Elston High School - Elstonian Yearbook (Michigan City, IN)

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T. Miller H. Miller D. M. Hutton The Board of Education Although the students’ contact with the Board of Education is indirect, yet this body is the controlling influence of the entire school city, and it plays a great part in shaping the destinies of our high school. We sincerely appreciate the work which the Board of Education does for us, and we extend to each member a wish for happiness and success in their work. A. Schilf M. Haller

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Mr. M. L. Knapp Princip? Our School The modern idea of a high school education is a very broad one. We realize more and more that not all students can hope to fill the same positions in this world. With this realization in view . a modern system of education has been developed in the Michigan City High School. Ji| To meet the needs of all students, our high school offers three different curriculums: namely, academic, commercial, and vocational. There is no distinct division between these courses because they can be fused to give the student a spattering of each if he so desires. The Academic Curriculum prepares one for college; the Commercial Curriculum prepares a student for the business world; the Vocational Curriculum prepares boys for various fields of mechanics and manual labor and prepares girls for the many phases of domestic science. However, if one takes the required subjects in any one course, although he may graduate in that course, through electives he may choose subjects in either or both of the other courses. Thus where, formerly, the only subjects taught were college preparatory, now the student in our high school has every educational advantage in any line of work he wishes to follow. Another outstanding feature of the high school of today is the wide range of extra-curricular activities which are offered to all students who wish to enter them. Perhaps the most outstanding outside activity this year was basketball, because our season was so very successful. However, there were many more activities which were just as important but which were not given so much publicity. The other sports—football, wrestling, track, baseball, and golf for boys, and soccer, hockey, basketball, baseball, volley ball, and track for girls—received much attention. The importance of music in our high school cannot be overestimated. We have a glee club, a band, an orchestra, and several string ensembles. Dramatic work and Discussion League benefit many students each year. Beside these, there are many clubs and other activities which students may enter, such as Girls’ League, Boosters’ Club, Latin Club, German Club, Black-friars’, Thespians, and Hi-Y. All these student activities are intended to develop leadership and to bring out the talents and ability of every student. In this far-reaching program, the thirty-eight members of the faculty play an important part, not only in teaching the courses offered in the three general curriculums but also in sponsoring the many student activities. Mr. M. L. Knapp, our principal, heads the faculty. His twenty-two years of experience have made him a very capable guide of the destiny of Isaac C. Elston High School. Mr. Knapp received his A. B. degree at Indiana University and took his M. A. degree at Columbia University. His never-tiring efforts in furthering the ideals of our school have won for him the respect and admiration of everyone with whom he has come in contact.