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

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For years familiar sights on playgrounds in Hammond have been bicycle racks made by Tech Welding Shop students. Study Halls were an important part of the day for many Tech students it was for these 1963 scholars. Above Tech Band was one of the Region’s great high school bands. Center left — Girls’ Athletic programs at Tech blossomed in the school ' s later years. Center— “Bootsy White, 1969 graduate, was all-time bas- ketball scoring champ in the Calumet Region. Center right — The FT Northern Indiana Football Conference Championship playoff gad with South Bend Riley was played in mud. 16

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Left — Gerald Carpenter shows Mr. Shaw, his Pattern shop instruc- tor, and Melvin Ruder, right, his winning entry in the Fisher Body Design contest in 1960. Below left — Mr. Benson delivered the Tech history during the Dedication program April 19, 1959, in the new auditorium. Below right — The student hall monitors served Tech very well for many years. The new Tech building was completed when the north wing, cafeteria and auditorium were built. Center left — Miss Orpha Dean taught an intensive course in filing. A class project was to file enrollment cards for Board of Education. Center right — In Mrs. Parre ' s Speech class, students like Janis Lake were taught public speaking. 15

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Below left — In this ’71 picture, Mr. Kuncel instructs a student in wiring a 407.” Computer Programming and Tab Lab became important ele- ments in the business program. Below right — Mildred Peehl was a well- known and respected teacher in Tech ' s history. Ron Vincent, Miss Inga Erickson R.N., Carol Parento, and Mr. R.M. Wilson, safety supervisor in the 60’s, admired the Safety Award which was presented to Tech by the Calumet Industrial Safety Council. 1‘Tech students, caught in this 1965 moment of victory, have always ;acherished Tiger Spirit. 17