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Today the B & G looks back on its "Top Ten"--the ten major news stories that have appeared during a half-century of publication.
In 1927 a bond issue to build a stadium for Heights near what are now Cain Park's tennis courts was placed before the voters. The issue was ultimately defeated.
A national survey was released in 1933 by the Office of Education of the U.S. ranking Heights as one of the top six high schools among 300 schools of similar size.
In 1937 the public address system was installed and a period-long broadcast was given. The opening game of the World Series was among other early broadcasts.
Two months later a field mathematics class, complete with compass and rangerots, surveyed a farm which had not been surveyed since 1798.
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and Under-Secretary of State Summer Welles wrote letters to Principal E. E. Morley applaud-ing the Pan-American issue of the Crest in 1942.
Three years later the first female senior class president presented the mantle to the succeeding senior president. The original president had been drafted, requiring his female vice-president to take over.
In 1948 the band was requested to play in the doorway of the U. S. Capitol. Another highlight of its spring tour was a performance of the "Star Sprangled Banner" in Fort McHenry, where the world had been inspired.
The school board that year passed a ruling outlawing fraternities and sororities. An Inter-Club council advised by Mr. Stephen Ruppert was organized to enforce that ruling.
Perhaps the biggest story in B & G history was the dedication of Hosford field in 1948 when Mr. Harry Hosford presented his gift to Alan Greenberg, Student council president. Mayors William E. Dunlap and Earl Aurelius were also present at the ceremonies.
In 1953 the Heights Exchange club dedicated the "Freedom Shrine" in the social room where 28 reproductions of American historical documents now hang.
From national recognition to local triumphs, the B & G has been on hand to cover all phases of Heights history.