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Thruiii h Thirty-five Years The oldsters of us have learned that time is an essential part of all changes. Many things that were dreamed of in 1909 when the Emerson School made its beginning have become realities as the decades have passed into history. Other things dreamed of are still in the process of maturing, and still others have been abandoned as time have given us more light. In the beginning, Emerson School had the only school auditorium in the world with a stage equipped with a gridiron for handling of scenery (it also had the only swimming pool in a school building in the world.) In the beginning, there were two gymnas¬ iums each 32 feet by 64 feet. There was no shop building. The only manual activity was in room 123. Room 107 was the school system’s supply headquar¬ ters. A little later, room 107 housed the school print shop, and room 106 housed the school cabinet shop. This room was later changed to the school Machine Shop. The present typewriting room was at one time the school forge shop, while room 124 was the school foundry. Near the center of the school garden, along the south side of Sixth Avenue we used to have a small barn in which was kept the team of horses, used to deliver coal to the school bins. A little later the Board of Education purchased some lots along the north side of Sixth Avenue between Carolina Street and the alley west of it. Heere a large brick barn was built to house the team and wagons. In 1924 this barn was enlarged to house the school’s forge, foundry, print shop, and auto shop. In 1912, our two small gymnasiums were built out to the north giving us our present two lower gym¬ nasiums. In 1920 the gymnasiums were built up an¬ other story and the rooms now housing the band and orchestra classes were built above the engine room. In 1926, the Primary Building was added to the Emerson unit. Besides the changes in physical equipment, manv changes have occurred in the student body and in the community it serves. Present day students enjoy social activities that are supervised by the Board of Control through its Social Committee. Throughout the school year, we average two or three social committee parties each month of the year. In the early days the community was so opposed to dances that the school dared to have only one or two parties each year. Only sopho¬ mores, juniors and seniors could attend parties. The faculty and the community were certain that fresh¬ men were too young to be exposed to the dangers of a school party. The 1911 graduating class presented the Emerson School with its first good picture. It was a copy of Mother” by Rembrandt. In 1919 the Emerson School had its first Art Exhibition and made its first considerable addition to its art collection. Fourteen of our oil paintings were purchased in 1921 at a cost of $3,750.00. Through the years, the school has made additions to its art collection until we now have spent $18,775.51 for pictures. In the early days we played our football games on a field out at the American Bridge Company’s Plant. We remember well the Saturday afternoon when we played Hammond and had what to us then was an enormous sum taken in at the gate. No tickets were sold in advance; all students and adults paid the same admission charge at the gate—namely, twenty- five cents. We took in eighty two dollars on this record breaking game. Later the City Park Board purchased the block just east of Emerson School, and we used it as our football field. In due time, the Board of Education purchased this block from the City Park Board, and it became a part of Emerson School. When night football became the usual thing, the Carnegie Illinois Steel Company made available to us the Gleason Field. Studen ts should appreciate that this field is kept in condition and lighted by the Steel Company, and that schools are permitted to use it at no cost to them. Our early basketball games were played in the boys’ lower gymnasium. At a Whiting game we packed over fourteen hundred spectators into this gymnasium. Then our home games moved to the Armory and were played there until the Memorial Auditorium became available in 1928. Following World War I in September of 1920, units of the R.O.T.C. were formed in Emerson School with Major W. W. Edwards in charge. At this time began the practice of having the bugle call sounded when the school flag is hoisted each morning and again when the flag is lowered at the end of the day. The practice of all students standing at atten¬ tion” twice each day is of twenty-four years’ stand¬ ing. In 1913, Froebel School was built to become Gary’s second full sized school unit. For a year or two the students of both schools played on the Gary High School teams, since both were too small to support separate teams. In 1915 each school began supporting its own team, and the competition between the two schools started. The Emerson Teams began to go by the name, Emerson, instead of the Gary High School. With the hope that this tale of the Emerson School will stir happy memories in some of its readers, we return to the task of helping the school make more history.
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