Three Rivers High School - Reflector Yearbook (Three Rivers, MI)

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still going strong after seventy-five You ' re not getting older, your ' re getting better Spectators congregate around the west wing of the high school, as flames sweep through the empty building. w hat started out as a 128 page paperback memory book, developed into a 240 page symbol of life at Three Rivers High School. The Reflector has survived a fire, a multitude of epidemics, two World Wars, a depression, a recession, a split session, snow days, rennovation, expansion, reduction, and several administrations. Only World War 1 in 1919 and the Great Depression in 1932 and 1933 kept the book from being published. The Reflector has compiled interesting trivia, regarding life at TRtlS. 1918 - athletic field purchased in back of high school. 1918 - plan to build addition to high school adopted. 1921 - dancing in the building permitted. 1924 - honor system adopted. 1942 - ringing of the outside bells stopped for the duration of the war. 1954 - cafeteria started in high school. 1955 - April 17, Psalm Sunday fire destroyed west wing of the high school. School was closed for just one day. 1985 - 600,000 chocolate chip cookies, 25 tons of french fries, 23,000 gallons of milk, 53,000 hot dogs all sold in the high school cafeteria. 1986 - first class to complete four year program at high school, graduated.