The Tower: Class of 1975

Class History

51 Freshmen entered Belleville in the fall of '71. Many of us soon became involved in sports and many of our girls became cheerleaders. We had our first money-making project which was a record hop.

our Sophomore year came and we decided to attempt another moneymaking project so besides another record hop, we held a car wash. It was very successful and we had a lot of fun and the dryers in the Home Ec. room got a good workout from some of the girls, too.

Our Junior year brought with it many decisions to make and our class had to really start pulling together. in February our long-awaited class rings arrived. We changed the style from square to oval and as if we hadn't waited long enough, some had to be sent back because they had defects. We held one dance, one record hop, sold bulletin boards, citrus fruit, had a Dutch-maid party at Mary Jo's, and took our turn at the home basketball games.

In the fall of '74, 45 Seniors entered the halls of UAB. Right away we were set into action with the taking of Senior Portraits. We then turned our thoughts to raising money and we put our efforts into our Senior Play, "It's Great to Be Crazy." We made $585, (a school record), and set two more school records with our play; the largest attendance on the second night, and the biggest presale ($405). many of us were also kept busy filling out college applications and were involved in taking Regents, ACT, and SAT tests. We soon found that this was not in vain since 6 of us won Regents Scholarships and 2 were chosen as alternates. We held 2 dances and decided to hold a Junior-Senior Prom, which hasn't been held at Belleville for many years. We had good community support for this and hope it will continue at Belleville.

As the year comes to an end and our thoughts turn to graduation, we leave a strong tradition, many friends, many memories, and knowing we had a good start in life.

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