Mount Vernon High School - Hoop Pole Yearbook (Mount Vernon, IN)

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-I-hatonq 'Q Ju' Of prime importance in our Junior year was the arrival of our Jacksrs, the most beautiful MVHS has even seen The poor old seniors were green with envy so they pretended they wouldn t be caught dead in class Jackets in such hot weather At long last we elected our first queen the football queen We sold magazines at a lightning rate and made a small fortune Then we turned right around and blew our fortune throwing the Junior Senior Prom We spent our Enchanted Evening aboard the steamer Avalon-nothing but the best for the class of 1957 Right about this time our class rings made their appearance on fingers and chains all over Mt, Vernon High and our junior year was complete, The class of 57 has set the Sophisticated Senior tradition back ten years Did we restrain our glee when we elected our second football queen and won a trophy for our class float all in the same evening? I should say we didn't, Later our sale of Christmas cards and stationery went over big, and we almost replenished the treasury. Our annual is complete and our play, The Red House Mystery was proclaimed a hit, We had the time of our lives at the prom this year, Before we know what has happened, commencement will be here, In a short while the MVHS class of '57 will be history - but what history! November 1956 Darwin Jackson wins Kiwanis Football Player of the Year Award December 1956 Joyce Brown wins Posey County D A R Citizenship Award January 29 1957- Larry Wallace wins local Oratorical Contest March 7 1957- Seniors present Red House Mystery , March 8 1957- Posey County choir Festival at MVHS April 15, 19575 Spring Follies April 26, 1957g Junior-Senior Prom to be held at Armory, May 2, 19575 P.A,C, Track and Field Meet, May 17, l957g Honor Day, May 19, 1957g Baccalaureate, May 24, 1957, Dr, Mitchell to speak at commencement,

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Claaa once upon a ttme September 1953 to be exact 172 freshmen descended upon Mt Vemon Hrgh and went to work C71 The class of 1957 was not only green but II felt green However rn a flash of deftance we chose red and gray as our class colors We elected offtcers and were as busy as beavers runnrng the concessxons at vanous athletrc events We raked 1n enough dough to hold a PICHIC at the athletxc park 1n May We froze whlle the hot dogs burned Yes the class of 1957 went through that frrst momentous year ln a blaze of slnce unequalled glory When we flrst began our sophomore year they called us s1lly Boy dxd we show theml At the frrst of the year there was the usual rash of electrons We selected class offrcers student council members some actron The gym was so full for our donkey basketball game that we almost hung fans out the wxndows Later ln the year we selected our class Jackets and started a long xmpatlent Walt for thelr arrtval and queen candidates, Then we showed old MVHS J' 1 A . , B.

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