Bloomington High School - Gothic Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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fIISSi'FI'MENTS. -. WE SURELYIAREPROUD OF THAT BLUE AND WHITE MINUTE MAN FLAG. WE' EALLY 'WORKED HARD TO 'EARN THAT NINETY PER CENT SO THAT WE COULD FLY THAT BANNER QOMOUR TALLEST FLAG POLE. CONGRATULATIONS! ,... JIVIN' STUDENTS SWUNG AND SWAYED TO DPULAR TUNES IN THE GIRL'S GYM, ESPECIALLY HAPPY ,AFTER A VICTORIOUS GAME .... EXTRA! I QOOMINGTON PANTHERS WIN S. I. A. C. CHAMPIONSHIP, REIGN AS FOOTBALL CHAMPS AND HEROES THE SEASON .... AS POPULAR AS ALWAYS WITH THE STUDENTS WERE THE DRAMATIC PRODUCT- DNS GIVEN BY THEIR CLASSMATES. CAN'T YOU JUST PICTURE NORMA LOU AS LULU AND JERRY AS 1IP ? .... AND REMEMBER THOSE PEP-SESSIONS? THE ANTICS OF THE CLOWNS HAD THE CROWD IN N UPROAR. .. . . THE SHAVING MUG, THE SYMBOL OF FRIENDSHIP AND RIVALRY BETWEEN B. H. S. ND MARTINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL WAS LIGHTLY TOSSED BACK AND FO RTH BETWEEN THE TWO :HOOLS IN A WIN, THEN LOSE BASKETBALL GAME .... MRS. GREGOR ZIEMERLTHE WIFE OF THE WELL NOWN AUTHOR AND COMMENTATOR, WAS ONE OF OUR MOST INTERESTING SPEAKERS AT A 'ECIAL,CONVOCATION. RESIDENCE IN GERMANY FOR SEVERAL YEARS MADE POSSIBLE HERHVIVID POR- QAYAL OF LIFE UNDER THE NAZI REGIME .... THANKS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE TECHNICAL STAFF, -IE STAGE IS KEPT IN GOOD RUNNING ORDER. PERHAPS SOMEONE SHOULD CALL THEM THE DAWN ATROL OF B. H. S. . 1 . REMEMBER THOSE SHOTS THE DOCTOR AND THE NURSES GAVE US? WE-ALL IYALKED DOWN THE HALL WITH OUR ARM HELD STIFFLY AT OUR SIDE. OH, HOW IT ACHED! .... OF EJOURSE THERE WAS THE GOTHIC CONVO. MY, WHAT PRETTY GIRLS IOR WERE THEY BOYSI THEY HAD sIg,'THE. FOLLIES'.' ....- W E MUSTN'T NEGLECT TO MENTION THE REVISED COPY OF -THE COMPASS IHICH WAS PRINTED THIS YEAR. IT MIGHT BE CALLED THE SCHOOL'S FIRST'AID . -. . I A MAJOR AC- QOMPLISHMENT WAS THE BASKETBALL GAME BETWEEN B.H.S. AND THE UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL. THIS WAS THE FIRST GAME OF ITS KIND AND THE SPORTSMANSHIP WAS ff' , SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF .... SAY, HAVE YOU HEARD THE LATEST - NEWS? IF ANYONE ASKED YOU THIS OUESTION,.VVOULD YOU KNOW I WHERE TO FIND THE ANSWER? THAT'S RIGHT STUDENTS, IN THE OPTIMIST. OF COURSE .... CAN YOU IMAGINE A DANCE WITHOUT MUSIC, OR A I PEP-SESSION WITHOUT THE PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM? WE MIGHT NOT I V HAVE THIS MUSIC, ETC., IF IT WERE NOT FOR A FEW FELLOWS LIKE: DICK ST T. 7 F I I , f I I I I ' I ' I -S CROWE, VIRGIL EBERLE, RALPH TEMPLETON, DICK CRABTREE, AND JACK -Pi? .fi Q- Q Q - . S SEARS. THEY HAVE DONATED THEIR TIME AND EFFORTS WHENEVER AND Q .LT I kj, W1 . ,AA 9 ' I WHEREVER THEY WERE NEEDED .... '-'OH, LOOK AT THE BEAUTIFUL CUR- B ' TAIN! PERHAPS YOU MADE A'SIMILAR STATEMENT WHEN YOU SAW THE ' I NEW VELVET DRAPE IN THE AUDITORIUM. ANOTHER ADDITION IS THE NEW - ' SWITCHFBOARD BACKSTAGE. NOWPCOME DOWN TO THE PRINTSHOP AND SEE THAT NEW INTERTYPE MACHINE. THIS MACHINE WAS OUITE EX- 15 Y PENSIVE, BUT OH, HOW IT HELPED US WITH THE GOTHIC .... PEACE I .41 I . ' GIVE UNTO YOU, WHAT A PERFECT TITLE FOR THE CHRISTMAS PLAY, ANC P. A HOW IN KEEPING WITH THE PRESENT TIME .... BLOOMINGTON HIGH IS A5 A ESPECIALLY PROUD OF ITS STUDENTS A-ND FACULTY WHO ARE NOW SERV T' 'Ea g . , ING IN THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF THE ARMED SERVICES .,.. A WORE I TO THE WISE IS SUFFICIENTI' OF COURSE YOU REMEMBER THIS PROVERB TFINGON THISOLDIADAGE, THE HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY HAS PUBLISHED A HANDBOOK TITLED f TORD TO THE WISE. BE SURE TO LOOK FOR IT AT YOUR NEAREST HIGH SCHOOL' LIBRARY .... f BRAND NEW ACCOMPLISHMENT WAS THE BEGINNING OF EDUCATIONAL AND ENTERTAINING PRO QQRAMS FROM THE STUDIO THEATER. TIQIESEEEEDI5 , QIRAMS WERE HEARD DURING THE THI D , , - EQNDPWERE PRODUCED BY THE STUDENTS, FOR THE . . Jud qfve 'ze .jnzglzty QIUDENTS .... DO, TI, LA, SOL,f-SO GOOD WAS DOUBLE CONVO UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE QAND. WE ALWAYS HAVE FUNAT AN 'ALL SCHOOL SING' AND THIS YEAR WAS NO EXCEPTION: THOSE :SONGS SUNG BY OUR PARENTS ARE ALSO POPULAR I . XTVITH US .... HAVE YOU NOTICED THEARTISTIC TOUCH THAT A CERTAIN LITTLE GREMLIN HAS LEN 5'2QO..'T?HIS BOOK? AS YOU TURN THE PAGES YOU WILL BECOME BETTER ACOUAINTED WITH HIM. . . ',E CAN JUSTLY BE PROUD OF OUR ALUMNI. AFTER YEARS OF HARD WORK AND STUDY, THEY HAV IEEFT B. H, S. AND ACHIEVED THEIR OWN. NICHE IN THE WORLD. BLOOMINGTON HIGH, GRADUATE FTIAVE ALWAYS RANKED HIGH IN SCHOLARSHIP AND LEADERSHIP, AND- WE ARE CERTAIN THAT THI hiixxfnlc PI ACC .XAlIlVl- PAPPY .FUN THAT-PSPLENDID. . -M-.. A ...T..,q.p4..T flbfzoud of Hur Sclwofs 'uqccomplislzments . .T .l

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lla ,,,,-:.f '--' 'Yr N fx ul ll 1 l X N. S xv Tl X n elm ' ' qhe glecbvedklnq 7 re 5 iii ETTicienT organizaTion oT The class of 1945 resulTed Trom a vigorous and energeTic campaign anclf elecTion oT class oTTicers. Our beauTiTul and memorable lv1ayTime Prom Tor which we used The garden Theme, was presenTed in honor oT The seniors on lvlay IZ, I944. . . The high poinT oT The evening was The coronaTion. Peggy Adams and Joe Thompson lwho reigned during The illness of OTTo Mcl-lenryl were crowned Prom Queen and King .... DramaTic presenTaTions This year included The DocTor Has a DaughTer, The Lovely Duckling, The GoThic Follies, and The Senior Pep Ses- sion .... On November 20, I944, we seniors Virginia reeled. hoT dogged, and coined aT a parTy in The girls' gym. Our rushed senior week included The TradiTional Class Day and Tree planTing. . . The senior geT TogeTher when we said farewell aT our lasT social evenT . . . our beauTiTul and reverenT BaccalaureaTe service and climaxing our senior year-Commencement 'ri J