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

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THE BELLEVINOIS DORIS NEUHAUS- Dodo, Snooks I remember there is a proper dignity to be ob- served in every performance of every act of life. Dramatic Club 141: Athletic Association 147. Snooks is one of our most noted lovers of books-reads everything written, including street car ads and movie magazines. The stock of English material having become in- sufficient to supply her great desire for knowledge, she has taken to Latin and now, after a year of that difficult study, she can repeat the fourth book of Virgil as easily as you, dear reader, can repeat Pilgrim's Progress. At the time of this writing she was mak- ing a scientific reading of Baron Muenchausen and, when she finishes, will doubtless undertake some other deep book. I am able to discuss that lucidly, having read six volumes on the subject. JAMES RICHARDSON- Jimmie, Isador, Imp-ecile That boy with the grave, mathematical look. -Holmes. Dramatic Club 143: Debating Club 141: Athletic Association 145: Class President 11, 2, 3, 43. Jimmie is a model studentg he loves his job and his teachers. The straight and narrow path had been his, until external infiuence in the form of his comrades put his books on the shelf and led him out into the world of pleasure. Here he became entangled in an AHaire de amoure in the eternal triangle-two men and a girl. Jimmie is also a member of the Vigilance Committee, which is made up of all of the '17 boys. His work in this secret society is to find all of- fending Freshmen and justly punish their offenses by seating them on hot radiators. Habla usted Espana. Well, how can I help it that I got Harvey's ring. FLORENCE PARO-Pebbles She's pretty to walk with, And witty to talk with, And pleasant, too, to think on. -Suckling. Dramatic Club 147. The rarest specimen of good-hearted liveliness in captivity. She enjoys herself immensely all of the time, even when called on to recite in history, filling up pauses in recitations with giggles, coughs or sneezes, thus fool- ing the teachers completely. Having joined the ranks of the pitiful gad- abouts in February, she has done her best to live up to the name. Pebbles has never been accused of learning her lessons by heart, or reciting with- out external stimulus, and rejoices in a well-developed faculty for bluiing. Why sure, I studied my history. 1917

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THE BELLEVINOIS 1917 FRIEDA BLEIKER- Fritz Laugh and the world laughs with you. Domestic Science Club 145: Athletic Associa- tion 143: Dramatic Club. Frieda has won the distinction of being the strongest girl in the class. She has become so famous in basket- ball that rivals become paralyzed with fear when she approaches. It is claimed that she can lift a platform with fifteen men on it and dump them off. She has not performed this feat in public often, because few men have courage enough to risk themselves. Enemies, envious of her fame, have said that she only got through four years by intimidating the teachers, but we know this to be wrong. Per- sonally, Frieda is as gentle as a kit- ten. Pet, you stop hurting Trina. KENNETH KNOBELOCH- Snoozer And I pray you let none of your people stir me, I have an exposition of sleep come upon me. President Athletic Association 145: President Debating Club 145: Dramatic Club 143: T. H. S. Reporter 141. Having steered the Virgil Class through a slight difference with Miss Johnson, Kenneth feels that the gov- ernment is calling him to a place on the Diplomatic Corps. His 'natural aptitude for scribbling would aid him materially in writing international notes and ultimatums, if he could stay awake long enough to dictate them. In his Sophomore year he wrote a play- The Court of Small Town - a travesty on Justice, with a large Jay, which was produced for the benefit of the Athletic Association. There was some discussion as to the method employed in keeping him awake while writing it. May I ask: is there any emolument-a-er pecuniary remuneration in prospect? JULIA SCHEMMER-Jule Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much 5 Wisdom is humble that he knows no more! -Cowper. Athletic Association 145: Dramatic Club. A shining example of what applica- tion and concentration will do for the human mind. If those two long words are too deep and incomprehensible to the younger generation, gather around. I will narrate the thrilling story of Julia's success. She started life as ignorant as some of you are now, but, with a mighty resolve to carry five studies a term, she succeed- ed in acquiring wisdom. Heed well this simple tale and make it your guiding star, never losing courage be- cause you have faults, for even Julia had faults, and one was her love to see the end of every Friday after- HOOD. Don't ask me, I don't know.

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THE BELLEVINOIS 1917 RUTH HARDING She's witty, and she's jocularg She's pretty, and shc's popular. President Household Science 145: Dramatic Club 443. A perfect example of 'tdon't worry! -it isn't good for your appearance. Her main object in life is to have a good time, but why blame her, oh studious one, she is not really original in the object. Ruth, however, has taken a step farther than merely leis- urely enjoying herself. She has, by long practice, acquired the ability of looking very busy, but we are not fool- ed. Our heroine also possesses a good voice, and on quiet summer evenings she loves to rouse the neighborhood from seeming apathy. Hiiisten, Kid! LILBERT MOLLMAN- ' Lib, Prof., Gus Why muse you, sir? 'Tis dinner time. f Shakespeare. They say best men are molded out of faults. f Shakespeare. Chorus 445: Debating Club 145: Business Manager of Bellevinois: Chorus. The original of this picture hailed from Millstadt in our Soph. year. He soon got used to the ways of a big city, and now you canit even startle him with a street car or sprinkling wagon. In his Senior year he took to glasses and the cultivation of the terpsichorean art. The glasses added the ennobling touch of intellectuality to his features, which gained him the name of Professor, and the dancing would have added grace to his form had it not been that it took so long for the brain to send an impulse way down to his feet. As the business manager of the Bellevinois he is a complete success. MILDRED WOELKf-Mil Prosperity to the man who ventures most to please her. -Ciber. Mil is the social butterHy of the class and one of the Faithful Four. It is said that in one day she has gone to as many as two parties. She also tortures the family piano and it is believed that she would play other musical instruments, too, if she knew how. But despite the fact that she stays up until the unheard-of hour of 7:30 p. m. every night and 8:30 p. m. on Saturday, she was always brilliant in class and able to get her copy in on time, and this was more than some folks we know, could do. When she became a Pitiful Gadabout, she ceased straining her mind and this accounts for any lack of thoughtful expression in her picture. I'm going to St. Louis tomorrow. '