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

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The Annex is a cool-looking, vine-covered building. This building houses about one-fourth of the school's approximate 1,200 students. nnex In 1931, the Annex was built. This addition to the school contains 3 regular classrooms, a woodshop, a metal shop, a print shop, a drawing room, a small auditorium where the band and orchestra meet, a choir room, and a laundry room. The Annex is connected to the main building by a short, well-lighted breeze- way.

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 T-42-on-2 is the cry, and out to battle goes rugged Harold Hargrave to fight it out with the opponent. This year there are quite a few ''old timers, from the standpoint of service, teaching in the high school. Adding their years of service together, Mrs. Bernice Dunlap Thomas, Mr. M. E. Hyde, Miss Lawrie Davis, Miss Frankie Jones, and Mr. E. P. Beabout have con- tributed 161 years of service to the school. Others who have been at LaPorte High School more than 20 years are Mrs. Genevieve Serafin Ser- watka, Mrs. Ruth Andrew Coffeen, Miss Thelma Bees- ley, Miss Dorothy Dick, Mr. Edgar Hobbs, Mrs. Jesse Hotchkiss, Miss Ruth Huddleston, Mrs. Muriel Russell, Mr. Henry W. Schulze, and Miss Ruth Walk. Of the many people who have helped in the ad- vancement of education in LaPorte, John M. French, M. E. Hyde, and Harold Hargrave are fine examples. Mr. French has been principal of the LaPorte High School for 27 years. The 1955-1956 school year is Mr. French's last year. All LaPorte will remember and appreciate Mr. French's guidance for many years. Mr. Harold Hargrave will take Mr. French's place next year. Mr. Hargrave has been a teacher at LaPorte High School since the school year of 1939-1940 and for the last 17 years has been a student counselor. Mr. M. E. Hyde has been with the high school since 1921 and has been a student counselor for 20 years. This year Mr. Hyde is the counselor for the senior class. Page fifteen

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The Annex in itself is the home base for many activities in the high school besides classes. This added building houses the Swing Choir, the La Porte High School Radio Players, and the Dance Band. The Swing Choir is a selected group of singers who travel to various cities in several states and give choral performances. This group was initiated in the high school in 1954 by David Simpson. A group of musicians selected from the concert band form the Dance Band. This dance band gives an annual concert and plays for many high school dances. The group was started by Gene Pennington, a long-time director of the organization. The La Porte High School Radio Players is an organization made up of students from the radio speech classes. Various plays are enacted by the participants and are broadcast over WLOI under the direction of Miss Vera Kellogg. All of these organizations are assets to the high school. Mr. Prokl shows a student how to operate a piece of machinery, while others labor over their projects. Page seventeen