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

Text from Pages 1 - 144 of the 1953 volume:

- THE BIG DRAMA THE CHART 1953 HAMMOND TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL The Hammond citizen who can view drama at the click of a TV switch is himself a player of a leading role in the greatest of all dramas . . . THE BIG DRAMA called living. He chooses presidents, fights wars, raises families, makes steel, has automobile accidents, pays income tax. He laughs, he cries, he loves, he hates. And his stage is called Hammond. HAMMOND . . . STAGE FOR THE CITIZEN HAMMOND TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL Stage for Today s Student Presenting . • • THE BIG DRAMA In One Act TIME: 1952 -’53 PLACE: Scene I, Community Scene II, Home Scene III, Fine Arts Scene IV, Job Scene V, Recreation The Tech student in 1952-53, understudy for a role as citizen in the big drama, daily engaged in practice that was itself a big drama: He elected council representatives, screamed for touch- downs, solved geometric theorems, shaped lumps of steel into useful tools, typed business letters, baked cherry pies, danced at school parties, mastered compound sentences, and kept club minutes. His stage was called Tech. c Tomorrow’s Citizen Scene I, COMMUNITY Lending support to overseas gift drives and school clean-up campaigns, Dorothy Gonsiorowski and Don Jamroz in 1952-53 practiced for big drama roles similar to the one Emil Sobilo has been playing in the Hammond community. As a member of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Sobilo has made the Hammond Youth Baseball League his major project. Also as a Jaycee, Mr. Sobilo has contributed efforts to the Red Cross Gamma-Globulin Blood Drive, Community Chest, Orphans ' Christmas Shopping Tour, Olympic Fund Drive, Christmas Cheer Fund Drive, and Boy Scout Achievement Trail. He received a B. S. degree in mechanical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1943 and is now employed as assistant general foreman, Tool and Die Di- vision of the American Steel Foundries where he is also in charge of apprentice training. He is married and has two children. Mr. Sobilo is a Tech graduate. The Student Council campaigned for a clean building and grounds as part of the year ' s program to aid the school and community. The Student Council is an elective body with representa- tives and alternates from each advisory. Its purpose has al- ways been to aid the student body in any way possible. To arouse interest in the Clean-up Campaign the Council sponsored two contests and participated in three assemblies. The Council had three dances, co-operated with the music and drama departments in putting on programs, by selling tickets, and supplying ushers, and conducted drives for P.-T. A. memberships. Community Chest, March of Dimes, Cancer Fund, and the Heart Drive. Contributions to these funds ap- proximated $700. The sponsors were Mrs. Kieckheafer and Mr. R. M. Wilson. Mrs. Kieckheafer Mr. R. M. Wilson Standing: Jamroz, Musser, Petroskey, Hamm. Front Row: Kovach, Tapper, Harvey, Macewicz, Gillespie. Ford, Rzonca, Miller, Plaskett. Second Row: Robinson. Ryan, Boyd, Wanicki, Sterling, Abell, Gonsiorowski, Brown, Ras- mussen. Highsmith. Third Row: Hull, Brici, Duykers, Cassaday, Logue, Dolphin, Eaton, Scofield, Weiss, Michal, Worwa. Fourth Row: Eppl. Ferre, Hamm, Olsen, Gidney, Stewart, Bogard. Back Row: Meadows, Grimmer, Tucker, Augustine, Marcus, Chapman, Glowacki, Moore. Don Jamroz and Paul Pe- troskey display model ol the school used during the Council ' s Clean-up Campaign. Loretta Kazmer, Pete Lenzo. and Charlotte Klaubo, cloak room at- tendants. at a Student Council sponsored dance. The coat racks, made by students in welding, were spon- sored by the Council. Members oi the casts oi the skits entered in the Student Council Clean- up Campaign skit con- test. Miss Eastwood ' s advisory was the win- ner. Bob Huke, Ken Tucker, and Bill Gidney take suggestions from box to prepare for Student Council consideration. Committee members. Brown, Ferree, Eaton, Gonsiorowski, and Tuck- er, collect money during Student Council Polio Drive. Front Row: Boilek. Zimba, Oldham, Blanchard, Mc- Clure, Seeds, Bozak, Mor- rison. Second Row: Booth. Tribble, Horvat, Barzycki, Prugh, Mair, Mr. R. M. Wilson, supervisor. Third Row: Parkinson. Thompson, W a n i c k i, Stewart, Bodja, Isom. Gussman. Back Row: Muelhman, Kil- lar. Hill, Hamm, Tolles- ton. Strong. Safety Council Sought Safe Shops The Safety Council promoted accident pre- vention in all shops. There was a total of 42 shops, with one representative and alternate from each. Motion pictures pertaining to safety were shown. Live and Learn and You ' re Driving 90 Horses were two of them. First aid was given, if needed, in the shops by members of the Safety Council. They were also instructed on the use of fire extinguishers. Safety posters were planned and changed every week by the safety representatives. The representatives checked the members of their shops to see if they had the right, safe working equipment. Meetings were twice a month, with each representative turning in a safety report on his shop. The council was under the supervision of Mr. R. M. Wilson. Mr. R. M. Wilson explains the use of the different types of fire extinguishers to Harold Maier, Mar- len Sutton. Gloria Erb, and Bill Hamm. Monitors Organized To Promote Fair Play Front Row: Hardesty, Jarczyk, Mauder. Second Row: Mosca, Klein, Horvath. Third Row: Fary, Musser, Brussly. Fourth Row: Hladek, Cieskiewicz. Bac k Row: Maloney, Gonsiorowski, Blake, Stocker. The Monitor Club was an honorary club organized to promote fair play. Only junior girls who had good scholarship, were depend- able and had a sense of responsibility, were eligible for membership in the club. Duties of Monitors were to help keep the cafeteria lines moving smoothly, to aid the flow of traffic through halls, and to guide visitors around the school. While on duty the girls wore brown and gold arm bands. The officers were captain, Cecilia Cieskie- wicz; co-captain, Joan Jarczyk; and secretary, Maxine Horvath. The faculty sponsor was Miss Ruth Clency. leannine Maloney on duty supervising the rush at the candy counter. 11 J. R. C. Made Blood Drive Main Project of Year The Blood Drive was the main project of the 1300 member Tech Junior Red Cross which secured fifty pints of blood from adult donors. The Tech chapter sponsored a broadcast over WJOB and an assembly program with Lieuten- ant Erickson, Mr. L. L. Caldwell, and Miss Merle Gray as guest speakers to aid city Junior Red Cross Blood Drive. The Junior Red Cross made contributions of $155.00 to the National Children ' s Fund, the Local Children ' s Fund, the Junior Red Cross Camp Fund, and the Junior Red Sross Confer- ence Fund for the year 1952-53. The Tech Chapter sponsored a spring dance, Tulip Time , to raise money for the Local Children ' s Fund. ADVISORY BOARD AND OFFICERS The Tech J. R. C. sponsored and con- structed the United for Peace float in the Christmas play, filled 152 Christmas gift boxes for children overseas, made nut cups and col- lected merchandise for the Parramore and Nor- man Beatty Hospital, and contributed maga- zines to St. Margaret ' s Hospital book carts. Gift chests, constructed by the Tech woodshop, were contributed to the City Junior Red Cross to pack gifts to schools overseas. Tech officers and sponsors attended the first Tri-City Conference at East Chicago in the fall of 1952. Tech had charge of the Tri-City gift chest display. Assisting Miss Marian McCort, the faculty sponsor, were Miss Margaret Hanlon, Miss Anne Evanoff, Mr. A. T. Schell, and Mr. T. M. Flack. Back Row: Bolling, City J. R. C. treasurer and delegate lor 1953-54 to Miami U.; Gonsiorowski; Pearman. Front Row: Week, second vice-presi- dent; Klein, secretary; Haager, treas- urer. Standing: Cieszkiewicz, president; Per- ry, first vice-president. JR. RED CROSS Front Row: Klaubo, Sabinske, Holland, Hammond, Witvliet, Wann, Koch, Janus, Montgomery, Dernulc, Ciesz- kiewicz. Second Row: Bolling, Koch, Jusko, Den- son, Kingery, Bach, Winkler, Falusi. Comer, Leets, Smith. Third Row: Cole, Kennedy, Kubisz, Col- lins, Archambeault, Martin, Bolling. Krownland, Piniak, Livovich, Luce. Fourth Row: Muehlman, Pigg, Johnston. Burbridge, Dernulc, Trimble, McWil- liams, Horn, Purkey, Hardesty, Bunch. Back Row: Adams, Snow, Cummins, Koch, Fischer, Weak, Thompson, Haager, Corbin, Waugh. The train is pictured as symbolic of the drive put on by the Tech Junior Red Cross to collect Christmas gifts for people in the foreign countries represented by the girls in the back- ground. This was J. R. C. ' s contribution to the Christmas parade and program. Members of the J. R. C. council are pictured here as they worked to re- pack gifts from Tech stu- dents for people over- seas. From Je f to light are: Yvonne Long, Mari- lyn Plaskett, Jean Livo- lich, Dorothy Klein. Pa- tricia Sabinske, Carol Montgomery, Joann Dan- cho, Nancy Mesyssne, Betty Kingery, and Mar- garet Perry. Wanda Horn, Ann Sajkyk, Ronald Millies, and Joanne Dye select drawings of Tech stu- dents to be sent to the International Student Art Exchange, a project of the international Jun- ior Red Cross to help students of many coun- tries to have a better un- derstanding of foreign friends. Nordyke and James Haworth. Junior Red Cross members and wood shop students, are pictured making crates in which to ship the gift boxes of all Hammond schools. A close-up of the engi- neers of the gift train. Chuck Hulsey and Har- old Maier, students from Welding Shop who helped make the train. Y-Teens Made Goal Service and Fellowship Y-TEENS OFFICERS Moore, president; Clemens, World Fellowship chairman; Livovich, social chairman; Plaskett, vice-president; Kleinamon. treasurer; and Roderick, secretary. The primary purpose of the Y -Teens was to help others and serve wherever possible with the Y. W. C. A. It also promoted good fellow- ship among the members, with other Y-Teen groups in the area, and on a world- wide basis through the World Fellowship work with the Y. W, C. A. The Y-Teens held a candlelight initiation for the incoming members on November 4. They gave a Christmas tea for the faculty and mem- bers of Y-Teens, and sponsored a semi-formal Cupid ' s Dance land at Masonic Temple on February 13. The Y-Teens along with Hi-Y gave a soc-hop on April 17. Members of the Y-Teens also attended the Lake County Girls ' Conference. A picnic was given for the Y-Teens in June. They again presented a picture to a class- room at Tech. This year the painting, St. James ' Park , was purchased and placed in Room 209. Faculty sponsors were Miss Evelyn Bold and Alice Cleveland. Y-TEENS Front Row: Viland, Blackstone, Horn, Anderson, Bach, V. Moore, Falusi, Brown, Dernulc, Hansen, Carroll, Parsons, Overack, R. Gillespie, Freeman, Beatty, Carlin. Second Row: Fegely, Reeise, Young, Gonsiorowski, Cieszkiewicz. Mauder, Fazekas, Schlitz, Whitley, Boilek, M. Smith, Kovach, Bukowski, Ortega, Plaskett. Third Row: Batliner, Malacina, Schaller, Fantin, Krownland, Piniak, Koch. Livovich, Collins. Ignas, Luce, M. Smith, Cox, Fouts, Redenbaugh, Mauger. Fourth Row: Riebe, O ' Brien, Fuell, Bragiel, Kolat, McClure, M. Moore, Hartoonian, Imrich, Lorance, Milligan, Underwood, Jewett, L. Gillespie. Fifth Row: Oran, Citon, Elliott, Dernulc, Pieramico, Alvey, Consoer, Hlatko, Barton, Fines, Weems, Rasmussen, Leets, Carlin, Getschou. Sixth Row: Stephenson, Stirling, D. Moore, Lambert, Ellins, Hahn, Darmefalski, Beavers, Post, V. Post, Markstone, Hale, Campbell, Brumley. Back Row: Young, Klein, Ward, Robinson, Keys, Parker, Hudspeth, Papa, Fountaine, Kotul, Ignaski, Martin, Ham, Sanchey, Roderick, Klenaman. Officers and sponsors of the Y-Teens and chap- erones and guests around the punch table at the Y-Teens ' semi- formal dance at the Ma- sonic Temple, Cupid ' s Danceland. Myrna Ruttledge serves Eugene Brown at the punch bowl during in- termission at the Y- Teens semi-formal. Dancers at Cupi d ' s Danceland — John Voss and Mary Mauder, Ken Eriks and guest, and lerry Russell and guest. Mr. Donaldson serves members of the Hi-Y at their initiation meeting. Bob Haley in the pro- cess of being initiated into the Tech Hi-Y. Standing: John Voss, secretary; George Bellamy, president; Ray Boge, secre- tary; Jerry Swisher, treasurer. Seated: Bob Bevaqua, sergeant-at-arms. Not Pictured: Bob Dolphin, vice-president. Christian Ideals in School and Community, Hi-Y Aim The Hi-Y was organized to create, maintain, and extend throughout the school and community a high standard of C hristian character. In their second year of re-organization the Hi-Y members attended both the District and State Hi-Y conferences at Michigan City and Anderson. The new 1952-53 members invited George Rog- ers Clark members to their initiation ceremony. The ceremony was followed by a pot-luck dinner in the cafeteria. The annual Christmas party was after the Wednesday night business meeting on December 17th. The Hi-Y joined hands with the school news- paper and sponsored the after-the-game soc hop on October 7th. Sponsors were Mr. Edward Rudd and Mr. Rich- ard Fuller. Standing: Trump, Clark, Johnson, Woodworth, Meadows, Wil- kins, Voss, Bevaqua, Swisher, Bellamy, and Dolphin. Seated: Gladish, Barzicki, Barzicki, Tucker, Hansel. At Right: Mr. Fuller and Mr. Rudd. Standing. Leit to Right: Smith, Dash, Fountaine, McCrory, Oldham, and Williams. Front Row: Schiltz, Elman. Second Row: Tokarz, Arrigo. Third Row: Marlatt, Wesley, Miss Moengan. Fourth Row: O ' Dea, O ' Brien. Filth Row: Schubert, Daumer, Topa. Back Row: Podgorny, Holland. Geography Club Met To Promote World Study The Geography Club at Tech was organized by a group of students who felt that they wanted to extend their studies of places and people throughout the world and who had the desire to enlist the interests of fellow students in geographic activities. They felt that a club could pro- vide opportunity for participation in social and cultural activities such as special programs at meetings, trips to places of interest in the surrounding area, visits to mu- seums, open house exhibits, travelogue programs, or cor- respondence with students in other lands. During the first semester of the existence of the club its principle activities were concerned with organizing committees, writing by-laws, listing duties of officers and committee chairmen and other matters. Officers of the club were president, Nancy Williams; vice-president, Wilma Fountaine; secretary, Marlene Smith; treasurer, Eva O ' Brien. Committee chairmen for the year were program, Karen Schiltz; social, Carol Dash; initiation, Marlene Smith; publicity, Kathy Elman; mem- bership, Wilma Hopper. GEOGRAPHY CLUB OFFICERS Lett to Right : Fountaine, vice-president; Smith, secretary; O ' Brien, treasurer; and Williams, president. L o —•• 1 Chart Staff Used TV To Picture the Big Drama Mr. Clyne, John Voss, and Robbie Gillespie discuss different types of yearbook layout. The Chart staff members chose television to picture the drama that goes on while in school and after graduation. The editorial staff was headed by Maxine Horvath and Doris Blake, editors-in-chief. Associate editors were Jeri Rzonca, Cecilia Cieszkiewicz, and Ronnie Mauck; class and faculty editor, Marcella Bakota; group picture editor, La Verne Gillespie; photography editors, Gordon Heck and Charles Tharp; art and prop- erty editors. Ted Wilkins and La Vera Gilles- pie. Second semester additional members were Beverly Barton, Lucille Falusi, and Sharon Hudspeth. On the business side, Lorraine Fary was business manager with Ken Tucker as business manager trainee and Cecilia Cieszkiewicz as bookkeeper. Advertising manager was John Voss; advertising salesmen were Bob Haley, Top Lei t Picture: co-editor-in-chief, Doris Blake. Top Right Picture: Doris Moore, Sandra Lambert, and Kathy Elman. Center Picture, Lelt to Right: Standing: JoAnn Cassaday, Lois Mauger, Marcella Bakota. Geri Rzonca, Lorraine Fary, Bob Allen, Doris Blake, Bob Ham, Cecilia Cieszkiewicz, La Vera Gillespie, and Max- ine Horvath. Kneeling: Gordon Heck, Ken Tucker, Bob Haley and Ted Wil- kins. Lower Lelt Picture: co-editor-in-chief, Maxine Horvath. Lower Right Picture: business manager, Lorraine Fary. Bill Hamm, Bob Allen, Bob Hess, Sandra Lam- bert and Doris Moore. Part time Chart staff workers were Robbie Gillespie, Sandra Lambert, Doris Moore and Kathy Elman. Agents who sold Charts in advisories were: Rose Marie Papa, Carla Hammond, Mary Downey, Cecilia Anderson, Darlene Hull, Do- lores Cundiff, Dorothy Klein, Marlene High- smith, Dolores Tambellini, La Verne Gillespie, Lois Harvey, Margaret Hart, Darlene Hoffman, Barbara Malacina, Robbie Carden, Nadine Jackson, Juanita Clemens, Mary Weiss, Sharon Duykers, Beverly Bassett, Donna Beckwith, George Cadle, Bob Hastings, Don Moots, Al- fred Kennedy, Frank Wilson, Charles Decker, Gene Brown, Jerry Homrich, James Glaze, Vic Michal, Chuck Hulsey, Ray Hall, Frank Mace- wicz, Dan Koscielniah, George Bellamy, San- ford Tribbel, Alfred Mills, John Lovatt, George Abbott, Dennis Halfacre, Bob Dolphin, Russel Jacobsma, John Voss, Ed Bolling, Dick Abell, Jim Rowe, Gerald Lukas, Jerry Stewart, Ray Grimmer. The staff and sponsor, Mr. K. E. Clyne, gratefully acknowledge the excellent co-opera- tion of the Calumet Engraving Company, Bodie Photographers, and Campus Service, as well as the members of the school faculty. 19 Times Staff Published 1500 Issues Monthly Adele Polgar, business manager and Jean- nine Malone, editor-in-chief, prepare the mimeograph machine for another run of The Tech Times. Under the direction of Mr. Gordon Cran- dall, faculty advisor. The Tech Times was pub- lished on the average of once a month with a circulation of 1500. A special colored issue was published in February for Valentine ' s Day. An after-the- game soc-hop was given by The Tech Times with the help of the Tech Hi-Y on October 7. Positions for the first semester were: edi- tor-in-chief, Jeanine Maloney; associate editor, Betty Wilinski; feature editor, Don Morton; news bureau editor, Ethel Fazekas; exchange editor, Charles Johnston, and business man- ager, Beverly Hlatko. Changes in positions for the second semes- ter were: editor-in-chief, Barbara Malacina; associate editor, Beverly Hlatko; feature editor, Mary Jo Batliner; and business manager, Dorothy Taylor. Seated: Johnson, Morton. Maloney, Malacinia, Batliner, and Taylor. Standing: Mr. Crandall, Ekdahl, Bender, Dell, Krownland. Ted Wilkins raises An- tena on Chart Ther- mometer. Mr. Kelly taking Charlie King ' s picture. Kelley shoots again. John Voss ol stall looks on. Ronald Kislalusi and Betty Wilinski discuss articles in Tech Times. Jeannine Maloney, Bev- erly H 1 a t k o, Roman Bender, Ethel Fazekas, and Mary Jo Batliner s taple pages oi the Tech Times. Classwork Promoted Community Interests Students at Tech became acquainted with their com- munity by seeing, hearing, and doing. Pictured on this page are future citizens, some of whom may become leaders in our community. Top: First Picture: Harding Duncan demonstrates the depth of preception in Health and Safety Class while Mr. Waite and fellow classmates look on. Second Picture: Not only the local community was studied as we see in Mr. Wiedman ' s geography class; Mr. Wiedman and Don Davidson point out another world area under class discussion. Third Picture: The following boys entered the Hammond Clean-up Campaign and are shown demonstrating their contest-winning rat traps: lim Olson, Arnold Knaoph, Jerry Moss, and Joe Bucholz. They were also pictured in Life magazine. Fourth Picture: George Allande in his General Science class learned how to take weather readings. Filth Picture: Diane Nordyke won the essay contest, I Speak for Democracy , sponsored by the Junior Cham- ber of Commerce. She also won third place in The Herald American sponsored John Marshall contest. Bottom: First Picture: Miss Peehl ' s Modern Social Problems class are pictured studying Social Security. Miss Peehl and Beverly Dumler are pointing out its provisions and how it benefits the people of the community, for the class. Second Picture: During the presidential campaign Mrs. Byrne ' s history class made a detailed study of the elections. Mirian Sanchez is making a note book of the presidential candidates. Third Picture: Students in English classes practice in- formal discussion. From Left to Right: Eltruda Evans, Carole Minch, and June Brumley talk over a current community project, March of Dimes. Fourth Picture: The U. S. Government classes made a tour of the City Hall to see how Hammond ' s government operates. Pictured is one of the classes seeing how the radio operator contacts traveling squad cars. Filth Picture: Du-ing the election campaign Tech stu- dents volunteered as poll watchers. Yvonne Long is demonstrating the proper procedure of casting a vote to a person who is about to use the machine. ' upjjmtiiiiiH Scene U, HOME Mrs. Gragido serves dessert to Mr. Gragido as Beverly, Rich- ard, Gail Jr., and William, from lelt to right, look on. Beverly is a 1952 graduate of Calumet Township High School. William attends fourth grade at Black Oak School. Above members of Miss Rog- er ' s Food Class practice eat- ing family style. Patt Mark- stone serves, from left to right, Jacqueline Roper, Martha Len- ick, Erna Helfin and Pat Cath- cart (back to camera). Tech ' s future homemakers, like those of the Foods classes, in 1952-53 strove to fit roles as worthy home mem- bers. Making good cherry pies and keeping a house clean as well as knowing how to live happily were important, they found, to fit the role. Their practice was for parts now being played by Mr. and Mrs. Gail Gragido who manage a household for three sons and one daughter. Richard and Gail Jr. at- tended Tech during the year as a sophomore and a fresh- man, respectively. They chose the school from which their parents were graduated in 1931 and 1932. Mr. Gragido is general yardmaster at Inland Steel. J W Future Homemakers Training as The girls in the Home Service and Foods classes learned why we need the basic seven foods and how to plan for their use in well-balanced meals at a moderate cost. In the picture at the left, Donna Martin, Genevieve Musser, Donna Hansen, Marlene Highsmith, Kay Carroll, and Barbara Parsons are studying the basic seven foods which our diet should include daily. This is the first step in becoming future home- makers. Norma Decker and Dana Dremstedt in the center picture are judging quality of foods needed in preparing a well-balanced meal. It was not a common practice for the girls to go shopping during school hours, but trips to the store are often included in the day of a student who is pre- paring a meal at home. The girls learned that proper mea- surement of the ingredients is an im- portant step in the success of any recipe. With this thought in mind lackie Turner, Anna Elliott, and Sue Puskis mix the ingredients of their casserole dish. Began f-amily Cooks Merely mixing the ingredients of a recipe helps, but it does not guar- antee the success of the dish. The cooking of the food must be done with accuracy and skill for the recipe to be a complete success. In the picture at right, Kay Carroll and Betty Bolling are carefully following directions to get best results. Actual serving to classmates of food they had prepared gave the girls practice in the art of conducting meals family style. To give the girls actual experience in serving a luncheon. Foods and Nutritions class members made a project of inviting friends to their homes. By putting the emphasis on “family-centered teaching, this proje ct had as its aim the carrying of classroom ideas into the home where the mother could share in the stimulation of interests. The student hostesses followed pro- cedures and recipes learned in class. Reports of the outcome were made and submitted to the instructor and were graded accordingly. In the pic- ture at the right is Martha Lenick; Pat Cathcart, hostess; Marjorie Klarek; and Beverly Kieger. After eating a well-prepared meal, there is always the task of washing dishes. And girls learned to become speedy and thorough dish washers. In the picture at right is Dorothy Fulkerson, the washer; and Carole Carlin, the dryer. They Learned To Wash and Iron for the Family Laundering was another phase of home making the freshman girls were taught in the home service classes in 1952-53. They learned to operate and care for the automatic washer and ironer, common in the homes today. To give the girls something to prac- tice on they washed the tablecloths and towels which they used in class, athletic uniforms, home nursing ma- terials. and other articles which need laundering elsewhere in the school. Putting their knowledge to work are Doris Duncan, Karen Boilek, and Lo- retta Cieszkiewicz in the picture at the left. The next step in laundering after the washing is the dampening and the ironing of the articles. The girls learned the proper way to iron shirts, uniforms, aprons, and other personal clothing. Demonstrating the proper way to keep a cupboard attractive in ap- pearance are Pat McCarthy, Dorothy Tucker, and Beverly Potts. The girls learned that orderliness is also an important step in homemaking for it saves time. When an article was needed they knew right where it was. . . . and To Make and To Mend Family Clothing Every Tech girl was required to take one semester of sewing. The girls were taught to make hand stitches, hems, seams, and bias facings, skills which helped in the construction of an apron, a simple blouse, or a skirt. In the picture at the left Lucille Falusi is marking the hem for Ellen Beatty ' s skirt. Seated at the lower left table are two students doing hand work on their garments. Sewing by hand was just the first stage of making a garment. To fin- ish up a garment neatly and easily, the girls were taught the care and use of the sewing machines. In the picture at the left, Juanita Campbell. Dolores Burton, Martha Lenich and Darlene Hoffman put their knowl- edge to work in the operation of the sewing machine. Standing in the back of the room. Arlene Zambo is pressing her garment as the finishing touch to her work. After one semester of beginning sew- ing the girls took advanced sewing, where they progressed at their own speed. They altered and remodeled clothes and made advanced gar- ments like dresses, suits, and coats. They Learned To M anage Home Business To help girls appreciate the importance of the homemaker and her efficiency in the home and to help them understand the relationship and part each member plays in a home and community, the sophomore girls at Tech were required to take Home Management IV in 1952-53. The course taught the techniques rec- ommended for successfully operating a home. Responsibilities to children, work schedules, family income, budgets, simple legal pro- cedures, buying problems, household furnish- ings, and house planning were some of the units. From left to right in the top picture are Mamie Casey, Betty Campbell, Peggy Blanch- ard, and Donna Havlin, and in the center pic- ture are Augustine Michael and Doris Moore discussing the arrangement of home furnish- ings. A family council, so 9A girls learned, is one method for settling problems in a democratic way. By enacting a council session members of the class discussed and talked out common problems arising from jealousy, quarreling, teasing, and the like. During this required semester of learning, topics stressed worthy home membership, guards against the forces that destroy the family, and relationships of the home to school and community. A few of the items on the list for discussion were: You — Living Happily with Yourself and Oth- ers, Society and the Home, Affection in Family Life, Brother and Sister Relationships, Court- ship, Preparation for Marriage, Value of the Woman ' s Work, Manners, Vocations, and Religion. Around the table liom lelt to right are father. Judy Oram; mother, Joann Purkey; daughter, Lucy Huber; son, Jerry Dernulc; grandmother. Kathy Evans; grandfather. Donna Wall. . . . and Found Ways To Keep a Family Healthy Every Tech girl had a course in Home Nursing before she was gradu- ated. This course taught potential homemakers how to guard the health of the entire family and to give home care to the sick. Pupils who com- pleted the work earned a Red Cross certificate. The studies in the Home Nursing classes were divided into four differ- ent units — bedside care, first aid, community health, and baby care. In the unit of bedside c are, the girls learned how to make a good bed with and without the patient in it, how to choose a patient ' s room, equip it, keep it clean, properly lighted, and ventilated. They learned how to make the patient as comfort- able as possible. Pictured are Aug- ustine Michal, the patient, and Gail Logue as the home nurse. Gail has prepared a tray showing how it can be made attractive and inviting for her patient. The second unit was first aid, in which the students were taught treatment for shock and wounds. They learned the proper way to take temperature, pulse, and respiration. Jacqueline Young, in the picture at the left, is practicing these tech- niques on Paula Simkins. Maureen Cavanaugh is shown being practiced on by Joan Marovich as Joan tries out an arm sling on Maureen. The girls learned all the ways to apply both roller and triangle bandages and to make them as neat and com- fortable as possible for the patient. Baby care was another unit which the Tech girls studied. In this unit they learned how to care for the baby, to feed, bathe and clothe it, and to protect it against injury and infection. Child training up to school age was taught, also. In the bottom picture Loretta Hage- man demonstrates the proper way to hold a baby and feed it, while Lois Mauger, Doris Moore, Agnes Mayden, and Miss Thomas and Miss Erickson, instructors, look on. The fourth unit of study covered com- munity resources for health. The stu- dents learned the functions of the City Health Service, State and Fed- eral Government Agencies, water and milk purification plants, hospit- als, and the Lake County Mental Health Clinic in Gary. They Could Fix an Iron, Stove or Leaky Fau cet Home Mechanics was taught to the 10B girls to show them how to select and maintain such household appli- ances as stoves, washers, refrigera- tors, irons and ironers, and toasters and to judge the quality of silver- ware, furniture, paints, and var- nishes. Girls pictured at right, Vienna Bennett and Carole Minch, like their class- mates, practiced repairing the cord and plug on an iron. They learned that proper care of an iron was nec- essary to make it last longer and to give more efficient, safer service. In the center picture Barbara Mc- Crory, Pat Costigan, and Beverly Zemba learn to adjust a gas burner. Also they learned to keep the burn- ers from rusting and to inspect and repair a gas appliance. In the process of repairing a faucet are Carole Ward and Charlotte Lyon, in the bottom picture. They and the other girls learned to recognize the different kinds of faucets and their parts, to put in a new washer when it was needed, and the causes of a leaky faucet or a knocking noice in the pipes. The operation of the au- tomatic water heater was taught to the students so they would have a better understanding of the hot water system in the home and how to get the best use out of one without wast- ing any heat. They learned about the types of water heaters, how to in- sulate a water tank, how to plug a leak in a hot water tank, and how to clean a tank. They studied causes and remedies of pipe trouble. They learned to read a water meter, the causes of discolored water in pipes, to improve unsatisfactory water flow, to protect pipes against freezing, to thaw out frozen pipes, to drain the plumbing and to clean clogged water pipes. 32 . . . but Left Heavier Jobs for the Men Joe Willett and Don Martin, in (lie top picture, like their classmates, learned the art of being handymen around a home ' s plumbing system while training for a job. A stopped-up drain or a leaky pipe became minor problems when they practiced installing and repairing water and drainage systems. Leonard Geissendorfer, pictured repairing a chair, could also fix a window frame, mend a table leg — in general make good use of tools about the house. In his training in 1952-53 he was also taught to build as well as repair; he could contribute to the family home by constructing items of furniture or by making additions to the house itself. Electric shop gave students knowledge needed to keep home electrical appliances operating. They made minor repairs on toasters, mixers, vacuum cleaners, washing machine motors, light switches, radios and in some cases television sets. Owen Johnson and Frank Paulson are studying simple circuits in the bottom picture. Thermostats and Flat Tires Were on Agenda A thermostat, so Charles Wier and Louis Przespolewski learned from their general science instructor, Mr. Welty, regulates home furnace heat by controlling the electric circuit which operates the fuel supply unit. This action prevents either overheat- ing or underheating the home. Such information, useful in intelligent op- eration of a home heating system, was gained by them and their class- mates in 1952-53. Other kinds of information which were part of their work and useful in the maintenance and operation of a home were units on refrigera- tion systems, lighting fixures, plumb- ing fixtures, hot water systems, and electrical appliances. Dick Muehlman, Jim Galinsky, and fellow drafting students gained in their appreciation of home building. They learned to estimate better the cost of materials needed to make re- pairs, additions, and new construc- tions. They learned about construc- tion methods and the use of materi- als. Also, they became aware of landscape arrangement in beautify- ing the home. Drafting projects for the year included the designing and planning of homes. Warren Duvall is shown adjusting a wheel; Ronald Pirau is touching up a car. It is through such activities that auto students became better equipped to be owners of a family car even though some of them may not have decided to make a career of auto mechanics. They learned to make repairs on their own cars and to recognize trou- ble as it developed. Also in pur- chasing either a new or used family car, they learned to detect the good and bad points and could tell if a car was worth buying. . . . Chemistry and M. S. P. Figured in Home, too In Modern Social Problems, seniors spent part ol the semester studying foundations for building a strong, happy and useful family life. By discussing family problems — all the conflicts and tensions that happen in the home, students attempted to bet- ter prepare themselves to meet these difficulties intelligently when they should appear. Shirley Yates and Betty Wilinski are shown studying reasons for the increasing divorce rate and how the number of di- vorces might be decreased. Also, students studied their personal problems, how those problems be- gan, and how other people have met them. This gave them a start towards solving their own difficulties. In addition. Modern Social Problems tried to give the students a better understanding and appreciation of other Americans. They learned to judge people not by their nationality, race, or religion, but by their charac- ter and achievements. A knowledge of chemistry helped the student gain information about ma- terials and processes which would be useful in everyday home life. He could prepare a better balanced diet that contained the necessary carbo- hydrates and fats — our energy foods, and also the proteins — our repair foods. He also learned why pressure cookers cook food faster and with less water yet retaining all the vitamins thrown off in ordinary cooking. The chemistry student understood the action of different soaps and which ones to use on silks, woolens, cottons, and the newer fabrics like rayon, nylon, and orlon. He also learned to recognize materials — those good for warmth and those useful when one wants to be cool. The student learned the proper and safe use of cleaning fluids, paints, and varnishes, and how to prevent spontaneous combustion of rags and papers in the home. He could rec- ognize the different types and uses of insecticides and fungicides. Pictured is Doris Blake working on an experiment in the chemistry labora- tory. Scene III, FINE ARTS Mr. and Mrs. Adaska select a record to play from their col- lection. Bruce Stribling plays for music class students — Marilyn Plas- kett, Charlena Fanning, Jean Raymond, Ronnie Long, Velma Moore, Don lezuit, Pat Spie- wak, and Glenn Natske. Members of Miss Volkman ' s classes in music listened to acquire the good tastes in music that Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Adaska, Hammond citizens, enjoy. Music, drama, art, literature — the fine arts that nour- ish man ' s soul — were parts of a Tech student ' s school life in 1952-53 — also in 1940 and 1941 when Mr. and Mrs. Adaska were graduated from Tech. Mrs. Adaska has studied music and voice at Val- paraiso University, while Mr. Adaska, a machine shop in- structor at Tech, is an alumnus of Ball State Teachers ' College. Classroom Work Fostered Good Tastes in Fine Arts Tech students developed good tastes in line arts via Tech classroom activities, some oi which are pictured above and below. Top: First Picture: Miss Volkman ' s seventh-hour music class studied Dance Macabre. Margaret Perry and Pat Col- lins ran the phonograph while the rest oi the class became engrossed listeners. Second Picture: Mrs. Byrne ' s history class studied bal- lads of the American Revolution and the War of 1812. The girls in the picture are Charlotte Klanbo, Helen Wojciechawski, Arlene Howard, Margaret Perry, and Arlene Zambo. Third Picture: Taking standardized reading tests to analyze their reading and study habits are Pat Schu- bert, Rosemary Bragiel, Gerry Rose, and Carol Johnson — students of Reading Improvement class. Fourth Picture: Mr. Paschen ' s English class gave the boys an opportunity to become acquainted with novels. Bottom: First Picture: Using the recorder to help analyze their oral reading are — Seated: Loretta Cieszkiewicz and Venetia Podgorny. Standing: Altruda Evans, Linda Underwood, and Rosemary Topa. Second Picture: Fred Gasparovic, John Voss, Jean Ray- mond, Cecilia Cieszkiewicz, Doris Blake, and Renata Franckevicius demonstrate panel discussion for Mrs. Parre ' s second hour Public Speaking class. Third Picture: Gloria Cruz, Donna Hansen, and Betty Harrison, all of Miss Moengan ' s Geography II Class, used reference magazines to study architecture of dif- ferent countries. Fourth Picture: Bill Echterling, Dolores Smith. Norman Skrabala, and Gail Logue select student ' s work for an art exhibit. GIRLS ' CHORUS Front Row: Theilman, Duncan, Witt, luhasz. Lambert, S. Burton, Stephens, Dymora, Underwood, King, Dixon, J. Livovich. Second Row: Evans, Hobbie, Markley, Szy- manski. Banks, P. Burton, Papke, Milligan. Boone, Petty, Szura, Artiby, Dormaialski, Klein. Third Row: Turner, Elliott, Robinson. Padgett, Campbell, Clark, Fegely, Highsmith, Ric- cardi. Black, Sirbok, Bolling. Corbett, I. Rose, Blanchard, Miss V. Volkman. Fourth Row: Smith, Dash, Hayes, Elliott. Evans, Tussey, Rogers, Lyon, Prange, Granger, Singer, Cummings, Hale, Robinson. Sny- der, Spear, Kuhydck. Filth Row: Henderson, Goote, Ward, Metteal, Hall, Richardson, G. Trentowski, B. Tren- towski. Kurzeja, Owczarzck, Wilczynski, Morrison, Hammond, Earl, Chorba, Puskis, Hayes, Morgan. Back Row: Redencik, Kulda, Podgett, Fentress, Bartlett, Cardin, Piniak, Weiss, Smith, Krol, Sanger, Roeper, Cummins, Fear, Rus- sell. Briesacker, Brumley, Lewry, Leport, Johnson, Green. Girls’ Chorus Open to All Girls The Girls ' Chorus, a training group for the Glee Club, was open to any girl who wanted vocal music. During the year they participated in the Christmas program, Winter and Spring Concerts, the May Fes- tival, and Graduation. BOYS ' CHORUS Front Row: Ashby, Robinson, Metzcus, Geis- sendorfer. Haworth, Szymansk, Steinbeck, Fines, Parker. Second Row: Bennett, Kovacik, Rasmussen. Williamson, Johnson. Walters, Thrall, Ja- cobson. Third Row: Patrick, Carver, Irby, Goult, Hayes, Reed, Barrell, La Fond, Corbin. Back Row: Basek. Isom, Jacobsma. Rueth, Thompson, Soltis. Boys’ Chorus Trained for Advanced Groups Any boy who wanted vocal music was able to join the Boys ' Chorus, a training group for the Choir and Mixed Chorus. This group of boys participated in the Christmas program, Winter Concert, Spring Concert, May Festival, and Graduation. MIXED CHORUS Front Row: Redenbaugh, Fouts, Hart, Holland, Musser, Hayes, Alexander, Weaks, Te- bodo, Mauger, Hansen, Kleinamon. Hlatko. Second Row: Myers, Parker, Duvall, Com- panion. Cutler, Seeds. Breidenbaugh, Sakai, Fenstermacher, Duke, Booth, Koch. Wann. Third Row: Reed, Ellinghausen, Lukowski. Cavanough, Bellamy, Gunter, Benoit, Roper, Hinton. Simkins, Wahl, Carrico, Dixon. Back Row: Hawk, Dugger, Nisevich, Williams, Corona, Silva, Benkovich, Helm, Prugh, Hageman. Sackville, Consoer, Hudspeth. Beavers. Mixed Chorus Sang for the Graduation As a training group for the Glee Club and Choir, the Mixed Chorus was open to selected boys who had chorus, and to any girl who desired vocal music. During the year the group sang in the Christmas program, Winter and Spring Concerts, the May Fes- tival, and Graduation. 41 Tech Choir Was Tech’s Most Advanced Group Wearing blue robes with gold stoles embroidered with the letter T, the Tech Choir was the most advanced music group at Tech. It was made up of select students mostly juniors and seniors. They sang in the following: Up On Old Smoky, Christmas program, lanucry Concert, Chamber of Commerce meeting, exchange concert, Spring Concert, May Festival, and Commencement. Lett Stairs: First Row Up: Farley, Podkul. Jarczyk, Rasmussen. Patrick, Crozier, Bolling, Achor. Second Row: Beatty, Hull, Fogarty, Fentress, Bassett, lasperson. Comer, Leets, Boyd, Bernotus. Third Row: Harvey, Snodgrass, Barche, Alexander. Fouts, Meyrer, Messinio, Wojciechowski. Across: Parker, Anderson, Naske, Alamada, Reed, Kovacik, Abell. Right Stairs: Fourth Row Up: Hardesty, Spiewak, Plaskett, Long, Stickel, Freeman, Warkentien, Kielb. Brici. Filth Row: Halajisik, Purkey, Fanning, Mauder, Simkins, Brussley, Eaton, lezuit. Sixth Row: Guthrie, Polgar, Moore, Ferree, Atelevich, Certa, Long. Front Row: Carlson, Comer, Halajc- sik, Alexander, Clevenger, War- kentien, Anderson, Strode, Plas- kett. Brown, Falusi, Jasinski, Perry, Harvey, Roderick, Wojciehouski, Arthur, Sabinski, Pearson. Second Row: Connor, Kubisz, Collins, Sabit. Segally, Mosca, Marrs, Fen- tress, Kruto, Davis, Steffey, Tolle, Warren, Podkul, Larson, Brown. Third Row: Augustine, Swing, War- kentien, Armstrong, Archambeau, Duykers, Harwell, Ortega, Klaubo, Clemens, Robinson, Cooke, Minch, Kasmier, Naugle. lack Row: Valandingham, Winkler, Wade, Alexander, Homrich, Hoff- man, Fenstermacher, Mroz, Zambo, Downey, Walker, P. Wilson, J. Wil- t . t. . ! i ' I « . | f i. • � , ’ k t ■ %♦ Tech Wearing blue robes with red collars the Tech Glee Club was the most advanced all-girl group for 1952-53. Me mbers were selected from the Girls ' Chorus classes which consisted mostly of last half sophomores and juniors. They caroled at the Galumet National Bank, the Women ' s Club, and sang at the Christmas program, the Winter Concert, and Spring Concert. The Boys ' Chorus met three times a week during lunch hour. Any boy interested in sing- ing was eligible to become a member of this group. The chorus participated in the Christ- mas program, Winter Concert, Spring Concert, Music Festival and Commencement. Front Row: Parker, Hays, Brici, Abell, McCambridge, Ostapchuk. Weak, Kubicz, Hall, Ewing, Oram. Second Row: Goult. Robinson, Hamm, Johnson, Mace- wicz. Mills, Anderson, Saltis, Zuvich, Pawlus. Voider, Chambers, Ford, Zuvich, Natzke, Outler, Thrall. Third Row: Gidney, Burbridge, Crozier, DuVal, Tribble, Bolling, Olson, Kreiler, Certa, Jezuit, Coroma, An- derson, Sackville. Reed, Hansel, La Founte. Back Row: Milles. Campbell, Kovach, Ryerson, Warrer, Miller. Voss, Bernotus. Noon Time Chorus El i t - The TUNESMITHS consisted of eight boys se- lected for their ability to harmonize and to stay on a part. For two years they won first place in the Northern Indiana Vocal Contest. As a public relations group they sang for any organization in the community that asked for enter- tainment. Their entertainment was requested by W. J. O. B., Junior Red Cross program, First Methodist Church, Calumet National Bank, Hoosier State Bank, Minas Department Store, Chamber of Commerce, and Morton P.-T. A. TUNESMITHS Parker, Brici, Abell, Reed, Bernotus, Hamm, Ferree, Certa. Ensembles Won Two Firsts in Northern Indiana Contest CHORALETTES Front Row: Harvey, Beatty, Polgar, Minch, Boyd, Jas- person. Back Row: Elkins. Fogarty, Duykers, Mauder, Eaton. Comer. A select ensemble of 12 girls, called the CHORALETTES, was chosen for their ability to harmonize. They caroled at the Calumet Na- tional Bank, Hoosier State Eank and Minas Department Store. Although the FIARMONAIRES was a newly organized ensemble it won first place in its division in the Northern Indiana Vocal Contest. It was made up mostly of sophomores who met after school to practice. They did caroling at Christmas time at the Calumet National Bank, Hoosier State Bank, and Minas Department Store. HARMONAIRES Hayes, Granger, Gootee, Fiegly, Tolle, Lyon, Burton. Band plays in Winter Concert. Girls of the Glee Club and Choir at the Winter Concert when a Latin- American theme was used. Boys of the Music De- parment during Winter Concert. Winners in the Northern Indiana Solo Contest: lerry Reed, Jo an Fogarty, Warren Duvall, Adele Polgar, Don Bernotus. Mexican dancing by Joe Valdez and Gloria Cruz accompanied by Norm Zuvich and Jim Peterson during the Winter Con- cert. The Band is a necessary organization not only as a help to boost school morale but also as an aid to students who plan music as a career. The Band attended the majority of the home football games. The Winter and Spring Concert and Mr. Michaels; Shelba Gourley, win- ner on clarinet in city solo contest; Mr. Robinson. MAJORETTES Scaruol, Yerga, Chapman, Takas. Marovich. BAND Front Row: Gourley, Herr, Kreiler, Kretz, Michal, Wit- vliet, Froelick, Chapman. Second Row: Kroll, Kingery, Richwalski, Klein. Watson. Hinton, Rohn, Pieramico, Moore, Gladish, Ryan, King- ery. Third Row: Segally, Kovach, Gora, Brown, White, Bennett, Young, Aller. Ford, Knoph. Parritt, Foote, Rauer, Kidd. Jabaay, Dunlap, Brumfield, Ham, Gladish, Sutton. Nor- dyke. Back Row: Timperly, Erb. Price, Post, McGowan, Pal- mer. Wiggins, McCambridge, Mitchell, Dec, Galinsky, Known. Meadows, Lawson, Seehausen, Novak, Mr. Rob- inson, Mr. Michaels. Moeller, Carlson, Badgely, Gould, Ford. Music Festival were major projects shared with the vocal department. Parades, pep meets, holiday pro- grams, and Open House were also accompanied by the band music. Mr. Arnold Robinson and Mr. William Michaels are the band directors. Front Row: Chapman. Gargano, Dec, Mitch- ell. Cryeiller, Ford, Young, Sutton. Second Row: Crowl, Kingery, Foote, Ryan. Meadows. Back Row: Bromiield, Gould, Badgely, Glad- ish. Second Row : Gonsiorowski, Riebe, Luce. Padgett, Hahn. Costigan, Venzke, Dispon- nett. Mills. TECH LITTLE THEATRE Front Row: Plaskett, Freeman, Worwa, Fogarty, MacArthur. Second Row: Smith, Elman, Bassow, Luce, Lorence, Pad- gett, Hahn. Third Row: Riebe, Kingery, Hlatko, Hull, Cruz, Kovacik, Dixon, Kovacik, Mills. Back Row: Radencie, John- son, Robinson, Radencie, Weaks, Mrs. Parre, Bolling. Front Row: Greening. Hayes, Worwa, MacArthur, Yates, Chorba, Hale, Mrs. Parre, Riebe. Third Row: Janus, Ollis, Sty- ran. Comer, Mazur, Little, Helien, Mulvihill, Raprodsi. Back Row: Hoduski, Sapyta, Howard, Thompson, Musser, Fentress, Bach, Wallser, Sa- berniak. Bids, Kulda. Drama Classes Learned Good Theatre” Students of Drama were taught to appreciate good thea- tre and so were encouraged to attend productions in Chicago as well as those given in our own community. Each student learned techniques of acting, and he was in one production One of the chief values of a drama course was that it helped the individual forget himself in portraying the part of another. He also learned how to work with others har- moniously. The following phases of Drama at Tech were included in the drama course: pantomime, voice and diction, characteriza- tion, fundamentals of play productions, stage design, scene building and painting, lighting, make-up, costuming, radio drama, listening to and evaluating speeches, plays heard on T. V. or on the radio, and acting. THESPIAN OFFICERS President, Loretta Robinson; vice- president, Marilyn Plaskett; secre- tary, Jean Freeman. Top Drama Students Were Made Thespians TECH LITTLE THEATRE OFFICERS John Riebe, Alfred Mills, Shirley Worwa, Mrs. Parre, Marilyn Plaskett. H i 1 m L Front Row: Worwa. Williamson, Kovacik, Plaskett, Howard, and Robinson. Back Row: Weak. Bolling, Mrs. Parre, Freeman, Riebe, Mills, Fogarty, Ketchum. and Stocker. The National Thespian Society, Tech hav- ing charter number 1215, was an honorary dramatic organization for outstanding students only. To be eligible the members had to put in at least 100 hours of work on plays outside of school hours. Initiation for new members was June 5. The officers of the organization were: president, Loretta Robinson; vice-presi- dent, Marilyn Plaskett; secretary, Jean Free- man; treasurer, Dave Williamson. Tech Little Theatre Shook the Family Tree” The Tech Little Theatre was an organization open to stu- dents who were interested in acting, make-up, scene design, scene painting, lighting and costuming. The group put on We Shook the Family Tree. At Christmas the Tech Little Theatre, the Choir and various organizations gave a program for the P.-T. A. The Vocal Music Department and the Tech Little Thea- tre gave the Operetta Up on Old Smoky. This organization and one of the drama classes presented The Clown Who Ran Away for fourteen of the Hammond grade schools. They gave seventeen performances. Officers were Shirley Worwa, presi- dent; Marilyn Plaskett, secretary; John Riebe, treasurer; and A1 Mills, vice-president. The little pest in We Shook the Family Tree was played by Yolanda Bassow. During Act 2 in We Shook the Family Tree from left to right: A1 Mills playing the part of Freddie Shermer, Shirley Worwa as Mrs. Dolson. Bill Ketchum as Mr. Sherman, Dave William- son as Bob Dolson, and lackie MacArthur as Freddie ' s mother, Mrs. Sherman. Nelda Fentress making up Yolanda Bassow back stage the night of the performance of We Shook the Family Tree. The make-up table be- fore curtain time. Getting ready to go to the dance in “We Shook the Family Tree, Jean Freeman turns as Dave Williamson, Ruby Luce, and John Riebe look on. Joyce Davies makes-up Ronald Mauck who played Mr. Dolson in We Shook the Family Tree. r Scene from the Christ- mas play, Why the Chimes Rang. Scene from the Christ- mas Parade. Dorothy Klein. Maxine Horvath taking part in the Christmas Parade. Joan Styron, Charlene Fanning, Delores Bruss- ly, Donna Warkentein and a float for the Christmas Parade. Scene IV, JOB James Moe in 1952-53 found his position at the drafting board a good place to practice for the future role of a bread- •-‘1© winner . . . while some of his friends discovered aviation, typing, and other classes and shops to do the same. William Portz liked drafting shop too. Mr. Portz, a gradu- ate of Tech in 1941 and a drafting student during his four years, is the engineering co-ordinator at Standard Railway Equipment Manufacturing Company. Also having attended Indiana University, Mr. Pcrtz is married and has one child. Future Breadwinners Began with Numbers, Lines, and Leverages In Shop Sketching class, a student developed his ability to make simple iree-hand pencil sketches of small constructions and machine parts which were not made to scale but in proper proportion. He was expected to make two and three-view sketches and pictoral rep- resentations by the end of the year. Mechanical Drawing class developed the power oi visualization and constructive imagination. The student was trained to be more exact in thought and to read and write in the language oi the industry. He studied the elementary fundamentals of drawing first, such as the alphabet of lines and the use of a drawing board and a T-square. He then learned basic principles in- volved in the interpretation of lines. In Blueprint Reading class, he became familiar with the importance and use of blueprints in industry, the de- velopment of the phases used in a drawing and the use of various kinds of lines and services necessary to develop the views of a complete drawing. A few members of all three classes are pictured at left below. A student was provided with general information about hand tools, their uses, and bench work in Tech- nical Information. Students received a specialized course of instruction providing knowledge about shop terminology, materials, tools, and equipment relating to their chosen trade in Trade Information. Pictured studying the names of the parts of a cylinder and piston are Steven Zlatarich and Don Stavitzke. Eugene Spejewski, Frank Clark, and Jerry Stewart, in the bottom right picture, mastered the slide-rule as a part of their training in Shop Math, a course designed to meet mathematical needs in each boy ' s shop. Com- putation of geometric areas and volumes, for instance, was taught to prepare students for sheet metal work, gear ratios and leverage to students for shops like auto and machine, applications of Ohms Law to stu- dents in electric, and the making of allowances for threads and fittings in pipe layouts to plumbing students. . . . and Put Angles To Use in Drafting and Sheet Metal Students of advanced math courses, algebra, geometry, and trigonometry, studied not only with an eye to better performance in shops like sheet metal and drafting but also with an eye to advanced college studies. In the top picture, Tom Holtz solves a theorem for classmates. Solid geometry as well as plane are offered to Tech students. Lloyd Kingery is pictured working on a map that he helped draw for the City, a project of his part-time job with the City Engineering Department. Drafting Shop was designed for boys, and a few girls, who planned drafting as a life ' s work or to those others whose lines of work require sketching or the understanding of blue- prints. In drafting the student started by drawing simple wood blocks and then advanced to the point where he designed his own figures to meet certain specifications and requirements. Pencil and ink tracings, obliques, isometrics, projections, and blueprints were also required in the course. Pre-engineering drafting was also offered to boys who planned to attend college. In this special course, the student advanced more rapidly and learned the fundamentals of orthographic projections, sections, auxiliary and revolved views, terms, symbols, and di- mensions. Sheet Metal Shop students practiced their arts in 1952-53 by making useful items for the school system, examples: wire baskets for dis- carded paper towels, garbage basket liners for cafeterias, and props for plays. Students made these items, though, only as they learned all phases of industrial sheet metal work including air conditioning. In the foreground. Bob Huke works on a box at the breaking machine, while classmates, from leit to right, Jim Gilmore, Frank Moore, Eddie Hodge, Tom Booth, Alan Lapkovich, and Norbert Csonka, do layout work on the table in back. The course included instruction in setting up full scale designs from a blueprint, layout work, and fabrication. In Learning Crafts They Employed Wood, Pipe and Wire Dan Kennedy and Nelson Crook, in the top picture, practiced what they learned about layout, design, types of lumber, use of bench tools and power machinery, assembling of parts, and wood finishing when they made a cabinet for the Chemistry room; Tech stu- dents have made hundreds of such construc- tions in the past for other Hammond schools as well as for Tech. As a reward for finishing required work, stu- dents were at times allowed to make bowls, candlesticks and other such personal items. Working on a skeleton house, constructed in- side Plumbing Shop, students were realistic- ally trained to assemble, install, and repair air, gas, water, and waste-disposal systems. Also, to meet the needs of the Calumet area, students received special training in heating and air conditioning and in industrial pipe fitting for refinery, chemical, and other in- dustrial work. Students interested in electrical work during the year chose Electric I, in which they be- came acquainted with elementary circuits like bells, telephones, and house wiring. After these fundamentals, the boys were promoted to Electric II, where they chose between mo- tors and radio. The motor section provided the boys with suf- ficient knowledge and skill to take a begin- ning position in many fields of servicing and wiring. The types of work covered were the wiring and operation of all types of motors, genera- tors. transformers, control circuits, and panels. Lett to Right: Urban, Gidney, Hess and Kocian. In the background is Hamm. . . . Studied Hydraulics, Frequencies, and HCL in Scientific Probes For students wishing to enter the electronics field. Tech offered the Radio Shop. It provided the opportunity for them to become familiar with the basic circuits of radio and television. It also developed skills in the use of the test instruments such as the voltometer, signal generator, and the oscilloscope. There was also an advanced course in the study of elec- tronic circuits and apparatus used in the con- trol of modern machinery. From left to right, radio students Steve Masli- kowski, Gerald Burbridge, and Ken Tucker study an army transmitter. As do other courses at Tech, Physics contrib- uted to the student ' s education by giving him some understanding of the physical materials and physical forces that he will be using in his home life and at work. For some students. Physics in 1952-53 served as a preparation for college level studies and for advanced train- ing in industry. Students like Glenn Hazlip, Lawrence Fiegle. and Curtis Lenave, who are examining a hy- draulic press, have studied the basic proper- ties of matter, mechanics, the nature of sound, heat and light, and t he workings of electricity and electronics. They also made some ac- quaintanceship with some of the newer ideas in nuclear physics and atomic energy. Chemistry gave knowledge to students which would be useful in whatever type job they would hold. It directly helped those students who planned to become doctors, nurses, or laboratory technicians through the knowledge gained and the skills developed. The study of chemistry related indirectly to many of the students ' occupations in these ways: in the theory of preserving metals with protective coatings, in learning various com- positions of paper and inks for printing pur- poses. in keeping soil in the best condition for farming by the use of proper fertilizers, in understanding chemical formulae, in distin- guishing between different metals, and in the improvement of mathematical ability through practice with equations. Bill Callis. David Beare, and Chuck Podgorny are shown in the laboratory preparing hydrochloric acid by the method similar to that used in indus- tries. They Could Weld a Wheel Mend Wings of a Plane or Repair Aircraft Engines Since welding is an essential job in the Calu- met Region, students like Jim Moore, A1 Chmiel. Jim Ruttledge, Wayne Blankenship, Tom Ford, Harold Maier, Ronald Uzubell, and Larry De Paoli in the picture at the left, pre- pared to obtain well-paying jobs after they were graduated. They learned two kinds of welding — oxy-acetylene and electric arc. Some of the semester’s projects included the making of adjustable jacks for the auto shop and metal hurdles for the track team. They made bicycle racks for all the city schools. They also made equipment for the Special Services School, a few items being arm suspension slings, stabilizers for therapy skiis, parallel bars and modified tricycles. Hammond Tech has the distinction of having the only high school aviation shop in the State of Indiana ap- proved by the Civil Aeronautics Administration. Tech students who successfully completed the course in 1952-53 were eligible to apply for the qualifying ex- amination for an aircraft or aircraft engine mechanic ' s license. Such a license will permit them to work or supervise work on aircraft engines anywhere in the United States. The shop was divided into engine and aircraft sections. Students in the aircraft section did work on electrical systems, welding, wood, dope, and fabric, and learned theory of flight, weight, balance, and the structure of the aircraft. Students in the aircraft engine shop studied operation of power plants and the accessories for all types of en- gines. After preliminary work on school aircraft and engines, the students were promoted to work on live aircraft and engines. Upon completion, the airplane was taken to the airport where it was assembled, licensed, “test flown, and delivered to the owner. In the center picture Walter McGowan, Harold Bruner, Richard Smith, and Bill Boyda repair the wing of a plane while Ted Peterson and Glenn Wiggins prepare an aircraft engine for a test after its repair. ... as for Pouring Metal or Machining Cold Steel, They Did That, too Foundry shop students, according to their instructor, Mr. Ranney. seem to like melting metal and pouring it into molds the best ol all jobs done in his shop. The outcome of their work was often useful tools for shop use: chisels, center punches, hack saw and schew driver handles. On oc- casion, they were allowed to make items like figurines and trays for their homes. Many of the tools found their way to Machine Shop for machining. Students also had to know how to prepare a core and mold and how to use and care for a pattern used in setting up a mold. In the picture, Don Sheppard and Eugene Oakley pour while Henry Anderson, Don Haw- kins, Tom Parkinson, John Carlotta, Richard Simson, and Mr. Ranney, from left to right, look on. Machinists were the most sought after workers in the region in 1952-53, and students like Don Walters and Tom Pettit in the center picture and Don Toweson and Ray Hall in the bottom picture trained for the demand. Walters, working on a turret lathe, is pictured making machine screws while Hall is pictured making the base to a universal grinder at- tachment dresser. Projects of classmates ranged from a screw driver handle die mold by Bill Herr to the mak- ing of a bench drill press by Don Felty or a camera tripod by Don Keys. Besides personal items student machinists often disassembled shop machines, made new parts for them, and reassembled them better than before. Main- tenance work was also done for other shops. Students in Tech ' s three machine shops worked on engine and turret lathes, shapers, planers, milling machines, die sinkers, grinders, power saws, drill presses, boring mills, key seaters. filing machines, and hydraulic arbor presses. Other areas of operation were on bench work, repair work, and off-hand tool grinding. 59 They Learned To Keep Cars, Movies, and Presses Rolling Rolling a deni out of a car fender was the job of Paul Craw- ford and fames Thompson, shop foreman, when the picture at right was taken. They and classmates worked, under the guidance of Mr. Victor Camsky, instructor, on cars of teachers, students, and townspeople. Jobs for an average day in the shop might have been the re- placement of a manifold gasket, continuance of an overhaul job, a tune-up, or a battery charge. All students received a working knowledge of the theory of mechanics before doing practical work. Running eight audio-visual machines was the most important part of the projection- ists ' jobs. Machines that they used were: a 16 mm. sound projector, a slide projector, an opaque projector, a tape recorder, a visual cast overhead projector, a phonograph, and the public address system. Besides running these machines, their other jobs included checking films in and out, oiling machines, and setting up ma- chines in the classrooms. Special projects included wet and dry mountings, work on the display case, and various other visual aids which assisted teachers and students. Front Row: Junkens, Miss Rybolt, Abbott, Spejewski, Connors. Second Row: Bolek. Tucker, Wilkins, Bruch- man, Sertic. Hamm. Back Row: Mr. Adaska, Paradise, Fleming, Shelton, Conway, Macewicz, Lewandow- ski, Rinehammer. Not Pictured: Hopper, Lach, Cole, Lorance, Ashby, Maslakowski, Petroskey. Student printers in Mr. Schultz ' s print shop, learned to print with equipment as modern as that used in the best commercial shops: two new Miehle Vertical presses, two new Model 31 Linotype casting machines, pa- per cutter, and bindery equipment. With this equipment Mr. Schultz and his students did the forms, booklets, brochures, tickets, and posters for all schools in Hammond, the school maintenance department and the Board of Education. Before a student could do any of this work, however, he had to be thoroughly schooled in the fundamentals of type setting and make-up. Mr. Schultz estimated that approximately ten per cent of his students have in the past become professional printers. 60 l w ... To Weigh, To Wrap, To Ring Up a Sale, also, To Keep Books Pat Burton and Evelyn Tussey, in the top picture, secured practical training in keep- ing records in bookkeeping class. They prepared invoices, credit memorandums, wrote checks, and made out deposit slips. They learned to write payment slips, to endorse checks, to make payments by check, and to keep a correct balance on the check stubs. Assets, liabilities, net worth, journalizing, posting, work sheets, and re- ports were terms impressed on their minds through actual work on the records. To the more advanced students bookkeeping became accounting; and then costs, depre- ciations, accruals, prepaid items, commer- cial papers, and inventories were terms tagged to work at hand. These advanced students kept the books for the school cafeteria. More girls go into retail selling jobs than any other business position, and so an im- portant part of the Introduction to Business course was called “Retail Selling. The students learned to write sales slips, weigh out quantities, measure lengths and quan- tities, wrap different types of packages, count change, wrap money, and operate calculating machines and a cash register. Another unit covered in the course was called “File Clerks ' Helper, in which the girls learned how to make and keep files, to sort cards, and to use different types of files. In the Telephone unit, they learned to make local and long distance calls, look up numbers, and use a dial telephone. While they were studying “Sending Goods, the girls learned to wrap parcel post packages and print address labels and to figure postage. The “Mail Clerk addressed envelopes, folded letters, sealed and stamped envelops against time, and learned the different classes of mail. The girls pictured are: Joanne Hale and Georgia Elliott in the center picture, and Beverly Derflinger, Betty Derflinger, Donna Beckwith, and Carla Beisen in the bottom picture. They Could Add Numbers or Type Business Letters with Ease and Speed First step for girls of Comptometer class was to become acquainted with the funda- mental operations of the comptometer in adding, subtracting, multiplying, and divid- ing. The girls in the picture at the right are working on the problems which they might encounter on the job. fust a few of these problems might be: computing taxes, converting pounds to bushels in grain figuring, computing inter- est on savings accounts, figuring frieght and passenger rates, and making out re- ports for the railroad. Pictured is Dorothy Gonsiorowski being in- structed by Miss Bold. At right is Marilyn Calhoun. Typing is a fundamental skill necessary for almost any job. The development of typing power for personal and vocational use was the primary aim of the class. The girls learned to type manuscripts, envel- opes, business letters, ditto masters, sten- cils. tabulated reports, and postal cards. They also developed skill in operating the mimeograph, the liquid duplicator, the dic- taphone, and the mimeoscope. They did a considerable amount of special work for the teachers and school such as job sheets, tests, and maps. Four semesters of typing were offered to students enrolled in the business course. In the center picture Virginia Holland does a typing exercise. The advanced typing class is pictured in the bottom photo. ... or Receive Dictation, or File Business Forms. Accurately? Yes, Indeed! Filing students learned the systematic care and storage of business records. They had practice in basic methods of arrangement of business papers — alphabetic, subject, and numeric — and some of the variations of these, the trade-marked systems, such as Varidex, Safeguard and others. A large part of their training period was spent on alphabetic filing. Much empha- sis was put on indexing to assure that each record and document would be put away in the exact place where is was most likely to be sought when needed. Each student built up an alphabetic card file of 1500 names. This file contained personal names, simple firm names, names of banks, firm names containing the full name of a person, foreign names, and units of government — city, county, state and national. After completing their term-project card file, the students set up letter files, made a Soundex file, and used Visible Index for sales, personnel, and stock records. Our novice file clerks became adept in the use of reference books. They used out-of- town, Chicago and suburban telephone books and various city directories as well as the U. S. Postal Guide. The theme of the course was Decide where you would most likely LOOK for this paper, then FILE it there. Top Picture — Standing: lanice Williams, Jackie Janus. Seated: Jean Raymond. Betty Hoduski. Center Picture — Standing: Shirley Sancye, Mary Ann Worosz. Seated: Shirley Kruto, Beverly Junkens. Shorthand was given to juniors who had typing and who made satisfactory grades in English. There were four semesters of- fered to students. In the first semester the girls learned to read and write shorthand. In the second semester they built up speed by automatically writing brief forms and phrases in shorthand. Shorthand III and IV included transcribing on the typewriter and turning out neat, accurate, and well-arranged copies in a reasonable time. By the end of the fourth semester, the average student was able to take dictation on new material from 100 to 120 words a minute. Roberta Stirling is giving dictation to class- mates. Seated, Front Row: Joan Fogarty, Wanda Chapman. Miss Peehl with Shirley Hardesty, Cecilia Cieszkiewicz, and Mary Mauder, girls who had expressed their interest in teaching, attended a conference for FUTURE TEACHERS OF AMERICA. The conference, designed to encour- age students to enter the teaching field, was sponsored by the Delta Kappa Gamma, an honorary organi- zation for teachers. The group met at Gary Edison High School. THE NURSES ' OFFICE performed two duties — health service and health education. Under health service it gave first aid in sudden illness and injuries, tested all the students ' vision during registration week, gave chest X-rays for the prevention of tuberculosis, administered individual hearing tests to sophomores, and assisted the school physician with physi- cal examinations and vaccinations. For health education, the Nurse ' s Office taught first aid to the Safety Council, supplied reference material for health classes, and gave indi- vidual counseling to pupils. The Nurse ' s Office served as a shop for senior girls, who acquired general o. ' iice practice in addition to first aid and health service knowledge. Pictured, Left to Right are: Beverly Boatright, Marlene Bunch, Rosalie Segally, Miss Erickson, and Lorraine Fary. They Aided Librarian , Nurse, and Office Force OFFICE PRACTICE was given to senior girls as a shop to help them get the feel of actual office work. The girls ' main job was putting out the morning and the afternoon absentees. Aside from this they operated the switchboard, handling both inside and outside calls, typed masters, ran errands, did a considerable amount of filing, and placed announcements or incoming mail in the teachers ' mailboxes. Pictured are — Seated: M ary Mauder. Standing, Lett to Right: Beverly Carlson. Jackie MacArthur, Ethel Fazekas, Sharon Hudspeth, and Elaine Hladek. Senior girls in LIBRARY PRACTICE got actual practice in operating the school library in 200A. They checked out books and magazines, scheduled and collected fines. They prepared new books by placing pockets and date-due slips inside the cover and other steps in preparing a book for the student ' s use. The library girls read the new books and then made reports on them for other students to read. They also put up attractive displays on the bulletin boards in the library. Pictured, Irom leit to right, are: Helen McGowan, Do- lores Tambelliny, Joan Jarczyk, and Betty Wilinski. They Cooked and Served in Restaurant Style, Noted Job Manners The Home Economics girls, under the super- vision of Mrs. Esther Morgan, operated the Tech cafeteria, one of the few in the coun- try to be run by entire classes of students. Three shops offered a girl knowledge use- ful at home but particularly so on the job. Operation, use, and care of restaurant ma- chinery and restaurant utensils were im- portant items taught to girls like Jean Red- enbaugh and Shirley Helm in the top picture. They, along with classmates, were responsible for preparation of beverages, desserts, meat and meat substitutes, salads, soups, and vegetables to be sold to stu- dents and teachers for lunch. They also had experience at handling, checking, and issuing stockroom supplies. Girls got training and experience in setting up an attractive food counter and maintain- ing it the way Patt Markstone and Arlene Klien are doing in center picture. And through opportunities afforded by the fac- ulty lunch table they learned restaurant procedures for setting a table and serving customers who use it. They were taught to be ever mindful of their public ' s comfort and health. And in regards to health, great stress was made in the operation, use, and care of the electric dish washer. The Tech cafeteria was rated one of the most sanitary restaurants in the city by the Hammond Sanitary Board. Last half senior girls studied business eti- quette to acquire an awareness that get- ting a job, holding the job, or making good on it requires planning and organization of one ' s personal, work, home, and social lives. Topics for class work were: Employ- ment Conditions, Jobs for Beginners, Plan- ning Your Job Getting, Skills and Abilities Business Can Expect, Skills and Abilities You Have, Appearance and Grooming. Making Good on the Job, Getting Along with Others, Spending Your Income, Or- ganizing Yourself, and The Married Woman Worker. Outside speakers and special re- ports by students supplemented class work and discussions. Skills were also acquired in writing letters of application that would impress an em- ployer enough to want to interview the ap- plicant in person. Enacting a job-interview scene for class- mates are Dorothy Safro and Maxine Allen. Scene V, RECREATION Mr. Bognar bowls a strike. Ronald Pirau, and Bill Boyda on the green. Future citizens at Tech during 1952-53 were encour- aged in the belief that recreation promotes a sound mind in a sound body. Ronald Pirau and Bill Boyda made a specialty of golf, but along with schoolmates they also included cheering for a team on their list of recreational activities. Likewise encouraged in this belief of being both par- ticipant and spectator was Julius Bognar, class of ' 31. Mr. Bognar, an ardent fan of every sport, chooses the Cubs and the Tigers as teams to root for . . . and plays a cham- pionship game when bowling and golfing. Mr. Bognar has bowled a 298 game in tournament play and has shot 70 on a golf course with a par of 71. He is the proprietor of the Bognar Service Station, a trustee in the Maywood Baptist Church, and a married man with four children. Forty Girls Were Active in G. A. A.’s Second Year Dorothea McCollom, president; San- dra Love, treasurer; Joann Olson, vice-president; Beverly Junkens, sec- retary. Forty active members of the Girls ' Athletic Association engaged in softball, basketball, volleyball, soccer, tumbling, and ping pong in the group ' s second year at Tech. Meetings were Tuesday and Friday after school. Every other Tuesday was set aside for bowling. The following girls represented Tech at a Dance Day at North Side High School in Middlebury, Indiana: Beverly Junkens, Ar- lene Pieramico, Sandra Love, Beverly Daumer, and Charmaine Schreech. The schedule in- cluded modern, folk, and social dancing. The officers for 1952-53 were Dorothea Mc- Collom, president; Charmaine Schreech, vice- president; Beverly Junkens, secretary; Sandra Love, treasurer. The faculty sponsor was Miss Virginia Nisle. Seated: Schreech, Costanga, McCollom, Olson, Junkens, Love, Podgorny, Huber, Doumer, Young, Rohn. Second Row: Pieramico, Hoffman, Mroz, Kutzner. Derflinger, Davies, Derflinger, Beckwith, Stocker, Boland. Standing: Miss Nisle, sponsor, Mecyssne, Logue, Loy, Elliott. Overack, Cruz. McCrory. Saberniak, Faith, Ciendiff, Witt. Girls of Miss Nisle ' s gym class learn to bounce and pass a ball in prep- aration for a basket- ball game. Lucille Huber and Nancy Mecyssne jump for the ball during in- structions in gym class. G. A. A. members figur- ing out scores are, left to right, Beverly Der- flinger, Shirley Davies. Sue Faith, Joann Old- ham, Jackie Young, Nancy Williams, Gail Stocker, Dottie McCol- lum, and, marking, Betty Derflinger. Sandra Viland does head stand with Nancy Loy ' s help. Dottie McCollom, presi- dent of Girls ' Athletic Association, lets the ball go for a strike. Coach Swede Carlson Fighting Spirit Made ’52 Football Season a Success Coach Carlson said good fighting spirit made the 1952-53 season a great success despite a record of 5 wins and 4 losses. Tigers had tough teams for opponents, but. Coach Carlson went on, they seemed to play their best ball against top flight teams. Roosevelt of East Chi- cago had a hard time getting 13 points against our squad, he disclosed, our team losing many scoring opportunities thr ough fumbles and pen- alties. Against Washington of East Chicago, who was generally conceded to be the best team in the State, Coach Carlson said the boys fought to a 6-6 tie until Washington ' s speed finally told the tale midway in the fourth quarter, the Senators going on to win 19-6. The boys played their poorest game against Hammond High, Coach admitted, losing 40-13 after having scored a touchdown in the first minute of play. In looking forward to the 1953-54 season as a still more successful season, Coach Carlson concluded by saying that the experienced 1952-53 team and the 1953-54 squad are almost identical in membership. The team, he said, looked forward to avenging the defeat by H. H. S. plus the heartbreaking 14-7 loss to George Rogers Clark. Jack Blackburn and Eugene Brown were named to the first teams on both the Chicago Tribune and Hammond Times all-star squads. Captain Gil Kuppinger, Bob Emerson, Ken Eriks, and Dick Chesney received honorable mentions to all-star teams. 1952 FOOTBALL SEASON Tech 25 Edison, Gary 19 Tech 13 Muncie Central 6 Tech 0 Roosevelt, E. C. 13 Tech 14 Thornton Fractional 13 Tech 6 Washington, E. C. 19 Tech 12 Tolleston 7 Tech 7 Clark 14 Tech 12 Whiting 9 Tech 13 Hammond High 40 1953 SCHEDULE Sept. 10 Morton Home Sept. 18 Muncie Central Away Sept. 25 Hammond High Home Oct. 2 Roosevelt, E. C. Away Oct. 8 Horace Mann Home Oct. 15 Washington, E. C. Home Oct. 30 Clark Home Nov. 6 Emerson Away Nov. 13 Thornton Fract. Away Front Row: Coach Waite, Urbanczyk, Blackburn. Scofield Brown, Ford, Kuppinger, Cassady, Chesney, Smith, Eriks, Emerson, Coach Carlson. Second Row: Strong, Lukas, Fehlburg, Koonce, Lawrence, Bomba. Purkey, Demas, Timko, Starastu, Rowe, Ferree. Third Row: Lenzo, Glowaki, Boyenski, Peak, Foster. Clark, Johnson. McGill, Long, Eppl, Glaze, Hulsey. Back Row: Boge, Staviski, Adams, Settlemore, Rosenau, Suvich, Hauk, Kubiak, Darmofalski, Fairchild, Conley, D. Johnston. J. Johnston, Gasparovic. LJL Gene Brown F. B. — 180 lbs. Bob Emerson L. E. — 155 lbs. Gil Kuppinger R. H. — 142 lbs. Jack Blackburn L. T. — 200 lbs. Dick Starastu L. G. — 165 lbs. Dick Chesny C. — 165 lbs. Owen Scofield R. G. — 170 lbs. Tom Ford L. H. — 140 lbs. Coach Waile Managers Ronnie Williams Fred Gasparovic Boyd Strong Frank Urbanzyk R. E. — 145 lbs. Ken Eriks, R. T. — 190 lbs. Ken Cassaday O. B. — 155 lbs. ¥ ' pi r : ■ ‘ W S -� Coach Carlson Praised Spirit of B” and Frosh Teams FRESHMAN FOOTBALL TEAM Front Row: Stanley, Evans, Warner. Black, Hussey, Smith, BiggerstaH, Nystrom, DeRolf, Machrovicz, Loryl Johnson. Second Row: Hendon, LaBuda, Gray, Parker, Juhasz, Byrd, Hudspeth, Conn, Hall. Third How: Purbaugh, Tapper, Cox. Hemphill, House, Vin- son. Waldron, Hanlon. Back Row: Coach Bereolos, Winebrenner, Stemphowski. Sragido, Peterson, Lynn Johnson, Bochen, Juracic. B-FOOTBALL TEAM Front Row: Fairchild, Fehl- burg, Adams, Settlemior. Purkey, J. Johnson, McGill. Second Row: Darmofalski, D. Johnson, Clark, Conley. Long, Kerchner. Back Row: Coach Waite. Hauch, Hughes, Hulsey, Koonce, Trznadel, Kubiak. Although the 1952 HAMMOND TECH FRESHMAN Team was one of the smallest in the history of the school, they fashioned a 3 win, 4 lost record. Inexperience and lack of size hampered the Freshies said Coach Swede Carlson as he added praise for the courage displayed by the first year team. After dropping the season opener to Noll Central 8-0 and its next game to Hammond High 27-0, the Bereolos coached eleven upset Washington of East Chicago, 12-0. Clark edged the Tigers, 7-0, in the next encounter, but the boys bounced back to run over Thornton Frac- tional, 25-7, and roll over Irving, 18-0. The Tech squad finished their season falling before a formidable Whiting team, 20-7. The Hammond Tech B-FOOTBALL TEAM displayed courage, determination, and good sportsmanship in the 1952 season even though they were up against a rugged schedule, said Coach Carlson. Their spirit never faltered even though they won only one game and lost four. A. A. Waite coached the squad. 73 Tslalickis — 5 ' 8 Guard Porter — S ' 11 Forward Sapyta — 5 ' 7 Guard Strachen — 5 ' 9 Vi Forward Stewart and Prugh Managers Purkey — 5 ' 11 Forward Bafia — S ' 9 Guard Chrisulsky — 5 ' 9 Guard Brehmer — 5 ' 8 Forward Burnette — 6 ' 0 Center lohnston — 6 ' 6 Center Rosenau — S ' 9 Guard Demos — 5 ' 10 Guard Front Row: Coach Birkett, Demas, Bafia, Sapyta, Tsalickis. Back Row: Prugh, Johnson. Burnette, Rosenau, Brehmer, Porter, Purkey, Stewart. VARSITY BASKETBALL SCHEDULE AND RESULTS Nov. 28 Bishop Noll We They 48 68 Dec. 2 Hammond Morton 56 42 Dec. 5 Whiting 39 57 Dec. 12 Valparaiso 54 64 Dec. 16 Michigan City 34 80 Dec. 19 Hammond Clark 40 59 Dec. 30 Noll 50 54 Rensselaer 29 43 (Holiday Tourney) Jan. 2 Horace Mann 52 44 Jan. 6 Thornton Fractional 47 52 Jan. 9 Emerson 57 53 Jan. 13 E. C. Roosevelt 61 71 Jan. 16 Lew Wallace 52 71 Jan. 20 E. C. Washington 50 67 Jan. 23 Hammond Clark 46 54 Jan. 30 Froebel 35 77 Feb. 6 Hammond High 35 43 Feb. 12 Tolleston 54 64 Feb. 14 Mishawaka 44 55 Feb. 20 Gary Roosevelt 48 76 Feb. 25 E. C. Washington 49 65 (Sectional) WON — 3 LOST — 18 Major letters were won by Ed Bafia, Bill Brehmer, Jack Burnette, Jim Chrisulaky, Chris Demas, Lonnie Porter, Ronald Purkey, Paul Rosenau, Frank Sapyta, David Strachan, and Ronnie Prugh, manager. Coach Birkett Predicted Brighter Basketball Future Despite a 3 win, 18 loss record for 1952-53; Coach Birkett predicted a brighter future for his team. He based his belief on the experi- ence the players acquired last season. Lost to the 1953-54 squad by graduation were Frank Sapyta, David Strachan and Jim Chrisulaky. - Bill Brehmer and Paul Rosenau were chosen as the team ' s co-captains for 1953-54. Coach Lou Birkett Twenty-Eight Frosh and B-Team Players Won Awards FRESHMAN BASKETBALL Front Row: Coach Waile, Jerry Russell, Gor- don Clark, Carl Newton, Robert Boyda, Jack Halon, Paul Biggerstaff, Gail Gra- gido. Second Row: Edward Schoop, Jerry Moss, Rob- ert Hussey, Richard Warner, Dave Evans, Charles Parker, Ronald Davidson. Standing: Wayne DeRolf, Jerry Shomo, Lyn Johnson, Rodney Brown, Richard Vasek, Gary Stahl, Dennis Hallacre, Don Freche- ton. B SQUAD BASKETBALL Front Row: Coach Bereolos, Robert J. Smith, Joe Des Camp, Harold Gussman, Edward Bilderbeck, Ronald Purkey. Second Row: William Steward (mgr.), Billy Marchall, Steve Tsalickis, Victor Michal, John Wiening, Melvin Hauck. Standing: Allan Orth, Don Hall, John Lifgren, Bob Smith, Ray McGill. Tech ' s FRESHMAN BASKETBALL TEAM had a record of three wins and fifteen losses, in the 1952-53 season. Minor awards were won by the following boys: Paul Biggerstaff, Robert Boyda, Rodney Brown, Gordon Clark, Wayne DeRolf, Dave Evans, Don Freckleton, Dennis Halfacre, Jack Hanlon, Robert Hussey, Lyman Johnson, Jerry Moss, Carl Newton, Arthur Rau, Jerry Russell, Preston Vinson, Richard Warner, and Gene Weak, manager. The freshman team was coached by A. A. Waite. Tech ' s B-TEAM had 7 victories and 11 de- feats this year. Coach Bereolos summed the season up as this, Even though the boys were inexperienced they fought hard and played a good game. Minor awards were won by the foll owing boys: Jay Beckett, Ed Bilderbeck, Gail Gragido, Robert Johnston, John Lifgren, Robert J. Smith VI, Robert Smith VII, William Stewart, manager, Steve Tsalickis, and John Wiening. 76 Front Row: Nisevich, Freckelton, Kuhicz, Steinbech, Mc- Cullough. Homrich. Back Row: Coach Parson, Fisch, Smith, Scheive, Burns, Hanas, Miller, Graves. Tennis Team Won Second Western Division Crown Tech Tennis team won its second Western Division Championship in a row as it completed the regular season with a record of 8 wins and 0 defeats. In the play-off for Northern Indiana High School Athletic Association championship Tech lost a close match to Goshen 3-2. Four seniors, who have been the nucleus of the team since the sport was introduced at Tech three years ago, played a major part in the rolling to a record of 3-3 in 1950, 7-1 in 1951, and 8-0 in 1952 for a total of 18 wins and 4 losses over three years. These four seniors were Jim Burns, who was undefeated in 1952 and lost once in 1951; John Hanas, who was unde- feated in 1951 and lost once in 1952; and Bob Groves and Mike Scheive, who played together in doubles and were undefeated during 1952. Bob Miller and Jerry Homrich, juniors, and Bill McCulloch and Bob Smith, sophomores, completed the winning team. Coach Bill Parson predicted another win- ning team in 1953 only if some of the prospect- ive freshmen came through to replace the out- going seniors. 1952 RECORD Opponent Tech 4 Hammond High 1 Tech 3 Hammond Clark 2 Tech 5 East Chicago Roosevelt 0 Tech 4 East Chicago Washington 1 Tech 4 Hammond High 1 Tech 4 Hammond Clark 1 Tech 5 East Chicago Roosevelt 0 Tech 4 East Chicago Washington 1 78 The VARSITY CROSS COUN- TRY results were not very satis- factory from the won and lost standpoint, said Coach Birkett, due to the team ' s lack of experi- ence and of age. But with the majority of the boys returning next year Coach Birkett looked for better results. The Varsity competed in three major events: Hobart Invitational with 17 schools. Tech 15th; Con- ference Run at Valparaiso, 22 schools. Tech last; Sectional Run at Hobart, 19 schools participat- ing, Tech 16th. Varsity letter winners were: Bill Brehmer, Gerald Hatfield, Eugene Mandzig, John Raduski, David Strachan, Steve Tsalickis, and Bill Stewart, manager. Varsity Cross Country Earned Experience for Better’53 Season An undefeated record was boasted by the FRESHMAN CROSS COUNTRY team in 1952-53 season. Coach Birkett stated that with the material in the Freshman and Sophomore squads a better var- sity team would develop next year. As a combination the FRESH- MAN-SOPHOMORE team placed second in the Tri-City Meet. Letter winners were: Jim Brown, Lawrence Coffey, Richard Gragido, Dennis Halfacre, Clifford Hudak, Billy Lovely, Jerry Shomo, Steve Zlatarich. VARSITY CROSS COUNTRY TEAM Front Row: Thilmont, Raduski. Hatfield, Strachen. Back Row: Coach Bickett, Brehmer, Rosenau, Tsalickis, Mandzij. FROSH-SOPH CROSS COUNTRY TEAM Front Row: Mattingly, Zayonski, Mattingly, Gragido. Kerr, Shomo. Second Row: Zlatarich, Vasek, Lifgen, Noss, Brown, Smith. Standing: Coac h Birkett, Cofiey, Hudak. Evans. Halfacre, Tsalickis. Lovley. Running the mile are. Lett to Right: Strachan. Raduski, Brehmer, Hatfield, Rosenau. Track Teams Showed Promise During 1953 Season FROSH-SOPH TRACK TEAM Kneeling: Hlatko, Scurlock, Love, S e t m i j e r, Niptiom, Black, Mandzij, Stempkow- ski. Standing : Earl, Hemphill, Zla- tarich, Preda, Shomo, War- ner, Hudak, Freckleton, Hus- sey. Not Pictured: Simon, Johnston. Savis, Beckett. VARSITY TRACK TEAM Front Row: Hudak, Ford, Horn- rich, Johnson. Rreda, Grag- ido, Olsen, Mandzij, Stemp- kowski. Second Row: Mathews, Achor, Toweson, Warner, Brown, Strachan, Timko, Gillespie. Back Row: Rowe, Trimmer, Russnogle, Hatfield, Prugh, manager. Not Pictured: BaHa. Coaches George Bereolos and Jerry Jeichak. THE 1953 VARSITY TRACK AND FIELD SQUAD, led by veterans Dale Gillespie, Tom Ford, Gene Brown, and Dave Strachan showed promise of improving by the end of the track season, Coach Bereolos said. At this writing the Tigers were preparing for the Sectional Track Meet held May 8. Those expecting to score for Tech were: Tom Ford, both low and high hurdles and pole vault; Gene Brown, 440 and mile relay; Dave Strachan, 880 and mile relay; Ed Bafia, 880, broad jump, and mile relay; Dale Gillespie, hurdles and high jump; Jerry Homrich, mile run; Ray McGill, mile run; Jay Bechett, dashes and broad jump; Richard Warner, broad and high jumps; and Ralph Russnogle, shot-put. THE FRESHMAN-SOPHOMORE TEAM under the guidance of Coach Jerry Jefchak, had progressed rap- idly and were to bid strongly for the East Chicago oval. Those counted on to score points were: Robert Hussey, Robert Johnston, Robert Davis, Roy Nystrom, Paul Big- gerstaff, Eugene Mandzij, Cliff Hudak, Ted Peterson, Chester Setmajer, Jerry Moss, Jimmy Black, Dick Gra- gido, Steve Zlatarich, Julius Preda, Fred Earl, Dan Freckleton, Richard Simons, Joe Heatko, Allen Saffcahn, and Charles Hemphill. Front: Coach Hoemann. Jamroz, Dolphin. Kneeling: Holsclaw, Trimmer. Black. Davis, Colias. Standing: Boyd, Kohl, Williams, Southard, Swisher, Petrosky, Bellamy. Coach Hoeman ' s 1953 team placed third in the Conference meet at South Bend, fourth in the Sec- tional meet at Roosevelt, and eighth in the State meet at Bloomington. Out of 8 meets, Tech won 3. Don Jamroz, senior, won the State title, placed third in the con- ference, first in the sectional, and first in the State meet. Don is the seventh State champ for Tech in the five years and was the runner-up in the voting for outstanding wrestlers at the State tournament. Bob Dolphin and Ronald Wil- liams were unable to compete in the sectionals because of illness. Major letter winners were George Bellamy, Jim Boyd, Harry Colias, Cecil Daves, Robert Dol- phin, Don Jamroz, Lawrence Kohl, Warren Koonce, Jerry Swisher, James Trimmer, Ronald Williams, and Steve Zyzanski. Minor letter winners were Steve Ashford, Bill McCulloch, Roy Nystrom, Paul Petroskey, Jim Rowe, and Ralph Russnogle. The manager was Steve South- ard. Seated: Johnson, Rowe, Settlemoir, Russ- nogle, Fogarty. Standing: Ashford, Zyanski, Hattingly. Mitchell, Boken, Davis, McCullough, Ke- kelik, Wanicki, Woodword. Wrestling Team Placed Third in Conference RECORD OF THE WRESTLING TEAM Wt. Name Conference Sectional State 95 Cecil Daves 3rd 103 Steve Zyzanski 3rd 2nd 112 Harry Colias 2nd 1st 3rd 120 Jerry Swisher 4th 127 Ronald Williams 2nd iii 133 Warren Koonce 2nd 3rd 138 Robert Dolphin 2nd 111 145 Don Jamroz 3rd 1st 1st 154 George Bellamy 3rd 165 Lawrence Kohl 4th 1st 4th H.W. Jim Trimmer 2nd 2nd Wrestling State Champion, Jamroz, ex- plains to his fellow champions, Zyzanski, Colias, Kohl, and Trimmer the prize hold he used to pin opponents. GOLF Blackburn Selected as Athlete of Year Jack Blackburn, voted year ' s outstanding athlete, earned varsity letters in the following sports: three in football as a tackle, two in track as a shot-putter, one in basketball as a center. He was most proficient in football where he was named to Heze Clark ' s All-State football squad for two years in a row. His senior year he was also named on the Chicago Tribune All- Conference team and the Hammond Times All- Star squad. He was further honored by being selected as one of the outstanding tackles in the State. He was to play in an all-star game with a team made up of outstanding players from the northern part of the State to play an all-star team from the southern end of the State. An average student, Jack ' s strongest points were his willingness and dependability. He has contributed a great deal to the athletic program at Tech,” said Coach Carlson, and we will miss him. We are proud to have had the opportunity of working with him.” Coach Carlson anticipated a fair golf season in 1952-53 and predicted one of the best records in Northern Indiana for 1953-54. He based his prediction on the fact that his team had good underclassmen who were gaining valuable expe- Coach Carlson gives tips for a better game of golf to Purbaugh, Hudspeth, Fehlberg, Lach, Wanicki, Pirau, Muehlman, Kissee, Boland, Bill Boyda, standing; and Bob Boyda and Jim Boyd, kneeling. April 28 April 30 May May May May GOLF SCHEDULE Valparaiso May 13 Lew Wallace and May 14 Crown Point May 16 Hammond High May 19 Clark May 21 La Porte Invitational May 23 Lew Wallace Dyer Crown Point Sectional at La Porte Hammond High Clark State Meet at Indianapolis ROSTER FOR Myrwin Anderson 1952 OF Sr. Ray Boge OF Jr. Pat Conley IB Fr. Bob Deihl P Jr. Don Felty C Soph. Paul Gomben SS Sr. Ken Griffin SS Fr. Ed Hudspeth C Sr. Ronald Purkey C Fr. Paul Rosenau 2B Jr. Ronald Schmitt IB Sr. Frank Urbanczyk OF Soph. Richard Woodward OF Soph. Norm Zuvich P Jr. BASEBALL BASEBALL ROSTER FOR 1953 BASEBALL RESULTS OF 1952 Gene Allen ' Ray Boge Marty Boggess Ken Cassady ‘Jim Chrisulaky Pat Conley Wayne De Rolf John Eppl Ken Eriks ‘Fred Gasparovic Outfielder Outfielder Infielder Infielder Infielder Infielder Outfielder Outfielder Outfielder Pitcher Jr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Soph. Fr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Tech 2 Emerson 10 Gail Gragido Infielder Fr. Tech 1 Noll 15 Ken Griffin Infielder Jr. Tech 10 Tolleston 9 Harold Gussman Outfielder Jr. Tech 4 Whiting 7 Dennis Halfacre Outfielder Fr. Tech 6 Roosevelt 9 James Hall Infielder Fr. Tech 1 Horace Mann 5 Jack Halon Pitcher Fr. Tech 0 Wallace 10 Lynn Johnson Infielder Fr. Tech 0 Hammond 7 Harold Lawrence Pitcher Sr. Tech 3 Clark 15 Carl Newton Catcher Fr. Tech 4 Emerson 6 ‘Ronald Purkey Catcher Soph. Tech 2 Washington 6 Matt Petrasich Outfielder Soph. Tech 1 Whiting 4 ‘Paul Rosenau Infielder Jr. Tech 1 Roosevelt 16 Bob Settlemoir Outfielder Soph. Tech 3 Horace Mann 4 Joe Smith Outfielder Jr. Tech 2 Wallace 6 Carl Zuvich Outfielder Fr. Tech 0 Clark 8 ‘Norm Zuvich Pitcher Sr. Tech 1 Noll 13 George Abbott Manager Front Row: Barzickie, Abbott, Cassaday, Schmidt, Ander- son, Sowa, Eriks, Conley, Woodward. Second Row: Coach Waite, Lawrence, Hudspeth, Snith, Felty, Wison, Purkey, Griffin, Felberg, Zuvich. Back Row: Chrisulaky, Ur- banczyk, Rosenau, Boge, Gomben, Deal, Gasparovic. Coach Waite commented that the poor season in 1952 was due to an inexperienced team, but he felt that the return of several good lettermen would make for a better season in 1953. The returning lettermen were Ray Boge, Ken Cassaday, James Chrisulaky, Pat Conley, Ken Eriks, Fred Gasparovic, Ron Purkey, Paul Rosenau, and Norm Zuvich. BASEBALL SCHEDULE FOR 1953 April 16 at Tolleston 44 21 Emerson 44 23 at Washington 44 27 Whiting 29 at Roosevelt May 1 Horace Mann 4 at Wallace 6 Hammond Hie 8 at Clark 11 Tolleston 44 13 at Emerson • 15 Washington 18 at Whiting 44 20 Roosevelt 22 at Horace Mann 25 Wallace 44 27 at Hammond Hig 44 29 Clark Gene Weak Manager ‘Indicates returning lettermen. Rosenau crosses third in the Tech-Clark game as John Sowa (coach) and Clark, third baseman, look on. Cheerleaders Chosen by Try-outs The cheerleaders were chosen by members of the faculty after tryouts. To be eligible to become a cheerleader, they had to have aver- age grades, good school spirit, and good at- tendance at games and practices. Along with this, they were also chosen for their appearance and performance together. The cheerleader squad was instructed by Miss Virginia Nisle, girls ' physical education instructor. B-TEAM CHEERLEADERS Left to Right: Gootee, Bennett, Logue; and standing: Granger. Top Left: Sixth period combined gym classes learning to dance. Top Right: Tech Times — Hi-Y Dance. Second Lett: Halloween Party and Dance Third Left: Halloween Party — Durflinger, Gidney. Olson. Podgorny, Beare. Schreech. Bottom Lett: Halloween Party — Luce, Dolphin, Johnson, Mauder, Cauz. Schubert. Second Right: Tech Times — Hi-Y Dance Polgar. Nordyke. Felling, Brussly, Bottom Right: Junior-Senior Party — Meadows and Worwa. Il’fl A CAST of CHARACTERS ★ SENIORS ★ JUNIORS ★ SOPHOMORES ★ FRESHMEN PRODUCERS and DIRECTORS ★ BOARD OF EDUCATION ★ SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS ★ DIRECTOR OF TECH ★ FACULTY ★ OFFICE FORCE ★ CUSTODIAN CREW SENIOR On October 28, 1952 the officers were pre- sented to the Senior Class. Fred Gasparvic, president; John Eppl, vice-president; Joan Sty- ran, secretary; Mary Mauder, treasurer; and Shirley Hardesty, social chairman. The class sponsors were Mr. H. L. Callan- tine and Miss Vera Eastwood. The first Senior party was on November 21, with the music by the Rhythm Kings. The Jun- ior class was invited to the party. Chairmen of the committees were: invita- tions, Diane Nordyke; band, Joan Styran; pro- gram, Mary Mauder and John Eppl; games, Jim Glaze; decorations, Gerald Lukas and Jean- nine Malone; refreshments (ordering), Mary Ann Richwalski; refreshments (serving), Na- dine Jackson; cloak room, Marlene Bunch. The following seniors participated in the floor show: Dolores Brussly, Adele Polgar, and Rosemary Messino. On February 1 1 a senior Spaghetti Dinner was given in the Tech Cafeteria. At each table was a host and hostess who decorated their table for a month of the year. Chairman of the dinner was Fred Gasparo- vic, Dolores Brussly led the group in singing. Mr. H. L. Callantine showed some slides of places that he had seen. The cooks who prepared the dinner were: Mrs. Fred Gasparovic, Mrs. Walter Mauder, Mrs. Jack Seward and Miss Vera Eastwood. On March 23, the Senior class was honored to have Mr. Douglas Monahan as guest speaker at a senior gathering. Mr. Monahan Sealed: Hardesty, Mauder, Styron. Standing: Eppl, Gasparovic. centered his speech on the well known Quo Vadis meaning Where Goest Thou. The second party was May 1, in the Tech gym. The following were committee chairmen: decorating, Cecilia Cieszkiewicz; program, Rosemary Messino; refreshment, Dian Nordyke; cloakroom, Nadine Jackson. The Junior and Senior Prom was May 22 at Madura ' s Danceland. The Baccalaureate Services were June 7, at the First Presbyterian Church on Highland and Hohman. Commencement night, Thursday June 11, in the Tech gym, the boys wore Royal Blue caps and gowns and the girls wore white. CLASS HISTORY JUNIOR Sealed: Urbanczyk, vice-president; Carlson, secretary; Lenzo, treasurer. Standing: Foster, president; Dolphin, social chairman. The first Junior party was on February 28, in honor of the graduating Seniors. The Junior-Senior Prom was on May 22 at Madura ' s Danceland. The music was by Alan Isley and his orchestra. The committees and their chairmen were: program, Marilyn Plaskett; invitations, Mar- cella Bakota; publicity, Janice Getschaw; or- chestra, Bob Miller; chaperones, Margaret Aug- ustine. Sponsors of the Junior class were Miss Mil- dred Peehl and Mr. Joseph Esterhay. SENIORS Row 1: Jo Ann Abell. Arthur Achor, Bob Adams, Shirley Ann Alexander, George Allande, Maxine Allen. Row 2: Robert Ayersman, Robert Barzycki, Beverly Bassett, Don Bernotus, Bob Bevacqua, lack Blackburn. Row 3: Doris Blake, Beverly Boatright, Ray Boge, Claudia Boland, Joyce Bozarth, Harold Bremer. Row 4: Dolores Brussly, Edmund Buczynski, Marlene Bunch, Jim Burns, Dolores Bur- ton, John Busch. Row 1: Marilyn Calhoun, Barbara Campbell, Beverly Carlson, Owen Carrico, Ken- neth Cassady, Maureen Chambers. Row 2: Dick Chesney, Glennon Chivington, Cecilia Cieszkiewicz, Clara Clevinger, Marlene Cox, Lawrence De Paoli. Row 3: Gordon Dittrich, Dan Dunn, Richard Elgness, Gordon Ellinghausen, Don Elman, Betty Emerson. Row 4: Robert Emerson, Beverly Engler, John Eppl, Kenneth Eriks, Charlena Fanning. Shirley Farley. AT THE 1952 PROM: Front Row: McBroom, Hardesty, Boatright, Sihich, Mosca, Harris, Koch, and Zim- merman. Back Row: lamroz. Gasvoda, Iorio, La Bounty, Bolek, Schmidt, Hudspeth, and Trella. CLASS OF 1953 Row 1: Lorraine Fary, Ethel Fazekas, Law- rence Fiegle, Dolores Fouts, lean Free- man, Fred Gasparovic. Row 2: William Gidney, Dale Gillespie, James Glaze, Leonard Glowacki, Dorothy Gonsiorowski, Lee Gould. Row 3: Robert Graves, Donald Gregory, Ray Grimmer, Lois Guthrie, Ray Hall, Bob Ham. Row 4: Richard Hansel, Shirley Hardesty, Gerald Hatfield, Helen Hayduk, Bob Hess, James Hill. Row 1: Jack Hinton, Elaine Hladek, Betty Hoduski, Tom Holtz, Maxine Horvath, George Ingram. Row 2: Tony Iorio, Nadine Jackson, Don Jamroz, Jacqueline Janus, Joan Jarczyk, Ailene Jasperson. Row 3: Betty Johnson, Arthur Kalena, Lloyd Kingery, Dorothy Klein, Arnold Knoph, John Kocian. SENIORS Row 4: Lawrence Kohl, Eugene Kovacik, Mildred Kovacik, James Kreiler, Shir- ley Kruto, Mary Kuhajdek. 90 CLASS OF 1953 At the right are pictured some of the teach- ers and seniors attending the Faculty and Senior Dinner. At the head of the table are Rosemary Messinio, hostess, and Don lamroz, host. Others at the table are: Miss Alice Hamill, Mr. T. M. Flack, Irene Podkul. Owen Scofield, Miss Lillian Daggert, Victor Michal, Mary Worosz, Mr. Ford and Rosalie Segally. SENIORS Row 1: Gilbert Kuppinger, Gordon La Bounty, Harold Lawrence, Barbara Livovich, Jerry Lukas, Jerry McClurg. Row 2: Dorothea McCollum, Helen McGowan, Jacquelyn MacArthur, Jeannine Ma- loney, Joanne Marrs, Charles Mathews. Row 3: Ronald Mauck, Mary Mauder, Barbara Mauk, Buel Meadows, Rosemary Mes- sino. La Vaughn Meyrer. Row 4: Victor Michal, Dale Milligan, Edmund Morweiser, Jeanette Mosca, Carmen Musser, Diane Nordyke. Row 1: Thomas Nowak, Jimmie Olsen, Richard Ortman, Lawrence Palmer, Mary Anne Payne, Bill Pearman. Row 2: Irene Podkul, Adele Polgar, Richard Redenbaugh, Mary Ann Richwalski, Ruth Rohde, Pat Rose. Row 3: Joan Ross, Jim Ruttledge, Geraldine Rzonca, Dorothy Safro, Lucille Sajdyk, Shirley Sancye. Row 4: Frank Saptya, Melvin Schieve, Patricia Schumueser, Owen Schofield, Law- rence Seberger, Rosalie Segally. CLASS OF 1953 At the right are pictured the seniors who received the most awards on the Senior Mirror. left to Right: Cecilia Cieszkiewicz, most co-operative and best shined shoes; Fred Gasparovic. best dressed, personality plus, most likely to succeed; Shirley Har- desty, best looking and most popular; John Eppl, silliest and most co-operative; Don Jamroz, best looking, most popular and neatest; Mary Mauder, most likely to suc- ceed and best worker; Dorothy Gonsiorow- ski, personality plus and most active. SENIORS Row 1: Barbara Shandks, Richard Shefier, Mary Simkins, Don Smith, Eloise Smith, Richard Starastu. CLASS Row 2: Gail Stocker, Joan Strachan, Joan Sty- ran, Marlene Sutton, Caroline Takas, Pauline Tate. OF Row 3: John Voss, Katherine Wagner, Barbara Walczak, JoAnn Walker, Donna War- kenstein, Lewis Watson. 1953 Row 4: Betty Wilinski, Janice Williams, Frank Wilson, Mary Ann Worosz, Shirley Yates, Peggy Yerga. Ronald Uzubell Pictured above is Mr. Lee L. Caldwell, superintendent oi schools, addressing graduating seniors oi the Class oi 1952. Tony Wikar Graduating Seniors Not Pictured: Glen Alexander, Erwin Barzycki, George Benkovich, Robert Bolek, William Callis, Terry Campbell, Leonard Carlin, Elivis Crook, Casimir Dauksza, Wil- liam Echterling, Ronald Fisch, John Fogarty, Mary Ford, Ada Foster, Le Roy Gargano, Mervyn Goult, Shirley Greening, Edward Haager, John Hanas, Maxine Harwell, Joe Hays, Ronald Jabaay, John Jezuit, Robert Kelly, Michael Kollar, Thomas Leith, James McMahan, J ohn Mann, William Marshall, Madeline Nagy, Wayne Peck, Donald Postma, Melva-Jean Purkey, Melvin Shevchenko, Norman Skrabala, Jerry Stewart, Raymond Urban, Richard Yaracs, Joseph Yonker. Norman Zuvich OUTSTANDING SENI Top How. Lett to Fight across both pages: Mary Mauder, D.A.R.; Mildred Kovacik, Jean- nine Maloney, Betty Wilinski and Ethel Fazekas. newspaper; Doris Blake and Maxine Horvath, yearbook; Don Bernotus, Mildred Kovacik and Doris Blake, attendance; Mary Mauder, Maxine Allen, Tom Holtz and Elvis Crook, scholarship. Second Row, Lett to Fight across both pages: Mary Ford, band; Lorraine Fary and John Voss, yearbook; Jean Freeman and Dorothy Gonsior- owski. dramatics; Cecilia Cieszkiewicz, yearbook; Don Jamroz and Ken Eriks, athletics; Carmen DRS FOR THE YEAR Musser and Diane Nordyke. public speaking. Third Row, Extreme Right: Dolores Brussly, Adele Polgar and Don Bemotus. music. Bottom Left: Dale Gillespie, Frank Sapyta, and David Stra- chan, athletics. Bottom Right: Elaine Hladek, art — weaving; William Echter- ling. art — ceramics; Carmen Musser, art — drawing; and Ada Foster, art — posters. JUNIORS Row 1: George Abbot, Mary Alex- ander, Gene Allen, Robert Allen, Cecilia Anderson, John Anderson, Joyce Archanbeault. Row 2: Janelle Arthur, Shirley Ash- craft, Rose Atelevich, Margaret Augustine, Mary Bach. Glen Badg- ley, Ed Bafia. Row 3: Marcella Bakota, Donna Barche, Beverly Barton, Mary Jo Batliner, David Beare, Ellen Beatty, George Bellamy. Row 4: Ray Bender, Bob Benoit, Albert Berelli, Wayne Blankenship, Marlene Bleck, Rodney Bliss, Le- nora Blue. Row 5: Walter Bogard. Ed Bolling, Janet Boone, John Busch, Tom Baughman, Jim Boyd, Lucille Boyd. Row S: William Brehmer, John Breid- enbaugh, Ray Brodericle, Gene Brown, Gerry Bruchman, Joe Bucholz, Leotis Buckmaster. Row 7: Betty Bukowski, Gerald Bur- bridge, Jack Burnette, Shirley Bur- ton, Eugene Campbell, Robbie Car- den, Bob Carley. Row 8: Pat Carlin, Sandra Carlson, Wanda Chapman. A1 Chmiel, George Cinko, Frank Clark, Juanita Clemens. Row 9: Luther Cole, Dennis Collins, Pat Collins, Mary Comer, Frank Companik, Pat Companiott, Pat Conley. Row 10: Joe Cornell, Mary Cornwell, Rudy Corona, Miriam Costanza, Shirley Cox, Norbert Csonka, Rich- ard Cullins. Row 11: Alex Czajka, John Czarnick, Jerry Dahl, Shirley Daves, Joyce Davies, Wilma Davis, Richard Day. JUNIORS Row 1: Chester Dec, Mary Decker. Edward Dell, Helen Denson, Lillian De Paula, Joe Des Camp, Bob Diehl, Shirley Dispennett. Row 2: Pat Dixon, Virginia Dixon, Bob Dolphin, Richard Donaldson, Marlene Dugger, Delores Duke, Patricia Duncan, Tommie Eaton. Row 3: Gloria Erb, Jerome Felici- chia, Don Felty, Fred Fenster- macher, Maxine Fenstermacher. Jack Ferree, Joan Fogarty, Dan Ford. Row 4: Tom Ford, Jack Foster, Nancy Foster, Renata Franckevicius, George Frelan, Jim Galinsky, Herb Geiselman, Harold Gerike. Row 5: Janice Getschow. LaVera Gillespie, Robbie Gillespie, Jim Gilmore, Claudette Green, Harold Gussman, Michaeline Hahn, Anne Halajcsik. Row 6: Bob Haley, Don Hall, Bill Hamm, Carla Hammond, Freda Hammond, Lena Harris, Ken Hart- man. Wilbur Hartman. Row 7: Lois Harvey, Barbara Har- well, Bob Hastings, George Havill. Jim Hawk, Virginia Hays, John Hegyi, Dick Helm. Row 8: Pat Hendron, Bill Herr, George Hinton, Beverly Hlatko, Charles Hobbic, Eddie Hodge, Richard Hoiierth, Darlene Hoffman. Row 9: Virginia Holland, Jerome Homrich, Wanda Horn, Andrew Horvat. Arlene Howard, Sharon Hudspeth, Bob Huke, Darlene Hull. Row 10: Ronald Hunter, Rose Marie Ignas, Eileen Jewett, Don Johnson, Jim Johnson, Max Johnson, Charles Johnston, Wilma Johnston. Row 11: Beverly Junkens, Dorothy Jasinski, Mary Ann Jusko, Alex Kalis, Larry Kaptur, Loretta Kaz- mer, Alfred Kenned, Pauline Kepros. JUNIORS Row 1: Gordon Kershner, A1 Keys, Richard Killar, Charles King, Betty Kingery, Janet Kiser, Jeannine Kiser, Ray Kissee. Row 2: Charlotte Klaubo, Shirley Kistler, Rosemary Koch, Ray Koeh- ler. Ronald Kolbus, Warren Koonce, Barbara Kovach, Richard Kovach. Row 3: Doretta Kroll, Richard Kros- lack. Louis Krown, Gene Kubiak, Pat Kubisz, Robert Kurzeja, Donald Kypreos, Ann Larson. Row 4: Jim Larson, David Leep. Lou Ella Leets, Pete Lenzo, Jean Livo- vich. Bertha Lewoy. Yvonne Long, Marvin Luchene. Row 5: Alta Lusk, Donald Lutes, Tom Maginot, Harold Maier, Stan- ley Majkowski, Barbara Malacina, Ernest Malatinka, Joanne Maro- vich. Row 6: Steve Maslikowski, David Masterson, Walter Matusiak, Gerry Mauger, Bill McCulloch, Ray Mc- Gill, Jim McMahan. Bill Meadows. Row 7: Joseph Mikulski, Bob Miller, Alfred Mills, Richard Mirdas, Jim Miskoski. Bill Mitchell, Cecil Mitchell. Don Moats. Row 8: Jim Moore, Velma Moore, Robert Moritz, Dick Muehlman, Bar- bara Myers, Terry Norris, Lavonne Ollis. David Orban. Row 9: Bob Orr, Gloria Ortega, Matt Ostroski, Maureen O ' Sullivan, Gene Outler, Rosemarie Papa, Wayne Paradise, Tom Parkinson. Row 10: Shirley Parritt, Beverly Pearson, Margaret Perry, Paul Pe- troskey, Joyce Petty, Charlotte Petrovich, John Riebe, Ronald Phelps. Row 11: Arlene Pieramico, Jim Pigg, Bob Piorkowski, Marilyn Plaskett, Chuck Podgorny, Lonnie Porter, Ronnie Raduski, Barbara Rasmus- sen. JUNIORS Row 1: Vernon Rasmussen Jr., Rich- ard Rathburn Jr., Jeanne Raymond, Eugene Reeves, John Remesnik, Don Renck, Norma Riccardi, Ver- non Richardson. Row 2: Loretta Robinson, Margaret Roderick, Virginia Rosbolt, Paul Rosenau, Ronald Richter, Jim Rowe, Arthur Ryerson, Virginia Sabot. Row 3: Pat Sabinski, Ann Sajdyk, Marian Sanchez. Larry Sandlin, Meredith Sandlin, Mike Schaller, Joan Seeds, Henry Seehausen. Row 4: Richard Sertic, Kathy Sewell, Donald Shepard, Stella Silva, Carol Smith, Delores Smith, Mar- lene Smith, Marvinetta Smith. Row 5: Richard Smith, Richard Smith VI, Ramona Snodgrass. Carolyn Snyder, Eugene Spejew- ski, Mary Ann Spence, Pat Spie- wak, Pat Stephenson. Row S: Jean Stickle, Roberta Stirling. Verland Stout. William Stowasser, Carole Swing, Jerry Swisher, Jacqueline Szura, Richard Szymas- sek. Row 7: Dolores Tambelline, Dorothy Taylor, Charles Tharp, John Thil- mont, Nancy Thompson, John Timko, Don Toweson, Sanford Tribble. Row 8: James Trimmer, Don Trump, Gayheart Trznadel. Steve Tsalikis. Ken Tucker, Don Tussey, Ronald Urban, Frank Urbanczyk. Row 9: Andrew Ustanik, Rosemary Valandingham. Gardner Voorheis, Joanne Walker, Mary Weiss, Ted Wiezbicki, Ted Wilkins, Betty Wil- liams. Row 10: Ronald Williams, Janet Wil- son, Joanne Wilson, Patricia Wil- son, JoAnn Witvliet, Helen Woj- ciahowski, Richard Woodward, Shirley Worwa. Row 11: Richard Z a j a c, Arlene Zambo, Chester Zawadzki, Steve Zlatarich, Richard Zurawiec, Rob- ert Zuver. SOPHOMORES Row 1: Dick Abell, Richard Adams, Mike Albert, Irene Alexander, Lio- nel Alexander, Ed Almada, Don Anderson, Henry Anderson. Row 2: Shirley Anderson, lanet Armstrong, Donna Artibey, Rich- ard Artim, Joe Atkinson, Estel Ashby, Melvin Atelevich, Bill Baied. Row 3: Norman Bakke, loan Banks, Donna Barger, Susan Bartlett, Marie Bassett, John Batliner, Larry Beavers, lay Beckett. Row 4: Vienna Bennett. Carla Bie- son, Arlene Bika, Eddie Bilderbeck, Max Bilo, Ardis Bish, Woodrow Black, Byron Blacklock. Row 5: Peggy Blanchard, Carol Bloedorn, George Blummer, Dennis Boersma, Marion Bojda, Thomas Booth. Harold Borem, Betty Bow- man. Row 6: Bill Boyda, Gerald Bradley, Geraldine Bradley, Jerry Braklay, Mickey Brice, Phyllis Briesacker, Frances Brown, Lois Brown. Row 7: Wanda Brown, June Brum- ley, Harold Bruner, Edwin Brum- field, Nick Burbich, Pat Burgess, Alice Burnett, Pat Burton. Row 8: Betty Campbell, Juanita Campbell, John Caroltta, Joanne Cassaday, Maureen Cavanaugh, Carol Cazmer, Pete Certa, Donald Chambers. Row 9: Pat Chorba, Howard Clark, Jack Clark, Leila Clark, Nancy Cla- vier, Adrienne Clevinger, Harry Colias, Georgia Comer. Row 10: Norman Connors, Alice Consoer, Richard Conway, Donna Cooke, Shirley Corbett, Don Cor- bin, Pat Costigan, Pat Cox. Row 11: Paul Crawford, Nelson Crook, Don Crozier, Dolores Cundiff, Earl Cummins, Howard Cyrus, Lillian Daniels, Betty Darmofalski. Row 12: Richard Darmofalski, Carol Dash, Gilbert Davis, Richard Daw- son, Chris Demas, Judy De Paula, Leroy Dernole, Arnold De Rolf. SOPHOMORES flow 1: Gerald Dobbins. Kenneth Dodd, Robert Dowling, Mary Dow- ney, Pat Duby, Richard Dudley, Warren Duvall, Sharon Duykers, loanne Dye. Row 2: Helen Dymora, Theresa Earl, Philip Einselle, Kenneth Ekdahl. Joyce Elkins, Charles Elman, Charles Evans, Claudia Evans. Donald Evans. Row 3: Eltruda Evans. Helen Evans. Gayland Ewing, Lance Fairchild, Lucy Falusi. Adelma Farmer, Bill Fea, Ken Fehlberg, Charlotte Fen- tress. Row 4: Nelda Fentress, Charlotte Fines. Darrell Fines, C. W. Fisk. Clarence Fleming, Don Freckelton, Ruth Froehlich, Dorothy Fulerson. Roland Gardner. Row 5: Gus Gavrilos, Lenord Geiss- sendorler, Alice Geyer, John Glad- ish, Maggie Gootee, Mary Ann Gora, Shelba Gourley, Charlotte Grabara, Richard Gragido. Row 6: Pat Granger, Marvin Greg- ory, Sonia Griesel, Ken Griffin. Robert Groszewski, Dominic Guz- zino, Lorretta Hageman, Joan Hale. Sharon Hall. Row 7: Bill Harrigan, Margaret Hart, Margaret Hartoonian, Eddie Hartz. Melvin Hauck, Donna Havlin, Faye Hayes, Frankie Hayes, Mary Jo Hayes. Row 8: Marvin Hays, Erna Helfen. Shirley Helm, John Hendon, Glenn Hill, Martha Hinton, Mary Hobbic, Terry Holmes, Charles Holsclaw. Row 9: Patricia Homrich, Dan Hoole- han. Duncan Hordin, Allen Hoppel, Lloyd Houdt, Ken Hubler, Tom Hubler, Ted Huchko, Clifford Hudak. Row 10: Eddie Hughes, Chuck Hul- sey, Barbara Imrich. Jackie Ingram. Russell Jacobsma, Bruce Johnson. Owen Johnson, Jerry Jones. Janet Jongsma. Row 11: Beverly Juhasz, Mamie Kasey, Lorraine Kaszuba, Dan Ken- nedy, Paul Kessler, Bill Ketchum, Don Keys, Beverly Kiger, Martha King. Row 12: Ronald Kisfalusi, Arlene Klein, Don Klein, Carolyn Kleina- man. Bill Koch, Kathryn Koch, Fred Kriston, Geraldine Krol, Sally Krownland. SOPHOMORES Row 1: Edith Kulda, Ethel Kulda, Don Kulik, Dorothy Kunde, Corinne Kurzya, Anthony Lack, Rose Laf- foon, Leon Lafontaine, Tom Lan- berson. Row 2: Sandra Lambert, Carolyn La- near. Marilyn Lanear, Frank Longer, Ronald Larmon, Donna Le Port, John Lifgreid, Gail Logue. Ronnie Long. Row 3: Barbara Lorrance, Sandra Love, John Lovatt, Ronald Lubarski, Chuck Lucas, Ruby Luce, Pat Lukowski, Charlotte Lyon, Frank Macewicz. Row 4: Roscoe Manignasso, Jean Markley, Pat Markstone, Donald Martin, Joe Mattingly, Lois Mauger, Agnes Mayden, Glenn Mays, Alec McCaig. Row 5: Pat McCambridge, Doris Mc- Cann, Larry McCarter, Don Mc- Carty, Mary Sue McCullom, Ron- ald McGregor, Lois McNeil, Glen McWilliams, Bill Means. Row 6: Nancy Mecyssne, Dave Meseburg, Augustine Michal, Fred Miller, Joe Miller, Larry Miller, Ronald Millies, Patricia Milligan, Carol Minch. Row 7: William Moeller, Doris Moore, Margie Moore, Marily Mor- gan, Mary Morrison, Norma Mor- rison, Jack Morse, Donald Morton, Tommy Mullins. Row 8: Patricia Murphy, Carl Myers, Jean Myres, Ronald Mack, Glenn Natzke, Judy Naugle, Carl Newton. Pat Nisevich, Roy Nordyke. Row 9: Bob Novak, Frank Nowak, Eugene Oakley, Joanne Olson, Joseph Ostapchuk, Pat Owczarzaic, Marlene Padgett, Thelma Papke, Mary Ann Paprocki. Row 10: Loretta Parkek, Margaret Patnode, Jim Peterson, Matt Petra- sich, Tom Pettit, Bill Phillips, Pat Piniak, Ponnis Pirau, John Pisowicz. Row 11: Nedean Pommerville, Julius Preda, Eugene Press, Ronald Prugh, Ronald Purkey, Duane Put- ney, Bill Quinn, Barbara Range, Jean Redenbaugh. How 12: Carol Reed, Jerry Reed, Pat Richardson, Dick Richwin, Pat Rob- inson, Vaid Robinson, Vernon Rob- inson, Nick Rodincic, Mary Jo Rogers. SOPHOMORES Row 1: Sally Rogers, Betty Rohn, Jackie Roper, Virgil Ross, Bill Rueth, Ralph Russnogle, Theresa Rutkowski, William Ryan. Row 2: Joanne Saberniak, Charles Sackville, Donald Sancya, Ann Sapyfa, Shirley Scarborough, John Schaller, Raven Schmidl, Howard Schmitt. Row 3: Charmaine Schreech, Fran- ces Segally, Bob Settlemoir, Tom Shaffer, Brent Shelton, Vernon Sieb, Barbara Simcich, Paula Simkins. Row 4: Bernice Singer, Barbara Sir- bek, Betty Smith, Bob Smith, Donna Smith, Janet Smith, Joe Smith, Jerry Smigla. Row 5: Dick Snow, Ted Sobolewski, Chet Soltis, Ann Spear, Jackie Spiller, Lois Sprague, Donald Sto- vitzke, Connie Stephens. Row 6: William Stevens, Bill Stew- art, Wilma Strode, Boud Strong, David Sutton, Jerry Szany, Bob Szymanski, Louise Szymanski. Row 7: Nancy T e b o d o, James Thompson. Leroy Thompson, Wil- liam Thompson, Kay Tolle, Berna- dine Trentowski, Geraldine Tren- towski, Gerald Trimble. Row 8: Tom Truver, Jack Turner. Evelyn Tussey, John Uram, Linda Underwood, Sandra Vavrek, Fear Velvadean, Beverly Venszk. Row 9: Doris Wade, Donna Wahl, Barbara Wallace, Bob Walsh, Bill Walters, Don Walters, Fred Wan- icki, Delores Wann. Row 10: Carol Ward, Pat Warken- tine, Mary Ann Warren, Jack Waugh, James Webb, Gene Weak, Margaret Weems, Wanda White. Row 11: John Wiening, Glen Wig- gins. Dorothy Wilezynski, Joe Willett, Kenneth Williams, David Williamson, Russell Wilson, Carol Sue Winkler. Row 12: Marcia Witt, Tom Wojcie- chowski, Jim Woodward, Carole Wrona, Jacqueline Young, Geral- dine Zaleski, Steve Zyzanski. FRESHMEN Row 1: Kenneth Adney, Carnice Al- exander, Eddie Allande, Frank Aller, Shirley Aluey, Donna Alyea, Norma Anderson, Andy Androif, Steven Ashford. Row 2: John Arnold, Rosalie Arrigo, Ed Babb, Doris Baldwin, La Verne Baldwin, Kathleen Ballard, Ken- neth Barker, James Barnhart, Vir- ginia Barron. Row 3: James Barzycki, Mildred Bar- zycki, Yolanda Basso w, Mary Jane Bay, Jennie Beavers, Donna Beck- with, James Bennett, Mary Beres, Ronald Berg. Row 4: Beatrice Betustak, Bob Betus- tak, Fred Beyler, Joseph Bielak, Paul Biggerstaff, Jim Black, Judith Blackstone, Tommy Blank, Ada Bliss. Row 5: Dale Bocken, Marty Bog- gess, Karen Boilek, Clarence Bo- land, Eileen Bolik, Betty Bolling, Jerome Bomba, Bob Boyda, Karren Boylen. Row 6: Joann Bozack, Rosemary Bra- giel, Robert Bridegroom, Pat Brink- man, Doyle Brown, Rodney Brown. Shirley Brown, Richard Byrd, Ro- berta Byrd. Row 7: Carol Cable, Susan Camp, Monte Canarini, Carol Carlin, Shir- ley Carlotta, Kay Carroll, Pat Cath- cart, Mary Chancellor, Eugene Childress. Row 8: Harry Chnielewsld, Loretta Cieszkiewicz, Richard Cimaroli, Dorothy Clark, Gordon Clark, Joan Comer, George Companiott, Vern Conn, Burlin Copsy. Row 9: Billy Cox, Clyde Cox, Janet Crawford, Larry Crosek, Gloria Cruz, Dick Cutter, Sharon Dance, Joanne Dancho. Beverly Daumer. Row 10: Bud Daves, Ronald David- son, Bob Davis, Mary Davis, Shir- ley Davies, Norma Decker, Louise Degar, Denny Delbert, Betty Der- flinger. Row 11: Beverly Derflinger, Betty Dernulc, Geraldine Demulc, Wayne De Rolf, Sharon Dillon. John Djenka, Geraldine Dodson, Dora Doeling, Rodney Dolato. Row 12: Roberta Dolor, Bill Donov- sky, Dana Dremstedt, Noble Drum, Shirley Drummond, Virginia Dum- ler, Doris Duncan, Bill Dunlap, Beverly Dutz. FRESHMEN Row 1: Pat Einsele, Anna El- liott, Georgia Elliott, Charles Ellison, Kathleen Elman, Joyce Erb, David Evans, Rob- ert Evans. Sue Faith. Margie Fantin. Row 2: Paula Fought, Clotilde Fazekas, Pat Fegely, John Fenn, Dick Fidler, Eugene Fiegle, Rachel Florer, Karl Foote, Wilma Fountaine, Phyllis Frankoenr. Row 3: Bernard Frazier, Carol Frink, Dan Frost, Sandra Fuell, Pat Fulkerson, Alex Fundyk, Robert Garman, Paul Garner, Allan Gladish, Hudson Goldsmith. Row 4: Gerry Gonsiorowski, Lloyd Good, Gail Gragibo, Kenneth Gragido, James Gray, Alice Guertin, Nancy Haager, Glen Haizlip, Den- nis Haley, Dennis Halfacre. Row S: George Hall, Jim Hall, Jack Halon, Elizabeth Ham, Donna Hansen, Jim Harris, Roy Harris, Betty Harrison, Alice Hart, Art Harvey. Row 6: Jarel Hartwood, Don Hawkins, Jim Haworth, Tom Hayes, Martha Hedrick, Richard Held, Robert Held. Don Heller, John Hemphil, Charles Hemphill. Row 7: Tom Hendon, Jim Hes- ter, Marlene Highsmith. Dorothy Hildebrand, Sidney Hines, Linda Hinkel, Fred Hiquet, Joe Hlatko, Walter Hoffman, Frances Holland. Row 8: Beverly Holloway, James Hopper, Wilma Hop- per, Larry Horton, Richard Horvat, Gilbert House, Lu- cille Huber, Richard Hud- speth, Bob Hussey, Loretta Iqnarski. Row 9: Martin Ignazito, Terry Ingram, Delores Jackson, Judy Jackson, Jimmy Jacobs. Kenneth Jen, Don Jezuit, Carole Johnson, Dallas John- son, Eunice Johnson. Row 10: Loryl Johnson, Lyman Johnson, Robert Johnston, Dorothy Jones, Joyce Juhasz, Mike Juhasz, Thomas Juricic, James Kaiser. Tom Keir, Richard Kekelik. Row 11: Lyle Kerr, Kathleen Keys, Arvel Kidd, Edward Kiger, William Kingery, Ray Kirk, Ralph Kissee, Margie Klarik, Loretta Kleeberg, Ralph Knopf. Row 12: Gerry Kilat. George Korol, Dan Koscielniak. Do- lores Kotol, Martin Kovacick, Rose Ann Kovacik, Pat Ko- walski, Ray Kretz, Bill Krew- son, Joe Kubisz. FRESHMEN How 1 : Don Kulak, Ruth Ku- now, lean Kutzher, Ronnie La Buda, John Lafond, Allen Lapkovitch, Richard Lash, Shirley Laviolette, Joanne Lawson, Martha Leniod. Row 2: Nancy Leon, Pat Lew- andowski, Don Lewis, Bill Link, Don Linn, Diana Little, Neil Love, Billy Lovely, Nancy Loy, Pete Lucas. Row 3: Robert Lundquist, Donna Luther, Bob MacDon- ald, Donald Macek, Mable Maier, John Majchrowicz, John Malagina, Eugene Mandzij, Charles Mann. Jerry Markelyi. Row 4: Helen Marlett, Betty Marlow, Donna Martens, Donna Martin, John Martin, Carol Marvel, Larry Mauk, Herbert Maus. Mary Ann Mazur, Pat McCarthy. Row 5: Beverly McClure, Pat McClure, Sharon McClure, Helen McClusky, Barbara McCrory, Walter McGowan, Bob Melton, Don Metzcus, Veleda Middleton, Loren Miller. Row 6: Jerry Mills, Thomas Milne, Carol Montgomery, Fronl Moore, Gordon Moore, Judith Moore, Jack Morse, Jerry Moss, Bob Mudrak, Larry Musgrav. Row 7: Carol Mulvihill, Gene- vieve Musser, Phillip Nash, Tom Neyer, Darlene Nieman, Steven Nisevich, Harold Nordyke, Dolores Novalick, Roy Nystrom, Eva O ' Brien. Row 8: Noreen O ' Dea, Gloria O ' Dell, Joann O ' Dham, Joyce Opp, Judith Oran, Alan Orth, Rita Overack, Chuck Parker, Kenny Parker, Don Parker. Row 9: Barbara Parsons, Paul Pasztor, Charles Patrick, Eugene Patz, Donald Paul, Frank Paulson, Loland Pecle, Jerry Pawlus, Charles Pegg, Donald Pelfrey. Row 10: Bob Peterman, Ted Peterson, Lucy Petkowski, Leona Phrpps, Arnold Pickel, Lucille Pieramico, Frank Pilarczlje, Leo Plawecki, Ve- netia Podgorny, Casey Polk- inghorn. Row 11: Barbara Pool. Donna Post, Virginia Post, Beverly Potts, Eleanor Powell, Donna Powers, Chuck Press, Wil- liams Preston, Max Price, Lou Przespclewski. Row 12: Herby Purbagh, Joan Purkey, Sue Puskis. Matt Radencic, Paul Ramsey, Mi- lan Rancich, Arthur Rau, James Rauer, Charles Reed, Lavern Reeise. FRESHMEN Row 1: Jerry Reeves, John Reichert. Tina Rhea, Robert Ribicki, Jerry Richardson, Barbara Riebe, Maurice Rinehammer, Marlene Rob- erts, Ruth Roberts, Joanne Robertson. Row 2: Ronnie Roderick, Mar- lene Roeper, Jerry Rogers, Walter Rogers, Jean Roman, Geraldine Rose, Jerry Rus- sel, Don Russell, Patrick Russell, Bill Ruttledge. Row 3: Myrna Ruttledge, Betty Ryan, Robert Sabo, Allen Safirehn, Casimer Sajdyk, Delores Sajdyk, Enid Sakai, Richard Sako, Vi Sanger, Elurice Sanchex. Row 4: Jeanette Schaller, Ron- ald Scheive, Ed Schillo, Karen S c h i 1 1 z, Donald Scholte. Edward Schopp, Marilyn Schreech, Pat Schu- bert, Alvin Schultz, James Scurlock. Row 5: Chester Setmajer, Dol- ly Shavey, Iris Shevchknko, Jerry Shomo, Jim Sickles, Dean Simons, Gloria Skill- ing, Carolyn Slade. Howard Smith, Janet Smith II. Row 6: Mary Smith, Ray Smith. John Spindler, Beverly Stafford, Gary Stahl, Virginia Stanter, William Steinback, Jim Stempkowski, Kenneth Stonebraker, Bruce Stribling. Row 7: Charles Stringham, Walter Sulak, Ronnie Swin- dle, Barbara Swishev, Judy Szekely, Theresa Szmutko, Stanley Szynalik, Frank Tharp, Jon Tharp, Connie Thompson. Row 8: Ernestine Thompson. Janet Thompson, Jerry Timko, Annette Tokarz, Rosemary Topa, Grant Tovey, Dorothy Tucker, Herbert Turner, Jacqueline Turner, Barbara Uzdanovich. Row 9: Richard Vasek, Joe Valdez, Rita Vevable, An- thony Vicari, Sandra Viland, Preston Vinson, Tony Wag- ner, Herb Waldron, Ralph Walker, Richard Warner. Row 10: Robert Warren, Al- berta Weaver, Del Weaver, Eugene Weaver, Richard Weiss, Earnest Wells, Mil- dred Wesley, Judy Wester- field, Evelyn Whitely, Norma Whitler. Row 1 1 : Ellis Wialdson. Charles Wiers, Tom Willett, Charles Williams, Nancy Williams, Jon Wilson, Kath- leen Wilson, Stanley Wilson, Russel Winebrenner, Joseph Wingis. Row 12: Rita Winkler, Shirley Woods, Terry Worwa, Jim Writt, Shelby Young, Veron- ica Young, Gail Zaiko, Bev- erly Zemba. Katherine Ziem- bicki, Carl Zuvich. BOARD OF EDUCATION Seated: Lee L. Caldwell, school superin- tendent; Harold Chase, secretary; Columbus Smith; Henry W. Eggers; John F. Beckman, Jr., school board attorney. Standing; Charles N. Scott, treasurer; Arthur Spoener, president; Donald E. Gavit, school business manager; R. B. Miller, assistant superintendent oi schools. Center: Frederick E. Benson, director of Hammond Technical Vocational High School. At Right: H. H. Wilson, curriculum co-ordinator; Marie London, girls ' co-ordinator; R. A. Sampson, boys ' co-ordinator: Betty Rybolt, visual aids. CUSTODIAN CREW At Top, Standing: Bill Byrd, Robert Keefe, Alvin Artim, Lester Miller. Seated: loseph Keefe; C. Bucking- ham. chief custodian; George Lampafluski. Not Pictured: Myron Shopp, Mary Vandenbemden, Anna Comer, Lena La Barr, Rhea Flagg, Laura Connley. Cenrer: C. Buckingham, chief custodian. Right: Donna Stirling. Florence Murray, Eloise M. Smith, Harriet Darmofalski. TECH Row 1 : Andrew Adaska — machine; George Bereolos — gym. track, English; Howard Binstock — electric; Louis D. Birkett — sketching, drawing, athletic director; Evelyn Bold — comptometer; William L. Burris — sheet metal; Ethel F. Byrne — history, English; Henry L. Callantine — modern social problems, government, history, senior advisor; Victor Camsky — automobile; Harold A. Carlson — history, golf, football; Ruth Clency — art. Monitor Club; Alice M. Cleveland — general science, mathematics, Y-Teens; Kermit Clyne — annual, English; Eleanor Couve — English, library; Gordon E. Crandall — newspaper, English; E. E. Cromwell — mathematics. Row 2: Lillian A. Daggert — home management, home mechanics; Orpha M. Dean — filing. Introduction to Busi- ness; Glenna Dietrich — advanced clothing; Howard Donaldson — technical information, sketching, mathematics, trade information; A. Vera Eastwood — business etiquette, shorthand, senior advisor; Inga E. Erickson — home nursing, school nurse; A. Joseph Esterhay — mathematics, junior advisor; Anna Evanoff — home service, advanced clothing; Theodore M. Flack — welding; Floyd Ford — aviation; Harriet Frey — advanced typing; Doris Fuller — health and safety, mathematics; Richard E. Fuller — geometry, mathematics, algebra, Hi-Y; Vera Gares — mathematics. Introduction to Business, shorthand; Alice Hamill — home service; Margaret E. Hanlon — mathematics, bookkeeping. FACULTY Row 3: Wilhelmina Hebner — beginning typing; Paul W. Hoemann — sketching, gym, wrestling; Harold E. Hollo- way — electric; Fred N. Hopper — trade information, technical information, school treasurer; Charles A. laris — wood; Quentin Johnson — shop relief; Gerald Kackley — mathematics, English; Mary Kieckheafer — home management. Student Council; F. A. Kwolek — machine; Ted Lazarz — machine; Marian McCort — English. Junior Red Cross; William C. Michaels — band; Anna Moengen — geography. Geography Club; Esther V. Morgan — cafeteria cooking, cafeteria service. Row 4: Virginia Nisle — physical education. Girls ' Athletic Association; Lucille Parre — dramatics, English, Little Theatre; William E. Parson — general science, chemistry, tennis; Albert J. Paschen — English; Mildred Peehl — government, history, modern social problems. Junior advisor; Logan Ranney — foundry; Mildred Ritter — typing, mathematics, business training, comptometer; Arnold F. Robinson — band; Mary Louise Rogers — food and nutrition; Edward Rudd — reading, speech, Hi-Y; Albert T. Schell — drafting; Alfred J. Schultz — printing. Row 5: Henrietta C. Steiner — advanced clothing; Helen E. Thomas — advanced clothing, home nursing; C. N. Van Deventer — aviation; Virginia Volkman — music; A. A. Waite — health and safety, gym, baseball; Clarence P. Welty — physics, general science; Cassell C. Wiedman — geography; R. Milton Wilson — blue- print reading, school and shop safety, gym. Student Council; Alice Wood — home service, clothing; Boyd Zink — plumbing. TIP TOP SUPER MARKET 5823 Calumet Avenue Phone Sheffield 2055 CALUMET BOWL 5851 Calumet Avenue Special Rates for Students BREHMER MUSIC CENTER 634 State Street Professional Instruction on Accordion and Guitar Full line of Instrument Sales and Service ROY ' S PASTERIES 5810 Calumet Avenue Open Sundays 7a.m. to 1 a.m. Russell 1720 Wiping his brow after winning the student 21 tournament is Norm Zuvich. For That After Game Treat Go Where the Gang Goes 119 It Was Good for a Good Laugh: Faculty-Alumni Basketball Game Top Row: First Picture: During the Alumni-Faculty Basketball game, Mr. Flack awarded Mr. R. M. Wilson with a tire- chief hat for his good work with the Safety Council. Second Picture: Coach Carlson hurt? He is being taken out of the game and treated by Doc Fuller, Nurse Gares. and Doc Jaris. Mr. Rudd assists. Secret reports were that the coach was simply lying down on the job. Third Picture: Faculty and alumni scramble for the ball. It ' s there, I see it. Bottom Row: First Picture: Members of the Faculty Team: Mr. Rudd, Mr. Binstock, Mr. Ranney, Coach Carlson, Coach Bereolos, Mr. Parson and Mr. Jefchak. Note their interest in what is happening on the floor. Second Picture: The officials of the Alumni-Faculty game are, 1 etl to right: Mr. R. M. Wilson, time keeper; Coach Birkett, score keeper; Mr. Flack, official an- nouncer. Final score of the game was 27 to 27 -|- 2 for the referee (Miss Nisle). This page was sponsored by the Tech Alumni Association. Support your school after graduation by joining the Alumni Association. 1(20 Dress for the Occasion Rent Your Outfit from LOGAN ' S We Carry a Complete Line of TUXEDOS — SUMMER FORMALS FULL DRESS SUITS AND ACCESSORIES 5315 Hohman Ave. Hammond, Indiana SUMMER FORMALS WITH STAIN SHY Finest of Foods VOGEL ' S Inc. RESTAURANT 1250 Indianapolis Boulevard Telephone Whiting 1250 Whiting, Indiana HAMMOND PLUMBING S HOME SUPPLY PLUMBING — HEATING — APP LIANCES 555 State Street Phone Sheffield 5802 PAXTON LUMBER COMPANY MAID RITE QUALITY BUILDING MATERIAL 4928 Hohman Avenue Hammond, Indiana 5815 Calumet Avenue Sheffield 10367 Sheffield 4488 Hammond, Indiana HAMMOND ELECTRIC COMPANY MOTORS Repaired, Rented, Bought, Sold Installed, Exchanged 6036-38 Calumet Avenue Sheffield 5400 THE CAMERA SHOP. 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Compliments ol SEARS, ROEBUCK CO. 452 State Street Hammond, Indiana Compliments KLINES MODERN COPIES PRINTERS 5106 Hohman Avenue Hammond, Indiana Russell 2550 Operating a milling machine in one of Tech ' s machine shops is John Czyszczon. 123 INCLUDES: Class Rings Announcements Calling Cards Medals Cups Trophies From HERFF-JONES COMPANY Represented by M. L. VOGEL MINER TELEVISION See TV REPAIRS ALL MAKES 7331 Calumet Avenue Hammond, Indiana FEHRING WATCH REPAIRING 7338 Calumet Avenue Hammond, Indiana STERN WOODMAR HARDWARE CO. 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They are: Helen Wojciechowski, Joan Ross, Donna Warkentien, Roberta Stirling, Shirley Kistler, Patricia Stephenson, Shirley Hardesty, Lois Harvey, Mary Ford, Pat Rose, Ramona Snodgrass, Mary Worosz, Ann Larson and Marilyn Plaskett. Standing with Miss Mildred Peehl are Jean Raymond and Mary Kuhajdek. Compliments of R. F. Hoyt — E. W. Eurley — M. Kitsberg 5319 Hohman Avenue Russell 9300 Phone Sheffield 682 129 BORDEN ' S If it ' s Borden’s it ' s got to be good 402 Clinton Sheffield 536 Phone Russell 7870 HOOSIER MOBILE HOMES 6750 Calumet Avenue Success in Life to All Tech Students Hammond, Indiana SPORTING GOODS Hobby DILDINE Center CHICAGO CALUMET 5711 Calumet, Hammond Sheffield 1482 DIST. TRANSIT CO. LYNN ' S DEPARTMENT STORE 5609-11 Calumet Avenue Sheffield 1028 Shoreline SERVICE HARDWARE HOUSEWARES — PAINTS HOME SUPPLIES 5631 Calumet Ave. Sheffield 1086 Hammond, Ind. 130 Inland Steel Company, 3710 Waiting St., East Chicago, Ind. Y ou’re saying goodbye to your high school days — but you’re saying hello to new, exciting days ahead. Congratu- lations and welcome to the future ! In this future, Inland Steel’s opportun- ities are yours . . . opportunities open to high school grads. If you have some mechanical training or aptitude, there are careers open in many fields: as machinists, welders, electricians, patternmakers, pipefitters, boilermakers. There are careers to follow in metallurgy and chemistry. And there are opportun- ities in the office and clerical fields. The job of production — making the steel needed to keep America strong — offers a challenge to alert, young men. You can have a “get-ahead” future through Inland’s training opportunities. You can get apprentice or on-the-job training to become more skilled in your trade. You also can get college training and a college certificate through the Pur- due-Inland Training Program, a program where Inland sponsors you through this course at Purdue Extension. Inland has been in the busy Calumet Region for more than a half-century. We’ll be here in the future, too, because we’re a basic industry, making a product used by everyone, including the housewife opening a can of peas and the G.I. firing an artillery shell. Inland Steel Company serves the nation — and it can serve you, too, in the exciting days ahead. Compliments of WESTERN SOUTHERN INSURANCE Compliments of RED ROOSTER A Good Place to Eat 6024 Calumet Avenue Sheffield 10082 GEM SHELL SERVICE Complete Lubrication — Tire Repairs — Batteries Washing and General Repair Work FRANK J. PELC, Prop. 173rd and Calumet Ave. Sheffield 10085 Hammond, Indiana ESSLINGER GREENHOUSE C. R. ESSLINGER 1147 Wilcox Street Hammond, Ind. Sheffield 5129 Next to Diplomas Graduates want Gifts from the MINAS COMPANY The Store that ' s famous for gifts that give lasting pleasure and pride EDWARD C. MINAS COMPANY State Street Hammond E: liili Pictured above is Karl Foote, winner of the Optimist Club Speaking Contest April 29. His topic was “Op- timism — a Faith that Leads to Achievement. ' ' WALZ CYCLE SHOP SCHWINN BICYCLES 623 State Street Hammond, Ind. Sheffield 686 VAN SENUS SUPER SERVICE SUPER SERVICE STATION Specialized Lubrication 165th and Hohman Hammond, Ind. Phone: Sheffield 10292 Good Year TIRES JAN ' S PIZZERIA Pizza Pies Beef and Sausage Sandwiches at their best A TREAT THAT ' S RARE 7509 Calumet Avenue Hammond, Ind. Russell 2024 JIM JOE ' S SERVICE GAS — OIL — WASHING — GREASING ‘ 7517 Calumet Avenue Hammond, Ind. Sheffield 10004 132 MAYFLOWER TRANSIT NATION WIDE Compliments of a FRIEND Represented by CARLEY ' S BEST MOVERS Local and Long Distance 4605 Hohman Avenue Sheffield 396 TRI-CITY ELECTRIC CO. 624 1 Calumet Avenue Hammond, Indiana Russell 6850 O ' CONNOR FURNACE COMPANY 6939 Calumet Ave. Hammond, Indiana Sheffield 3871 Compliments of NORTHERN INDIANA PUBLIC SERVICE A Dependable Service 5625 Hohman Avenue Compliments of Compliments of lURGENSON ' S DAIRY QUEEN ANDERSON ' S LAUNDROMAT 133 Boys gym class enjoying the out-of-doors. Congratulations to the GRADUATING CLASS OF ' 53 KREILERS SERVICE STATION 169th and Wicker Sheffield 10523 JOHNSTON ' S TEXACO SERVICE 7403 Calumet Avenue Hammond, Indiana Sheffield 10117 HYDROX CORPORATION 4808 Hohman Avenue Tech students, Ken Eriks and Don Elman at work in Emil ' s Shop. Compliments of EMIL ' S CABINET SHOP Sheffield 1297-J Compliments of HENRY N. BIEKER, INC. DE SOTO and PLYMOUTH DISTRIBUTOR 5749 Calumet Avenue Left to Right: Marilyn Plaskett. 1953 Track Queen; her attendants, Rosemary Messinio, Maggie Gootee and Mary Beres. 135 The Grandest Fun _ . N r j N r Every Saturday, under the Moon Sunday, Holiday Keep The Crowd Together at MADURA DANCELAND — Your Piomland N. Calumet Ave. and Indianapolis Blvd. For Good Fun Remember MADURA ' S DANCELAND Pictured above are a few of Tech ' s 1952 Junior-Senior Prom-goers. Time: 12 Midnight. Place: Madura ' s Danceland. - „ • 4 . , 7 -5 v K n •- .; i s )► f W ' j ' : ' I 4 1 ' P f W- •yv j � «X •■ •� . If. - I, ., K: .f -i-f 1 f§ ? 1 J.I %■ ' « ■ F ; -f r� £ l « s. 2 ■ ' — • • - - r z j 4 t ' 4 K “•■ - • 4«t t k t rtfc tL- .fr‘if fc- � r . ' • a - t v - - £ - - - - - . r J 4 . jrffc ■ - ' ' t ir 2 2 : ' ; ' • - • - - % - -, - • n ' ••ti � 5 2 ' ? 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