Bloomington High School - Gothic Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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This year B. H. S. High School life moved out of the old groove of constant hilarity and took on the appearance of a studious crowd of individuals at work. We were constantly aware of the loss of people whose faces we had been accustomed to seeing in our halls. The , first called from our faculty' into war service was cur own principal, Dr. Simon, who is now a Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Corps. Soon after we were called upon to give Mr. Wonnell and Mr. Cuddy. Adding a note of sobriety to the many prized awards in our trophy case was our Service Honor Roll, a grim reminder of those boys from our own ranks who have made the supreme sacrifice. Our curriculum took on a new picture with the addition of war courses. We began to offer aeronautics, welding, .machine tool operation, photography, trigonometry, and the course that our sore bodies will never forget-physical fitness. A g c Following the wishes of the leaders of A our nation, we organized a Victory Corps. A A rousing patriotic convocation started off the Victory Corps membership drive. Yes, 1943 was a different type of year for B. H. S. students, but with surprising speed and accuracy, the new war roles were filled. V l LT. COL.' DONALD L: SIMSN

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Cffew Classes---New Trades Taught Old familiar courses were supplemented by new classes and trades in direct preparation for war work. Pre-flight aeronautics and radio prepared boys for duty in the armed forces. Pan-American relations having become so important, Spanish was added to the foreign language curriculum. The Home Economics Department undertook two new projects this year. During the first semester two classes in nutrition were offered to parents of children whom the health department found undernourished. The second semester an exchange unit went into effect with the girls being taught how to make Victory Gardens, and the boys being tutored in nutrition. Annual physical examinations were re- quired, and one of the contributing factors of the physical fitness program was calisthenics. The Industrial Department offered class- es from four o'clock in the morning until midnight, in blueprint reading, machine tool operation, welding, drafting, and precision instrument reading. War geography and current events came to the fore in the social sciences, and new war developments were discussed in science classes. Keyed to new and better methods of learning, students of B. H. S. graduate into the definite positions for which they have been prepared.