Liberty Township High School - Moraine Yearbook (Chesterton, IN)

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high school THE 1 9 3 1 LIBERT Y E CHO OF liberty township Editor-in-Chief ...... Assistant Editor Advertising Managers Circulation Manager . Art Editor ........... Alumni Editor Calendar Editor ...... Joke Editor .......... Athletic Editors ANNUAL BOARD .....Marion Hineline ......Elmer Johnson f Carlton Dillingham I Elestor McGolerick .......Owen Babcock ......Edna Franzson .....Herman Schmidt .......Anna Johnson ....Marian Reynolds ....f Avis Babcock I Paul Hoffman PAGE TWO

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OUR SCHOOL HE first building to house the Liberty Township High School was built in 1913. The high school was or- ganized with Frank P. Hickner as principal. Since that time eighty-one young men and women have received diplomas from Liberty. Following Mr. Hickner, John E. Small, C: H. Reider, E. E. Wright, Wm. Welch and Hazel Broad Bockelmann have served as principal. The enrollment in the four years of high school has increased from fifteen to seventy-five. In 1913 the state department granted a commission which has been held continuously ever since. In 1928, during the second term of E. V. Gustafson as trustee, ground was purchased on the south side of the road and the fine modem building constructed which we now' have so much delight in using. We have a light, well-ventilated build- ing with adequate class rooms, a splendid gymnasium which may be used as an auditorium, and laboratories for Physics, Biology, Domestic Science, and Manual Arts. A beautiful lawn in front and a well planned athletic field in the rear make the school at- tractive to all who drive past. The curriculum at Liberty offers an unusual choice of subjects for a school of its size. A pupil may take a college-preparatory course or may choose subjects which w'ill prepare him for life in the commercial w'orld or in the home community. The school is so much more than the building which is its home. To be sure, as we return in later years, we will be glad to see the places around which so many memories cluster. But with how' much more eagerness shall we gather in alumni groups with the friends of other days! For the real school is the group of teachers and pupils whose daily activities for nine months each year w'e record in our annual. The Liberty Echo. BERTY TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL OUR ANNUAL HE creation of The Liberty Echo serves several pur- poses. It gives valuable business experience to those who solicit the advertisements which make the financing of the book possible. It is an excellent illustration of the labor and expense connected with any publication. It also gives splendid training to those who take part in writing and assembling the material which makes up the book. Although it accomplishes all of these things, still, these attainments are wholly unrelated to the real purpose of The Liberty Echo. The first Liberty Center annual was published by the senior class in 1924. Their purpose w'as to create a memory book of their high school days. A Liberty Center annual has appeared each year since that date. Quite naturally, the make-up of the annual has changed from year to year. Due to the fact the Seniors were crow'ded with other activities, the task of prepar- ing the annual was early put into the hands of the Juniors. There have been changes in school life which have greatly affected the annual. The activities of the school have increased, new' subjects have been added to curriculum, and a new' home has been built for grades six to twelve on the south side of the road. This edition of The Echo has an increased number of cuts so that the activities of those grades may be more clearly illustrated. In many other respects has the annual changed. Still the aim of its creators has never varied. Thus the design of the class of '32 in preparing this edition of The Liberty Echo is to create a memory book for those who took part in the school life at L. C. H. S. during the year 1930-1931. —Marion Hineline. three