Valparaiso High School - Valenian Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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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

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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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Diversified activities through the years The Seniors of 1945 proudly display their float in the Homecoming Parade The Homecoming tradi- tion began in 1934. and in 1944 the first queen and attendants were chosen VHS has seen the passing of many generations. Students who once practiced air raid drills or walked the hall of VHS years ago are there no more. But the building remains The study hall still contains the ornamented desks that hundreds of students have studied in The school no longer echoes with the laughter of high school girls with bobby socks and long skirts but the memories are there. Many students have sat in the lecture room, puzzled over a physics assignment in study hall, or hurried through the halls between classes. And even today, VHS is full of life — students learning the knowledge that previous generations have learned in addition to new knowledge brought about by our changing world Students of 1925 pose for Valenian pictures Casual snapshots, as well as baby pictures and jokes were always included in the annual Senior boys of 1943 jwrform their talents for the student body I he study hall, room 103. has been the scene of many accomplishments 20