Valparaiso High School - Valenian Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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

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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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year salute to Joseph B Brown Homer M fessee S M Woodruff Mr King Telle SUPERINTENDENTS 1916-1930 1931-1944 1945- Chauncey W. Boucher Roy B. lulian G Warren Phillips PRINCIPALS 1916-1943 1944 1945-1946 1947- Homer M. lessee loseph B Brown S. M. Woodruff Mr King Telle VHS Teachers who have retired since 1917: C. W. Boucher (Supt.) Roy B. lulian (Supt.) Homer M. lessee (Prin.) Joseph B. Brown (Prin.) Minnie McIntyre Olie Welty C O Pauley Mabel Benney Margaret Bartholomew Ralph E. Schenck Vera Sieb Edith Weems Emma R. Foor Mary S. Myers Cecil L. Bigelow Burton L Conkling Kenneth E. Pifer 26