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

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Willingness to share possessions, kind- ness. and sympathy are traits that now are be- coming more and more prevalent in the aver- age student. Some minor tragedy such as spill- ing the contents of one's notebook in a crowded hall brings a quick and helping hand, instead of the do-it-yourself attitude of a year and a half ago. A renewed faith and friendship with one another is fast springing up amoung us. A greeting in the hall, a shared candy bar. a teasing about someone's best girl are the usual and unspectacular things of school life. But what is more important, they are real, liv- ing they are our loyalty in action. The war has broken up many of. our homes, taken our brothers and sweethearts into untold danger. We hear what were once strange and somehow formidable terms applied to our own lives. -We get up earlier to come to school in order to save electricity and free students for work early in the afternoon. We do without the car on party nights and wear last winter's coat. These are new things, strange and even a little frightening because they upset what we thought was an unchange- able, all-powerful way of life. But day by day we gather courage from one another and go on because our loyalty demands it.

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Unseen yet strong and intimate, our loyal- ty to one another and to our school is ever present. To take this mutual sympathy, under- standing and friendship from us is impossible. It is well this is so because without it there would be no organization and no harmony in our lives. It has always been here and it shall always be here. I is a bond between us, making us one. Students who have graduated in years past give constant demonstrations of their faith- fulness to their Alma Mater. They attend games, plays, musicals; they write letters from army camps spurring students on to more and bigger bond and stamp purchases. Teachers receive letters from alumni thanking them for some help or kindness received in the past. Donations toward school projects are another indication of the support of townsfolk. All who come and lsarn or all who are interested in the school in any way carry with them always memory of the part they played in this school's history. It is not only our school but theirs as well. Today, the evidences of loyalty among the students are in the modem, casual fashion; but in actuality they are stronger because of the fear and horror the whole world is experienc- ing.

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The real interest the teachers show toward students and their problems is a credit to La Porte High School. Day in, day out, stormy and fair weather, hectic and dull days, our teachers are always here, ready to help. Because of their in- struction, interest, and helpfulness, many young people have been started on a road of life that is within their ability and suited to their likes and dis- likes. They become responsible citizens and a credit to the community. And there, back of it all. is some teacher, smiling end happy because of a job well done. Through the four years of our high school career Mrs. Little, our counsellor, has suggested ideas to us and lent a sympathetic ear to our prob- lems. Now at our graduation we extend sincere thanks to our loyal friend, Mrs. Little.