Bloomdale High School - Hi Lite Yearbook (Bloomdale, OH)

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SEN1CR HIolORY Our scdool llle is llke an hour vlass ea n tlny grain of sand tH3+ trlclles t o t 15 naur vlass of 1 fe 1S a dGf1WlI6 p lt of t e 1W6 pent ln formlnv tre eODStFJCtlO1 tn t s to sha our lPStlHlGS lhere are brl nt ind cleerv rues, madve 1U dark and tnen a aln we flnd just wllt sand ollnvled hele and there WHIUG sand lS fo tnosc oeacefll cays mauve and dark for all our trlals and tle brivht and cheery for our successes and fun So begins tnl restless tT1C71lHU of the sand' When I was slr HGQIS old it was flrmly impressed on my mlnd that volns to scnool was an indispensable necessity It was an established precedent and who was I, a mere slx year old to lFHO e O1 revolt avalnst precedence? So on September 4 1909 I was scrubbed, combed and off I flew on my win s of younv WlSdOm encounter the vor1d's demands It was my first year a series of twelve clamorous, adverturesowe years left my mother starding ln the doorway, smlllnv to throu5h ner tears from tlat daf on sclool fllled life I can never forset my plPSt day at Bloomdale School nor ould I want to fOIUGt it 11 I could e were eager ShlH1DF tots vho stood St3I1H3 franlly at each other and flthln a week each of us had quite naively formed a d6C1dG5 ODln1OH of whom we wanted to have as our playmates The year flew swlftly by, and ve passed from the first glade into the second Gur nevt four years were repetitions except that we Grew tallel StUd1Pd more difficult subjects and learned to look bllthely toward vacation and with luvubrlous mlen toward September The first thins I Knew I was raduatinv from junior high school, and a stiff white diploma tied with purple ribbon was presented to me. How thrilled I was! -. t Om L -5 ' Q , 1 - 4' - f - n' ' 1 .L . J. Q ... , v , - - - 1 . . .' ' ' 1 , o - J I.- IHFX .ASIS 11 ' . ,D - . . . . E I - 4- . . 1 . .1 ' 3. ' .I fl u L. SL D ' - - - . L , - rn 1 ' , I 1 O3 L L . ' 1 'N w - 1 '-1 1 W gg G i , L L , F' .. r. 1 7 L u. 4. 1. S -- - . ,Q , . 5 , l e 'c s,s 1 s no . ' ' -n ' , 1 'E 1 .L N , . ,, , 1 . ' ' .5 v. , 4. I 2.1 ' l W- .M..-..,. L.. , I '.y Q-J, I I 'I ..- 1... ji ' -- ---1 1 - , 25.141 ,L..x J. L 1 .-..4'...........L.-, . . . t . D S .cl 3 I . 1 . A .1 :J ... , L A . s . CJ C' . Q 1 ' ' rr' ' 1 . . . - ' 9 5 F 4 ID ' 3 '-' 1 Q ,ia Q to J in I , I in .. ' . . . I . . XA .L A . - ' . . F, fu ' 1-X - 'pn ' J- q 4. .L 1' J , I I Q 1 . Y r--I .L C . . -1 , w -3 . W 1 ' ' I 1' 1 r- : 2 :lg 1 ' ' c: x 'Y' . v. 1 , 1 I D .L 1 4. , 4 L I X ' 1 ' J- - l I 'I U Q .4 . - 5 ' ' A 1 Q 1 ' L . , l 1 ' . , 3 , ., gf- O ' .J C3