Blue Springs High School - Campus Cadence Yearbook (Blue Springs, MO)

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This is our town. We live in Blue Springs, Mo. It ' s not really very big, but we ' re getting there. Housing is the major industry, but we still have a few farms left. The houses are gradually taking over though. In a few years we ' ll probably be totally inhabited. There ' s not a whole lot to do in our town, but we ' re getting there. We ' ve got a McDonald ' s and a Fun House and a Pizza Hut now, and that ' s just on Seven Highway. If you want to sample the tastiest apple fritters in Jackson County you just take a jog up the road to Stephensons ... and Kansas City ' s night life is just minutes away. We have a youth center here. It was an idea conceived by con- cerned citizens, students, and community leaders. It has had its problems, but now its func- tioning. Blue Springs might be called a little melting pot. While we can ' t exactly claim that we har- bored and welcomed refugees, there are people from all over the United States not to men- tion the state of Missouri. There are still natives of course, but there are more new kids. 2— Theme Development What used to be a predominately rural area has started to give way to the housing industry. We ' re still a small town, though. Possible .settling of the building caused the glass window in Mr. Larson ' s area to shatter. But Mr. Neal. maintenance director was prepared to repair. i •

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MPUS CADENCE 1974 Somehow everything that happened this year, everything we did, should fit together. There should be some ex- planation for why things turned out the way they did. But what is the ex- planation? Has this year been part of some sort of Master Plan ? Maybe that ' s what held it all together. Or did chance keep us from bursting at the seams and falling apart entirely? And if there is some plan, what is it? How do we fit into it? Is this Master Plan somebody ' s figment? Is it a basic concept? Is it people? Is it activities? Is it achievement? There are figments, basic concepts, activities, and achievements on these pages. Perhaps they ' ll prove evidence of an overall plan — a Master Plan. ib is fe ' - Table of Contents 1 Theme Development 5 6 First Quarter 39 40 Second Quarter 69 70 Third Quarter 107 108 Fourth Quarter 147 148 People 199 200 Index 203 204 Closing 208 Progress on the campus draws Neil Walker ' s attention as he I ' iews. first hand, the expansion. BLUE SPRINGS CAMPUS HIGH 2000R.D. Mize Blue Springs, Mo. 64015 Volume 29

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When McDonald ' s came to town there wan not only a new place to eat, there was a new place to work. Susie Hirst, senior, works counter. This is our school. We are operating under the open con- cept , which means there aren ' t a lot of walls. Most of us like that set-up; it keeps things in- teresting. If you get bored listen- ing to the lecture on Black History you can switch your attention towards the next area and get an earful of Psychology. Our school building is three years old. The class of ' 74 is the first class to start as sophomores and go all the way through. They are also responsible for the lettering on the hill that tells the world that we are Blue Springs High School. Someday, we are going to be a six million dollar campus. Right now we have the Kathryn Wells Fine Arts Building, and the Herschel Neil Gymnasium, and the Civic Center is under con- struction. The school district also rents the Assembly of God Gym for girls ' physical educa- tion. Yes, this school (our school) is getting bigger . . . there are more people a s well as more buildings. The 1973-74 school year holds the record enrollment — 930 were enrolled. Projected numbers for next year range in the thousands. That ' s quite a switch from the figures like the size of the graduating class of ' 43. There were 20 seniors then.