Moline High School - M Yearbook (Moline, IL)

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Upon the retirement of Miss Barbara Garst last year, Mr. John Adam was chosen head of the English Depart- ment Between the duties of his newly acquired position and those as adviser of the 4t M” yearbook, he was kept excep- tionally busy during the year. In all three grades of English, a new curriculum for literature was added. Each class voted on five novels and read the one chosen. Most of the sophomore teachers moved into the J-wing and others were assigned throughout the building. The transition was not an easy one, but it should result in an improved curriculum. Mrs. Mary Youngdahl was selected as winner of the IATJ Gold Key Award for meritorious service to scholastic journalism. She presented the award during a conference at the University of Illinois in September. Requirements of the English department caught the many moods of the students. Studies of mythology ' , folk- lore, poetry, drama, and other forms of literature were added to the students’ growing knowledge of English. Also, MW s(| w 4 ; held throucjVffthe reading of- Twain, Heming- way, and Shakespeare. To the amazement of some, poetry £P. was found to be a wonderful experience; especially when written by Bryant, Frost, and Poe. r Magic of American, Dorothy Larkin Ralph McMinn irginia Moffitt English English , Counselor English Miss Kathleen Curry congratulates members of the Library Club on winning first place in the car division in the homecoming parade and English Literature Barbara Neumann I ya Owrn Betty Roseberg English Special Education English De Wayne Roush Enghsh . tional Thespians Lucy Shaw go English, Kaleidoscript Mary Youngdahl Phylita Shinneman J anet Woods English. Journalism, Karen Ziegler English English , Counselor Line O ' Type English 15

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Kathleen Curry Jennie Ellison Librarian, Library English Club Judith Funk Harold Griffith English English, Counselor Connie Hamilton English, Debate Gary Hobbs English, Speech, rensics Teachers Expose Students to the Enduring Preparing the Line O ' Type ' s fall entry forjudging by the Columbia Scho- lastic Press Association: Mrs. Mary Youngdahl, adviser to the newspaper staff, looks over the first semester of issues. Last year the LO’T received the CSPA Medalist award for its superior publication U

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Helping World History teacher Mr Alan Case, Diane Bledsoe points out places discussed in the news report to her fellow classmates. Our world — yesterday, today, and tomorrow — is the main topic of the M US (Sodal Science department. To grovo te discussion and debate, numerous audio-visual aids were intro- duced into the department this year. World (History, required of all sophomores, involved an overall look at man ' s civilization from its beginning to its present day complexities. A series of overhead projectors were purchased for the past year ' s classes. Taking up the study of our own country, juniors were re- quired to study (Xi rican (History . Initiating the year w th the 5 four ding of the colonies, (they pursued the asY of tKe United States up to the administration of Lyndon B. Johnson. collection of lecture records were used with the course for the first time. Final social studies requirement was one semester of gov- ernment. Seniors were instructed in the working of our federal, state, and local governments. However, tc be eligible for departmental honors, a senior must have ji additional half credit. This could h ve lieen met by taking (Sociology, (jf onomics, orthography. Available in the MHS library are several current social science books which have been R equisitione d by the depart- mental head, Miss Helen Andersen. Magazines and the vertical file also offer sources of materials for reports. History Classes Tell Pupils of Yesterday, Helen B Andersen Social Studies, Coun- selor Cullen R Case Social Studies Jack Coder Social Studies, Coun- selor R A. Devinney Social Studies, Audio- visual Jack Dye Social Studies, Coif Mary C. Foster Social Studies Chuck I ws Frances L. Johnson Social Studies, hoot- George Manus Social Studies hall. Wrestling Social Studies Jack L. Miller Social Studies, Rifle Club Robert Moore Social Studies, Base- ball, Girls ' Pep Club, X Student Congress Thyra C Perry Social Studies, Red Cross 16