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Lyon Hall was a gymnasium, which in Indiana means it was a basketball court first and foremost. It served many functions. There was a stage at the far end (on the left side in this photo). Offices for the boys' and girls' gym teachers and coaches and locker rooms took up the front end of the basement floor. The double doors halfway down at ground level mark the wood shop -- home economics classrooms were on the opposite side of the building. The school cafeteria was at the far end, with a small dining room -- the overflow at lunchtime used the cutting tables in the home-ec room. This card is used. It carries a 3-cent stamp -- which was the first-class letter rate when it was mailed in 1940. The message begins, "Oct. 17. Dear sister, just a line to let you know Uncle Tom passed away Tues. eve." -- but it wasn't postmarked until Nov. 14. (11/2/00) |