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

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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.

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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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which when added together April showers may bring May flowers, but all they brought us were mid-semeste r exams on APRIL 6 and 7. Girls ' gym classes moved out side to begin baseball, tennis, and archery. Spring fever hit the campus, and students began sitting in the sunken garden, leaving the cafeteria early during the lunch hours, and skipping study halls. Don ' t worry—even Casey struck out! Our last failure cards were on the schedule for MAY. We dreaded the thought of having re¬ ceived a low grade so close to the end of the year. The senior play on May 29 was the last project the class of ’59 worked on. This was the first time some of the class members had ever been in a play, but everyone in the cast did a good job. The greeting card lady. The girls drill te;1m really improved throughout the year. They learned many new ' drills and formations and per¬ formed at assemblies and during the half at some of the football games. On MARCH 20 they had a Bunny Hop . This was high lighted by an egg roll and a hunt for the magic egg. What happened to the girl with the gleam in her eye? MAY 9 was a big day for both golf and track fans. T he track and field meets and the district golf tournaments were held on that day. More sports events came with district baseball tournaments, held on May 11, 12, and 13. We may not be the Yonkees, but . . . 12