Bloomington High School - Aepix Yearbook (Bloomington, IL)

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being good for 'lwo exfra poinfs. This game was lhe firsf infer- ciiy conlesl of lhe season. Ocfober 'lhe firsl rolled around and school really gol under way. All day 1'he Juniors had fo swear our six hours of A.C.E. fesfs in s+udy halls 205 and 2I5. The A.C.E. fesfs were given 'lo high school sfudenls fhroughouf The siaie by fhe University of Illinois. The resis help fo deiermine a sl'udenf's IQ. The sludenfs looked a slighf bil frazzled as lhey handed back fhe lasf quesfion sheels. During fhe nexl' four days our firsl' incoming Sophomore class in 'lhe hisfory of BHS filed fhose precious pefifions for fheir class officers. Posfers, adverfising fhe merifs of +he candidafes, began popping up all over our halls of learning. The compefifion was keen because of The large number of candidafes. Ocfober I0+h was The big day for 'lhe Sophomores, as lhey flocked 'l'o fhe polls which were sei' up in fhe audiforium. Each vofer had in mind fhe candidafe of his choice. When The smoke cleared, Jim Hursi was Presi- denh Jill Rorabach was Vice- Presidenh Lewis Garrison was Treasurer: and Judy Reinhard emerged as Secrefary. I5

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exfra poinf. Buf fhe Decafur feam ended up wifh a I3-7 vic- fory over fhe Purplemen. This was fhe fime of year for elecfing class officers. This week fhe Seniors and Juniors did quife a bif of campaigning. The mighfy Sophomore class had a gef-acquainfed weiner roasf before fhe game wifh Decafur. Wednesday. Mr. Liers came and presenfed an assembly on offers. He gave a falk, showed us a movie and he broughf one of his offers, fhe perfecf pef. Planning for homecoming gof well underway fhis week. The Presidenf of fhe Sfudenf Coun- cil announced fhe commiffee chairmen which, by fhe way, were Seniors. The Purplemen, affer drop- ping fheir firsf fwo encounfers by close scores, ran all over McCormick Field fo frounce fhe Pioneers of U High, 33-7, for fheir firsf win. There was no quesfion of fhe oufcome affer fhe firsf sfanza, Bloom- ingfon holding a I4-0 margin. Dick Donner and Mike Karon were fhe mainsfays in fhe affer- noon affair by scoring fhree and fwo fouchdowns, respecfively, wifh Joe Theis' educafecl foe I4

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-' Ng X 1 w Close in boy Don't fall on him Run Dixon 1 Ray Bush? That's the way Taking it easy Gunning for fheir second sfraighf win, Coach Saar's foof- ballers encounfered fhe Trinify Sainfs af Fred Carlfon Field wifh fhe Purple and Gold com- ing ouf on fop, I9-7. lf was a sweef vicfory for fhe Raiders, mafching fhe win and loss rec- ord for fhe season and also puf- fing fhem ahead in fhe infercify conference. Dick Doner and Dave Eddy were mainsfays fhroughouf fhe enfire confesf and fhe whole Bloomingfon line looked excep- fionally good, bofh on offense and defense. On Thursday fhe enfire school enfered fhe audiforium fo hear an assembly concerning fhe Communify Chesf. Speeches were made fo inferesf fhe sfu- denf body in fhe campaign. Confribufions were made in homerooms and fhe more gen- erous homerooms were enfifled fo puf up signs which desig- nafed fhem as l00'Z confrib- ufors. Wifh an even record, fhe Purplemen made if fhree in a row when fhey invaded Lincoln for fheir annual encounfer wifh fhe Railspliffers. The final score read l8-0, Bloomingfon being on fhe long end of fhe score. I6