Benton Township High School - Scarab Yearbook (Benton, IL)

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Means Activity first hour classes of American literature, physics, or typing. They begin their studies; they learn the home key bases, do an experiment in lab, or read a poem such as ‘'Richard Cory.” The routine continues all morning. Noon hour comes, and the cafeteria is soon full. The noon hour is usually busy for most BCHS students. Perhap there is an ECHO, Key Club, or F.H.A As fourth hour comes around, the sc down to academic work once again. suddenly there, and the boys practice athletics. The bell rings at 3:14 and another school day has passed in The World of BCHS. a Veen ye Sa A SE { x Hard working seniors.

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Benton High School students begin to appear on the ''campus'’ usually anytime after 7:30 a.m. Some come with only a grin and a cheery hello, but then others come waddling in with a stack of books a foot high. These students have a variety of things to do to occupy their time until school starts. They can be seen on the front lawn, in the old gym, or clustered in groups of five and ten here and there. The bell rings at 8:15 and The World of BCHS begins. Teenagers scurry inside, make a brief trip to their lockers, and start off down the hall to their The World of B.C.H.S. Snow again today.

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But the day is not always made up of school work and club meetings. There are quite a few lyceums and assemblies ranging from musical pro- grams to pep rallies before the big game. A school year passes quickly in The World of BCHS. I+ be- gins in late summer when the freshmen finally lose all their fears and learn their way along the halls of BCHS. Cheers are yelled by many loud and enthusiastic fans at the football games. Autumn appears, bring- ing along cool breezes and colorful leaves. What messy housekeepers. Are