La Porte High School - El Pe Yearbook (La Porte, IN)

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Hedstrom portrayed that part in the play. With that howling success behind us, we marched on to the higher and greater things in store: the Junior-Senior Banquet and Prom. The theme was a park, you remember, and after whitewashing miles of fence, constructing and lug- ging around concrete lampposts, blowing and tying thousands of white balloons to repre- sent grapes, stringing the ceiling with leaves, and finishing the whole thing off with arti- ficial trees, with a band stand for the orchestra, we thought we'd really done ourselves up right. Mother Nature had her fun with a steady downpour of rain all day, but her humor played out by late afternoon and everything was fresh and clear for the big night. We'll never forget how Eugene Chalik delayed announcing that Jean Bowman had been elected our Prom Queen. After that was cleaned up and over with, we bade the seniors goodby and went home to rest up through the summer months for our own senior year. That fall, supported by other classes, we started things rolling by giving the annual Mixer Dance for the freshmen. After that we elected Harry Lenard to the head of our class with Moris Drake as vice-president. Charles Yast as secretary, and Jack Cockshott as treas- urer. The basis of our problems now was to raise sufficient money for all the expenses we would have to stand. Our after-game dances during the football and basketball season were well supported by the rest of the school, and we were well pleased with our success. Being a high and mighty senior we found isn't the life it's talked up to be. Things were just about the same. Of course we did have more to say about most things, but the uppermost thought in our minds was the little time we had left in which to do them. There v as no consolation in hoping we'd be missed. We knew we wouldn't be—there were too many to take our places to leave a lack anywhere. But what was troubling us was where would our place be after we left here? Would there be a vacancy to fill somewhere out in that big world? Some of this problem was solved by the vocational guidance project of the American Association of University Wom9n. Each person was given a battery of tests which consisted of a vocational interest inventory; a mental power test; a reading test; and an achievement test which diagnosed our accomplishments in mathematics, science, social studies, and English. The results of these tests enabled Mr. Hargrave, our counselor, to give us valuable advice as to the work in which we would be most likely to succeed. The senior play, What a Life, starring Wesley Kiley, was chalked up as a howling success. Then we started having our senior pictures taken and everyone was showing his proofs around and distributing name cards to anyone who would carry one away. About this time the Student Government was at the heat of its war over the sweater bill. The athletes naturally opposed the bill, and the record for this year is an interesting one to read. One thing that did go through in our favor was the seating arrangement in assemblies. We were given the best possible seats and were kept in a body. In the future now, the classes will progress from inferior seats to better ones as they advance in school instead of sitting in undesirable seats perhaps their entire four years. The Spring Dance was next in line and as this was our last chance at giving a dance, we put into it everything we had left and wound up our record with a grand finale. The theme of the dance was patriotism, with our red, white, and blue hitting you in the face every way you turned. With our programs flaunting our theme, we carry a fond remembrance of the success of the last dance to be sponsored by the class of 1941. With the Spring Dance over, we realized how short the time left to spend in L.P.H.S. was getting to be. The juniors were beginning work on the Prom and we were left sitting with nothing to do, so we threw all efforts in the direcion of the final fling we would have at the school, Class Day. Winding up with a program the school will long remember, we pass reluctantly through the gate of graduation, sorry to leave old L.P.H.S. of whom we had become so fond in those four years. Carry on, you underclassmen, and take good care of her. We put her in your hands. (15)

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Senior A The day dawned at last! We were starting out on our first day as high school students. How many years we had waited for this chance. With mingled feelings of an- ticipation and trepidation we began our high school careers. Our first week was one of the most hectic of our experience. Hounded and hunted from class to class by fun-loving upperclassmen, we got acquainted with our rooms and teachers and became familiar with this new, exciting, and infinitely different high school life. However, before long everyone became engrossed in his own school activities and we became the forgotten men. so for- gotten in fact as practically to be ignored. After standing the indifference of the others as long as we could, we finally blossomed out with a freshman frolic to make the school at least know we were here. This event went down on the books under the heading of ’ success. SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS Harry Lenard, Moris Drake. Charles Yasl, lack Cockshott Our sophomore year wasn't much different from what any other class gees through. We joined the Girl Reserves and Hi-Y and were put through the last public all-day initiation the school has seen. Things went so far that year that public initiations were discontinued. The seniors tried to teach us how to dance by inviting us down to the gym and showing us what they knew by dancing with us. but our ineptitude must have dampened their en- thusiasm for the attempt wasn't much of a success. As the year drew to a close, we began to anticipate our next two years to be spent as upperclassmen. Two years of our high school life were over! With our third year came real responsibilities at last. Our first major problem was the election of our officers. Of course we had had them other years, but this was the first year they had any significance. Eugene Chalik was made our president. We plunged immediately into preparations for the Thanksgiving Dance. And did we plunge! In fact we landed on the bottom. But here at last was our first chance to show the school what we really could do, and we didn't want to belittle our opportunity. An Indian tepee with a ''burning' campfire was the main attraction of the dance. It should have been, considering the work it was to construct it. After is was all over we didn't have much else to do until our junior play, Come out of the Kitchen.'' went into production. Long will we remember painting and cutting out those colored Mammies given with each ticket purchased. Vera (14)

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Jran Allen Della Allium James Aiulmon Sown Atkinton Mary Ellen Ault Melvin Bach Robert Bain Marcia llarnum l-ela Bauch Jacqueline Berman Pauline Bcetnon Henry B«!»»w»kl Walter Bennls Ben Brtnacehl CieorBMM' Beutier I juH Blake laoJie lll.ur Fred Ilatunaun Garnett Hermann (lurln Bower» Marion Bower» Robert Boyce Merrill Hrockw.v) Kulhie Burrlen The library is a busy place. Lot’s hope it fits. Every girl likes a gentleman. First Row JEAN ALLEN A friend in need is a friend indeed. Cirl Reserve 3, Cabinet a; Travel Club 3; French Club Sec- retary 3; Girls’ Bowline j; Geometry Contest 2. DELLA ALLISON Deep in a dream. Girl Reserve 3: French Club 2, 3; Marionette Club 1, 2: Girls' Bowling j; Glee Club t, 2, 3. 4; Mixed Chorus 2 3. 4; A ( appella Choir i, 4: Operetta 1, 2, 3. 4; N. I. T. A Chorus 4; Choral Contest 3. 4. JAMES ANDERSON A man of his men ideas. L. P. H. S. t. i. 3. 4- SUSAK ATKINSON iVil is the sail of conversation. Girl Reserves 4: Sliccrette 1, 2, President 3. Secretary 4; Hi-Timrs Staff 3. MARY ELLEN AULT Fev know her as she really is. Junior Red Cross t. Home Economics Club 3. 4: Orchestra 1. J. 4. Junior Honor Society 2, 3; Honorable Mention 1, 2. i. 4. MELVIN BACH A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance. Band 2, 3. Varsity Football 3. 4; Basketball 2, 3. 4. Sopho- more Basketball 1; Freshman Basketball 1; Intramural Bas- ketball 1. »; Track 3. 4; Monitor 2. 3, 4. ROBERT BAIN At money matters I'm a sehis. Hi-Y 2, 3. Treasurer 4: Travel Club 1. 2. 3, Vice-President 4: Junior Rot ( toss 3, President 4; Axe Club 3. 4; L'nited State Re-earth Association 4; Monitor Captain 3: Assembly Program Committee 4: Reserve Basketball r: Intramural Basketball 1, 3. 4: Baseball 3. 4; Junior Honor Society 3; Honor Roll r; Honorable Mention 1. 3. 4i Hi-Y Formal Dance Committee 2, 3. 4. Spring Dance Committee 4; Tranksgiving Dance Com- mittee 3: Prom Committee 3; Banquet Committee 3: President Northern Indiana Red Cross Council 4: Junior Play 3; Senior Play 4. MARCIA BARNTM Good when not otherwise Girl Reserves 2. 3. 4; Junior Amateur 1. j. 3. 4; Band t; As sembly Program Committee t; Pep Session Committee 4: Girl Reserves Dance Committee 4: Spring Dance Committee 3; Thanksgiving Dance Committee 2; Mixer Dance Committee 1; Senior Play 4. Second Row LELA BAUCH “She sees the sunny side of things. French Club i. 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 3. JACQUELI NE BEEMAN Pretty as a picture Girl Reserves 2. 3. 4. Sketch C ub 2; French Club 2; United States Research Association 4: Girls’ Bowling 2. 3. 4; Home Room Representative 1; Girl Reserve Dance Committee 4. PAULINE BEEMON Pm just a fitterhut. Girl Reserves 2. 3, 4: Junior Amateur 1. 2, 3. 4: Sketch Club 4. President 2. 3. Marionette Club 1; Girls' Howling 3. ’■ Orchestra 1. 3. 4. District Solo First Division Winner 3; N. I T. A. Chorus 2. 3. 4; Indians State Fair Orchestra 4. Senior Play 4. Regional First Division Winner 1. (16)