Elkhart High School - Pennant Yearbook (Elkhart, IN)

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Our song, “TO ELKHART HIG 1s a tradition... of master teachers, of gt who have gone on, but are sti | remembered, of famous students, nation of unknown students, 3 away unnoticed, of teachers and sta much, and gave freely, of those whe bre ug and left emptyhanded, y of scholars who loved learning of rebels, Go hated school! the quiet ones, the tragi@¢ ones . . of a long, tong line, 60 long, so will never be an end. Written by... officially adopted 1945 Gerry Shank Alice Rhodes (Mrs. Fred Vondy) (Mrs. Wm. H. Tite) For some time the need for a new school song had been apparent. The fight song, adapted to Northwestern’s was satisfactory for games but hardly appropriate for all school occasions, especially assemblies. In 1945 C. P. Woodruff began a plan for dignifying school assemblies. Students learned to come in get quiet and pay attention. Pep sessions were moved to the gym. All these changes made the need of a loyaltysong more obvious. An appeal was made to the creative writing class students for a poem which could be set to music. Geraldine Shank wrote such a poem, then another senior, Alice Rhodes, wrote the music. Presented to the students at a special assembly, the school hymn, “To Elkhart High’ was officially adopted in March 1945.

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fis4 ik MO Presents... OUR HYMN of LOYALTY Ke HeAs Raa EG HIGH SGI OO AT FOL ASHEAS Re Lae IN DITANA

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The many lessons that we learned... These are the things we shan’t forget... SLE SEE SE Ae REST