Benjamin Bosse High School - Legacy / Spirit Yearbook (Evansville, IN)

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Q ri S N Senior l-listory, Continued In the fall of 1927 with a newly acquired dignity we tnow only 155 in numberj came to reassu d' ' ' ' ' me our stu ies for the last time in Bosse s halls. This was the pin' nacle of our high school career. To jack Little, who was our Freshman leader, we again turned and elected him Presid t ' h R B ' en wit ex urlingarne, Helen Matthews and Loismae Baldwin as the other officers Miss Betty Weintz our S O f D I - , p nsor o the pref ceding year, was unanimously refchosen. Cur first social event was in the form of h 'd n a ayri e. Cn two heavily loaded wagons the peppy Seniors rode out Stringtown and back st ' f , , Opping or fo d t. barbecue stand. This party was undoubtedly a howling success. O a 1 The zenith of our Senior Activities was reached on November 18, Senior Dis' tinction Day, when a boisterous group of amateur actors put on ten clever vaude ville skits, Among these were: A Sweet Number , L'Eva Fay , SA Jail Jamboree , Two Black Crows , Pete and Repeteu, and the Maniacs, fthe Seniors' Orchestral, with two pages announcing each act. The perfect day ended with a theatre party at the Victory. On the night of January 30, the Senior girls entertained the Senior boys in th e Community Room with a Leap Year Party, the entire program being carried out in the Lea Y 'd . A ' p ear 1 ea Valentine Party was held February 13. Here hearts were matched, hearts were hunted, hearts were even given away. Student Government advanced under the able leadership of its Head Prefect. Three Seniors were awarded the Scholarship B for the fourth time, two for the third time, two for the second time, and eight for the first time. Thirty Seniors were Presidents of Clubs, four were on the Debating Squadg eighteen gained ad' mittance into the National Honor Society. In Athletics we were also superior. Eleven men made letters in football. It was the Basketball Team of 1928 with three Seniors that defeated the Central Bears for the nrst time in history. Seven girls made letters in basketball. Quality Streetv by john Barrie was given as the Senior Class Play on May 4th, We have now completed to the best of our ability the tasks we found to do and in turn leave other tasks for our successors. -The Class of 1928. -X pf in ., .N N Page Twenty-fom' 'infix l'5 f-293' li-f i1' X Z? 1 f- gr' ,ills ' X f ,. E-he - V all F s s JEf,:5 if 2 it s . f A 5 1 14,1 fi 5 .f :I s X... -- v. 7 N55.--ds 'I' -mfr .uf -J- -fJ'f , .Q QT-'tif wife- 1 '3-fra?-'Qi W lxpfairel .fs-,--.J-f -fc -- r 4 HRT- V L 5 I 1 -as f s....J'sfx:'.f,2-Q., -13-44 Q' -.----f' EL., . ,,.......'