Bushnell Prairie City High School - Beta Pi Sigma Yearbook (Bushnell, IL)

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Gary Gain, Larry Cramblet, and Tommy Furniss humbly kneel to senior Dwight Smith. f i il 1? E 1 1: if l. 4 595 -' sw. kms 3 so is ,... -ur '. ..'lf'f:ff'. i A s- A Qffil 5 ' ' 1 F? Y S is K Rs, Walls-ntesa, hsicuwtitl PQ Wfis maszaiii k Oh, dear Senior, hear by appeal . . was the plea of Eileen Murtin, on Initiation Day. One of the first-day prob- lems for freshmen is the tricky locker combinations. While Dottie Dodson suc- cessfully works her combin- ation, Tommy Furniss helps Mike Garrett. . . Jackie Kirby and Ronnie l mel solemnly recite the I under the ominous throat sonior's paddle.

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,Q- Pi 'Nik ...M Making those big class rings lit was the noon-time activity of Kathryn Reno and Martha Lowe. Looking on were Judy Curtis, Christine Friend, and Lynda Tudeen. The coke machine, where we could get several kinds of pop, drew thirsty students during eighth hour. Dale Curfman is at the dispenser, while Hazel Whittles and Virginia Orwig have been served. Peggy Allshouse looks nn. At the first assembly of the year, Larry Hood, president of last year's senior class, presented two gifts from the class of '56, to the school-a Home of the Spartans banner for the gym, received by Dwight Smith, and enough polished metal letters to identif our h l. M. R k ' ' ' ' y sc oo r un le is shown fastening the letters to the east end of the building. 'I5 X syll.-VW'

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Freshmen anticipate high school experiences Freshmen found high school exciting and different. They marveled at the confident way that upperclassmen slipped so easily back into a familiar routine. Would they ever belong to the fascinating world which was high school? Then came their day of reck- oning. A political convention, B-PC style, attracted l'delegates from the forty-eight states and the territories- hillbillies, cowboys, cotton pickers, milkmaids, eskimos, and hula dancers. This, of course, was initiation. The 1957 seniors, with pictures of a l953 initiation vivid in their memories, took no pity on freshmen knees, The fresh- men were good sports, though, and the seniors proved that it was all in fun by throwing a party for them fol- lowing the football game that even- ing. After all the comedy and fun was over, one hundred two freshmen walked the halls as full-fledged stu- dents of B-PC. -use-sggy Freshmen classes presented incongruous sights on 5' M v',,.,- Initiation Day si ik N st if s Maybe Roger Campbell is looking up the A real cooI Elvis Presley was Jerry Mason word flamboyant, with his Hound Dog.