Cleveland Heights High School Newspaper

Black and Gold Retrospective

co-ordinated by Liz Bonem
additional data entry by Sara Baumgartner

The Teens

The Twenties

• Cafeteria Popular Under New System (10-2-25)
• Drastic change in dress rules set for April (4-1-26)
• Battle of sexes is Draw in Teacher Quandry (9-20-29)

The Thirties

• Black and Gold Wins All-American Honor Rating (5-2-30)
• Radio Station In School Becomes Reality (10-2-31)
• School to Send Baskets Needy to Children (12-18-31)
• Yo Yo Replaces Chain Letter as Latest Fad (10-4-35)

The Forties

• Black and Gold Given First Place in Contest (3-22-40)
• Band to Serenade Capitol On 1300 Mile Tour 3-26-48
• Sexes Struggle in Lead for New Look (4-23-48)
• Building Wing Features New Social Room (6-3-49)
• Radio Operators'Code Reaches Six States, Canada, Hawaii (6-3-49)

The Fifties

• Girls Take Over Boys' Clothing (11-20-53)
• Cuyahoga County Needs Your Help to Fight Tuberculosis (12-4-53)
• Students Provide Thanksgiving Joy (12-18-53)

The Sixties

• Black and Gold opens fiftieth volume nine issues to cover all news (9-9-64)
• Eighteen-too young to vote? (10-23-64)
• Johnson wallops Barry in Heights mock election (10-23-64)
• Youth aids nation (10-23-64)
• Black and Gold counts top ten news events during 50 years of pub. (11-9-64)

The Seventies

• SEVENTEEN magazine to feature Heights (12-20-74)
• Course on women draws praise; TV3 focuses on Heights High (1-31-75)
• Fashion echoes moral decline (12-2-77)
• MLK day marked here (2-21-78)

The Eighties

• Dust settles after strike; levy set for March (2-13-80)
• Final Exams Recommended (2-13-80)
• New paraphenalia laws; tension heightens (3-20-80)
• After 20 years of Absence, NHS Returns to Heights (11-27-85)

The Nineties

• Unity opens to the student body 12-21-90
• New program approved for next fall (2-14-92)

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