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

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5 CONTENTS B BOOK ONE INTRODUCTION ■ BOOK TWO ADMINISTRATION ■ BOOK THREE CLASSES ■ BOOK FOUR ATHLETICS ■ BOOK FIVE ACTIVITIES ■ BOOK SIX HUMOR H BOOK SEVEN ADVERTISING

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CAMPUS VIEWS ■ THE CLASS OF ' 36, AS WELL AS ALL CLASSES BEFORE AND CLASSES TO COME, IS PROUD OF ITS HIGH SCHOOL. THE VOTERS WHO SELECTED THE SITE FOR THE SCHOOL HAD FORETHOUGHT AND VISION. EACH BUILDING, EVEN THOUGH SOME HAVE BEEN ADDED AS THE NEED AROSE, FITS INTO THE PICTURE OF BEAUTY. ORIGINALLY, THERE WAS THE MAIN BUILDING WITH THE CAFE¬ TERIA AN SHOP BUILDING IN THE REAR. IN 1917 THE GYM WAS ADDED AND IN 1924 THE AUDI¬ TORIUM WITH A SEATING CAPACITY OF 1200 WAS BUILT. AS THE ENROLLMENT INCREASED THE NEED FOR A LIBRARY BUILDING WAS APPARENT. SO IN 1933 THE VOTERS AGAIN ANSWERED BY CONFIRMING THE BOND ISSUE. THE LIBRARY BUILDING WAS ADDED TO THE REAR OF THE AUDI¬ TORIUM AND NOW THROUGH FEDERAL AID A BOYS GYMNASIUM TO THE REAR OF THE PRESENT GYMNASIUM IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THUS WE