Mural Proposal
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2019-12-13T22:00:07+00:00
The mural shows a collage of images from the high school’s history. These include the buildings of the three schools, the mascot of Glassboro High School (the Bulldog), and pictures from the yearbook showing a timeline of GHS. In the background is the original high school, which was built in 1913. The yearbook in the top left is from 1930, which was within a year of when the new high school on Delsea Drive was built. So even though the yearbook was made during the time of the second high school, I feel that it is a good symbol of the first high school. These are the pages from the yearbook. There are no pictures, and the pages were made with a printing press. This yearbook shows that Glassboro High School was originally strong in school spirit since it had a class poem, song, yell, prophecy, will, and history which is shown on the pages on the mural. It also contains the agricultural situation from 1930, which explains their hope for the future possibly due to the Great Depression during this time.
In the top right is a yearbook from 1955, and below it I used pages from the 1951 yearbook, which shows the second High School (now the Intermediate School). I used these two images to symbolize the second high school. Some differences from the last yearbook is the themes like the movie one and the 1955 one which looks rodeo themed. Also, there is a new mascot (the Bulldog) that was not mentioned in the 1930 yearbook but is mentioned in this one. The class poem and the class song were still kept though. Overall, this reflects how there were some changes in the culture of Glassboro High School since the change in the high school's location, but some historical ideas that defines the old class of 1930 were still kept.
In the bottom left corner is the 1981 yearbook which shows the bulldog on the cover. The yearbook contains elements that are mostly seen in today’s yearbooks. The school spirit was definitely strong during this time especially during the pep rally and home football games. This symbolizes the high school we see today on Bowe Boulevard. I put the bulldog in the center because it is a huge symbol of Glassboro High School. So, the key story visualized in this whole mural is the changes in the High School’s history since its start in 1913.
