Beardstown High School - Tiger Yearbook (Beardstown, IL)

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Meeting our new coaches . . . seeing the gang the first day of school . . . the first dance . . . fishing through the ice during Christmas vacation . . . following the Tigers. . . . this is part of our school life at Beardstown High school during the year, 1958-1959. 1958-1959 Our Story of The Year Beardstown High School students, as citi- zens of a high school which is a small world in a larger one, read newspapers, listened to the radio and TV and were influenced by news made this year in different worlds. Nationally news was made in the political, scientific, and sports worlds . . . segrega- tion in Little Rock . . . Brinkmanship in Berlin, Formosa, and Lebanon crises . . . introduction to the space age by Russia's Sputnik superceded by our Pioneer IV . . . the addition of two stars in the United States flag . . . Jack Paar's candid humor. At the same time news was made locally in corresponding worlds . . . Beardstowns new schools constructed on the catipus plan . . . amateurs launching rockets . . . students, governing themselves through the newly organized student council . . . cn- tertainment fad of the hula hoop . . . the song hit t'Tom Dooley . . . fashion changes to the sack dresses and bubble haircuts. The BHS annual staff has attempted to present to its readers the year 1958-1959 in retrospect. The Tigers were an orphaned football team without a home field since the gridiron was bulldozed for the site of the new addition to BHS. Our new field south of the high school was seeded for playing next fall. This explains why prospective football players scrimmaged in the Beardstown rec- reation park under the supervision of our

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new coaches Boudreau, Williams, and Reade in August. The first day of school student coun- cil members assisted freshmen in finding their classes. The social year started with a free dance sponsored by the student council which was a big success because everybody was there. On September 18, the Beardstown football squad journeyed to Quincy to battle the Notre Dame Raiders. The Raiders succeeded in defeating our squad-but only in score. The student council was initiated this year at BHS and was repre- sented at the district meeting of all student councils in this area at Pittsfield. The council supervised Homecoming activities, March of Dimes Drive, and the pep assem- blies. The students as well as the faculty and administration have supported the council wholeheart- ediy. A great shock to the students at Brick school and throughout the school system was the sudden death of Miss Gladys Jensen, October 20. As school librarian lshe had just completed a story hour in one of the grades at Brick school when she was stricken with a cerebral hem- orrhage. She was rushed to Schmitt Memorial Hospital where she died soon after her admission, never re- covering consciousness. She had begun her work as unit librarian in the Beardstown school system this fall. Students from all the schools donated to a Memorial Fund in her honor. This money was sent to a Korean boy whom she was financially helping to educate. 1958 Homecoming activities includ- ed the coronation of Mary Lee Can- ada as Homecoming Queen, a pep rally with a big bonfire in the recre- ation park, a colorful parade on a crisp sunny day with a record num- ber of floats, a tie game held at Rushville because we were still with- out a field, and the dance highlight- ed by the popular number When the Saints Go Marchin' In. rM.m,,,,,v- ,.,.-H-Y--- s 4 Miss Ingram's room provides a good view of progress on the new building that will be finished next fall. A great shock to the students was the death of Miss Jensen, our school librarian. .R 15, .ge sudden Fall-when time was taken out to tour the Atoms for Peace mobile exhibit which visited Beardstown.