Moline High School - M Yearbook (Moline, IL)

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From her front row seat at Wharton field house, Miss Ruth Spencer awaits the pre-game ceremonies. An enthuiastic supporter o f MHS athletic teams, Miss Spencer attends all home games and often chaperons buses to away games. Ruth Spencer Ends Years of Service, Dedication Miss Ruth Spencer began her teaching career in 1917, and came to Moline in 1928. Botany and zoology were her first subjects, but for the last twenty-nine years, she has taught biology, first on a secondary level, then at Coolidge from 1946 until she returned to the high school in 1953. A keen interest in sports has filled much of her time, as she avidly supported the Maroon players, especially the baseball team. She has set a sterling example for students, especially in her attendance, which Mr. Lamont Hultgren says has been “absolutely tremendous.” And so, it is to Miss Ruth Spencer that the 1965 “M” staff dedicates this book, the 53rd volume of the “M”. As head of the science department. Miss Spencer must help coordinate and regulate the science program at Moline high school. It’s always spring in the solarium no matter what the weather is outside. Miss Spencer pauses for a moment during her busy schedule to enjoy the beauty of the plants with her student teacher, Miss Karen Burgeson. 3

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This was the year that politics captured the at- tention of all MHS students, that new courses and teachers expanded our areas of learning, that two world leaders, Herbert Hoover and Winston Churchill passed away, that numerous students stood in line for schedule changes, that Moline began assemblies again with the use of closed circuit television, that the weather played havoc with the Moline area, that Moline won the toma- hawk back from Rocky, and that Moline (entered the State tournament as a member of the Elite Eight) at Champaign. 5