Brainerd High School - Brainonian (Brainerd, MN)

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Tears, Contemplation-Indicative of Life The Back Rhodes . . . ringing midnight ears of darkness . . the fading velvet memory of electric guitars and the rumbling memory of an electric bass . . . smiles and happiness . . . and cars starting . . . the smell of leaves and cold autumn air after a football game . . . and the smell of exhaustion and frustra- tion after a basketball game. This was our year . . . and it was a good one . . , Escurza! and the sad Death ofa Salesman . . . did you cry? . . . did you remember? . , . will you cry? Slow movement, dreamy moving nights and laughing days . . . the Prom, a late dinner . . . the echoing halls before classes . . . at noon . . . still echoing behind us in the warm and memory- filled summer . . . will you remember? . . . do you remember? Sno-Daze and Homecoming . . . queens and kings. . . crushed paper cups in the transformed scarlet and violet Lincoln Gym. The magic of weekends . . . parties . . . the blurred red brick of XVI-IS in the sleepy early morning . . . the cafeteria swarm- ing and clanking fourth and hfth hours . . . all surrounded and permeated by the students . . . everywhere . . . milling about in the swaying halls . . . ice cream at noon . . . voices leaking between floors . . . you'll hear thern. many years from now. This was notjust any school in 1967: this was NYHS. Nlr, Lalwlourea perches high above the stage meditating on the events ofthe day. ttt .Q Gay moments in the course of the year lighten the faces of some of the student body during Homecoming festivities and student assemblies. ft ' l

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'W'-sw.. Laughter, pprehension As the tension hreztks after a two point loss to Bloorhead in the last seconds of the regional opener. Brainerd cheerleaders console eztfh other while hundreds ofstu- dents file tJL1I in desolation for 21 long trip home in the stillness ol twelve husloads and many ears ofstudents who lost. Moods ol' enthusiasm. hope. and douht reflect on the faces of students and perxzide the atmosphere at one ofthe xVL1I'I'l0I' basketbzill gurnes. The Homecoming slogan '3Xxe the Gobblersu inspires this 'Kturkeyu decora- tion Qwhich has recently sprouted legsl forthe dzinve following the game.

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CCWC Are the Warriors, Mighty, ighty Warriors. Brisk autumn night at Roosevelt Field , . . warm evenings in the packed atmosphere of the gym A . . humid afternoons spent at the YMCA pool . . . cool and lvright sessions at the tennis courts in the spring . .. muddy hasehall games at Memorial Park. The pride of winning six games in a row on the gridiron . . . the flush of victory in the District 24 basket- hall finals . . . the agony ofa two point loss in the regionals . . , thejoys of singing and joking on a victorious team hus . . , the silence of defeat. The tremendous relief of an ended season . . . the wish that it would return . . . the slaps on the back and the hearty congratulations ofa winning locker room . . . the despair in losing . . . the comradeship of teammate and friend . . . the devotion to school and the desire to exeell. The spirit of competition extended from the athletic fieldg the ac- complishments ofthe athletie teams were not lost in the locker rooms. The devotion and desire of the Wfarrior teams hecame the Warrior spirit. This was not just any school in 1967: this too was YYHS. One of the enthusiastic varsity cheerleaders. Marla Bollig. stands with exuberance and happiness hctween two photographically froyen Warrior athletes, Chuck Morgan 41.9 fast breaks past XIoorl1eadSpud Pat Driscoll andylohn lirickson Cr.J prepares to ward offa block thrown hv a Tech Tiger. Z