Moline High School - M Yearbook (Moline, IL)

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'Q MEllCkll MBbG D Lzterary Coaches An important faculty trio holds the ary groups of the school Miss Ella Cockrell head of the Eng 11sh department business manages the Junior and senior plays faculty advises the Line 0 Type and badg ers the Literary association into ac tion Continually marking on her desk with her ever present Parker eversharp clenched in her right hand and running the left hand through her snowy hair she carries out order from the chair of 88 with its beautl ful hand crocheted cushion Coaching three major productions of the year the A D C Junior and Dramatic club plays and the debate squad gives Miss Barbara Garst rather a l1on s share of the work Saturday labor and promptness to the minutest degree consituting her prime man1as she dominates her Ju want to find a place in the corner of her heart shower her with pictures and stories of the Magnificent Swede for there you'11 find her Achille s heel His swivel chair undoubtedly the most comfortable seat in the entire school is no minor necessity to Mr Dolph Lain as from this pos1t1on of utmost ease he calmly coaches the senior play girls declamation and boys oratory corrects M proof during his more peaceful interludes He has an infant daughter Diane who will make a very beautiful senior play lead in her day f195'?j though Daddy may not be here to coach Oh yes We almost forgot to mention a certificate of honor from Bemto Mus sol1n1 on his classroom wall makes him well qualified to direct anything. 7 I I r--9 V- ,, , 'Q' h h ef i is: oc re iss ar ara arst Mr. olph Lain O guiding reins and check of the liter- veniles with terrific energy. If you . , , n a . , . 77 . . . , I , 0 a , - . 9 . . . . . . . - , . . , . s o , 0 ' ' ! 7 7 i C4 il . , . . .- , 7 ! , 0 0 I, . . , . c , . I . , 1 . . 1

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Lzterary C Alssoczatzon W The first act1v1ty of th1s organ1zat1on was a t1me hallowed Esklmo p1e Llterary Hop whlch was held early 1n the first semester V1rg1n1a Van Senus peddled the llterary tlckets th1s year 1n the role of student mana adm1ss1on to all forenslcs were 1n eluded ln the pr1ce of each tlCk6t The L1terary Assoc1at1on exerts qulte a power 1n the school because lt han dles all deta1ls of speakmg contests and Works hand 1n hand W1th the L1ne O Type The L1terary Board of Control composed of a boy and a g1rl from each class appo1nts the ed 1tor and bus1ness manager of the L1ne 0 Type and selects the officers of the Llterary Assoc1at1on The b1ggest undertakmg of the asso c1at1on was the d1nner Wh1Ch was glven 1n May for all the students who partlclpated 1n llterary act1v1t1es Lzterary Board o Control BdL CffdP hdW T 0 'X 1 o o John allace Virginia Van Senus President Student Manager . - . . , , , ' 9 . , , . . - l , I ger. L1ne 0' Type subscr1pt1ons and . . . , - , . 0 F u inden Norma johnson li or eterson Alice Barawski Ric ar endt Marilyn illberg

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8 Extemp M B M L H k BllR Mol1ne Hlgh s forens1c act1v1t1es cul m1nated 1n the presentat1on of the three extemporaneous speakmg contests all held on the home platform The first of these was a local el1m1nat1on contest held Aprll 13 The w1nn1ng speakers and the1r subjects were B111 Rueckert Hltler s Rh1neland Move Soares Europe Marg or1e Baumgarten Cubans Governed By Dlctator Myrna F1scher, I C C Orders Lower Rates Leo Henr1ckson Edward VIII Th1rd place honors went to Myrna F1SCh er second place was captured by Marg or1e Baumgarten and B111 Rueckert cop ped first place A strong Rock Island team defimtely swamped the Mol1ne speakers on Apr1l 15 On Apr11 16 a local contest to select the Northwest Conference represen tat1ve was held by Mr La1n 1n the speech classroom In th1s el1m1nat1on contest B111 Rueckert earned the pos1t1on of N W C representat1ve Northwest Conference schools journeyed to the Maroon aud1tor1um on Frlday Apr1l 17 and managed to push the host school represented by B111 Rueckert 1nto th1rd place Mr Rueckert 1S ably qual liied for speech work because lt IS h1S custom to ga1n pract1ce by dropp1ng 1nto the Book Exchange or some other loaf ers habxtat and a1r1ng h1s pet VIEWS about mlscellaneous questlons of the day . . , . . . . i . . I . H . , ' 9 ' . 3? ' - l ' If ! ' . 77 ' If , . . . . Y! ' ? 9 ll fi I I - 7 , - arjorie aumga n yrna Fischer l . eo enric S i uecker! . 7 , . . i . . . . 7 Y ! 7 l I - 9 , . . . . .