Moline High School - M Yearbook (Moline, IL)

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THE laid The Maroon and White. Air: The Orange and It tack. Fred A del man 'OS. I. Although classes always favor A color of their own. And in honor of fair flowers To a certain bloom bow down, Yet will ne’er a flower fragrant. Nor color howe’er bright Win the love all classes offer To the old Maroon and White. II. Through the four long years of striving Midst scenes we know the best, As we bend our wills to forging 'I'hc key of true success— Or we win athletic victories With honor and delight. Still we work for Alma Mater And the old Maroon and White. III. If in life’s great field of battle We share in deeds of fame. Or if by chance misfortune Strikes low our cherished aim. We will turn in joy or sadness And in fond fancy’s flight. Recall those days of gladness ’Xeath the old Maroon and White. 11

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THE 1913 none in the state. The trophies of that memorable year still adorn the school walls and the thrilling story of their capture is told to every student. And not unlike other stories that have been handed down by word of mouth, they have lost nothing in the telling. After these triumphs, Moline rested on her laurels for about four years and then she experienced a sudden awakening. She realized that other people had been doing things, and so got busy to make up for lost time. On two weeks' notice she recruited a football team that came near wiping up the state, staged some oratorical and declamatory contests that rivaled the best, and then, just to show folks that she could, she published a 1913 Senior annual. By this time enrollment in the High School had grown from two hundred to five hundred and fifty. Every square foot of space in the building was in use. and more was imperatively needed. During the summer of 1912 the question of building a larger structure was submitted to the people, and lost, chiefly through over-confidence on the part of the supporters of the movement. A campaign of information was now started by the school authorities, alumni and students; and on March 29. 1913. when the question was again brought up. it was carried by a two to one vote. A building to cost $200.-000 was ordered erected on the school ground just cast of the present structure. It is expected that the class of 1915 will he the first Senior class to enjoy its advantages. and though the present building may soon close its doors to high school students, by those who have known it. it will never he forgotten, and the activities held under its roof will always form a bright page in the history of Moline High School. 10

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