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

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TO OUR superintendent, says .... We hope that you, the youth of today, will understand that any intelligent design in building for to- morrow must have character as its chief cornerstone. There will be other important foundation stones such as physical fitness, intellectual maturity, emotional stability, and vocational competence, but through them all must run a spiritual quality as a thread runs through a string of pearls. Then, by the wise use of a rich fabrication of human relationships, you can pay the highest honor to your creative in- stincts by building upon these stones lives af beauty and usefulness. If many of you, the youth of this generation, so build, you can form the kind of a society which you were not fortunate enough to inherit; a society that will be enduring and beneficent. Yes, you the youth of today, have a date with the world of tomorrow—it promises to be exciting, ex- acting, and exhausting, but it must not be blind. 6

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COMMERCE FOREIGN LANGUAGE MUSIC MATHEMATICS SCIENCE OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD Fine arts includes two departments. The art department familiarizes a builder with art in everyday life. The art student is offered a study in commercial art or in advanced art with pastel, oil, water colors, pencil, pen and ink, and crayons. Painting, figure drawing, and story illustration are used as subject matter. The purpose of the music department is to acquaint builders with the history and literature of good music and to develop an interest in an understanding of it. Rand, orchestra, a cappella, and glee clubs are offered for those who are especially talanted and interested. It is more than evident that the language department in La Porte High School is outstanding. Ro- mance languages, French and Spanish, do much to acquaint us with our international neighbors; and these with Latin improve a student's knowledge of English. The forpurpose of the mathematics department is to develop a mind of logical, formulated, clear, constructive reasoning as well as to teach the solving of practical problems in arithmetic always needed by a builder. The workouts which a builder undergoes in the physical education department stimulate growth in muscular control, teach a builder the rules and courtesies of games, develop in him habits of correct liv- ing, create a sense of prevention of accidents, and develop participation in group activity. The department of home economics equips a builder with the ability to achieve a higher standard of living which he will carry with him to his home and family life. The industrial arts department attracts many of our builders. In this machine age, one must be machine minded. With the training in high school, students are well qualified to take their places in in- dustry. During the last few years, alumni of this department have made outstanding contributions to the war effort. Science is a field of tomorrow as well as today. Since science deals in part with matter which can not be created or destroyed, this department has never lost is brilliance and is gaining in importance in building for the future. Are you a worth while citizen? The aim of the social science department is to make intelligent, use- ful citizens of the builders by stressing the history, civics, and social fields of study. La Porte High School's curriculum is well rounded and the builder indeed has manifold opportuni- ties to build for the future.

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says .... The building, done by a student in high school, will determine, largely, the constructive work that he is able to do in the future. Guided by understanding experts, each pupil must first select a challenging, inspirational site on which he is to build his structure. The builder needs to discuss and finally chose a suitable type of building design, one so complete that there will be little need for many additions. There should be definite stipulations for good materials to be used, first, in a solid foundation, and after that, in the structure itself. Careful thought and precision in following all specifications for the floor plans will lend the new project an air of stability and essential unity. Lastly, for a harmonious whole the landscaping must fit the building to its environment. Thus, to every student La Porte High School offers opportunity to make and follow out a blue print or plan, not for a house, but for a building of strength for the future. 7