Abraham Lincoln Junior High School - Annual Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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Bmk row: Kenneth Orton, Assistant Superintendent; W. R. McIntosh, Superintendent of Schools, Jerald Raasch, Director of Building and Grounds. Seated: Noble J. Schmidt, Clifford Carlson, Frank St. Angel, Vera Walling; Administrat- ing Assistant, Alan Mattison, President of the Board of Education, Kenneth Jensen, Mrs. Evelyn Goldman, Mrs. Phoebe Barnes, Harry Wemple, Richard Bodin. BOARD OF EDUCATION The managing of our public schools is under the supervision of the Rockford Board of Education. The members of the board are appointed by the mayor and serve with- out pay. The board is made up of various businessmen and private citizens. The main function of this board is to decide policies for the entire school system. Each board member is assigned by the president to serve on one of three committees. The Educational Committee handles the instructional businessethe hiring and the ap- proving of teachers. The finance and Purchasing Committee examines the ordering of supplies and adjusts the salary rates of the teachers. The building and Grounds Committee determines the need for new buildings and has charge of the upkeep and repair of schools. The committee also has charge of the custodial staff. This year the Board of Education was undergoing drastic changes. Many new members were added to the board to replace those who felt that they had done their bit of service for the city schools. We people in the city of Rockford are indeed fortunate to have such capable and unselfish people working to improve the educational system, and provide for the children of Rockford the type of schools of which we can well be proud.

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One of the happiest days of my life was the day on which I found out that I had been chosen editor of the 1958 Abels Album. Along with this happiness, however, went tremors of fear and trepidation. Would I be able to put out the yearbook in as good a fashion as it had been done in the past few years? I soon found out that the members of the staff had these same fears, and were wondering what the end produce would be. Soon we found that by pooling our ideas and opinions we could reach compromises which would include all of our ideas, and still fit the ideas into the format of the annual. Work- ing with our advisor, we began to fit the ideas into a basic theme. At first this seemed to be an almost impossible task, but the more we worked on it the clearer the ideas became. Before long we had the first page finished, and with extreme pride we stepped back to admire this piece of handiwork. Little by little the book began to grow. The art staff finished the drawings, the stu- dent pictures were identified and placed, ads were sold, and the pictures taken in the classes were matched to the Writeups done by the staff members. In what seemed to be only a few weeks, but in reality proved to be the better portion of the school year, the book left the school and began the journey to the printers. What started out as a year of wonderment has turned out to be a year of complete amazement. I now realize that without the help of the entire staff it is impossible for an editor to produce a yearbook. It is for this reason that I want to take this chance to thank all of those people who helped to make this book the success that I am certain it will prove to be. I know that the satisfaction of being editor is one which cannot be enjoyed by everyone, but for the chance of fulfulling this important position, and representing the ninth grade at Lincoln Jr. High School in the 1958 Abe's Album, I am truly grateful. I hope that as you peruse this book you will feel the pride of school and class that is mine today, and that as the years slide past, you will look back on this year and the friends you knew as the best in your life.