Hammond High School - Dunes Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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Death? One Fanth By Mary Hensley Death5 This was my flrst thought But let me start at the begmnmg It was a cool sprmg evemng nn April I was wantmg to cross the heavxly traveled hrghways on my way to the store All the hght from the stores street lnghts show and cars were glarmg m my eves so much that when I looked mto the dark parkmg lot across the street all I could see were stars I was thxnkmg what a perfect nlght thls would be rf all the hot hghts werent starmg me rn the face How nnce nt would be thxs trme of the mght 1n the country wxth the clean sweet smell of flowers and the quxet solemmty that 1s typical of the country But then back to reahsm There was a break m traffic or so I thought' I dxdnt see my cars commg but I was mxstaken All of a sudden there was a screech of brakes I don t knovx exactly what happened It all happened so fast' All I can remember IS that I saw the car commg stranght for me and nn that mstant the car was llke a horrxble huge ugly monster It whlrled through mv mmd hke a rollercoaster Wfhen I awoke from unconsclous ness I was startled beyond words I couldn t f1gure out where I was Everythmg was all whxte and spotless Then stlll not fully conscrous I thought I was dead It was another one of my qulck thoughts When I dnd regam my senses I was so overcome wrth happmess at bemg ahve and seexng my mother that I wept My mother was frantxe She thought I was hurt She was rehewed to hear that I could go home rn a week There was nothmg the matter with me except a few cuts and bruises There was nothmg broken but my prlde I kept thmkmg I must have been blmd or dumb or somethlng to walk rlght out m front of a car and get h1t My frrends teased By Wayne Stuart Today s world rs m a condxtlon of conflxct and drsagree ment and man s humamty towards man seems to have been long forgotten Man seems to have no respect for anyone but hnmself Each person goes hrs own way drsregardmg the con drtnon of others and dogmatlcally thmkrng that hrs actnon must be nght because he rs domg rt In thxs unsure corrupt world there rs only one constant, only one common goal only one umversal bellef Every man on earth bclnew es nn the supreme bemg m one degree or another People who can t possrbly have anythmg else m common hold a common fear of losmg favor forever m the eyes of thrs power Men who llve In es so dlfferent that they hardly be long m the same world wxth each other hope to attam the same goal Hns kingdom Some men fear Him some love Hxm, som envy Hlm some prty I-Iam some worshrp Hlm and others merely keep Hrm m mmd yet all are ever conscrous of I-Ins supreme majesty There are those who clanm no part of Hrm and even drsclaxm Hrs very exlstence Yet these people lxve by Hrs laws and enjoy the nchness of Hrs bounty Hrs laws have become the laws of men and no man drsobeys the laws of men who IS not eventually pumshed Hrs mfluence exists over all thlngs and can not be escaped He feeds the needy axds the poor makes httle chrldren happy provides for the aged entcrtams the workers makes busy the 1dle rebunlds the devast ted mamtams good health and most of all pro vrdes a meamng for lxfe Who IS thrs supreme benefactor of mankmd9 Yes, he has a name and xt ns famllnar to everyone H1s name IS money' Money IS the basis of mans smgle behef Money IS the um versal password Money IS the law of men Money IS the ln me and asked me how badly 1 had dented the car escapable mfluence Money rs the thought IH every mans It was an unforgettable frnghtcnmg exper1ence and one h I h I h H h t th h strong that men wlll gladlv lay thexr lmmortal souls on I-Ins t at ope never s a ave o go roug agam gurllotme to gam hrs favor and blmdly obey I-Irs every com mand Money IS the Lord Hugh Executloner of todays P0llIl cally pagan world DANCING--A DANCER S LANGUAGE By Dorothy Soja Danc1ng has been my amb1t1on and ndeal for a number of years I want to be a dancer because dancers are a group of the most pralse worthy people 1n the world In thrs professlon drffrcultxes found rn no other lme of work, are met wxth and overcome wnth such ease and a spmt worthy of much applause Mastery of techmque whnch a dancer possesses as a result of hard work gnves her a feelmg of self satlsfactlon Youth and beauty of body are unessentral to a dancer Rather one should possess grace 1nd poxse and the personalxty of the art Physlcal endurance and patrence are also factors requxred Although the dancer should have a cultural background a college educatmon IS not necessary unless one desnres to teach the aft Dance trammg begms early m hfe whlle the body IS flexxble and can be easxly bent In a good begmners ballet school one learns the prmcnples of dancmg after whlch a more advanced trammg should be secured at the excellent schools of dancmg m larger cntres Durmg trammg a dancer s motto ns to practrce constantly The schedule of the career woman drffers from that of an ordmary offrce worker Offrce jobs necessntate mental and physxcal labor, though mental labor IS more prevalent whlle dancmg consnsts prmcnpally of physxcal labor The dancer s dally routme consrsts of hours of practnce Early rnsmg gettmg proper sleep and good meals go hand m hand rn makmg the dancer Advancement ns based on the type of dance major one ns In the lme of choru and other professxonal dancmg the freld has become frlled to nts fullest capacrty and offers httle reward for the average dancer because of long and expensrve trammg and the fxckleness of publrc taste In Cl3SSlC3l ballet there ns room for dvancement lf one can complete the requirements ne ded After seven years of trammg the student becomes a member of a troupe where she can dance small parts Then she can rxse to become a Second Dancer Followmg that she becomes a Premrere Danseuse The next step ns one of honor and IS well along the way to success She becomes a Prxma Ballerma and a greater honor to be bestowed upon her IS Assoluta Few have reached thls goal but to est ease usmg the least strength The greatest drawback of bemg a dancer fmally acknowledged as the better dancer Not Every xear the dancer recenves a vacauon merely means the absence of engagements for vuth so much physlcal stram a breakdown c n Salary for a student rn trammg 1n a company ranges from thlrty and sometlmes reaches a thousand dollars weekly IS the shortness of the career After puttmg the bes years of one s hfe mto practnce one IS long after someone else of two or three weeks a whlle Thrs vacatlon be easlly suffered the trtle of Ballerma The greatest honor ever to be grven to anyone ns that of Ballerma the ones that have lt means complete mastery and co ordmatlon of the body wrth the great takes her place but she stall contmues her danly exercnses A vacatxon to a dancer and other socnal lnfe rs nmportan and cannot be left out because to flfty dollars weekly but nncreases as she does 1n fame and talent The art of dancmg ns a beautxful one It rs a means of expresslon vwhnch expresses moods better than vsords But the capabnhty of thus muscle and nerve control requlres ome vsork Even though I may newer become the kmd of dancer I dream of I wlll work hard and just the self satrsfactlon of dancmg and meetmg the world m domg so vull be revs ard enough for me Page Twenty Ihree . y , , .. , - ,, 1 0 , A . . , , , 1 1 1 1 I I 9 , . . 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Whale You re Asleep By Ed Vennon I hopped out of the car pncked up my thermos bottlt and lunch and locked the door It was a pleasant evenmg ln arly July Usually It took about three mmutes to walk from th parkmg lot to the plant entrance but tomght because I was so early I strolled slowly enjoymg the warm breeze and full moon The watchman checked my badge as I walked through the guardhouse and into the plant Immednately I was greeted by the maze of sounds that were so famlllar after only three weeks of work The buzz of actnvnty grew louder as I moved down the drnveway and through the door marked Machme Shop The clxck of my card m the tlmebox was drowned out by the roar of a crane passmg overhead The electrnc batterles whzch provide the power to run the crane screamed m a hugh patch Beneath the hngh tone of the batterres came the rumble of the huge frame Here was the mobnlnty of the shop Over seventy fxve per cent of all matenals moved m the shop was carrned by crane I knew several members of the second turn who were now explammg the jobs already set up on the machmes to the rellef men commg on thxrd turn I walked over and lls tened whlle Jam Bell a machmnst frnend of mme recenved hrs mstructxons from the fellow who ran the three foot planer on second turn Both men wore a serlous expressnon The wxse crack I tossed at them was not very well recelved They merely nodded and continued thelr conversatlon Gotta have the job off the tool by fxve thus mormng Jm came the mstructlons OK Lemme repeat the dnrectnons so there won t be any m1stake Fxrst I rough down the job rlghta Good Then I fmlsh to wnthm ten ten thousandths 1m repeated the m structlons just as they had been glven Then second turn man stood by the machme and watched 1m until the job was rollmg smoothly Frrst adjust the b1t then turn on the motor and adjust the flow of coolmg com eye of the man who had just fmnshed work The second turn man fmally left after once more cautnonmg Jlm about hls fnve oclock deadlme The acnd smell of hot metal and coolmg compound be came stronger as the machme worked Jlm bent over hls job as the bxt moved across nn a stralght cut h1s face was a study ln concentratnon Walking farther down the small bay whlch housed group of small precnslon machmes I was conscxous of the serlous expressxon on each mans face I could see eyes roammg mcessantly over the work and hands holdmg the controls mn a fnrm grnp Jam had mtroduced me to several of the men workmg thexr turn There was Sandy the old Scotchman wlth the sharpest tongue and best mechanlcal knowledge among the foremen There was Arne the huge Swede who ran a crane and Schultz the l1ttle machmnst from Germany There was ONe1ll the Irlshman who always fought wnth Sandy and Blg John the gnant Negro floorman All nodded or waved when I passed but none would leave h1s work to talk The flve mmute whlstle sent 1ts eerle blast through the shop as I arnved at the combmatnon storage room tool cr1b that was to be home for the next eight hours The mercury vapor lamps sent a purple glow down the rack of chuppers grlnders torches chlsels and hoses The thnrd turn whnstle blew Immednately the floormen who were to use the tools m my crnb formed a hne at the check out wmdow These men had arrxved early to check thenr job assngnments recenve mstructlons from the second turn and draw tools Ten mmutes later the floor rang wlth the sounds of chlppers and grmders pxttnng thexr power and speed agamst the toughness of metal A1r whooshed through compressed anr hoses to run tools Calls rang out from hookers to cranemen and back agam Torches gave off acnd stenches and blmdmg hght as they sllced through even the toughest steel Bug John was an artnst wnth a chlppmg hammer H1s huge hands absorbed the shock and hns hands dwarfed the chxsel as they held lt rn place Page Twenty two At lunch jxm came over to the crnb to eat wlth me He sat down wiped the sweat from hns face and began to munch on a sandwnch Wnth hns free hand he gestured as he talked about the huge cast1ng set up on the G8CL mnllmg machme Biggest casting ever made he said Sure don t know hovs they re gonna shlp lt when they fjmsh A hundred and seventy tons that s sure a lotta metal The very slght of the thmg awed me That httle job of mme makes me feel mfernor Yeah I know how you feel but we have to handle all slzes I suppose so Well I gotta get gom nf Im gonna meet that deadlme He moved off w1th a qunck fnrm step It had taken hum exactly seven mmutes to eat Two hours later Sandy came runmng back wnth an order for some maternal nn the store room He fumed and sputtered untnl I came back wlth what he wanted He sand Youd thmk we had all nxght around here I just grmned 1t had taken only two mmutes to get the matenal from the store room At qunttmg tnme I saw Don Bell Jnm s brother He was to work on the casting on the GSLL Its a blg responsnbxllty but I wouldnt trade places with another man xn the shop he said As I walked out the door on my way home I notlced the safety sngn The machme shop has now worked one hun dred forty three days wxthout a lost tnme accndent Beneath lt vsas another sxgn A new record was set 1n the past three months for tonnage mach1ned As I got mto the car I mused So much done m so lxttle tame wnth so few accndents The Beach at Nught By Allen Tucker Shovmg the last sandy potato chnp mto my mouth I pncked up my blankets and walked away from the dymg fxre and the few campers rema1n1ng awake who were roastmg marshmallows I went back from the lake and the lnttered ter from the chnll mght breeze there spread my blankets and crawled between them When I fnmshed arrangxng the sand and squlrmmg mto a comfortable posmon before me lay Lake Mnchngan and the nxght sky nn all thelr magnxtude On enther slde the whnte sand shxmmerlng dully m th starlnght sloped down to the lake Tufts of grass dnftwood logs and eloded ridges splotched the glowmg beach with soft black hadows Near the shore the last pmk coal of the fare wmked out Sheltered from the wmd I recelved no lmpressxon of motxon all was quxet shadowed and stlll a portralt 1n black and whxte Beyond the sand the vast black mass of Lake Mnchngan lay luke a sleepmg glant nts small swells but sllght mdxcatnon of nts potential strength It extended nn a great arc bounded on the south west and north by only the dxm lme of the hornzon There were no sound no hght and only a hxnt of movement m the blackness but xt radxated a feelmg of eter nal unconquerable power and lxfe Suddenly a yacht moved ln front of me 1ts bo1l1ng wake and brlght flashmg llghts dlsturbmg the dark quxet of the scene but the blackness qulckly and nrreststnbly covered lt and peace settled once more Surroundmg the beach and the lake was the deep blue black llmltless dome of the sky The moon had not yet rnsen but the sky was flecked with nnnumerable sparklmg pomts of hght more than I had ever seen before The constellatlons be gan to form standmg out from thelr mnllnons of competxtors As I stared the stars gradually floated closer engulfmg b sorbmg everythmg They and the endless voxd of empty space around them became more real than the lake the beach the sery sand I was lymg on No longer dxd my surroundmgs at tact me I could not move even turn my head I could only stare hypnotlzed into the void that was black but dazzhngly brnght mfnmtely dnstant but near enough to touch empty but crowded I no longer belongtd to the Earth the dunes or the sand I was a part of the mfxmte heavens closer to them than to am one or anvthmg else Wlth these thoughts I fell asleep . , . . . 3 9 , I 3 - 1 1 1 ' 1 . 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That's Hammond By Nancy Mason Yes nt was the n1ght before my bng day 1n Hammond The momentous decnsxon had come You know Id thought qulte a bxt about thxs but I just couldnt belleve tomorrow Id do lt' Oh no doubt youre wondermg who I am Gosh I cer tamly dld mean to tell you before th1s Why Im Lanx ust an ordmary Amerlcan who thoroughly enjoys hfe and l1v1ng to the Nth degree My story unfolds on a rather warm day rn September To be exact the date was gee an lmportant date as th1s was and I can t even remember the day Oh yes It was the tenth As I was saymg before I had a lapse of memory there I was' All mghr I had trxed to sleep 1n the hotel but all was 1n vam Tram after tram kept gomg by tootmg and puffmg till I thought Id go mad But then that s Ham mond' By 7 30 am on that memorable day the whole town was begmmng to smell llke well lmagme the worst thmg you ve ever smelled that was It that s Hammond I trled to surround myself vuth syy ect smellmg shavxng lotxon The result mx I soon began to wonder whether xt was I that smelled so bad or just my surroundmgs I soon began to pray What oh what would Ella thxnk lf I vyalked ln on the bnggest day of my hfe smellmg l1ke a garbage dlsposal un1t9 My mlnd soon began to race wrldly It was already 8 00 oclock Just thmk I saxd to myself two more hours of bemg free' Lanx get a hold of yourself old boy th1s xs what you wanted Then hke a volce out of nowhere came Oh IS rt really? Darn that consclence nt stlll bothers me luke that even to thus day As I reahzed lt yy as 8 15 the worst of all happened Its a custom nn England vxhere I hved for many years to put your shoes outslde the door The next mormng upon awakemng you would f1nd them standmg rn the preclse place youd left them but all shmed lookmg hke new To my horror when I looked for them that mormng I reallzed someone had stolen them Gone my twenty dollar shoes gone' I then gathered such a custom was not m yogue 1n Hammond Iuckxly enough I had brought an extra panr vuth me The only trouble was that they had holes m the bottom Oh vs ell I sald Ill b standmg on them so nobody mll ever know the truth By thns tlme t was 8 30 I must get dressed I thought As I fmnshed dresslng I became ayx re of the fact that I had Page Twenty four tled my shoes together I can laugh now but at the tnme xt seemed lxke a tragedy You see I dldnt reallze th1s untll I started to walk and fell flat on my face By now I had broken out 1n a cold sweat Where oh where were my cuff l1nks9 Oh no I had left them m Chncago So after much thought I used paper clnps By 9 30 I was almost too nervous to stand Only one half hour left I decnded I had better leave I fmally dragged myself to my car As I slammed the door I pamfully reahzed I had made an error' You see my fmgers were stnll 1n the door' After speedmg to the hosprtal and recenvmg three stltches 1n my hand plus a txcket for speedmg I had seven mmutes to go Oh I just knew Id 1ever make 1t ust then xt happened In front of me the gates went down Oh no Lanx th1s just couldnt happen to you I saxd But then that same httle unknown volce sa1 Oh couldn t nt? Now my whol body began to txngle Nme frfty my watch sard As I began to tell my self my watch was pro bably ten mmutes off If always was a l1ttle fast anyway a sly httle voxce sald u1t kxddmg yourself Lanx YOU are gomg to be late' Good grnef I exclaxmed at ten after ten Im late You undoubtedly wonder by th1s trme why th1s day was so lmportant to me Well you see xt was my weddmg day and I was late But I guess that s Hammond' Smokestacks bear w1tness to the labor of the furnaces from whxch IS born a vntal substance steel for homes steel make l1fe more full for us Glowmg br1ght sky 1n the mght power and beauty Phoio by Inland Steel I y . V! . . , . . . . ' 'W r l V 1 , ' 3 3 I ' 3 3 ' ' 3 . , . . , A . , I I J Q! ' . ' 3 33 ' 3 7 3 . - - u . 1' 9 , , ,, VV . . - . . . . , . V - . V . . V . . . ,, . . . V 1 Q 9 9 ' 33 U . A ,, - u 9 9: 9 7 ' I - 9 s I -1 -T 3 V . V . . V Q . . , ' 9 . . . . , . 3 , . , . 9 . , - . . . , , . . - , 1 J - J' . . n . for industry-steel for America-steel for the world-steel to ...ah...ah... , ' ' ' - , . . , .... 3 I ' - I 3 . . , , ' 9 ' j : . ., , ' 9 , - . , . V. V - . . . V V . V . ' . . , Y 3 , . 9 zz - 19 ' .ze l ' 3 3 . V . . ' 3 3 ,, - - N - - L' 9 . ,, . V . . . ' 3 . . , , . . , . . V . 3 3 V . . . ' 3 . . . . , 3 I 7 I I ' 3 ' 3 . , 7 7- ,, . V . V . . . , , ' . Y. l 7 7 ' if V 37 I ' Y! 3 I1 . . , , c - V- l V59 ' ' i : . , . 9 'fi