Central High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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Davenport High School Faculty. 1927 Miss Barbara Hess. 1967 14

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Swimming Team. 1967 Coach Jesse Day and 1940 Trackslers From a few sets of crude wooden bleachers at the Old Brady Street Stadium, enthusiastic students watched Coach Jesse Day's Daymen battle on the football field. They had to brave the mid-afternoon sun instead of cool night air because of inadequate lighting for night games. The Moon men. under Coach Paul Moon, played basketball teams from Chicago. Galesburg. Mooseheart. and even as far as De Vibiss. Ohio. Only in later years did the DHS athletic teams become officially known as the Blue Devils. The girls of the twenties originated their own basket- ball and track teams while boy cheerleaders led the stu- dent body in victory cheers. The yells have changed from bold boom-a-lacka's to more conservative yeah red. yeah blue’s. Football. Laic I930's

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Knowledge never stands still. It is always moving, changing with the times. APP Chemistry. BSCS Biology, and physics have replaced the agriculture” course of the past. Under the pressure and search for understanding, a once stagnant curriculum has been revolutionized by mod- ern math, language labs, and speed reading courses. Our fathers worried about a different grading alphabet than we do today E’s. G's. Fs. and P's. There were once two separate senior classes. One graduated in January, the other in June, depending on which side of January their birthdays fell. Today’s sopho- mores once had their places filled by fres hies when DHS was a four-year high school. Student hall monitors and the mourner's bench took care of unruly students. Given increased responsibility today, the students, them- selves. have lessened the disciplinary problem. Just as knowledge continues to grow those who teach adapt themselves to change. Thus, they become a living part of Central. Some even become tradition. Football Coach Jim Fox. 1950 Band Director F. E. Morti boy. 1953 15