH 2

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During this past year many changes have taken place in this nation and world. Following the mode of the times. Crown Point and the surround¬ ing areas have also seen many changes. One of the biggest changes in the county seat was the moving of the courthouse. The seemingly outdated and obsolete building on the square emptied its contents into trucks and cars for transportation to the new steel complex on North Main Street, leaving behind the shell of a once- functional home of justice. In this growing community, new businesses are constantly popping up with their own unique grand opening sales. This growth was significantly shown with the opening of South lake Shopping Mall. The Mall houses two levels of stores, offering everything from belly dancing outfits to smoked sausage. Other openings include that of the First Christian Church ' s new building. Wh ile moving in of new places is significant, so also are moving outs. Kennedy and Lewis Furniture Store sold out and Kennedy moved to Mer¬ rillville, opening Jack Kennedy ' s Fur¬ niture Store. The Sears Catalog Store closed shop in the Hub City and Paramount Shoes and Clothing burnt down so they re¬ opened at Southlake Mall. Another closure this year was the shutdown of South Ward School due to the high cost of having the school meet fire requirements and operation¬ al costs. Since South Ward ' s students could be absorbed into other schools, the closing could save the school cor¬ poration $80,000 to 100,000 yearly. While the Bulldog Quick Service Restaurant was shutdown because of vandalism, other constructive efforts were much in evidence, such as that of the students who cooperated in cleaning up the courthouse yard. Crown Pointers (top) helped to clean up the grounds of the old Court House which sits vacated in the middle of the square. Many traffic signals were installed, such as this one (above), installed by James Ruth and Wil¬ liam Banister on the North East corner of the square. Repeated acts of vandalism were responsible for the closing of the Bulldog Quick Service Restaurant.