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

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It has been made up of 0 After football, everyone was anxious to start basketball season, but it started fXK)rly on DECEMBER 5 when we were defeated by McKinley 1 ligh. The seniors’ class pictures were ready be fore Christinas and everyone began sav¬ ing money to pay for them so they could give them as gifts. Sorry, no money—no picturesl VVe got out of class for the Christmas As¬ sembly presented by the choir, DECEMBER 23, and this taste of freedom made us more eager lor the long-awaited Christmas vacation and real¬ ly put us in the Christmas spirit. Red roses were ‘Christmasv”, but they didn’t look too good with pink form a Is at the Christmas Dance. Put another nickel in . . , r f r ' ' ? 9 T Oj JANUARY 14, the Dupo Tourna¬ ment began. Not t x good! (Xir attitude lor finals JANUARY’ 29 was “thumbs down”. VVe had had plenty of time to study after our vacation, but it seemed hard to get in the groove again. The All School Party the next weekend was a needed relaxation alter exams. Best side forward at the All School Party. We grimaced, held our arms stiff, and felt the needle over and over before our actual TB tests. “Ouch!” Then we were surprised to find they were really painless! We remembered our heri¬ tage on Lincoln’s Birthday, FEBRUARY’ 12, while enjoying a holiday from school. ' Bored to death! m m K 1 10

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for the school year A South Sea island was the scene of this year’s Junior Jam, Tropical Punch. The auditorium stage on OCTOBER 17 was filled with palm trees, cocoa nuts, and hula girls. The carnival and dance following rounded out the evening of gaie¬ ty. The District Cross Country meets, beginning OCTOBER 25 at Westhaven, gave the boys their first chance to prove their endurance and speed. Boy, that must have been a playl We showed our parents and relatives our work in school during American Education Week, NOVEMBER 8 through the 14. Freshmen and sopho¬ mores were asked to join Little Theater through their work in Freshman-Sopho¬ more one-act plays, on NOVEMBER 21. The Thespians rounded out the pro¬ gram with the third one-act. The morning of NOVEMBER 27 was tense at the B.T.H.S. stadium during the Thanksgiving Day game with East St. Louis. The result was disappointing, hut we were proud of the players. The football queen and her court reigned over the Letterman’s Dance, which end¬ ed the football season in a gay mood. Some people always forget their books! On NOVEMBER 22, many students spent a husv and difficult morning, taking the competi¬ tive exams for the Illinois Scholarship Awards. Excitement built up as we worked on our floats and cars for Hobo Day on NOVEMBER 26. The pep assembly put us in the right spirit for the game when we had a mock wedding be¬ tween Miss Victory and Mr. Township. She tripped up the aisle. Tip toeing through the tulips!

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the highlighted events “Come on! Lets meet in the gym for another pep assembly!” March was an exciting month tor basketball fans. 1 he team won a first at the regionals held in the East St. Louis gym, to the sur¬ prise of many disbelievers, and then brought home a second at the sectional tournament at Pinckneyville. We . . . want ... a basket . . . now; we want a basket now . . . right now. On the evening of FEBRUARY 20, the cur¬ tain of the B.T.H.S. auditorium rose on the per¬ formance of The Bad Seed , this years Little Theater play. Little Theater members worked hard for six weeks, backstage as well as on stage, rehearsing for this production. The dis¬ trict wrestling tournaments were held on the 21 at Wood River and on the 28 at Granite City. Poster making poses a probleml On MARCH 16, 17, and 18, the eighth grad ers from the Belleville area schools visited the campus for purposes of testing and getting acquainted. Over-enthused with the symbolism of St. Patrick’s Day, one little Irish eighth grader had his hair dyed green. look what they’re sending us this time. “What comes after MARCH 18? MARCH 19? Well, the Hy News missed another deadline!” Another staff was chosen for the Hy News, our school newspaper, for the second semester. They learned the mechanics of newspa¬ per writing from the first semester staff. Type a little faster. Maybe you ' ll make the deadline.