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

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(?ampus T)ays We loved those elms! How often, on a summers’ day, When school was dull and lessons hurried, Safe from the sun’s relentless ray Beneath their soothing shade, we tarried! There reigned great jog! Gay Freshmen innocently played Upon that lawn with grass thick-grown; There gallant youth wooed lovely maid And proudly claimed her for his own. In sweet noon-hours — Around the campus walk we strolled, Where bits of gossip intermingled, Were wafted on, enlarged two-fold, Till many a young ear must have tingled! Those well-worn steps — Where many a Senior conned with zest The trying problems of the nation, Reviewing for a Civics test, Or quiz on Burke’s “Conciliation.” We loved them all — But ah, that place we held most dear That downcast hearts and faces lightened That filled each student with new cheer And sadly drooping spirits brightened. Hail, building, fair! Long stand the kindly cafeteria, Scene of many a happy feast Where Freshman is the Senior’s equal In appetite, at very least! —Maiy Klingel. Pane Nln