Central High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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Of the merits determining a school's standing, one of the most important is the size and quality of its library. If Davenport High School were to be judged on this fact alone, it would un- doubtedly rank very high. Every type of book imaginable is included on the library's shelves — from those on planning club programs to the more complex volumes on Dar- win's theory of evolution. Coupled with the many periodicals subscribed to by the school, these books make accessible to the individual an unlimited wealth of knowledge. Miss Myrtlo Dunlap, left, and Mrs. Gladys Goss chock in returning books. Members of the library staff, left to right, arc Maya Hanson. Konnoth Rosen- boom. Millio Hendricks. Joyce Buhman. Ruby Fitzgerald, and Roger Dahms. Kneeling are Lois Howell and Joy Har- rington. 19

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$ rr Language toachers. left to right. Miss Minnie Eskelson. Miss Dorothy Blackman. Miss Florence Anderson, and Miss Flossie Bates. Norris Magnuson. left, demonstrates tho workings of a “turris to Donna Adrian. Eleanor Bane. lane Fredericks, and Edinc Grady. Louise Lord, loft, and Both Loufek explain some difficult French. It's a small world during these days of the atom bomb, the faster- than-sound rocket, and the televised radio show. When it's possible to hop into a jet plane at the Moline Airport and to be in Canada in an hour and ten minutes, one realizes what a small'' world it is. One also realizes just how important it is to have friendly relations with foreign nations throughout the world. How can friendly relations be ac- complished? It has often been said that a nation is known through its language. When one knows the lan- guage and habits of a nation's people, it is possible for one to get along with the inhabitants of that nation. Davenport High School offers many language courses — Latin, the basis of all Romantic languages, Spanish, the language of our South American neighbors; French, and German. The classes aim towards imparting a fundamental knowledge of grammar to enable the student to take more specialized courses at in- stitutions of higher learning. It is through these courses which attempt to further better understand- ing of nations and of their culture that Davenport High School is striv ing to provide better world unity.

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L. E. Wass, director of Industrial and Adult Education. There are undoubtedly a great number of Davenport High School students who will go directly from school into some form of industrial work. To prepare these students to meet the present day requirements, Davenport High School has established a foundry which is the only one of its kind within a radius of eleven states. Advanced students in printing are occupied with the printing of the school paper, running off P.T.A. programs or posters for some high school activity. Those in the beginning classes spend class periods at gaining proficiency in type setting. Ralph Tiedje. Loui Bockenfcld. and Raymond Co!cor operate lathes in the vocational machine shop. Industrial arts instructors, left to right, are Charles Gesell, Roland G. Krieb, Charles F. McCoy, Clifton H. Matz, Chester G. Anderson, Joseph H. Carr, Ted Sturm, and A1 Wiegmann. 20