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

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build pleasant memories During the last two weeks of school the Junior College lounge was filled with seniors, taking advantage of their traditional privilege. It was difficult to study for finals in early JUNE with the warm weather and the thoughts of a three months vacation foremost in our minds. See you in this same class next year! Everyone was glad to receive his 1959 Belle- vinois in JUNE. The rise in price was really worth the beautiful new book. The yearbook was passed around classrooms and the cafeteria the last week of school for signatures from fel¬ low classmates and teachers. “If you write something nice about me, I ' ll write some¬ thing nice about you. The sight of the campus as we got off the bus in the mornings during our last week was different somehow than it had been the rest of the year. We thought of more than just a maze of buildings as we looked at the place where we had studied, worked, and developed throughout the year. When are they going to put a fence around it? From the first day of our freshman year we look forward to the day of grad¬ uation. During our four years at school, we became attached to the place, making graduation both happy and sad. The beauty of the Baccalaureate service, JUNE 7, and the graduation ceremony, JUNE 12, were moments the seniors will ever remember. We almost didn’t make it. 13

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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

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We who were interested in the progress of the new buildings at Belleville Township High School felt a sense of pride as we watched the steel beams being raised. Each day, as the network of girders took shape, the outline of the buildings became apparent. I lovvever, it is not just buildings that make a school, nor are steel beams the only support of the school. The real support of our school is the faculty. 1 hey help us to shape our lives, as girders shape a building, when they channel our abilities and in¬ terests into constructive thought and action.