Bloomington High School, The Gothic, 1945, Page 8

Description:	HI STUDENTS! HOW ABOUT PUTTING ON YOUR THINKING CAPS AND REFLECTING OVER THE YEARSACCOMPLISHMENTS. ... WE SURELY ARE PROUD OF THAT BLUE AND WHITE MINUTE MAN FLAG. WEREALLY WORKED HARD TO EARN THAT NINETY PER CENT SO THAT WE COULD FLY THAT BANNERFROM OUR TALLEST FLAG POLE. CONGRATULATIONS! JIVIN STUDENTS SWUNG AND SWAYED TOPOPULAR TUNES IN THE GIRLS GYM, ESPECIALLY HAPPY AFTER A VICTORIOUS GAME. . . . EXTRA! !BLOOMINGTON PANTHERS WIN S. I. A. C. CHAMPIONSHIP, REIGN AS FOOTBALL CHAMPS AND HEROESOF THE SEASON. ... AS POPULAR AS ALWAYS WITH THE STUDENTS WERE THE DRAMATIC PRODUCTIONS GIVEN BY THEIR CLASSMATES. CANT YOU JUST PICTURE NORMA LOU AS LULU AND JERRY ASZIP? .... AND REMEMBER THOSE PEP-SESSIONS? THE ANTICS OF THE CLOWNS HAD THE CROWD INAN UPROAR. . . . THE SHAVING MUG, THE SYMBOL OF FRIENDSHIP AND RIVALRY BETWEEN B. H. S.AND MARTINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL WAS LIGHTLY TOSSED BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TWOSCHOOLS IN A WIN, THEN LOSE BASKETBALL GAME MRS. GREGOR ZIEMER, THE WIFE OF THE WELLKNOWN AUTHOR AND COMMENTATOR, WAS ONE OF OUR MOST INTERESTING SPEAKERS AT ASPECIAL CONVOCATION. RESIDENCE IN GERMANY FOR SEVERAL YEARS MADE POSSIBLE HER VIVID PORTRAYAL OF LIFE UNDER THE NAZI REGIME. . . . THANKS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE TECHNICAL STAFF,THE STAGE IS KEPT IN GOOD RUNNING ORDER. PERHAPS SOMEONE SHOULD CALL THEM THE DAWNPATROL OF B. H. S. . . . REMEMBER THOSE SHOTS THE DOCTOR AND THE NURSES GAVE US? WE ALLWALKED DOWN THE HALL WITH OUR ARM HELD STIFFLY AT OUR SIDE. OH, HOW IT ACHED! .... OFCOURSE THERE WAS THE GOTHIC CONVO. MY, WHAT PRETTY GIRLS (OR WERE THEY BOYS) THEY HADIN THE FOLLIES. ... WE MUSTNT NEGLECT TO MENTION THE REVISED COPY OF THE COMPASSWHICH WAS PRINTED THIS YEAR. IT MIGHT BE CALLED THE SCHOOLS FIRST AID. ... A MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT WAS THE BASKETBALL GAME BETWEEN B.H.S. AND THE UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL.THIS WAS THE FIRST GAME OF ITS KIND AND THE SPORTSMANSHIP WASSOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF. . . . SAY, HAVE YOU HEARD THE LATESTNEWS? IF ANYONE ASKED YOU THIS QUESTION WOULD YOU KNOWWHERE TO FIND THE ANSWER? THATS RIGHT STUDENTS, IN THE OPTIMIST,OF COURSE. . . . CAN YOU IMAGINE A DANCE WITHOUT MUSIC OR APEP-SESSION WITHOUT THE PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM? WE MIGHT NOTHAVE THIS MUSIC, ETC., IF IT WERE NOT FOR A FEW FELLOWS LIKE; DICKCROWE, VIRGIL EBERLE, RALPH TEMPLETON, DICK CRABTREE, AND JACKSEARS. THEY HAVE DONATED THEIR TIME AND EFFORTS WHENEVER ANDWHEREVER THEY WERE NEEDED. . . . OH, LOOK AT THE BEAUTIFUL CURTAIN! PERHAPS YOU MADE A SIMILAR STATEMENT WHEN YOU SAW THENEW VELVET DRAPE IN THE AUDITORIUM. ANOTHER ADDITION IS THE NEWSWITCH BOARD BACKSTAGE. NOW COME DOWN TO THE PRINTSHOP ANDSEE THAT NEW INTERTYPE MACHINE. THIS MACHINE WAS QUITE EXPENSIVE, BUT OH, HOW IT HELPED US WITH THE GOTHIC. . . . PEACE IGIVE UNTO YOU, WHAT A PERFECT TITLE FOR THE CHRISTMAS PLAY, ANDHOW IN KEEPING WITH THE PRESENT TIME. . . . BLOOMINGTON HIGH ISESPECIALLY PROUD OF ITS STUDENTS AND FACULTY WHO ARE NOW SERVING IN THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF THE ARMED SERVICES. ... A WORDTO THE WISE IS SUFFICIENT. OF COURSE YOU REMEMBER THIS PROVERB.ACTING ON THIS OLD ADAGE, THE HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY- HAS PUBLISHED A HANDBOOK TITLED AWORD TO THE WISE. BE SURE TO LOOK FOR IT AT YOUR NEAREST HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY. ... ABRAND NEW ACCOMPLISHMENT WAS THE BEGINNING OF EDUCATIONAL AND ENTERTAINING PROGRAMS FROM THE STUDIO THEATER: THESE PROGRAMS WERE HEARD DURING THE THIRD PERIODAND WERE PRODUCED BY THE STUDENTS, FOR THESTUDENTS. ... DO, Tl, LA, SOL—SO GOOD WASTHE DOUBLE CONVO UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THEBAND. WE ALWAYS HAVE FUN AT AN ALL SCHOOLSING AND THIS YEAR WAS NO EXCEPTION. THOSESONGS SUNG BY OUR PARENTS ARE ALSO POPULARWITH US HAVE YOU NOTICED THE ARTISTIC TOUCH THAT A CERTAIN LITTLE GREMLIN HAS LENTTO THIS BOOK? AS YOU TURN THE PAGES YOU WILL BECOME BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH HIM. . . .WE CAN JUSTLY BE PROUD OF OUR ALUMNI. AFTER YEARS OF HARD WORK AND STUDY, THEY HAVELEFT B. H. S. AND ACHIEVED THEIR OWN NICHE IN THE WORLD. BLOOMINGTON HIGH GRADUATESHAVE ALWAYS RANKED HIGH IN SCHOLARSHIP AND LEADERSHIP, AND WE ARE CERTAIN THAT THISYEARS CLASS WILL CARRY ON THAT SPLENDID TRADITION. -JU *We\e 3iigktyzi^ioud of Our SchoolscAccomplishments . , .
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