Bluffton High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Bluffton, IN)

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Leading to Classes.... The doors leading to classes offer an equal opportunity to learn for everyone who enters. Making friends, acquiring an education, and storing up memories for years to come constitute the daily life of high-school students. During the four years they spend at P. A. Allen High, students are given training that will be put to good use after graduation. Thirteen

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Agriculture Geometry Health Education Mr. Wentz supervises Kenny Mey¬ er, Francis Jamison, and Edson Ivins as they test milk; they tested ap¬ proximately two hundred samples of milk a month. In addition to milk testing these future farmers studied soil testing, the keeping of farm records, and farm management. On May 3rd a group entered the district crop and livestock judging contest. As a further aid to the neighboring farmers, the boys prun¬ ed grapevines and apple trees. The agricultural course prepares our farm lads for a future with the soil. Sue Smith proves a proposition in geometry to Rex Fishbaugh with the assistance of Mrs. Scott. Such oral explanations as these clarify the problems to those who are in doubt and develop the pupils’ reasoning power. Students of geometry study basic propositions, their proofs and applications for a high degree of mastery. A knowledge of geometry is a necessity for those students who plan to further their education in the fields of engineering or science. Under Mr. Templin the Junior and Senior boys learn to do such breath¬ taking stunts as the one pictured. Since health is of vital interest to everyone and is so necessary for a full life, this course is required for graduation. In addition to playing all sorts of ball, the boys’ health- education classes do mat work and calisthenics. Two days each week are spent in book work. Miss Bridenbaugh tells Suzie Gar¬ rett how to leap from the spring board as Jean Terhune and Joann Christman assist. Girls’ health edu¬ cation combines four days of gym¬ nasium work and one day of class work to build a well-balanced phys¬ ical education course. In the gym¬ nasium the gi rls play basketball, softball, volleyball, and other sports; and in the classroom they study the human body and how to care for it. Twenty Senior girls received certi¬ ficates for successfully completing a course in Red Cross home nursing.

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Class of 1945 Class Officers: Athletic Council, Kay Kleinknight; Secretary, Doris Swaim; President, Harry Brickley; Treasurer, Rene Schmoll; Vice-President, Robert Smith. Class History Seniors! At last we have completed the work we set out four years ago to accomplish. As we prepare to leave, let us look back through the open doors to those happy years in the halls of B. H. S. We overcame that inferiority complex that all Freshmen possess when we had our first class meeting. At this meeting we planned a bake sale, which proved a great success. Max Ulmer, president; Garl Baumgartner, vice-pres¬ ident; Anna Lee Hook, secretary; Barbara Huff¬ man, treasurer; and Gene Miller, athletic coun¬ cil were our efficient officers that year. In February of 1942 Barbara Huffman and Anna Lee Hook won first and second places in the county Latin contest; that year Raymond Witze- man won the sectional algebra contest. To bring the year to a close we hired school buses to take us to the State Park for our first party, which our three sponsors, Miss Powers, Miss Swisher, and Mr. Park, helped us carry off successfully. With thoughts of that party still in mind we entered school the next fall as Sophomores. At the first class meeting we selected Mr. Wentz to fill Mr. Park’s place as class sponsor. For officers this year we elected Harry Brickley, president; Dick McElderry, vice-president; (Continued on Page 21) Charles Ault . . . Bashful . . . General Course . . . Intramural . . . Football . . . Baseball . . . Basket¬ ball . . . Softball Captain . . . Varsity Club . . . Senior Rotarian . . . Bas¬ ketball Captain. Robert Baker . . . Sphinx . . . General Course . . . Intramural . . . Softball . . . Football . . . Basket¬ ball . . . Track Captain . . . Varsity Club . . . Senior Rotarian . . . Ath¬ letic Scholai ' ship Univer¬ sity of Georgia. Fourteen