Belleville Township High School East - Yearbook (Belleville, IL)

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M5T-H7HCRC TH£ With East, Where the Good Times Are as it ' s theme, loyalty week offered a variety of join- in-the-fun activities as well as a number of sure - to- bee ome - nostalegic m ome nt s. MONDAY: An all-school assembly kicked off the week ' s activities with recognition of clubs and organizations, introduction of queen can¬ didates, underclass princesses and escorts (photo 2-6), and the faculty skit on the agenda. The faculty was at its usual comical best in a take-off on a television show and presented the funny side of East . (Photo 2) The show was cancelled but unfortunately the faculty skit wasn ' t. Most agree that the hit line in the skit was the impersonation of Mr. Miller and his Lord, help me to be more neutral. TUESDAY came the rough and tumble, Rah, Rah, Raz, kick ' em in the... knee preliminary powderpuff football games (photo 10) complete with rather voluptuous (male ) cheerleaders. Later that evening, blankets and flash lights were in order for the annual bonfire (photos 7 and 8). WEDNESDAY brought a new child to loyalty week -- the silly Olympics. The senior class was led to victory by Arny Rothman who prov¬ ed his agility at eating peanut butter, passing lifesavers, and generally being silly. On THURSDAY, the teachers got theirs--do¬ nuts, in accordance with Teacher Appreciation Day. Students got the chance to wield the mighty arm of authority and teach classes while certain teachers assured their classes they had enough savage left in them from their Susan Davis and Bob Stewart Nancy Nee and Walter Barnes Crys Carrescia and Martin Babinski Pat Ort and Ed Dintehnan

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Dtff AT AKBT” Bums And who art thou? said I to the soft-fall¬ ing shower. Which strange to tell, gave me an answer, as here translated: I am the Poem of the Earth, said the voice of the rain, Eternal I rise impalpable out of the land and the bottomless sea. Upward to heaven, whence, vaguely form ' d, al¬ together changed, and yet the same, I descend to lave the drouths, atomies, dust-layers of the globe. Soon shall the win¬ ter ' s foil be here; Soon shall these icy ligatures unbind and melt - - A little while. And air, soil, wave, suffused shall be in softness, bloom and growth -- a thousand forms shall rise From these dead clods and chills as from the low burial graves. Walt Whitman, LEAVES OF GRASS 25

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GOOD TiflJfS 4R£ younger days and made pretty good hecklers. Thursday also saw the emergence of Women ' s Wib (coached by Wells, Ison and Baum) as the victors in the powderpuff competitions, (photo 9) They edged out Jimmie’s Jawbreakers in the final round of games. Girls involved on all three teams deserve to be remembered with respect for the considerable amount of prac¬ tice, sore muscles and vomitting they put into it. FRIDAY ' S schedule was jam packed with the first of the activities being the class skits. The sophomores came out on top, much to the dis¬ may of many proud seniors who felt they had best displayed the good times , (photo 11, for more loyalty week assembly pictures refer to pages 66-69) Friday afternoon a parade made its way to the courthouse steps for a pep rally with the foreign language float winning die honors. Then, Westward they went to the sta¬ dium where die Lancer gridders ended their season with a 35-14 romp over the Alton Red- birds. At half time, Crys Carrescia was crowned queen by Chris Armstrong (photo 14) and after the game a coke party was enjoyed by students and alumni. (Because of popular demand, an uncola party is being considered for next year.) (photo 12) As die week drew to a close with the conclus¬ ion of the semi-formal dance and coronation, students took time to catch their breath after the week ' s whirlwind activities and then start¬ ed back into their daily routines of classes and teachers, at East -- you know, where the good times are. ( 6 ) (7) ( 9 ) ( 8 )