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

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Pride and spirit were inseparable: For example, at athletic contests, pre-game activities psyched the crowd up for the backing of the Bruins. A bonfire, likewise, united boosters (left) before a football game. Farmer Day meant driving tractors to .school (far left) and dressing down to bib overalls. Wagon- pooling gave juniors (lower left) a spirit edge over other classes. Present at basketball games were the Pep Ban( (bottom left) and the backers. Senior Terry Curme (below) matched shirt and yells in the Pep Club. iRirif '

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Boosting went faRthec than the BASketBAll q me OR pep session, emotional BACkinq of twenty PROjects BRouQht QRoup Unity to the school. The action on the floor is only half the story of a sport. The other half is the peo- ple who watch and support their team. Put one person in the gym yelling and showing the emotions of a maniac, and he is strange. Put 1,000 student fans at a Bruin game, and they ' re called rowdy, but nor- mal. Whether we won or lost, we came to one place to have a good time by being togeth- er. Before a game we had pep sessions and money-making projects. Selling the game ball and Homecoming mums made money for two clubs. Sports were a meeting place for every- one, no matter if they couldn ' t tell a field goal from a touchdown. If sport wasn ' t the main interest, the people who came to- gether were. Boosting made us feel closer, as we had at least one interest in common. 6 Boosting i6}0

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Taking on new individual roles also changes the per- spective of others: During Spanish Club initiation, Tracey Sharits and Fred Bartrum (far right) switched from speaking English to Spanish to im- prove their language skills. Freshman Linda Tarr tests their speaking abilities. For practice, home eco- nomic students served the faculty a dinner. Darlene Walker (below) uses her hostess charm in serving coffee. Gabriel Piache, from the Philippines, (bottom right) exchanged his former way of life to that of a student in the United States. One of his new exper- iences was seeing snow for the first time. To brighten the homeroom, senior Bryan Maddox (right) nomi- nates student Marty Lechien to become County Janitor. Bryan also caricatured others to add humor to homeroom walls. ActUAl Application of OUR skills was woRth moRe thAn houRS spent in the cUssROom. to exchanqe positions, one had to Be veRsatile. 8 Changing Roles