Valparaiso High School - Valenian Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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Sports take shape and change Athletics have long been an important part of VHS. Track began in 1905 and VHS acquired its first baseball team in 1908. In the spring of 1915 under the leadership of William Schenck, the high school tennis team was organized. The Val- paraiso High School Athletic Association began in 1916 after Professor |esse appointe d a committee to draw up a consti- tution, and on October 23, 1916, the first meeting was held In 1926 golf was introduced into the sports program. All sports except football and track were dropped in 1943 because of the war and transportation difficulties. When the war ended all sports resumed. Today, VHS enjoys a tremendous variety of athletic activities under the guidance of experi- enced leaders The trophy case stands in the east hall of VHS in 1 938 Golf has been a part of ' HS for forty years I he football team fights for another win 24

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The first Valenian staff of 1917 works feverishly to meet a deadline The class of 1917 estab- lished Valenian as the permanent name for the annual. Couples attending the 1941 Junior-Senior Prom dance to the music of Mickey Isley ' s Band Sote the styles of the year The 1939 band proudly displays their green and white uniforms 23

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I ' he Girl’s Reserve basketball team of 1 930 poses for a group picture