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IHS ANNUAL 1955 Volume 40 Published by The Ahhucul Stuff Ithaca High School Ithaca, New York General Manager ..... Jervis Langdon Editor ,.,. , , ...... Janet M. Jones Business Manager ..... .,.... .......... A l fred C. Tottey Drawings by Marvaret McCarthy l 3 l
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EcIitor's Page E ,. Introduced to you on this page is the school mascot, who symbolizes school spirit and repre- sents the pride of the students in their Alma .- gi I Mater. The history of Ithaca High's mascot is feast., ,I e 1. ,. unique, yet unfamiliar to most . . . fi . . s ix Q J The Class of l9fl-7 decided the school needed a ' 5,1 mascot. After much discussion, a deodorized if . e My skunk was ordered from the Charone Wild Ani- K A mal Ranch in Burlington, Wisccmnsin. The cost of Don Bemont holds first mascot. the skunk was fifteen dollars, which was covered by student contributions to the Skunk Fund. After an oflicial adoption, our mascot followed the football and basketball teams to all games. An I.H.S. student, Betsy Black, was responsible for the skunk on the bus and also did the honors at the games. She had him on a ribbon leash and paraded him up and down before the spectators. Plans were also made to let the skunk travel around with the band. He made his home with another student, Don Bemont. Here his favorite hiding place was behind a kitchen cabinet. Then in the spring of l948, the school mascot disappeared. He tore a hole in a screen door, which had been reinforced with heavy wire screening, and ran away. Revival of the skunk tradition occurred in 1953, when Pep Club was organized. The club members adopted the skunk as their mascot and named themselves the Little Red Peppers. Members of the club dressed as Papa, Mama, and Baby Skunk and entertained at basketball games and pep assemblies. The 1955 skunk is presented in the Annual with the hope that he will remain a tradition of I.H.S. We of the Annual staff proudly name him Pepper'7 and dedicate him to the task of guiding you through the pages of Ithaca High's 1955 . . . introducing HPepperl,7 yearbook' Janet Jones Editor tj-I
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