Black Hawk College - Sauk Yearbook (Moline, IL)

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What Year? The staff and students have worked hard to make this the most important year at MCC. This, for those of us having lived it, was the most important year at Moline Community College because we were able to make use of our own experience as well as the contributions made by those who passed this way in years gone by. The 1960 Galaxy and its theme-A Year at MCC-are synonymous. Events, as they unfolded during the school year 1959-60, were recorded, edited and compiled into one rather comprehensive report - the 1960 Galaxy. The span of time included in the record, one year, was the same as the time required to complete the report. Inspection of the 1960 Galaxy supports the proposition that this was the most important year at MCC. A year at MCC, as recorded in the 1960 Galaxy, represents a great many things. This was the fourteenth year the college had been in operation. Mem- bers of the thirteenth graduating class are listed herein. This was the second year the college had operated in facilities separate and apart from other levels of the Moline School System. This was the year the Annex -built in 1894 -was removed to provide more adequate parking for staff and students. This was the year. But it varied for each member of the staff and student body. This year, as in previous years, the college staff continued to grow in num- bers and stature. Two members of the faculty were awarded scholarships last summer and returned just before classes began last fall. They and other fac- ulty co-operating with members of the secretarial and custodial staff, were largely responsible for the continued growth and success of our college. This was the year two members of the staff, Mr. Wally Anderson, custodian, and Mrs. Margaret Halliday, registrar, retired from service at the college. In 1959-60 more students than ever before were enrolled at MCC. During the fall semester, 992 students registered for classes in the College Division. A greater per cent of those students ranked in the upper fifty, upper twenty- five, or upper ten per cent of their high school graduating class than had been true with previous groups entering the college. A greater per cent of those students earned higher scores on the School and College Ability Test than of previous groups taking the test. This was the year the student body grew in quality as well as in quantity. This indeed with the most important year at MCC. We must remember, however, that nothing is good or bad. All things are better or worse. There- fore, this year's accomplishments can only be used in making a comparison with past years or those ahead. As a representative of the staff of MCC, I challenge you - the administra- tion, the staff, and the student body - to make next year and each succeed- ing year better than this one and thereby the most important year at MCC. -DR. EUGENE MCCLINTOCK, DEAN