Belvidere High School - Belvi Yearbook (Belvidere, IL)

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VOCATIONAL ARTS MISS MARY OWENS B.S. in Economics, Northern Illinois State Teachers if 'mfg' ' Collegeg Home Economics I,ll,IIlg Junior Class Ad- 1 f' sq visorg Homemaking Club Advisor. Q MR. JAMES MEYERHOFER B.S. in Education, Northern Illinois State Teachers Collegeg Vocational Machine Shopg Industrial Artsg A Industrial Arts curb Advisor. u if 1't't A MR. LYLE Moss - - B. E., Western Illinois State Teachers College: M.A. , V U' ' flll' 'gld 'lA Qld 'lA , ' nrversrtv o inors n ustria rts n usura rts xv :gl in Club Advisor. ,f MR. HARVEY D. SAFFORD B. S. . University of Illinoisg Vocational Agricultureg I ' Supervisor, Veterans- Vocational Training: F.F.A. ' X Advisor- ssis f f Al ah Z-' .S Now l'1ere's cn concrete example . After ul! my eclucczfin'--

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SOCIAL STUDIES MISS ROSALIE GILES B. S. , University of Wisconsing World Historyg National Honor Society Advisor. MISS RUTH HELLIGAS B.S., University of lllinoisg M.S.. University of Illinoisg American Historyg Debate Coach. MR. BERNARD KNAUER B. S. , Northwestern Universityg M. A. , Northwestern Universityg Social Problemsg Current Problemsg Var- sity Football: Varsity Track Coach: B Club Advisorg National Athletic Scholarship Society Advisor. MR. STAN PATRICK B.A. , University of Illinoisg Civics: Varsity Basket- ball: Varsity Golf: Varsity Tennis: Assistant Varsity Football Coachg National Athletic Scholarship Society Advisor. ,I 5? ' 1' f ea Grind Q pound for mel Democrat or Republican? !

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THERE WERE FOUR CLASSES Sing me a song of high school days, Now tell me which is best: Freshman or Sophomore or Junior year, Does the Senior year beat the rest? That the traditional rivalry among classes goes on whether the year is T877 or T952 is shown by these lines from the T914 yearbook. Since the early days of B.H .S . the classes have been waging friendly war in a contest for supremacy. No one ever wins, but the battle of the egotists goes on year after year. Today our Homecoming and Booster Carnival campaigns perpetuate this rivalry. In years past an annual affair was the flag rush, a contest among the classes which occasionally ended in a free-for-all with rotten tomatoes thrown in for good measure. Each class had yells, mottoes, and colors. The class of 'l4's colors were maroon and white and their yell was, Loop the Loopl Leap the gapl Fourteen's coming, get off the map! The motto for the class of '25 was Don't be a crank, be a self starter. Interclass competition in athletics brought another show of spirit. Most of the time, then as now, classes worked together. They sympothized with one another through the agonies of study and classes. The curriculum in T912 included Caesar, Zoology, Botany, Cicero, Virgil, German, French, Solid Geometry, Sociology, and for seniors there was asemester course in Pedagogy. The only subjects which would not now be considered a part of our college preparatory course were Manual Training and one semester of Agriculture . An above ninety average placed a student on the honor roll, and there were twenty three col leges and universities that B.H .S . graduates could enter without taking entrance examinations. The Class of l9l2 gathered vital statistics to prove thatgetting an education is a tiresome task. They reckoned that during the previous four years, each senior had taken approximately three hun- dred steps between each class. This totaled seven blocks each week or eighty five miles a year. Their choice for president was Teddy Roosevelt-first and last, and they were firmly united on the stand that women should not vote. In l9l8there were forty seven alumni fighting in the war over there. The iunior-senior banquet dates back to the l800's although the prom was a 20th. century addition. Each year the senior play was a spectacular event with titles ranging from Come Out of the Kitchen in T926 to The Tightwad in l93O. Our own choice for president is not so unan- imous, and our play is Our Miss Brooks. But the banquet, the prom, the interclass activities are enjoyed as fully as theywere then. lt's been thatway ever since the firstgreen freshmen walked into the school and said, We are the class of '77. Fourth Grade, Washington, i895 I