Rushville High School - Holcad Yearbook (Rushville, IN)

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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

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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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lfrer fr The Dedzcfzfoz 11 berzvzcer Rushxrlles new hrffh school gvrrrrrrsrum was tr rnsformed from merelv 1 drearrr 111 the eyes of rts constructors to the actual center of rctrvrtres on what proved to be the most eventful day of the past several years rts Dedrcatron dav Frrd ry February w Never before had the crty been w orleed to such 1 prtch of excrte rrrerrt never before had the etudents seen therr desrres take srae and ehape wrth such r rprdrty and to c rp rt rll off never before had the Lrons won such rn rmpressrve vrctorv on the b rsleetball floor as they drd rn the ded1c'1tory game of therr new gymn rsrum rn garnrng revenge over an ancrent rrval lust two weeks before the te rm hrd plav ed rts last game on the floor of the old gymnasrum and that pl rce whrch had been the prrde of the school for ten ye rrs faded mto obscurrty wrth the comrng of a modern edrfice Rushx 1lle had the honor of pl rvrng host to the most drs trngurshed man rn Indrana bas letbrll on that nrght when Nlr trrx of the lnclrana Hrgh 'School Xthletrc Assocratron rndrcated the tormfrl dedrcatron of the structure to clean sports Hr Trester gave the large audrence the breadth of the rdeal athletrc program whrch he bard rncludes every bov and grrl and every man and woman I srncerely congr rtul rte xou rn berng able to finance such a burldrng on berng able to strr up the communrty sprrrt and to get the belrefs together rn order to put over such a prorect I congratulate vou not alone on the burldrng but xou have here facrlltres for every modern physrcal educatronal plan known Iet ua dedrcate thrs burldrng to cle rn sportb ' the secretary sard Don t let any fan be less clean than the plavers here on thrs floor If rdults of Indrana get rs clean as the boxs on the floor We wrll not have my trouble I feel th rt there rs somethrrrg mrssrrrg XX e should dedlcate thrs burldrng too to the nne sprrrt of fellowshrp whrch vou crtlzens of Rushvrlle have manrfested here Judge Sparks presented the ladres of the G X R flag then the floor was cleared and the dedrcatory program had been completed J rr? . , . 7 ,1 f- 7 7 Q. s y. ls v . 1 v , sh v, s -4 . L ' - x I, L H' C. , C e X , 2 . ' . ' ' x. J - 1 1 5 . 5, 5 dy ' 1 ', ' .. Av x - 1 x l A v ' x ' S 2 I ' - x x . x , -. x . . 1 '. .' J- 1 v 'f ' ' 1 5 'e ' 2 e . '1 ' Q ' 5 2 55 H ' '5 c ' v Zi 5 1 ' , we z 1' 5 . 5. C y 2 ,Q , 5 ' iz 3 5 f r l 'l A ,' s v' 4 z 5 - 1 e z - . . K A. L. 'Irester, permanent secre- -I A A Lk 5 l e rzrirfonri 'l'Hli ezurr-1 - , 1 'l v . , , 11 .' .. . , ' ' , . . C C x H' n s - 'U u Q J . c 7 , ee 1 ,A , ' z 5 e - e5 e 5 5 , ' z ' . 1 z 5 5 55 . ' 5 ' . . . .6 Q - H X vs. V. if .. . . ,. ve, 'S : L : . I . . l vc L- 1 . v - 1 I