Moline High School - M Yearbook (Moline, IL)

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TWENTY-F IVE YEARS OF SERVICE Twenty-live years as principal of Moline High School! That is HE. Pfsl' record. Twenty-five classes have passed in review before him. Twenty-five years have passed which we hope have not been without their compensations despite the hard work which they have entailed. Twenty-five years, watching the educational progress of our community. For there has been progress-almost unbelievable progress. When Mr. Nutting first came here in 1905, the building we know as the Central Grammar was the High School. The enrollment was 385, the teaching staff num- bered 16. Classes ran from nine until twelve in the morning and from one-thirty until three in the afternoon, everyone had dinner at the same time. There was no cafeteria-the students who carried their luncheon devoured it in the seclusion of the classroom. Dancing at school was Htabool' and there was only one party a year- the Junior-Senior Prom-which was held in one of the down-town lodges. Plays were given in one of the theaters, rehearsals were impossible since it cost from 525.00 to 3350.00 to rent the show house. There were no office clerksg only a librarian who took care of the attendance records. Mr. Nutting had charge of locker keys, absences, admit slips, and, in addition to this, taught several classes, too! Now he is in a Knew building that has become so crowded as to necessitate the construction of a junior High. The faculty has grown from 16 to S5 and only two of the 16 are still here-Miss Warner and Miss Melin. Classes are held from eight to three continuously and pupils eat during one of three lunch periods. This year the cafeteria took care of between 700 and 800 patrons a day. Each class has four parties a year in the school gym at which dancing is the main attraction. From four to six dramatic productions are given every year in our own auditorium. There are two office clerks who take care of pracitcally all of the routine work, thus allowing Mr. Nutting to devote his time to handling of the many duties which are contingent to the managing of a good-sized school. Twenty-five years! But after all, it is not so longg it is just a good beginning- Iine practice for the work he has yet to do. And on his silver anniversary as prin- cipal of our High School, we wish him a long future and all the joy and happiness to which he is entitled. THE CLASS OF 1930, ,... Wg gm-R f Thirteen