Buchanan High School - Pines Yearbook (Buchanan, MI)

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Cheerleoders Ellen Yow. Missy Scroggins. Lori Fox. Sreph Soin. Suson Vire. ond June Gunn chose their next cheer Mrs. Trull's doss completes their assignment. Scene of the Crime 6 Gathering the Clues

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1923-1940's DY LAURA UNDSTRAND Darin Losh labors over his lecture notes Mrs. Mary Dings lends on oir of youth around the guidance office. Buchanan High has changed much in irs years of exisronce. Clubs, sports, classes, and styles keep cropping up, and then dissappeoring. The population hos in- creased obouf four times. In 1923, Duchonon students had a brond new school. It hod 23 rooms with the junior high in a corner of the building. There were from 30-40 students in a class and about 10 teachers in the 20's. Classes were different from ours. Some were borony, economics, zoology, civics, agriculture, hygiene, or- thography. and domestic science. A wood shop starred in 1926. There were many dubs, including the commercial, alpha agrarian, Helen, Glee, Civics, Science, and Usher Clubs. There were two literary clubs, a debating ream, on orchestra, Le Cercle Francois (French Club), ond the Microphone, the school paper which ap- peared in the Derrien County Record. The main sports of the twenties were football ond boskerboll. Others were rrock and baseball. Girls played inter-class tennis, soccer, ond basketball. There were no j.v. or freshmen sports. Parties were held by classes by the river or in the gym. The classes had wienie roasts in the hills, and initiated freshmen by pulling them through McCoy Creek. Styles for the bobbed-haired girls were short skirts and sailor blouses. Varsity sweorers were popular with boys. The thirties sow o library of 2000 volumes; only six people could fit in the librory at once. There were 40-100 students in each class and 20 teachers. New clubs were the Latin Club, the Future Farmers of America, the Girls' Athletic Association, the Magic Chefs (boys who liked to cook), and the B Club (for boys with vorsity letters). New classes were art and industrial arts. Home Economics reploced domestic science. Hair for girls was short ond curly while boys still wore varsity sweaters. Dances were first held in the Gym (today's librory). As the world rocketed into the atomic age, BH5 changed, too. The number of senior boys was down because many joined the service, and uniforms dotted the holls. Some classmates died in combat. New clubs were the Jr. Bed Cross, the Librory Club, ond the student council. There was also o large band ond orchesrro. The boys wore jeans ond buttoned vorsity swearers. Girls wore plaid ond pleated skirts, with shoulder length curled hair. Boys' hair was short ond swept bock. Buchanan had not yet faced the Viet- nam war, the Beatles, lunor visits, inflation, or MTV. Gathering the Clues: 1923-40's 5

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Pines remembers BHS: 1950-86 Phong Tron knows how Pele starred his career Melisso Scroggins ond Micky McGuire inause at her locker DY LAURA LINDSTRAND In rhe fifries rhere were 70-100 people in eoch closs and 30 reochers. New classes were business closses, social studies, shop, ond sociology. New clubs were rhe Camera Club, rhe Future Teachers of America, rhe Future Homemakers of Tomorrow, o rumbling club, on electronics club, ond o pep club with 70 members. Cheerleoding with boys ond girls starred Golf, tennis, ond j.v ond freshmen sports storred There were o variety of styles in the fifries. Girls' hoir went from long ond wovy to short ond curly. Boys' hoir went from crew cuts to slicked bock. Girls wore long, full skirts with bobby socks ond saddle shoes. Boys wore varsity swearers ond shirts with pointed collars. Homecoming along with rhe homecoming queen started. New wings were put on the school in rhe sixties, and rhe junior high no longer at- tended school with rhe high schoolers Ex- change students ond drivers' education began. There were over 100 students in eoch closs. ond about 40 teachers — rhe some os today The bond, orchestra, ond Glee Club grew lorger os FFA got smaller. Wrestling ond cross country starred, ond girls got o little more recognition in sports. Girls storred to wear pants ond varsity jackets rook rhe place of swearers. Closs rings become popular. Homecoming hod o bonfire, parade, snake donee, ond floors. By rhe end of the sixties, familiar nomes such os Wishort, Trull. Hiorr, Berry. Renn- hock. ond Runkewich cropped up The 1970's sow 130-150 people in eoch closs. There were 50 reochers. even more rhon now. The Art Club. SRA. Chorus, ond Ski Club started. There were the FFA. FTA (Future Teachers), two bonds, ond bond comp. Girls finally hod their own sports: basketball, volleyball, track, ond softball. Long hoir was in style for both boys ond girls. Bell-bottoms ond short skirts were also in.'' The eighties brought rhe return of rhe Art Club, soccer, rhe Toronto exchange. Close- Up. the IS5R. ond rhe end of rhe Future Formers. There were about 40 reochers ond 120 150 students per closs by rhe lost half of the eighties. Many changes have improved BHS over rhe course of history, ond undoubtedly, many more shall follow Gathering the Clues 7