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

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Isaac C. Elston High School Our school, located in the heart of Michigan City, stands as a memorial to Isaac C. Elston, one of the first settlers in Michigan City. Here are the three buildings: senior high, junior high, and the beautiful new auditorium, and immediately behind the buildings is Gill Field, where the various sports are carried on. Here we, the graduating class of 1946, have always felt that we entered these buildings to learn and that we will g° out ’nto worlcl to serve. 6

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A Day at Michigan City Senior High School The war is over, and in a world at peace once again a new day has dawned. It is Monday morning, and the students of the Michigan City Senior High School are wending their way to the spacious school building at the corner of Detroit and Lafayette Streets. It would seem that all streets, avenues, and thoroughfares lead to Isaac C. Elston High School. Here are youth, engaged in the art of learning to fit themselves to meet the high standard of American life. The students may choose whatever course they wish to pursue. Commercial, Vocational, General, and Academic are the courses that are offered. With these there is also the course in Fine Arts, that is open to anyone sufficiently interested to put forth the effort to attend a 7:30 A. M. class. The students have learned that adjustments are not easy to make but that they can be made, and so all through the day one finds these boys and girls going from class to class, adapting themselves to their strict schedules. There are six periods through the school day. At fifty-five-minute intervals the bells sound, and immediately there is a parade of eager students, changing from room to room. In this parade one finds the couples, the bookworms, the nonchalants, and the aggressives—all making their way to another classroom for the purpose of further enlightenment. Three o'clock — an exodus of students, some leaving for home, others to find their way into the business world. Four o’clock — regular hour for closing — Students have been guided capably by the teaching staff and leave the building reluctantly (we hope). Inspired with faith in their endeavors, they feel that tomorrow will be another day and that they will put more perseverance into their study, in the belief that eventually they will triumph in their chosen work. Five o’clock — the last of the students leave: these are the ones who have attended meetings or worked on the various class activities. Michigan City High is a lonely spot; students, after a real day’s labor over books and school problems, have gone home. Here they are greatly refreshed and ready for what the evening may bring. 5

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