Bloomington High School - Gothic Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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CLASS HISTORY Septembel of 19 36 marked the entrance of 286 fxeshmen destmed to be the class of 1940 lnto the tllals and trlbul 1t1ons of hlgh school hfe I'h1ee x eal s latel these same students xgaln put ln an appeal ance xx hen thex chose three members of their class to be the11 leadexs dlllllig' the11 sen1o1 ye ll mo all of 1ts act1x1t1es They xxele Robelt Bartlett presldent Ceolge Reed secletalx and Barbara Branam treasurer Mrs Kruegel und N11 Polmg xxele chosen class sponsors Chllton Broxxn xx as chosen Gothlc edltol 1nd W1ll1am Ratchfold buslness m mager In accordance Vllth tradltlon the 1un1o1s entertalned the class of '39 xt the annual Junlor Prom The ILIHIOIS chose the Japanese xvord S'1y0Ild.1d meanmg s1nce lt must be so as thelr theme The gym xxas decolated xx1th x 'med colored streamers arranged to form -1 pagoda Lattlce xx ork trlmmed xv1th dogvx ood blossoms was placed at lnterx als The class of 40 broke tradl tlon by elect1ng a prom kmg as xvell as a queen Wlth all due pomp and ceremonx Ellen Parham xx as Cl owned prom queen and Bob Benckart p1 om klng The fall found the senlors officlally opemng the school yeal with the elec tlon of Robelt Benckart xlce pres1dent the launchlng of the Goth1c cam For thelr first sen1o1 play thc sen1o1s presented The Amazons a smash lng, comedy h1t and the most slngularly d1H6I'6Ht plav ex er glx en IH B H S In January the SQHIOTS held a guest dance IH the Glrls Gym Februaly found the SCHIOIS alterlng tradxtlon agaln by glxlng the Recep t1on for palents and facultx earller than usual The Gothlc 1E,1J0lt fx tre IS u1e1 s repolt and a summary of class hlstory up to Februalx xx e1e glx en As p xrt of the program sklts from the next sen1o1 pl 15 xxele plesented Rc freshments were serxed by Mlss Stualt and SGHIOI members of he1 boys home economlcs class Februaly 22 23 the class of 40 scoled another h1t xx hen they plcscnted the productlon of June Mad as thelr second play ot the ye'11 To further the1r reputatlon as the most or1g1n1l class the senlors 1nt1o duced the square dance ln BlO0fYl11lgt0Il Hlgh School at then h1l'II'1OLls Bum s Ball Then came May and all of the actlx 1t1es and ex ents assoclated xx 1th gl xdu atlon the Honor Socletx banquet the JLIHIOI' Sen1o1 Prom the Senxor ban quet and finallv the last ex ents IH the senlors hlgh school hfe Baccalauleate and Commencement The foul 3 ears f1 om Septembel 36 to May 40 xvlll alxx ax s be 1emembered by 287 more young men and xxomen xxho look back on then hlgh school ca 1ee1s xx 1th fond remxmscent smlles Page nznetccn 4 5 1 1 1 . , 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 C C 1 1 1 Y 1 1 1 Q w 1 1 1 1 1 . . I ' ' ' 0 ' A . 1 . . 1 1 c , - A 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1' ' 1 1 ' 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 C C K1 1 1 K1. 1 1 : 1 , K1 3 I 1 y- x , s ' -jg f ' - - f , s . l ' 2 .f '. ' f 1 1 1 1 1 1 e1 ' ' 1 1 1 ' 1 1 ' - 2 . . 1 1 1. 1 1 q , 1 . . c c 1 V. l . . ' n 1 1 . 1 1 1 , 1 , . 1 1 1 1 c 1 . I . 11 1 4 1 Y 1 11' 1 I 1 1 1 c , I . GC 1' l 1 1 ,, 1 1 l 1 1 1 u 1. V ' 1 1 1 K I ' 1 l C 1 1 C 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 11 7 '- 11 A 7 . rl K1 I A . 7 . L 1 y 1 . - ' 1 ' -Y S - pa1gn xx'1th a memorable conx'ocat1ong and tryouts for the semor play. ' 1 ' 1 1 , 1 ' 11 H 1 77 1 1 - . . . . . ,, r , n L I -I V r ' 1 1 1 u . . . . , . . ' 1 1 K C 1 V1 11 ' L1 1 . ' 1 1 1 , C 2.1- 1 -'L - y 1 1 K1 1 M 'L1 1 1 1 -V1 ' 1 r' ' . L' z ,.' 's a ' ' 2 ' ' ' . -- 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 A 1 1 1 1' ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 , 1 , , , .. . . ' as 11 I 1 ' , ' , 1 1 C 1 . . x K, V . -. I 1,, V . . , 1 A C x 1 1 A ' 1' 7' l c 1' ll 7 77 1 I 1' . V- . 1 1 V 1 1 1 . 1. 11' n L 1 A C ' . I . Y . - . Q . ' - ' 7 7 v . . , . . ' , V . . . . , 1 1 1 1 7 7 ' 1 1 1 1 , . 7 ' l ' . - 1 -1 1. ' . 1 ' 1

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