Emerson High School - Emersonian Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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Our school color of gray was chosen to represent the steel mills, an industry synonomous with Gary. Table of Contents Academics 4 Organizations . 18 People 42 Sports 88 School Life . 108 Index 120 Welcome Inside EHS Towering elms, terraced lawns, and stately architecture are emblematic of Emerson High School. As Gary’s first high school, built in 1908, it was orginally called Gary School. It took its school colors from , sites that would be synonymous with Gary. Gray was chosen for the steel mills and gold for the sand dunes. EHS put Gary on the map by becoming the first school in the United States to have (1) an indoor swimming pool, (2) an art gallery in its corridors which is now valued at twenty thousand dollars, (3) a sc hool auditorium stage equipped like that in a legitimate theatre, and (4) the William A. Wirt Work-Study-Play System . . . kindergarten through twelfth grade in one building. In addition, Emerson was tbe first school in Gary to have a chapter of the National Honor Society (1930). However, physical beauty and past accomplishments are not sufficient to run a school. A school is first of all an institute of learning. Emerson takes pride in both her teachers and her curriculum. It is rated by the State of Indiana as a first-class commissioned high school and is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Students obviously are the remaining factor to be mentioned, and Emerson has an enrollment of 800. The youth of EHS like rock n’ roll, go for new fads, go steady, and are even known to study occasionally. Con¬ tinual care is being taken to improve the methods of their education. The new language laboratory is an example of this. The names of Emerson’s students, their curriculum, special interests, and social school life are recorded in this yearbook. These things, however, must be examined through further study. Therefore the yearbook staff of Emerson High School says . . . Welcome Inside EHS. 3

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Boys tend to business in Machine Shop. Academics Inside EHS Day in and day out Emersonians travel from class to class through interesting or boring hours, but always gain bits of knowledge or have particular days and incidents that earn special places in each one’s heart. Freshmen dashed about clutching a worn copy of The Yearling or The Covered Wagon. This was the year to first attempt a foreign language or get that first taste of algebra, and each was a great white hunter when the time came to catch insects for biology. Sophomores had the opportunity of meeting Ivanhoe, Julius Caesar, and friends. Triangles and rectangles made many really tangled in geometry, but the theorems were proved beyond a doubt—or were they? Accom¬ panying these two was World History which allowed everyone to peek into the cradle of civilization. The second and advancingly difficult year of foreign lan¬ guage was completed too. The juniors were found nose deep in the card catalog of the main library searching for sources to complete their term papers. Each semester a book report was due in U. S. History. For those with quick fingers, typing was attempted. This was also the year to tamper with the chemicals in the chemistry lab and see the wonders of science first hand. Senior year meant English IV or, for a chosen few. Advanced Literature. All struggled for points in Econom¬ ics and Government, always eyeing that first seat or at least in sly competition with close friends. Each tore down and then rebuilt a section of our fair city for the safety project. For Safety too, a health report lasting three long minutes was required. Physics was the last challenge in science. While reviewing the section that follows, many might discover that more knowledge was gained than had been realized through . . . Academics Inside EHS. 5