Brownstown High School - Webb Yearbook (Brownstown, IN)

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Yearbook experiences 5 decades of changes A joke section was a trend in many early yearbooks. Jokes such as these were spiced up with names of school personalities and scattered through the ads section. Algy saw a bear The bear saw Algy The bear was bulgy The bulge was Algy Miss Denny: This essay on “Our Dog” is word for word, the same as your brother Jack’s. Tom: Yes, Ma’am it’s the same dog. Three are a crowd and there were three The girl, the parlor lamp and he. Two are a company, and no doubt, That’s why the parlor lamp went out. . : bs ‘ : ES ¥ : Ruth rode in my new cycle car, In the seat in back of me. | took a bump at fifty-five, and rode on ruthlessly. Boch—“I dreamt last night | proposed to the sweet- est girl in the world.” Norma—“And what did | answer?” Ed: | know a place where women don’t wear any- thing but a string of beads once in a while. Jace: Golly gee, where? Ed: Around their necks. Sam applied for a job. Mr. Hanners wanted a seri- ous boy, so he put Sam to a test. “What would you do with a million dollars?” Sam—‘“Oh, gee, | don’t know, | wasn’t expecting so much at the start.” ABOVE: 1973 QUIVER. 1973 was the last year eighth graders attended the high school. Hemlines have dropped since seniors Holly McClara and Elaine (Parker) Akin made these skirts in home economics. LEFT: 1961 WEBB. Although styles and procedures have changed the same excitement accompanies the graduation of seniors. 50th Anniversary 13

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RIGHT: 1936 WEBB. A new school newspaper was organized and a male staff named it The Bear News. The staff tried to live up to its motto “To publish the bear facts.’ ABOVE: 1961 WEBB. The Junior prom is a tradition at Brownstown Central. The crowning of the queen highlights the dance. TOP RIGHT: 1964 QUIVER. A new high school was built on N. Elm to make room for students after the ‘63 consolidation. 12 50th Anniversary Sa ERR aaa Re ecNCRORRRIIN—

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Students give impressions of their average school day by Tim Long, senior; Randy Pedigo and Teresa Kindred, juniors; and Beth Quade, freshman. TERESA: Most students shuffle non- chalantly to their classes, deposit their books on their desks and themselves in their chairs and manage to fake the teacher out by looking utterly intrigued while in reality they are sleeping. The bell rings and the student, refreshed from his nap, makes a mad dash for his next class, it doesn’t matter if it’s across the hall or on the other side of the build- ing, five minutes is never enough time. BETH: Some classes | look forward to, but some | just dread. It is really hard to like a class in which teachers don’t try to get along with me. If they’d take more time to help us when we don’t under- stand, it would be better. | like classes with a relaxed atmo- sphere where students can work at the board, work on projects or play sports. It helps when the teachers are friendly and not afraid to joke around a little. TIM: Noon, | eat second lunch period, which means | attend study hall for half an hour on an empty stomach. | eat lunch with some of my very best friends, di scussing matters like religion in schools and the Bible, activities around school, and sexuality and permissiveness for half an hour. Then the third half hour | try to study with a full stomach fighting off the influence of drowsiness. RANDY: Between classes each day | have the privilege of walking my girl- friend to class, something that has fallen into a definite pattern of my normal day. TIM: At the end of the day when I’m finally out of the building, and into the world, | have achieved the desire | have been trying to satisfy all day, almost complete freedom. ABOVE: On their way to class students stop to help search for a lost contact lens. RIGHT: Carol Flynn and Terry Gray tune up their instruments during activity period. 14 Everyday life