Louisville Male High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Louisville, KY)

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The hit tune was Bei Mir Bist du Schoen, and Happy and Dear Alben were stumping up and down the length of Kentucky in one of the hottest campaigns ever fought, That fall a stubborn Male High team held Manual's national champions for three quarters and finally lost, 40-7. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was hailed as a film success, and the popular song was Franklin D. Roosevelt jones. Then in the spring of i939 we became seniors. Do you re- member the twelve crowded months of l939? The Glee Club presented The Pirates of Penzance and the Royal Masque, The Ghost Train. Deep Purple and Three Little Fishes were the song favorites, johnstown won the Derby, and Czechoslovakia died at Munich, where Chamber- lin said, This is peace for our time. That was a carefree summer, for weren't we going to be English eights in the fall? ln Europe affairs grew worse and worse, until, on September first, German troops crossed into Poland. And so at eleven o'clock, September third, twenty years, ten months, and nineteen days after the War to end all Wars, the world went to war. Another thrilling Male-Manual game took place on Thanks- giving, when Manual won 20-l3. This game had spectators on their toes right down to the last seconds, and there was no shame to the losers. Gone With the Wind finally appeared and the hit songs were Oh, johnny, ln The Mood. And so here we are. Of the great world powers, England, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, japan, China, Spain, only this country has enjoyed peace. And we, the class of l939Vz, face a somewhat unpredictable future. There is not the gloom and discouragement of a depression-ridden nation that faced the classes of the early thirties. ls it our destiny to die on the battlefield? Will our era be the ushering in of a new order, with war outlawed? We cannot answer these questions. We can only face the future, determined to maintain and preserve our heritage of freedom, and firm in our faith in the American Way. . ',... , 4, .. ... f A i?f f'.LW1?lf

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THE HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF l939V2 Perhaps more than any class since 'l8, the class of l939V2 has attended Male High during a period filled with more high- lights and outstanding events in the world. Harken back to the closing days of l936 and the beginning of l937 when we first entered Male. Franklin D. Roosevelt had been re-elected for a second term by the greatest majority in history, and people said that the Republican party was dead. Dewey, McNutt, and Taft were little heard of names. England had just acquired a new king. Automobiles still had their gearshifts on the floor, and everybody was singing a crazy ditty entitled The Music Goes 'Round and 'Roundf' Albania, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria, and Danzig were all flourishing countries, and Margaret Mitchell's new book, Cone With the Wind was appearing on best seller lists. We looked forward to entering Male High, but even as we received our diplomas from lunior High, Old Man Ohio dumped himself in our front yards. High School survived 57.l feet. We started to school five weeks late. School ran until four o'clock, and there were no electric lights. Floors were buckled and most of the first floor could not be used. As threes we became acclimated to Male High. It was a bit strange not having any girls in the class. That was the term when the Hindenburg exploded, and War Admiral won the Derby. l937 was the big football year. The Bulldogs won twelve straight games, gloriously defeating Manual, 25-20, for the only Male High victory during our three years. Coach Butts left us to go to Georgia, where he is now head coach. In the spring we proudly became juniors. Colonel jordan left as Professor of Military Science and Tactics, and after a brief time, Major Bashore took his place.. Lawrin won the Derby. - .. ..,. t, ...,.,..-, .

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