Greensburg High School - Tower Tree Yearbook (Greensburg, IN)

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NX X ra ,-tr' 'JA 1 .Ll l in bbllll, l'011'J-'- Ll IJ I I Y y lilklli SUIGUQL V Greensburg Community High School ' Home-Coming and Schools Dedication Week The week of November i4-I9, 1957, was an impor- tant week to both the city of Greensburg and the High School. In this week we were honored by the presence of the Administration Assistant to President Eisenhower, the Governor and many other distinguished businessmen and women. We dedicated a total of seven educational buildings and a new waterplant, along with other civic improvements. ln making these improvements in our school system there was no federal aid called for, although it was in excess of three million dollars. Among the improvements were modern furnishings, a new cafeteria, modernized departments such as band, home economics, industrial arts, agriculture, etc., and an effective lighting system, Crowded corridors mark Homecoming Week utilizing natural light as well as indirect lighting. On the Fourteenth of November the High School was open to all the schools in the county for inspection. The fifteenth brought school and college administrators. Then came the seventeenth and the formal dedication. The last two days, the eighteenth and nineteenth, were filled by the Industrial Development Day and School Athletics Day. This was a week to be remembered in Greensburg. The Class of i958 is iustifiably proud to have been a part of dedication week. We are also proud to say that the people of Greensburg gave us the opportunity to re- ceive the best education available. Athletic Night

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Mr. Davis Mr, Floyd Dovis hns been Principal of Greensburg Corrnnunity High School for eight yerirs rind woe Acting Prlicipol lor seven months, Before he become Principcil, he fought for seven yeors and two nnonths In the Grecnzburg schools. Princrail llurlz, 1: Ui'OQl.,f1lL: of lechnicul High School in lndirin- opolis, attended Butler Universty where he received on I-MB. dee gree in V927 ond on MS. degree in l942, Before Corning to Greensburg, Mr, Dovis tought for ten ycors in Decatur County, six yeors ot Westport, ond four yeors ot Burney. H olco tougltt for fve yezifz He'1dJI'l4s Courty. D-rTng his teoching corc-or he hos tought sociol studios ond couched. Mr, Dovls vvill be well re-mornbered by the students of Greens' burg Community High School becouse of the guidcnce ond supervision he hos given them. Mr. Garner Serving os Assistant Principul is Mr. lorc-n Gorncr. Arnong his mony duties, he helps coordinote the octivities of the school. He received his AB. d-Lgree f:'c'n C:n'r'ol Norwol College in i927 ond his M.S, degree f-'ont lndiono Universty in l937. Mr. Gornar bcgor' his teczching corccr in l9Ql in Boone County ond tought in vorious schools before cornlng to Greensburg in i939 ln l94C he wos ot Con'b'Idge City ond lNi'ichcstcr until he returned to Greensburg in l942. He ossumed the duties os Assistort Pfinciyzol of Greensburg Community High School in l957. Miss Risk and Mr. Hedge Two newly-equipped oflices oid guidonce counsellors, Miss Geneva Rslc ond Mr. Melvin O. Hedge in gl-'rji ossistonce to the high school pupils. Miss Rislc, counsellor for girls, ond Mr. Hedge, courscllor for boys, give the students odvice in selectlng vomtion: ond solving pe:sonnl problcnfs. The sfuderts owe rvony thanks to these two worderful people for the guidonco they hovc given them during their high N school doys. N

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The School City ot Greensburg dedicated, on November 17, a total ot seven educational buildings-a new high school, three new elementary schools, a new addition to St. Mary's elementary school, a remodeled iunior high school and a converted school administration building. The tour new buildings, built simultaneously and occupied during 1957, are of the finest construction, and provide maximum facilities, at a cost in excess of i p3,000,000. Dr. Kevin McCann, the principal speaker. The cornerstone for our new high school was laid on October 30, 1956. The building was completed in the sum- mer of 1957. It was used for the first time on September 5, 1957, at the opening ot the 1957-1958 school year. The auditorium was used for the first time in the presen- tation ot Kappa Kapers on October 3, 1957. 9 1x9 Proud citizens attend dedication ceremonies The principal speaker at the for- mal ceremony in the high school gym was Dr. Kevin McCann, Ad- ministrative Assistant to President Eisenhower. Another ot the dis- tinguished personalities was guest speaker Mr. S. D. Den Uyl of Detroit, Michigan, President of Bohn Aluminum 8. Brass Corporation. Superintendent Alexander shows our new school to Dr. Harold H. Church of Indiana University, Dr. Kevin McCann, Adminis trative assistant to President Eisenhower, and Mayor Sheldon Smith.