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

Text from Pages 1 - 192 of the 1920 volume:

THE BELLEV1N01S STUDENT ANNUAL OF THE Belleville Township High School BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS 4 FOURTH VOLUME PUBLISHED BY THE Class of 1920 M.-— | . MelM GREETING To you, dear reader and fellow student, we leave the possession and appreciation of the beauty and charm of High School atmosphere which we have striven to pen in this our last tribute to OUR SCHOOL. ! _ _ _ (Lo Jferdinaud J. 3friedli, tlje man mlio lias unself¬ ishly strinen since tlte foundation of flic school to create and bring tlte Atli- letics of tlte HMIetiille (Tomnsltip fttiglt if ' cltool to tlte front, and commanded our admiration and respect as a teadjer, our lone as a friend, me, tlte (Class of I92tt, dedicate tltis nolume of Zlhe tfclelleninois. BeMM MUM Kgupm v Si! — I34M M0H4 TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION I N THE roll of honor in community service no one deserves a higher distinc¬ tion than the men who make up the Boards of Education of the schools of our great country. Their’s is a noble service that measures in large terms the success or failure of any school, the welfare of future generations, the prosperity of future citizens, the perpetuity of our nation. These men have nothing to gain in the way of political preferment, for the offices are not generally held as of sufficient importance for political consideration; they have nothing to gain in a financial way, and they can and should be actuated only by one controlling motive and that is service to the community and interest in the great possibilities of the boys and girls of the present generation. The Boards of Education of the Township High School have, fortunately, been composed of men of singular business ability, of good judgment, and wise policies. No set of men have more conscientiously given their services, in ad¬ dition to the daily duties of their own respective occupations, and given that service with the most careful deliberation and the wisest judgment. Members of the Board of Education receive no salary, seldom receive praise, and very often receive unjust criticism when their desire is to do the very best for the community that conditions and circumstances permit. When, therefore, the roll of the servants of the community is made and when recog¬ nition and praise are given for social and community work, members of Boards of Education, who faithfully and honestly executed the important trust placed in their hands, must be placed in the first rank. The student body, the faculty, and especially the seniors of tin Township High School desire to take this little opportunity to show in a feeble way the appreciation they owe to the loyal men who have served so willingly and so creditably in the past years on the Boards of Education of the Township High School. .J 01 11- MtlM EDITORIAL A NOTHER year has flown, and with its passing has come the time for the Senior Class to give to the School another volume of the Bellevinois. To us of the staff our opening prospects seemed gloomy and disheart¬ ening, but as the months rolled by our horizon brightened and we saw that success in the publication was possible. We now place into your hands tor praise or censure this fourth volume of the Bellevinois. In this work we have aimed to portray the merit of our School without exaggeration. We have left much of value unsaid. As the first genuine B. I. H. S. class we sincerely desire that a more intense school spirit and loyalty may be fostered and developed by the ever-increasing student body to keep pace with the advances of the School. And now in passing we ask one final favor. If, when you have read this volume, you find it deserves criticism please retain it, as it is too late to change the Bellevinois. If it pleases you, boost, and it will make us feel that our work was not useless. The Staff. IsIS NEEDED-A HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION EARS ajr ) a common school education was thought quite sufficient for the educational needs of the average citizen, and in fact such a person who could point to a certificate showing that he or she had finished a com¬ mon school course was considered as being educated. Those years of bliss have passed and now nothing less than a high school education is considered as sufficient for the greater needs of better living on the part of the average citizen of today. So rapid has the high school gained ground throughout the length ami breadth of this country that the rate of in¬ crease in enrollment has far exceeded the rate ot t sc of population or the rate of increase of enrollment in the grades. All this goes to show that more and more pupils are entering the high school, that the high school is a greater need as a social and vitalizing agency in the betterment of the present genera¬ tion for happier and more wholesome living in the future. Big business of today demands nothing less than the intellectual training equivalent to that given by the best high schools of the land. “Has the appli¬ cant completed a high school course?” is the never-failing question of these business men who are looking for capable young men and women to take posi¬ tions of merit and responsibility in the business world. Many business houses will not employ any young man or woman who has not completed a high school course. The time when a young man could start at the bottom of a big busi¬ ness and grow to reach the top has passed. Business has become too complex. The young man of today must have intellectual perspective to meet the ques¬ tions of greater situations. Higher institutions of learning will not accept any prospective student who has not completed a high school course in some recognized high school. In many of the professions the candidate for state license to practice his pro¬ fession must be able to show in addition to his professional training that In has also completed a high school course of study. In all the professions of standing, a high school education is (he necessary passport to entry upon the pursuit of that pro¬ fession in study and later in practice. A greater degree of intelligence is needed now to live happily than was required twenty years ago, and the tendency of requirements is strongly upward so that it be¬ comes the duty of parents to see that their children are equipped to meet the more com¬ plex social situations that certainly arise with the greater complexity of our civilization. It behooves the boy and girl to use the present opportunities for mental, moral, and physical growth to meet the strenuous claims of business, or the professions of tomorrow. To our boys and girls the opportunities of tomorrow are available through the education of today, the success of tomorrow is largely measured by what you are mak¬ ing of yourself today. You can not be more profitably employed than in making in these years of small financial possibilities, yet of large growing facilities, the best use of your time by preparing for the time when you must step out Into the active duties of the busy world. Young people, you owe it to yourselves, to your parents who have made your edu¬ cation possible, and to your country which demands a high type of citizenship, that vou prepare now and prepare thoroughly for tomorrow by the best education you can get. and having attained that, take off your coat, roll up your sleeves and get into the duties of life with a firm will to accomplish something no matter what the occupation. Get an education not to get out of work, but get an education to get into work. Get an education not to escape duties and service, but get an education to be able to meet your duties acceptably and to serve well. h. G. Schmidt. Principal. 10 THE SCHOOL W ITH just pride we may speak of our beautiful school with its fine build¬ ings, the cheerful classrooms, the wonderful laboratories, the well- equipped shops, also the gymnasium with its faultless floor, apparatus, and shower-baths. Ninety-six subjects in business, vocational, classical or science courses are on the curricula offered by a competent faculty. Our build¬ ings and their equipment, the courses and their methods of instruction are being copied by schools all over the State and Nation. We boast the fact that ours is the finest school south of Chicago. With a corps of efficient instructors and a curricula of one hundred sub¬ jects at our command we have found all our expectations satisfied. The enterprises and activities of the School and the work of the athletic teams have upheld the honor of the School and done credit to the Maroon and White. We, the Class of Nineteen Twenty, leave the School with a pang of regret at parting from it, the scene of four of the best years of our lives. Its memories are entwined about our hearts. 11 ■ isWM WHOM SNOW SCENE GYMNASIUM |;)s MOM THE SCHOOL —tv y.? - • - - ' - r - - r — rnrrimtf ' ssSesssssstss ttmtm fftMtim vM y VA S k , ; 9 , � ■. r T i , -■ i Ji f y � f mA , $8lafavi rt . r i K :jsrj jL | • FrdncesARlsnthle H 8uth:Tiv.tctieii;-iB li o W f v., ' to y r . % y. f I f v Ml ■■■RH C; ’ HP H nr s tenseA£munds I � - 44 titv i v W- r ' . WTf T’O . V v7sv r MMi? ' MMMsI Cldrd M.Stiegmeyer Anna M.Pessel ■ |S)E� M iWMM r T? l l rx ty V r kl“ iii 1 Mervyn G.Humphrey Ludu ig L.Cdrl R.E. Blackburn Jennie M c Eliudin W llidmHCompbelJV Luella Gisler •iW.fii ' t? ' j ' Vi £ i . ' • I 4 if. Yi ' fl Htai Esther H.Jones Petsr Udre e Y: J Th ' T? THE FACULTY HENRY GALEN SCHMIDT, Principal. Central Wesleyan College, A. 15., 11 ) 02 . McKendree College, B. S., 11)07. Washington University, A. M., 11 ) 10 . Missouri U., Illinois U., Chi¬ cago U. J. II. YARBROUGH, Assistant Principal. Western Kentucky State Nor inal University, B. S., 1906. Transylvania University. University of Chicago. Head of English Department. F. J. ERIE DLL Central Wesleyan College. McKendree College, B. S. University of Illinois. 1 iiology—At hletics I )ireetor. W. II. CAMPBELL. Monmouth College, A. B. University of Minnesota. Eastern Illinois State Normal. University of Illinois, A. M. Chemistry. E. G. 11 ENTER. McKendree College, A. B. University of Wisconsin. Mathematics. J. A. KARCH. Illinois College, B. S. Illinois University, Physics, C. L. EBSEN. North American Gymnastic School. Chalif Normal School. Physical Culture. O. C. DRUGE. Bradley Polytechnic Institute, Grad. Wood Shop. E. C. ROEDIGER. Illinois State Normal University, Grad. Bookkeeping. ERWIN LEG REID. Oshkosh State Normal, Grad. Iron Shop. L. L. CARL. Dresden University, A. B., M. M. Department of Music. R. E. BLACKBURN. University of Illinois, B. S. A. University of Georgia, M. S. A. Agriculture. PETER UDRE. Valparaiso University, B. S. Commercial. M. G. HUMPHREY. Valparaiso University. University of Chicago. (’ommercial. (Resigned Feb. 1, 1920.) MISS OR ENA FARMER. Monticello Seminary. University of Illinois, A, B, English, 19 M4M WOMil THE FACULTY—Continued MISS ANNA M. PESSEL. Illinois College, A. B. English. MISS RUTII TWITCH ELL. Monticello Seminary. University of Illinois, A. B. English. MISS ESTHER JONES. Shurtleff College, Ph. B. English. MISS PEARL JOHNSON. McKendree College, A. B. Wisconsin University. Latin. MISS CLARA F. KELLER. Transylvania University, A. B. French—Spanish . MISS JENNIE McELW AIN. Hedding College, B. S. University of Illinois, A. M. History—Civics. MISS VERA 0. GOSSETT. Eastern Illinois State Normal School. University of Illinois, A. 11. Domestic Science. MISS VIEVA BIGELOW. University of Wisconsin, II. S. Domestic Art. MISS CLARA M. STIEGMEYER. University of Illinois, A. II. Economics—Sociology. MISS GRACE BERTRAM. Illinois State Normal School. Wisconsin University. Stenography. MISS IIORTENSE A. EMUNDS. Illinois State Normal University. Bookkeeping. MISS LUELLA GISLER. Central Wesleyan College, Con¬ servatory of Music, Grad. Northwestern University. Music. MISS DOROTHY L. MURRAY. Illinois State Normal School, Grad. Typing. MISS FRANCES A. RENTCHLER. Illinois State Normal University, Grad. Chicago School of Industrial and Applied Arts. Art. mm A --, i) .5EN1®. - S m M ■ H ii nnn i im mi m inTiTti n Tir iy - sm Tirri n ni n ifiiTii m.im i m ■, . rit n i ii h t mMa -■ ! mm m it mum i i � —. w lillllSBJI OMlllllll NOW, £ R A-JUST WHAT 13 IT, TH ATS TR 0 U 6 L V 6 TOO MOST OlO MAN f- jp 1 v y . H, — ii V urt-w ' s ' ' ' , i ' V CTA ' - v ft; ' r ' . ' v 7 . 4, ' . ,� , •■ ' , ' • , . • ) ' y ' ' 7 0 0 0 � I v ' ' r H f ' i ' v I, ' , ' ' i ,■ i v,, ' . ✓ _ M4M ♦iMOM CONSUELA BEAUMONT—“Ceely”. Irving. 1, 2. 3. Chorus, 1, 2, 3. 4 Literary Society, 4. WILLIAM McMILLAN—“Mac”. Athletics, 2, 4. MARY GOODING. Commercial, 2. Literary Society, 4. LESTER WILDERMAN. Ag.. 3, 4. Pres. Ag., 4. Chorus, 3. Pres. Maroon and White, 4. HELENCLAiRE SCHMITT. Commercial, 2. Chorus, 1, 2, 3, 4. Literary Society, 4. 22 IsJSIM META SCHOEPP—“Schoeppy-Mutt . Irving, 1. 2, 3. Chorus. 1, 2, 3, 4. HAROLD WOLFF. Commercial, 1, 2, 3, 4. Chorus. 4. Literary Society. 4. FLORENCE BOY LE—“Flossy . Home Economics, 1. Irving. 2. 3. Chorus, 1, 2. 3, 4. Literary Society, 4. ELMER E. BAER. Commercial. 1, 2. A g., 3. Maroon and White, 4. Literary Society, 4. ELIZABETH CON ROY—“Betz . Philomathian, 1. Sec. Dramatic, 3. Pres. Dramatic, 4. Sec. ’20 Class, 1, 2. Literary Society, 4. 23 MARGARET FOHR. Irving 2. Literary Society, 4. Chorus, 2, 3, 4. LIONEL SCHMIDT—“Schmidty . Ag., 1, 2, 3. Pres. Ag., 2. Glee Club, 1, 2. Irving. 1, 2. Philomathian, 1, 2. Debating. 2. Dramatic, 4. Orchestra, 4. Editor Bellevinois. LILLIAN DAVIS—-“Lil . Irving, 1, 2, 3. Chorus, 1, 2, 3, 4. Pres. Irving, 3. Associate Editor Bellevinois. Literary Society, 4. VERNON GRI EVE—“Vernie”. Ag., 1, 2. Sec.-Treas. Ag., 2. Debating, 3, 4. Vice-Pres. Debating, 3. Vice-Pres. Class, 3, 4. Athletics, 1, 2, 3, 4. Capt. Baseball, 4. Bus. Mgr. Bellevinois. I RN A SCHAMONI. Home Economics, 3. Irving, 2. Commercial, 4. Chorus, 1, 2, 3, 4. 24 |:)E9M %• , ANNA LUBUS— Annie . Chorus, 1, 2. 3. 4. Literary Society, 4. ROBERT LESLIE— Bob . Pinckneyville H. S., 1, 2. Debating, 3. Literary Society, 4. MABEL GLOVER—“Maybelle”. Commercial, 3. Chorus, 3, 4. Literary Society, 4. JESSE BOLLMANN—“Jess”. Commercial, 1, 2, 3, 4. Orchestra, 1, 2, 3, 4. CORA MILLER—“Corie”. Ag., 3. Home Economics, 2. Dramatic, 4. 25 mum FLORENCE ROCKWELL. Commercial, 2, 3, 4. Sec. Commercial, 3, 4. Chorus, 1. 2, 3, 4. ELMER BEHYMER—“Pepper”. Commercial, 1, 2. Philomathian, 3. Dramatic, 4. MILDRED BALDUS—“Mil”. Home Economics, 1, 2. Irving, 1. Chorus, 1. 2, 3, 4. Literary Society, 4. RICHARD MOLLMAN—“Dick”. Craftsmen’s, 3. Chorus, 4. Literary Society, 4. MABEL DUVALL—“Drownie . Philomathian, 1, 2, 3. Scc.-Treas Philo., 3. Literary Society, 4. Art Editor Bellevinois. 26 � ;� = « MYRTLE STEHFEST— Mody”. Irving. 3. Waterloo H. S., 1, 2. Literary Society. 4 LOUIE EXBY. Irving, 1. Craftsmen’s, 2. 3. Chorus, 4. Dramatic Club. 4. Athletics, 3, 4. LEONA KOHL. Irving. 1, 2, 3. Vice-Pres. Irving. 3. Literary Society. 4. MILTON VOGT— Hap”. Dramatic, 4. Columbia H. S., 1, 2. Western M. A. R. O. T. C., 3. F. ROWENA BOCK—“Wienie . Irving. 1, 2. 3. Pres. Irving, 2. Associate Editor Bel ' evinois. Secretary Dramatic, 4. Chorus. 1, 2, 3. 4. NETTA NI ESS— Toots”. Home Economics, 1, 2. Iriving. 3. Dramatic Club, 4. HUGO P. WANGELIN— Hooks”. Irving, 2, 3. Athletics, 2, 3, 4. Capt. Basketball. 4. Pres, of Class, 3, 4. Treas. Dramatic Club, 4. Assistant Editor Bellevinois. MARTHA HOPPE—“Hoppe”, Irving, 1, 2, 3. Literary Society, 4. Chorus. ERNEST HILGARD—“Ernie”. 1 . Debating, 2, 3, 4. Sec. Debating, 3. Adv. Mgr. Bellevinois. CORDELIA HANSON. Home Economics, 3, 4. Irving. 1, 2. Chorus, 1, 2, 3, 4. 28 %• ESTHER KNEFELKAMP—“Ecky”. Irving, 1, 2, 3. Treasurer Irving, 3. Literary Society, 4. LORAINE TEGTMEIER— “Doc”. Ag., 3. 4. Athletics. 3, 4. Chorus, 4. Literary Society, 4. JOSEPHINE GOTTSCHALK—“Dody”. Chorus, 3, 4. Literary Society, 4. Irving 1, 2. Home Economics, 3, 4. DELBERT WI ESEN BORN—“Otto”. Craftsmen’s, 3. Chorus, 4. ELIZABETH SNYDER—“Betz”. Chorus, 4. Home Economics, 4. Literary Society, 4. 29 WINONA SCHICKTANZ—“Nony”. Philoniathian, 1. Chorus. 1. Literary Society, 4. CYRIL PUDERER—“Puddy”. Irving, 1. Philoniathian. 2. Dramatic, 3. Chorus, 4. Athletics, 3, 4 Secretary of Class, 3. IRMA WIRSING. Dramatic, 1. 2, Chorus, 1, 2, 3, 4. Quartet, 2, 3. Literary Society, 4. ADOLPH PESSEL— Booby”. Irving. 1, 2, 3. Literary Society, 4. Athletics, 4. Capt. Track Team. 4. HEDWIG NAHM— Heddie . Chorus, 1, 3, 4. Irving. 3. Literary Society, 4. 30 gem MARIE RHEIN—“Rheiney”. Household Science. 1. 2, 3. Literary Society, 4. RAYMOND HIPPARD—“Hip, Bub”. Athletics, 1, 2, 3, 4. Craftsmen’s. 2. 3. Pres, of Craftsmen, 3. Literary. 4. Art Editor Bellevinois, 4. VERMINDA KLOESS—“Linda . Irving. 1. Home Economics, 2, 3. Chorus, 1, 2, 3, 4. Literary Society, 4. HIMAN IMBER—“Himie”. Ag„ 1. Irving. 1, 2, 3, 4. Athletics, 4. JUNE FULLMER—“June Bug”. Phiiomathian, 1, 2, 3. 4. Literary Society, 4. 31 V.V MltWH PEARL GRAY. Irving. 3. Debating. 2. Chorus, 4. Literary Society, 4. LEONA WIECHERT—“Wiekie”. Irving. 1. Home Economics, 2. Dramatic, 3. Literary Society, 4. Chorus, 1, 2, 4. HELEN METZGER—“Midget”. Commercial, 1, 2, 3. Literary Society, 4. MARGUERITE M EYER—“Marg . Chorus, 1. 2, 3, 4. Literary Society, 4. MARGARET GUNDLACH—“Marg”. Home Economics, 2. Irving, 3. Chorus, 3. 4. Literary Society, 4. 32 I sJSJM %• . MOM AURELIA HEIN EM ANN—“Relia”. Irving, 1, 2, 3. Chorus, 1, 2, 3. Literary Society, 4. HENRY ROSENBURG—“Nooks”. Ag., 1, 2. 3, 4. Chorus, 4. Quartet, 4. HELEN TWITCHELL—“Twitch”. President Literary Society, 4. Associate Editor 1920 Bellevinois. Quartet, 4. HARRY HOCHER. Athletics, 4. Ag., 1, 2. Irving, 3. EMMA MESSERLY—“Em”. Irving, 1, 2, 3. Chorus. 2, 3. Literary Society, 4. 33 MgaH c DOROTHY BECHTOLD—“Dot”. Chorus, 1, 2, 3. 4. Literary Society, 4. HARLIN WYNNS. Ag.. 1, 2, 3. Orchestra, 1, 2, 3, 4. Literary Society, 4. FLORENCE SPIES—“Floss”. Commercial Club, 1, 2, 3, 4. Secretary Commercial, 3. President Commercial, 4. Irving, 1, 2, 3. Chorus, 1, 4. ROLLO KAISER—“Legs”. Ag. Club 1, 2, 3, 4. Athletics, 3, 4. MILDRED BECKER—“Mil”. Home Economics, 1, 2, 3, 4. Chorus, 1. Literary Society, 4. 34 —-■ . . r rviM ' iei BEATRICE EDWARDS. Irving. 1, 2, 3. Literary Society, 4. RUTH DANIELS. Home Economics, 1, 2, 3, 4. Treasurer Home Economics, 3. Chorus, 1, 2, 3. 4. 35 - HISTORY OF CLASS OF 1920 T HE history of the illustrious class of 1920 is that of the school itself. This class began its High School life in the first year of existence of the new B. T. II. S. Truly we were quartered in the old building for one semester, but this only made us appreciate our new school so much the more. We are proud of our school, for we feel that we helped to make it the famous institution which everyone acknowledges it to be. An attack upon the school is an attack upon us, because we are the school. No matter how far away from it we shall ever be, we will claim our kinship. As mentioned before, we began our High School Life with the new school, in 1916. That accounts partly for our ability, but anyone would readily sec that under any conditions we would have risen above the ordinary. Scan tie- list of our names, stop repeatedly, and reflect upon the abundance of brains and ingenuity there represented. However, we have not outgrown the memory of our childhood, that is, freshmanhood, and we ourselves are even amused a ' memories of our ignorance. We entered one hundred and thirty strong. How¬ ever, we could not be compared in size and ability to the Freshmen that have infested our halls the last two or three years. Freshman year passed rapidly, and with the second semester came our installation in the new building. How pleasant our life was then! We were happy at the thought of spending three more years in this palace of many rooms. In March we organized and elected Kathryn Powers, president, and Eliza¬ beth Conroy, secretary of our class, and chose the colors of yellow and white. We were represented in nearly all the clubs of the school, and also in athletics at this time. Time made us Sophomores, a fact for which we were not sorry. We studied hard and passed through this year with a creditable showing, although we had decreased somewhat in numbers. We made up for this decrease by the in¬ dustry and diligence of those that remained. We were still prominent in school activities, especially in athletics. As Juniors we could vaguely look forward to our exodus from the B. T. II. S. Therefore we resolved to make the best of the next two years. We arc to be commended on our success during this year, for with the difficulty of the subjects of the Junior year we were additionally hampered by the “flu” epi¬ demic, causing school to be closed for six weeks. But, worst of all, a goodly number of our fellow-classmen became victims of the malady after school opened and became handicapped a great deal more. But we easily passed and were doubly rewarded, for during our six weeks vacation the Kaiser got next to himself and decided to quit playing King and run for dear life. We will never forget the sensation he produced, and consider ourselves lucky to be liv ing in an age of so many great happenings. All school activities were stopped during the first semester of our Junior year, but opened full force during the second. Our class was represented in greater force than ever on the basket¬ ball and baseball teams, and in other athletics as well. 36 Mil HISTORY OF CLASS OF 1920 Continued During this year Hugo I Wangelin served as president, with Vernon Grieve as vice president, and Cyril Puderer, secretary- treasurer. We selected our class rings and pins, and only the class itself knows the perfect good feel¬ ing?? that reigned during our meetings held for the selection. We entertained the Seniors with a dance at the Country Club and proved ourselves royal hosts and hostesses. Then with many sad and bitter tears (we know not. how they were produced) we bade them adieu, and helped them to graduate. Now we are Seniors and have a world of experience ami information to offer to our under-classmen. Follow our steps as closely as possible and you will not go wrong . We have resolved to make this the happiest year of our lives and also the happiest year in the lives of the Presides, Sophs and Juniors. It always pays to be generous! We would not magnify our virtues, but cannot help speaking about them. We have as veterans of the World War, Ambrose Butler and William McMillan, both of whom we are very proud. We made the best record in athletics of all the classes of the whole school. Of the one hundred and thirty who entered the B. T. II. S. in 1916 there remain sixty-seven who will receive diplomas as graduates. Thus we have the honor of being the largest class to graduate from this school. L. I). A GRAD. Solved an the problems in angles and sines, Vanished llu lab ' s fragrant scent. Gone are the terrors the office once held When thither our laggard steps went. The lights are all out on the Senior ( ' lass Play, The dust lies on noseguard and pad. The gridiron is rusty, the track is o’ergrown, We are nothing now but a grad. We ' re an exile at last. The decree has been said Xo wonder we’re lonely and sad, As we stand outside our old High School home And are nothing now but a grad. As in a dream we are approaching that end for which we have striven for four years—to graduate. Our days in this beloved school are numbered and few. Then we will be only a grad. Many have been our pleasures and sorrows in our four years of High School life. No more will we linger about the entrance or roam about the campus. For the last time we have donned the Maroon and White and battled for the honor of the school or cheered the boys to victory. Our classrooms will forget us. Our books are passed on or thrown idly into a dark corner. The discipline of the teacher shall affect us no more. Our friendly debates and class discussion is ended. We hang the graduation gown over our shoulders and don the tassled cap. The night of graduation comes. We hear words of praise and farewell as have many before us, and so shall many after us. Then we are given our de¬ cree of exile—a diploma. The school is no more our home. We have arrived at an end—Graduation and Commencement—to enter the world and start anew. L. Schmidt. 38 |sMM M9M CLASS OF 1921 MARY AUTEN ROBERT ACKERMANN JUANITA BARTON LOUIS BAEHR CARL BAUMGARTEN OSWALD BRICHLER CHARLES BECKER CLAUDE BEDELL EDYTHE BROWNING FLORENCE CRONAN JOHN CLOUD RUTH CAMPBELL HAROLD COBB COLSON CASEY EDWARD DEWEIN LORENA DE1TZ IRMA DIETZ EARL DICK CLARA ELLSMAN ROY EIDMAN ROBERT EHltET TOLEDO EHRET ELMER FEHLBER JOHN FRITZ IRENE FRITZ RUTH GISLER CHARLES GROSSART GEORGE GUNDLACH JOHN GARDNER LILLIAN HILL IRMA HEMPEL SHELBY HOGAN ROBERT HARMON HENRY ISSELHARDT OTTO KECK EDWARD KECK IRVIN KNOEBEL LEONA KAUFMAN ELEONORA KRUG RUTH KLAUS ELMER LILL WAYNE MERRILLS CARL MOLLMAN JOHN MAULE LELAND MUELLER LILLIAN MENG WALDO MUELLER CLAUDE MILLER OTTO MOEHLE LAURA MUELLER MARSHALL NEWMAN OLIVER NIESS LESTER RAUTH MARGARET REID LEONA SEIFRIED DOROTHY STOOKEY ROBERT SCHULL WALTER SMITH ARTHUR SEMMELROTH LESTER TOTSCH BENJAMIN TWITCHELL RUSSELL VIEHMANN WILMER VOGT THEOPHILUS WILHELM MINERVA WINKLER AURELIA WAGNER LAWRENCE WIESENBORN EDWARD YARBROUGH ETHELMAE KLEIN VS V.V 1 HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1921 S EPTEMBER, PB7, is a date that has a permanent place in the annals ot history. Why this hold statement? That year of years the future great men and women of the world, Ihe Juniors of today, entered the pearly doors of the good old B. T. 11. S. The world little cares what we did during our Freshman year. Sufficient to say we were no different from the other Freshies that graced the Building. Some insolent upper classmen said that we were so green as to he verdant, hut we leave this criticism open. The second year was, with no exception, the year of the beginning or supremacy for our class. The students began to show the other classmen their easy victory in all branches of athletics and art. The students were un¬ accustomed to receiving the little telltale cards at the end of the month. V also wish to inform the public that we took no part in the hazing of Freshmen, this menial task was below the dignity of our class. Our third and present year is filled with details of class achievement. The Juniors won the inter-class football league contest. We shall be well represented on the track team and also on the football squad. None of our class is a detriment to our honors. In summarizing this brief class history, we may say that the Juniors violated none of the unwritten laws of class and school precedent, and are the acme of class perfection. L. A. W. |;)e944 CLASS OF 1922 ELSIE ANDRES RAYMOND ARNOLD WESLEY BOLLMAN LUCILE BOETTCHER WALTER BIEN HELEN BOLLMAN GERTRUDE BAILEY ARNOLD BREITWEISER WILSON BUTTS WILLIAM BOCKSTIEGEL JOSEPH BEAUMONT LORENE BURGER LUCILE BORN RUSSELL CAMPBELL GEORGE DITENSING HENRY DINTELMANN MINNIE DILL HAROLD DEWEIN CRISSY DANIELS ROLAND El DM AN WILLIAM ECKERT MILDRED ERLINGER NORMA EBSEN GEORGE EHRET MIKE ERLINGER ELLSWORTH ENGELMAN CHARLES EX BY ALICE GRABILL ELLA GOODING ROBERTINA GOODING RUTH GREEN SADIE GRAY CHARLES GLAESER MILDRED GRIFFEN ELMER GASS RENO HASSLER FLORENCE HEINEMAN ADOLPH JtTEN MARTIN KAISER OREHLIA KLOESS ROBERT KERN NORMA KNOEBEL HOMER LIEBIG VALEDA LOECHER GEORGIA LORE DAVID METZGER ALMA MORCK MILTON MUSKOPF NORMA MEYER WILHELMINA MICHEL RUTH MARTIN LAURA MILLER EVELYN MITCHELL MELVIN McELWAIN WALTER NESBIT HAROLD NAHM ADOLPH NESBIT JOSEPH PENN CAROLYN PAYNE RUTH PEACH JOSEPH PETRI LUDLOW ROLAFF WALTER RIEMENSCHNEIDER MIRIAM RALPH VIRGINIA RENNER VERENA REUTER ETHEL RUMER JANICE RENTCHLER ELSA RUESTER WARNER SCHROEDER AUGUST STORR STEPHEN SELEMENTI HERMAN SCHEMMER WALTER SAUER RUTH SCHWINN ELSIE SCHLENK JOHN SCHAEFER GEORGIANA SEIBERT ROY TAYLOR ELSIE TEBBENHOFF ANNA TEBBENHOFF ISABEL WILKEY MAUDE WHITE MABEL WAGONER GRACE WADE THEODORE WINKLER FLORENCE VOELKEL ELSA WIRSING CORNELIA YOUNG BERT ZAEHRINGER 44 I |s)e|M i4l9PD?f llflO( 1 HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1922 A. D. 1918. This year a stranger band of one hundred forty-two bold persons entered the kingdom. They call themselves ’22, but their neighbors call them “Freshies.” The “high and mighties” say they get “littler” every year- little, but oh my! They seem to have so much of nothing to do that they can form no real live history. They are just building for themselves a reputation to which they can reach for support in later years. A. D. 1919-20. This year we note a diminution in size of our stranger host, only eighty- two are with us. They still call themselves ’22, but their neighbors look upon them with more respect and call them “Sophs. They seem to have a govern¬ ment among themselves, and their officers are: President.George Ehret Vice-President,.Janice Rentchler Secretary-Treasurer.Maud White Mr. Schmidt seems to like them rather well. At least lie puts them on the Assembly program quite often. (Sh-sh-sh, when he can t get anyone else.) lie often invites them to call on him in his castle. Of course they are always de¬ lighted (???!!!) to accept,. Are they bright? Of course. If there is a person who has not discovered it, there is a little surprise waiting for him in the sweet by and by. They seem to have great athletic ability among them. Through Ehret, Muskopf, Exby and Kaiser, the class has made a name in athletics. They are also gifted with genii of strange species, for instance, a rare flag-pole climber, barn (born) dancers, saxophone sharks, et cetera. Otherwise they are charac¬ terized by great activity and a loyal school spirit. Truly they are a most re¬ markable collection and very promising. J. W. R. I33M CLASS OF 1923 MARY ALEXANDER CLARENCE ARBOGAST JENEL ADAMS WILLIS ABEND CLARENCE AMANN EDWARD ABEND ELSA BRECHNITZ CHARLES BECK ESTHER BERTRAM KENNETH BELL LENA BLEIKER EDMUND BRICHLER BERNICE BATMAN WILLIAM BUECHLER IDA BAUMGARTEN OTTO BECKER ALBERT BUSEKRUS HELEN COFIELD HARRY CARTER MARGUERITE CONRAD BERYL CRAIG ELLA COSTELLI CHARLES CORTY MILDRED CHAPITT LORRAINE COLLAR EDWARD COLLAR EDWARD CURLE ELMA DUVALL MAURICE DOUSSARD IRENE DAUBACH IRWIN DEWE1N PHYLLIS DAVIS RALPH DUGAN EUGENE DAMMERIC H LILLIAN ECKHARDT HALSTEAD E1MER EUNICE ENGELMAN EDWIN EH RET FLORENCE EIDMAN JOHN EGNER GRACE ERLINGER IRWIN EBERSOHL ELIZA FINCH MARGARET FRESS OLIVETTE GILLMAN GEORGE GLADE EMMA GEIGER RAYMOND GAUCH JESSYLYN GRIEVE DAVID GOODMAN LORETTA GOSS ROBERT GARDNER VERNETA GUTWEIN EUGENE GROOM LAVINA GREEN THOMAS GREEN THOMAS GUEST HENRY GOODMAN OTTILIE HEFTI CLENT HOUSTON FLORENCE HARTLEB VALENTINE HOHM TENNESSEE HAUSMAN FRANK HOLLMAN MARGARET HALSTEAD LOUIS HACKMAN RUTH HILGARD WILLIAM HOEHNER FLORENCE HUBERT WILLIAM HUECKEL VERONA HAIG ALBERT HUG EMILY HEELY CLOVENA ISSELHARDT OPAL JONES MARIE JAKOUBEK ERWIN KARCH NORMA KUHN NED KRAFT CLARA KLUPP fwii ’ T r-- ' CLASS OF 1923— Continued CLARENCE KELLER AUGUSTA KUNZE EMMETT KEIM BERTHA KUHN EMIL KNIEPKAMP HELEN LOEFFLER ARM IN LEUSCHNER LORENE LOEHRDING JOSEPH LARGE IRMA MICHAELIS ALBERT MEYER HOItTENSE MAURER ROY MANK SARAH MAYER JAMES MASON ANITA MAUTERER HAROLD MILLER ESTELLE MALZAHN RUTH MILLER LORENE MAUTERER ETHEL MUSKOPF LELIA MOORE LILLIAN MILLER IRMA NOLD MAUDE NAGEL LILLIAN OHL CLOTILDE PELKUS HERBERT PATTERSON IDA PF1NGSTEN CLARENCE PERSCHBACHER ROLAND PATTERSON CLAYTON PANTER THELMA ROBERTS BENJAMIN ROCKWELL GEORGIA RODEMICH PAULINE ROLFE MILDRED SCHUBERT WARREN STRAUB ELEANOR SUMMERS WEBSTER SCHOTT ROSE STOKES RAYMOND SUMMERLOT TERESA SCHNELL ERNEST STEIN MARGARET SAUER ROSKLI.A SAINTKVeI ELSIE STOLzl HELEN SCHMAHLENBERGER HAZEL SCHNEEBERGER JOSEPHINE SUTTLE ETHEL TAPHORN HENRY TIEMANN | LLOYD THIERRY HELENMAE TOTSCH LORRAINE TAPHORN SARAH TELLER BEULAH THOMPSON I JACOB ULRICh| JOHANNA VOELKEL NORMAN VOGEL MILDRED VOGLER LLOYD VERNIER ELVIRA VOGEL DOROTHY WAGNBl EDWIN WEBER LAURA WILLIAMS LAWRENCE WILDY RUTH WOELK VICTOR WINTER IRWIN WESTRICHl GRAYDON WILLIAMS ERWIN WERNER CHESTER WISE THOMAS WILLIAMS SUSIE YOCKS VIRGINIA YOUNGl ROBERTHA ZERBAN RANDOLPH ZAHN BLANCHE ZIEHNEBTl STELLA ZAH) 50 HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1923 W E ARE great in numbers and in deeds, we of ’2.1, and have in us a great spirit of good fellowship. In the month of February, 1919, we entered the B. T. H. S. as a merry bunch. After leaving the J. H. S. we found High School somewhat difficult, but, being well qualified, why should we care. Of course the first year was one of discovery and adjustment. Within a very short time we were well ac¬ quainted with our teachers, our classes and locker numbers. But that monoto¬ nous year has passed and we are no longer irresponsible and awestruck Freshmen. As we are now proud of our advancement to Sophomores, we consider ourselves heroes, for who of us has not gone unprepared, bravely, without even a crib to an exam. We are great builders, for we have built for ourselves such a name as few classes can possess. We are saints, for we have all attended church, and five of us own Bibles. Our class, as a whole, is studious and ambitious, and among us we have good vocalists, good athletes, and splendid scholars. We are exceptionally well represented in all the courses offered by the school. The girls show great en¬ thusiasm for athletics, as we organized four basketball teams. If we have one fault it is vanity only. The only and not forgotten tragedy was that of our trip to St. Louis to see the Merchant of Venice, when two of our members were lost in that far-off magnificent city. They were of the male sex. which disproves the idea that males are able to take care of themselves. You will note that the author went hard on the males because she is of the feminine sex, and has been so as far back as she can remember. We are on our way to our goal, happy in the thought that we still have two long years ahead of us in the B. T. 11. S. T. R. R. WHOM CLASS OF 1924 RUTH ARRAS ELMER AREY RUSSELL BECKER MILDRED BANGERT WALTER BOUCHER DAVID BAER. JR. EDWARD BAUM HOMER BRETHAUER MYRTLE CANNA DY CHESTER CULLEN GEORGE CARSON LESTER DA H M WALTER DROSTE EUGENE DAI1M BYRON ELSER THEOPH1L EHRET ELSIE FLASSIG HERBERT PINK ERNA GROH BESSIE GRABILL RUSSELL GREENWOOD NORMAN GUNDLACH CHARLES GRANT THOMAS GRANT ARTHUR GRABBER FRANK GOODELL CARRIE HAWKINS ELVIRA HEISE DOROTHY HAMMER GUSTAV HEINEM ANN ROSA HAUBRICH WALTER HUELBIG IRVIN HADORN DORA IMBER HELEN KNIEPKAMP BARBARA KECK RAYMOND KELLER (’LIFFORD KELSEY NICHOLAS KOPSKY RAYMOND KNOEBEL ELMER LOOS JACOB LEINER VIOLA MANK CHARLES MARKHAM ADELE MARCHHOFF ADOLPH MESSERLY GEORGE MEYER TERESA MATHES ARTHUR NEFF ROSIE PESKIND MARIE QUIRK LLOYD ROCKWELL OLIVER RHEIN ELGIN ROBERTS HELEN ROCKWELL MAY RICHARDS ELEANOR ROGERS RUTH RENNER OLIVER REMELIUS EDMUND SCHICKTANZ ALBERTINA THOMAS RUTH STERLING VIOLA STRAUB GRACE SLADE WILLARD SUTTON MATHEW SADORF GRETCHEN SCHNEIDER CLARA SCHIERMEIER DAVID SCOBBIE HELEN VETTER FLORENCE WILSON ANNA WAGONER BERNARD YOCH MARCELLA YUNG 52 WHOM OUTLINE OF PROGRAM OF STUDIES 1st Year. Art Commercial language Sciences Mathematics History Shop Mech. Drawing Music Community Civics 2nd Year. 3rd Year. Electives. Art Commercial Language Sciences Mathematics History Shop Mech. Drawing Music Arts and Crafts Commercial Language Sciences Mathematics History % Civics % Shop Music English Elective English Latin Algebra Elective English Algebra French Elective General Curriculum. English English Elective Am. History % Elective Classical Curriculum. English English Latin Latin Geometry Am. History % Elective Civics Modern Language Curriculum. English English Geometry Spanish French American History % Elective Civics Vz Elective Scientific Curriculum. 4th Year. Arts and Crafts Commercial Language Sciences Mathematics Economics V6 Sociology Shop Music Elective English Latin Elective English Spanish Elective English English English Algebra Geometry Mathema tics Science Science Science Elective Elective American History Elective Teachers’ Training Curriculum. English English English Algebra Geometry Science Science History American History Latin Latin or Science Civics Vz Science Elective Home Economics Curriculum. English English English Dom. Art Vz Dom. Art Dom. Art Related Art 4 Related Art Vz Related Art Vz Dom. Science Dom. Science Vfc Dom. Science V6 Related Science Related Science Vz Related Science V Mathematics Elective Am. History V6 Civics Vfc Shops Curriculum. English English English Shop Practice Shop Practice Shop Practice Mathematics Mathematics Am. History U, Drawing Drawing Civics yz English Mathematics Science Civics Vz Elective English Science Psychology % State Course Elective Dom. Art V6 Related Art % Dom. Science Vz Related Science % Elective Shop Practice 53 OUTLINE OF PROGRAM OF STUDIES—Continued 1st Year. English Plant Industry Elective 2nd Year. 3rd Year. Agriculture Curriculum. English English Animal Husbandry Farm Mechanics Elective Am. History % Civics Vi 4th Year. Farm Management Elective English Art Mathematics Elective Fine Arts English Art Mathematics Elective Curriculum. English Arts and Crafts Music Am. History Vfc Civics 4 Elective English Arts and Crafts Music Elective English Elementary Bkg. 4 Wholesale Bkg. 4 Penmanship Com. Arith. Commercial Curriculum. English English Corporation Acct. 4 Stenography Banking % Typing or Com. Geography 4 Cost Accty. Com. Law 4 or Am. History 4 Office Pract. Civics � 4 Bus. Practice 4 Sociology Vi Economics % Typing Stenography Salesmanship % Advertising Business Curriculum. Stenography Curriculum. 1st Year. English Elementary Bkg. 4 Wholesale Bkg. 4 Penmanship Com. Arithmetic 2nd English Year. 1st Year. English Corporation Acct. 4 Shorthand Banking 4 Com. Geography 4 Com. Law 4 Typing Spelling Stenography 2nd Year. English Stenography 4 Typing Elective One Year Combined Curriculum. English Typing Bookkeeping Stenography Five-Months’ Curriculum. Bookkeeping Typing Stenography Elective Sixteen units are required for a diploma in any curriculum. A unit is a subject carried for one year five periods of forty-five minutes each per week or the equivalent. A student must have eight units to graduate from any two-year curriculum and receive a certificate. Six of the eight units must he commercial subjects. Three years English is required for any diploma. Two years for a business certificate. All students taking any four-year curriculum must take American History and Civics, and all students taking any two-year curriculum must take Com¬ munity Civics. C is the grade required to receive a credit in any subject. A equals 95; R equals 85; C equals 75. All regular students must take four studies. 54 Department of Music T HE music department is under the direction of Professor Carl, assisted by Miss Luella Gisler. It has inaugurated a new course of piano in¬ struction this year which has become extremely popular. The lessons are given by Miss (Jisler. We are proud of the fact that our school is one of the first to add such a course to its curriculum. It is only recently that people have begun to recognize the value and importance of music. Consequently it. is now being given a more prominent place in our schools. The piano depart¬ ment does not aim to make artists of the pupils, but merely to give them the opportunity to learn enough that they can appreciate good music and play for their own amusement. Classes in theory and harmony, beginning, and advanced music and history of music are conducted by Mr. Carl. For these courses a victrola and suitable records are used in the instruction. A double quartet, Junior-Senior chorus, and Sophomore-Freshman chorus have also been organized and meet regularly twice a week under the super¬ vision of Mr. Carl. The chorus and quartet have appeared periodically on the General Assembly programs and offered some delightful selections. The quar¬ tet has appeared on the programs of the Teachers’ Institute at East St. Louis, the Southern Illinois Intellectual meet, and other occasions out of school. The classes, quartet, chorus, and orchestra all appear on the program of the recital given at the end of each semester, to show the community what the school is doing in the department of music. Under the direction of Miss Gisler the orchestra has become larger and quite popular. Although the ban has been placed on jazz, it has served regu¬ larly to liven up the program of General Assembly. The members are: Violins—Warner Schroeder, Earl Dick, Jesse Bollman, Roy Mank, Clar¬ ence Arbogast, Elmer Arey. Cornets—Lionel Schmidt, George Ehret. Saxophone—Robert Kern. Clarinet—Theophil Ehret. Drums—Lawrence Wildy, Robert Harmon. Trombone—Harlin Wynns. l’iano—Harold Cobb. 55 Physics P HYSICS is offered to Seniors only. It is and always lias been one of the most interesting as well as most practical subjects offered in the lligl. School. Since the World War has tended to develop almost to perfec¬ tion so many things which depend directly upon the fundamental principles of Physics, people realize that it should be studied with more interest and looked at from a more practical angle. For this reason the classes are larger than ever before. There were sixty-three enrolled in the Physics classes this year. The course, running for one year, includes a splendid practical treatise of the principles of Physics and their applications with a series of about ninety experiments thoroughly covering the whole field. Our laboratory, in addition to being well-equipped with all up-to-date ap¬ paratus, includes a wireless station, something that is possessed by very fen high schools, if any, in the State of Illinois. This sot is the property of and was installed by Cyril Puderer, Louis Ex by, Colson Casey and William McMil¬ lan, and for that reason we look upon it with more pride than we might other¬ wise. Chemistry Department A T ONE time, not so very long ago. Chemistry was looked upon as a science of mystery. To most people it partook of the art of legerdemain, where mysterious changes were produced to the wonder ot the beholder, rather than that of a practical science. The World War did much to change the popular mind. It might be said to have caused the practical importance of Chemistry to be flashed upon the world with a tremendous explosion. High explosives, poison gases, and especially their antidotes, dye studs, the fixation of the nitrogen of the air to form nitrates are but a few of the problems that the chemists were called upon to solve for tin welfare of the nation. Always a science of mystery to the uninitiated, it is now ranked as second in importance to no other modern science. Our laboratory is fully equipped with modern conveniences. It is the plan of the department to have the students learn as much chemistry as pos¬ sible in the laboratory and then to follow this up with supplementary work in the text books. The practical side is emphasized. Two courses are offered at present. One in general chemistry, which is open to Juniors. The other is a course in household chemistry lor those girls who choose the domestic science course. While both courses are practical as well as cultural, the stress in this new course is laid on the chemistry of food, clothing, cleaning, dyeing, which make for the better understanding of the problems of the modern home. 56 PHYSICS LABORATORY CHEMICAL LABORATORY Biology B IOLOGY is a comparatively recent science, and because of this fact the question is often asked “what is biology” and “why study biology?” Biology is the science of life or the science of living things, and as man is closely bound to all other living things, the subject is one of vital interest and importance. In accord with the tendency of the times to make all education of some direct value in life, the study of Biology is now far more practical than when the science was first made a part of the High School curriculum. Conservation of natural resources is an obligation resting upon every one of us, and intelli¬ gent accomplishment of this result is impossible without a knowledge of the fundamental processes and structures in plants and animals, and their eco¬ nomic importance to man. Likewise the preservation and upbuilding of the human race is impossible without a knowledge of the structure, processes and needs of the human body. Plants and animals as direct or indirect sources of food and clothing for man; trees for shelter; coal, petroleum or natural gas, all of which contain energy accumulated by plants from sunlight of a million years ago, as fuel and energy for driving machinery; bees as a medium for the pollination of flowers and fruits; bacteria that take nitrogen from the air and build it into com¬ pounds that enrich the soil; bacteria that bring disease and death to plants and animals; plants and animals as foes to man; life processes of man himself, with rules for eating, sleeping, drinking, resting, etc., which mean a better indi¬ vidual and a better human race—these and a thousand other things are in¬ cluded in the study of biology, the science of living things. To gain a working knowledge of the plant and animal kingdoms that shall enable man to subdue nature for the good of civilized society; to enable one to have a greater appreciation of the beauties and wonders of the world about us, as seen in flowers, trees, birds and other animals; and, lastly, to learn, as every student of biology must, that no one being lives to itself alone, but that all are inter-dependent and must work together for the common good—these are a few and perhaps the most important answers to the question “why study biology?” During the past year 101 students have availed themselves of the courses offered in the biology department, which is under the supervision of Prof. F. J. Friedli. The courses offered to Freshmen is Biology, to Sophomores, Botany, and to Juniors and Seniors, Zoology. 58 Agricultural Department “Education is preparation for complete living.” UK Department of Agriculture has come into existence along with some other departments as the direct result of the advance of living beyond X || )e three 4 Rs” of our fathers. As the life of the world becomes more ami more complex, and as civilization mounts higher, the schools must also be¬ come more complex. It would be a very ignorant statement today, indeed, to sav that the business of farming has not rapidly advanced and taken a leading place in the world ' s progress. The high schools of the United States were awake to this fact some years ago. Recently, however, the passage of the Smith- Hughes act, making government money available to partially pay for agricul¬ tural instruction, has added impetus to this line of teaching. Today, agricul¬ ture is taught in a large number of our high schools. What, then, may the student expect to get from a high school agricultural course? Unfortunately the plans now in operation practically exclude the town pupils. This is due to the requirement that each student shall carry on a farming project under the supervision of the instructor for six months. The Department hopes to change this state of affairs in the near future, by offer¬ ing facilities on the school grounds for several projects. Some of these will be ready for the year 1920-21, and town boys and girls will be given an oppor¬ tunity to study Agriculture. In tin Freshman year field crops are taken up. This covers one semester’s work on the general farm crops, corn, wheat, alfalfa, and oats, for example. A text book is used, but a great many bulletins are consulted. The laboratory is being added to each year to make the course as complete and instructive as possible. The second semester covers the forest, orchard, and garden. No text is used, but many bulletins, reference books, and lantern slides are used in con¬ nection with much work in the laboratory and many field trips. Sophomores take up livestock. The work begins in a text book, but soon develops into a study of the animals themselves. Judging, feeding, breeding, and herd management are subjects broad and deep enough for life study. In this school the aim is to teach the principles and give the student an idea of the great field none too well explored that awaits his investigation. There are still people living in the State of Illinois that remember hauling corn and wheat fifty and sixty miles into St. Louis and selling the grain for eight, twelve or fifteen cents per bushel. Then growing crops consisted of sowing and reaping. Today the field is plowed with a large gang plow T or tractor with engine plow. Large machines do the harvesting, shredding, and ensiling as the case may be. Huge trucks haul the grain or stock to town. We are today passing the period of dependency even upon the railroads. Such methods have in late years opened up the fields of farm mechanics and farm management. It pays the present day farmer to understand the principles of farm mechanics. Unless the farmer is good as a manager he is in a losing business. These two subjects are taken up in the Junior and Senior year. Time is then left for one special study, since farm mechanics is given but one semester. The student may make a special study of soils, some particular 59 §iwu yi - awMs breed of livestock, trucking, orcharding, or landscape gardening, whatever i most suited to his needs. Why should anyone study Agriculture? Because it fits him to farm with greater efficiency. It opens his eyes to the possibilities and opportunities oti his own farm. It enables him to operate at a profit and reduce any losses to the same minimum that the city business man does. For the city boy it opens up a new field of pleasant and profitable work. In the office, professional or business advancement often depends upon the failure, resignation or death of some one higher up. On the farm one ' s success depends wholly upon his own efforts and ability. An English peer said, “I had rather have bred the grand champion steer than to be Kintr of England.” The most recent development of the department was the short course held during February. It is planned to hold such a short course each winter. The subjects offered summarize the work of the four-year course. The usefulness of the Agriculture Department is not wholly confined to teaching. Testing soils for acidity, examining seeds and testing seed corn is done gratis for anyone in the county. The motto for the department is well-chosen, Learning and Labor.” 60 999 BANKING DEPARTMENT |s)4M Department of Home Economics T HIS Department offers courses in Domestic Art and Domestic Science. The classes of Domestic Science are under the supervision of Miss (Jos- sett, the classes of Domestic Art under Miss Bigelow. As is the case of all the other departments this one lacks nothing in equip, ment necessary to efficiency and perfect training. The classes of Domestic Science have for their use a model four-room apartment in which the girls practice house-keeping. The laboratory furnishings include anything useful in home management, even a modern laundry. The first year course offered in Domestic Science is that of fundamental cooking; the second year market¬ ing and meal serving . At this time the girls use the furnished apartment, and take turns in preparing, sewing, or acting as hostesses at luncheons or dinners served in the dining-room of the apartment. The third year course is instruc¬ tion in infant feeding and home management. In Domestic Art three courses are offered, beginning classes in sewing the first year, advanced work in sewing the second year, costume designing the third year. The classes have a sewing room equipped with machines, a fitting room, and a pressing room. The girls receive splendid training in the details of designing and sewing, and, among other things, learn how to secure the best effect in the making of clothes. Completion of the practical courses of Domestic Science and Domestic Art means that the girl or young lady is efficiently trained for the duties of house- keeper and home-maker. fsiaWi 7 Commercial Department T IIE commercial curriculum of the Belleville Township High School aims to produce more than mere stenographers, bookkeepers, or office help¬ ers. Its ideal is to train young people to think; to prepare them to take bigger and broader views of the great commercial problems with which later they must deal. Thus trained, they are able, when they enter commercial life, in any capacity, to make the most of the opportunities which come to them. This is possible because they are able to understand and analyze the principles underlying the conduct of commercial affairs and utilize the results to the best advantage. If, instead of going directly into business life, they wish to continue their education in college or university, they have the information and training necessary to enable them to carry on college work successfully. This becomes possible because the work in bookkeeping and commercial arith¬ metic, for example, is handled in the same way as are courses in mathematics, which in reality they are, tho in a more concrete and applied form. The course in commercial correspondence, or business English, is treated as a study of applied English. The training in commercial geography, which is in a large part industrial history, is equal, from both the cultural and disciplinary points of view, to that of any course offered in the regular history department. The work in stenography, which is in fact a language study, tho not generally recognized as such, is in many important respects quite as exacting and ef¬ fective from the standpoint of mental training as the classics or modern lan¬ guages. All the other commercial courses in this school are handled in a similar manner. The department is offering a four-year commercial course, a two-year busi¬ ness course, a two-year stenographical course, and a short special course. The curriculum includes the following subjects: Elementary Bookkeeping, Whole¬ sale Bookkeeping and Accountancy, Corporation Accountancy, Banking, Cost Accountancy for Manufacturing, Transcript, Office Practice, Commercial Law, Commercial Geography, Transportation, Advertising, Salesmanship, Commer¬ cial Arithmetic, Stenography, Typing, Spelling, Penmanship, Economics, and Sociology. The department is not only one of the most flourishing and efficient depart¬ ments ot our school, but it is also most practical and popular. 63 ls)elM ••r Department of Languages ENGLISH. T HAT tin correct usage of the Mother Tongue has a practical value, as well as a social and a cultural value, is now universally accepted. Knowl¬ edge of English is not only the key to the mastery of all other subjects, hut it is the master-key to tin vaults of tin world ' s gold. The i ncome of the lawyer, the minister, the politician, or the business man is measured by Ids ability to use good English. In recognition of its value, the Hoard of Education of the Belleville Town¬ ship High School has made the study of English compulsory for a longer period than that of any other subject taught in the high school . To graduate from this school, a student must pursue this subject for at least three years. The course in English includes a study of Literature, the principles of Rhetoric, and the practice of Oral and Written composition. The full four- year course requires about one hundred sixtv lessons in Composition, about th ree hundred twenty lessons in Rhetoric, and the reading of about forty of the world’s best Classics, besides many short stories and poems. This department has at its head J. II. Yarbrough, assisted by Miss Orena Farmer, Miss Esther Jones, Miss Anna Pessel and Miss Ruth Twitchell. MODERN LANGUAGE. T UIIS Department offers two modern languages, French and Spanish. Since the war French has been the more popular of the two languages. Spanish, however, is becoming more popular since the people of the Unit.ed States are realizing this country’s position in her commercial relations with the South American countries. In order to he able to carry on trade with these countries we must first know the customs and manners of these people, and the only way to know them is by studying their languages. In addition to the regular program of work, the classes have been carrying on correspondence with the pupils in France and pupils in the Latin American countries in the languages of these countries. They have learned songs and poems which they have rendered on the Assembly program. 64: Department of Languages Continued LATIN. T HE Latin department is under the supervision of Miss Pearl Johnson. The course as taught is of practical as well as cultural value. The first year is given to the study of the grammar laying the foundation of the language, and incidentally the foundation of the English language, for more of the words in the English language are derived from the Latin than from any other language. The students are also shown, in the first year, the close connection between the English and Latin languages. Caesar ' s Commentaries, Cicero’s Orations, and Virgil’s Aeneid are taught the other three years, respectively, broadening ami developing the first year’s work. At the same time they yield a splendid insight to the classics of old Rome. Latin compositions run throughout the full four years, and amounts to about two-fifths of the time. The course is of practical value to those desiring to take up a profession or to go to college. The four years’ work well justifies the time invested bv the student, for it gives him a better grasp of the English language and also of any of the other Romance languages. The pleasure derived from Virgil alone is ample reward for all the effort put into the work. Department of Arts and Crafts T HIS Department offers training in the finer and applied arts and crafts. Its aims are to cultivate artistic taste and appreciation of beauty. The crafts course includes pottery, basketry, stenciling and bookbind¬ ing. The equipment is complete, allowing the students to turn out a great amount of splendid work during the past year both for themselves and for the school. The Fine Arts course covers four years’ time. In it is offered pictorial representation, decoration and applied design. Under pictorial representation are given principles of drawing, of perspective, elements of style, anti practice in the use of pencil, crayon, water color, and charcoal. The subjects used are: |) ants, interiors, landscapes, still life casts and posed drawings. In the course of decorative and applied design are given principles of design and color, principles of lettering, and historic ornament. The work in¬ i ' udes illustrating, poster making and creation of design. 65 iCVSn WHH 1 Department of Social Sciences T HE Department of Social Sciences offers courses in Ancient History, Modern History, United States History, Government in the United States, Economics, and Sociology. The study of these subjects does not specifically prepare students to male a living, but it does constitute a large factor in their efforts to make a success of themselves. “The story of man ' s experiences ’ from the remotest times down to the present is more thrilling than the “best seller ' ever produced by the imagination of any author. The pyramids of the Pharaohs, the philosophy of Socrates, the conquests of Caesar, the chivalry of the Medieval knight , the dominating will of Napoleon, the patriotism of our American Fathers, and the inventions of modern wizards furnish incentives for every boy and girl to put forth their efforts to play well their parts in the great drama of life. In this commercial-hound age there is a tendency to disregard the cultural sides of our natures. The study of Social Sciences is especially adapted to offset this neglect. First, the acquiring of information widens the horizon by the addition of knowledge of past and present events, and also broadens ones sympathies for the problems of his day. Sermons, lectures, political speeches, books, advertisements, and even cartoons challenge the power of interpreta¬ tion. Secondly, the value of citizenship is measured by the understanding of the actual workings of our local, state, and national laws, together with the knowledge of the fundamental principles of the business world and of society. Thirdly, these courses afford training in clear thinking, and in development of memory and imagination. Fourthly, the great truths and the triumphs of right which are constantly brought to the minds of the students have great ethical value, resulting in the development of honorable and patriotic citizens. The Social Science courses of the Bel leville Township High School offer four years of work to those who wish to specialize in this field. However, each year’s work is so presented as to make it a unit. Therefore every boy and girl can take at least a part of the work. In fact, the general recognition of the great movement for Americanization has led our Board of Education to fix the year given to the United States History and Civics as a minimum require¬ ment for graduation. At present the courses are given in the following order: First year, An¬ cient and Medieval History; second year, Modern History; third year, His torv of the United States and Civics; fourth year, Economies and Sociology 66 CAFETERIA V I;)4M 3mm Mathematics Department T HE Mathematics Department offers a three and one-half year course it, Mathematics. Algebra, I and 11, and Geometry, 111 and IV, are re¬ quired in the academic course, while Algebra V, Geometry VI, and Trigonometry are elective, and are open especially for those students who ex¬ pect to enter the Engineering Department at a University. Next year one half year in college algebra will he offered. Why study Mathematics and what does the study offer? It offers a gen- erous culture, a broader outlook on life, and a mental development character¬ ized by logical thinking and clear expression. We study it because we derive pleasure from contact with a great ancient body of learning that has occupied the attention of master minds during the thousand years in which it has been perfected. It offers the best developed application of logic that we have in the school coxirse. By this we do not mean that it exemplifies perfect logic, for it does not; but to the pupil who is not ready for logic it offers an example of close reasoning such as no other subjects offer. Mathematics is invaluable to the engineer and architect. Without mathematics we would know nothing of the relation of our planet to the others. “Without mathematics no one can fathom the depths of philosophy. Without philosophy no one can fathom the depths of mathematics. Without the two no one can fathom the depths of anything. —Bordas-Demoulin. Physical Education N O amount of mental acumen can take the place of physical vigor. The happiness and final usefulness of the individual is limited by his ability to perform the duties of life energetically and joyously. The safest and surest way to start a child on the road to success and usefulness is to develop his body properly and to furnish him with early opportunity and con¬ dition for good health and complete, well-rounded physical growth. Being aware of these facts and complying with the State laws of Illinois, the Board of Education of the Belleville Township High School has estab¬ lished a physical training department, of which Belleville ami the Township of St. Clair may well be proud. The students of the High School appreciate the farsightedness of the Board in erecting a separate building for physical training. By this arrangement the light and air can enter from all sides, and the students can play their games and give vent to their enthusiasm without disturbing the rest of the student body. A modern well-ventilated gymnasium, with shower baths and dressing rooms for boys and girls, and a spacious athletic field make the department almost complete. A quarter-mile cinder track, how¬ ever, would improve the athletic field and enable the school to hold field and track meets of a larger scale. The members of the Class of lfi20 feel that since they have had more of the training which the physical department gives than any previous class, they will leave the school with a chance of being successful iii life better than that of any of their predecessors. %• . ifflife Wood Shops T HE Wood Shops have about thirty students. Every one of them is to be a real mechanic, even it he conies with very little experience and a hazy idea of the work. The work they turn out is giving the school a great deal of credit. It is of a class that involves different types of construction, yet simple enough so as to give the student a clear idea el what he is doing and what has to be done, The students spend about one halt their time in the shops turning out work for the school; the other half is spent making things useful for their homes. By having the course arranged in this way, it gives the student a chance to make something for himself as well as for the school. This does away with the monotony of the woik. and gives the boy a clearer idea of this particular field. The boys have received a number of compliments din ing the term for the work they have turned out. A number of February Freshmen are going to blossom out before long. Although in a strange place they are going to giv« the advanced classes a run for their rank, and even now are doing the same kind of work as the advanced classes. Some of the pieces of work turned out this term are: Two music cabinets, one record cabinet, eleven tables, three kitchen tables, three library tables, eighteen drafting stools, twelve drawing boards, seventy-five tee-squares, five drafting tables, three medicine cabinets, one typewriting table, two book cases, three pedestals, one rocking chair, one Morris chair, forty-eight hand- screw clamps, and a number of other pieces which are being used in tin homes of the students. All of these represent the highest types of construction and quality. The students also do repairing work for the school, as long as it i along their line. The motto of the classes are: If it is made of wood we can make it. The students in mechanical drawing are doing exceptionally good work. Even though they are just beginners they seem to be very skilled when it comes to figuring out projections, developments, and irregular curves. Next year part time work will be started in the shops. These boys will work in connection with full time students. All the classes are striving to make the reputation of the Wood Shops greater than ever. 5 Metal Shops A l niO the Metal Shops have been interrupted several times this year by a change of instructors, there has been much good work done since things have become settled. One thing especially, which must be of relief to those passing the vicinity of the Forge Shop is the change in the location of the blower and exhaust fans. They were formerly on a high stand which seemed incapable of resting on more than two legs at a time. The resulting noise from vibration could be heard even in the Cafeteria. Since the first semester class lowered the noise- maker to the floor, we can now eat in peace and silence (?). (We mean silence from that end of the shop.) That is only one of the deeds of the forging class, however. They also made tools for use in the shop and for their personal use, and co-operated with the wood shops in turning out the tables for the study hall. In addition to this, they did all the metal work for the fixtures around the school and made tables for the wood shops. Home projects w ere not much of a success. Ask Rowland Patterson and Lorraine Collar. They tried it. The machine shop has been busy turning out tools and repairing the wood lathes. A set of mandrels, nut mandrels, internal shaper tools, and boring bars, which are being made, were designed by the class in Advanced Mechanical Drawing. The job of making four dozen wooden hand clamps has also been planned and undertaken by both wood and metal shops. Two new lathes have been installed in the machine shop. One, a Lodge Shipley, comes direct from Uncle Sam’s army of war-workers, a veteran of a munitions plant. The other is a Johnson Semi-Quick Change. It must be good, because every one wants to work on it. There also has been an addition of a few lathe chucks and the completion of a high-speed grinder and buffer. And —yes! Bert Zaehringer will have his cannon completed for the celebration of July 4th, 1!I20. At least we hope so! The drawing classes have done some good work in Mach. Drawing, Mach. Design, and Spur and Bevel Hearing. Ever hear Lester W. talk of Circular and Diametral Pitch? Don t ask him. It’s dangerous. Next year we expect more students, as the part time students will then make their entrance. We hope they will be able to catch the right spirit and work with the full time students to make the year 1f 20-21 the best the school has seen. The students entering this course receive a vocational training so inval¬ uable and complete that they can enter industry as trained machinists. The great variety of work makes the course interesting and a pleasure. |:14M � •« ir« «IM� M 1 SO YOU WANr ro S C r TMS 6.TH S -— alright j t� yr FOLLOW fv|e . rw mem NO THAT I5HT THt ORCHESTRA PRACTISING- THAT NOISE YQv HEAR � S THt FRE.SHI S 6HJ0T- in6tmlir soop Q 4e CAI rue BUSIEST PUCE IN rue. school 13 PlgST CLASS MEAL- AT A SECQNO ClmSS PRlCe He ? Hooai Fort a f e And beleiye ne - rwoj£ oonesne science IRES SURt CAN COOK — NO SAV WOuLONT SOME Of US F£lLOU$ LIKE TO A ' SHORT- OR DtP COURSE THOUGH EH! 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AGREE yyirn HER Or C YlCJ WERE MUSIC she’d E TWO BRASS 6AN0S. firry-™! !!)!� « RAMBLING RHYMES Although the sun shone bright outside, Inside ' twas dark and dreary; And many a pencil had worn out And many a head was weary. The term exams again are here, A lot of senseless bunk, And which did cause a many a lad To loose his sleep and Hunk. Here are letters of the alphabet And things for which they stand. It ' s long and hot, so take a chair In front of art electric fan. A is for Algebra, Hard but essential, With problems so long That we wear out a pencil. B is for Botany, Taught by the coach; And also Zoology, Where we cut up a roach. C is for Chemistry, With powders and gases, Which in due time Overcome all the classes. I) is for drawing Of flowers and birds, And things, if I ' d name them Would exhaust all my words. E is for English, A compulsory course, Where we learn to make speeches And talk till we ' re hoarse. F is for French, A funny old tongue; But some kids seem to think That it is lots of fun. G is for Geometry, Figures and such. Ask a student how he likes it And he’ll answer “Not much.’’ A word for the teachers Is no more than right. So I ' ll start in with II And continue to write. II is for Hexter, The good-hearted gink, On account of his young one He can’t sleep a wink. 74 RAMBLING RHYMES Continued I is Intermission Between every hour, Which time-may be spent With the female “flowers.” K is for Kitchen, Where Miss Jones can cook; Ami all she must study Is a recipe book. M is Miss Murray, A teacher divine, Who has the typing room To use as her shrine. () is for Otto C. Druge (old sock) Who lias for his work Mechanical drawing and shop. is for “cpiisitive, ” As all females are; And I ' ll tell the world. There ' s some here who “star.” S is for Schmidt, Who else could it be? Aint there just lots of things We don’t let him see. J is for Janitress, llawkshaw by name, Who, among the bad boys, lias very much fame. L is the library, Where we study and talk. But if we make too much noise, To the office we ' ll walk. N is for Nothing, What some of us do; But who feels like working. Do I, or do you? I is for Pies, Which makes every one laugh. At the “vulcanized” kind We get in the caff . R is for Right, Though some folks live wrong. An example would be Wine, women and song. T is for Twitched, Who isn’t so worse, But the themes she assigns Woud make a preacher’s son—swear 75 IsHU WHOM RAMBLING RHYMES Continued U is for Udre, Advertising and law. Gives us assignments That are just simply raw. V is for Vicious, As all teachers get; I, too, want to mention, They all have their “pet.” W is Water, Flows deep around here, Hut why don’t they serve Some 4 per cent, beer? X is for Hash, Its contents unknown; Perhaps if we knew We’d let out a groan. Y is for Yarbrough, The head Hnglish prof. When he’s peeved at us He takes a few off. V. is for Zoology, Snakes, beetles, and bees. Did you ask if I like it? Well I hope to sneeze. You may now sigh relief, As I’m nearing the end; Were the alphabet longer, Much more I’d have penned. I m no poet or scribbler, As these lines well show, Hut a hick from New Baden Whom all of you know. 1 now beg the pardon Of all who read this. Don’t blame me for all of it, ’Cause gosh and gee-whiz. —John Fritz. 76 Athletics ItMM WHOM l9e)M WUDfcfl ATHLETICS IN THE B. T. H. S. O X the subject of athletics there is much to be praised and something to be commented upon. The school is just breaking into the athletic ' vorld. Its rapid progress deserves great credit. The work of the teams has been improved in spite of being handicapped financially, for want of equipment, and good grounds to play on. They have honorably supported their colors during the past year. They made no startling records, but they have a fair percentage of victories to their credit. In the support of athletics the student body is falling short. Athletics must have the support of the entire school and community, not alone in a financial way but in a backing up by an enthusiastic body of rooters. To note the attendance at any of our interscholastic games is to conclude that there must be an indifference to the work of the teams. In a school of our size there ought to be four or five hundred rooters present at every game. A few of the faculty and students are one hundred per cent, loyal, others are conspicuous by their absence. We should all try to get together, students and faculty, and work to create more interest in our teams, not only among ourselves but also about town. Belleville has not been an athletic center in the past, but we can start now to make it one. It is up to us to show our relatives and friends the value and benefit they will derive from athletics. All the teams need is the proper sup¬ port from everyone connected with the school and they will deliver the goods. The inter-class track meets, league basketball games, and inter-class foot¬ ball have done much to arouse interest in athletics . We hope that in the future inter-class contests will be frequent and numerous because they create en¬ thusiasm and help in putting out winning first teams. laaMg Sl Track 1919-1920 L AST year was the first that the school entered into this branch of athletics, and being such it may be considered a success. The team participated in two meets, one held at Hast St. Louis and the other on the home Held. While the team, as a whole, was not victorious, the individual members showed up well. Due to the poor condition of the track the team was handicapped in practice, and most of the time could do no work whatever upon it. The meet held on the home field proved a success. O’Fallon, East St. Louis, and Belleville were represented. School was dismissed early in the afternoon, and the entire student body turned out in force for the event. The team this year promises to make a name for itself. Several of last year’s men are back, and many promising candidates have reported for train¬ ing. Mr. Ebsen started them in training early. On May 1st the first interscholastic meet of the season was held on our campus between our track team and that of Granite City. Our team captured the meet with a total of 6N points to 31. The records made by members of our teams were as follows: 100 yard dash—John Maule, 1st; 10 4-5 sec.; Louis Exby, 2nd. 220 yard dash—John Maule, 1st; 24 3-5 sec.; Louis Exby, 2nd. 440 yard dash—Adolph Pessel, 1st; 50 2-5 sec.; Bert Zaehringer, 2nd. Half mile run—Jesse Bollman, 2nd.; 2 min., 27 2-5 sec. Mile run—Henry Dintelmann, 1st; 5 min., 23 1-5 sec.; Earl Dick, 2nd. 50 yard hurdle—John Maule, 1st; 7 1-5 sec.; Waldo Mueller, 2nd. High jump—Theodore Winkler, 1st; 63 inches; Waldo Mueller, 2nd. Running broad jump—Cyril Puderer, 1st; 17 feet, 0 1-2 inches. Discus throw—Waldo Mueller, 1st; 00 feet, 0 1-4 inches; Wayne Mer¬ rills, 3rd. Shot put—Wayne Merrills, 3rd; 34 feet, 10 1-4 inches. On May Nth the team was entered in the Southern Illinois Interscholastic Meet at Lebanon to compete against more than twenty other schools. John Maule took third place in the 100 yard dash; time 10 1-5 seconds. Vernon Grieve took second place iti the tennis tournament. The boys’ quartette was awarded second prize in the intellectual meet held at the same time. AM Baseball 1919 T HE 191!) baseball season lias passed into history, but the team did some splendid work which we deem worthy of recognition. Out of a quick short series of eleven games the team came away with six victories. The greatest victory was that over our avowed enemies, East St. Louis, when the Orange and Black lost to the tune of 8 to 3. Another notable victory was that over the Alumni, when “Legs Kaiser beat “ Fireball Marshall. Scott Field sent a team of all-stars and ex-varsity men to three games and as many defeats at the hands of Kaiser and “Corky” Daniels. We regret to say that the spirit and pep and boosting for the team was altogether absent during the whole season. We sincerely hope that enthusiasm and interest in the team and attendance at the games will be greater this season and in keeping with the rest of the school’s work. Schedule of Games: B. T. II. S. vs. McKendree, at Lebanon—4-7. B. T. II. S. vs. Waterloo, at B. T. II. S.—15-6. B. T. II. S. vs. St. Louis U. High, at B. T. H. S.—8-16. B. T. II. S. vs. Scott Field, at Scott Field—14-!). B. T. II. S. vs. East St. Louis, at B. T. II. S.—8-3. B. T. II. S. vs. Alumni, at Belleville—3-2. B. T. H. S. vs. Western M. A., at Alton—1-16. B. T. II. S. vs. Scott Field, at B. T. II. S.—11-3. B. T. H. S. vs. Loyola, at B. T. II. S.—2-11. B. T. II. S. vs. McKendree, at B. T. II. S.—0-5 B. T. II. S. vs. Scott Field, at B. T. II. S.—6-4. 80 I Top row—Heiligenstein, (captain); Wangelin, Keck, Kaiser, Ilippard. Middle row—Muskopf, Daniels, F. J. Friedli, (coach); Grieve, Gundlach. Bottom row—Tegtmeier, Smith. 81 -. ■lH-aCL mm Football 1919 T IIK llllfl football season was the best football season in the history of the B. T. H. S. The coach and team deserve a great deal of credit when one considers that about a dozen men turned out for practice every night, thus forcing the team to use its imagination in scrimmage practice. Belleville started out by losing the first two games, and then coming back strong, winning the next two, and tying the score in the fifth game. The first game of the season was against Cleveland High School from St. Louis, and was played on a field more than ankle-deep in mud. Rain fell hir ing the entire game and it looked more like an aquatic meet or game of water polo than a football game. The coach was very much pleased with the result of the game, even though tin game ended with a defeat for B. T. II. S. On Thanksgiving Day the team journeyed to Benton, Illinois, to play the much-reputed team from that town. The day before it had rained, and the field was very much in the same condition that the Cleveland field had been, only that it looked as if somebody had been using it to represent No Man’s Land, and had dug the trenches accordingly. In the middle of the field was a swimming pool where the team could wash whenever a player was tackled anywhere near there. Eight men will be back next year, so the coach ought to be able to get up a team that will make itself looked up to. The main difficulty is to find teams to play. Most of the high schools outside of St. Louis rarely have football teams and it is difficult to secure games with the St. Louis high schools. 82 Top row—Wangelin, Butler, F. J. Friedli (coach), Ehret, McMillan. Middle row—O. Keek, Fritz, E. Keck (captain), Mueller, Wilhelm, 1 tocher. Bottom row W. Smith, II. Smith, Pessel, Gundlach, Browning. Schedule of Games. B. T. II. S. vs. Cleveland at St. Louis—0-14. B. T. II. S. vs. Webster Groves at B. T. II. S.—0-32. B. T. H. S. vs. Loyola at B. T. II. S.—6-0 B. T. II. S. vs. Edwardsville at B. T. II. S.—10-2. B T. II. S. vs. Loyola at St. Louis—7-7. B. T. II. S. vs. Edwardsville at Edwardsville—7-14. B. T. II. S. vs. Benton at Benton—6-30. 83 U94M WWtt Basketball 1919-1920 O TR team started off the 1919-1020 basketball season with a rush and won the first four games. Every member of the team and coach were in hopes of going through the season with a clean slate, but sorry to say we struck a snag in our old enemies from the East Side. At tin end of the last quarter the score was a tie. An extra period of five minutes was necessary, and in these five minutes East St. Louis ran up ten points while the home bunch were unable to find the basket. The third game of the season was by far the most exciting and interesting, and resulted in a victory for the Maroon and White over the Alumni. Before the game started the supporters of the Alumni team were willing to offer odds that their team would at least double the score on their successors in high school athletics, but they were sadly disappointed in the result of the game. It was anybody’s game all the way through, and was only decided in the last minute of play. The second most exciting game of the season was that against Collinsville at the St. Clair and Madison County Tournament held at Collinsville. Collins¬ ville won by breaking a tie in about tin last ten seconds of playing, when one of their men caged the ball from almost the center of the floor. The team was supported by a fine delegation of fans who accompanied it to Collinsville. The tournament ended with Granite City victors and East St. Louis a close second. The team journeyed to the District Tournament held at Mt. Vernon. As usual, Belleville drew a hard team for the first game and lost to Salem. Salem went into the game with an air of confidence and feeling that they would have no trouble at all in winning their first game, but they were very much sur¬ prised and were forced to fight to the limit. If Belleville had had their size and weight there would have been a different story to tell. Mt. Vernon won the tournament and was given the honor of going to the State Tournament at Urbana. As the team was victorious there also Belleville can feel somewhat proud in knowing that tin team representing its district proved itself the best in the state. Xot too much space can be given to the second team and the subs. Several times during the season this team proved itself better than the so-called first team. In fact, towards the end of the season the coach considered it. better than the first team and accordingly sent it in to start the game at the District Tournament. It ought hardly be necessary to mention the fact that upon the second team rests the success of the first team and so not too much credit can be given this bunch. With five of this year’s men back for next year and a number of new stars developed in the league games, the coach will be able to turn out a team that will bear watching by all the schools around here, and one that we believe will put B. T. II. S. on the map in the basketball world. 84 |;WM Standing—Keck, Williams, [niber, Hocher, Mueller, Ehret, Viehrnann. Sitting—Brichler, F. J. Friedli (coach), Pessel. Kneeling—Puderer, Grieve, Fritz, Wangelin (captain). I� JSM iS� M tWWM Schedule of Games: B. T. II. S. vs. McKendree at B. T. II. S.—19-14. B. T. II. S. vs. Columbia at B. T. II. S.—50-12. B T. II. S. vs. Alumni at B. T. II. S.—16-15. B T. II. S. vs. St. Louis Y. M. C. A. at B. T. II. S.—26-12. B. T. II. S. vs. East St Louis at B. T. II. S.—14-24. B. T. II. S. vs. EdwardsvilU at Edwardsville—11-24. B. T. II. S. vs. Ashley at B. T. II. S.—28-11. B. T. II. S. vs. East St. Louis at East St. Louis 17-36. B. T. II. S. vs. Collinsville at Collinsville—11-13. (Tournament.) B. T. H. S. vs. Edwardsville at B. T. II. S.—24-34. B. T. II. S. vs. Salem at Mt. Vernon—27-13. (Tournament.) � ••••••••••••• 86 I559i MWHsfl r JJ The Basketball League t . A T the end of the regular basketball season, Coach Friedli called a meet¬ ing of all boys interested in basketball and organized an eight-team league, the purpose of which was to get together and put in trim all available material for the future first team. A twenty-eight game schedule was drawn up. The winner of the league was given the honor of playing the faculty team. Sessions of two or three games each were held evenings after school and on Friday nights. An admission of ten cents was charged. Great enthusiasm was displayed by tin whole student body in all the games, the at¬ tendance of the evening games being greater than that of the first team games. The final game of the series was the event of the season—the game be¬ tween the Faculty and the Chillers. A great crowd full of pep turned out to root against the Faculty. The game was a fight from start to finish and sur¬ prised everyone, who expected that the Chillers would walk away with an ea8V victory. If the Faculty had had a little more practice and more “horse¬ shoes” the result would have been different. Three games were played by the girls’ teams with a large crowd in at¬ tendance each time. At the end of the league schedule the captains of the teams met and se¬ lected a first and second league team. For the first team they selected Ehret, Iloeher, Viehmann, Mueller, Ilippard, and Keck. For the second they selected Imber, Brichler, Exby, Fritz, Dick and Wangelin. Final Standing of the Teams: Chillers .... Hicks .. Leathernecks llipolites .... Tigers . Federals Sharks . Tanks . Won. ... 7 ... 6 ... 4 ...3 ...3 2 ... 1 ... 1 Lost. 0 1 3 4 4 5 6 6 Percentage. L000 .857 .571 .428 .428 .286 .143 .143 87 14444 V.V Baseball 1920 A T the time this volume goes to press the team has played eight games out of the fourteen scheduled. Of these the team took four victories, one of which was the decisive victory over Bast St. Louis. The success of this game is a season of accomplishment in itself. The thirteen-inning game with the McKendree College team brought out our team’s good points, even though the McKendree team got the better end of the score. The second game with this team was a wonderful display of baseball ability on the part of our players, and resulted in a victory for us by a score of 3 to 2. The coach called the candidates out to practice early in the season and succeeded in developing a well-balanced team. With Grieve or McMillan in the box and Fritz or Tegtmeier receiving a dependable infield and a speedy outfield the good work of the team is made possible. The prospects of a quick succession of victories in the remaining games are very bright. 88 10944 MWHsfl r ' Standing—Keck, Fritz, Eliret, Mnskopf, F. J. Friedli (coach), Qundlach, Kaiser, McMillan. Seated—Tegtmeier, Wangelin, (Irieve (captain), Wilhelm, Smith. 1920 Baseball Schedule: April 15—Loyola Academy at B. T. H. S.—4-6. April 17—St. Louis U. High at St. Louis—10-5. April 20—McKendree College at Lebanon—4-3. (13 innings.) April 23—Alton High School at B. T. II. S.—12-10. April 30—East St. Louis at East St. Louis—5-8. May 1—Loyola Academy at St. Louis—19-6. May 6—Alton High School at Alton—5-10. May 11—McKendree College at B. T. II. S.—2-3. May 17—St. Louis U. High at B. T. H. S.— May 22—East St. Louis at B. T. H. S.— May 29 — Edwardsville II. S. at Edwardsville— June 5—Western M. A. at Alton— June 11—Edwardsville II. S. at B. T. II. S.— —Alumni— The second game with Alton was transferred to the local diamond and ended 10-5 in our favor. A third game was arranged with Loyola and the date set was May 27. 89 v. M4I4 To a Nose-bleed at a Victory () Captain! My Captain! Our football game is gone. The line has held on each attack—the score we made has won. The foe is whipped, the kids are glad, I hear them all exulting. Itut the man that hit you on the nose was certainly most insulting. O, Nose! Nose! Nose! (), the bleeding drops of rod! For on tin field my captain stands With his nose mashed in and spread. 0, Captain! My Captain! lie hit you on the beak; Too bad! For you the flags are swung—for you the whistles squeak. For you bouquets anti ribboned wreaths—tor you the sidelines crowding. For you they call, the frenzied mass their disappointment clouding. Here Captain—old war horse, stick this cloth about your head. It’s rotten luck that on this day your nose is big and red. —Swiped. 90 WdH4 The AG Club The ACi Club aims to stimulate interest in agricultural lines. The c’.uh offers a series of interesting programs to its members and follows all lines ot agricultural activities . It has a fine, enthusiastic and growing membership. Its present officers are: Lester Wilderman . President. Irwin Knoebel . Vice President. Shelby Hogan. Secretary-Treasurer. Sponsor—Prof. Blackburn. The Craftsmen s Club The Craftsmen’s Club organized for the purpose of increasing interest in vocational training and handiwork among the students. The membership is interesting to students taking a shop course or mechanical drawing. The present officers are: Claude Bedell.President. Ludlow Rolaff.Vice President. Bert Zaehringer . Secretary. Martin Kaiser.Treasurer. Sponsors—Professors Druge and Legreid. The Thalian Dramatic Club The object of this society is to further knowledge in the study and pre¬ sentation of plays. It has at all times been quite active and offered public programs regularly. The officers are: President .Elizabeth Conroy. Vice President.Oliver Niess. Secretary.P. Rowena Bock. Treasurer.Hugo P. Wangelin. 144M sa ■ MDH The T. H. S. Literary Society This society was organized to give all students not affiliated with any of the other organizations an opportunity to take part in some public program. It meets regularly in the Gym the third hour of every fourth Wednesday. The arrangement of the General Assembly program has been in the hands of the society a number of times. The officers are: Helen Twitched .President. Edward Abend.First Vice President. Edwin Weber.Second Vice President. Robert Kern . Secretary-Treasurer. The Home Economics Club This organization seeks to promote all matters pertaining to Home Eco¬ nomics. It is a large flourishing club with an enthusiastic and active mem¬ bership. The officers are: Martha Hoppe. President. Cordelia Hanson.Vice President. Sarah Teller. Secretary-Treasurer. The Commercial Club The Commercial Club at present is the largest organization in the school. It aims to educate and improve its membership in the progress of business. To secure this end the club has regularly engaged successful business and pro¬ fessional men to speak before its members. The social functions have proven a source ot delight to the members. Its officers at present are: Oswald Hrichler . President. Harold Wolft . Vice President. Florence Rockwell . Secretary. Maude White . Treasurer. 93 |s)4N Alumni Directory Theresa Ague. III. III. III. .11)18—Teacher.Belleville, Mrs. Florence Rapp, nee Aull.... 11)17 . Lacey Dorothy Auten.1919—At home.Highland, 111. Walter Arnold.1919— Drug clerk.Belleville, III. Marie Louise Becker.1917—Stenographer.Chicago, 111. Adelheid Brandenburger.1917—Music teacher.Belleville, III. Herbert Baltz.1918—Farmer.New Athens, III. George Baker.1918—At home.Belleville, III. Helen J. Busiek.1918—Stenographer.Belleville, III. Ruth Hazel Bertram.1918—Stenographer.Belleville, Ili. Dorothv Beck.1919—Student.Illinois Normal Mildred Butler.1918—Student vocalist... .New York, N. Y. Mabel Beaumont.191S—Teacher.Belleville, III. Frieda Bleicker.1917—Telephone operator. .. Belleville, III. Walter Belleville.1919—National Carbon Co... Belleville, 111. Lilian Becbtold.1919—Student.Illinois University Oscar Brandenburger.1918—Student.Mo. School ol .Mines Lewis Barthel.1918—Farmer.Belleville, III. Mrs. Martha Craig, nee Browning, 1918—.Belleville, 111. Ernest Craig.1918 U. S. Navy..... Opal Craig.1919—At home.Belleville, III. Rubv Dew.1917—Stenographer.... East St. Louis, III. Edith Dew.1917—Stenographer.... East St. Louis, Paula Decker.1917—Stenographer.Belleville, Walter Dagne.1917—City Engineer’s Office, Belleville, Samuel Daniels.1917—Draughtsman... .Belleville, Irvin Davis.1918—Student.Illinois University Mabel Deffenbaugh.1919—Teacher.Belleville, III. Mrs. Marion Williams, uee Dun- can .1919—.Rome. Georgia. Eugenia Richer.1919—Student... .Illinois University Ilelga Ebsen.1919—Student.North American Gym¬ nastic Institute. Hazel Ebert.1917—Stenographer.Belleville, III. Russel Elend.1918 U. S. Navy. Ilortense Emunds.1913—Teacher.Belleville Twp. High. Luella Fritz.1919—Teacher.Belleville, III. Mrs. Irene Morek, nee Fischer... .1918—.. .Belleville, III. Arthur Feickert.1919—Student.Illinois University Edna Fallin.1919—Stenographer. ... East St. Louis. III. Helen Gauch.1919—Stenographer. ... East St. Louis, III. Adam A. Gintz.1919—Orbon Stove Works. .. Belleville, 111. Richard Gass.1918—U. S. Smelting Furnace Co., Belle¬ ville, 111. Hedwig Gottschalk.1918—Stenographer.Belleville, Emelie Gambaeh.1918—Stenographer.Belleville, Arno Grossart.1918—Florist.Belleville, Emelia Gass.1917—Stenographer.Belleville, III. III. 111 . 111 . 94 M«Hi| Alumni Directory—Continued Georgians Gauss. .1917 Talitha Gisler. .1918 Georgie Ililgard. .1919 Edgar Ileinemann. .1919 Samuel Hill. .1919 ( ' hrist ian lleiligensteiu .1919 Olinda Ilassler. .1919 Rliiieiean 11 11 irtriiis. .1919 Alfred Hertel. .1919 John Hill. .1918 Grace Haas. .1917 Elmer Hendrick. .1918 Mrs. Ruth Wagner, nee Harding.. 1917 Mamie Ilinzler. . 1918 Agnes Hamilton. .1918 Selma Ileinemann. .1918 Charles .Jarvis. .1918 Elsa Kuehn. .1918 Aurelia Rose Kohl . .. .1919 Harold Knollhoff. . 1918 Russel Kerchner. .1918. Elmer Krause. .1918- Kenneth Knobeloch.... .1917 Florence Kuhn. . 1917 Mary Luhus. .1918- Kurt Leuschner. .1918- Clementine Lehmann... .1913- Florence Landfried. .1919- Mrs. Virginia Howe, nee • Mullen. .1918- Florence Macke. . 1 17 Ida Macke. .1919- Lilbert Mollman. .1917- Kenneth Mollman. .1919- Arno R. Michael is. 1918- Hilda Meyer. .1919- Arthur Miller. .1919- Ralph Niemever. .1919- Viola Niess. Philip Nuernberger. .1918- Doris Neuhaus. Viola Neubarth. .1918- Margaret Pessel. .1919- Kathervn Powers. .. 1919 Petronilla Puderer. .1917- —Saleslady.Belleville, III. —Stenographer.St. Louis, Mo. —Student.Illinois University —International Shoe Co., Belleville, III. -Fanner.Freeburg, 111. —Student.Illinois University —Student.Illinois University —Student.Illinois Normal —Packing House.Belleville, III. —Teacher.Belleville, III. —Student.Illinois University — .Belleville ,111. —At home.Belleville, 111. —At home.Belleville, III. —At home.Belleville, 111. —Stenographer.Wichita, Kansas —Teacher.Belleville, II!. -Farmer.Belleville, 111. —Student.Illinois University —Bank Clerk.Belleville, III. —Student.Illinois University —Student.Illinois University -Reporter.Belleville, HI. —Student, Washington University, St Louis, Mo. —Teacher.Belleville, III. —Southern Ry.East St. Louis, III. —Student, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo. —Teacher.Belleville, III. -Teacher.Belleville, 111. — .Pleasant Mount, Mich. -Teacher.Belleville, III. -Teacher.Belleville, III. -Electrician.Millstadt, III. -Printer.St. Louis, Mo. —Mining Clerk.Belleville, III. —Stenographer.Belleville, III. —National Carbon Co...Belleville, III. —Student.Illinois University —Piano Teacher.Belleville, III. —Swift Packing Co., East St. Louis, III. —Stenographer.Belleville, III. —Stenographer.Belleville, III. —Post-graduate. . Belleville Twp. High —Student.Illinois Normal —Student.Illinois Normal 95 Alumni Directory Continued Irma Puderer.1919- Eugene Poirot.1917- Florence Paro.1917- Helen Pustmueller.1918- LeRoy Perrin.1919- Nathan Peskind.1919- Edna Mae Price.191S August Pustmueller.1917- Anita Rhein. 1918- James Richardson.1917 Frances Rentchler.1917- Mar jorie Rentchler.1917- Alice Rentchler.1919- Roy Sauerwein.1919- Vivian Swift.1919- Albert Schnipper.1918- Lucille Sandherr.1918- Charles Stookey.1918- Julia Scheinmer.1917- Harvey Schubert.1917- Lorena Seib.1918- Ora Smith.1919- John Scobbie.1919- Marjorie Stanley.1919- Vivian Starkey.1919- L. Ernest Tiedemann.1919- Moss Threlkeld.1919 Virginia Tisch.1918- Virginia Vogt.1919- Edgar Weaver.1918- Evans H. Wangelin.191S- Anita Wirsing.1918- Paul Windsor.1917- Mildred Woelk.1917- Paul Weingaertner.1917- Mrs. Edna Kohl, nee Winans.. .. 1919- Alice Winans.1917- -Student. .Illinois Normal -Student.Illinois University -At home.Belleville, 111. -Stenographer.St. Louis, Mo. Student, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo. -Salesman.Belleville, III. -Saleslady.Belleville, III. -Farmer.St. Louis, Mo. -Stenographer.St. Louis, Mo. -Student.Illinois University -Teacher.Belleville Twp. High Student.Illinois Normal -Student.Illinois Normal -Student, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo. -School Principal.West Virginia -Excelsior Foundry.... Belleville, III. -At home.Belleville. III. -Student.Illinois University -Teacher.Belleville, III. -U. S. Army. -Modiste.Belleville, III. -Student.Illinois University -Bookkeeper.Belleville, III. -Stenographer.Belleville, III. Teacher.Belleville, DL -Salesman.O ' Fallon, III. -Ass ' t. Foreman.Mt. Vernon, III. -Stenographer.Belleville, III. -Student.Illinois Normal -Aluminum Ore Co.... Belleville, III. -Student, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo. -At home.Belleville, III. -Student.Bradley Polytechnic -At home.Belleville, Ill. -Deceased. -.Belleville, III. -At home.Belleville, III. 96 is)!)n WHM Page of Mixed Jokes Real good jokes are mighty, mighty few, So don ' t get sore if the joke ' s on you. The school paper is a great invention; The school gets all the fame. The printers get all the money. And the staff gets all the blame. Prof. Yarbrough—“Do you handle the English language well?” Lill—“Sure do.” Prof.—“Fine; now take this dictionary upstairs.” Editor—“Can you write stories?” Rowena—“Nope.” Ed.—“Can you draw?” R.—“Nope.” Ed—“Can you collect money?” R.—“Nope. Ed.— Then your only chance is joke editor.” Mr. Brown—“My son is an awful ex¬ pense at school.” Mr. Black—“That’s nothing; wait till he ' s out.” The drowsy autumn days make it al¬ most impossible to buckle down to work. In winter one gets all wet and would rather settle down before a nice fire than study. The balmy breezes of spring, of course, waft away all academic thoughts, while summer would be too hot for study. Otherwise Illinois has a decidedly aca¬ demic climate. She—“Don’t you like our decorations— shamrock over bamboo” He—“Y ' es; but personally, I prefer mistletoe over yew.” (you) The world is old, yet likes to laugh; New jokes are hard to find; A whole new editorial staff Can’t tickle every mind. So if you meet some ancient joke Decked out in modern guise, Don’t knock and call the thing a joke. Just laugh—don’t be too wise. She—“What did your father say when you told him love was like a gushing river? He—“Dam it. Freshie—“Say, Prof., how long could I live without brains?” Prof.— Well, that remains to be seen.’’ Mr. Schmidt—“Well, what made you tardy?” Knocker—“Class began before 1 got there. The Girl— Dad, won’t you join us?” Her Dad—“What do you think I am, a minister?” Hexter—(As he grasped Merrills by the arm) “I believe Satan has got hold of you.” Merrills—“Yes, sir; I believe he has. Mr. Friedli—(In Botany) “Elmer, what is the botanical name for the woody portion ?” Lill—“Sawdustum.” “What do Freshmen do with their weak ends?” “Put their caps on ’em. Janise (removing a stray hair from her dress)—“Here Elmer, 1 will give you one of my golden locks.” Gass— Could I hock it?” Miss Jones—“Miriam, write the prin¬ cipal parts of the verb, go.” Miriam writes: “Go, Going. Gone. At the Mucker’s St. Patrick ' s Day Dance, a Junior boy was dancing with a Sophomore girl who wore a flowered dress. Suddenly he said: “Ouch. I think it’s a shame the way the thorns in your dress prick me!” Teacher—“Give me an example of a slang expression Pupil—“Quit chewing the rag. Teacher— Now put it into good Eng¬ lish, what is meant by the expression Pupil—“Refrain from masticating the fabric. A certain very vain young Junior was reading in a magazine that one side of the face is more expressive and more beautiful than the other. “Mother.” said she, “which side of my face is the prettier?” Mother: “The back side, my dear.” 98 c TO THE JUNIORS: How to Publish a Bellevinois In One Lesson (By the Editor.) Elect your staff in June. Tell them to have the book out in October. This will give them a chance to start work by January or February, 1921. Don’t elect more than ten staff members. When ten meet in the staff room they can be heard all over the building. Any more, we fear, would disturb the blacksmith and iron shops ' classes in the other building. In selection of the staff ignore character and ability. Select (plantity and size: if they can’t get what they want they can take it. The advertising man¬ ager should be a good beggar with a bad case of the “gimmies.” The business manager and editor should have no scruples about spending other people’s money or making debts they can’t pay. Furnish the art editor with shears and carbon paper. To the staff we give these tips: 1. Take bids from the printers. Some will bid as low as $1500. Don ' t accept; the honor alone is worth $2,000. Besides the ' 20 staff spent $1,500, so you must spend more. 2. The editor should call for all copy the next day. lie may get it in two months. Senior panels should not be sent in until after the finals; a senior is an uncertain quantity of information. :{. But a box for jokes and snapshots in the cafeteria. It makes a good deposit box for lunch wrappers and water. 4. Advertise the book considerably . tiling good to eat. The Freshmen will think it is some- 5. To gets ads promise each merchant space on the front cover, furnished in four colors. Sell ads at $2 per page. ( . I’o make interesting gossip smile at Freshmen girls or throw bricks at the boys. 7. VVhen the annual is done, quietly arrange all your affairs, collect out¬ standing funds in a suitcase and leave for parts unknown. Six months ' service on the staff is guaranteed to qualify you for service with Villa or the Russian Bolsheviks, 99 R m ■ __ mi The Marissa Trip A MONG the knocks and bumps that the athletic teams are accustomed to receive, the eventful trip to Marissa by the baseball team may In- ranked as a sad sory of being “jinxed.” The team was scheduled to play the Marissa team on Monday afternoon. The team left Belleville about noon with the weather not the most promising. The fellows boarded three machines, Heiligenstein’s runabout, Gundlach ' s Hiv- ver, and Doc Tegtmeier’s old tin boat. Out in the country the trip was un¬ eventful, the only incidents were putting on chains to go thru a foot of mini and changing tires six times. .lust as the game began the rain came down iu sheets. The game was called off and a basketball game for the evening quickly arranged. The 15. T. II. S. quint vanquished their opponents by a score of 29-18. The three machines left Marissa about ten-thirty with a thirty mile mud plow in front of them. Near New Athens they stopped to give Doe’s Allen a chance to get its wind. Here the gang split and, using the machines as barri¬ cades, staged a hot half hour mud fight. Legs Kaiser started to walk to town, found the road led into the middle of a wheat field, gave up and rejoined the gang. Guudlach stopped under a street lamp and persuaded the night watchman to turn on the lights for another hour until he could change a tire. An hour later this same tire blew out again, and the fellows had to pile on in a foot of mud in pitch darkness to change it. This was just one of the many such stops made that night. Doc’s machine got into Freeburg about 5 A. M. next morning. The fellows bunked at the station unit the morning train came in. Three miles from Belle¬ ville Gundlach’s Ford went dead, and three of the fellows walked to town and returned with another machine to pull the flivver into town. All but three showed up for school the next morning, showing signs of needing sleep. All agreed to swear off such trips in the future unless the machines had solid tires. 100 liWMi art IWOIH WWH The Original Strike Manifesto Issued by the Student Council, October 28th, 1919. W E, the committee representing the Students’ Union of the 15. T. II. s.. do hereby submit tin following demands, which are to become ef¬ fective November 1, 1919. If not accepted a general v.alk-out of tin entire students ' body will ensue. We demand: 1. Six school hours a day and Friday afternoon off. U No lady teacher over twenty years of age. No married male teachers and none over 25 years of age. 4. Only seniors permitted to associate with the faculty. f . Establishment of a “nursery” for freshies. 6. Free lunch for all seniors. 7. Pool table and Victrola in staff room. 8. All rules and regulations passed by the Hoard of Education must orig¬ inate in the “Students’ Council,” and any changes thereof must be subject to the approval of the council. 9. The former passing average of 75 must be reduced to 50 and those maintaining an average of 60 are exempt from exams. 10. Seniors admitted free to all “Social Functions.” (Signet!) The Committee. THE STRIKE. It was in the balmy days of September and the fragrance of autumn was in the air. The rustling leaves sang of things sweeter than sitting in a class¬ room working Geometry theorems or conjugating Latin verbs. The ripenin ' ! nuts in the woodlands called to their luckless brothers in the classrooms to join them. Then the epidemic struck. With the strike fever affecting everyone else, came the most serious, vet unthought of catastrophe, a strike of the High School students. As variety is the spice of life, the students thought they might as well have a little strike of their own, to liven things up in general. About the twenty-fifth of Septem¬ ber there appeared the strike manifesto and ultimatum by the Students ' Coun¬ cil. For some time all was quiet, and apparently the Union was gathering forces, October 28th, the ultimatum was renewed, threatening a strike on November 1st unless demands were complied with. At its meeting the School Hoard failed to take action. Examination of the School Calendar will reveal the fact that there was no school on that day and that the faculty convened at the Annual County Convention in East St. Louis to consider the advisability ot meeting the demands or requesting the students to return !!! The office force was reenforced to handle the telephone calls and corres¬ pondence requesting latest information on the strike. The Associated Press made a wonderful scoop, and Hie fame of our school was scattered to the ends of the earth. Here are presented clippings from a few of the papers from St. Louis. Denver, Champaign, Quincy, Rock Island, Stockton (California). E� st St. Louis, Mt. Vernon, Kansas City, Salina (Tex.), etc. 1U2 |«U c lL sC li%%EE K lU cH 1 threatened r nilt v Investigating %’“f Y Z i, “” ' lit. , tv - 1 s- ?r 0 - Rocj . ijla: ) jaii xnoi; THt CASK or IILLIWLLK t ,w «H v U ,«. nt. high .chool .howl •m,p� om, ur havia, „an rd _, or . . rtcw l Kaaaiaa Idwn. tha. they t , tttd)| 1 •titutiun oTth. 1 ' nllrd o, . . ‘ • republic x f w day. ago a, ay d . IT that a -hi_K _. ■ ' manded atodeata, a ad that all ami __ ' . ' I -■ «. u - • —jl ' f.ob.LW „ f mU j • o - - u,,, • z u jL an,i ' mM h, “ • «• M itern If tw - —-si to b. .art to I M lana. ayh� and pUead I. 4 . BC,I T,1, M • prc if lit h%h 1 •tel Mil IK 1� un Aniertraa a aaarrbiatf ft L kXMram. T� . M.I. oM rt , ,„ ,„ t . l| 77 . •“ ,w .. .-« . ’ . ” • ' � «4 maw n M , MIr l poardDoSn? Comply with the Pu P ' V Demand. J [ S- a J • tMk • «.rl ml y _ 2 f � Haor Arrie . r � ««i «� w« r M «« ' ' ‘• ' M r(aMi� , ®l • !! • i h. I l‘ « dM not noninier il ' ' hr MU ] Th. pop,,, a ' ' h,M .. r r ur -batrdarw ' ; ,,Mjr 1 1 r.-. rr 4(IOn . f -J f f Ms High School Students «•, (,. A ' r; ' r ' !� «■ fh out t22j5S� ' Jff. 2fr h d -- ™. - a • 7 2 “• l,Wr “ - kw. .„. ” ’ r ' • ' _ TTul “X !� • Ullknia TT t ? j-ai ' “““ r •! ■ ■ I- ' Sm. , vc Ch-S; So, 1 , | 7 ««� ••. ' • HQUHf sisriZr ' . . 3 5 8? Seville, S,u ni. ■ Lun . S „. ( f„ f,kf Rcaciw WJerilie J s TITDE� T 8 DfJUfti, Pftpr , . ' 3S2? 1 i •rvr ' dU ,r l. ib� � •� 1 a— S a jkU“ ' ' T Stockton rvrninc recc._ JOAQUIN COL1NTY, CAl If] Alloftthtr Too Modotl «• (MTV rt. 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It i I. ...d of e.,u .Hon ■ Liu pe� 4 e t , In, nil err re in thrl I f � A .of auperi r k.n. n,rtl e of I � llert .l . 4 . 0 f h;. h Khnal efu-| I dfnii.nd ' M. indr.%1 Wily ahould a 1 I few OMftrtpAdlla .1 md in the nay of I I ha hi aAl Id rty • iv-wn with ili.m 1 P It ' p a.11 «%- f� � e« two a. tai,, if I 1 unm r, f . Wftf atop at a all hour acfcaal I J Tha, ,4 ,.a«nina 1 ' I hour, or arm Ihrr huur.T Why I I «ar •« alt. That would ho fnr I much hotter Then there would ho I i ft Boon hclld ty Thai would il wive I I the whole illy loeineea of paa.lo I I cradr« i d of Irachrrw uader thal I • «•! rara or any a«e. f«.r th ,t I | matter. Aa-S pool Uhtoo—by att I � a Let ua loan out the dealt a I ■ d taHh the teacher and coa A l I 1 the achoof into a p o I and a billiard hall. . It4t wh, ii ' C there - Why not a«k I fhe car-da. ♦� . I a I I and de mand freo tiftrum Irhewtn tobacco. Jeni.rr ■ ■ free hoard and I. Jci-td. a daa.e halL I I at, orchestra and free money ? Why. I I Iheoe Belle, tile etua nte are mere | I ptherw and one r.. tmagtna ,kL db « hoewminc m ede eti C their darnaih . heeli ■ - eucb Inconerquental d.itondi I __ r: imri - a TcE L fJ ' J X£ L ... Ut ' u £ tyXi - .. P r-r i ’ ssvtr- - ---— ' ;.‘.r.--:- .. utd t mm fi r i J!: r. hui I Ba . that It It la mA. M, « «m (| I dent. MB ' I aw ‘ ,B • � «� o atrlk f Tkor N|f M| o fe bangea In I clean foflowcra of ibe daily n rr ' rrkUj ' • ' trraeoa off Threw Parrot them from .ucembtea to urn , trmia « «“4y. a dadror (o wh kh y Pla nowaday. . f e c „ 1Jy rrtMrr ,,- ■ -11 — ■ 7 Xvr - . 1 l farther Ua atudewr • 1 DI pbohowranh. - «UdC«ta paooocrapba and pool table t� � • recrtwtioo room, . f r ° — “ - e. SiSl-r; raat of lha aoitet body woui 4 e Tfl � • • aoe,.thlne . 1,0 ‘ ,OUb ‘°. y K all bp U r «PPe f rwftsgsau. 4 - itorial of the Day I r m - � - ! r -Bdent. . •«.1 uw mITT — -«o«.tae ia«l! ' r , w l : zr • a =?i BBhtratmna n ,W Tio Mwdeara ataod a ... . | i ....,,. ,1,7 feTfig-a?Sa IO • ,u « Weiary I i .JZ S JXSs -—• ii — ZlZZj? 25iiT2f ail - ■ ,_ ■ ewer . and the ... ' • free zizlt: ■emenO. p w(u . «o� d m+rnjn? daoel 2 - . I r ' ■« « ya a 7r 4rr |;)E � |m Clinging to_Life U PON ' being solicited for an ad in the Bellevinois by the business manager, a certain merchant expressed his deepest regret that he could not favor us, and assigned the following reasons. ‘‘For the following reasons I am unable to give you an ad: I have been held up, held down, sand bagged, walked on. sat on, flattened out and squeezed, first for federal war tax, the excess profit tax, the Liberty Loan bonds, thrift stamps, war savings stamps, for state, county and city tax, capital stock tax, the auto tax, the merchants license and brokers’ license, and by every organ- ization that inventive mind can invent to extract what I may or may not possess. “From the Society of John, the Baptist, the G. A. R., the Women’s Relief, the Women’s Suffragette, the Navy League, the Red Cross, and the Double Cross, the Children’s Home, the I), of A. Society, the Daughters of the Revo¬ lution, the Jewish Relief, the Armenian Sufferers, the Belgian Relief, the Y. M. C. A., the K. of (’., tlie Salvation Army, the American Relief, and every hospital in town. “The government has so governed my business that 1 do not know who owns it. I am inspected, suspected, examined and re-examined, informed and commanded, till I do not know who I am, where I am or why I am here. All that I know is that I am supposed to be an inexhaustive supply of money for every human need, desires or hopes of tin human race, and because I will not sell all I have to go out and beg, borrow or steal money to give away, I have been cussed, discussed, knocked, boycotted, talked to, talked about, lied to, lied about, held up, robbed and nearly ruined, and the only reason I am cling¬ ing to life is to see what in hell is coming next!” 104 MKHHSl C Last Will and Testament W E, the Class of 1920 of the Belleville Township High School, being of sound mind and memory, and charitable disposition, do hereby publish and declare this our last Will and Testament: Section I. We bequeath To the Faculty our appreciation for the patience and endurance they have spent on us, and grant foregivness for the toil they have exacted of us. To the Juniors our place in the classrooms and our bob! bluff to enable them to get by for another year. The staff leaves to them one first-class staff room with furnishings consisting of the remains of seven camp chairs, one book case without shelves, one has-been table suitable for use as a trough. To the Sophomores a box of Two in One for dull kids. To the Freshmen a box of axle grease to slide thru school as we have done, also the end which we have attained as an example of a star to “which to hitch their wagon.” Section 11. We, the members of the Class, dispose of our possessions as follows: 1, Jess Bollinan, will my red and yellow gym shirt to Mike Erlinger be¬ cause he needs a new one. I, Dorothy Bechtold, will my superfluous frivolity to shy Irma Dietz. I, Consuelo Beaumont, will my ability to study while others play to Knocker Wilhelm. 1, Vernon Grieve, will my ability to extract graft from business men to the next business manager. I, Florence Boyle, will my little number 2 4 shoes to Eleanor Krug. I, Mildred Becker, will my wavy locks to Leona Kauftnann. I, Louie Exby, will my frail physique to Waldo Mueller. I, Rowena Bock, will my ability to keep several admirers at the same time in perfect friendship to Ruth Martin. I, Elizabeth Conroy, will my good luck in getting out of scrapes to my kid sister when she comes here. I, Richard Mollman, will my seat in Doc’s Allen to the next Millstadt High graduate. I, Ruth Daniels, will my wild Irish disposition to Robertina Gooding. I, Lillian Davis, will my meek character to Wayne Merrills. I, P. C. Puderer, will my artistic overhand basketball shot to Martin Kaiser. I, Beatrice Edwards, will my ability as a future school inarm to Miss Stiegmeyer. 1, Margaret Fohr, will my inexhaustible supply of midnight oil to anyone who needs it for strenuous study. (She studies every night till 11:59., ' I, Harold Wolff, will my position as general manager of Kresge’s to the next ambitious window dresser. I, June Fullmer, will my bashfulness and wee small voice to Miriam Ralph. 1, Pearl Gray, will my diligence and ambition to my sister that she may follew in my footsteps. 106 |;WM Last Will and Testament -Continued [ Lionel Schmidt, will my position as editor, with all its honor, graft, and criticism, to the next young hopeful. I Mary Gooding, will my tall stature to Bob Ackermann. I. Josephine Qottschalk, will by ability to blush for the slightest reason to Walter Bien. I. Delbert Wiesenborn, will my flowing pompadour to “Red Graeber. I. Mabel Glover, will my amiable character to Miss McGlwain. I. Margaret Gundlach, will my avoirdupois to Caroline Payne. |, Elmer Baer, leave to John Fritz my greatness as an example that great men can come from small places. I Martha Hoppe, will my ability to tell jokes to anyone who can do so without blushing. I. Aurelia Heineinann, will my tender feelings and hot temper to Edward Yarbrough. I Elmer Behytner, will my cute coquetry and flirtations to some ambitious country Jake. I, Cordelia Hanson, will my sweetness to Bernice Battmann. |’ Leona Kohl, will my one and only to any one who can love, honor and obey him better than I. I. Harry Iloeher, will my ability to root for the athletic teams to Mr. Carl. (Perhaps we will see him at a game now.)) I, Ernest Ililgard, will my ability to say cute things in class and get by with them to Benjamin Twitchell. I, Verminda Kloess, will my boisterous voief to Mr. Udre. I. Esther Knefelkamp, will my red hair to Isabel Wilkey. I, Iliman Imber, will my popularity with Mr. Udre to Lester Totseh. I. Anna Lubus, will Claude to Mildred Griflin. I. Margaret Meyer, will a chauffeur’s license to Joe Penn. I, Ilarlin Wynns, will my position as chief discord and noise maker in the orchestra to “Buddy Wildy. I. Helen Metzger, will my gay laughter to Mabel Wagoner. I. ( ' ora Miller, will my sense of humor ami habit of sudden outbreaks to Ruth Gisler. I. Raymond llippard, will my extreme talkativeness to Minnie Dill. I. Emma Messerly, will my quietness to Alma Morck. I, Iledwig Nahm, will my grace and terpsichorean art to Lawrence Wiesenborn. I. Kollo Kaiser, will my height to Georgia Rodeinich. I. Netta Niess, will my ability for making love knots to Florence Ileinemann. I. Marie Rhein, will my athletic tendencies to Lucile Born. I. Milton Vogt, will my dignified appearance to any spineless Freshman who needs it. I. Irna Sehamoni, will my good looks and popularity to—Oh, who deserves them. I. Myrtle Stehfest, will my mus ical laugh to Graydon Williams. It goes something like this: He-he-ha-ha-havv-haw. 107 Last Will and Testament—Continued I, Robert Leslie, will my graded Physics experiments to the next Thomas A. Edison, Jr. 1. Elizabeth Snyder, will a barrel of starch for stiffening to Claude Bedell. I, Florence Spies, will my crowning beauty of red locks to Sarah Teller Does she need them? I, Lester Wilderman, will my popularity with everyone to the first small¬ pox patient in the B. T. H. S. I, Meta Schoepp, will my easy swinging gait to Lillian Meng. I, Helen Twitchell, will my Latin Pony to Annin Leuschner. I, Adolph Bessel, will my position as track captain to Bob Harmon. 1. Leona Wiec hert, will my combination mouthguard and tongue tyer to Herman Schemmer. 1, Winona Schicktanz, will my ancient snuff box and pepper shaker to Ruth Sehwind to arouse her from her reveries. T, Hugo Wangelin, will my basketball captaincy to anyone who wants it. I, Mabel Duvall, will my artistic temperament to my kid sister. Then she may work for the Bellevinois. ' Phe Class of 1920 of the Belleville Township High School. 108 _ isn MUM FPESHIES KAISER- CATCHING KICK LOOKING THEM OVER BRAINS AT THE GAME � c Are You a Sap? T O the Students: A couple of months ago Doc Crane come out with article in ] of the magazines and I would gladly mention the magazine, only it .seems to not be ethics to mention the name of 1 publication in another though deuce knows why and I will have something to say about that later on, but any way Doc Crane come out with this article and it was supposed to be a literary test and if you couldn’t answer all the questions he ast on different subjects and only give 5 seconds thought or something to each one, why you was a ignorant booh but on the other hand if you could answer them all why what of it ? So in the 1st. place why should you try and answer them because if you did, why nothing happened and if you didn’t you would have to go around saying to yourself I am a sap, I am a sap. The first one that sends in a correct list of answers along with a affidavit signed by a notary public that they didn’t cheat, why I will give lie or she � prize of a bunch of second-hand physics experiments graded 60 out of a pos¬ sible 100. The conditions of the contest follows: 1. You must not look up in no up to date books in regards to any of the questions. 2. You must not spend no more or less than 2 wks. on any of the questions. 3. You must not ask or receive no help from anybody that is a relative as we are not trying to prove that the whole family is a moron but just you. 4. You must not bother me with replies. 5. Nobody is barred from this contest, Doc Crane inclusive. The queries in this contest is as follows in the order named under the dif fereut head lines: History. 1. What was Columbus’ first name? 2. What did beer taste like? 3. Why didn’t High School win the Basketball Tournament ? 4. Why was Rehder’s so popular? 5. Who put the alarm clock in Miss McElwain’s room? What did she do with it ? Geography. 1. What towns are near Belleville? 2. What made Belleville famous? What would become of it if it wasn’t for the High School located here? 3. Where do they still sell it? 4. Who lives in St. Louis? San Francisco? Roachtown? Science. 1. How do you make H2s? What does it smell like? 2. How do you get a noodle in the cafeteria soup? 3. When will experiment notebooks be abolished? 4. Will a tub make a good basket for our B. B. sharpshooters? 110 |;WM Are You a Sap?—Continued Music. 1 . What is the key and pitch of noodle soup? 2 What is the resemblance between the orchestra ami a boiler works? 3 ’ What is sweeter than the jingle of small change? 4 . What sound does a cup of coffee make when it hits the cafeteria floor? 5 What famous umpire said to a National League ball player, shut up or get out of the garnet Religion. 1. What day do they have church? 2. Why do ministers button their collar in back? 3 What would Solomon have done if ladies’ shoes were 18 bucks a pair as now ? Art. 1 . What makes some girls’ complexion change over night? 2. What does “Ham” mean in a comical cartoon? 3 . What kind of a tooth never decays? 4 . Which is the tall one, Mutt or Jeff? 5 . Why do girls’ basketball games draw crowds of boys. Literature. 1 . Why is this the best Bellevinois? 2. Who don’t know how to write a phony admit? Politics. 1 . Who is called Hawkshaw? 2. Who is the present members of the cabinet? 3. Why? 4 . Why does everyone love civics? 5. Who started the school strike? Replies can be sent anywhere you choose, only don’t bother the start ' per¬ sonally, as they are busy writing checks for the printer and paying their debts. The Staff. Mixed Jokes “Why did the Salt Shaker?” “Because he saw the Spoonholder, the Potato Masher, the Lemon Squeezer, the Kgg Beater, the Can Opener, the Nut Cracker, and the Cork Puller, and so he gave it up.” He—“Can I take your arm?” She—“Oh, but it doesn’t unscrew.” Freshie to Senior—“I think you’re the hcst-looking girl in your class.” Senior—“I wish I could return the compliment. Freshie—“You could if you told as hig a lie as I did. ITdre (peevishly)—“Imber, get out or leave the room. Ill mi MW)(s| I4SM4 i d WIUM Page of Jokes There was a teacher did a noble deed, With gratitude we note it. She had an idea for a difficult test. But died before she wrote it. Udre (the day before test)— “Tomorrow i ' ll put white on black, “You put black on white, “We ' ll have a hot time in the old town to-nite. Miss Farmer (time: 2:25 P. M. to Eng¬ lish class)—“Slang is improper and should not be used.” Miss Farmer (time: 8.00 P. M.. Wash¬ ington Theater)—“Isn’t that act simply nutty? Some of the stuff they run here is awful. Miss Farmer (at play practice))— Oh, please run up the curtain, will you?” Scene Shifter—“Say. lady; I ' m a stage hand and not a squirrel.” There are books of great adventure; There are books of etiquette; There are books of grand construction; There are books unnamed as yet; There are many yet to come; But the only book we all enjoy Is the 1920 Bellevinois. He— Say, Erna, do you know that you remind me of a star?” Irna—“Is that so? Why?” He—“Because you’re out so late at night and you look so pale in the morn¬ ing.” Mrs. Keck (shocked at football game) — Just look at Watts and all those boys in that mud,—how will they ever get clean?” Ed’s brother Bus—“Well, ma, what do you suppose the scrub team ' s for?” HIGH SCHOOL LIFE. Record poor.Feeling “Punk.” Yellow note.Fear a “Flunk.” Worried look.Rumpled hair. Poor Exam.VACANT CHAIR. Miss Farmer (to Harry Hocher in English)—“What is the matter. Harry? Can’t you speak any louder? Be more enthusiastic. Open your mouth and throw yourself into It.” EXACT QUOTATIONS—ECHOES OF ROOM 106. From a Junior’s note-book: I. Inventions and Discoveries, 1830- 1840: “a. Railroad Train. “b. The Political Machine.” From a Senior’s examination paper: “The provisions of the Eighteenth Amendment is that prohibition should be abolished within one year.” From a Freshmen examination paper: “Pericles lived in the fifth century and is known as the ' Golden Age ' because gold was dicovered and Athens mined some and began a coinage system. From a Senior examination: “Napoleon liked chicken and believed in the divine right of kings.” Definition given by Senior: “A quorum equals three-fourths of those present.” From a Sophomore paper: The Holy Roman Empire was a Cath¬ olic Religion.” Silently, one by one, in the grad ’ books of our class rooms, blossom the little zeros, the forget-me-nots of our teachers. Boy (going home from a dance)— “Remember, if you get cold. I have your fur on my arm.” Girl—“You might put it around me” First Father—“My son’s letters always send me to the dictionary.” Second Father —“That nothing; HI son’s always send me to the bank.” Teacher—“Wise men hesitate; fools arc certain Pupil—“Are you sure?” Teacher—“I am certain.” “Waiter,” he called, “what is that smell of fresh paint around here? “If you wait a few minutes, them two young ladies will be going, sir.” “Say. Bill, have you a minute to spare?” “Yes.” Well, tell me all you know.” Teachers are a collective body of wise fools whose function it is to teach other fools to become wise men! 114 i:)4M Page of Jokes “Say, jeweler, why don’t my watch keep good time?” “The hands won’t behave, sir; there’s a pretty girl in the case.” (Boasting of Friend)—Why do you know, Netta has got a wonderful eye¬ sight?” “How so?” “Well, I heard her tell Louie Exby the other night in the dark, that he needed a shave.” “I tell you,” said Kev. Hempel, “travel is a great thing. If there is anything in a man, travel will bring it out.” “Yess, especially ocean travel.” Extracts From Freshman Themes: Then, wheeling his faithful steed, the highwayman dashed down the hill into the night. The first striking incident in my life was a spanking in school. My only playmate was a big gray cat, and I often longed for a companion of my own age. Here and there could be heard the sounds of kisses. Where there vvas laughter before, now there was only stillness, and where the fellows lounged about, only the dust set¬ tled so that the loneliness made me weep. After an hour of mental anguish I heard silence below. Penn—“There must be some mistake in the marking of my grade. 1 don’t think I deserve an absolute zero.” Mr. Hexter—“Neither do I; but it’s the lowest grade I’m allowed to give.” Senior Girl—“Do you support the Bellevinois?” Freshie—“No; it has a staff, hasn’t it?” “Did you tell that fellow I was a bloom¬ ing liar?” No; I thought he knew it.” IN PHYSIOGRAPHY. Junior: “Large lakes keep the climate more TEMPERATE. This is good for vegetation and helps the TROPICAL fruits to grow.” What is the most nervous thing next to a girl? Any freshman. Eugene Dammrich: “The Caspian Sea, the Dead Sea, and the Great Salt Lake IS very salty. The Dead Sea is the most saltiest of all three.” “Swamps are common on coastal plains because when the water comes up in the ocean it stays in these shallow places.” “Swamps are common on the coast be¬ cause when the land was raised front below the sea level the land was all saggy.” First Stude—“Bet I know where you got that necktie.” Second Stude—“Five bucks says you don’t.” First Stude—“Around your neck. Haw. Haw.” Miss McElwain—“Tell about the death of General Braddock. Student “Braddock was killed in the Revolutionary War. He had three horses shot from under him and the fourth went thru his body.” Lionel—“This ham doesn’t taste just right.” Hooks—“Miss Jones said it was cured last week.” Lionel—“Take it from me, it must have had a relapse.” In the cafeteria—If you find hoofs and horns in the soup, don’t kick—someone is trying to make both ends meat. Senior’s Advice: Don’t study your lesson; lessen your study. Fat Weisenborn—“Say. mister, do you haul garbage?” “Sure; get in.” He who knows not, and knows not he knows not— He is a Freshman—teach him. He who knows not, and knows he knows not— He is a Sophomore—cheer him. He who knows, and knows not he knows— He is a Junior—wake him. He who knows, and knows he knows— He is a Senior—follow him. 115 |S)E|M Who’s What and Why Hick—the bird that put New Baden on the map. Hawkshaw—the elderly lady with the broom and feather-duster, otherwise known as the janitress. Caf—a place where you stand in line listening to Freshmen gurgling soup and watching sword-swallowing performances. The Gym—place where the students take a bath. The Office—place to get admits. Staff Room—place where staff members dump their clothes, umbrellas, books , rubbish, etc. Corridors—places in which the janitors loaf. The Orchestra—embryo boiler-makers. General Assembly—the weekly vocal concert by Mr. Carl. Wilderman—the owner of the old tin boat that ornaments our driveway. The Coach—the guy that makes a team out of a gang of bush leaguers. High School Dance—something that the school don’t have. Butts—the gent who instructs dancers that they glide too slowly. Jazz—music barred at school. Tournament—place where B. B. squad men go to loaf, all expenses paid. Registration—the day when all Freshies are checked at the office. Diploma—the paper which notifies the world the Seniors know more than the faculty. Senior—a limited portion of humanity who has ambled about the campus for four years or more. Finals—the time when the faculty get their revenge on us. Test—the monthly event when the student writes his ignorance on paper. Ag Club—bug hunters. Education—that which one remembers after he has forgotten everything he has learned. Faculty—those who know ami know they know. (We charged each one twenty-five cents for this.) Juniors—those who publish the annual next year. Flunker—a fellow who loves a subject too well to leave it. Faculty—a body of people hired by the board of education to help the Seniors run the school. Hymns—the music the orchestra plays in General Assembly. McElwain—undefinable. Merrills—synonym, nut or squirrel food. Muckers—gangsters, yeggs, safe-breakers. Cafeteria Butter—axle-grease, vaseline. Pie—rubber substitute, shoe leather. Hash—unknown. Mac—the young ladies’ friend, otherwise styled the engineer. Bleachers—seats for our baseball fans that our field has not. 116 “The Bells (With apologies to Poe.) Hear the noisy first hour hell— Karly bell What a host of trouble its ringing doth foretell, How it tells a tale of admits. Lies, excuses, bluffs, and permits, And absence from the first hour classes. Then from out the office floats From the tardy students throats Many groans, As they’re sent next door to study Because their gag is known; Here they set to work a-grumbling At the bell, bell, bell, At the bell, bell, bell, At the early ringing of the first hour bell. Hear the chiming dinner bell— Sweetest bell! Wlmt a noisy time it harmony foretells, Hy a swift and reckless dash We make entry to the caf. Oh hear the tune— What a liquid ditty floats From the soupbowls of the Freshmen As we stand in line and gloat On the tune. And we know the sounding tells Of the noodles in the soup. How we quiver, How we shiver, At the thrilling sights before us— A sword-swallowing performance, As the student risks his life, And eats boldly with his knife. All this tells the dinner bell, This, the best of all the bells. Of the bells, bells, bells, This sweet chiming of the golden dinner bell. Hear the welcome eighth hour bell— Lazy bell! A long day ended its ringing to us tells, Then each drowsy student wakes, Quickly from the classroom makes His escape. What a turmoil, what a roar Rolls along from floor to floor As the mad mob leaves the building for the day. All care naught now for the bell, For the bell, bell, bell, For ,lle lazy ringing of the eighth hour bell. 117 I3E� M WMH The Song of the Underclassman I’d like to be a Senior And with the Senior ' s stand; A fountain pen behind my ear, A note book in my hand. I wouldn’t write a thing in it, But keep it clean all day; For I would be a Senior And with the Seniors stay. I wouldn’t be the President; ’Tis hard to be a king; I wouldn ’t he an emperor For all the wealth ’twould bring. I wouldn ' t be an angel; For angels have to sing; But I would be a Senior And never do a thing. Music by Henry Ford For Sale!—One Ford ear with Piston lings; Two rear wheels, one front spring. Has no fenders, seat or plank; Burns lots of gas. Hard to crank. Carburetor busted half way through. Engine missing; hits on two. Three years old; four in the spring. Has shock absorbers and everything. Radiator busted, sure does leak. Differential’s dry; you can hear it squeak. Ten spokes missing. Front all bent. Tires blowed out. Ain ' t worth a cent. (Jot lots of speed; will run like the deuce; Burns either gas or tobacco juice. Tires all off; been run on the rim. A dam good Ford for the shape it’s in. —Homer S. Wison. For particulars inquire of Lester Wilderman. See the car in front of the main entrance. 118 I MM MWMsfl M4M COLLECTION OF JOKES Of all sad words of tongue or pen. The saddest are these—“I’ve flunked again.” Warblings of the Editor. Softly as the summer breezes. Gently wafted from the South. Come the tintinabulations Of my automatic mouth. How I love its giddy gurgle. How I love its ceaseless flow, How I love to wind my mouth up. How I love to hear it go. HINTS TO FRESHMEN. 1. Do not attempt to mingle with up¬ per classmen. 2. Do not attempt to be luvid in your remarks. The teachers do not accept it the first few days. 3. Be sure and prepare your rhetorical speeches. Some suitable subjects for twenty minute speeches are. “Why I like Mamma’s Angel Child Better Than Bobby Make-Believe.” “The Psychological Value of Mor¬ phology.” Learning to Dive In Three Inches of Water.” 4. Keep off the grass—or you can’t be seen. 5. Don’t run—walk—unless you are being chased. “Miss McElwain gave me C— on my notebook. What did you get?” I got H—. I didn’t hand mine in.” Senior girl to Freshie—“Have you signed up for gym?” Freshie—“I don’t know whether I’ll take gym. I don’t like the way they dress.” Generally speaking, Lionel is—” You bet he is.” “Is what?” Generally speaking.” Harry Hocher (to Meta in the study- hall)—“Hurry up with that Spanish, d’yoh want me to flunk?” Sign in St. Louis. “You can still call for Budweiser.” An addition by a wit: “But it don’t mean anything.” A second addition by a gloomy wit: “Say It With Flowers.” Professor—“I am going to speak on liars today. How many of you have read the twenty-fifth Chapter of the text?’’ (Nearly every student raised his hand ) Professor—“Good. You are the very group to which I wish to speak. There is no twenty-fifth Chapter.” Things We Learned in Latin. Audire, audacissime. Pronounced, aw dearie, aw du kiss a me. Notice to Freshmen. In case of fire, stand still; green things won’t burn. Evolution. When asked a question: p res h—“Yes. sir,” or “No, sir.” Soph—“Yes” or “No.” Junior—“Yea a or “maybe.” Senior—“Huh!” or Snow again. I didn’t get your drift.” Teacher—“Why don ' t you laugh at my jokes?” Freshie—“I’ve always been taught to respect the old and infirm. A Geometry theorem not found in books: “The behavior of the pupil varies inversely as his distance from the teacher.” Miss Jones (in the cafeteria) “Don t fuss about the butter. You may get old some day.” Tests. Before taking— The Lord of Hosts Was with us yet, Lest we forget, lest we forget. After taking— The Lord of Hosts Was with us not, For we forgot, for we forgot. Don ' t be a knocker. If everything Is not just as you think it should be it is as much your fault as anyone’s and you should help to better it instead of mak¬ ing it worse by talking about it. Above all, be loyal to your school One who has no loyalty, whether it be for country, school or state, is dead. “As a man thinketh in his heart so is he.” Your school is the best on earth if yon believe in your heart that it is. Believp in your school, get behind, and push anything that it stands for. 120 COLLECTION OF JOKES IDIOMS. A room may be full of married men, and not have a single man In it. A fire goes out and does not leave the room. A lady may wear her suit out the first day she gets it, and put it away at night in as good a condition as ever. Oxen eat corn only with the mouth, yet one may give it to them in the ear. There was a man who kept his word, and so had a quarrel with Noah Webster who wanted it for his Dictionary. There was a man who carried out a project and was obliged to bring it back again. A man irom Lapland is a Laplander, yet a man from Michigan is not a Michi¬ gander. nor a lady from that state Michigoose. Though a nailer is one who makes nails, a tailor is not one who makes tails, unless they be coat tails. Our janitor’s life might be designated as a sweeping success. Puderer (after being rebuffed several times in an argument with Miss Stieg- meier)—“Darn it, every time I open my mouth I get my foot into it. (Editor’s Note:—Some mouth.) Just as we begin to think we can make both ends meet, some one comes along and moves the ends. The following occurred in Commercial Geography: 1 . Mr. Humphrey—“What is a carniverous animal?” Rose Otto— One that has horns.” S. Mr. Humphrey—“How is artificial silk made?” Elsia Tebbenhoff— Sawdust and cot¬ ton fiber are made into a jelly and drawn through the massy head of the silk worm.” 3. Mr. Humphrey— Tell us about the Hatnhurg-American (steamship) line.” Joseph Beaumont—“I’ve heard of Ham¬ burg.” Humphrey—“Sure it wasn’t in the comparative degree! ” 4. Mildred Chaput (on examination): “Mexico produces some wheat called Sisal hemp. In the north is an oil well and most of the Spaniards and white people are working in this well.” In Physic, . Mr. Karch—“What is conduction of heat ?” Senior— Conduction is the carrying of heat from one place to another as in the Thermos bottle.” Professor— Why are you going to college, anyway? You are not studying.” “Well.” said Puderer, “mother says it is to fit me for the Presidency; Uncle Bill to sow my wild oats; sis to get a chum for her to marry; and pa to bank¬ rupt the family.” Senior—“Can’t you work that propo¬ sition?” Freshie—“Nope. Senior—“Why a fool could do that.” Freshie—“That’s where you have the advantage.” A man is a sort of roadhouse where his ancestors stop for a while on their way to become his descendants. For Good-looking Girls. ipajjaouoo noX i.uaje ‘snojonja pooQ (An old gag, but it always works.) How dear to my heart 1$ the ca$h for $ub$cription When the generou$ $ub$criber Pre$ent$ it to view; But the one who won’t pay I refrain from delcription, For. perhapl, gentle reader That one may be you. Heard in Prof. Udre’s room daily: Raise your flags. I’ll give you a chance.” “Let the uproar cease.” How many of you birds expect to graduate?” “A whole lot of you better put a whole lot of steam into your work.” An Ode to Latin. They are all dead who wrote it. They are all dead who spoke it. They must all die who learn it. Oh, happy death, they earn it. “Shall I brain him,” cried the Sophomore, And the infant’s courage fled. “No. you cannot; he’s a Freshman; So just hit him on the head.” 121 MIXED JOKES Miss Rentchler and Miss Emunds Were starving. So Each armed With a fork They went looking around In lientchler’s pantry. They both saw a dish And thinking It was cold slaw They took some And It was soap shavings! Gangway for the sink! Billy ’n Helen ’n Lucille ’n Miriam ’n—I think that, was all. Well they were almost broke So They began to walk To school When a big touring car Came along And They hailed it. After they got in And were riding along Like a thousand dollars Worth of Dog meat. They discovered It was a taxi. Then they were worried ’ll worried ’n worried S ' more, Hoping It wouldn’t bo over a dollar. Cause that is all they had Between them. Then they had visions of starving At noon. When they rode up To the school Patsie said, “How much is it?” He said, “Five cents each, please.” Oh, joy! Ain’t nature wonderful. Lester Wilderman—“Aw, don’t flunk me, Mr. Friedli. I’ll bring you a sausage.” TEN COMMANDMENTS. I. Thou slialt hold no other study be¬ fore Latin. II. Thou shalt not make unto thee any pony, or any likeness of anything which is in thy teacher’s desk, or that is in thy book, or that is in the library, for I, thy Latin teacher, am a jealous teacher, visit¬ ing thy iniquity to thee, to the third and fourth examinations of them that graft. in. Thou shalt not take gum into thy mouth in vain, for I will not hold her guiltless that cheweth a wad of gum. IV. Remember thy notebook and keep it fully. V. Humor thy Math, and Science teachers that thy days may be short in the school that the Board giveth thee. VI. Thou shalt not bluff. VII. Thou shalt no disagree with thy teachers. VIII. Thou shalt not pony. IX. Thou shalt not bear false wit¬ ness as to what thy classmates did. X. Thou shalt not covet thy neigh¬ bor’s notebook, nor his intellect, nor anything that is thy neighbor’s. The admission on the part of some men that they are self-made relieves their parents of much embarrassing explana¬ tion. Pet Expressions of Our Mighty Ones. Now folks!!!! Get out or leave the room. You’d be surprised. I just wish you could appreciate this half as much as 1 do. Is it good—is it like coffee cake? Heard in Room I: Lorraine Tegtmeier, is she here? P. C. Puderer, what’s your first name? Cyril. Where’s Cyril? He takes chemical drawing this hour. He was a Democrat of what party? Prof Udre( in Commercial Geography) —“What does an ampere of electricity weigh?” Bright Girl—“I don’t remember the figures; but I know it. wasn’t very much. 122 Miaaa MIXED Does anyone know- just why it is That when the grass turns green And the sunshine And the lazy air Come to us. There are so many empty seats. Strange looking admits, sad zeroes, and long hours In the study hall? If you happen to know, don ' t tell the faculty. Mr. Friedli (trying to explain to the class the harmful effects of alcohol) — Now you know ' that when a man gets soused— Aw, shut your head. What d’ye think this is—your birthday? Now as I was saying, when a man gets tight you never can tell just what he is likely to pull off. That’s because his brain cells are affected. A Soph Makes a Call. Two years, two years, two years ago He fell in love with a maid you know; And when together, they were glad; But when they parted—oh, how sad. He called to see her one lovely night, The stars above were shining bright. Twas more than expected—oh, what bliss And this. like stairs the up w’ent He Altho these truths are hard to state We’ll try to tell his timely fate. But somehow or other his luck went amiss And the joys of the evening ran like this. But he’ll not go there anymore For her father sent him out of the door. And he )U3M tiMop ail) ai Ul •8HU JOKES How ' s This For Freshman Brilliancy? Karch (in Algebra)—What is 9x9? Freshie—Three guesses, all wrong. Fourth guess, 80. Karch—Wrong; missed it by one.” Freshie—“Oh! Seventy-nine.” Isn’t it odd that the process of supply¬ ing the body with nourishment can be so interesting and so amusing. It can be to the close observer a study in harmony, contortionism. food combinations and values, and judging from the way the in¬ struments by which the food is supplied to the body, areused. a lesson in the use of miniature farm implements. I have often wondered why some people insist in inflicting on others the queer gulpy sort of music which accompanies the art of eating. Perhaps these peculiar sounds are due to the end of the knife tickling the soft palate or the—but this involves a knowledge of the finer arts. A person’s lunch should interest no one but he who eats it, but a combination of olives and tansans or radishes and bananas is likely to attract some atten¬ tion and gain some notoriety for the one indulging. Mrs. Jones has the queerest notions about the silver? When it be¬ gins getting rather scarce she plants it in the oddest places all over the campus. I never knew that spoons reproduced in such a manner, hut I guess she knows her business. CLASS STATISTICS. Average age of boy—18 years, 6 mos., 9 days, 10 min. Average age of girls—17 yrs., 11 mos., 5 days, 5 min., 3 sec. Average weight of boys—136 lbs., 16ft oz. Average weight of girls (not including Margaret Uundlach)—112 lbs. Average weight of the girls (including Margaret Gundlach)—136 lbs. Percent of boys with solid girls—2 per cent. Percent of boys with solid girls some- iin es—56 per cent. Percent of girls who chew gum—99Vfc per cent. Number of boys who still think they will be President of the U. S.—1. (Schmid ty). 123 M9M MtHM.1 A Day In the Life of a Senior Squee-eek! Bump! Crash! The dock in the hallway shows the witching hour of twelve. Hoodooed surely, thinks our friend, the Senior, who has just made his shoeless entry into the paternal shel¬ ter, incidentally knocking over a chair against the door. After making a search for the light switch he rewards himself with some light, peels off his coat and begins a hesitation up the stairway. He reaches his room and decides to retire, taking the precaution of locking the windows and laying his beloved books beneath his bed that they may not be stolen by some studious and am¬ bitious second-story man. Peaceful slum¬ ber gives him eight hours of wholesome rest to meet the hardships and tortures of the coming day. With a yawn and a sigh he awakes to find that his mother has been trying to arouse him for the last half hour. Eight o’clock,” says the clock on the mantle. With an air of decision he jumps up and attires himself in the fashion of the day. In five minutes he is dressed, and in five minutes more he has finished polishing his pompadour. Hastily taking his books he leaps down the steps and pauses at the foot of the stairway long enough to put o n coat and hat. In a dash through the kitchen he manages to catch up his breakfast and make his exodus via the back-way, gulping down his breakfast as he goes With a great expenditure of energy he reaches the Square in time to see the car leave. After venting his anger on the bricks, he boards the next car. The Senior is off to school at last. After a ten-minute ride the goal Is reached. The Senior is at school. Now he must go to class, and finds the bell rang ten minutes before. After inter¬ viewing the principal and manufacturing a series of poor excuses he is granted a passport, and with dignity takes a seat in the library. The next hour or rather two hours he is given the pelasure of ex¬ pounding Physics laws, breaking gradu¬ ates and specific gravity bottles, and pay¬ ing for the same. Meanwhile he keeps the room alive with commotion and noise. The fateful hour ends and he makes a dash for the cafeteria. After about ten minutes of pushing, pulling and argument he acquires a place in the line of hungry mouths. In due time he is served with a bowl of soup. He laps this with eagerness, follows with a small quantity of fruit, a few Sunshine cookies and a glass of water. The repast is over. With cheerful mood and tight¬ ened belt, he proceeds to his regular after dinner exercise, that of tormenting the angelic temper of the Senior girls. Once more the hell calls him to join his classmates in studious employment in language or science. The afternoon drags slowly by. The very clocks them¬ selves stop running as he labors under the burden of Economics and Trigonome¬ try. Then comes the feature event of the day; English class and a theme to write. The last hour of the day has come at last. The Senior makes a dash for the locker, wherein is deposited his coat and hat, and strutts bravely down the cor¬ ridor. There now enters the scene the janitress of Sherlock Holmes fame. The Senior pauses, faces right about and re¬ treats hastily. Then begins a mad dash around corners, up and down stairs to confuse and lose the poor janitress. Suc¬ cessful at last he leaves for home. Arrived at home he settles peacefully in a comfortable chair and pores over his beloved book until his evening meal is served. This ends an eventful day of the Senior. 124 r 4S@. Mflua Calendar Sept. 28th. Sept. 8—First day of school. Sept. 9—Rumors that no admits will be issued. Fearful apprehensions. Sept. 11—Seniors decide to report to classes. Sept. 16—Lionel reproaches Senior girls for neg¬ lecting new Senior girl. Sept. 17—Freshmen begin to long to be Seniors. Sept. 18—Adolph P. (Tagalong) amuses th- Seniors by his devotion to Miss Murray. Sept. 19—Dance (Nuf Sed). Sept. 23—Mystery of the Maroon and White. Freshmen fear some plot against them. Sept. 24—More mystery. Sept. 25—Editors of the Bellevinois staff elected. 1921 Class organizes. Sept. 26—Continued mystery of Maroon and White. Sept. 28—Rowena and Pessel fail to walk to school together. Reason: Wilderman ' s llivver. Sept. 29—Maroon and White mystery solved. Sept. 30—Miss McElwain succumbs to her cus¬ tomary spell of St. Vicious Dance. Oct. 1—Nothing happened. Oct. 2—Prof. Hexter’s third wedding anniver¬ sary. (Congratulations and wished many more happy marriages.) Oct. 3—Maroon and White dance. Oct. 6—Students’ Union posts demands on Bulle¬ tin Boards. Oct. 9—Mr. Schmidt instructs students to leavj their yells at the office. Puddy acts as brides¬ maid to a poor deluded groom. Oct. 10—1923 Class organizes. Oct. 11—Football at Cleveland High School. Boating was considered excellent. Oct. 14—Miss Farmer gives the G English class a lesson in Gym to wake them up. Oct. 16— ' 20 appeared on the smoke stack. Oct. 18—Webster Groves at B. T. H. S. Oct. 22—Second coat of paint on the ’20. Who did it? Oct. 16th. 126 |;)499 J rn mmma l:)4M o c Calendar Oct. 24th. Oct. 24—Janitor caught working. Oct. 27—Rain! Rain! Rain! Oct. 28—Threat and ultimatum of Students ' Union to strike Nov. 1. Oct. 29—Rain proceeds to dampen the spirits of the High School Soviet. Oct. 30—More rain!! Students meet and con¬ template building an ark. Oct. 31—Hallowe’en Dance. Gym decorated, James and Juen un ' everything. Some dance. Nov. t Strike pending. Nov. 4—Football with Loyola; 6-0. Nov. 5—Continued rejoicing over game. Nov. 6—Miss Farmer and Lionel don’t argue. Why? Lionel isn’t at school. Nov. 7—Staff kept busy reading clippings con¬ cerning strike. Nov. 10—Strike is on. Students walk out. Nov. 11—Strike still on. Faculty meet at Insti¬ tute to consider meeting students’ demands. Nov. 15—Edwardsville vs. B. T. H. S.; 2-10. More rejoicing. Nov. 17—The “Kid”arrives to take position of shop instructor. Makes an impression on the Senior girls by spilling cocoa on Betz’s coat. What impression?? Nov. 18—Loyola vs. B. T. H. S.; 7-7. Nov. 19— The orchestra startles everybody at General Assembly by playing real well. Nov. 20—Ten civics students made nervous wrecks by Miss McElwain’s ferocious vocal onslaught. Nov. 21—Janitor again caught working. Nov. 22—Edwardsville vs. B. T. H. S.; 14-7. Nov. 25—Fire in the shops. Nov. 26—Prof. Roediger meets Prof. Legried in the shops building the third hour and de¬ mands an explanation why he is not in Gen¬ eral Assembly with the rest of the Freshmen Football team leaves for Benton. Nov. 28—Football team returns from Benton with a can attached. 128 Feb. 27th. |:)4W � :� :IM Calendar March 4th. March 17th. Dec. 1—Basketball practice begins. Dec. 4—Elmer Behymer gets a hair cut. Dec. 9 —Janitress again caught working. Dec. 11—Freshmen grow obedient. Santa is coming in two weeks. Dec. 23—School closes. Oh joy. Nothing doing until January 5th. We wallop the Alumni All-Star (???) basketball team. Dec. 26—Alumni Dance in Gym. Great time. Jan. 5—Back to school. New ' resolutions work¬ ing fine. j an 6 _New resolutions are all rot. Back in the old tracks. Jan. 8 —Seniors see Hamlet at the Shubert. jan. 9 —(4:00 A. M.) They return from the play Jan. 11-13-14—Senior finals. Jan. 27 - 28 - 29 —Semester exams. Oh what a life! Three days of agony. Jan. 30—Awful suspense waiting for grades. Feb. 2—New ' semester begins. Feb. 15—Puddy rejects his tenth proposal. Feb. 17—Birthday party fad starts in the caf. Feb. 26—Louie breaks a perfect record by taking Betz to the Campfire Girls’ Leap Year Party. Feb 27—We play Ashley here. Ye Gods!! Louie breaks into society and takes Netta and Rowena to the game. March 1—Nothing doing. March 2—Joe Penn pays us another visit. March 4—Basketball team goes to tournament March 9—Bedell gives exhibition in General As¬ sembly of diving thru hurdles. March 10—Aren ' t there more birthday parties? March 13—Minerva Winkler proposes to Mr. Roediger. (He asks time to think it over. The verdict has not yet been given.I March 17—Muckers have a real banquet in the caf. Kegs and everything. Muckers ' Dance that night. Schmidty steps out with Freshie. March 22—Scandal. The Nesbits forget to wear the same kind of ties. March 25—Olivette forgot her powder puff. Tra¬ gedy! It might sound fishy but it’s so. March 31—Chillers and Hipolites give an exhi bition of real basketball for General As¬ sembly. April 1—It is with the greatest of pleasure and the most sincere wishes for all happiness that we dedicate this day to Elmer Lill. April 2—Good Friday. Nothing to report. April 5—School dismisses at 12:45 to hear Gen eral Wood speak. Train comes in at 4:30. We’re all for you, General. 130 . � em .jmA v Calendar April 6th. April 21st. April 6—Baseball practice begins. April 9—Teachers again convene to devise bet¬ ter methods of forcing knowledge into our brains. April 12—Carnival comes to town. April 13—Astonishing number of admits are cir¬ culated throughout the school. April 15—First baseball game of season. We beat Loyola 4-2. April 16—Elmer Behymer gets another hair cut. April 17—We play St. Louis U. High. Jinxed. 10-5 favor them. April 19—Lillian quits school because she and Buddy simply can’t agree. April 20—Game at Lebanon. We lose 4-3. (13 innings.) April 21—A few members of the Senior class enjoy a plunge party at Ebsen’s. April 22—Lester Wilderman beats up on Joe Large. April 23—Game here with Alton. Gloom! We lose 12-10. May 1—Bellevinois goes to press. May 2—Staff breaks up housekeeping and moves hack to their lockers . January 30, 1920, and June 17, 1920. Mi I ve Flunked My Chem I stepped out from the Chem room old, My head downcast. My face once bold Had lost its boldness. Trees were brown And Fall’s rich beauties shone around; Vet I disdained to notice them As loudly I groaned, “I flunked my Chem.” Again I stepped from out that Hall, King Winter, Monarch now of all, Sent down the north wind in its race, Its icy blast full on my face. I felt it not—for on my mind Was a colder fact, “Chem. 69 .” I saw no beauty, felt no thrill, Drank in no splendor from yon Hill. A million sparkling crystals small Awoke in me no answering call. I saw a frozen world. In pain I mumbled still, “I’ve flunked again.” Once more I stepped from the Chem. room Wind to Springtime’s joyful bloom. I thought of Maud a-making hay, Knew if the judge’d studied chem. he’d say: ‘‘Of all sad words of tongue or pen The saddest are these—I ' ve flunked my Chem.” MIXED JOKES “The child is father of the man.”— Pope. If so he must be his father’s father. Then he would be his grandfather’s brother. The hypothesis is impossible. Heard from a Freshie the first day of school “Oh, gee! Only 199 more days’ school. 133 |:� SM ■ - - WHIM T he staff wishes to express its DEEP APPRECIATION FOR THE SUP¬ PORT WHICH THE BUSINESS MEN HAVE GIVEN TO THE BELLEVINOIS. 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It will save you the price of new clothes. Parisian Cleaning Dyeing Co. 315 East Main Street, v.----- J - Trade at- Stein’s Bargain Store Where you always save on your buying of Clothing. Dry Goods and Shoes for the whole family. Our small expense is your great benefit. Stein’s Bargain Store l_ j Wagner Motor Car Co. Distributors of ItUICK and CHEVROLET PASSENGER CARS G. M. C. CHEVROLET TRUCKS. A and Jackson St. Belleville • Illinois. __ 4 USE OUR SERVICE _---IN YOUR- HOME • FACTORY OFFICE Our service will do all your house-hold drudgery soul make your home u pleasant place to live. The ironing, washing, sweeping and dish-washing can all be done electrically, the never tiring servant. The baking, cooking and waiter heating done with gas in a clean, convenient and superior manner. In the factory our service supplies you power, light and heat. In your office our service has special application for every profession. St. Clair County Gas Electric Co. f - BUILD A HOME FIRST! ( poll the Home rests our Moral character; our civics and political lilierties are grounded there; virtue, manhood and citizenship grow there, dust stop and think what all this means. Build That Home of Your Own t ' oiue in, let us help you plan and serve you. Our service is free and cheerfully given. BELLEVILLE LUMBER COMPANY COO South Illinois Street. - Cadillac Hudson Essex Meyer Bros. Auto Co. Corner II and High Sts. MACK TRUCKS Kinloch 051 Bell 1000 Belleville, Ill. WHEN YOU ARE THIRSTY DRINK WINK FOR A DRINK STAR BEVERAGE COMPANY UKLLEVILLK. ILLINOIS. BE PARTICULAR WEAR THE f ] Master V HOSE 9 nujL Re . U S. Pel. OB. There is a Difference Made by THE BELLEVILLE HOSIERY MILLS Belleville, Illinois. Sold by The Romeiser Co. and Geo. Gauss Son -- r N Your Instructions Are Law With Us. MERCK’S BAKERY When you tell us to clean, press or repair your clothes paying particular attention to certain things, we follow your instructions. Established 1835 THAT ' S SERVICE Belleville, Illinois May we have the opportunity of convincing you that our general line of work is super¬ ior? BOTH PHONES JAC. L. BAECHLE Cleaning and Dyeing 216 East Main St. Belleville. Ill Both Phones. 1 Bell 541. Kin. 26 l—_; -- FZFt Eu 1 njlfft A PURE MALT AND HOP BEVERAGE WESTERN BREWERY CO., BELLEVILLE, ILL. BAUER BROS. Construction Co. Plain and Reinforced Concrete. All kinds of Mill Work. No Building too large or too small. Bell 142K Kin. 10 and 23$ Let’s Go To- W. R. MICHAELIS Candies, Ice Cream, Stationery, Photo Supplies and Drugs. ___ J r This Station is ready and able to remedy any trouble of any make starting, lighting and ignition system. Parts, Experienced Help, Skilled Super¬ vision, Adequate Equipment and Facilities characterize this Real Automobile Electric Her rive Station. Reasonable Charges. We await your trouble. AUTO ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT GARAGE A Street, near Third. K. STANLEY, Prop. Kinloeh 101S -- ' -N Established 1839 The Daily Advocate Belleville’s Oldest and Globe Democrat Best Newspaper. Agency (L. K. Osterhaus) Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations 2ft South Illinois St. Largest Circulation Belleville, Ill. Kin. 1070. A Home Newspaper for your home V _ s___ J Education and Industry. The International Shoe Company realizes the value of trained minds in industry and com¬ merce and avails itself of this opportunity to con¬ gratulate this community upon the service of their schools. We congratulate the Graduating Class and extend to each of them and to the other pupils in the High School our hearty good wishes for their success. It is a genuine pleasure to us to have a part in supporting this publication and to express our deep interest in maintaining high standards of public education. International Shoe Co What Is There In Training? Young Man, just ask some of our local Self-Made Men and they will tell you. Nowadays competition is so keen that unless a man is trained to the highest degree in his busi¬ ness or profession his chances for success are limited. We urge you, Young People, to get all the education ami training possible so that we shall have the maximum of success among our future business men. And after you have acquired that training you will find that our bank will have the confidence in yon; that we will he glad to encourage you in your calling. lie studious, industrious and thrifty and success is sure to follow. BELLEVILLE SA VINGS BANK Largest in the Citif’ Member Federal Hexen e Si xtem. Home Ice Cream “It’s Pure That’s Sure” Vanilla, Chocolate and Celebrated Angel Ice Cream Brick Ice Cream and Ices. Lodges, Picnics and Parties given special attention. L. T. SUTTON Bell Phone 1155 121 East Main Street. __ - - -- - r r f ' 7 i) -£ Kin loch Phone 11)5 tfud zignf Hell Phone 581 L — i if 11 n r | When you say Just Right think GRUENEWALD’S of GROCERIES. When yon hny Groceries think of Juxt Right. Why buy brands of Groceries Hardware, Miners’ from foreign markets while you have a neighbor next door in the Supplies, Paints business? Huy Groceries sold at your local and Oils. jobber. THE AMOS-JAMES Grocer Co. BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS :ux WEST MAIN STREET C_— .___ ' -- ■ You Save as You Sew On the White, You Know. We will be more than pleased to give you a free demonstration with no obligation to buy. MONK IMPLEMENT COMPANY 213 East Main St. Belleville, Ill. GUD EAT BRAND Candies Pop Corn Confections School Supplies Belleville Candy Jobbing Comp’y Monroe and Illinois Streets S- t - Cheer Up! It May Not Be True! It is very likely that if you consult us you’ll Ik astonished at how cheap¬ ly you can replace that old, insanitary water closet by a modern, noiseless one. Karr Supply Co. V_ J PITFORM That “INDIVIDUAL” Look Tliis is the one thing every young man enjoys having. It is one of the few things he can have by so buihling his char¬ acter that il is clearly reflected in liis general bearing and person¬ ality. lie can also enjoy that “INDIVIDUALITY” by wearing the right kind of Clothes-Clothes that are tailored right- Clothes that are perfectly draped—Clothes that have that ex¬ quisite something called STYLE about them. These are the kind of clothes you want to wear, and these are flu kind you do wear when you select them at ROMEISER ' S Belleville, III v r Opportunity Opportunity presents itself to the young 1112111 of energetic and Inisiness like habits. Start a Siivings Aeeount with us ami be pre¬ pared. St. Clair National Bank I Modern lianl; irith Modern Way . --- A Insure now and before MONEY SAVED you are 40 your policy is will be paid up. MONEY MADE Every man at 40 wishes he had insured himself We repair your inner tubes at 20. FREE OF CHARGE. Bring them in. We are on the square. Arthur Niemeyer, Mgr. The Guardian Life Ins. ( ' o. of America. INDEPENDENT TIRE AGCY. Room 40-41, First National % Northeast Corner Public Square Bank Building. Bell 810. Belleville, Ill. s._ J - •� ' w (me T iWMCI - There is one Suit above sill others and one ( ' oat above all others that we would like to recom¬ mend to the HIGH SCHOOL GIRL and that is “WOOLTEX” Tailor Made Made only of all wool materials that will give 100 per cent, service, and sold exclusively at FUESS-FISCHER COMPANY The Store that Seth “ Wooltex ” s.--- - ---- ' - A Electrical Service Shop EVERYTHIXtl THAT’S XEW in - WOM EX’S REA DY- T ) WE AII Something Electrical for Everybody. GARMENTS MILLINERY H. L. Rentchler Complete Line of Shoes. Cor. Main and Charles Streets. SCH UESSLER RET THER C( ). Bell 241. Kin. 060. 104-106 108 E. Main St. Delco Light Products Belleville, Ill. fW U . . ---- ' - J ( - ' r CHARM -- BUSY BEE The most Satisfactory Baking Flour on tlu market. No regrets are encountered while ( ' harm is The Home of Home Made being used. Candies and lee Cream. Corner Main Jackson Sts. Manufactured exclusively by Kin. Phone UML J. F. Imbs Mfg. Co. Belleville, Ill. __ s_ - r St. Clair Hosiery Mills For a durable, up-to-date and pop¬ ular-priced suit see BEN BORMAN 107-109 West Main Street. Belleville, III. Manufacturers of TRIO-HOSE A high grade silk and silk lisle hose for men. TRIO-HOSE” are made of the very best materials ob¬ tainable. and are equipped with doub¬ le heels, soles and toes. The three important features of TRIO-HOSE” are Comfort. Durability and Style. Made in all colors and sizes. Satisfaction Always Sold by the following mer¬ chants: Fellner-Ratheim D. G. Co. Fuess-Fischer Company. Peskind Stores. Weiler Brothers. Schuessler-Reuther. Morris Deutch. Buy a pair and judge for yourself. __ _ _ f We Are Headquarters Complete line of Athletic, Baseball, Basketball and Football Ice and Roller Skates Complete assortment of Boys’ and Girls’ Bicycles. Let us show you our line. Anything special we will get for you on Short notice. Let us Supply your wants. Our prices are right. Our service the best. SEIBERT-SCHOEPP HARDWARE CO. Hardware, Farm Machinery, China and Glassware. 21 West Main Street, Belleville, Ill. f WILLARD Battery Service Co. The Philco retaining wall in the class with the coni tires. Guaranteed two years with the Diamond Oral Construction. Official Willard Service Station ST. CLAIR CO. GAS ELEC. CO. Main and Switzer Streets. P� ell 272 Kinloch 559 j 1 International Motor Trucks There are times when you can profit by the other fellow ' s experience. Business men with faculties for getting a t the facts often point a safe path for others to follow. Many successful business men buy motor trucks on the basis of known, proved, low-cost hauling, steadiness in operation, durability, low fuel and oil consumption, low upkeep and depreciation, prompt service—these are the points that count. WM. VOGT DISTRIBUTOR FOR ST. ' LAI It MONROE 00. COLUMBIA .... ILLINOIS -- Reissen Commission Company .‘11 4 North Illinois Street Kinloch 313. Deliveries to any part of the City. Watch Friday’s Advocate for Saturday’s Specials — Try Us for Prompt and Reliable Truck Service for Local and Long Distance Moving Our auto van service is unexcel¬ led. All work guaranteed. Your patronage solicited. L. ( ' . FRICK SERVICE CO. 112 N. Second Street. Both Phones 107. The Store of Quality and Service Bell 155 Kinloch 27S Deliveries Made GROCERY SPECIALISTS 203 EAST-MAIN ST. Fresh Boasted Coffees Our Specialties. Armin L. Piesbergen Herbert C. Erlinger --- 1 ( -1 i t --N Becker and Fleischbein Geo. Gauss Son DBV GOODS INSCBANFF — Second Floor Commercial Building The Quality of oar (lootlx is Known” BELLEVILLE. ILL. Agent for McCall Bat terns and Publications. t__ : ? ::: III ::: ::: ::: _ MUM Don’t Forget Everybody Likes I-H Flour Ask Your (irocer W. L. Batdorf Co. Distributor. Most Complete Line of Player Pianos Victrolas Edison and Brunswicks K NAIM IMA NO COMPANY Belleville, Illinois. f -- - — -—— ' i Wm. Eckhardt, Jr. West Side Meat ( Incorporated) Market % 1723 West Main Street Bet ail Dealers in — GROCERIES, FRUITS Dealers in and VEGETABLES FRESH and SMOKED MEATS Our Horne Made Sausage is the 108-112 W. Main St. Best of Quality. Belleville Illinois — I inloch 157 Bell 203 Both Phones. F. E. Mueller, Prop. ___ 1_ J The Official Pins and Rings of Belleville High School Were Made By Us. That is reference enough. We manufac¬ ture “QUALITY” School and Fraternity Jewelry, new, novel and artistic designs. Also for dance programs, stationery and invitations. Catalogue, sent on request or a visit by our representative. Manufacturing .Jewelers and Stationers to Fraternity Schools and Universities. Star Building. St. Louis, Mo. — FOR MEN Walk-Over Douglas Basket-Ball Base-Ball Foot-Ball Gym Shoes FOR WOMEN Walk )ver (Jneen -Quality OHMS .JUNG SHOE CO. No Home Complete Without Music. A Victrola is good company RHEIN PIANO CO. Yictrola Headquarters 124 Hast Main St. - •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••I ••••••••• •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••a ••••••••••••••••• Gundlach Co. UNDERTAKERS Telephone 20 Auto Service Corner High and A St. Belleville - Illinois The foiks whose appetite and di¬ gestion have heroine acquainted with our bread say “ITS GREAT” It’s three l imes-a-day food that hits th eir palate just right. Our pastry is a lit companion for the litiest meal. MERCK FURNITURE SAENGER’S The Up-to-Date Store J V. ---) Call at- Wm. Glaser Shoe Co. FINF FOOTWEAR 1 I ♦ I — 2C West Main St. I inloch Phone 171 — Bell, Main 42 � Kin. Central 2471 Hoisting Engines Pumps, Engines and Boilers Air Compressors Wm. Johnson Sons Machinery Co. 1001-3-5 North th Street. St. Louis, Mo. is_ J Bell Phone 767W Kinlocli Phone 1007 Walter P. Tisch Monument Co . Memorials finished from the Rough Granite Office and Works: Third and A Streets, Belleville, Illinois. Car Lots or I ess Kinloch 5112 Bought and Sold. Bell 11X0 W. W. WILDERMAN cash produce house Wholesale in- FRUITS, POTATOES, POULTRY, BUTTER, EGGS and SEEDS, ( ' REAM OF NUT AND OAK GROVE OLEOMARGARINE. NO. 403 EAST MAIN ST. BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS “N V, Shoes Shoes Shined, Dyed, Repaired Union Shop HOWELL SHOE COMPANY 14 E. Main St. RINGS are suitable Graduation Gifts. We have a large assortment to select from Paul W. Becherer .1 ewelek BELLEVILLE ILLINOIS y V H. TENZER Tailor of Ladies ' and Gent ' s Garments Cleaning, Dyeing ami Press¬ ing Done. Kinloch 075 32. � E. Main —N Phones 362 GEORGE HIRTH Sanitary Plumbing, Gas Fitting and Sewering, Hot Water and Steam Heating. Estimates Cheerfully Given 210 N. Illinois St. Belleville, Ill. MOVING DAY will not be a terror to the good wife if you have us do the moving. Our em¬ ployees are especially instructed that carefulness is the first consideration and carelessness, even trifling, will not be tolerated. To engage us to do your moving is to insure yourself against loss occasioned by careless or unskill¬ ful handling. Our organization is complete and is more than ample for the largest and most difficult of propositions. Merchants Transfer Storage Co. 112 North lligli Street. St. Clair County’s Largest Automotive Supply House, Equipped to Give Real Service Representing the following quality line of merchandise- FORD OARS, FORD TRUCKS, FORDSON TRACTORS, ROWER FARMING IMPLEMENTS, MOBILE OILS. MODERN AUTOMOBILE GARAGE CO. 500 Hast Main Slroi-t. Belleville, Illinois. ---- ' - ' v GEO. RUEBEL JR. Kinloch 564L Bell S4f Sanitary Meat Market St. Clair County Motor FRESH MEATS AND Car Company SAUSAGES ALWAYS Dealers in ON HAND. DODGE BROTHERS and Bell Phone 442 CHANDLER MOTOR Kinloch Phone 336 CARS. 22 West Main St. Au to A ccessor ies — (food ri cli Full line of home killed Tires. meats. Oliver C. Joseph, Mgr. V J -- r A f - ARTHUR BUESCH LOANS, REAL ESTATE, Koenig’s Millinery BONDS 18 West Main St. Belleville, Ill. 20 West Main Street 0 Belleville - - Illinois. s _ J L_____ r - r -s • Boll Phone Residence 8( 2W Studio 127 Both Phones. B. T. COGGAN CHRISTMANN’S Fine Photography Wall Paper and Paints Studio 22A E. Main St. Belleville - • Illinois. J V _J l:)e)W W(4H r----“ ----- f Belleville Tin Sheet jgaeoct Metal Works H. BAITER, Prop. The Big Sporting Goods Store. Everything for Manufacturer of Sheet Metal BASEBALL, TRACK, Work of any description. TENNIS, GOLF. FISHING TACKLE CAMP ami CAMMING Telephone Kinloch TO.lx GOODS. — 1 21 Locust ST. LOUIS, MO. 1 1 1 Cor A and 0th. Belleville, Ill. __ J _ __ r STRECK BROS. Belleville, Ill. L. F. Kaltwasser The West Side Grocer Wholesalers and retailers of ILone Killed Meats and WHOLESALE UNION BISCUIT CO. PRODUCTS Home Killed Sausages. ion-in in n. 11 th st. Belleville - - Illinois. Always in the market for live butcher stock of all A. H. Schwarz Confectionery UOME OF Pl’HITY Candies, Fruits, Nuts, Ice Cream, Etc. All American Service Polite Attendance and Quick Service. Kin loch 590 1 ill! EAST MAIN STREET Hell 990 f Heat Your Home with a— Z-RO-KINC- WARM-AIR- FURNACE Call at Factory OAKLAND FOUNDRY COMPANY L. N. Tracks-Grand Ave. Belleville, Ill. r r McCullough’s Kash-Karry Stores Compliments of- The Perfect Stove and Range Works 20 West Main 11-13 S. Jackson The Home of Her feet Store end Ranges ••••••••••••••••••••••••••ft •••••••••••••••••••••••••«••••••••••••••••••••••« Our modern method of mer¬ chandising Urines the Highest (Quality of (Jroeeries to you at the least cost. Help yourself to a lower cost of living. For additional savings buy Met ' uHough’s Fresh Roasted Cof¬ fin ' s. S- ' •- ’’ 1 - j f Kinloch Phone .100 Kinloch 442 ltell 1030 Winkler Schirmer Booksellers. Stationers and Binders. LOUIS REUTHER Coal and Ice Office Supplies. Commercial Stationery, Loose Leaf l e- viees. Crane’s Writing Pa¬ pers. Wall Paper, Interior 1 H ' corationa, (Bobe-Wernicke Filing Cabinets and Safes. 208 Lebanon Ave. Rubber Stamps and Seals. No. 1.1 Fast Main St. Belleville - Illinois. Belleville - Illinois. J V _- Kinloch 591X Leba non Road ADOLPH ZOGG DAIRY Pure Milk and Cream WITH COMPLIMENTS Balder Stove Works BELLEVILLE, ILL. T HIS book is completed, And closed like the day; The hands that have written it, Lay it away. Dim grow its fancies; Forgotten they lie. Like coal in the ashes, They darken and die. Song sinks into silence, The story is told; The windows are darkened, The hearthstone is cold. Darker and darker The black shadows fall; Sleep and oblivion Reign over all. —Longfellow