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

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Athletes are honored at a series of sports banquets. Mr. Lentvorsky speaks at the Spring Sports Banquet. March . . . One of the less enjoyable experiences of the senior year was the tuberculin test administered by Mrs. Mehleck. 10 The choral department gave three performances of their musical, “Pajama Game. Two years in the planning stages . . . Tech Folk Singers ready themselves for European tour . . . Performance after performance . . . Endless . . . Call on community organizations . . . Tech clubs become active helpers . . . Sell sweatshirts, furniture polish . . . Record album . . .More sales. . . One month to travel time . . . Budget unsure . . . $600 per person to raise . . . Funds build . . .More concerts . . . Pajama Game . . . Press releases go out . . . Physical exams, vaccinations given . . . Arrangements made for missing classes . . . Singers begin packing . . . Little to do but wait . . . Seniors chalk up another victory, this one against the faculty in the annual Senior-Faculty Basketball Game.

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Pep band played at home basketball games. February . . . Hoosier mania becomes Tech mania . . . Early hopes high . . , Rise and fall with season scores . . . Very few pep assemblies . . . Lack of Tigerism . . . Season advances . . . Pep quickens . . . The wonder and waiting for sectional draws . . . Draw . . . Debate . . . Win looks good . . . Students purchase annual tickets. . . Flowers ordered . . .Plans made . . . Cheerleaders lead peppy student assembly . . . Players introduced . . . Coach pleads for backing . . .Game time arrives. . . Tigers take off . . . In the lead . . . Keep the lead . . . Downed in fourth . . . Hopes lost . . . Tigers bow to Morton With snow covering the fields, track runners practiced in halls for the coming season. The scoreboard tells the story as Tech lost to Morton in the sectionals held at the Civic Center. 9

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Two students rest after the Little Calumet River Clean-Up, when the five Hammond high schools united their efforts to fight pollution. Parents and students wave off the Folk Singers as they depart for their trip to Europe. April . . . Spring finally begins to show through . . . Green seems weaker . . . From all over the world youth plead for clearing our lands of pollution . . . Tech students form S.T.O.P. . . . Projects and interest grow throughout year. . . Bottles collected . . .Day given to talks, films, on pollution . . . Individuals realize the importance of the battle . . . Ban together . . . Little can be done against industry . . . What can an individual do? . . . What pollution is caused by individuals? . . . One individual can help others. . . Together they can make a dent . . . CREAD cleans the Little Calumet River . . . Dr. Hatch and Mr. Parson listen intently as a guest at the Employer-Employee Banquet talks about the importance of vocational education. When the second semester began. Senior Advisory was held each Wednesday morning. All seniors met in the auditorium to hear announcements concerning the final senior events. 11