Hammond High School - Dunes Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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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

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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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A VACATION IN MILWAUKEE Bs Elsxe Lutz Have you es tr VlSlEEd Mllwauk e cxtv of beauty and excitement? Mnlvn aukee home of busv harbors where glgantxc steamers bustle to and fro brmgmg products from many lands home of large nndustrxes meat packmg food products metal products maehmery leather chemxcals and tcxtlles home of the Mxlwaukee Braves the prxde and joy of Wlsconsm and last but not least home of Schlltz the beer that made Mllwaukec famous I had my fnrst glimpse of thus crty at the rnpe old ge of twelve You see I went to vxsxt my aunt and uncle durmg a summer vaca tnon I left for the trun statlon at seven oclock nn the mornmg I had had a terrnble tlme gcttxng up so early and I had almost declded to stay home ln bed The weather didnt help to encourage me Desplte what the weatherman had reported the weather was mlserable Buckets of ram seemed to be pourmg from all dnrectxon Smcc. Im not one of those people who hke to sung nn the ram I wasn t very happy about the sntuatnon Each drop of ram seemed to laugh at people who had to leave thexr mee warm houses Every once m 1 whlle the whole sky would rumble as lf nt were gomg to break and fall down to earth m mlllxons of pxeces The world seemed very peaceful ex cept for th pattcr of the ramdrops and an occasnonal flash of brlllnant llghtnmg Well bel1eve xt or not I fmally reached the tram statxon I got aboard the tram and sat down 1n a seat next to a wmdow I wasn t very much thrxlled about thus trlp ln fact I would rather have been home ln bed dreammg about some wonderful adventure and forgettmg about the weather and other unpleasant matters Dnsregard ng the fact that I had just eaten breakfast I got a Candy bar out of my purse and began to mbble 1t whlle I read a comxc book Thxs wasn t very much fun smce the chocolate on the candy bar had melted and dndnt taste very good and the comnc book whnch was about Donald Duck and hns romantnc expernences wnth Dansy was very bormg I trxed to look out the wmdow m order to see the beautlful scenery whnch had been advertlsed on the travel folder but the wmdow was a'l blurry from the ram It seemed as lf we had been rldmg hours and hours and as lf the train had lapped up mlles and mrles of land Then fmally the conductor called out Next stop Mllwaukee' I got off the tram and looked around I dldnt see anybody I knew I began mentally to make a l1st of th1ngs I could do 1f my aunt and uncle dndn t come I could get a job I could call home and tell my parents what had happened I could and then I found them They took me to thenr home m the suburbs of Milwaukee I drd all sorts of thlngs whlle I was there but the thmg I liked best of all was to go swnmmmg nn the waters of nearby Lake M1ch1gan One day when we went swxmmmg we were surprnsed to fmd the streets and the beach completely vacated It looked as xf the world had been deserted To fmd 1 beach whlch IS not occupxed by a smgle person ns very d1ff1cult to do especlally on a hot summer day Usually you can t even fmd a blg enough spot on whlch to lay your blanket We felt very lucky to have m1les and m1les of sandy beach for ourselves On our way home we notnced a lady who was slttxng on her porch shadmg herself from the scorchxng heat of the afternoon sun and lazxly glldmg 1n a porch swung As we passed her porch she sat up and stared at us as lf we were the fxrst human bemgs she had ever seen It wasnt untnl we arrnved home that we le1rncd why the town was so qunet and peaceful There was a pollo epidemic and everyone mcludmg us was supposed to be quarantmed I had to be exammed and gn en special permxssnon to go home I had a very wonderful vacatxon but lxke most good thmgs lt had to come to an end sometxme I thanked my host and hostess an I got aboard a tram for home I arrnvcd back home agam m Indllna m tnme to eat supper And naturally nt was rammg' Cnty and Country By Ann Wagner Compared to the qunet and peaceful atmosphere of the country the blg Clty ns the DOISICSC place on earth to lue Many hours before the average cxty busmessman turns off hls alarm the farmer and h1s famlly hate awakened to the con fndent crow of thexr rooster The hustle and bustle of the Clty begms just before mne as busmessmen rush to work bells clang loundls horns honk xmpatxently policemen wh1stle frantlcally and traffnc assumes a loud and monotonous roar Meanwhile IU the country the cows moo contentedly durmg mxlkmg hours as the small dog barks furlously at the nevulx made scarecrow Meals m the countrv are ecstatnc thelr ex qulslte aromas drlftmg gently to the hnred hands at work m the fneld While meager lunches nn the cxtx are bolted hurnedls The busmessman abruptly stops work as the courthouse clock boxsterouslv peals the hour The farmer sometimes works far mto the exemng lf the haung must bc done Cxtx xnhabxtants chmb vteanls mto bed after a bonstcrous game of cards and usual mghtcap country mhabxtants tumble mto bed after song and praver At last comes the txme of peace for all the un dxsturbed eternal peace of rest P The Buckingham Memorlal Fountaln Of partxcular loxelmess nn the Ch1cago area the Buckmg ham Niemornal Fountam IS located m a beautnfullw landscaped area m Grant Park Fngures of bronze scahorses majestncally playing surround a central flgure In the evemng rambow colored hghts plav oter the fountain and enhance xts beauty Page Twenty hve I N ,V 2, . 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