Elwood Community High School - Crescent Yearbook (Elwood, IN)

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Our Community Center The Community Center of our town is our Panther Den. The Den is a meeting place for the residents of W. H. S. It is open at noons for our people who live in the country and for those who came back to school early. It is also open every Tuesday and Saturday night for everyone to participate in active entertainment. They may dance, play ping-pong, shuffle board, and cards. There is also a very modem, well-equipped pool room where most boys are active. If they prefer, they can enjoy a nice, quiet chat wtih a friend in our pleasantly lighted, comfortable lounge room. The after-game dances are held in our community center after each ball game so that the people may have some entertainment and relaxation after the excitement of the game. There is a coke machine in the Den so that its users may enjoy a cool drink while carrying on other activities The various clubs of our town have parties in the Den throughout the year, and occasionally a teachers' group meets there if there is a night tree from student activity The Junior-Senior Prom is also held in the Den, for it is much easier to decorate than the gymnasium. The Alumni have a chance to enjoy the facilities of the Den as there is a homecoming dance and open house following the homecoming game which is played in the afternoon. The community center is governed and kept in condition by the student council. At least two representatives of the council and two faculty members are present every night to oversee the activities. Without the Den there would be no organized entertainment for our people. Our community center is rated as one of the best in the state, and the pupils who attend it are trying to keep it so. Page Eight

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English also occupies several more houses along the way. Here the student is taught how to use his own language correctly. He gains an appreciation of good literature. He learns the spellings and meanings of many new words that he had no idea were even in the English language. He learns the fundamentals of letter writing, speech, and oratorical work in front of classes. He learns parts of speech, capitalization, punctuation, sentence structure, and abbreviations from AAA to Y.M.C.A. If the student is further interested in languages, he may take up Latin or Spanish. This gives him some idea of how people live and speak in other countries. The girls' houses are the home economics rooms where they learn the art of home making in a beautiful modern kitchen and an up-to-date sewing room. (Some man will be lucky to marry one of these girls.) The last house is perhaps the most pleasant of them all; here at least three times a week students gather to sing their favorite old and popular tunes. The band also plays a leading role in our town's musical program Almost everywhere you go you can either hear some eager singer or a talented youth trying to improve his voice or his ability to play his musical instrument. In these rooms or houses are produced every year, the men and women of tomorrow who will try to make the future a much brighter one. Page Seven

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Our Town... Willkie High and Its People Mr. Coulson; June Ripperger; Ronnie Casteel; Mr. Copeland; Emma Bennett; Jack Held. Page Nino