Valparaiso High School - Valenian Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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Two thousand people witnessed the dedication of Boucher Field on September 30. 1938 Bulldozers clear the land, and steamshovels be tin to dig the foundation The foundation is latd for the 195 7 addition The addition will stand on what appears to be a useless hole in the ground

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VIKINGS The original design of the school flag appears very similar to the present day flag According to the first issue of the Valpost on November 7, 1930, George Baker walked away with all of the honors and a year ' s subscription to the school newspaper, Tuesday eve- ning, October 28, 1930. ' Valpost ' submitted by this junior in the Valparaiso High School was chosen as the name for the recent newspaper A contest for the purpose of finding a nameforthis paper was culminated on the evening of October 28 when the names were drawn by the committee composed of Mrs. VanHooser, Miss McGillicuddy, Mr. Pauley, chair- man; Mr. Schenck, Myra A ' Neals, senior representative, and Pauline Ruge, freshman representative. Philip Getzinger, junior, and Harry Johnson, sophomore, were unable to be present at the drawing. All of the names chosen by the var- ious students were read to the committee of which five were selected and voted on. Five of the votes were cast for ' Val- post ' chosen by George Baker, so the prize of a year ' s sub- scription was awarded immediately. The rules of the contest were announced in every assembly several days before the drawing by various members of the newspaper staff, thus giving each student a chance to win the prize. Many clever and original titles were submitted among which the ' Valpost ' seemed the most suitable.

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New additions to VHS According to the 1939 Valenian, on September 30, 1938 Valparaiso High School ' s football field was dedicated when the Vikings met Warsaw in its first home game of the season 1 wo thousand people witnessed the dedication on the lighted field Mr Julian, superintendent; Mr. Jesse, principal; Mr. lilton, president of the school board; and Mr. Fleishbein, representative for the mayor, dedicated the field over the loud speaking system The band, in colorful green and white uniforms, played and marched up and down the field. Be- cause of this improvement, football, for the first time, was a self-supporting sport at VHS. l he equipment consisted of eight sixty-foot poles on which were constructed at a cost of three thousand dollars, forty- eight lights. This seventy-two thousand watt system was in- stalled by Van Ness and Company. Included in the lighting system was a public address which extended into the gym I his PA system, which could be operated from the gymnasium or the field, was presented by Mr. Mandel Lowenstine to the high school before the night of dedication In September, 1957, ten new class rooms, a kitchen, and a cafeteria which seats 160 were added to Valparaiso High School Mr. Thomas Roberts had supervision of the construc- tion According to Mr Roberts, the only problem confronted by the construction was how to get two classrooms in the basement because of the regulation that classrooms cannot be built under ground level. This was solved by putting in a retaining wall and regulation size windows. The architect of this idea and also the new addition was Warren Holmes from Lansing, Michigan. The general contractor was Larson Daniel- son from LaPorte, electric contractor — Casbon Electric, plumbing contractor — Valparaiso Plumbing. The plans for future classrooms are revealed as the frame- work is completed The shop building, brought from Fort Wayne in 1949. was an old army barracks