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

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ART SOCIAL SCIENCE HOME ECONOMICS INDUSTRIAL ARTS ENGLISH PHYSICAL EDUCATION HERE HUNDREDS SEEK MANIFOLD A blue print is essential before construction begins on a modern building. Thus, it is in the life of a high school pupil. A definite, thorough flexible plan, should be prepared for each and every student builder. If he wishes to build successfully, the foundation and framework must be sound and designed to last throughout the successes and trials of his entire life. That is why we, the members of the class of 1945, are emphasizing Building for the Future. Not only the foundation, but the ground floor is completed during these four years which are, perhaps, the best in which to build for success. In our high school life we have the opportunity to meet many people, both teachers and students; the opportunity to join many activities; and the opportunity to prepare for a vocation. ¥ La Porte High School offers many diversified extra-curricular activities—plays, committees, clubs, and athletics. Engaging actively in these makes our foundations for a successful future more secure. Varied activities allow us to build in co-operation, sportsmanship, and loyalty. We believe that one of the most important foundations is the preparation for a vocation. The various departments of LaPorte High School contribute to the building of well-qualified students who are then able to go out and take their places in the world. The commercial courses form a varied field from which a builder may choose. His interest in the commercial department should enable him to prepare records which will serve as a guide in future spending, to use proper English with reference to business correspondence, to grow and improve in the secretarial fields, and to develop the essential business knowledge needed by an intelligent consumer. In short, the mastery of any of these branches of knowledge enhances the ability of a future builder. The English department is divided into three sections: literature, speech, and writing. The first of these deals with the various forms of literature, poetry, prose, and drama, and a study of the historical back- ground of our literature. Training in the use of speech in life-like situations and special occasions fur- ther enables a builder to express himself orally in a more efficient and persuasive manner. Throughout the entire course of composition, importance is placed on sound thinking; for it is evident that in many respects good writing is impossible without good thinking. Too, the work in the last division increases a builder's skill in enlarging his vocabulary and in helping him to give a written contribution in the light of his own experience.

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THE 1945 EL-PE Presented By THE SENIOR CLASS Of LA PORTE HIGH SCHOOL La Porte, Indiana

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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.