Black Hawk College - Sauk Yearbook (Moline, IL)

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'H Q.. UT , 1 ff' W .f f 4:-. T, A X - pe. - ' D 1 xr' 'i ,.-..-v 1 . ' ,r 'Il ' . - .1 1 gift' - -Lf: ' .f3.,, 4 .,.1f .1'f.:e 1 x 4 N... Linh-. .5 EirsT Dean oT Moline Commu C0116-ge, I948-1952 DR. DWIGHT DAVIS, Dean I953-I955 f'4-32 ,, Y 5, T.. . CHARLES CARTER. DR. CHARLES cHAP1v1AN. niTy Dean 1950-195' Dean 1952-1953 DOUGLAS TALCOTT. The college has also had six Tull Time deans. Dr. Charles Chapman, The TirsT Tull Time dean served Trom I948 To I952. His Tour years oT service here were inTerrupTed by a leave oT absence Tor graduaTe sTudy during I95O-I95I. In Dr. Chapman's absence Mr. Charles CarTer served as dean. AlThough his work aT MCC was largely adminisTraTive, Dr. Chapman TaughT hisTory and sociology, and helped esTablish sTudenT governmenT and aThleTic policies. IT was under Dr. Chapman's direcTion ThaT The sTudenTs in a cor1TesT chose COMET as Their college name. In I952 when Dr. Chapman resigned To accepT a posiTion in The ConTra CosTa Junior College DisTricT in Concord, CaliTornia, Mr. Douglas TalcoTT, MCC psychology Teacher, Toolc over The duTies oT dean. Upon Mr. TalcoTT's resignaTion in l953 Dr. DwighT Davis became The dean, a posiTion he held Tor Two years. Then in l955 Dr. Davis was promoTed To SuperinTendenT oT The Moline Public Schools. Dr. George Gilluly replaced Dr. Davis aT MCC. When Dr. Gilluly, who served as dean Tor Two years, accepTed a posiTion in The Personnel DeparTmer1T oT The Rock Island Lines in l957, Dr. Eugene Mc- ClinToclc, The presenT dean, was named his successor. 5 DR. GEORGE GILLULY, Dean I955-T957 DR. EUGENE MCCLINTOCK, PresenT Dean

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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

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K' Student Director, Another First in Our Galaxy Dr. l-lilda Wells, psychology instructor at MCC, is the tirst director ot student activities in the history ot the college. She has held this position tor the past year. One ot her tirst projects was to set up two lounges, one on the ground tloor tor intormal gatherings, snaclas and relaxingg the other on the second tloor tor reading and studying. Anyone interested in organizing a new club or sponsor- ing a school activity consults with Dr. Wells betore going ahead with the proiect. The Science Club, swimming parties, and college dances all tlourished under Dr. Wells' guidance. Students watch the bulletin board tor notices trom Dr. Wells concerning available iobs in this area. Our student activities director has served as secretary- treasurer tor the Quad-City Institute ot World Attairsg she also teaches Sociology to a group ot nurses trom the Moline hospitals. Dr. Wells last tall taught Psychology IOO to employees at the East Moline State Hospital.