Bloomington High School - Bear Yearbook (Bloomington, MN)

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 Table of Contents For Foreword . ..2. 3 Bloomington Dedication High Curriculum.... 5 9chool Activities Sports Portraits ...159 Seniors Juniors . . 207 Sophomores. . . . 228 Advertisements. . ...239 Pago 3

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 End of an Era The 1964-1965 school year has been one of the best in the eight year history of Bloomington High School. In many areas—scholarship, sports, extracurricular activities and service to the community—the Bears excelled. Setting new records and maintaining high standards, the students of this school have won city-wide, statewide, and nationwide recognition for Bloomington. With so many achievements, excitement ran high. There was, however, a note of sadness. Throughout the year, the emphasis was on the last time . Together we celebrated Bloomington's last homecoming and watched the last united senior class graduate. Next year, with the opening of John F. Kennedy High School and with this school changing its name to Lincoln, students will be divided. Bloomington High School will cease to exist. Students, teachers and alumni find it difficult to imagine this city with more than one senior high. Many can remember how spacious the present building seemed when it opened in 1957. Yet our rising population in the last years has indicated a need for more classrooms. This year, a record number of 2,932 students was divided between the main building and the annex. These students, working together, made 1964-1965 an exciting, spirited, and memorable year, a fitting End of an Era .

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For over twenty years, under the leadership of the dynamic personality and professional competency of Hubert G. Olson, the schools of Bloomington rose to a position of eminence among institutions of education in the state of Minnesota. Mr. Olson's leadership among educators and among the people of the community was distinguished; his wide-spread influence will endure in the future as a monument to the young men and women of our school. A dedicated, creative educator. Mr. Olson has left a cherished memory in the hearts of those students who knew him and those associates who were privileged to work with him in the schools of Bloomington. The greaiest monument to this builder of 8loomington‘s schools is its 16.500 students. Many who didn't even know the man personally exist as daily living memorials to his . work. They benefit from the education which he helped to provide and improve: their uses of the knowledge gained serve as constant reminders and examples of Superintendent Olson’s contributions. These high standards of education will continue as a tribute; the students of today will become responsible community members of tomorrow, because of the quality of education which Superintendent Olson helped to make possible. As a tribute to his insight and his years of consistent service, the staff of the 1965 Bear dedicates this volume to Mr. Hubert G. Olson. HUBERT 0. OLSON 1902-19G4 Hubert S. Olson and formor chairman of tho school board Clifford Bowman, took part in dedication corcmonios for Konnedy High School, a building which represented the culmination of Superintendent Olson’s plans for the expansion of the Bloomington school system. Page 4