Blackford High School - Reflections Yearbook (Hartford City, IN)

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■ Building maps were mailed to all sludenu hcfore school itarled. Freshmen and upper- classmen alike kepi their maps handy the first day, as Mark Baughey arid Jeff Champ did. yisitors to BHS are not unusual, hut this furry fellow seems less than welcome. As cool weather set in, mice became common residents of lockers and classrooms. We adjusted to our world What ' s the prescription for adjusting to a new school, a new student body, and a new name? Blackford students found one — and in a hurry. The formula : Keep your cool! During that first month students patiently memorized landmarks to find their classrooms. They adjusted to chairs in one class, stools in another, tables in a third — and overstuffed (,ah-h-h!) furniture in the library. They noncha- lantly side-stepped boxes piled high in halls and waited patiently in cafeteria lines that first week. . lso. many who had never before ridden school buses learned that buses don ' t wait. But by the end of six weeks, a col- lection of half-scared students had be- come a school — and the word Bruin meant much more than a si, non) ' m for bear.

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Extra-large study halls made seating charts a necessity, as Mr. Welge illustrates, assigning students to their permanent seats in a cafe- teria study hall. Workmen were an accepted part of BHS school life at the first of the year. Classes quickly adapted to the situation, however, and learned to ignore their presence. Getting up a little earlier seems to be a problem for Keith Caperton. Becaus e of the rural location of the school, most students depended on buses for transportation.

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It was a stunning, stimulating world JFith room for 4,000 Blackford fans, ihe huge stadium was a welcome sur- prise at that opening Alexandria game. The work, the wait, and all the effort of eight years was worthwhile. Students and teachers alike were pleasantly sur- prised at the beauty, the convenience, and the spaciousness of their new school home. The 1150 students caught their breath at the thrill of that first day. At last it was all a reality, and the com- munity, too, was proud of the showplace of Blackford County — Blackford High School. Reserve Secti Extensive halls lined with inset lockers be- came the beaten path of students in the maze of thoroughfares. V -.