Belvidere High School - Belvi Yearbook (Belvidere, IL)

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For lour years now, Belvidere lvas liad reason to be proud ol its Community Building vvitli its brilliant vvindovv symbolical ol tlie Spirit ol play. llie capacious l4itclien lias served dinners to tliousands of people ol various groups and interests, its gleaming basketball Floor lias entertained capacity audiences vvitlw tlwrilling games and spectacular Floor-slwovvsy its immense stage lwas provided a beautiful setting lor many elaborate dramatic productions, concerts, and graduation exercises. It is indeed a building ol Service as vvell as ol Beauty.

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Editors: Bonnie, Nancy, and Mary Jane. Just a word We oF the Belvi staFF have Felt a great responsibility this year-the responsibility oF editing a book that reFlects the work oF B.l-l.S. in war time. B.l-l.S. has adapted itself in many ways to the new regime. New courses have been added, and others have acquired more dramatic signiFicance. Students have been in- structed in First aid, in protection From poisonous gases, and have been startled into practice drills by the scream of the air-raid siren. By the First oF'lVlarch, the students oF B.l-l.S. have bought two thousand dollars worth of deiense stamps, and during the Booster Carnival drive, they sold thirty-one thousand dollars worth of bonds. They have worked industriously at new tasks such as gathering scrap and collecting grease. A deeper appreciation oF the value oF such organizations as the Red Cross was shown by the Fact that, in a Free-will collection, the students contributed one hundred and sixteen dollars to that organization. Teachers have spent their time as ration clerks, distributing books For oil, canned goods, and meats. Finally, the need of Uncle Sam For more Fighting men has been answered by some oF our students and teachers, and their going has made us think seriously oF the meaning oF democracy and oF the American way oF liFe. Such activities we have Felt to be worthy oF FaithFul recording. The war has not been without its eFFect, however, upon us, as a staFF. We have had diFFiculty in securing rubber cement, Flashbulbs, and Films. ln order to co-operate with the engravers and printers who are handicapped by a shortage oF workers because of war needs, we have sent our material away much earlier than usual. We regret, therefore, that our records oF the school during lVlarch, April, and May are incomplete, but we trust that, in the light oF the above explanation, that you will Forgive us. Tl-IE STAFF. JC 41

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proud os we ore ol our new Community Building, our loyolty still remoins witli tlwe lwolls ol good old Bl-lg. For twenty-six yeors, its clossrooms lwove re-eclioed sounds ol serious endeovor, sclioolgirl giggles, boyislw nonsense, noontime lwubbub, ond tlie liurry-scurry ol possing closses. lliis yeor, sometlwing new nos been oddedelluorescent liglmts ond o remodelled librory. Truly, our lweorts will olwoys glow wlwen we recoll tlie mony good times ond tlie wortlwwliile insoirotion we lwove received in Belvidere l'ligl1 Scliool.