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

Page 7 text:

 Tradition in LaPortc High . . . Within these ivy covered walls there is something more than students and teachers, books and desks. This something is behind our athletes when they play a big game, behind our club leaders when they have to make a big decision, behind each and every one of us as we go about our studies and activities. This something is the tradition in LaPortc High. During LPHS’s one hundred and three years of existence, our tradi- tion has been steadily growing. Tradition in LaPortc High School is a composite of the achievements of each individual. It is the basis of the Sliccr espirit de corps.” LAPORTE HIGH

Page 6 text:

TRADITION IN

Page 8 text:

DEDICATION Miss Ruth Walk Every person who has been a part of that in- stitution known as the classroom is always able to recall pleasant memories about at least one teacher. Many students who have left our ivy-covered struc- ture do just that when they think of our Miss Walk. Attesting to this fact arc the number of LaPorte parents who, when sending their children to their first day of high school, remind them, Look up Miss Walk and ask her if she remembers me. Tell her I was in that sociology class of hers in ’44.” And on the other hand, Miss Walk fondly recalls her ex-students by such exclamations as, Oh yes, I remember your mother, such a bright young girl.” Out of the past of this teacher come lawyers and ministers, housewives and secretaries, business- men and teachers, and even a governor. And with her simple philosophy of TLC (Tender love and care) she has left an indelible mark on the lives of all of those who have been a part of her associations. Her sister Anna says that she began her teaching career in her first year at school when she taught Anna, then four, to read. Page four