Hammond Technical Vocational High School - Chart Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

Text from Pages 1 - 112 of the 1950 volume:

IT IS NOT USUAL FOR A FAMILY OR SCHOOL TO HOLD OPEN HOUSE WHEN THE OLD HOME IS ABANDONED. BUT SUCH IS OUR RARE PRIVI- LEGE. IT IS OUR PURPOSE TO BRING TO YOU FINAL SCENES FROM ALL PHASES OF OUR SCHOOL LIFE DOWN ON RUSSELL STREET. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A THEME OR A STORY DO NOT LOOK FARTHER; IF YOU JUST WANT TO RELIVE THE LAST DAYS OF THE OLD TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL SCHOOL, THEN JUST RELAX AND IN A NONE TOO CRITICAL ATTI- TUDE GO WITH US IN THIS OUR LAST OPEN HOUSE. TWENTY YEARS FROM NOW YOU CAN SAY, NOW, WHEN I WENT TO TECH, IT WAS RIGHT NEXT TO THE RAILROAD TRACKS, ETC.” A GRAND OLD BUILDING On a grand September day in the year 1893, the doors of a beautiful, new modern school were thrown open to admit its first classes. It was a beautiful red-brick building was and furnished with the latest, most modern equipment. It was situated in the heart of the young city of Hammond on the southeast corner of Hohman and Fayette Streets and was surrounded by a large iron picket fence. This building was called Hammond Central School. It housed a group of elementary school students and also became the home of Hammond Central High School. When the high school outgrew its capacity it was moved to the present location on Calumet Avenue and was called Hammond Industrial High School, later shortened to Hammond High School. When the need for a vocational high school became apparent, in 1919, Mr. F. S. Barrows established a small vocational school in a room on the third floor of Central School. Mr. Barrows’ school began with one classroom, one student, and one teacher, Mary Dwyer. As the enrollment of the school grew, the schedule for classes became more regular; the boys met for class in the morning and the girls in the afternoon, two times a week. All of the students were part-time students. The school expanded rapidly and in September 1922, the Hammond Technical Vocational High School was formally established. In 1923, the building was moved from Hohman Street to 231 Russell Street and the following year seven boys received their diplomas. To provide room for more shops and classrooms, a new addition, which we know as the Girls’ Department, was erected in 1925. This was also the year that the first ' Chart’ was published. Students from all over the city began to come to Tech. It was incon- venient for all of the students to bring a lunch to school and the lunch hour was too short to go to town for lunch. In response to the demand for a good, warm meal at a reasonable price, the cafeteria was established in 1926. It provides good food for students at prices they can easily afford. Hammond people realized the advantages of sending future citizens to a school that not only trains the minds, but also the hands. Increased enroll- ment and the need for more shops caused the school to spread out. First, auto shop moved across the alley; next, auto sheet metal and plumbing moved to Fayette Street; then, drafting shop and avocation moved across the street; and finally, the auto and aviation shops moved to Russell Street across the tracks. For endless years there has been talk of building a new Technical High School. This project, track elevation, and widening of Hohman Street came up before every city election and died immediately afterward. But now, what was once a dream has become a reality. In September 1950, the new Ham- mond Technical Vocational High School will be ready for occupancy. The ' New Tech’ will have modern classrooms and shops. It will have a double-sized gymnasium with power-operated dividing doors so that it can be made into two smaller gymnasiums, one for the boys and one for the girls_. It will ultimately contain a cafeteria and an auditorium and a wonder- ful football practice field. It has been our privilege to watch ' the old’ change into ' the new.’ kspfcj Jfc. F •JM kt-i. 1 Ijgm JmSIm A ’ T f X Y V, • Afej v si _ HP ' ' H i THIS IS THE WAY THE PLACE LOOKED AT THE CLOSE OF THE GROUND-BREAKING CEREMONY OCTOBER, 1948 THE CORNERSTONE IS LAID The second great event in the history of the New Tech was the laying of the cornerstone. It was such a great event! We even got almost one-half day out of school. Everyone lined up in front of the school for a parade to the New Tech. Our banners, the United States Flag and our Tech Flag were unfurled; the band played; we even had a police escort. It was a long walk but nearly all of us managed to get there. After the invocation, we listened to a lot of speakers. Of course, the best speaker was our own Pat Evoy. Mr. Benson read a list of articles which were to be sealed in the cornerstone. Wonder how many of us will be on hand when the box is ready to be reopened. The president of the Hammond School Board splattered some mortar on the cornerstone while a dozen photographers got down to business. Now it was our turn! We sang our school song, ’Go Brown and Gold.’ Bill Warick of Station W JOB made a wire recording of the ceremonies which most of us heard over the radio that evening. Stay with us. Next fall we will take you to the final chapter in the opening of Unit I of the New Tech, the Dedication, and the Formal Opening of the Doors. CORNERSTONE DEDICATION October 17, 1949 - 2:45 p.m. INVOCATION Rev. Sherman Nichols Pastor, Paxton Avenue Church of Christ, Chicago (Tech Graduate 1944) NATIONAL ANTHEM Band and Audience Directed by Mrs. Ruth Walker INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS. . . L. L. Caldwell, Superintendent of Schools SPEAKERS TECH PTA. . .Mrs. Kreyscher, Chairman Tech PTA Building Committee TECH ALUMNI .............................. Lee Turner STUDENT COUNCIL. . Patricia Evoy, President, Tech Student Council FACULTY’ F. E. Benson, Director ADMINISTRATION L. L. Caldwell, Superintendent SCHOOL BOARD INTRODUCTIONS L. L. Caldwell, Superintendent LAY ING OF CORNERSTONE Charles Scott, President of School Board SCHOOL SONG Go Brown and Gold Directed by Mrs. Ruth Walker BENEDICTION Capt. Harry Guess, Hammond Salvation Army (Former Tech Student) o z ►H w z o H OT PS w z DS o u - - - - CORNERSTONE LAYING - - - - PAT EVOY FOR THE STUDENTS MRS. KREYSCHER FOR THE P.T.A. ADMINISTRATION SCHOOL BOARD DR. HENRY W. tGGERS, GERALD GILLETTE, DONALD GAV.IT, SUPERIN- TENDENT L. L. CALDWELL, WALTER THORNTON, CHARLES SCOTT ARCHIE SPOERNER, COLUMBUS SMITH. OUR OWN OFFICE STAFF MARION FIELDON KATHRYN HOLLER MRS. MURRAY DONNA STUHR The eternal question, where can we find room for you? Our classes are crowded, our shops are full. Now, what can we do for you? Mr. Sampson and Miss Lan- don in the final stages of programming for the next semester. ? After so much of the above, a little of this is in order. Where around Tech can one go to gain privacy? Even our co-ordinators have problems to discuss. T OUR LAST OPEN HOUSE Leaving a building is not like throwing away an old worn out sweater or discarding a piece of furniture. A lot. of memories will be left behind, some good and some bad. We will show you on the pages that follow some of the things we will miss. We will be leaving the cramped •quarters, and bad air condition- THE BAND IS OUT FOR ALL THE FOOTBALL GAMES ing, the hot and cold heating system, the muddy alley and the open air playground. We will also show you some of the more pleasant memories. We will take with us the memories of pleasant associations with fellow classmates and with the teachers who taught us. We will show you our shops, our classes and our extracurricular activities. Here you may see THE GRAND MARCH, JUNE 1949 AT MADURA’S DANCELAND p- 1 m — - “ n _ L again the Tech Band, the Choral groups, the football, the track, the basketball, baseball and the outstanding record of the wrestling team. If we are lucky we may get into a meeting of one of our student service or- ganizations — we invite you again to come with us on our last open house — see the things we will leave; look at those we will be proud to take with us. THE HESSVILLE BUS - NOTICE THE APPLICATION OF THE RULES OF ETIQUETTE - LADIES FIRST! GIRLS’ GLEE CLUB First How: Onata Corder, Barbara Rosenbaum, Frances Sajdera, Rose Czarnik, Orvetta Wolfe Second Row: Mary Lou Evans, Barbara Rude, Lucille Sadjyk, Judith Allen, Delores Crowley Third Row: Josephine Joy, Mary Arrigo, Phyllis Lanham, Roxilla Edwards, Mildred Holler, Mrs. Walker Fourth Row: Patricia Ford, Janet Atkinson, Dorothy Adams, Lor- raine Hisnick, Lila Lee Huggins Fifth Row: Betty Whitt, Margarete Johnson, Faud Bierley, Marjorie Brown, Doris Walker, Sue W ' ilkinson Sixth Row: Betty Morgan, Mary Artibey, Mauretta Allen, Betty Beres, Virginia Sarzyniak, Theresa Wojciekowski Seventh Row: Blanche Smith, Bernadine Lewandowski, Ruth Green, Marvella Tussey, Barbara Melton, Peggy Oliver Eighth Row: Lena Allen, Mary La Fontaine, Charlene Morgan, Maureen Brilmyer, Constance Hoover, Irene Blankenship Ninth Row: Mary Kerchner, Maxine Allen, Betty Harris, Melva Purkey, Barbara Owen GIRL’S GLEE CLUB Any girl who has had tvo semesters of general chorus is eligible to try out for the glee cIud. Whether or not she is chosen depends upon her musi- cal ability, citizenship, and her willingness to cooperate in a singing group. Upon completion of three semesters of Glee Club, gold pins are awarded to members whose conduct and cooperative- ness have been satisfactory. Glee Club girls have many good times together and all en- joy the group work. Each year we participate in several concerts, a Christmas assembly and the city wide mu- sic festival. Officers are chosen at the be- ginning of each semester. At the present time they are: Mar- vella Tussey, president; Mar- jorie Brown, vice-president; Irene Blankenship, secretary; Frances Sajdera and Ruth Green, librarians. CHORALETTES First Row: Marry Artibey, Jose- phine Joy, Betty Strode, Mar- jorie Brown, Carol Young, Ona- ta Corder Back Row: Maxine Allen, Janet Atkinson, Marilyn Atkinson, Patty Bruckman Mrs. W ' alker MIXED CHORUS First Row: Elsie Schaller, Norman Enochsen, Lois Kreyscher, Patsy Comer, Elaine Peters, Harriet Darmafalski, Carolyn Dugger, Donald Bemotus Second Row: Shirley Zacker, Joan Blonski, Patricia Potocki, Betty Warkentein, Clara Noble, Patty Bruchman, Helen Kania, Dorothy Kras, Helen Paloney Third Row: Jerry Gooch, Bernice Bach, Ronald Cloe, Ruth Har- rell, Joyce Kennedy, Joan Blanco, Carol Young, Betty Strode, Kathryn Holler, Ruth Anne Carr, Donald Bond, Joan Adamson, Russell Darrough Fourth Row: Tom Delehanty, Leon Ohls, Marvin Kuschel, Elsie Snodgrass, Arlene Hurley, Wally Ferree, Marilyn Atkinson, Marie Bums, Martin Topp, Warren Johnson, Ronald Bolek u w MIXED CHORUS One of the most interesting and enjoyable classes in our school is Mixed Chorus. Perhaps the reason for this is that we are usually preparing for some con- cert or program to be given fot the school or for the general pub- lic. You will hear our selected group singing many songs, reli- gious, humorous, patriotic, ro- mantic, old and new. We are all happy to be able to give some- thing to our school through mu- sic. What’s this we hear? Oh nothing new. It’s just Mrs. Walker scold- ing the class because some are breathing in the wrong place. We begin again. There she goes again, this time because some are slouching in their chairs. Will we ever learn that our chances of becoming another Jim- mie Melton or Rise Stevens are pretty small unless our posture and breathing, to begin with, are correct? Our officers are: Harriet Dar- mafalski, president; Helen Pan- tazis, vice-president; Joan Adam- son, secretary; Rosemarie Koz- lowski and Marie Burns, librar- ians. BOYS’ GLEE CLUB Back Row: Franklin Ingram, Martin Topp, David Whiting, Warren Johnson, Joe Budjius, Ronald Bolek, Leon Ohls, Don Lukeman, Mickey Pendley, James Shewmaker, Carl Muehlman, Gordon Ellinghausen Second Row from Back: Dick Day, James Cross, George Bellamy, Joe Gerhardt, Rudolph Corona, Dale Milligan, Myrwin Anderson, Robert Theus, James Hendon, Frank Penman, Charles King, Donald Shadoan, James Cassady Standing left of piano: Larry Oswalt, Jim Kreiler Seated (piano bench): Robert Parsons, Donald Bemotus Kneeling: Charles Kain, Jack Hinton, Donald Trump, Robert Be- vac qua Seated (on either side of piano): Arthur Achor, Richard Hurlev, Tom Holtz, Donald Bond, Russell Darrough, Ronald Edmonds ART Left to Right from the bottom: Barbara Stevens, Arvella Guss- man, Violet Gall, Gerald Ho- ward, Barbara Ashscraft, Joan Kolbus, Loretta Grudzien, Bet- ty Sheppard, Norma Chenault, Miss Clencv, Don Kennedy, Louis Borbely ART As each year goes by it seems that more students are realizing the value of art, not only as a class, but as a shop. Most stu- dents think that you must know how to draw or paint to take art, but because of tne various mater- ials, each student may work in- dividually with plastics, jewelry, leather, block printing, and weav- ing, besides the common water and oil paints. The art class also takes care of the various needs of the other departments such as making posters and signs. The cover of this Chart is a result of one of the projects sponsored through this shop. Our instructor, Miss Clency, works individually with the stu- dents, and this combined with their willingness has made the art class beneficial for all con- cerned. - - ART - - - - Left, reading down: Peggy Kirk, Barbara Sako, Patty Bruckman, Harriet Darmofalski, Virginia Dougherty, Henrietta Carnowski, Betty Varkentien Center, reading down: Joanne McCoy, Arlene Hurley, Helen Pantasis, Lois Kreyscher, Faud Bierly, Joan Kolbus, Miss Clency Right, reading down: Margie Michal, Betty Beres, Doro- thy Adams, Vanda Martin, Betty Strode, Margaret Markovich MONITOR CLUB The girls in the Monitor Club are as busy as ever, trying to promote good citizenship among the stu- dents. The club is composed of twenty active members and twenty honor- ary members. Girls who are judged high on basis of honesty, leader- ship, ability and scholarship are voted into membership when they are first or last half juniors. After serving a year and observing the rules of the club the girls are given awards. They then become honor- ary members. The meetings are held whenever necessary. Miss Clency is the sponsor of the club. The active members are: Virginia Dougherty, Captain; Harriet Darma- folski, Co-Captain; Dorothy Adams, Secretary-Treasurer; Betty Beres, Vanda Martin, Helen Pantaz is, Mar- gie Michal, Arlene Hurley, JoAnne McCoy, Henrietta Carnowski, Peg- gy Kirk, Faud Bierly, Barbara Sako, Betty Varkentien, Betty Strode, Lois Kreyscher, Clara Noble, Joan Kolbus, Margaret Mark- ovich and Patty Bruchman. Honorary members are: Joan Adamson, Dolores Bakota, Pat Bish, Joan Blonski, Marie Burns, Rita Cyganowski, Dorothy Dona- than, Laura Elman, Joyce Emerson, Pat Evoy, Helen Greening, Helen Hoholek, Shirley Janes, Marilyn McCarney, Helen Mackowiak, Pat Nowak, Glenda Rominger, Rose Takas, Audrey Venske and Edna Viening. Sitting Left to Right: Marilyn Atkinson, Secretary; Dick Durland, Vice President; Ar- lene Hurley, Treasurer Standing: Pat Evoy, President - - - - STUDENT COUNCIL - - - - The Student Council acts as a centralizing agency for all school activities. Representatives elected by the advisories work with the officers elected by the entire student body a nd with the sponsors, Mr. Kackley and Mixx Lantz. The Council maintains a suggestion box through which the students may offer suggestions or give opinions for the improvement of the school. The Coun- cil also offers its services in promoting good citizenship, co-operation and understanding within our school, with surrounding schools and through its affili- ations hopes to help promote understanding, peace, and security, on a national and a world-wide basis. Activities sponsored by the Council this year were: The Christmas Play, Soc Hop, Hobo Dance, subscription sales for the Chart, and picture sales and collections. Other activities encouraged through the Student Council this year were: organization of city-wide safety meetings, display of lost and found articles, music at home games, joint-sponsorship of spring dance at the Masonic Temple and set up a first year award system. The Student Council is looking forward to increased student activities in the new building. imppovc roue school’’ SUGGESTIONS CHART STAFF First Row: Jean Roberts, Revea Smith, Audrey Venzke Second Row: Pat Nowak, Ted Thomas, Joyce Emerson, Carol Krolowetz Third Row: Evea Smith, Otis Zelanik, Mr. Paschen, Peggy Kirk, Helen Skrobot Absent: Dorothy Donathan, Eu- gene Talarek, Ray Gilson, John Speidel - - - - THE CHART - - - - Remember the paper, called the Tech Telescope, that came around the school occasionally; or that day when pictures were taken of your classes and we wanted you to look like you were doing something; or that day you were called up to the cafeteria to make faces at the photographer who took your in- dividual pictures? This was all a part of the work of the Chart Staff in our en- deavor to put out a yearbook. Other things we did was to pester you for subscrip- tions, to write articles about the school and to solicit advertising from Hammond merchants, without whose help we could not have had a ’50 Chart. We started out a lively bunch of boys and girls but the great odds that were against us soon tired us. The greatest of all odds this year, as in past years, was the lack of student support. Everyone wanted a Chart except when it took money or time outside of school hours. But suddenly the backing we needed came and a great amount of work flew up into our faces. We made agreements with the printer and binder; we selected a cover design, submitted by Don Smith, from a group of designs entered in the Chart Cover Contest; and, the pressure was on. A Layer’s Aspirin sign uptown says, ' 7,500,000 Americans have a headache every day.’ Mr. Paschen, our sponsor, said the sign was wrong, because he him- self had 7,499,000 of them every day. Just nobody wanted to do anything except visit. As the dead-line drew near we had to call on many, outside of this class for help. Harold Phelps, Tom Hansen, Stanley Rymarczyk, Raymond Hladek and Helen Hoholek finished much of the pencil work. The Student Council represen- tatives gave splendid help by selling subscriptions and handling the pictures in each advisory. We wish to thank these and other students who helped us and all the members of the faculty who ' put up with us’ so nicely while we were trying to do the best we could with the money available to us. OUR MAJORETTES The first thing the boys no- tice at a football game is the majorettes. And you can see why ? From left to right they are: Rose Takacs. Vera Styran, and Marie Vicari. ARNOLD ROBINSON AND WILLIAM MICHAELS, BAND DIRECTORS looking over the re- sults of the ticket sales for the concert. This room at the top of the stairway is more popu- larly referred to as ' The Ice- Box.’ What is all this music I hear? Why, it’s the Tech Band, of course in one of its daily re- hearsals under the direction of Mr. Arnold Robinson or Mr. Will- iam Michaels. Two fine concerts are given each year by the Band and the choral groups. Various organi- zations throughout the city also call on the band to provide soloists for their programs. School and civic activities are supported by playing for our football games, and participat- ing in various parades such as the Clean-Up Day, Pre-Christ- mas parade, and the annual Memorial Day Parades. We are proud of our band. Despite the handic aps under which our band has operated these many years the quality of music has remained high and compares very favorably with that in other high schools. We are looking forward to the new building. BAND BAND First Row: Vera Styran, Mary Ford, Mary Cyganowski, Ro- bert Rabatine, Dorothy Eaton, Naomi Cox, William Dodd Second Row: Wallace Rossa, Raymond Dec, Ralph Hend- rickson, Donald Stevenson, William Davis, Tommy Thom- as BAND First Row: Pat McGing, Margar- et Markovich, Barbara Sako, Delores Ford, Doris Kessler, Joan Radlotf, Herbert Treen Second Row: Richard Kovach, Frances Gora, Lillian Marcin- kovich, Delores Moulesong, Julia Wisniewski, Wanda Mar- tin, Leonard Doell BAND BAND First Row: Lois Bowen, Margie Michal, Irene McCoy, Mary Malo, Henrietta Carnowski, Virginia Dougherty Second Row: Glen Shields, Bill Longfellow, Jerry Neilly, Charles Petrovich BAND First Row: Helen Mackowiak, Margaret Schuster, Marilyn Coleman, Dorothy Franyi, Mary Raksanyi, Betty Simp- son, Helen Hoholek Second Row: Margaret Steven- son, Yvonne Davis, VCilbur Hawkins, Walter Murray, Mary Hllen Hough, Delores Macko- wiak Absent from Band Picture: Betty Lawson, Luther Hawkins JR. RED CROSS OFFICERS Sitting: Imogene McCoy, presi- dent Standing: Marilyn Atkinson, 2nd vice president; Clyde Fritz, treasurer; Joyce Gehrke, sec- retary; Bill Kansfield, vice president - - - - THE JUNIOR RED CROSS - - - - THE SOCK . HOP AFTER GAME ENTERTAINMENT SPONSORED BY THE JUNIOR RED CROSS Officers for the school year 1949-50 are: Irene McCoy, pres- ident; Henrietta Camowski, vice president; Lois Kreysher, secretary; Margaret Markovich, treasurer; and Dorothy Adams, social chairman. Y - TEENS The largest club in our school is the Y-teen club. Any girl in high school is eligible to join, regardless of race, religion, or creed. The present membership is 130. The purpose of the Club is, ' To unite its members in the spirit of friendliness and ser- vice.’ Miss Lillian Daggert and Miss Mildred Morgan are the sponsors. During the past year, the Y-Teens have sponsored such social activities as: A ' Get Acquainted’ dance, Y-Teen Formal, and a picnic. The Club has also made Easter favors for hospitals, sponsored conces- sion stands at games, sent a delegation to the Lake County Girls’ Conference, two girls to the Northern Indiana demonstra- tion, and representatives to the y.w.c.a. - - - - Y - TEENS - - - - DEMONSTRATION ON TABLE SETTING SPONSORED BY NORTHERN INDIANA PUBLIC SERVICE CO. 12-6- ’49 Beginning upper left: 1. Running the gauntlet to and from the annex across the street. 2. Mrs. Parre’ on a noon hour round up in front of machine shop. 3. Mr. Johnson at work in his office. 4. People do read the bulletin boards. 5. Stanley Rymarczyk and Ray Hladek working on copy for the Chart. 6. Part of the usual crew f near the ice-house. 7. An indoor scene at the head of the stairs in the girls department. 8. Norma Jean Woods who had to leave us to go to billings Hospital. 9. Looking North, see the three fire escapes. - - - - CALENDAR - - - - September ,7 “ A lrst ay of school. The freshmen seem to get smaller each year. 0 S - emb for A new students to explain the operation of the Student Council — Y-leen Get Acquainted dance. 19— Miss Peehl’s Government classes toured the iovernment classes toured court session. 20 — Student Council Meeting 22 First publication of the Tech Telescope. 30 — Student Council Hobo Dance. city hall and attended the October 11 — Senior meeting. 12 — Junior meeting. 17 - Cornerstone laid for the new building. 19 - Public Welfare workers gave a talk to the senior girls on the help they are giving to the poor. r j 25 classes Bfea ° gavc their annual nutrition demonstration to the cooking 28 J .R.C. Sock Hop after Clark game. November 1 — Student Council meeting. Y-Teen meeting. 9 — Monitor meeting. 15 — Student Council meeting. 18 - Monitor Dance canceled because of lack of support. LL — Student Council meeting. J unior -Senior meeting. 23 — Got out at 2:30 because of Thanksgiving Vacation. Second publication of the Tech Telescope. 29 — Student Council meeting. WINTER CONCERT 1949-50 1900-1910 In the Good Old Summer Time 1910-1920 Alexander’s Ragtime Band Over There 1920-1930 When I Grow Too Old to Dream 1930-1940 Oklahoma 2 — After game dance— H.H.S. 5 — Y-Teen meeting, Coach Carlson was guest speaker. He showed a movie of the Froebel game. 6 - Senior girls voted on three girls for the D.A.R. award. Helen Hoholek was selected. 7 — Red Cross meeting. Student Council meeting. 8 — Senior meeting. Guest speaker was a visitor to the United Nations Assemb- 13 — Helen Hoholek took the D.A.R. examination. 14 — Christmas Program. 16 — School dismissed at 2:30. Chorus classes went through the school singing January 3 — Back to school after a long holiday. Oh! how wveryone hated to come back. 11 — Senior Dress Up day. Student Council meeting. 13 — Winter concert. 17 — Red Cross meeting. 24 — Student Council meeting. 25 — Junior-Senior Party; presentation of the Senior Mirror. February 3 — Y-Teen formal at the Masonic Temple — music by Eddie Kay. 7 — Student Council meeting. Y-Teen meeting. 10 — After game Soc-Hop. 21 — Sectionals started today, got out at 12:00. 22 — Washington’s birthday, got out at 2:30. 28 — Year book pictures distributed. Secretary of State gave speech on Sharing Responsibilities of Driving. March 8 — Boys Government class visited City Hall. 23 — P.T.A. Annual Dinner. Apri I 3-5 — Edison School visited Tech. 14 — Y-Teen and Student Council Free Frolic at Masonic Temple — music by Ken Nowlan. 26 — Tech Band Concert held at H.H.S. 28 — Senior— Junior — Senior Party. May 12 — Annual Junior Red Cross May Dance. 26 — Class Play. June 1 — Class Day — Presentation of Class Prophecies. 2 — Junior — Senior Prom at Madura’s. 8 — Tech commencement. December Jasperson getting ready to toss No. 59 for a loss- Washington game. Jughead trying his best to stop Baliga- Hammond High game. Swede slipping away from a Washington tackier. TECH ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT Fred N. Hopper, school treas- urer; A1 Waite, baseball coach and assistant in other sports; Lew Birkett, athletic director, and coach in basketball and cross country; Paul Hoemann, wrestling coach and equipment manager; Swede Carlson, foot- ball coach and assistant in track; George Bereolos; track coach and assistant in other sports. Anthony Hadady, ma- chine shop instructor, is also serving as coach of the golf team. OUR CHEERLEADERS IN ACTION Theirs is that thankless job of trying to get a lot of noise out of a small, indifferent root- ing section. With better practice facilities next year, the cheer- leaders expect better cheering sections. CROSS COUNTRY Although lacking an outstand- ing distance star, the Hammond Tech Cross Country team com- pleted the season with a very respectable won-lost record. In dual meets, Tech won over George Rogers Clark, Whiting, and East Chicago Roosevelt, but lost to Horace Mann. In both triangular meets, Tech placed second. In the larger meets where team competition was more severe, Tech boys were able to take care of themselves placing as follows: Hobart Invi- tational, fifth in a field of nine- teen; Conference Meet, eleventh in a field of twenty; Sectional Meet, fourth place. CROSS COUNTRY ‘B’ SQUAD First Row: Frank Sapyta, Tom Davidson, Jim Cross Second Row: Bob Bums, Leroy Gargano, Bob Graves Third Row: Norman Wagner, Ronald Bolek, Jim Williams, Robert Theus, Bill Pearman, Lawrence Fegeli CROSS COUNTRY LETTER WINNERS Major letters: Alex Bafia, Charles Doms, honorary cap- tain; James Graves; Walter Hayes; Leonard Kraus; Manuel Ramirez; Joe Rosanswank; Manuel Vega; and James Hin- ton, Manager. Minor letters: Bob Bums; Ronnie Bolek; Jim Cross; Tom Davidson; Albert DeRosiers; Bob Graves; Leroy Gargan; pill Pearman; Robert Theus; Norman W ' agner. CROSS COUNTRY ‘A’ SQUAD Front Row: Manuel Vega, Manuel Ramirez, Charley Doms, James Graves Back Row: Walter Hayes, Alex Bafia, Leonard Kraus, Joe Rosenswank, James Hinton- Manager - - - - WRESTLING - - - - SECTIONAL RESULTS 1st Place Manuel Rameriz J ohn Kuppinger Dick Durland Eddie Langel Phil Ludwig STATE RESULTS 120 — Manuel Rameriz State Champ 138 — Ed Langel 2nd Place 145 — John Kuppinger State Champ 165 — Phil Ludwig 4th Place 175 — Richard Durland 3rd Place , VARSITY Front Row: Dick Peyton, Phil Ludwig, Dick Durland, Dan Kennedy, Don Kennedy, Tom Hansen, Coach Hoemann Back Row: Steve Franco, John Kuppinger, Charles Clu- bine, Eddie Langel, Bob Hines, Don Jarroz, Frank Lenzo, Manuel Ramirez, Charley Kain Dick Durland Phil Ludwig John Kuppinger Manuel Ramirez Eddie Langel ' The winning of two state cham- pionships and the placing of three others in the state meet along with the greatest numhers of individual and team victories made the 49-50 season in wrestling worth remember- ing.’ That is Coach Paul Hoemann’s conservative statement made at the close of the season. When question- ed further Coach came out with the following high lights of the season. Pictures to be remembered include the looks on the faces of our three freshman varsity wrestlers just after they won their first matches. These boys then went on to finish success- ful seasons. John Kuppinger’s struggle to es- cape from a pinning hold in the con- ference finals before going on to win. Ed L angel’s high bridge in the state championship bout. Frank Len- zo’s being accused of loafing in practice after his arms and legs had been tied together by a friendly junior. The picture of five boys qualifying for finals in sectionals and the de- termination shown by all five in go- ing on to win again in the state. The fact that the team includes only four seniors, five juniors, but nine sophomores and sixteen fresh- men looks like more successful seasons on the way. WRESTLING ' B ' SQUAD Front Row: Dale Milligan, Bob Hansen, Alex Sakelaris, Harold Walker, My Anderson Middle Row: Harold Bremer, Rich- ard Starasta, Ronnie Mauch, James Williamson, Bill Harmon, Tom Hippensteel Back Row: Arthur Kalena, Law- rence Kohl, Tom Davidson, Ronnie Edmonds, Danny Dunn, Don Bernotus - - - - WRESTLING - - - - Opponent Score Tech E.C.R . .34 13 . . 36 11 Clark . .17 29 Washington . . 13 31 E.C.R 17 T.F . . 31 19 Clark . .14 32 Washington . . 19 21 T.F 26 Conf. 3 7 points 2nd place Sec. 34 points 3rd place State 20 points 3rd place ENGLISH AND SOCIAL STUDIES - - - - INSTRUCTORS - - - - Eleanore Couve’ — English Marian McCort — English Anna Moengen — Geography Albert Paschen — English Fred Hopper — Technical and Trade Information Edward Rudd — Speech George Bereolos — English Thomas Crouch — English Cassell Wiedman — Geography Ethel Byrne — English Henry Callantine — Social Studies Boyd Zink — Technical and Trade Information Lucille Parre — Speech Harold Carlson — History Here wre see Miss Moengen and a group of Tech girls ready to visit Chicago, December 10, 1949. Such trips help acquaint our students with interesting events and places in our vicinity. ENGLISH I First Row: Shirley Wilday, Arlene Carty, Clara Chenault Second Row: Mary Ellen Alexander, Donna Deering, Third Row: Mrs. Ethel Byrne, Louella Sims, Carolyn Scholte, Patsy Mount Fourth Row: Pat McFadden, Dorothy Dawson ENGLISH This is Miss Frisk, excuse me, Mrs. Byrne, and one of her English classes in Room 112. You know, it is hard to say ' Mrs. Byrne’ after one has said ' Miss F ' risk’a good many times. All of us girls wish her much happiness. GEOGRAPHY Miss Moengen and a cl ass in Geography in Room 109. We learn all about everything far and near. Sometimes it is nice to know that Denver is only 1200 miles away; or that Winnipeg is not in Indiana. This room is really a pleasant room except for the fact that an occasional baseball finds its way through a window or some of Mr. Flack’s welders practice their arts right under our w indows. GEOGRAPHY Standing: Barbara Campbell, Dorothy Betustak, Helen Strange, Patsy Hester, Marlene Cox First Row: Shirley Alexander, Betty Wilinski, Tillie Budny, Cecilia Cieszkiewicz Second Row: Irene Podkul, Pat Schmueser, Phyllis Shep- pard, Shirley Hale Third Row: Mary Ann Woroz, Jeannine Maloney At Desk: Miss Anna Moengen SPEECH Dorothy Dawson, Mrs. Parre, Pat McFadden, Esther Lucas, Louis Borbely, Carolyn Schotte, Richard Durland, Euva Matthews, Joan Dover, Mr. Rudd, Pat Evoy SPEECH Mrs. Parre and Mr. Rudd are known as speech and reading teachers. They have no room to call their own. They just catch on wherever they can. Still, they are doing fine work helping those of us who need special instruc- tion in reading, speaking, pre- paring speeches for contests and rehearsals for plays. This is one phase of work that has been neglected at Tech for many years. Here’s hoping they can do even better work and that Santa Claus will find them a room in the New Tech that they may call their own. ' SUITABLE FOR CHARITY ' Hazel (Mother) Claire (Daughter) Ellen (Maid) Clarence (The garbage man) Morgan (The father) Ralph (Claire’s boyfriend) William (The son) Assistant directors and understudys: Marilyn Atkinson Arlene Hurley Lois Kreyscher Howard Petrie Ralph Walker Ray Stephenson Bill Trella Helen Pantazis, Ralph Walker ‘THE VALIANT’ Warden Father Daly Dyke (a prisoner) Jailer Girl Assistant directors and understudys Russell Darrough Howwrd Brasher (A Junior) Eugene Talerek Ted Thomas Evelyn Malatinka Ted Thomas, Henrietta Carnowski ‘TO THE LOVELY MARGARET’ J ulia (Mother) Uncle Will (a professor) Margaret (Daughter) Jackis (a friend) Koch (a student) Assistant directors and understudies Irene McCoy Louis Borbely Jean Roberts Jo Anne McCoy Eugene Stanley Mary Lou Thompson, Bertram Hodges STUDENT COMMITTEES MAKE-UP: Joan Blonski, Marie Burns, Bemice O’Connor, Delores Homrich, Dorothy Eaton, Joan Adamson WARDROBE: Helen Galison, Audrey Venzke, Evea Smith, Otis Zelanik, Betty Morris TICKETS: Shirley Janes, Mary Malo, Rose Kozlowski, Helen Kania, Helen Marie Mackowiak, Patricia Evoy, Helen Hoholek, Doris Kessler Director — Lucille Miller Parre Presented at H. H. S. Auditorium — May 26, 1950 - - - - SENIOR WILL - - - - We, the members of the Senior Class , being of sound body and mind(?)do here- by bequeath our most prized possessions to the most worthy of the younger gen- eration. CLAUSE I We leave our places on the staffs of organizations, the authoritative positions in school life, our history answers, our government outlines, our ' hot’ seats (chairs, that is) in Mr. Benson’s office to anyone who can do us justice. CLAUSE II Raymond Hladek wills his welding ability to Thomas Prange. Lawrence Williams wills his extra credit to John Murga. Alyn Beare wills his troubles to Edward Stokes. Imogene McCoy wills her ability to be in class with her boy friend to Arlene Hurley. Delores Homrich wills her shorthand ability „o Lois Kreyscher. Betty Morris wills her aptitude with men to Helen Hayduk. John Wolfe wills his ways with many different girls to Harry Jasperson. Ray Gilson wills extra pencils to Mr. Kackley. Marie Burns wills her height to Jenny Sapyta. Joyce Emerson wills her ability to aggravate Miss Lantz to Peggy Kirk. Helen Greening wills her shyness to Betty Whitt. Larry Krause wills his clippings from his haircuts to Mr. Wiedman. Charles Von Borstel wills his wavy hair to Mr. Sampson. Larry Hladek wills his good ways with Mr. Callandn to anybody who wishes to graduate in six years and collect compensation Helen Hoholek wills her places in the Senior Mirror to Julie Wisniewski. Helen Galison wills her love for long hair to Miss Eastwood. Mary Yasko wills her gift of gab to Harriett Darmofalski. Stan Rymarczyk wills his know how in Geometry to Bill Beckwith who’ll pro- bably be in there next semester — again. Vernon Harris wills his green polka-dot necktie to LeRoy Zerkel. Chester Wojciehowski wills his note book which is his life savings to Adrian Pankowski. Herbert Moritz wills his Math problems to Adrian Pankowski. Helen Kania wills her place as Captain of Cheerleaders to Harriette Darmofal- ski. Theresa Szczerbowski wills Locker 79 to any Junior who thinks she doesn’t believe in Spooks. Jean Roberts wills her position as Business Manager of the Chart to whoever wants a lot of headaches. Evelyn Malatinka wills her pleasant smile to Miss Lantz. Doris Kessler wills her cheese sandwiches to Julie Wisniewski- in hopes she will learn to like them. Jack Mendelsohn wills his ' Non Compus Mentus’ ability to Jack Williams. Ted Thomas wills his expert ability in spelling and English to anybody who needs it. Richard Lauerman wills his pencil stubs to Chuck Faught. Jack Henshilwood wills his extra love to Beverly Basset. Helen Marie Mackowiak wills her big brown eyes to anyone having a hard time dirting. Evea Smith wills her natural dishwater-blond hair to Peggy Oliver. Rose Marie Kozlowski wills her style of dancing to anyone still doing the Charleston. William Kansfield wills his mechanical ability to Earl Johnson. Alex Bafia wills his ability to sit on the bench during basketball games to Larry Sartini. Patricia Evoy wills her natural blond hair to Violet Lipke. Emil Wleklinski wills his habits to come to school late to Leo Jankowski. Gene Talarek wills his good humor to Gene Garastik. We, the Will Committee of 1950 , leave our dulled pencils and wracked brain to anyone who wants to write the Senior Will next year. And so we close our last year at ' Dear Ole’ Tech. We leave to you, Juniors, all the fun we had, the lessons and friends we made — we . miss them all, and especially you. Joan Adamson, secretary; Larry Hladek, treasurer; Stanley Rymarczyk, president; Pat Nowak, social chairman; Kmil Knezevich, vice-president - - - - SENIOR MIRROR - - - - BEST DANCER Rosie Kozlowski. MOST FICKLE Betty Morris . . . MOST ATHLETIC Helen Kania . . . MOST CONCEITED Patricia Evoy . . Dick Durland . LeRoy Hawkins . Stanley Rymarczyk . Ronald Orcutt MOST FLIRTATIONS Betty Morris Dick Durland SHYEST Rose Takacs Donald Boyd BEST LOOKING Helen Kania Thomas Hansen CUTEST Mary Malo Don Lannin WACKIEST Rosie Kozlowski Don Stevenson BIGGEST NUISANCE Irene McCoy Bill Stephenson IDEAL COUPLE Betty Opasik .LeRoy Miller QUIETEST Delores Bakota Donald Boyd BEST DRESSED Betty Opasik ........ Ronald Orcutt APPLE POLISHER Patri cia Evoy Leonard Kraus CUTEST NICKNAME Marilyn ’Bugs’ Brunner . .Larry ' Jughead’ Hladek BEST SCHOOL SPIRIT Audrey Venzke Dick Durland MOST TALKATIVE Marie Bums Dick Durland ONE MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED. Helen Hoholek Stanley Rymarczyk MOST POPULAR Helen Hoholek Stanley Rymarczyk PLEASING PERSONALITY Doris Kessler Stanley Rymarczyk MOST CLEVER Jean Roberts Leonard Kraus MOST PUGNACIOUS Irene McCoy Raymond Hladek - - - - SENIORS - - - - JOAN ADAMSON PAUL ARNDT ALEX BAFIA DELORES BAKOTA ALYN BEARE PATRICIA BISH DONALD BLANCHARD JOAN BLONSKI BLANCHE BOBACK BERNARD BOCK LEE BOLAND LOUIS BORBELY DONALD BOYD MARILYN BRUNNER MARIE BURNS ROSEMARY CARR CHARLES CLUBINE WANDA CRAWFORD RITA CYGANOWSKI MYRTLE DARROUGH SENIORS WILLIAM KANSFIELD DORIS KESSLER EMIL KNEZEVICH JOSEPH KOLBERT ROSE MARIE KOZLOWSKI JOHN KOVACIK LEONARD KRAUS CARL KUCHENBACKER HERMAN LABS DONALD LANNIN BETTY LAWSON RAYMOND LEA RICHARD LAUERMAN HELEN MARIE MACKOWIAK EVELYN MALATINKA MARY MALO DENNIS McCOY IMOGENE McCOY IRENE McCOY JOHN MENDLESOHN - - - - SENIORS - - - - LEROY MILLER NORMA MILLS HERBERT MORITZ BETTY MORRIS EMIL MOSCA MARYANN MURGA THOMAS NIEMIEC PATRICIA NOWAK BERNICE O’CONNOR FRANK ONDO RONALD ORCUTT GORDON PARKER HAROLD PHELPS JOHN PLOTZKI JEANINE POTOCKI DANIEL POTOSKY FRANK POTOSKY JOAN RADLOFF ROBERT RHODES JEAN ROBERTS SENIORS GLENDA ROMINGER HELEN ROSALANKA STANLEY RYMARCZYK THOMAS SCHMAL BILLSHEFFER CHARLES SLAVENA DONALD SMITH EVEA SMITH REVEA SMITH WANDA SNODGRASS JOHN SPEIDEL BILL STEPHENSON RAYMOND STEPHENSON DON STEVENSON RICHARD STEVENSON TOM STRUHS THERESA SZCZERBOWSKI ROSE TAKACS EUGENE TALAREK KENNETH HEINTZ - - - - SENIORS - - - - HARRY TALLMAN TED THOMAS NORRIS TURNER AUDREY VENZKE HARRY VEITH CHARLES VON BORSTEL THOMAS WILLIAMS EMIL WLEKLINSKI CHESTER WOJCIECHOWSKI JOHN WOLFE MARY YASKO OTIS ZELANIK RICHARD OTTERMAN EDNA WIENING CAFETERIA SCENE DEAN SEEHAUSEN GRADUATING SENIORS WITHOUT PICTURES VILMA ALLER JOE BERNOTUS THOMAS BOLT NELDINE BOUCHER LEONARD BRAGIEL ELEANOR CERTA WILLIAM COCHRAN CHARLES EATON LAURA ELMAN MARGARET FINCHUM JOYCE FLITTER DONALD FOSTER JOE FOSTER JOHN FRAILEY JIM GADDY DONNA GOEB JANET GRABILL REX GREENLAND VERNON HARRES BILL HART BILLIE HASTEN WALTER HAYES BRUCE HOWARD WILLIAM JAKOV WALTER JANKOWSKI VIRGINIA KACZOCHA JOHN KOKAJKA RICHARD LEGLER GRACE LEWIS CLIVE LYNK MARILYN McCARNEY MICHAEL McGING RAYMOND MACEK FRANK MOORE ALBERT MUCHA MARGARET NAGY BETTY ANN OPASIK RICHARD OTTERMAN TROY PARR LA VERNE PAULUS WILBUR POTTER EDWARD PUPSIEWICZ LOUIS RALPH RICHARD RUTKOWSKI MARY MYRLE SANGER JOHN SINGLE HENRY SOBOLEWSKI JERRY SONNER HOWARD SPENCE TOMMY STROHS JOHN TAYLOR TOMMY THOMAS EDNA WIENING LAWRENCE WILLIAMS - - - - CLASS OF 1951 - - - - These are our proud Juniors. Proud Juniors? Yes, indeed. And, why not! They will be the first class to graduate from the new Technical Vocational High School. They will have an opportunity to set the standards for all classes to follow. Now, let us look to their accomplishments of the last three years. The way has been hard. From an enrollment of four hundred freshmen only 235 have survived. These met early in the year and elected the following officers: Dick Peyton, president; Helen Pantazis, vice-president; John Kuppinger, secretary; Bill Long- fellow, treasurer; Patty Bruchman, social chairman; Miss Eastwood and Mr. Cal- lantine, class sponsors. The first party, January 25, 1950, was a going away party for the February graduates. It was held in the cafeteria at Hammond Tech. The committee chair- men responsible for the success of the party were: Refreshments, Harriet Darmo- falski; Decorations, Virginia Dougherty; Music, Margie Michal; Cleanup, Margie Markovich; Invitations, Betty Warkentein; Talent Show Program, Marilyn Atkin- son; Admission, Helen Pantazis. The Junior meeting, October 12, 1949, was a discussion about the Junior- Senior prom. The majority of the class voted for the prom to be held at Danceland on June 2, 1950, Committees appointed to run the prom are: Invitations, Fred York, Steve Franco, Charles Anguiano, Virginia Dougherty, Betty Strode, Barbara Sako; Publicity, Eugene Wayman, Don Kennedy, Eugene Garastik, Margaret Mi- chals, Margaret Markovich, Clara Noble; Programs, Edward Carr, Gene Hickman, Mike Cyganowski, Harriet Darmofalski, Jayne Hart, Dorothy Adams; Chaperones, Harold Neill, John Kuppinger, Dick Peyton, Betty Beres, Patsy Comer, and Hen- rietta Camowski. JUNIORS DOROTHY ADAMS MAURETTA ALLEN LENA MAE ALLEN SHERRY ALLEN DICK ANDERSON DAVID ANDREWS CHARLES ANGUIANO DONNA ARTIM BARBARA ASHCRAFT MARILYN ATKINSON JAMES EABCOCK BERNICE BACH JOE BAFIA DOROTHY BALOGH MILDRED BASHAM BILL BAUMGARDNER BETTY BEAVERS BILL BECKWITH BETTY BERES FAUD BIERLY DON BLACK JIM BLACK JOAN BLANCO IRENE BLANKENSHIP BARBARA BODNER DEAN BOELT ROSE BOKODI RONALD BOLAK JOHN BOLES IRIS BORCHE RT HOWARD BRASHNER BETTY BRILMYER MAUREEN BRILMYER SUE BRITE SHIRLEY BROOKE MARJORIE BROWN PATTY ERUCHMAN TED BURKHOLDER RICHARD BUTLER NOVAN CAMP HENRIETTA CARNOWSKI EDDIE CARR NICK CERTA JACKIE CHENORE NORMA CHENAULT DON CLARK DORIS COFFMAN PATSY COMER PATSY CONOVER ONATA CORDER BETTY COX NAOMI COX GLEN CRESWELL CHARLES CRIST - - - - JUNIORS - - - - FERN CRUMBLISS MICHAL CYGANOWSKI HARRIET DARMOFALSKI LUCILLE DAWSON RAYMOND DEC TOM DELEHANTY WILLIAM DEMAREE GLEN DeYOUNG DEAN DICKINSON HELEN DOEHRING RICHARD DOEHRING CHARLES DOMS VIRGINIA DONATHON VIRGINIA DOUGHERTY ROSEMARY DOWNING PAT DREMSTEDT ALICE EINSELE TED ELMORE GEORGE EPPL EUGENE EWING STEVE FALUSI, Jr. JIM FARRELL VAL FARY CHUCK FAUGHT CLAUD FINCHUM RICHARD FLEISHMAN DELORES FORD STEPHAN FRANCO CLYDE FRITZ BILL FRY DALE GADDY VIOLET GALL GENE GARASTIK JOYCE GEHRKE CARROLL GILL RALPH GILLAM JAMES GOOTTEE BOB GOEB JERRY GOOCH WAYNE GOODSON ERWIN GORA JAMES GRAVES RUTH GREEN DALTON GREENWALT LESLIE GREGORY LORETTA GRUDZIEN ARVELLA GUSSMAN RONALD HALE PEGGY HALFACRE RUTH ELLEN HANN RUTH HARRELL KEN hARRINGTON VERNON HARRIS JAYNE HART JOE HAYS DARLENE HEDRICK MABLE HELM BILL HENDON EUGENE HERRING GENE HICKMAN DOLORES HILL ROBERT HINES JIM HINTON LORRAINE HISNICK BETTY HLATKO BERTRAM HODGE BILL HOLLAND KATHRYN HOLLER CONNIE HOOVER ROBERT HORVAT GERALD HOWARD JIM HUFFMAN LILA LEE HUGGINS ARLENE HURLEY JAMES HUSSEY CLARENCE JACHIN LEO JANKOWSKI HARRY JASPERSON GENE JOHNSON MARGARETTE JOHNSON WARREN JOHNSON JACK JONAS JIM JONES JACK JUNKENS DAN KENNEDY DON KENNEDY JOYCE KENNEDY MARY KERCHNER RUSSELL KIFER PEGGY KIRK LOIS KLUG JOHN E. KOCHER JOAN KOLBUS RICHARD KOVACH CAROL KRALOWETZ DOROTHY KRAS LOIS KREYSCHER JOHN KUPPINGER vlARVIN KUSCHEL v ARY JEANNE LaFONTAINE ED LANGEL PHYLLIS LANHAM CHARLES LAPE NORMAN LEA DON LECKRONE RICHARD LEE BILL LONGFELLOW MARY LOWE DON LUKEMAN JoANNE McCOY PAT McGING RICHARD MAJCHROWICZ PAUL MALOVICH MARGARET MARKOVICH DENNIS MARKLEY RAYMOND MARKOVICH WANDA MARTIN ROBERT MASTERSON MARGIE MICHAL LARRY MIDDLETON MARY MINER CHARLENE MORGAN LOUISE MORLEY MARY ANN MORRIS FRED MOSCA WILMA MOSCA JOAN MURDOCK WALTER MURRAY PAULINE NAGY HAROLD NEIL JOE NARANTIC CLARA NOBLE RALPH NORDYKE LOUIS NUCCIO PEGGY OLIVER NINA ORELUP CAROL OTTERMAN DICK OTTERMAN BOB OZELIE HELEN PALONEY ADRIAN PANKOWSKI HELEN PANTAZIS JOE PAPA ROSALIE PEGG ELAINE PETERS HAROLD PETRIE LORETTA PEYTON ALICE PILARCZYK JOHN PLOTZKI ALVIN POMPLIN DAVID PROBUS DON QUINN MARY JANE RAKSANYI DICK REYNOLDS JACK RICHARDSON EDWIN RINEHAMMER EUGENE ROBINSON ROBERT ROGERS JOE ROSANSWANK BOB ROSS ROBERT ROSS WALLACE ROSSA - - - - JUNIORS - - - FRANCES SAJDERA ALEX SAKELARIS BARBARA SAKO PHIL SANDLIN NORMA SANGER JENNIE SAPYTA LARRY SARTINI VIRGINIA SARZYNIAK ELSIE SCHALLER BETTY SCHEIVE DEAN SEEHAUSEN BETTY SHEPPARD GLEN SHIELDS MARGARET SHROPSHIRE BETTY JANE SIMPSON HELEN SKROBOT ANNA SMITH ELSIE SNODGRASS CHESTER SPEJEWSKI CHARLES SPRIGGS RONALD STAICAR DON STALEY JUDITH STANFIELD HAROLD STANLEY EUGENE STANLEY MARGARET STEVENSON BOB STEWART EDWARD STOKES EDWARD STRBJAK BETTY STRODE VERA STYRAN LEONARD SZUREK RAYMOND TALAREK JOANNE TAUBER BILLY TAYLOR DAN THARP MARY THOMPSON HERBERT TREEN BILL TRELLA JAMES TRIMBLE ALBERTA TROUT DONALD TRUMP SAM TUMBIOLO MARVELLA TUSSEY DEAN VANES MAURIEL VEGA RICHARD WALDEN RAYMOND WARE BETTY WARKENTIEN PAUL WARNER VIRGINIA WAROT EUGENE WAYMAN MARGARET WHITE BETTY WHITT ED WIENING SUE WILKINSON JACK WILLIAMS LORENE WILLIAMS PATTI WILLIAMS JIMMY WILLIAMSON PHYLLIS WILSON JULIE WISNIEWSKI FRED YORK CAROL YOUNG SHIRLEY ZACKER DICK PEYTON - - - - JUNIOR - SENIOR PARTY - - - - One of the big social events of the year was the J unior-Senior Party sponsored by the Junior Class. The members of the entire Senior Class were invited guests. This scene represents only one of the activities of the evening. SOPHOMORES LUCILLE ADAMS ROBERT ADAMS JUDIT H ALLEN MAXINE ALLEN JACK ANDERSON MYRWIN ANDERSON MARILYN ANDRES ROBERTA ARNDT ROBERT ARNEY MARY ARRIGO MARY THERESE ARTIBEY SHIRLEY ARTIM JANET ATKINSON HONORE AULT BEVERLY BAINER TOM BALDWIN ROBERT BARZYCKI RUSSELL BASSETT DORIS BATHURST HARRY BETTERTON RUTH BISH JACK BLACKBURN FREMON BLYTHE BRUCE BOGNAR TEDDY BONHAM LOIS BOWEN JOYCE BOZARTH BILL BREMER DON BRENDEL EUGENE BRODERICK BERNICE BROWN BERNADETTE BUCHOLTZ BETTY JEAN BUEGE DON BURDITT AL BUSHMAN EVA BUSHMAN MARILYN CALHOUN LOIS CAMPBELL JIM CARLIN BILL CHUMBLEY RONALD CLOE JIM COBB JUDY COX LUCILLE COX PHYLLIS CROSSMAN DELORES CROWLEY RONALD CSONKA TOM CUNNINGHAM MARY CYGANOWSKI ROSE MARY CZARNIK STANLEY CYGANIEWICZ THOMAS DAVIDSON KATHRYN DAVIS KEITH DAVIS SOPHOMORES BLANCHE SMITH DANIEL SMITH JIMMY SMITH LARRY SOUTHARD NEIL S OUTHARD FRANK SPEAR GRACE NUCCIO ELMER NYSTROM TOM O’BRIEN LEON OHLS RICHARD ORTMAN BARBARA OWEN JAMES OZELIE GEORGE DZUROVCIK JOAN PAPER DELORES PARKERSON DONALD PASTERNAK RAY PATTON JOHN PAYONK BILL PEARMAN WAYNE PECK MARTIN PETERS CHARLES PETROVICH DONALD POSTMA PAT POTOCKI JACK POWERS MELVA-JEAN PURKEY MANUEL RAMIREZ JUANITA REED PAT REEVES CHARLES REID DOROTHY ROBINSON PETER ROBERT JIM ROGERS THOMAS ROOP BILL ROSS NICK ROTAS WILLIAM RUARK BARBARA RUDE DELORES RUTTLEDGE JAMES RUTTLEDGE GERRY RZONCA DOROTHY SAFRO LUCILLE SAJDYK JOHN SAKO FRANK SAPYTA MARY SAWYER SHIRLEY SCHACHTE MARGARETHA SCHUSTER MARLENE SEAMAN MARY SHEELY BRUCE SIMCICH BOB SMALL BETTY SMITH SOPHOMORES JOAN STEELE THEODORE STIVERS HAROLD STUPTZ STANLEY SULAK GEORGE SUTTON CAROLYN TAKACS ROBERT THEUS MARILYN THIESEN CAROLE THOMPSON JOHN THARP MARTIN TOPP JOHN TOWNSEND EVELYN TRETTER SANDY TRINKLE LOUIS TRZNADIF DONALD VARGO ANDREW VERNUM MARIE VICARI JOSEPHINE WAGNER KATHERINE WAGNER NORMAN WAGNER LESTER WALDROP DORIS WALKER HAROLD WALKER MARY WAROT BILL WEATHERS LORETTA WESTALL BOB WHITE DON WHITE JACK WHITEHOUSE DAVID WHITING BILL WILINSKI LORETTA WILLIAMS DICK WILSON FRANK WILSON MARGARET WILSON TOM WISNIEWSKI THERESA WOJCIEHOWSKI ORVETTA WOLFE KENNY WOOD PEGGY YERGA JOE YONKERS PAUL ZILLMER ROSE ZIMMERMAN SOPHOMORES YVONNE DAVIS ALBERT DES ROSIERS MYRON DICKERSON RONALD DITTRICK JOAN DOVER BARBARA DRAKE SALLY DRUSZ CAROLYN DUGGER JEANETTE ELKINS MARY ROSE ELLIOTT NANCY EUBANKS JAMES EVANS MARY LOU EVANS BOB FALLEN RONNIE FARRELL DONALD FARY LAWRENCE FIEGLE CONRAD FIELDS VERNON FINCHUM PAT FORD ADA FOSTER DOROTHY FRANYI ELEANOR FROEHLICH MARGARET FROEHLICH SHIRLEY FULK MARY GALLIGAN HARRY GENSEL GERALD GERMICK DELORES GILSON BETTY GLASGOW JAMES GLAZE LEONARD GLOWACKI VERN GOURLEY RAY GAJEWSKI FRANCES GORA GAROL GREER JIM GREVEN RAY GRIMMER JOHN GROSS ROBERT HAMMOND LEONA HANUS BILL HARMON BOB HARMON ELEANORE HARMON BETTY JANE HARRIS BILL HARRIS MAXINE HARWELL HELEN HAYDUK ROSELLA HELD JANET HENSLEY PAT HESTER LLOYD HIPP HENRY HOHOLEK MILDRED HOLLER SOPHOMORES JUNIOR HOUGH MARY ELLEN HOUGH MARIETTA HOUSEWORTH ED HUDSPETH THERON HUFFMAN JOSEPHINE IVKO JERRY JACHIM PAUL JACOBI IRENE JANIK ALIENE JASPERSON LEONARD JENDREAS RITA JENIK BETTY JOHNSON WAYNE JOHNSTON SHELBY JONES JOSEPHINE JOY WALTER KACZMAREH DOROTHY KIELB LEONARD KISSEE MARIANN KLEIN VERA KOEHLER MIKE KOLLAR EUGENE KOVACIK DON KRAUS BILL KREJCI DONALD KUKTA GILBERT KUPPINGER JOAN LACY ROBERTA LANGE TOM LEITH FRANK LENZO BERNADINE LEWANDOWSKI HENRY SIEDENTOPH PHILLIP LUDWIG MAUREEN McBRIDE JERRY McCLURG LARRY McGREGOR SHIRLEY MclVER DOLORES MACKOWIAK NORMA MAIER LILLIAN MARCINKOVICH ANNETTE MATTIAL BARBARA MELTON LAVAUGH MEYRER DEAN MILLER STEVE MILLER RALPH MORENZ BETTY MORGAN DELORES MOULSON CARL MUEHLMAN RICHARD MURZYN MADELINE NAGY JERRY NEELY RICHARD NEWLAND JIM HENDON JUDY HENSLEY ODESSA HILL JACK HINTON THOMAS HIPPENSTEEL DONNA HIVELY ELAINE HLADEK BETTY HODUSKI TOM HOLTZ MAXINE HORVATH DEAN HOUPT JACK HOVEY EDDIE HOWE SHARON HUDSPETH RICHARD HURLEY MARTIN HUTCHINSON FRANK INGRAM PRISCILLA I VIE RONALD JABAAY NADINE JACKSON DON JAMROZ JACQUELINE JANUS JOAN JARCZYK LYNN JOHNSTON BEVERLY JUNKENS CHARLES KAIN ARTHUR KALENA LARRY KAPTUR ALLISON KEYS CHARLES KING RALPH KING LLOYD KINGERY DOROTHY KLEIN STANLEY KLIZA LAWRENCE KOHL WARREN KOONCE MILDRED KOVACIK JIM KREILER VALERIE KRONLAND TED LABUS DELORES LASLIE PAT LAVIOLETTE DORIS LEAK VICTOR LONG ESTER LUCAS MARVIN LUCHENE GERALD LUKAS JOHN LUKETTE GLORIA LYNN JEANNINE MALONEY MARGARET MARLOW VIRGINIA MARLOW JOANNE MARRS EVON MATTHEWS FRESHMEN SANDRA MATTHIES WALTER MATUSIAK RONALD MAUCK MARY MAUDER RITA MELTON ROSE MARY MESSINIO VICTOR MICHAL MILAN MIKULA DUANE MILLER DALE MILLRGAN RONALD MINARD PATSY MOUNT RED MOORE ED MORWEISER BUD MUNSIE CARL MYERS thomas McCarthy RUTH McCARTY JAMES McDAVID HELEN McGOWAN PATRICIA McTADDER GERALDINE MAUGER ROGER NETTLES DIANE NORDYKE EDDIE NOVAK JACQUELINE NUNN CHARLES OGLE LAUNETTA OLEARY JIM OLSEN DAVID ORBANK JERRY OSTERMAN LARRY OSWALT GENE OUTLER GLEN PARKER THOMAS PARKINSON ROBERT PARSONS BILL PATTERSON DON PAVELLA DOLORES PAVICH MARY ANNE PAYNE BILLY PEGG MICKEY PENDLEY FRANK PENMAN RONALD PHELPS IRENE PODKUL CHARLES QUICK CARMEN RAMIREZ JEANNE RAYMOND PEARL RHYMER LAWRENCE RICHARDSON RONALD RICHARDSON MARY ANN RICHWALSKI GLADYS ROBINSON DIANE ROSEK FRESHMEN ARTHUR ACHOR SHIRLEY ALBERT GLEN ALEXANDER JOAN ALEXANDER MARY ALEXANDER SHIRLEY ALEXANDER JAMES ALLEN BOB ARNOLD BOB AYERSMAN ROSE ATELEVICH ROBERT BARNES BEVERLY BASSETT BOB BAUMGARDNER VICTOR BANASZAK GEORGE BELLAMY DONALD BERNOTUS DOROTHY BETUSTAK BOB BEVACQUA RODNEY BLISS ROBERT T. BLOHM PAUL BOMBA DONALD BOND HELEN BOREM BOB BRASHER HAROLD BREMER JEANNINE BROCKUS KENNETH BROWN WYMAN BROWN LEONARD BUCKLEY TILLIE BUDNY MARLENE BUNCH NANCY BUEGE JAMES BURNS MICHAEL BURR JOHN BUSCH DONNA CALHOUN BARBARA CAMPBELL BONNIE CAMPBELL BEVERLY CARLSON HILMA CARLSON ARLENE CARTY KENNETH CASSADAY CLARA CHENAULT JIM CHRISULAKY CECILIA CIESZKIEWIEZ MARLENE CINKO RALPH COBY MARILYN COLEMAN FRANK CONPANIK RUDOLPH CORONA DAUNITE COX EDNA COX MARLENE COX SHIRLEY COX FRESHMEN DARWIN CRAWFORD DONALD CRESWELL ELVIS CROOK JAMES CROSS ED CROWLEY ELDON CUMMINS GERRY DAUGHTON BOBBY DAVIS DOROTHY DAWSON DICK DAY DONNA DEERING LARRY DePAOLI HELEN DENSON JOE DesCAMP BETTE DIXON WILLIAM DODD DELORES DOUTHETT ALBERTA DUNN DANNY DUNN RONNIE EDMONDS MIKE EINSELE RAYMOND EARNEST GORDON ELLINGHAUSEN DON ELMAN LoVERN ENOCKSIN KENNETH ERICKS LORRAINE FARY SHIRLEY FAUGHT RONALD FISCH MARY FORD FRANK FROST EUGENE FRYSZTAK LARRY GARDNER LEROY GARGANO JOYCE GEIS JOSEPH GERHARDT DONALD GIBBS HELEN GILBERTSON DALE GILLESPIE BILL GRABER ROBERT GRAVES PAT GREEN HAROLD GUSSMAN LOIS GUTHRIE ANN HALAJCSIK SHIRLEY HALE RAYMOND HALL JOHN HANAS RICHARD HANSEL DORIS HARDESTY BARBARA HARWELL BOB HASTINGS RICHARD HAWKINS GERALD HATFIELD FRESHMEN JOAN ROSS MEREDITH SANDLIN ANN MARIE SAJDYK MELVIN SCHEIVE CAROLE SCHREIBER PATSCHMUESER DONALD SCHNOOR CAROLYN SCHOLTE DONALD SCOTT LAWRENCE SEBERGER ROSALLIE SEGALLY JIMSHADLEY RICHARD SHEFFER PHYLLIS SHEPPARD STERLING SHEPPERD JAMES SHEWMAKER LOUELLA SIMS MARIE SVITEK MARJORIE SLATER GEORGE SMOCK DIANA SMITH DON SMITH ELLA SMITH HAZEL SMITH JOHN SMITH TOM SNELL JOHN SOBOLEWSKI CHARLES SOLTIS RICHARD STARASTU JERRY STEWART JEAN STICKEL HELEN STRANGER SALLY SIUREK MARLENE SUTTON PAUL SUTTON DOROTHY TAYLOR JACK TAYLOR AUDREY ROSS TENNYSON JANICE THORESON EARLEENE TIMPERLEY JOHN TOTH JAMES TRIMMER JEAN TRUMAN GAYHEART TRZNADEL CARL ULLRICH MARTHA UNDERWOOD RAYMOND URBAN RONALD UZUBELL NORINE VARNEY RALPH VERRILL JOHN VOSS ANNIE WAGNER SHIRLEY WANICKI LIONEL WARE DONNA WARKENTIEN JOHN WHEELER BETTY WILINSKI RALPH WILKIN EUGENE WILLIAMS JAMES WILLIAMS FRANK WILSON HAROLD WILSON MARY ANN WOROSZ KENNETH WRIGHT BONNIE YORK ELIZABETH ZIEMBICKI - - - - ACUTE LOCKER TROUBLE - - - - This is a regular rainy day occurrence. See the neat piles of galoshes and the orderly lockers. How many of these girls do you recognize? How did the lone boy get into this? Rumor says he was tardy again and is probably waiting for Mr. Kackley to show up. t « ENGLISH Miss McCort and a class of handwriting experts in Room 110. Notice that every girl is using a pen or pencil and that every one is tight handed. Those big steel vaults behind the instructor hold all the school’s valuables. Mr. Benson says he will gladly give these strongboxes to anyone who has a good use for them. Miss Mc- Cort has developed a course in Essentials in Business that is proving very helpful to girls at Tech. ENGLISH II First Row (left to right): Euva Matthews, Beverly Carl- son, Gladys Helen Strange Second Row: Lois Brown, Rose Mary Messinio, Irene Podkul, Ruth McCarty, Carole Schreiber Third Row: Laverne Enocksen, Shirley Alexander, Laur- etta O’Leary, Jeanne Marrs, Mary Ford Fourth Row: Joan Barry, Sylvia Gatons, Ella Smith, Phyllis Sheppard, Mary Ann Worosz, Joan Jarczyk Fifth Row: Dolores Laslie, Barbara Campbell, Tilly Budny Sixth Row: Jeannine Maloney, Elizabeth Zimbicki, Na- dine Jackson, Helen Denson Standing: Miss Marian McCort TECHNICAL AND TRADE INFORMATION Room 256- Mr. Zink and one of his classes in Technical In- formation (English III). Trade Information (English VI) is also taught in this room. Mr. Hopper and Mr. Zink share teaching du- ties here. Chief distractions in this room are: the traffic to and from room 258; Mr. Hopper s financial record cabinet in the front of the room; the window to- ward the girls’ department; the book supply room, and the visit- ors always outside the door. By the way, this is a class in Health and Safety, not Technical Information. You never can tell the class by the room number. TECHNICAL AND TRADE INFORMATION First Row (window): Tom Cunningham, Wilford Decker Second Row: Keith Davis, Joseph Yonker Third Row: Ken Wood, Bill Krejci, Bill Bremer Fourth Row: James Smith, Theodore Stivers, Bob White, William Wilinski Fifth Row: Charles Reid, Peter Robert, Bob Small Sixth Row: Thomas Leith, Nick Rotas Standing: Myron Dickerson, Instructor Mr. Zink US. First Row: Helen Hoholek Second Row: Dorothy Eaton, Doris Kessler Third Row: Norma Mills, Mary Murga, Pat Evoy, Joan Blonski Fourth Row: Pat Nowak, Audrey Venzke, Joan Adamson, Marie Burns Fifth Row: Evea Smith, Imogene McCoy, Helen Macko- wiak, Jean Roberts Sixth Row: Revea Smith, Theresa Sczcerbowski, Otis Zelanik Standing: Jeanine Potocki, Evelyn Malatinka, Virginia Henderson MODERN SOCIAL STUDIES This is Miss Peehl and a Modern Social Problems class in Room 106. Don’t let this picture fool you! These senior girls aren’t always so studious looking, but since they were going to have their pictures taken they de- cided to read the news first and save the best part of the paper- the jokes— till last. Some people might think this is a boring subject— so dull and dead— but Miss Peehl brings in so many interesting points that aren’t in the book that most of the girls find themselves liking this subject. Other Social Studies subjects taught at Tech are Government, American History, Health and Safety and Alcohol and Narco- tics. Mrs. Byrne, Mr. Carlson, and Mr. Callantine are teaching classes in these subjects. ENGLISH V Mr. Crouch has been with us four semesters now, and during this time has put into use many new ideas about the study of English. He has tried hard to impress upon the students the importance of reading. To help the students concentrate upon their reading material, Mr. Crouch brought a phonograph to school and played soothing music while the students read. So soothing was the music that some of the boys soon fell a- sleep. Dancing was not permit- ted because of limited space, and the fact that it might dis- turb the other pupils who were resting their minds. All of us boys enjoyed having Mr. Crouch as our instructor. Some of us thought we were getting by but Mr. Crouch soon caught up with Mr. Crouch and a class in English V- American Litera- ture, Room 255. GEOGRAPHY GEOGRAPHY CLASS - ROOM 152 First Row: H. Garastic, R. Sheffer, E. Morweiser, D. Milligan, R. Mauck, M. Luchene Second Row: L. Kohl, A. Kalena, C. Kain, D. Jararoz, T. Hippensteel, J. Hinton . Third Row: R. Graves, D. Gillespie, L. Gargano, P. Sutton, D. Elman Fourth Row: W. Dodd, J. Cross, J. Chnsulaky Here is another group of freshmen who are really inter- ested in their Geography. Mr. Wiedman, their instructor, says the boys have completed excel- lent work. Little Leroy Gargano almost had a serious accident one day. He pulled down a map; the spring recoiled and almbst pulled Leroy up with it. The only thing that saved him was the fact that the map was rather old and the spring rather weak. However, Leroy and other pupils like him have survived even greater hazards, such as tests, getting caught reading comic books, weird noises and weak ceilings. Cheer up, boys, remember, a new school next year. - - ENGLISH - - Miss Couve is another one of our English teachers. She also serves as a class sponsor and as the Tech representative on the Hammond English Commit- tee. Other English teachers are: Mr. Bereolos, who mixes foot- ball, basketball, track and English 1 and English II class- es, and Mr. Paschen who still has hopes of teaching the fun- damentals of English grammar to Tech seniors. He must be having some degree of success because most of our boys in college are now passing in Freshman Composition. ENGLISH VI First Row: Alice Einsele, Mabel Helm Second Row: Violet Gall, Joan Kolbus, Joan Murdock, Judith Stanfield Third Row: Mauretta Allen, Norma Chenault, Loretta Grudzien, Dorothy Kras, Pauline Nagy, Margaret Ste- venson Fourth Row: Barbara Ashcraft, Helen Doehring, Arvella Gussman, Roberta Lange, Alice Pilarczyk, Jo Anne Tauber Fifth Row: Dorothy Balogh, Pat Dremstedt, Jayne Hart, Wanda Martin, Mary Martin, Phyllis Wilson - - - - HOME MAKING , FOODS AND CLOTHING - - - INSTRUCTORS Inga Erickson — Student Health Esther Morgan — Cafeteria Helen Leuthold — Assistant Mary Lou Rogers — Foods Thelma Cox — Homemaking Glenna Dietrich — Clothing Henrietta Steiner — Clothing Alice Hamill — Home Service Helen Thomas — Homemaking Lillian Daggert — Homemaking FACULTY DINING ROOM This picture was taken the night of the Junior -Senior Party, January 24, 1950 in the teachers’ dining room in the Tech cafeteria. Is Miss Landon really blowing her coffee to cool it? Also, note the decora- tions, the potato peeler, meat slicer, and mix master. The dish washer and the gas stove are right behind Mr. Cromwell and Mr. Callantine. These are some of the decorations we do not expect to find in the new Tech Cafeteria faculty dining room. From left to right are: Miss Landon, Miss Couve’, Mrs. Callantine, Mrs. Ben- son, Mr. Benson, Mrs. Peyton, Mrs. Bruchman, Mr. Callantine, Mr. Cromwell, and Miss Eastwood. Take a little time and study this picture. Can you find yourself? Do you really look like this? This is only a small section of the cafeteria. The rest of it is just as crowded. Look at the last girl in line. Don’t blame her for being down hearted. She is the last one in line and wondering if there will be any food left for her. The boys eat first and, too often, they nearly clean out the place.HOME MECHANICS Do you know what the girl io the middle aisle, first seat, has in her hand? Yes, it’s an elec- tric cord and she’s learning how to repair it. The girls are taught how to repair those many house- hold appliances available to a I modern home. It is well to be dependent upon a husband, but after all, a modern house-wife just can’t afford to let friend husband do all of the repair work around the house. Miss Daggert, Mrs. Cox, and Miss Thomas are teaching the classes in Home Mechanics and in Home Management. First Row: Pat Ford, Shirley Schachte, Ruth Bish, An- nette Meeteal, Lois Campbell Second Row: Joyce Bozarth, Maxine Allen, Janet Atkin- son, Madeline Nagy, Joan Lacy Third Row: Margaret Froehlich, Patsy Hester, Marilyn Andres, Irene Janik r • n w -j FOODS CLASSES These boys (yes, you read right) and girls are attending a demonstration on the important points of food buying at the Na- tional Tea Store. Each day a few students buy the food for Cooking Class and in this way they can see just how important it is to know which foods are best to buy. What these girls and boys learn in this class will aid them in the management of their own homes. HOME SERVICE Seated: Carolyn Schotte, Dolores Douthett, Diana Smith, Dorothy Dawson, Joyce Geis, Judy Hensley Standing: Miss Hamill HOME SERVICE For a real homey atmosphere, let’s visit Home Service in room 156. We entered, and there were the girls, all of them, eating! Miss Hamill left her vegetable dish to talk with us and des- cribe the shop subjects. In this shop she tries to teach the girls how to cook, wash, iron, and to learn table manners for future use as homemakers. This par- ticular shop has a new refriger- ator, ironer, washer, but an an- cient stove. The girls work in groups, different ones cooking each day. In fact, every day the girls do a different job. All the towels, table cloths, and cafe- teria uniforms are laundered here. We asked Miss Hamill for human interest stories with a little comedy; she replied, ' Ev- ery day there is a humorous in- cident or a tragedy.’ OUR NURSE ' S OFFICE Do you feel sick, are you tired, or do you want to get out of class? Well, we advise you to see the school nurse, Miss Erickson. The girls who help in this of- fice are chosen from Home Nurs- ing classes and are really as- sistants to the nurse. They take temperatures, bandage cut fin- gers, tell you to lie down, and even send you home once in a while. We wonder if that’s why Marie Vicari is there? Come to think of it she does look a little pale, though. NURSE’S OFFICE Alice Einsele, Mable Helm, Ruth Harrell, Marie Vicari, Marilyn Coleman, Inga E. Erickson, nurse CLOTHING Left to Right: Rosella Held, Ruth Ellen Hann, Adenia Fiebelkom, Lois Brown, Violet Lipke, Sue Wilkinson, Mrs. Cox, Madeline Nagy, Shirley Wilday, Miss Steiner, Lois Campbell, Pat Reeves, Bonnie Campbell, Grace Lewis, Joan Barry, Miss Thomas, Beverly Bassett CLOTHING Seated: Valerie Kronland, Donna Warkentien, Mildred Kovacik, Irene Podkul, Miss Dietrich, Marlene Cinko, Sylvia Gatons, Beverly Carlson, model Standing: Betty lloduski, Janice Thoreson, Daunita Cox, Bonnie York, Edna Cox, Mary Jeanne LaFontaine, Peggy Halfacre, Dolores Pavich, Cecelia Cieskiewicz, Martha Underwood, Mary Anne Payne - - - - CAFETERIA SERVICE - - - - First Row: Loretta Peyton, Yvonne Davis, Mrs. Esther Morgan, Mrs. Helen Leut- hold, Irene Blankenship, Joan Murdock, cas hier Second Row: Janet Roberts, Helen Hayduk, Mary Anne Klein, Margretha Schuster, Sally Drusy, Bonnie York, Carol Young, Lucille Sajdyk, Mildred Basham Third Row: Loretta Westall, Marian Campbell, Joan Radloif, Beverly Bainter, Bernadette Buckholz, Betty Scheive, Mary Lou Evans, Kathryn Davis, Berna- dine Lewandowski CAFETERIA SERVICE This is a picture of the girls who serve the food to the students and faculty during both the boys’ and girls’ lunch hours. They also clean up the cafeteria after each group leaves. There are two other shops that prepare the food and set up the counters for serving. This shop gives the girls training that will be very helpful to them both in their homes and in jobs in restaurants and in cafeterias. - - - - FOODS - - - - The Food Unit, ' Cooking for Family of Two’ is a popular unit in the Food Classes. The students are having fun trying to decide, ' Will he eat breakfast? If so, how many pieces of toast?’, and equally weighty subjects. The Retail Merchants’ Division of the Hammond Chamber of Commerce is work- ing in conjunction with the Food Classes of the Technical High School during the school term of 1949-50 with the following objective as their goal; to meet the need of community resources to be integrated with the experience and buying habits provided in the school. The new problems that confront the shopper today are stressed by the Special Activity program presented by the Chamber of Com- merce. Miss Rogers is conducting the foods classes in Room 154. Shirley Alexander, Mary Ann Worosz, Phyllis Sheppard, Maureen McBride, Betty Whitt, Rosalie Segally, Helen McGowan, Beverly Bassett, Pat Schmueser, Donna Hively, Marlene Sutton, Nadine Jackson, Grace Nuccio, Ruthie McCarty - - - - RELATED SCIENCE MATHEMATICS AND DRAWING INSTRUCTORS - - - - Alice Cleveland — General Science and Mathematics Margaret Hanlon — Mathematics Eskin Cromwell — Mathematics Betty Rybolt — Mathematics R. Milton Wilson — Health and Safety Clarence Welty — General Science and Physics Robert Fuller — Algebra and Geometry Gerald Kackley — Mathematics Boyd Zink — Health and Safety Louis Birkett — Drawing and Sketching Paul Hoemann — Science and Sketching GENERAL SCIENCE The boys in room 255, just across the way, look upon this as an ideal place. It is even supplied with beds for those who need a rest. It is also used almost exclusively by girls. So, the boys watch and the girls watch to see if the boys are watching. Many Tech romances have started this way. The only reason the girls are working now is that the photographer told them to look like they were really doing something. This is a class in General Science. The instructor is Miss Cleveland. Miss Cleveland also teaches girls’ mathematics. First Row: Helen Paloney, Helen Pantazis, Virginia Daugherty, Betty Strode Second Row: Margaret Markovich, Henrietta Carnowski, Virginia Donathan, Loretta Peyton, Mary Lou Thomp- son, Betty Beres Third Row: Shirley Zacker, Patsy Comer, Naomi Cox, Julie Wisniewski, Sue Brite Fourth Row: Mary Raksanyi, Patty Bruchman, Miss Cleveland, Barbara Sako Standing: Raymond Talarek, Leo Middleton, Robert Ro- gers, Nick Certa, Bill Taylor At Table: Joe Narantic Back Row: Ted Burkholder, Elmer Dellenback, John Evans, Eugene Ewing Front Row: Richard Fleishman, Clarence Gentry, Carroll Gill, Ken Harrington, John Kacher - - - - BOYS ' MATHEMATICS - - - - Mr. Cromwell believes that this is one of the most indus- trious group of boys he has ever taught in math. The group con- sists of juniors. They work problems which concern their respective shops. There are many problems which interfere with good class work. For one, the door won’t close and keeps slamming which causes a disturbance. Another, a new cabinet for books was supposed to arrive from wood shop, but it seems that it was delayed on account of the coal strike. The doors on the old cabinet keep falling off and al- ways land upon someone’s head. The lesson sheets fall out and require a lot of time to file them again. The checks fall out of the box and some of them are never found. And, the boys from 252 are continually coming over for supplies. Yes, base- balls and footballs occasion- ally come through the window. These are some of the things we hope to miss in our new buildin g. This is room 254 again. The monkey looking in is in room 252. Mr. Kackley must be ex- plaining an error which most of the boys made on their previous test papers. By the way, what is the right answer? Mr. Kack- ley is very frank with his pu- pils. If a person is behind in his work, he will let the indi- vidual know about it, and help him in the weak spots. Seems that Jim Babcock and Donald Black must have made it this time. These boys have a hard time getting into class before that second bell rings. The kind of pupils Mr. Kackley likes are those who do their own work and don’t bother the other students. First Row: Jim Farrell, Gene Hickman, Richard Lee, Richard Otterman, Larry Sartini, Willis Black Second Row: A1 Barcus, Kenneth Heintz, Norman Lea, Walter Murray, Robert Ross, Leonard Szurek Third Row: Joe Hays, Ronnie Edmonds, John Moore, Bob Rhodes, Alex Sztukowski Fourth Row: Don Black, Jim Babcock, Eugene Frystak, Chester Kazuba, Pat McGing, Tom Reeves Standing in front of Room: Mr. Kackley Ronald Orcutt, Dob Rhodes, John Taylor, Mr. Welty PHYSICS AND GENERAL SCIENCE Stumble up on the stage, feel your way across to the far cor- ner, fall down two well-hidden steps and you see Mr. Welty teaching physics to his sen- iors. This room is equipped with many scientific instruments so that the boys may conduct classroom experiments. When the boys get through experi- menting the results are so often different from what the book said they should be. The only sure results are burned fingers, water on the floor and on the ceiling, and ether or some chem- ical on the experimenter. The janitors are glad there is only one science room in the boys’ department. Did you know that one day water got through the flooring, and loosened the plas- ter above the teachers’ work room? Yes, the plaster came down; right on top of Mr. Zink and Mr. Fuller. It really cleaned that room out in a hurry! General Science classes are also conducted in Room 357. ALGEBRA-GEOMETRY Mr. Fuller and his big heavy brief case are inseparable pals. His brief case is his text-book, advisory record, and class room, all in one. Seldom do you see Mr. Fuller in the same room for two consecutive periods. His Geometry class is in room 253. This Algebra class is in room 35 f; otherwise known as the Sketching and Drawing room. It is the first hour in the morning and Mr. Fuller and the Sandman are running neck and neck. This class proved to be rather interesting despite the fact that there are no windows facing the girls’ department. Algebra comes in handy when working shop math, regular math, etc. For example, after learning all about Common Nomonic Factors, fac- toring of nomials and equations of the first and second degree, Don Lannin, a very promising senior, came upon a problem in shop that still had him stumped. The problem is, ' How much is 42 divided by 2Vi anyway?’ Front Row: Ray Macek, Len Blagiel, Ed Rinelammer Second Row: Don Postma, Don Lannin, Don Kukta Third Row: Larry Fiegle, Jack Taylor, Steve Falusi, Sterling Sheppard Fourth Row: Ed Carr, bill Longfellow, Don Lukeman, Frank Lenzo Mr. Fuller - - - BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL SHOP - - INSTRUCTORS Vera Eastwood — Shorthand and Business Etiquette Orpha Dean — Introduction to Business and Filing Margaret Hanlon — Bookkeeping Wilhelmina Hebner — Typing Betty Rybolt — Business Etiquette and Introduction to Business Marian McCort — Elements of Business Geraldine Lantz — Typing Mildred Morgan — Comptometer - - - - SHORTHAND - - - - After walking into Room 107 we are surprised to see that it is so quiet. We wonder if this could be a chemistry class working on a secret formula for their next experiment. But, actually, we find that the girls are so busy trying to figure out the marks that look so similar to a mysterious code. Yes, this is the first semester of the shorthand class. With three more semesters ahead of them, all the girls take their work seriously. They are given speed tests and certificates are awarded to the fortunate girls that pass them. The first semester is spent concentrating on brief forms and learning to read the letters, and, believe me, it’s surely hard work. Let’s see how the Advanced Shorthand students are getting along! My, there is a difference. Now we hear the clicking of typewriters and the girls are transcrib- ing straight from their notes. Everything must be neat, accurate and set up in good form. In this class we use all the things we have learned in our other sub- jects. Typing, English, Business Training, in fact, everything we know is ap- plied. Speed tests are still given and here is where the 100 words a minute tests (for 5 minutes) come along. Sounds fast, doesn’t it? Sometimes we wonder where Miss Eastwood finds the patience to continue teaching these girls. Certainly she deserves very much credit for helping to produce such efficient stenographers. Pat Williams, Lois Kreyscher, Barbara Bodnar, Marilyn Atkinson, Betty Warken tien. Miss Vera Eastwood, Florence Brussly. First Row: Dorothy Eaton, Joan Adamson, Evelyn Mala- tinka, Joan Blonski Second Row: Audrey Venzke, Mary Yasko, Helen Hoho- lek, Helen Marie Mackowiak Third Row: Elsie Schaller, Theresa Szczerbowski, Rose Koslowski Standing: Norma Mills, Miss Rybolt, Jean Roberts, Revea Smith BUSINESS ETIQUETTE In Business Etiquette Class the senior girls are taught many things which should help them to get a job and to keep it. They study interviews in order to see what mistakes beginners make when applying for jobs. They learn that bobby sox, heavy make-up, and sweaters are taboo in an office; that a too casual manner will take you out of the office faster than you came in; that your hair and nails should be cared for every day, and above all that you do your work quickly and efficiently. Miss Eastwood is teaching one of these classes and Miss Rybolt the other one. COMPTOMETRY SHOP As you walk into room 208 all you hear is click, click, click, clickety-click. You learn to add, subtract, multiply and divide on these machines and learn how to work many difficult problems. The girls who complete the comptometer course are fully prepared to get this kind of job when they graduate. Miss Mild- red Morgan teaches this shop. First Row: Betty Harris, Mary Therese Artibey, Norma Sanger Second Row: Sandra T tinkle, Judith Allen, Rosalie Pegg, Doris Walker, Rosemary Carr Third Row: Yvonne Davis, Mary Ellen Hough, Jean Christiansen, Elsie Snodgrass FILING AND INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS My, would you just look at all those files! Yes, this is just one of MiSs Dean’s classes in Fil- ing and Introduction to Busi- ness. Would you look at all those file boxes! The right side of this class- room looks like a combination post office and an old fashioned store. All it lacks is the red hot stove and the proverbial loafers around it. The other side looks like a business office. Here the girls learn the dif- ferent methods of filing and also learn the fundamentals of busi- ness training; how to use the cash register, how to wrap and weigh parcels for mailing, how to wrap gift packages, etc. Miss Dean has taught boys and girls at Tech for a long time and still gets a kick out of teaching. Miss Dean has finally solved the morning tardy problem. She volunteered this year to stay until 4:30 every evening keep- ing detention. In exchange she doesn’t need to come until after advisory. Some of our students could profit by her example. BOOKKEEPING FILING AND INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS Miss Hanlon and her book- keeping students at the Mercan- tile National Bank. They’re taking a look at the bookkeep- ing system used in a busy of- fice. Several of these trips are made every year to acquaint the students with working condi- tions on the job. Seated: Arlene Hurley, Mauretta Allen, Marlene Bunch, Josephine Wagner Standing: Carole Thompson, Miss Dean, Rita Melton First Row: Judith Allen, Mildred Holler, Loretta Westall Second Row: Doris Atelevich, Melva Purkey, Lois Klug Third Row: Mildred Basham, Constance Hoover, Eleanore Hannon Fourth Row: Betty Harris, Beverly Bainer, Richard Dur- land, Leona Hanus Fifth Row: Kathryn Davis, Blanche Smith, Margaretha Schuster Back Table: Joan Dover, Louis Borbely,Miss Wilhelmina Hebner First Row: Roberta Lange, Dorothy Franyi Second Row: Pat Bish, Loretta Grudzien, Wanda Martin Third Row: Betty Lawson, Irene McCoy, Miss Lantz, Helen Rosolanka Before we go into the details of the typing department I’d like to tell you to watch and learn for yourself why Tech produces such good, efficient typists. Behind the doors of the typing rooms there is a new world, a world of concentration, study, and a will to work. Our first semester of typing begins in Room 153 under the competent supervision of Miss Wilhelmina Hebner. Here we learn how to strike the keys surely and quickly while our eyes are on our copy. We learn to type to the rhythm of music. We also have speed tests. When we leave Miss Hebner’s class we can type at the rate of about 40 words a minute. In advanced typing, Miss Geraldine Lantz continues teaching where Miss Hebner left off. We learn to use the elec- tric typewriter, the dictaphone, the process duplicator and the mimeograph. In advanced typing we do our work exactly as if we were on the job. W ' e turn our work in with the attitude that we are turning it in to our fu- ture employers. Miss Lantz as- signs different girls to help her keep the class in order. These are: Roll Clerk, Supply Clerk, Maintenance Clerk, and Chief Clerk. These girls learn many things in management and in keeping records that will be of value on the job. The girls also learn to type and arrange spe- cial work that other teachers would like done. The students in here are al- ways busy because there is al- ways something to be done. We increase our speed by having speed tests. W ' hen we leave here our typing rate is approxi- mately 60 words a minute on new five-minute material. But none of this would be accom- plished if we didn’t have the love, understanding and cooper- ation of our friend and teacher, Miss Lamz. - - - - OUR BOYS’ SHOPS - - - - INSTRUCTORS Theodore M. Flack — Forge and Welding Charles A. Jaris — Wood Shop Walter E. Weffenstette — Electric I Harold E. Holloway — Electric II Henry F. Kieckheafer — Machine Shops Anthony E. Hadady — Machine I Harold E. McNeely — Machine II Florian A. Kwolek — Machine III William L. Burris — Sheet Metal Shop James B. Cambell — Plumbing Shop Victor Camsky — Auto Shop C. N. VanDeventer — Aviation Shop Albert T. Schell — Drafting Shop A. Joseph Esterhay — Shop Relief Quentin Johnson — Junior High Shop Supervisor and Shop Relief Don Vargo, Ted Moore, Eugene Robinson, Elmer Nystrom, Charles Crist, F . A. Kwolek, Dick Anderson, Paul Arndt, Eddie Novak, John Plotzki MACHINE I Ralph Walker, Leonard Buckley, Howard Lewis, Mr. Ha- dady, Henry Sobolewski MACHINE II Mr. McNeely and Lawrence Seberger - working with one of the large machines that scare out some of the fresh- men. MACHINE SHOPS All the boys in the Machine Shops join the faculty in ex- tending best wishes for a com- plete recovery to Mr. Henry F. Kieckheafer, one of our oldest, in years of service, and most respected shop instructors. All of us expect Mr. H.F.K. to be with us again next year. Mr. Hadady stated he would only miss the old building for sentimental reasons. He also said the boys in the old build- ing were winning major awards in the Purdue contests and he hoped a new building would not go to their heads. To you stu- dents who do not know Mr. Ha- dady, he’s the one who runs that little truck in and out of the gym. He says he is moving ma- chinery but some of the other instructors say he is merely out for a breath of fresh air. Mr. McNeely believed the fa- culty and student body were do- ing a good job with the facili- ties at hand. He was reluctant to express any opinions. ' After all,’ says Mac, ' I’m just a new man here and I can’t hope to compete with the tall tales these older guys spin around here.’ Mr. Kwolek reminded us that Machine Shop III was at one time the school gym. So take a good look at the picture and see all the space that was available for avocation and for basketball practice. No wonder Kramer, Shimala, Bicanic, Thomas, Hack, Gaul, etc. were pretty tough to beat. Mr. Kwolek forgot to re- mind us that the gym was in only the front half of this shop. The other half was the store room. The boys and the instructors are looking forward to working in a shop where there will be lots of room. Compliments Of ED’S SWEET SHOP They got the best TIP TOP SUPERMARKET 5 8 2 3 Calumet Ave. Hammona, Indiana THE BORDEN COMPANY (CHICAGO MILK DIVISION) ’THE BEST - TASTING MILK IN TOWN ' 402 CLINTON STREET HAMMOND, INDIANA Compliments Of the J. C. PENNEY CO. Inc. Hohman at State in Downtown Hammond MELLS ' PEST CONTROL Licensed Fumigators 6340 Kennedy Ave. Hammond, Indiana Phone Russell 8419 GOODYEAR SERVICE STORES State Oakley Hammond, Indiana Tires Batteries Car And Home Supplies STOLTZ-DRUGS E. W. STOLTZ, R. Ph. AMICK CARLSON ' S JEWELERS 486 East Stat. St. HAMMOND, IND. 6727 Kennedy Ave. Phone SHeffiald 2286 Radio Appliance Sales Hessville, Indiana You choose Your Doctor 456 State Street Sheffield 3354 Hammond, Indiana Diamonds Jewelry With care- Hamilton Watches Phone Sheffield 685 Guaranteed Watch Repairin why not your Druggist? All work Watchmaster test Give Your Business To Your Friends Who Advertise In THE CHART. William Weathers, Mr. Jaris, Donald Smith, John Viurga, Duane Eriks, Lawrence Williams, Russell Bassett Remember that narrow stairway down from the back door boys? Also, those dilapidated lockers next to it? And the big catch-all or dumping ground in what was the old General Shop? Well, all that was finally cleaned out. The truck came and got several loads of old iron; other things still usable were moved to the school storage rooms. How many of you helped with the packing, wrapping, and boxing of things tor the new Tech? Wasn’t it fun while it lasted? But let’s look across the aisle into Wood Shop proper. The boys in our Wood Shop are quite talented. They make all sorts of beautiful furniture; chairs, cabinets, tables, etc. They also do a lot of painting, and are quite talented in that also. Several boys are working on their Purdue presets. They are also entering an American Empire Chair in the National Contest held at the Museum of Science and Industry. Many unusual things happen in Mr. Jans shop. For instance, when it is raining outside, the worktables have a peculiar habit of floating around the premises. Most of the rain water flows through W ood Shop instead of down the sewers. Somebody suggested life-belts but maybe the W ood Shop boys will build themselves an ark like Noah did. Then there is the time Skippy Graves crawled into a kitchen cabinet that was being made. The doors were shut with Skippy still inside; and while everybody was looking for him, Skippy had himself a nice little snooze. This doesn t happen very often though. - - - - WOOD SHOP - - - - M. P. NORDBERC, Manager Proprietor 20th Century Recreation 114-122 West State Street HAMMOND, INDIANA Phone JOE TITTLE SONS (Inc. ) MEAT SHOPS 484 State St. Phone Sheffield 160 SHEFFIELD 520 T Next to E. C. Minas Co. HOMER’S SERVICE STATION Gas oils Tires Accessories Complete Auto Repairs 7104 Kennedy Ave. Phone Russell 8038 COMPLIMENTS Compliments of A FRIEND J. W. MILLIKAN INC. TWO STORES 449 State St. 5259 Hohman Ave. Hammond, Indiana NORTHERN INDIANA STATIONERY CO. Inc. OF NE UMODE HOSIERY SHOP 5140 Hohman Ave. 5307 Hohman Avenue Hammond, Ind. Phone SHEFFIELD 111 Compliments of 5319 Hohman Ave. Hammond, Ind. Russell 9300 Sheffield 682 R. F. Hoyt E.W. Eurley M. Kitsberg L. J. WALTHER ' S GROCERY MARKET FRESH FRUIT VEGETABLES MATT I. G. A. SUPERMARKET GROCERIES and MEATS 6516 Calumet Ave. Phone Russell 7960 5920 Columbia Ave. Give Your Business To Your Friends Who Advertise In THE CHART Frank Sapyta, Val Fary, Mr. Camsky, Ronny Edmonds AUTO SHOP In the annex we come to Auto Shop. We thought we came to the wrong place, for it looked to us like a junkyard. We see fel- lows washing cars and repairing them. Ray Graczyk along with Fred York is fixing Ray’s car. Sooner or later it will land up in the city junkyard. Ray hopes he will graduate before this hap- pens. We see Mr. Camsky ex- plaining how to set the timing gears to some of his boys. The boys also fix cars for outside customers. Some of the boys who tend to be a little careless at times have thought out a new motto, ' You drive it in. We’ll push it out.’ Mr. Camsky is hop- ing to have a large toolroom next fall in the New Tech. He also is hoping to devise a way by which he can catch the boys who sneak out of shop for a quick visit to the store. AVIATION SHOP Mr. VanDeventer said, ' We have, at present, the best avia- tion shop in Indiana.’ He hopes in the near future it will be one of the best in the surrounding states. No serious accidents have happened, except that one boy knocked a wing oft its plat- form and broke a couple of ribs. The foregoing statement might be a little misleading; it was not the ribs of the boy but the ribs of the airplane wing that were broken. Most of the boys agree that ' Van’ is one of the best instructors in the school. In this aviation shop the boys rebuild one plane each semes- ter. The shop is divided into two divisions, airplane con- struction and engine construc- tion. Morning shop has the air- plane construction and after- noon shop has engine construc- tion. Martin Rasala, W illiam brewer, Leonard Szurek, Richard Tolin, Francis KL.li, James Farrell, Mr. VanDeventer, J oe Hays PHARES REXALL DRUGS (in business for your health) A Registered Pharmacist In Charge At All Times .... StoreHours 7:30A.M. to 10:00P.M. FOUNTAIN LUNCHEONETTE SEALTEST ICE CREAM 5 3 0 3 Hohman Ave. Corner Hohman Russell . . TERRY J. FISHER Agent State Farm Insurance Co. 7014 Kennedy Avenue Hammond , Indiana SHEFFIELD 9751-J LAKE COUNTY CANDY CO . 2 4 5 Dyer Blvd. Hammond , Ind . The TECH Candy Man INDIANA HOTEL BLDG. HAMMOND INDIANA Compliments Of CUNNINGHAM ' S SERVICE STATION 169th and Kennedy Ave. HAMMOND WALKER HOME IMPROVEMENT. . Everything pertaining to the home. 5833 CALUMET AVENUE HAMMOND, IND . Phones: Sheffield 8012 8013 W. R. MATTHEWS SON 6815 Kennedy Ave. REAL ESTATE Complete INSURANCE COVERAGE Russell 6877 GaoJz ' 4. MuAic Slt p, established 1910 Full Line of Musical Instruments and Accessories 3442 MICHIGAN AVENUE EAST CHICAGO. INDIANA PHONE E. C. SOIB Compliments Of W. T. GRANT CO. 5213 HOHMAN AVE. HAMMOND KENNEDY FOOD SHOP ( Fred G. Dick ) Groceries - Magazines - Tobacco - 6445 Kennedy Ave. HAMMOND, IND. Hours 6 to 11 Every Day Give Your Business To Your Friends Who Advertise In THE CHART. Jack Powers, Ted Stivers, Steve Franco, Mr. Campbell, Nick Rotas, John Labs, James Williams DRAFTING SHOP PLUMBING SHOP Mr. J. B. Campbell remembers when he first came to Hammond Tech to teach twenty-three years ago. His first classroom was in the main building, the supply room was plumbing shop. He later moved to the south- west corner of the girls’ depart- ment. Another move found Mr. Campbell in what is now Ma- chine III. Then came the final move to the present location. Mr. Campbell is leaving be- hind many pleasant memories of the boys he has had in shop. He said, ' 1 appreciate the day that I came to work with the boys.’ He also talks of the one and only time his advisory had 100% attendance. By the way, that slip is still in his possession. One of the other instructors informed us that Mr. Campbell attended all of the basketball and football games for twenty years. He was the No. 1 Tech fan. It is even rumored that he once called a football referee a ' horse thief.’ In the year of 1940 he went down state and came back without his new hat. Mr. Campbell is proud of the layout for the new plumbing shop. Except for the inhuman noises coming from the long corridor leading to the gym, drafting shop is a pleasant place. Drafting shop is a course for those boys who wish to take up Drafting as a life work or as an aid in another line of work. The class is made up of mixed groups of boys. The instruction is individual and starts with simple drawings made from ac- tu al pieces, advancing to where the boy designs his own pieces to meet certain specifications and requirements. As he ad- vances be leams to make pen- cil and ink tracings and blue- prints. Pre-Engineering Drawing is for those boys who intend to go to college. It is a one or two semester course advancing much more rapidly than Shop Drafting and is designed to give the bas- ic fundamentals of orthographic projection, sections, auxiliary and revolved views, terms, sym- bols and dimensions. We are expecting an increased enroll- ment in this course next year. Bob Bavacqua, Andy Vernum, George Eppl, Paul Sutton, Bill Longfellow, Mr. Schnell, Tom Hippensteel, Ronald Csonka, Bob Harmon, Don Bernotus, Don Bond, Eddie Carr o 0 WATCH THE MINAS COMPANY THIS YEAR ! Our 60th Birthday Celebration — 1890 to 1950 This year, the greatest in all Compliments Of BARELLI S App 1 ian c e s and Furniture 4 5 9- 63 State Street Phone Shef. 159 5313 Hohman Avenue Hammond, Indiana our 60 years of bringing you the best and most for your dollar ! YOU SAVE LIKE SIXTY HERE IN 1950. SERVICE HARDWARE 5631 Calumet Ave. Phone Shef. 1086 ft m E. C. MINAS COMPANY State Street Hammond PAINTS HOUSEWARES GOING TO THE PROM ? BEE LORANN ' S Women ' s Specialty SHOP 682 1 Kennedy Ave. HESSVILLE johnSsxIoiUco. Manufacturing WHOLESALE GROCERS P. O. JS SEXTON SQ. CHICAGO, ILL. Compliments Of Dr. J.D. BRAUND Optometrist Sheffield 7890 Hammond, Ind. LYNN ' S DEPARTMENT STORE Airco Oxygen Acetylene Hobart Electric Arc Welders Gas Welding Supplies 5609-11 Calumet Ave. HAMMOND, IND. Electric Welding Accessories CALUMET WELDERS SUPPLY , Inc. 1122 Virginia Street Gary , Indiana Give Your Business To Your Friends Who Advertise In The CHART. FORGE AND WELDING Mr. Flack, A1 Mucha and Tom Prange The forge and welding shops are combined as one shop with Mr. Flack as instructor. Through a cloud of dust rising up to the ceiling we can see the freshmen and sophomores making hammer wedges. We see Raymond Macek and Robert Horvat gas welding. Robert, rather new in this shop asked us a serious question, ' flow come the metal doesn’t stick together after I weld it?’ W ' e told him that the gas was too weak, then we left him. Let’s take a look at the old boxed-in tool room. Mr. Flack says he has a hard time keeping the tool room for tools only. Some of the boys think it is a cafeteria, a rest-room, or occa- sionally even a sports arena. All this will be different when a more modern tool-room will be in use. In this picture, we see A1 Mucha and Tom Prange making bicycle racks for the new school. This is only one of the many production projects that have been pushed into Welding shop this year. Next year Mr. Flack hopes to be back to nor- mal again teaching basic forge work, and welding either as a terminal course or as a Supple- mentary course to other metal working courses. SHEET METAL The sheet metal shop follows the general working pattern of sheet metal shops on the out- side. In the shop they make air conditioning vents, boxes, guards, cabinets, etc. Some of the boys were preparing their entries in the Purdue contests. They receive no prizes but they do get pleasure out of showing a fine piece of workmanship. Al- though this shop is a dangerous place to work, because of the sharp metal and the cutting ma- chines used, no major accidents have happened. Mr. Burris has a bottle of souvenirs which he shows to all incoming pupils. This bottle contains a few fingernails which show the results of careless- ness or horse-play. Just one look will teach a freshman that the large foot shears is danger- ous. Marvin Kuschel, Mr. Burris, Neil Southard, Henry Hoho- lek, Jack Blackburn, Charles Soltis, Larry Kaptur Compliments Of JOINT ELECTRICAL APPRENTICESHIP STANDARDS COMMITTEE LOCAL UNION 697 INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS Hammond , Indiana LAKE COUNTY AND INDIANA CHAPTER National Electrical Contractors Ass’n . Hammond, Indiana Qualified Electrical Contractors Ask for and insist on quality electrical wiring by a QUALIFIED ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR Members: Calumet Electric Co. Continental Electric Co . Dooley- St. Arnaud El. Co. Fleig Electric Co. Gary Electric Co. Hocker Electric Co. Indiana Electric Co. Juergens ElectricCo. Krall Electric Co. Lighthouse Electric Co. Meyer Electric Co. Meaae Electric Co. Modern Electric Co. New Era Corporation Schreiber Electric Co. Seliger Electric Co. Steel City Electric Co. Sweney Electric Co. Tri-City Electric Co. Hammond Electric Co. Give Your Business To Your Friends Who Advertise In THE CHART. John Evans, Mr. Holloway, Ken Harrington, Charles S la vena, Robert Arney, James Trimble, Gordon Parker ELECTRIC I Electric Shop 1 serves as a stepping stone to Electric II. Under Mr. Weffenstette, the boys learn the fundamentals of elec- tricity, including radio, motors, and wiring circuits. Then some of them go into Electric II and learn it all over again. When one casually enters this shop, he may think that the students are playing around most of the time. There seems to be a lot of noise and much moving around. Closer inspection will probably reveal that the instructor knows what is going on and that all of it isn’t play either. Appearances are most deceiving. What will this shop miss most? The rats! Three boys in A.M. shop thought they located a rat’s nest in the hollow tile wall. They tried to punch it out. They succeeded. They got a hole clear through the wall, but the rats got away. Both electric shop instructors hope that the cafeteria will be closer next year. It’s really a long, long way up to the third floor, especially just before lunch. The boys hope so too. Get Mr. Holloway and Mr. Wef- fenstette side by side on those narrow stairs and the whole shop is thrown for a big loss. The sign on the door says Electric Shop. Let’s step in. Oh! What is that blinding flash? Don’t be alarmed, it’s just one of the rookie electricians burn- ing up another motor. All he did was to put AC where the DC was supposed to be and the thing blew up. Yes, live and learn— it’s better to get experi- ence here than on the job. Live and learn seems to be the policy in Electric Shop II. Mr. Holloway insists that no job is too difficult for his Electric Shop boys who sometimes learn things the hard way. Motors are rewound, arc welders repaired, household appliances and ra- dios are fi xed, and many other things too. The large panelboards serve as hiding places for some boys who work too hard and are in need of rest. There’s Ken Har- rington behind one now. Look out Ken, here comes Mr. Hollo- way. Oh yes, March 30 will be remembered as Collection Day. Several pair of pliers disap- peared and when they failed to reappear, Mr. Holloway just passed the hat. Now we have two new pair. Leonard Glowacki, Jim Rodgers, Harry Betterton, Don Scott, Ronald Jabaay, Jack Heavey, Robert Parsons, Charles King, Mr. Weffenstette, Henry Schumacher, Ted Elmore, Dave Probus, Norman Maier, Vernon Finchum ELECTRIC II Best Wishes From ACE THEATRE HnmmonD DATIOnflL CO. insuRoncE REAL ESTATE TAX SERVICE Retailers — Contractors HALLER 6735 Kennedy Avenue Hessville , Indiana Peter Poulos RUG CARPET COMPANY 457 State Street Hammond, Indiana Russell 6601 SANDLER’ S MEN’S WEAR 469 State Street HAMMOND, INDIANA 5248 Hohman Ave. Phone Sheffield 4000 H. J. Gescheidler, Sr. H. J. Gescheidler, Jr. W. A. MacNary W. E. Gescheidler MINER ELECTRONICS for TELEVISION Stromberg Carlson Crosley-Olympic Westinghouse Sparton 7331 Calumet Avenue SHEFFIELD 1653 OPEN EVENINGS Compliments Of HUNTINGTON’S CONFECTIONERY 5522 1 2 HOHMAN AVE. HAnSEn BROS. J’bw iA, 5320 Hohman Ave. Hammond, Indiana Phone SHEFFIELD 201 Compliments Of VIERCK ' S HESSVILLE FURNITURE 8727 Kennedy Avenue Hammond, Indiana CHAS. J. KAUFMAN INSt RANCE 6155 Columbia Ave. Hammond. Indiana COMPLIMENTS OF R S SHOE STORE 5205 HOHMAN AVENUE Ph. Sheffield 495 HAMMOND , INDIANA Give Your Business To Your Friends Who Advertise In The CHART. - - - - VARSITY FOOTBALL - - - - First Row: J. Wolfe, H. Labs, J. Hendon, Mgr., C. Reed, Mgr., J. Sow a, H. Petrie Second Row: R. Peyton, J. Ross, H. Neal, E. Stanley, T. Hansen, B. Hendon, T. Schmal Third Row: F. Ondo, L. Zerkle, D. Clark, D. Kennedy, J. Williamson, E. Langel, G. Garastic, P. Malovich Fourth Row: L. Sartini, J. Bafia, R. Rutkowski, H. Jasperson, A. Anderson, J. Richardson, B. Beckwith, P. Werner Fifth Row: Larry Hurley, Bill Stevenson, Leroy Miller, J. Kuppinger, S. Rymarczyk, E. Mosca, R. Hladek, L. Hladek, R. Durland1949 SCHEDULE THE VARSITY BACKFIELD ec h Opponents 0 — E. C. Roosevelt 26 18 — Muncie Central 6 33 — Gary Froebel 26 20 — Thornton Fractional 12 13 — E. C. Washington 7 25 — George Rogers Clark 12 6 — Gary Lew Wallace 19 6 — Hammond High 27 1950 SCHEDULE Sept. 8 — E. C. Roosevelt Home Sept. 15 — Muncie Central Home Sept. 21 — Gary Froebel Away Sept. 29 — Galesburg, 111. Away Oct. 6 — Thornton Frac. Home Oct. 13 — E. C. Washington Away Oct. 25 — Hammond Clark Away Nov. 3 — Lew Wallace Home Nov. 10 — Hammond High Away Richard Rutkowski, Coach Carlson, Stanley Rymarczyk, Larry Sartini, Joe Bafia - - - FOOTBALL - - - Looking back through the years we find very few recent teams equal in spirit to the 1949 Tigers. It is true we had better teams, but they were much bigger boys. This year we had a comparatively small line; but with lots of hustle and a power- ful backfield. Tech managed to squeeze into the State Top Ten before hitting the skids against Lew Wallace and Hammond High. The small Tech line repeatedly took on bigger and more experienced foes and xusually came out on top. After being shut out by the State Champions, the Roosevelt Rough Riders, Tech went on a rampage, winning five straight over highly touted opponents, Muncie Central, Gary Froebel, Thornton Fractional, E. C. Washington and undersized George Rogers Clark. Surely, no one can accuse Tech of playing a soft schedule. Tech boys received favorable notice in many newspaper selections. Stanley Rymarczyk, team captain and leading scorer, and Larry Hladek placed all State Honorable Mention. All-Regional nominees on various teams were: Larry Hurley, Stanley Rymarczyk, and Emil Mosca. Next year Tech will have a lot of experienced lettermen returning. Among them are such standouts as: Joe Bafia, Larry Sartini, John Sowa, Paul Werner, Gene Garastik, John Kuppinger and Jimmy Williamson. A good team will again be out on the field. The Varsity Lettermen this year are; Joe Bafia, Don Clark, Richard Durland, Eugene Garastik, Bill Hendon, Jack Hinton, Mgr., Larry Hladek, Larry Hurley, Harry Jasperson, John Kuppinger, Herman Labs, Edward Langel, Paul Malovich, LeRoy Miller, Emil Mosca, Harold Petrie, Charles Reid, Mgr., Richard Rutkow- ski, Stanley Rymarczyk, Larry Sartini, lorn Schmal, John Sowa, Bill Stephenson, Paul Wenier, James Williamson, and John Wolfe. kukta, Starastu, Eriks, Quinn, Strong, Powers, Newland, Gillespie, Shike, Labs, Trznadal Hannon, Harmon, Hines Kuppinger, Jones, W ilson, Johnson, Anderson, Blackburn. Cassady, Mgr., Blowacki, Alonzo, Gourley, Trella, Sutton, Stivers, Burke, Dick- erson, Vargo., Mgr. 1949 Ell KSH MAN-SOPHOMORE FOOTBALL SEASON HAMMOND TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL Coach: George Bereolos Student Managers: Don Vargo and James Cassady FRESHMAN-SOPHOMORE SCHEDULE Hammond Tech 0 Whiting Hammond Tech 6 Morton Hammond Tech 12 Clark Hammond Tech 7 Hammond High . . . . . . 19 Hammond Tech 6 Thornton Fractional . . . 7 Hammond Tech 6 Washington E. C. . . . . 24 Hammond Tech 19 Roosevelt E. C. . . Hammond Tech 6 Bishop Noll . . . 6 Total . . . . 62 Total Won 2 Lost 4 Tied 2 FRESHMAN SCHEDULE Hammond Tech 13 Edison 13 Hammond Tech 20 Irving 0 Hammond Tech 0 Thornton Fractional . . .25 Won 1 Lost 1 Tied 1 The Sophomores who received letters are: Myrwin Anderson, Myron Dickerson, Robert Harmon, William Harmon, Robert Hines, Jin Jones, Gene Johnson, Don Kukta, Fred Labs, Richard Newland, Jack Powers, Ted Stivers, Sam Strong, George Sutton, William Trella, Louis Trznadel, Richard Wilson. The Freshmen who received letters are: David Alonzo, Jack Blackburn, James Cassaday, Mgr., Kenneth Eriks, Dale Gillespie, Leonard Glowacki, Vernon Gour- ley, Gilbert Kuppinger, Gene Shike, Richard Starastu, Don Vargo, Mgr. - - - - BASKETBALL - - - - A close up, just before the starting whistle. Please note the con- trasts. The tip-off. Joliet has one of the best basket- ball floors in the coun- try. During the game. Cow- boy Lee going for a spill. Even his team mates are surprised. Standing: Stanley Rymarczyk, Miller Spear, Larry Hladak, Richard Lee, Bill Beck- with, John Sowa, Oren Gifford Kneeling: James Hinton, Mgr., Erwin Gora, Dick Rutkowski, Alex Bafia, Mike Cyganowski, Larry Sartini, William Trella, Mgr. RECORD 1949-50 BASKETBALL SCHEDULE 1950-51 Nov. 24 Noll Here Dec. 1 Hammond Here Dec. 5 Hammond Clark . . Here Dec. 8 Whiting There Dec. 15 Valparaiso There Dec. 22 Michigan City . . . Here Jan. 4 Horace Mann . . . There Jan. 12 Emerson Here Jan. 16 Roosevelt There Jan. 19 Lew Wallace .... Here Jan. 23 Washington Here Jan. 27 Lebanon Here Feb. 1 Froebel ...... There Feb. 3 Clark (Conf.) . . . There Feb. 7 S.B. Central . . . .There Feb. 9 H.H.S. (Conf.) . . There Feb. 13 Joliet Here Feb. 16 Tolleston Here Tech Opponent 52 Noll Central 33 39 Hammond High 41 57 Hammond Clark 50 42 Whiting 44 38 Lebanon 37 56 Valparaiso 48 46 Michigan City 37 47 Noll Central 27 27 Hammond High 53 33 Horace Mann 49 45 Emerson 57 29 J oliet 42 41 Roosevelt 48 24 Lew Wallace 30 35 Washington 52 27 Froebel 46 53 Clark 50 FRESH xM AN - SOPHOMORE BASKETBALL back Row: L. Gargano, A. DesRosiers, R. Eiiks, k. Cassady, D. Elman, L. Fiegle, D. Gillespie, R. Hawkins, P. Sutton, J. Burns, R. Graves Front Row: Coach Waite, J. Hough, R. Wilson, L. Trznadel, G. Shike, J. I lack- burn, J. Jones, R. Theus, G. kuppinger, J. Cassaday, Mgr. FRESHMAN SCHEDULE 1949-50 SOPHOMORE SCHEDULE 1949-50 Opponent Tech Opponent Tech 38 Fractional 28 39 Fractional 24 26 W hiting 22 26 Washington 24 24 Irving 29 35 Whiting 25 12 Edison 29 21 Noll 17 26 Noll 23 38 Fractional 18 37 Fractional 22 33 Clark 18 36 Clark 16 34 Morton 12 18 Morton 9 25 Hammond 41 31 Edison 13 21 Roosevelt 24 19 Hammond 20 35 Washington 22 20 Roosevelt 22 16 Whiting 20 35 Irving 25 23 Noll 27 19 Whiting 29 22 Clark 34 34 Noll 31 27 Morton 21 22 Clark 15 34 Roosevelt 20 23 Morton 17 22 Hammond 28 31 Roosevelt 20 34 Hammond 18 Season Record: Won 6, Lost 10 Minor letters were awarded to James burns, Albert DesRosiers, Kenneth Eriks, Laurence F iegle, Leroy Gargano, Dale Gillespie, Robert Graves, Robert Theus, Don Elman, Richard Hawkins, Kenneth Cassady, Janies Cassady, Vlgr., Paul Sutton. Minor letters were awarded to Jack Blackburn, Ronald Bolek, Jesse Hough, Gene Johnson, James Jones, Gilbert kuppinger. Bill Pearman, Frank Sapyta, Gene Shike, Louis Trznadel, Richard Wilson. 1949-50 ‘B’ SQUAD BASKETBALL SUMMARY HAMMOND TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL Coach: George Bereolos Hammond Tech. . . . . 24 Hammond Noll. . . . 2 Hammond Tech. . . . . 26 Washington . . 28 Hammond Tech . . . . . 16 Hammond High . . . .24 Hammond Tech . . . . . 38 Hammond Clark . . . . 34 Hammond Tech . . , . . . 31 Whiting . . .24 Hammond Tech . . . . . . 30 Valparaiso . . 22 Hammond Tech . . , . . . 29 Michigan City . . . . . 34 Hammond Tech . . . . . . 26 Horace Mann . . . . . . 32 Hammond Tech . . , . . . 26 Emerson . . .29 Hammond Tech . . . . . 27 Joliet . . .30 Hammond Tech . . . . . 17 Roosevelt . . .35 Hammond Tech . . . . . 26 Lew Wallace . . . . . . 16 Hammond Tech . . . . . 16 Washington . . 26 TOURNAMENT Hammond Tech . .... 16 Hammond High . . . , . .28 Hammond Tech . 29 Hammond Noll . . . . . 26 Hammond Tech . .... 27 Froebel . . 21 Hammond Tech . .... 26 S.B. Central . . . . . . 21 Hammond Tech . .... 26 Hammond High . . . . . .23 Hammond Tech . .... 12 Hammond Clark . . . . 23 Won 9 — Lost 10 Minor awards were won by the following boys: David Andrews, Joe Bafia, Don Clark, Charles Doms, George Eppl, James Graves, Gene Hickman, Jack Powers, Jack Richardson, Joe Rosanswank, Sam Tumbiolo, Gene day- man, Jack Hinton, Mgr., and Sam Strong, Mgr. VARSITY B TEAM Standing: Jack Powers, Joe Rosanswank, Gene Wayman, George Eppl, Joe Bafia Gene Hickman, Don Clark, Dick Reynolds, Sam Tumbiolo, David Andrews, Jack Richardson, James Graves Kneeling: Jack Hinton, Mgr., San Strong, Mgr., Coach Bereolos TRACK Sitting: James Hinton, Otto Jonas, Phillip Sandlin, Robert Graves, Jack Hinton, James Graves, James Hums, Ed Morweiser, Dale Milligan, Fred Labs Kneeling: John Sako, Lloyd Hipp, Gilbert Kuppinger, I-ill Hendon, Bill Pearman, Hem.an Labs, Ralph Nordyke, Charles Dorns, John Kuppinger, Richard Peyton, Walter Hayes, Andy Yernum, Dale Gillespie Standing:'James Williams, Ralph Gillam, Tom Davidson, Robert Hines, Manuel Vega, Joe Rosan-swank, Bill Beckwith, James Black, Richard Newland, Gene Shike, Robert Theus TRACK At the beginning of the 1950 track and held season, Coach George Bereolos and Assistant Harold ‘Swede’ Carlson faced a tremendous rebuilding job. Only two returnees-Herman Labs and Richard Peyton were available. The Tigers defeated Hammond Clark in their indoor opener but fell before Evanston Township in their second meet. After finishing third in the Hammond City indoor meet, the cindermen nipped Clark once more in a dual meet 52-48. A dual meet with Howe High School of Indianapolis and the Conference Indoor, in which the Tigers scored 12 4 points closed the season.- - - - BASEBALL - - - - First Row: Des Rosier, Hurley, R. Hladek, Tumbiolo, Lannin, Gora, Clark, Sar- tini, J. Cassaday, Mgr. Middle Row: Powers, Jankowski, Eppl, Graczyk, Sowa, L. Hladek, Rymarczyk, Balia, Otterman, Mgr., Hippensteel, Richardson, Gargano Standing: Starastu, Andrews, Reynolds, K. Cassaday, Eriks, Quinn, Elman, Haw- kins, Hecht, Hudspeth, Talarek, Coach Waite 1950 BASEBALL SCHEDULE April 5 — at Michigan City April 11 — at Dyer April 14 - Dyer HERE April 19 - LaPorte HERE April 20 — Tolleston HERE April 25 — at Emerson April 27 — Washington HERE May 1 — at Whiting May 3 Roosevelt HERE May 5 — Lew Wallace HERE May 8 — at Hammond High May 10 — at Horace Mann May 12 — Clark HERE May 15 — at Tolleston May 17 8s Emerson HERE May 19 — at Washington May 22 — Whiting HERE May 24 at Roosevelt May 26 — at Lew Wallace May 29 — Hammond High HERE May 31 — Horace Mann HERE J une 2 — Clark THERE BEST PROSPECTS LETTERMEN: Rymarczyk, cat- cher, playing his fourth season; Lannin, 2b, senior; Gora, ss, jun- ior; Graczyk, of, senior; Jankow- ski, p, senior. NEW MEN: Eppl, of, junior; Tumbrolo, 3b, junior; Clark, 3b, junior; Sartini, of, junior; Balia, p, junior; R. 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