Moline High School - M Yearbook (Moline, IL)

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Mrs. Patricia Bernardi, on the far right, explains the principles of Mastery Learning to Soph Enghish teachers Miss Linda Thornburg, Mr. Tom Derouin, Miss Opal Carson, and Mrs. Virginia Moffit. John A. Adam English Dolores Beckmann English Patricia Bernardi English James S. Bradley English Doris Briley English Opal Carson English Elinor Case Librarian Kathleen Curry Librarian Tom Derouin English Janice DeTaeye English Jennie Ellison English Judith L. Funk English 14

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Counselors SENIORS Ralph McMinn Frieda Schnowske Emily Stotlar JUNIORS Harold Griffith Joe Wasson Janet Woods SOPHOMORES Helen Andersen Jack Coder Stan Woods Bill Best Dean of Students Jack Brown Activities Director Roger Potter Athletics Director 13

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English Teachers Travel; Mrs. Case New Librarian Innovation was the key word in the English department this year. Mrs. Bernardi headed a new program called Confidence Testing, or Mastery Learning, where both the teaching and testing are judged on the possibility, or degree of accuracy, rather than on definite right or wrong answers. Also new is the forming of many special committees to investigate new ideas for both the gifted student and the slow learner. The English department learned from the trips of several of its members, Mr. Adam to Evanston, Miss Carson and Mrs. Briley to DeKalb, and Miss Roseberg and Miss Neumann to Champaign. Special methods to aid the gifted are already being practiced there. Some of the variations being planned for the future consist of independent study, group projects, and panel projects. The English department will suffer the absence of Mrs. Dor- othy Larkin, who will retire next year. She has taught both senior and sophomore English. Mrs. Elinor Case is the newest addition to the library staff, replacing the former assistant librarian, Mrs. Daurel Bebber. Other changes in the library are the new rules requiring stu- dents to have passes to get into the library before school. Over- due book fines are paid in the magazine room in the morning to eliminate congestion. Does Lady Macbeth have a stronger character than her husband? Mrs. Doris Briley asks one of her English literature classes. Geneva Henss Nurse DeWayne Roush English Sharon Hester English Luch Shawgo English Dorothy Larkin English Phylita Shinneman English Virginia Moffitt English Linda Thornburg English Barbara Neumann English Thomas Tomlinson English Betty Roseberg English Mary Youngdahl English 15