Black Hawk College - Sauk Yearbook (Moline, IL)

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TI-IE FIRST FirsT is deTined as TOremosT in rank, quaIiTy, imporTance, eTc.3 happening or acTing beTore all oThersg and preceding all oThers in a series. These are The sTandards used in awarding TirsT To The I958-I959 Galaxy. This is The FIRST yearbook published aT Moline CommuniTy College. We Take pride in iTs pubIicaTion and Teel sure ThaT upon inspecTion OT The yearbook you will agree ThaT iT meeTs all OT The accepTed sTandards necessary To be raTed as FIRST. The Galaxy is one OT many TirsTs aT The college This year. A Tull schedule OT day classes, direcTor OT sTudenT acTiviTies, school newspaper-The ComeT, vocal group, baske+baII championship in The Mississippi Valley Junior College ConTerence and in The Illinois Junior College ConTerence, cheerleaders, and a play wriTTen and presenTed by members OT The sTudenT body were among The many TirsTs. The Galaxy sTaTT had The privilege and responsibiIiTy OT reporTing These and many oTher acTiviTies. The yearbook is designed To record The iIIusTrious pasT OT The college since iTs beginning in I946, To record evenTs Transpiring during The currenT school year, and To charT a course OT acTion Tor Those ThaT Tollow, The Galaxy sTaTT has puT TorTh every eTTorT To make The yearbook a quaIiTy producT. The yearbook represenTs The mosT compIeTe hisTory OT The college available Today and provides a challenge To TuTure Galaxy sTaTTs To equal or surpass The eTTorTs OT This year's sTaTT. IT was necessary To record someThing OT The hisTory OT The college in order To place currenT evenTs in proper perspecTive. Much OT This year's progress was made possible by The exceIIenT work done in previous years by sTudenTs, TacuITy, and adminisTraTion. Each OT my predecessors had a unique conTribuTion To make which cOnTribuTed To The growTh and developmenT OT The college and I'm sure ThaT They, as I, Take a personal inTeresT in The progress OT The college. The communiTy should be proud OT achieve- menTs OT sTudenTs, TacuITy, and adminisTraTors who have been aTTiliaTed wiTh The college in The pasT and I'm sure will have reason To be equally proud OT Those now aTTiIiaTed wiTh The college. IT's inTeresTing To noTe ThaT one OT my predecessors, Dr. DwighT Davis, is presenTIy serving as SuperinTendenT OT The Moline Public School SysTem. IT's a privilege To be assOciaTed wiTh Moline CommuniTy College during This era OT rapid growTh and deveIopmenT. On behaIT OT The TacuITy, I am pleased To Take This opporTuniTy To exTend To The sTudenTs besT wishes Tor conTinued success. On behaIT OT The sTudenTs, I wish To Take This opporTuniTy To Thank The people OT The communiTy Tor making iT possible To provide The wide range OT educaTionaI oppor- TuniTies which are available aT The college.

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i? fi Q N -v-.N ..,,.,.X., x ,WM L i i sl , , l W, f 9 - .N L, S I 5 ,. 4 Q 9-el,,,,R. DR. EUGENE MQCLINTOCK, Dean ol Moline Communily College

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Directors and Deans Who I-Iave Guided IVICC me' ,i f, GERALD W. SMlTl-l, Principal ol Moline Senior l-liglu Scluocul and Direclor ol MCC, lC?4S-V753 DR. WILLIAM FRENCH Principal ol Moline Senior l-liglu and Direclor ol Moline Communify caliege, I953-I955 , nf 1 fl: 2 X 11 , , ,IuF,r5'f - ' ai, ' i MQ 1 .fwliv is s. ,QIN N, 1 , V A lw'w, Tluirleen years ol growllu is llue luislory ol Moline Comrnunily College lrom ils inceplion in I946 lo llue presenl lime. Tlue idea lor a college developed in May, I946, wluen llue Board ol Educalion eslalnlislued llue 6-4-4 educalional plan: six years ele- menlary, lour years iunior luiglu, and lour years senior lwiglu and junior college. Beginning as an Exlension Division ol llue Universily ol Illinois, Moline Communily College opened ils doors Seplember 22, I946, willu 220 sludenls, llue maiorily ol wluom were velerans allending under llue CSI bill. Tlue courses and lexlboolcs were lluose ol llue Universily ol Illinois and llue sludenls were regislered as sludenls ol llue Universily. l-lowever, llue slall was cluosen enlirely by llue adminislralors ol 'flue Moline Scluool Syslem. Tuilion was lixed al a level lo cover llue cosls ol llue program. ln l948 Moline Communily College operaled independenlly ol llue Universily ol lllinois excepl lor lluose sludenls wlwo were already in llwe co-operalive plan. ln Seplember, I949, Moline Communily College was enlirely irudependenl ol llwe universily. Gerald W. Smillu, now superinlendenl ol Elmwood Parlc Communily l-liglu Scluool al Elmwood Parlc, lllinois, was assigned llue responsibilily lor doing llue adminislralive work necessary lo sel up llue Exlension Division. l-le began luis worlc on July 8, l946. Mr. Lloyd Asluby was Principal ol Moline l-liglu Scluool and Direclor ol llue College, bul Mr. Smillu carried llue responsibilily lor all direcl managemenl. Upon Mr. Aslwbyls resignalion in llue spring ol l947, Mr. Smillu was named as luis successor, a posilion lue lueld unlil I953. From l946 unlil llue lall ol l955, llue principal ol Moline Higlw Scluool also served as direclor ol Moline Communily College. Tluree principals luave served in lluis capacily: Lloyd Asluby, lnol picluredl l946-l948p Gerald Smillu, IQ48-l953g Dr. William Frenclu, l953-l955. u lu l Il 1h u Q