Over the past one hundred years, several high school traditions have evolved.<\/p>\n
\n– Student Body Presidents<\/a> <\/p>\n O sing we a song of Box Elder Professor E. D. Mann wrote the words of the School Song. The music was taken from John Phillip Sousa\u2019s masterful, marching band composition, \u201cStars and Stripes Forever.\u201d\u201cThree Score and Ten Years\u201d (1968), 222.<\/ref><\/p>\n Sing a song of our dear school. Clikety, clikety, sis, boom, bah! This peppy yell was the introduction for \u201cBrigham City High School Notes\u201d in the Box Elder News for September 26,1907.\u201cThree Score and Ten Years,\u201d 215.<\/ref> Yo Triumphe! <\/p>\n Fontell Misservy started the Palace Playhouse during the mid 1970s. Instead of the two plays per year that had previously been stage, Misservy arranged for space on the top floor of the First Security Bank (Wells Fargo) building where several plays could be produced during each year. In the 2000s the Playhouse closed due to liability and fire danger concerns.Arrin Newton, “Future of Historic Palace Playhouse Uncertain,”<\/a> Salt Lake Tribune, November 7, 2006.<\/ref> The school year was 166 days for the high school, partly due to vacations that no longer exist. This included beet vacation, which was two weeks in the latter part of October. There was also one day off for the deer hunt, and then two days for UEA.<\/p>\n Seymour and Phyllis Hess bought the Pie Dump in 1927, and according to their daughter Gene Hess Bouck, Phyllis made up to 73 butterscotch pies per day, baking the crusts in a coal stove. The pies were cut into six pieces, topped with whipped cream, and sold for five cents a piece. After WWII, Sid Hess (the son) and his wife Irene took over the Pie Dump. They continued to provide fast food meals including chili, meat pies, hot dogs, bbq, potatoes and gravy, and ice cream and all kinds of candy bars. When the school built its own cafeteria in 1939, the Pie Dump experienced some new competition. <\/p>\n The Box Elder High School Seminary opened in 1915 (only the second in the church) under the direction of Abel S. Rich<\/a>. Later teachers included John P. Lillywhite, Herald S. Nelson, A. Theodore Tuttle, Boyd K. Packer, and LeGrande Horsley. <\/p>\n When the Girl’s and Boys’ Leagues merged in the 1940s, they began sponsoring a two-day circus in the gym as a fundraiser. The circus involved several departments, a floor show with semi-professional acts, clowns, music, dancing, games of skill with prizes, side shows, and food. Business teacher Lloyd Hust’s trained dogs were a particular attraction.<\/p>\n In one very popular side show, a number of girls from the Phys Ed depart wriggled their way through a bubble dance. At the end of the dance, one curvaceous young blonde slyly stated “For another dime, you can come into this next room, and I’ll show you where I was operated on.” As the gullible ones crowded close to get a peek, she moved a bubble, extracted a small paper and displayed a picture of the Cooley Hospital<\/a>. She made a net gain of $39.00 for the Leagues.“Three Score and Ten Years,” 225.<\/ref><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n The original block letter \u201cB,\u201d located on the mountainside east of Brigham City was installed shortly after Alf Freeman<\/a> became principal<\/a> in 1943. An objective for having a \u201cB\u201d on the hill was to promote school spirit, and to provide memories and a tradition to be proud of for the graduates. Before the move to the new building in 1961, Homecoming involved “painting the town.” Purple and white water-based paint was used so that it could be removed relatively easily. Junior students painted sidewalks and business windows. Most businesses were good sports with allowing the practice. Sayings, high school letters, and some images were painted. Businesses had to do the cleanup\/removal themselves. After the move, it was limited to an area adjacent to the school, much to the satisfaction of local merchants. No more purple and white paint to wash off the store windows and the excessive paint on sidewalks and streets.<\/p>\n Perhaps the most coveted award is the “B” pin. Student body officers, cheerleaders, top scholars, and editors of the student newspaper and yearbook qualify for the pin. Additionally, other students who have given outstanding service to individual academic department or to the whole school may be presented with “B” pins.<\/p>\n Over the past one hundred years, several high school traditions have evolved. __TOC__ – Student Body Presidents – Valedictorians – Outstanding Boy and Girl, Tom Hardaway, and Gracious Womanhood awards – State Athletic Championships – Utah High School Athletic Association – State Academic Scholars – Principals – Class Parents and Gifts – Homecoming Dedicatees – […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,15],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\n– Valedictorians<\/a>
\n– Outstanding Boy and Girl, Tom Hardaway, and Gracious Womanhood awards<\/a>
\n– State Athletic Championships<\/a>
\n– Utah High School Athletic Association – State Academic Scholars<\/a>
\n– Principals<\/a>
\n– Class Parents and Gifts<\/a>
\n– Homecoming Dedicatees<\/a>
\n– Class Plays – 1935 to 1958<\/a> <\/p>\n School Songs <\/h2>\n
Box Elder School Song <\/h3>\n
\nHer colors are purple and white
\nTell all the world of her triumphs,
\nLed by the lily so white.
\nThen join in her praise students loyal;
\nHail, we our dear old Alma Mater,
\nWe are the boosters of Box Elder;
\nWe love you, praise you, and support you,
\nDear Box Elder<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Fight Song <\/h3>\n
\nShout \u2018til the mountains ring.
\nStand to greet the gang once again,
\nLet every loyal \u201cB\u201d man sing, \u201cFight, Fight, Fight!\u201d
\nCheers, \u201cRah, Rah!\u201d, for all the happy hours.
\nCheers for the memories;
\nCheers for Alma Mater,
\nBox Elder will it always be (Fight!)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n School Yells <\/h2>\n
\nBrigham City High School! Rah! Rah! Rah!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nWith the desire to compose a school yell that other schools could not readily use or copy, the following yell became popular in the early days of the school and was a favorite yell through the years into the 1970’s.
\n<\/p>\n Yo Triumphe<\/em> <\/h3>\n
\nYo Triumphe!
\nHob \u2018em swab \u2018em
\nRebecca de Anamore
\nWhoop, de whoop
\nDe shell de Vere,
\nDe boom de rah,
\nDe ay, de paw,
\nHannica, swannica,
\nWhack, da-whack
\nHob, dob
\nBall de bora
\nBall de bora
\nCon Slobidy,
\nHob dob, rah!
\nBOX ELDER RAH!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Palace Playhouse <\/h2>\n
\n<\/p>\n Beet Vacation <\/h2>\n
Pie Dump <\/h2>\n
LDS Seminary<\/h2>\n
The Circus <\/h2>\n
Block “B” On the Hill<\/h2>\n
\nIt was originally located in an area southwest of Flat Bottom below the water line. The \u201cB\u201d was first lit as part of the homecoming celebration, by placing oil in tin cans containing combustible material and setting them on fire. The owner of the farmland adjacent to the \u201cB,\u201d expressed his concerns about the danger of setting the mountain on fire and doing considerable damage to his property located below. Feeling a responsibility to rectify the problem, Searle W. Beecher, Pupil Personnel Officer, organized a group of senior students to assist in staking out another site to relocate the \u201cB.\u201d
\nOn an August evening in 1950, prior to the beginning of school, this group hiked up to a proposed site on the hill just north of Flat Bottom above the water line. Each student was given one or two flares to place in appropriate positions. Of course they were all alerted to be responsible for their respective flares and make sure they were properly controlled. When it was sufficiently dark, the flares were lit and things appeared to be going well. Suddenly the dry grass in the area caught fire and within minutes the whole mountainside was aflame. Car lights soon appeared near the base of the hill and a group of spectators gathered. J. D. Gunderson, the summer fire warden in Brigham City, soon arrived and began hollering instructions in fairly colorful language. \u201cWhat are you doing up there? Get that \u2018blankety blank\u2019 fire out!\u201d As the flames reached the top of the hill and were pretty much out of control, a slight east wind stopped the blaze before it could continue through Flat Bottom canyon. Without any assistance from spectators below, the fire was soon under control and extinguished. The students were very pleased that Mr. Beecher was there to explain what had happened and bear the brunt of any future problems.Memories of David N. Morrell.<\/ref>
\nThe blaze highlighted the real dangers and action was soon taken to relocate the \u201cB.\u201d Denton Beecher, grandson of the property owner, indicated that the following year, the class of 1951-52 completed the job and the \u201cB\u201d was relocated to its present site in the rocks some distance north and east of Flat Bottom. It has been lit each year for homecoming and has become a permanent feature on the hill.Jane Gomez provided a student paper written by student, Jimmy Hepworth, in 1976 entitled, \u201cPainting the \u201cB\u201d. His account was taken from an interview with Norwood Hyer who kept a rather detailed account of the relocating and designing of the 125 by 75 foot \u201cB\u201d. Mr. Hyer, William Griffith, Searle Beecher, and Principal Alf Freeman were responsible for this 1952 relocation. Some painting was included but more permanent paintings took place in 1953,1965, and 1976 by students and faculty. Mr. Hepworth went into detail as to the amount of paint needed for the project, proper mixture, additional supplies, and transporting materials to the site. Interviews were also included with other faculty members who participated in subsequent paintings. <\/ref><\/p>\nPainting the Town<\/h2>\n
B Pins<\/h2>\n
Notes<\/h2>\n
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