Bloomington High School - Bear Yearbook (Bloomington, MN)

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BLOOMINGTON UIGU SCHOOL FILLED With an over-capacity crowd of approximately twenty-one hundred students, Bloomington High School practically burst at the seams this year. Designed for only about eighteen hundred people, the school's crowded conditions created prob'oms for students, faculty, and administrators alike. Administrators had the initial problem of crowded classrooms and jammed hallways. Once faculty dining areas ond lounges were meta-morphasized to provide additional space for study, ond the band and chorus rooms were designated as classrooms, the teachers’ troubles began. Many of Bloomington's faculty members had no classrooms of their own and were seen passing from room to room as the hours changed. Problems for the students came in many forms. Gomes were filled to capacity all too often, especially during basketball season. The Ice Center could not accommodate the many students who showed up at hockey gomes, thus disappointing all but the earliest arrivals. When the Minneapolis Symphony chose to present a concert to our students they never dreamed that they would play to a capacity crowd twice. Again all but the earliest were turned away. Pepfests found the gymnasium echoing with the sound of thousands of voices, and only during nice fall weather was there not an abundance of broken ear drums.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS ADMINISTRATION............6 FACULTY...................S CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES.....19 STUDENT ACTTMTIES........41 ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES......99 STUDENT PORTRAITS.......147 SENIOR CLASS..........14S JUNIOR CLASS..........193 SOPHOMORE CLASS 217 ADVERTISEMENTS..........229 Page 3

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BEYOND CAPAOTV Buses after fifth and sixth hours were filled each day. as well as the students’ parking lot. Clubs and organizations found that memberships had vastly increased from that of last year. All was not lost in the situation, however. With the increased number of students from which to choose, positions were filled with persons having the greatest talent and ambition. There was never any lack of volunteers for anything. In fact, with hallways, classrooms, buses, and the school in general overrun with people, the only time one found peaceful quiet anywhere was late in the afternoon, when all the buses had left. Nothing could surpass the ultimate pleasure of walking down a deserted, darkened hallway—completely alone.