Whiting High School - Reflector Yearbook (Whiting, IN)

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LOOKING BACKWARD Fifty years can bring a lot of changes to anything, whether it be a town, like Whiting, or a school, like Whiting High. As our alma mater proudly looks back over its half-a- hundred years, let’s go back with it and see how much fifty years have changed our community. The first settlers began coming into the northwestern-most region of Indiana in the early 18 50’s. These pioneer inhabitants derived their living from hunting, fishing, limited farming, and picking wild berries in the vast woodlands of the area. The Standard Oil Company first broke ground for what was destined to become the world’s largest oil refinery in 1889 on land that was formerly the favorite hunting and fishing grounds of the Illini Indians. As the refinery began to operate, a town began to mushroom. The population increased during the immediately ensuing years to such an extent that the first city government for the town of Whiting was formed in 1895. Eight years later, in 1903, Whiting was incorporated as a city. In 1898, townspeople decided that there were enough students to start a high school; and thus, in the fall of that year, the second story of a brick building on the corner of 119th and Oliver Streets received the first high school boys and girls in Whiting’s short history. Two recitation rooms and a large assembly hall housed the eight students, three teachers, and principal. Then, as now, English was required, but other subjects, such as art, German, and mathematics, were elec- tives. VETS SERVICE CAB 1931 New York Avenue — Phone: 398 1687