Bloomington High School - Gothic Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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FOREIDORD ln the publication of this annual we, the staff of the l938 GOTHIC, have attempted to give a pictorial and written panorama of the activities and events of the school year of i937-38. We have endeavored to accomplish this purpose through our presentation of the parades of school life in Bloomington High School. The parades of personalities, activi- ties, and athletics appearing in the following pages are drawn up for your review. Aside from our primary purpose we have striven to be non-partisan in every respect, to represent the entire school, to show school life in B.H.S. as it is, to exercise a choice of good taste in every regard, and to construct our book in an interesting, distinctive, and permanent fashion. But we cannot tarry . . . the parades of school life in B.H.S. as characterized in the ensuing pages await our review.

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IN MEMORIAM It is with deepest reverence that we pause at the outset of this book to pay our sincere respects to the memories of two Bloomington High School boys who have passed from us during the past year. Quiet and unassuming in life, so Russell Fish, sophomore, met his death. To say he is greatly missed by his teachers and classmates is inadequate. His modesty was highly com- mendable, particularly in view of the fact that he was a brilliant student. Russell inspired his associates to greater achievements and in so doing he attained a greater glory. Richard Brown, also a sophomore, was the second to pass from us during the past year. Although Richard's span of life was all too brief, still it was long enough to leave im- pressed on all who knew him the memory of his willing and cheerful personality. Richard is no longer here but his friendly greeting and happy smile will linger on through the years to come.

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4 3 i x l I As the long shadows deepen and the lights of the firefly flicker timidly, you realize that it is summer and the school year once more has slip- ped by. lt was a good year, full of rich memories. Hair went page-boy or cluttered up with bows-skirts came up and up- I Double Dare You tickled your toes-library pass colors changed and rechanged-the show still cost thirty-five cents and the boy friend still groaned. Yes, it was a good year. Golden September - Dr. Simon's twinkling smile took the edge from the return to slavery- the Gothic campaign flared brilliantly, catching even the underclassmen iD,i4's web of excitement -the boys rivaled the girls with a council that got things done-the monitor system reversed the old rule that bad children sit in the hall and managed to let the good ones sit there for a change-the Bloomfield game set smiles on the lips of hysterical fans and the football team on a pedestal. Frosted October-the first council tea dance swayed the new gym floor-a barrage of in- tramural sports seasoned the lunch hour-Mona Morgan, character actress, gave us a Shake- spearean taste of the footlight thrill-the Gothic Staff was thumb-tacked for the public eye- Teachers' Association blossomed as a reprieve- the Franklin Press Convention delegates re- turned with new ideas and new addresses. Bleak November-first nighters loudly ap- plauded Big Hearted Herbert, first senior play -candid camera fans took the public eye as the Gothic snapshot contest was staged-the dust on the hardwood floor was scattered once more by slim tennis shoes-the Yellow jackets of lasonville were impressively retired as the Pan- thers ended a highly successful grid season- underclassmen toed the line and eyed a clicking birdy -Rev, Rae delivered the Thanksgiving convo address-and Thanksgiving recess seemed but a moment of turkey and mince pie.