Burke High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Burke, SD)

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1946 SENIOR CLASS HISTORY IN THE ILLUSTRIOUS YEAR OF I942, FORTY-THREE WEARY FRESHMEN, BEDRAGGLED AND DISCOURAGED WITH EDUCATION, DRUG THEMSELVES HOME AFTER REGISTRATION DAY. EACH FOUND HIMSELF A NICE, QUIET CORNER TO SIT DOWN AND CONTEMPLATE THE FUTURE. WAS IT WORTH FOUR YEARS OF DISCIPLINE, STUDYING, AND HARD WORK TO GAIN THAT SHEET OF PAPER KNOWN AS THE DIPLOMA? AFTER MAKING A QUICK SURVEY OF THE JOBS IT WAS POSSIBLE TO GET WITHOUT A HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION, WE RETURNED THE NEXT DAY JUST TO SEE IF THE SITUATION WAS BEARABLE. BY THE TIME FOUR, O'CLOCK ROLLED AROUND, WE WERE STILL LIVING, AND YOU KNOW SEVERAL OF THOSE CUTE GIRLS IN OUR CLASS MADE LIFE QUITE INTERESTING. TO GUIDE US THROUGH OUR INITIAL YEARS, WE ELECTED THE SHORT, BLONDE AND ENERGETIC LOIS GUTHMILLER FOR PRESIDENT, KENNY HARMAN, VICE- PRESIDENT, BETTY SOPER, SECRETARY ISHE NEVER COULD READ HER WRITINGI, AND TO KEITH MATSON, OF ALL PEOPLE, WE CONCURRED THE OFFICE OF TREASURER. OUR CLASS WAS FORMED, AND WE WERE STARTED ON THE FOUR YEAR ROAD LEADING TO A GRADUA- TION WHICH LOOKED FAR AWAY. AFTER ONE WHOLE YEAR OF BEING THE UNDERDOGS, OUR SPIRIT WAS AROUSED, AND WE GAVE THE NEW FRESHMEN A HEARTY WELCOME. OUR FRESHMEN CHARGES WERE NOT TOO EAGER FOR THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE THEY WERE TO RECEIVE FROM US DURING INITIA- TION WEEK, BUT WE FELT IT NECESSARY TO GIVE THEM A WELL-ROUNDED CURRICULUM. THIS YEAR, WE HELPED IN THE RESTORATION OF OUR SCHOOL'S ATHLETIC REPUTATION AND HAVE ADDED TO IT IN THE LAST THREE YEARS. WITH A MEMBERSHIP OF THIRTY-FIVE AND KEITH MATSON AS PRESIDENT, ELEANOR STROUP, VICE-PRESIDENT, AND KENNY HARMAN AS SECRETARY-TREASURER OUR CLASS FULFILLED THE SOPHOMORE REQUIREMENTS. UPON OUR RETURN IN THE FALL OF I944, WE WERE READY FOR AN EVENTFUL YEAR. OUR BOYS FIRMLY ESTABLISHED THEMSELVES AS FOOTBALL HEROES AND AS A BASKETBALL TEAM, WHICH HAD THREE JUNIOR BOYS ON THE FIRST STRING AND WERE RUNNERS-UP IN THE DISTRICT TOURNAMENT. OUR CLASS PLAY, CAMPUS QUARANTINE, WAS A FLAMING SUCCESS, WHICH WAS A GREAT SATISFACTION TO US. OUR HEARTS WERE FILLED WITH BENEVOLENCE, GENEROSITY AND PATRIOTISM, HENCE, THE SENIORS WERE HONORED AT THE ANNUAL JUNIOR-SENIOR BANQUET, WHICH WAS CARRIED OUT IN A PATRIOTIC THEME. JAY CANON, PRESIDENT, ELEANOR STROUP, VICE-PRESIDENT, AND KENNY HARMAN, SECRE- TARY-TREASURER, GUIDED OUR JUBILANT SPIRITS SAFELY TO THE LONG-AWAITED SENIOR YEAR. DIPLOMAS! TWENTY-NINE SHEETS OF PAPER WERE FINALLY GIVEN TO US. NOT ONLY WERE WE PROUD OF OUR DIPLOMAS BUT EACH OF US WAS PROUD OF OUR CLASS. THE UNITED ONE-FOR-ALL SPIRIT THAT EACH OF US HAD DEVELOPED BROUGHT US FAME, FUN AND FORTUNE WHICH WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN IN B. H. S. RUNNERS-UP IN THE REGION IN BASKETBALL, THE CLASS PLAY, THE BANQUET, SCHOOL DANCES AND THE CARNIVAL ARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS WHICH WERE COMPLETELY OBLIVIOUS TO US THE FOUR YEARS PREVIOUS WHEN WE THOUGHT THAT HIGH SCHOOL WAS SOMETHING TO BE ENDURED IF POSSIBLE. LOOKING BACK DOWN THE FOUR YEARS, IT SUDDENLY LOOKS TERRIBLY SHORT. WE DID HAVE FUN AND ARE PROUD OF OUR CLASS' CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE SCHOOL. GUIDING US THROUGH OUR LAST FATEFUL YEAR WERE KENNY HARMAN, PRESIDENT, KEITH MATSON, VICE-PRESIDENT, AND SOL SCHLAHT, SECRETARY-TREASURER. 5 .Blum S .llllllll I , f lll'l 'l f . vw , , ' - , 4 A N In KX!! lyg X riff' fu-M1

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SENICR JAY CANON We wish to write his name. in the athletic Hall of Fame. Bulldog 3 Annual 4 Football l. 2. 3. 4 Basketball l. 2. 3. 4 Boxing 2 Track 2 B Club l. 2. 3. 4 Carnival Candidate 2 President 3 Class Play 3 MILDRED CLAUSE!! The kind of a girl you cannot help lik- ingcu Bulldog 3 Annual 4 Pep Club 3 JOHN FRANK A pin drop would make more noise than he does. B Club 3. 4 Basketball 3. 4 Football 3 ' Bulldog 4 Annual 4 Ag. l. 2. 3. 4 CLASS EMIIA LOU BOHNET Her life is noble. pure and sweet. for she's a girl that'l hard to beat. Glee Club 2. 3 Pep Club 3. 4 Class Play 3 Carnival Candidate l Bulldog 4 Annual 4 Declam 3. 4 PAULINE ENGELMEYER ln her quiet un- assuming way. she does her part here every day. Bulldog 4 Annual 4 Pep Club 3. 4 Glee Club l LOIS GUTHMILLER Full many friend- ships has Blondie. of ladies many: but of men. only! one. Bulldog 4 Annual 4 Pep Club 3. 4 Pep Club Sec. 4 Glee Club l. 2. 3. 4 Carnival Can'date 3 President l Declam 3. 4 Class Play 3 Cheerleader 1.2.3.4 Band l. 2. 3. 4 W I946