Remember when

Bridges and Books

A page from the class of 1943's 60th anniversary booklet:

Do You Remember?

• Your first day in the Old Brown Castle
  
  
• Standing on the bus all the way to school
  
  
• Trying to find the "up" elevator at school
  
  
• Football games played in fog, rain, & mud
  
  
• Our traditional Thanksgiving Day game
  
  
• The words to our school yell "Fidata"
  
  
• The post-game climb out of the bowl
  
  
• Miss McMurphy's stern manner
  
  
• Crises on the Virginia V
  
  
• Cord pants, bobby sox, & saddle shoes
  
  
• Riding in the rumble seat in a Model A Ford
  
  
• Gasoline rationing "A" stamps
  
  
• Plastic, paper, & aluminum tax tokens
  
  
• Air raid drills at school
  
  
• Study hall in the auditorium
  
  
• Pencils/coins down the spiral fire escape
  
  
• Sock dances in the gymnasium
  
  
• That special person you admired from afar
  
  
• Meetings with Mr. Leatherwood
  
  
• The old swimming pool in the basement
  
  
• Five cent candy bars
  
  
• Coffee & doughnuts for only ten cents
  
  
• The long climb upstairs between classes
  
  
• Sunny noon-hours in the courtyard
  
  
• Long lines at the Roxy Theater
  
  
• Midnight "Hoot Owl" shows at the movies
  
  
• Watching "the submarine" across the bay
  
  
• Galloping Gertie and its fall
  
  
• Mr. Cousin blinking at you in French
  
  
• Ski trips on the train to Hyak
  
  
• Watching basketball games from the balcony
  
  
• Reading "Silas Marner" in English class
  
  
• Memorial Day ceremonies in the courtyard
  
  
• Graduation night at the Armory

Glenn Perry '43

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