Bedford High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Bedford, IN)

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THE PIONEER E. W. MONTGOMERY (Our uprrinti'iiitrnt T is customary for one upon reaching home after a long and difficult period of travel to review the happy memories of that journey. So the Senior Class drawing near the end of a long voyage, the four years of I ligh School life, is reviewing the many pleasant possessions derived from that. Foremost among the crowd of never to he forgotten impressions stands the memory of a powerful personality, that of a man who has ever before him a vision, the vision of a better and bigger 15. II. S. He not only has a vision, but also does his utmost to carry it out. He has given all he has to 15. II. S. In prosperity or in trouble he ha always stood behind the school. Ilis wonderful ability has ever been at the service of all deserving causes. This man has been an inspiration to all the school, as through the accomplishment of his ideals all students have earnestly and cheerfully advanced. So the Senior Class, as the representative voice of the school, takes the greatest pleasure in acknowledging the debt to the man with the vision. Superintendent E. YY. Montgomery. CLASS OF 1920 Paso s«.v«.ii

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THE I I OX HER MKRI.K J. ABBOTT (Our ‘Prinripal OK four years lie lias upheld the standards of It. H. S. as iIJQj no other could. For four years he has coached the best basketball teams Medford has ever had. For four years he has led the track team down the stretch to victory. For four years he has worked with our public speakers, putting the name lied ford at the top in every contest. For four years the school has moved outward and upward. Every department has been strengthened until now your school, my school, our school, stands among the premier schools of the state. There is a reason for all things and these reasons are the outstanding facts in his life. He has received an A. It. degree front Franklin College and an A. M. degree from Columbia Cniversi-ty. While in Columbia, he had the honor of being president of the Hoosiers in Columbia and also of earning a superintendent's diploma from the Teachers’ College. For the past three years he has been a member of the South Central Association. He is district Chairman of the State Public Discussion League. He is Treasurer of the I. II. S. A. A. To the outside world he is known as Professor Abbett, a man of far-reaching fame, but to us, the members of Itedford High School, he is simply Our Principal. the friend of every hoy ami girl. CLASS OF 19 20 I’aifr Sl»

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T II K NON'EER 1‘IONKKK STAFF CLASS OF 1920 Klalil