Rushville High School - Holcad Yearbook (Rushville, IN)

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lzgt 4 7M Gym Irs lfzcepfz 77 am! Reafzzafzwz 0 HL mrmrnoth brslttbrll stadrum belated consequence ot a long serrts or epochal ex ents w as concerved at a meet mg of ba ketball fans and others rnterested rn the future of the crty rmmedrately fol low mg the Strtt basketball tournament held rn Indrrnrpolrs last we ll Phe school BM. ofnclals had kept the rclt 1 m rnrnd for some if 'M trme and when the crty rose rn rts enthusr :ws astrc support of the basl etball team that represented Ixushvrlle at the tournament the orhcrals saw that the psychologrcal mo ment had come when therr dreams and therr plans should be presented t e crtrztns Xccordrngly a b rnquet was held rn the basement of the Nlam Street Lhrrs tran Church rn honor of the team and rts coach and rt was there that after the smoke had cleared away from the celebra trons the Uymnasrum was rntrofluced The rdea met wrth success never before l' known rn Rushvrlle Before the evenrng was over the sum ot S9o f 'Nl was pledged by the fan present rn the torm ol non 3 plans for rmmedrate constructron were made and the new gymnasrum was prac trcallv assured The lerders of the move ment felt that subscrrptrons amountmff to 'Uwllllfl would msure the burldrng e Hrgh School students engaged rn the enter g-21.4-f 5,4-igz .av prrse by rarsrng 51 OOO through the sale of season trckets for the cornrng year s basket XL P 1 games Fo supply the remarnder of the funds necessary the school trustees rssued bonds agfrrnst the school crty to the amount of ts-LUOOO Frnally Mc Gurre and Shook of lndrrn rpolrs were employed to draft plans and specrfrcatrons and the contracts for constructron of the burldrng were awarded on -Xugust 197s to the Qhelby Qonstructron Lompany whrch recerved the general cor tract and to the Hoosrer Heatrng and Plumbrng Lompany and Lucas and Trngle electrrcrans who co operated rn the work The hrst shovel of drrt was over turned rn july and from then on the massrve walls of the structure began to mi' J zj' 2 Y 1, ' f . , V . ,O T 4' z r ax' z 5 ' ' . a 'r . . . 2 1. - r L. 'r -Icp -v- Al rr.- 1 2 L. C Q 1 xi -D 'x if . s wp .1-T LAQMHP :Q l - . . ' . . , fj If -, f, ' ' '..-' Q L i L v xl l ,A x FA'-I KK L ' Q t - .ni-'vu . 1 Q Y . S . - i kg- . -. Q :L , . in is III:-I ': ' 5 ' st ' ' , 1 . ' . lilili.-XIQINLQ rrrzorxo rx,1r'1.r' ' 5 J ' o th I ' A 4 , ' z e 3 . 4 y . V . ,. g i - e . HX xxxxr' VP - my ' 5 ' , ' Q f - ds- ,-rx ' 5 3 ' ' ' - . ' U . A 3 rnterest bearlng loans payable rn two years. A 'fer .f - ' M f 7 T 1 Qtixlzlyl air! eg V? r plz X v , 1' v wg --fs, . 'wr ' l 5, ' r - lc. f ' Ah' ,'V gr ,fr . 1 I ' 1 I .LH E A L T , - sr. . -- - Cs - ' ' L.. 4. sr ' . . ' ' . ' - 5 -. .A 5 ' . . . n-5 ' I ., - . . . -, , ' g ,5 , W -A : . Ih SF' A -f. . I . - f , :AV I F -. .L , 'V ' - K ' t - - PR: 1'rc.-xI,r.r'r'oxrl'L1 'l-:D .. f .1 c ' . f l ' . x V 7 . I , ' ' 5 ' ' ' g - Zl,

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lzj, flat Gcmszs of tht M4 worm! 6.177717705111172 55,4 HE most recent and the best example of the splendld YA degree of co operatlon between the school ofnclals and the publlc of Rushvllle can be seen ln the masslve lJI'lClx 7 Walls of the c1ty s new Phy-.lcal I ralnlng and A 0C3tl0I121l m the northern part of the clty Izugene B Butler then pr1nc1pal of the h1 h school and H B Allman Superlntendent watched the basketball team under thelr care rxse to be one of the slxteen selected teams out of over seven hundred 1n the state they saw the terrlble cond1t1on of the old QVIHIIHQILIITI m the Annex blllldlllg 1n whlch home games had been played for the last ten years and they saw how lt was fast 201112 out of date and those two men wlth the dream of a large structure m mmd turned to the CIIIZGHS of Rushvllle for co opera t1on They recexved what they wanted VS 1th1n a few weeks UUIB the Rushvllle Athletlc Lor poratlon was born wlth Dr Frank Green presldent Roy F Harrold vlce presldent and H B Allman secretary at the head of a board g of dlrectors composed of proxm IH! Ol IJ rx wx ASI nent c1t1zens who meant to sell the xdea to Rushvllle Nex er before had the c1t17ens jomed hands wlth the school w1th such rapldltv and effectlveness and IH payment never before haxe the students of the school been under such a great obllgatlon to men who transformed thelr dreams 1nto rcahtv by maklng posslble a modern UWIllI'ldSlllIH 1 1 fr- 2,2 yr-- 5 'z 3. 1' -- rl LMAN HA r V y ' I Y 7 . , . 7 , ' , BUTLER I LOCKWOOD J!! .4 T . 4' x ' EV' If 11 97 . 1 . . iq. . Y J -' - ' . .L . . . '1 . X 3 Y n 1 n o A u u Bulldlng whlch now' stands IH the lAl6IllOl'121l add1t1on ' . , ' ' 'g .' . . A 3 y Y Y v 7. 1 x 1 ' ' . ' . V I Y 7. . Y , sl 3 ' , g '- Q . if Q VM .. x . si . . A, y

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R11 The ifff v llfzzmlzofb Bavlefbaff bflllfllllll 4 X take Nhape mo e and more a tl1e dav rolled pa t It 11 ax expected to haxe the lJUllC.l1D0' Completed hx XOXGI'IllJE'I' but due to untaxorable veeather the co111plet1on vea delax ed Ufllll Februarx ot 10711 Tl1e Ox 111 ua nrst u ed Frldax exe111nU Februarx when the Ru l1x1lle H1 fh ehool plax ed Green burv betore a crowd ol 111ore than 1 H44 people and 1t non the ddIl11I'3IlOH of ex erx one prexent The amount u11der Con lderatlon IH the lett1nU ol the contract called lor w 7 1 l to be uxed 1n the erect1on oi the lllllldlflff General UK 11111a 1u111 to almo t Xnllllllll The lU1l l1Il0' 1 111oder11 to the la t nord and 1n add1t1on to the revular pla11 ot an athlet1C plant proxmon ua made tor me xocatlonal tra111111v roo111N The large tructure a ll tand todax loon1111U up 111 the hor1zon 111 the northern part oi the cltx vea 111ade poxnble bx the llberal con tr1but1ons of one hundred a11d tortx 01 Ru hx 1lle mo t procfre 1xe c1t1zen The Ru hv11le Rthlene Qorporanon board eu d1rector eo operated 111th the City bdlool Board 111 the bu1ld1nU ot the tructure The lollou 11151 111e11 xx ere Un tne board ol d1recto1 Dr Frank Green Rox P Har rold H B M1111 111 Rox ll aqvener Iohn X T1t 11 orth Iohn H Rlp l111Uer I Lee Fndre L B Butler a11d Harold Pearce Report Irom the 0l'l1Cl3l a11d promlnent 111e11 ot tl1e athlet1c 11 orld hon ll to be ot the hwhext txpe ol athletlc 111 tltutlonx md xxorthx or the Co111111u111tx 111 XKl11Ch II 1 o11e ot the be t 111 the tate ?6'!1U.y! -9-: ' 9 , W ' ?l 7 1 'I :El , f N, , YA - fvah fg xr. 'Q 1. 111-311111-:H 11. '111 111114 l',XS'l'. 'ex 111111-'1e1i 1111: H1111 I-TL I'l'Rli S nfs ' ' g r ' S ': ' s . 5 , ' ' s ' 5 s ' ' ' ' ,. ' 5. ' 5 'L s ' ' s a ' A ' ' W 1' , ' Y . ' ' . . - A Y S I S. . . . b . S ' ' Q -.71 : ' ' ' ' ' ,,. costs. along with some extra expenditures boosted the nnal cost of the ,' S' S .QU',.oo . ' 3 , 's 1 5 'e . . . ' ' ' ' 5 1 5 ' 5 s ' l, ' ' ' ' ' '. 5 ff' ' ' - ' ' ' ' ' ' ' S 's S 5, ss' ' ' ' 5. S . A . , . . . S - .... 2. -' 'x,, .b .. 'S' .. .H- ' C, . . . 5. '. . . S Y . . E .5 T I . . . S . . I. 2 V v . . J . . . . .S . S . S 1