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wins and four losses, wasn't too good, but we were still hoping. Between prac- tice periods for the males, the female basketball tournament started, with all trying to be superwomen. Other brawny blondes and brunettes were off to score at bowling so they could impress the boy friend. Almost before we realized it, the Sen- ior play was perfected under the able direction of Dusty Dodds. Everyone looked here, there, under desks, and in lockers for any culprit who hadn't bought at least one ticket. None es- caped the evil eye, and all were brought under subjection. Whoopee! We es- tablished a new record in money made, and the play Nothing But the Truth was a brilliant success. It was a three act comedy concerning Bob Bennett fTom Middletonj who made a 810,000 bet that he could tell the absolute truth for twenty-four hours. Whereupon E. M. Ralston C Little Iggie Taubeneckb invited Bob to his home in order to make everything as hard as possible, with the help of Gwenn Ralston CShirley Mc- Kayl and other members of the cast such as Jim Bailey, Don Bliss, Lois Cole, Francoise Crivelli, Fritz Fulton, Lucile Hake, Jean Macauley, and Mercedes Maxwell. After the second night all members of the cast Cand most of the Senior classj departed for Don Bliss' house to dance, partake of refresh- ments, and hash over the mistakes and successes of the evening. Unhappily, almost as soon as the play was over, we had to bid goodbye to one of our best actresses and most lovable Seniors, Hakie. Luckily she came back after a semester in Arlington, Virginia, to join in our graduation revels. The goal period land semesterj was fy .qi s . V J ,fggfv an -' f fx. ' r Liga- I J J lrlll Ill lr .qi gg, H . ,,. , -mix . F ' ' -:Il qw,--S X fl 5 - f ,. . A Page eighteen rapidly drawing to a close, and we be- gan to realize that we were going to lose thirteen of our students who were off to college, the seven seas, the infantry, or the air. On Friday the 28th, after a grueling week of regents, Jim Ashbrook, Page Benson, Tom Blomberg, Geoff Duf- fil, Squeak Eaglesham, Dave Harvey, Dick Jansen, Bill Linehan, Bud MarElia, Bob Newcomb, Mary Rogers, Tom See- hof, and Mont Simons were graduated as the first mid-year class in the history of BHS. Considering the conditions which made this irregularity necessary, we sincerely hope it will also be the last group to make its exodus in January. After the brief exercises in which the orchestra played and the chorus sang, the new alumni went to a reception and semi-formal dance given by the Senior class in Gwinn Hall. For a while our former classmates roamed the halls looking superior and perhaps a bit wistful, but within the next two months these alumni were scattered far and wide: Bud, Mont, and Geoff in the Air Corps, Jim at Denison studying to be a chaplain, Page taking a pre-med course at Cornell, Bill in the V-5 at Brown University, Dick fJan- senj in same at Williams, Bob and Dave in the Navy, Tom Blomberg and Mary Rogers furthering their educations in New York, Tom Seehof in the A-12 Unit at Rutgers University, and Squeak working toward art school in the fall. We who still had five months before we joined the Class of '44A in the wide worldu wished them the best of every- thing and waited anxiously for news of their activities and whereabouts. With all the distractions of this im- portant goal period, it was hard to keep our minds on work, but we struggled along and were fairly well satisfied with our grades. We hope that our colleges will be too. That's what counts! After the usual barrage of semester exams, goal period tests, and the cus- tomary quizzes ending the first term, a number of us plowed through the snow up to Scarsdale to see the traditional rivals play. Being definitely on the ball , the Maroons took a quick lead and maintained it throughout the game, the Y V V PICTURES . Student Council . Senior Ex- ecutive Council . Junior Executive Council . Yearbook Editors . Mirror Editorial Board
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a striped candystick in the other. Drop the Handkerchiefn was the most fun, with our dignified UD Student Council President in a flowing white nightie and booties chasing after all the girls. tHe didn't catch them, either-they had on rubber-soled shoes lb Near the end of the evening, Santa, who turned out to be Dr. CTeddyJ Bair, made his entrance amid loud cheers and proceeded to distribute the decidedly odd presents each of us had chosen for some one of our little playmates. Little Jackie Steinmetz re- ceived a baby's bottle filled with some- thing stronger than milk. You ought to know better'n thatf, said he after a sniff, and promptly drank it. Working in its quiet and efficient manner, our Junior Red Cross, headed by Anne Remington, had done a great deal in the weeks preceding Christmas to make the holidays brighter for those enduring the real hardships of war. Spe- cial Christmas cards were sent to our BHS alumni in the services and, from reports we have received, these tokens of our interest and good will were really appreciated. Boxes filled by the advi- sories under the supervision of the Coun- cil were sent to English children- candy, soap, combs, paper, pencils, and games were some of the articles in these packages. One hundred and fifty gift boxes were also filled for the men at Camp Shanks. In addition to these boxes Christmas decorations and carol books were sent to the Camp to make it a happier Christmas for the men who were so far from home. Our efforts along these lines made it a better Christ- mas for us too, for it is Nbetter to give than to receivef' and we knew that our works, however infinitesmal, were ap- preciated at their final destinations. Holidays really started Saturday, the 18th, which gave us a long vacation. Sat- urday was also the date of the opening of the famous Club '44 where the gang meets to eat, dance, smoke, and have a wonderful time. The Club is in the un- dercroft of the Christ Church, and on the opening night it was really crowded. Bush Kent was the Master of Cere- monies and Ted Johnson the head of the Social Committee. The many attrac- tions of the evening included songs by V Y Y PICTURES . The one, the only, the original . They beat us to it . VVho'd have thought it! . A REAL band . Pahdon me!', . Geez, hey, a rat race! the sultriest of our singers, Mo Dom and Anne Remington, and skits and rec- itations by such virile specimens as Pete Aczel, Bill Coldwell, Joe Corr, George Davis, Marcel McGrath, Tom Middleton, Ted Taubeneck, and Ted Tut- tle. Our own swing band, starring such illustrious maestros as Ted Johnson, Dick Kent, Shirley McKay. Larry Mort- lock, and Don Shaw, provided some real- ly professional music and throughout the year was the main drawing card of many a dance. Mr. Taubeneck's forum still held forth during the vacation, and on Monday we heard our favorites, William L. Shirer, Dr. Samuel Inman, Leland Rex Robin- son, Leland Stowe, and James MacDon- ald, discuss the problems of the future. On Christmas Eve we all went to the Reformed Church to see our lovely Shir- ley McKay in the role of the Virgin Mary. She was beautiful, and we went home with the true Christmas spirit. New Year's Eve was quite a night, and we heard rumors of certain male fand female 'FJ members who came home singing loudly about 9 A. M. on the fol- lowing morning. On January 3, we went from the ridiculous to the sublime and started back to school. All that homework which we were definitely go- ing to do over the holidays was still to be done, and we determined to do part of it that evening, but again Taubie came to our rescue with a forum- Out- look for 1944, A Look Ahead which impressed on our minds the fact that we muslt look forward and search for the trut . The basketball squad semed to have been the only individuals who worked at anything during our vacation, and they went to work to improve their record. Our score before the semesters end, two 'Y .wifi N3-V 'T C , :CWI .if X I ' ll , 41':.v1!'S5. C if FS 57?- Page scuentec ll
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