Althoff Catholic High School - Crusader Yearbook (Belleville, IL)

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CALENDAR 1966 - Aug. 24—Football practice begins. Sept. 1—Freshmen are introduced to high school life. Sept. 2—Full day of school for all students; football ticket drive is opened; Art Club holds its first meeting. Sept. 8—Yearbook editors meet for first time; pictures are taken for under¬ classmen. Sept. 9—Final underclassmen pictures are taken. Sept. 12—Newspaper subscription week begins, support is tremendous. Sept. 13—Senior officials for the year are announced; Student Council holds its first meeting; election of junior varsity cheerleaders. Sept. 14—Senior officials meet and assume the duties of their office; Na¬ tional Honor Society holds organizational meeting. Sept. 16—End of football ticket drive; first pep-rally held; annual Kick-Off Dance and announcement of Varsity and JV cheerleaders. Sept. 17—Althoff defeats Collinsville, 6-0; Freshman squad defeats O ' Fallon, 19-6. Sept. 19—Sophomores down O ' Fallon 13-0. Sept. 20—Director of Admissions from Rockhurst College speaks to seniors interested. Sept. 21-22—Seniors have their pictures taken. Sept. 24—Edwardsville downed at hands of Crusaders, 32-0. Sept. 26—Sophomores hold Edwardsville to 0-0 tie. Sept. 28—Althoff holds annual Freshman-Mother Communion-Breakfast; seniors take the Airman ' s Qualifying Examination; senior proofs come back, many want retakes; freshman squad defeats Cahokia, 41-24. Sept. 29—Reg Hellwig is selected Back of the Week for the St. Louis area. Sept. 30—Steve Bauer and Dan Luecking named semi-finalists in NMSQT test; Crusaders suffer first defeat at the hands of C.B.C., 41-0. Oct. 4.—Day of Prayer set aside by the Bishop, Althoff recites the rosary during the 7th period; sophomores defeat C.B.C., 20-14; Marquette falls to our freshman squad, 67-7. Oct. 7—Over 250 students travel to Urbana to suffer a heart-breaking defeat, 21-13. Oct. 10—East St. Louis ' sophomores fall to ours, 21-6. Oct. 11—Annual fire drill takes place, evacuation is achieved in 2 minutes. Oct. 12—Assumption falls to Freshmen, 28-0. Oct. 13—End of first term, report cards in a week; girls assemble for ex¬ planation of dress code and girl officials are chosen. Oct. 14—Crusaders add Augustinian to their list of victories; seniors lead in initial 100%club attendance. Oct. 15—Freshmen tie Augustinian, 7-7. Oct. 17—Sophomores—26, Assumption—0. Oct. 18—Senior members of the NHS take the PSAT test for scholarships. Oct. 19—First Lettermen ' s Club meeting. Oct. 21—Crusaders fight valiantly, but suffer defeat in City Championship, BTHSW-7, Althoff—0. Oct. 22—Sophomores down Marquette, 47-0. Oct. 23—Althoff enters its first speech contest, Biver and Voss take honors as winners. Oct. 25—Sophomores look promising as future City Championship winners, Sophomores—32, BTHSW—0; Nobody Waved Good-Bye is shown in film series at Notre Dame. Oct. 26—Seniors lead school in Honor Roll. Oct. 28—St. Louis U. High—21, Althoff—7; Cathy Perez is crowned 19§6 Homecoming Queen. Oct. 29—Deanery CYO convention is held at Althoff, new constitution is adopted. Oct. 30—St. Mary holds folk Mass for all High school students—attendance— 175. Nov. 1—School takes off, as yearbook editors need a rest after making the first deadline. Nov. 5—Althoff sends squad to Speech Festival at Assumption; Vorsity defeats Marquette, 33-7; sophomores stop Augustinian, 13-6. Nov. 6—C.B.C. walks over St. Louis U. High, 30-6, in game of the week at Busch Memorial Stadium. ■

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HIS EXCELLENCY ALBERT R. ZUROWESTE D.D. BISHOP OF BELLEVILLE

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OF MEMORIES -1967 Nov. 7,9—Parent Visitation nights-privileges or doom. Nov. 11—Veterans ' Day—free. Nov. 12— Kaskaskia Association of Student Councils meets at Alton, Althoff sends several representatives; Crusaders defeat Lincoln, 20-6. Nov. 18—Althoff takes Victory Bell and celebrates their last football game of the season, Althoff—13, Assumption—7. Nov. 18—Seniors present skit and put on pep-rally. Nov. 19—Sue Gaa of St. Augustine ' s Parish is crowned Orphan Bowl Queen. Nov. 20—Deanery CYO holds One-Act Play Contest at St. Henry ' s Audi¬ torium. Nov. 21—Young Christian Students hold organizational meeting and divide into groups—nearly 300 members. Nov. 22—Second Annual Benefit Banquet. Nov. 23—Annual Football Dance by the Lettermen ' s Club, Chris DeAntoni is crowned 1966 Football Queen: Notre Dame presents little Foxes ' ' in film series: end of second term. Nov. 24-27—Thanksgiving and the ensuing extended weekend. Nov. 30—Rotary Club Banquet honoring Belleville ' s football athletes. Dec. 1—Second yearbook deadline is successfully met; Day of Renewal for Juniors and Seniors; Freshmen and Sophomores have day off. Dec. 2—Day of Renewal for Freshmen and Sophomores; Juniors and Seniors have day off extending weekend to 3 days. [) ec . 2-3—Junior Class puts on play, Drums of Death . Dec. 4—CCD Convention is held at Althoff. Dec. 8—Immaculate Conception—free. Dec. 9—Cahokia—there. Dec. 11—Quincy—there. Dec. 17—Duchesne— there. Dec. 22—Final day of classes before Christmas; Student Council puts on the annual Variety Show. Dec. 23—Mater Dei—here. Dec. 24—You know who has a busy night! Dec. 25—Christmas Day— and peace on earth among men of good will. Dec. 27-29—Mater Dei Tournament. Dec 31—The wonderful and all too short year of 1966 draws to a close. Jan. —The year of graduation has finally come, 1967, but it won t stay long. Jan. 2—The nation watches the Bowl Games on T.V. Jan. 3—Classes resume; East St. Louis—there. Jan. 6—Assumption—there. Jan. 7—C.B.C.—there. Jan. 10—Beaumont—here. Jan. 13—End of third term; only a half-year left to graduation; St. Louis U. High—here. Jan. 17-19—Semester Examinations. Jan. 20—Faculty Institute—free: Marquette—here. Jan. 21—Augustinian—there. Jan. 28—BTHSW—here. Feb. 3—Assumption—here. Feb. 4—C.B.C.—here. Feb. 10—St. Louis U. High —there. Feb. 11— Mascoutah—here. Feb. 17—Marquette—there. Feb. 18— Augustinian—here. Feb. 25—Lincoln—here. Mar. 3—End of fourth term—4 down, 2 to go. Mar. 24—Good Friday—free. Mar. 26—Easter Sunday—the hope of salvation for all. Mar. 27—Easter Holiday—free. Apr. 14—End of fifth term. May 4—Ascension Thursday—free. May 26—End of sixth and final term. May 29—First doy of final exams. May 30—Memorial Day—free. May 31—Second day of final examinations. June 1—Third day of final exams. June 2—Graduation—the climax to four of the best years life can offer.