Belvidere High School - Belvi Yearbook (Belvidere, IL)

Page 11 text:

The Sphinx, typical of South Belvidere High School, was named simply the Yearbook in l9l3 at the consolidation of North and South Belvidere High schools. Steadily grow- ing in size and stature with the school, city, and nation, every Yearbook and Annual learned from previous years' experiences and added its year's own original and distinctive styling. By popular election in l9l9 the stu- dent body chose a new name for their year- book, significant and appropriate to Belvidere High School instead of the general title of Yearbook or Annual. This was the birth of our Belvi. These fifty volumes show the true tra- ditions of the school and have made a tradition of their own. From year to year the yearbook changes slightly, maybe enormously, even though the students, sports, and organizations must be re- corded. One year a new idea such as indi- vidual pictures for all the students receives so much comment and enthusiasm that today they seem essential. Each staff' strives for different ideas, new fields of interest, and a grand theme. So each of all the yearbooks varies from the others in its own special way and re- tains the elements typical of all. Together all the yearbooks throughout the last half century have shown spellbinding achievement in the presentation of Belvidere High School and its growing traditions.

Page 10 text:

Conafanffy Ckanging fuer glxlaancling . . .

Page 12 text:

pcwf Jn! uencing Even in the first few Belvis, the strong spirit of the students, hard work of scholars, and total par- ticipation of adept athletes were predominate factors iust as in this past year. You can recognize these factors of this often abstract tradition more readily in the last year with much more meaning and your own wonderful memories, for you were the students, scholars, and athletes. Remember Homecoming--very special indeed--poster parties, keen candidates, brilliant campaigning, but most important the revived spirit! Starting among the upper classes, this spirit spreads throughout all the students, even drawing in the fascinated freshmen. Each class loudly supports its own, and all classes are behind the teams! Each year the same spirit returns like all our true traditions.