Bradley Central High School - Ocoeean Yearbook (Cleveland, TN)

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The hustling parking lot of Central High the first year it opened, 1916, faintly resembles the local chariot races. Note the fashionable knee-breeches of the students. 4 Opening

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Silhouetted against the sun, Kevin Carroll and Angie Gill make up part of a traditional pep rally for an upcoming game 0- Thanks! Mary Norton seems to say as Troy Hooper gives her a bite of food. Contents Opening . . . Student Life Academics . . Athletics . . . Honors . . . . People .... Organizations Advertisements Index .... Closing . . . . 2 . 6 . 40 . 60 . 84 106 182 220 254 262 Exchanging greetings at the Governors banquet. Mayor Sam Colbert. Eddie Cartwright, Get Holley, and Dale Hughes chat with Governor Lamar Alexander who seems to be recounting his favorite football story. Opening 3

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The first basketball team in 1915-16 didn't mind that their initials were CHS.'' Referred to as “Central High School, it was the only school in the county at that time, and bore the initials of its future cross-town rival. Where is the modern industrial growth of Ocoee Street? Yet to be developed In the 1930’s, Bradley High was snuggled cozify on a deserted field, with only the principal’s house on campus to keep it company. Our Cornerstones Every morning hundreds of cars and buses pulled off South Lee Highway and into the gates of the 62 acre Bradley Central campus. Thousands of students and faculty members flocked into the 250,000 square feet of building facilities, which cost in excess of 5V4 million dollars to build — 4 million of which came from local money, and VA million from the Appalachian Regional Commission. Included was a stadium capable of seating 5,000. Facilities also included a gymnasium which could seat 7,500 spectators. But it hadn’t always been that way. In 1911, the original Bradley County High School was situated in Charleston. In 1915 bonds were voted to fund the building of the first Bradley Central High School. Within months, the completed single brick building situated on Ocoee Street opened, housing grades 9-12. Hence the establishment of Bradley Central on September 11, 1916. It opened with nearly one hundred students and eight teachers. However, no cafeteria was pro- vided, necessitating the need for students to bring their own lunches from home. As student population grew, extra class rooms, a study hall, and a library were added to the North and South Wings in 1936. Also, the gymnasium was enlarged and renovated. An entirely new gymnasium, along with an auditorium, was con- structed in 1947 and 1948. Only eight years later, in 1956, a new wing was built onto the south side. It contained a spanking new library, and cafeteria, band, art, and home economics rooms, and a vocational department which held shops and classrooms for the vocational- agricultural department. Also, concrete staircases replaced the wooden ones in the main building, and it was rewired and re-decorated. In addi- tion, the gymnasium offices and shower rooms were enlarged and improved. Finally, in 1972, the present day campus was built on grounds then occupied by the Golf and Country Club. At that time, the school was the second largest three-year secondary school in the state, and was soon to become the first. The facilities were hailed as the finest in the Southeastern United States. Principals throughout the history of Bradley Central High School were in chronological order: 0. M. Smith W. B. Parks A. L. Rankin Roy Anderson E. J. Frazier G. B. Tripp Clifton Smith C. A. Kyle Emil Farr Roy Wiseman Condor Wasson Bill Schultz Dale R. Hughes Today, Bradley is indeed the largest three-grade high school in Ten- nessee with an enrollment of nearly two thousand and a staff ex- ceeding one hundred and twenty five. Presently, two assistant prin- cipals participate in the administration of our school. They are Jerry Frazier and Roy Farmer. Together with Mr. Hughes, they encourage a series of programs that have collectively made Bradley a model for high schools throughout the Southeast. Opening 5