Moline High School - M Yearbook (Moline, IL)

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Uur Student ffxecutiale g0dl'dA THE LITERARY BOARD OF CONTROL. At table: Miss Ella Cockrell, Mr. Elof Peterson, Miss Barbara Garst. Standing: Dean Spencer, Don Berkstedt, Daphne Person, Ann Ainsworth, Gertrude Flick, Bill F alk, Bill Matthews. THE ATHLETIC BOARD OF CONTROL. Front row: Miss Ruth Spencer, Mr. George Senneif, Mr. George Melin, Mr. Dolph Lain. Back row: Mr. C. W. Holm- gren, Bill Hall, Wayne Simonsen, Bob Ryser. 18

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With its membership list open to every senior, the Civics Club has grown to be our largest organization. Perhaps the most worthy of all senior activities, it uniquely but efficiently combines sociability with the study of civic affairs toward the betterment of our com- munity as a whole. Under the capable spon- sorship of Miss Lind and Miss Day, the stu- dent leaders this year were Norma Dendooven Henry Doyle, Jack Moore, and Robert Craig, President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer respectively. 7 One of the many committees of this Club makes the first official move of an organiza- tion when it conducts their class elections the second week of school. This is the Election Committee, and its members serve the school in that they conduct honest and efficient elec- tions, and they also benefit themselves by learning election procedure. A popular feature of the Club is its trips to places of civic interest. Thus, the members have an opportunity of obtaining first-hand practical knowledge of our city government. One trip this year was the attendance at a meeting of the City Council and an inspection tour of the City Hall. Further educational tours were omitted because of curtailed trans- portation facilities. Another service to the school as a whole is the Clubis providence of programs and speakers for assembly programs on historic days. For example, a talk was given by Police Magis- trate Turnbaugh on Constitution Day. Several members of the Club combined to de- liver a panel discussion on how the high school is building for peace. These students were Norma Dendooven, Dave Kleinman, Bert Ebi, Walf1'ed Peterson, and John Colby. This was given before the Club at the regular meeting, and later before the Coolidge Junior High P. T. A. Outside speakers for the monthly Club meet- ings were Oscar Christoiferson. who showed interesting and inspiring motion pictures of the warg Mr. Ed Anderson, Superintendent of the Water Works, who delivered a helpful talk on municipal sanitation and city governmentg and Mrs. Easborn Rusco, who gave a timely wealth of information on point rationing. OFFICERS Civics Club President-NORMA DENDOOVEN Vice PTQStd97lt-HENRY DOYLE SQCTQHLTQ-JACK MOORE Treasurer-ROBERT CRAIG 010' C'iz7icA C1116 few Tlaingii Rolling Q4 Evfgff A -A get 17

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Soon after class elections determined the members, these student committees and fac- ulty co-workers, the Athletic Board and the Literary Board, met for the purpose of plan- ning athletic and literary events of the year. Numerous new problems arose this year in regard to these because of the present world conflict, but these student-faculty groups gave us a year of activities which will long be remembered at M. H. S. In co-operation with the War Production Board, the administration and the students gave support to a nation-wide scrap drive, which included the turning in of all types of metal for aid to the War effort. Likewise co-operating with the Treasury De- partment, war stamps were sold weekly in our third period classes. As nearly as can be esti- mated at the time of this Writing, War stamp sales for the entire year amounted to well over 38,500.00 Various groups gave roll call programs in connection with these stamp drives which gave added impetus to the sale of war stamps. A novel scheme used to pro- mote sales was a large Wall poster fsee illus- trationj bearing a likeness of that hated scoundrel, Adolph Schicklegruber. For each dollar's worth of war stamps sold a small square on the chart was painted a certain color, and when completed, Hitler was com- pletely covered by an American flag. V I Otto Bud Samuelson and Jim Johnston get in the scrap during the fall scrap drive. Wan YI 14ctiaIitieA Un 14 Wal-time 84414 Miss Day demonstrates a bit of her sales technique in the Adolph Shick1eg1-uber gets stamped out by enthusiastic war stamp sales campaign, war stamp purchasers. Q gi, . Ig S Sy W 1 ad, Y-1 lk JS agfu , 3 , 5 A... I TAMD ouT HWLER i P l 5 Q Si 53 E . . L5 T g. t is . . A :Q s . A. .Ll 19