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

Page 12 text:

ADMINISTRATION Under the capable and conscientious leadership of the Board of Education consisting of Ben Rees, Elwood D. Hawn, Dr. G. O Larson and Paul F. Boston, the school sys- tem of La Porte has become one of the finest in the state. A new but welcome personality here is Mr. Boston, cur new Superintendent of Schools. We have known him only o few months, but his friendly manner and warm in- terest have made him well-liked by all. A man who has more trouble with the GREMLINS than any one else is our principal, John M. French. He must reprimand us as well as guide and help us. Although we do not always agree with him, his fair judgment, kind understanding, and willingness to help a student, make him a man we all respect and lik'e. We should like especially to thank the hard working office force for their patience and cooperation in every- thing from giving us detention slips to selling books. The staff includes Mrs. Leona Collins, Mrs. Jean Hilgendorf, Mrs. Genevieve Serwatka, Mrs. Frances Burden and Miss Josephine Pate. Our school nurse, Mrs. Anna Bright has done a marvellous job in keeping La Porte High School healthy. She has assisted in giving physical exams, given lectures and even treated our cuts and bruises. To one other individual we owe our thanks; for even though we may be led astray by the bad GREMLINS, our able attendance officer, Mrs. Sadie Marnes, always brings us back. Paul F. Boston John M. French

Page 11 text:

A few members of our class now in service and pictured here are Roy Thayer, Bob Rhoda, Jock Grace, Clarence Moore, Casmir Brenda, Ronald Ogle, James Esbjorn, Rudy Saliwonchik, Fred Slinkord, James Kimmel.

Page 13 text:

FACULTY Four years ago a class of bewildered and somewhat frightened youngsters entered La Porte High School. Some were full of determination to make their marks in this be- fuddled world, and others were imbued with the impression that a group of forbidding personages, known as the faculty , held the key to this much desired knowledge. Four years ogo, we of the Senior Class of 1944, shyly and somewhat hesitatingly, start- ed on our journey. During these four trying, but fun-packed years of furthering our education, we have learned to appreciate not only the friendship of this faculty group, but also the values received from their training. Most important is the courage they have instilled in us to carry on. The war has brought many changes to the school as well as to our industries. Many of our faculty have joined the armed services and others have left us to work in war industries. Although we hated to lose those whom we had known since our fresh- man days, we welcomed the new teachers who succeeded them. In addition to their teaching responsibilities most of the faculty have other tasks. Many are working in Civilian Defense; others are wearing the arm band of the Red Cross; still others are working hard on war bond and stamp committees and other in- numerable jobs of equal importance. We now realize that teachers are not only effic- ient in classrooms but capable in many other lines. Now, more than ever before, the backbone of education, the schoolteacher, has become a civic leader. Frequent conferences, sometimes after three o'clock, school journeys, conselling periods, and industrial co-ordination hove paved the avenues of better acquaintance between pupils and faculty members, clubs, assemblies, and class parties have served a double purpose. They have been fun for the faculty and students, and they hove made students realize that the teachers too, are human beings. Much credit for our success is due to the helping hand of our counsellors. Mrs. Russell was the counsellor for the mid-term seniors until this last year when they were turned over to Mr. Hyde We appreciate her helping hand through our first three years. All the seniors wish to thank Mr. Hyde, for it was through his guidance and perserverance we were able to elect subjects best fitted to our potentialities and so- cial needs, subjects thot would help us obtain the social and business positions we as citizens wished to follow. Again we wish to thank both Mrs. Russell and Mr. Hyde for their patience and understanding. We may not have shown our gratitude at the time, but their help was deeply appreciated. We have very often found that the persons we feared ond thought were austere and unapproachable have really given us a wrong impression. Our school faculty is eager to serve the ambitions of all of us and to help us in any way they can. We, of the class of 1944, ore really proud of our faculty. In our assemblies and especially on class day, we may not show it, but nevertheless we feel that they rate among the best Our faculty is chosen from a wide field of troining. A majority are native Hoosiers, but we find thot the training fields ronge all over the United States from coast to coast. A national check-up held recently proved thot L. P. H. $. instruc- tors were well-qualified and alert to new trends in education. Each is a specialist in his own line and is eager to aid aspiring students toward the goal each aspires to. We, the Seniors of L P H S., respect the qualifications of these instructors and appreciate the privilege of their instruction ond friendship. We will strive to be worthy of the confi- dence they have placed in us. So we soy thank you, to our friends, the facu'ty. M. E. Hyde Agnes V. Anderson Dr. Leo M. Hauptman Senior Counsellor and Dean ol Girls Direclor of Secondary Dean of Boys Education