Bloomington High School - Aepix Yearbook (Bloomington, IL)

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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

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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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Dave Eddy hiT paydirf Twice in The second half, and Then Dick Doner bulldozed Through Tor The Tinal six poinTs. This win gave The Raiders a I-I record in The Big l2, Their loss coming from DecaTur. The rapidly improving Purple Raiders invaded The Champaign Maroons in a Big I2 baTTle, The Saarmen coming ouT on The shorT end of a I3-6 score. IT was a hard-foughT conTesT all The way wiTh Fred Maior's boys pushing across a Tally in The dy- ing minuTes of The lasT sTanza To eke ouT a win over The Raid- ermen. Mike Karon. The iunior scaT- back, played excepTionally well, as did Jake Grossman and Gary Francis in The line. lT was such a TighT game ThaT The score could have varied eiTher way, buT penalTies sTopped The Pur- plemen's oTTensive several Times ThroughouT The evening. On OcTober 22, Miss RoberTa Bobbe presenTed for The sTu- denTs aT BHS, songs from The sTage play SouTh Pacific and also Told us The sTory of The play. Homecoming! This year Homecoming occurred during The week of OcTober 22-27. On I7 A Dixon Randoff Look at the score' The Gfapler Where's the ball?