Moline High School - M Yearbook (Moline, IL)

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Our Superintendent DR. JARDINE Dr. Alex Jardine, superintendent of Moline Pub- lic schools, deserves much credit for the improve- ment and advancement of our public school system. Under his competent guidance this year a great deal of study and progress has been made in the planning of new buildings on both the elementary and the secondary levels. His active interest in all phases of school life, his friendly personality, and his genial humor have made him a friend to the citizens of Moline and to his associates among faculty and students. This civic minded superintendent is a member of the Board of Directors of the Moline Community Chest, the Moline Association of Commerce, and the Rock Island County TB Association. He is a member of the Kiwanis Club, the National Edu- cation Association, the American Association of School Administration, and the Illinois Education Association. $ k- V Writing articles for publication that deal with board of education work occupies some of this superintendent’s time. He especially enjoys opera and reading. Our Board of Education Seated are Mrs. Helen Parker; Mrs. Dick Evans; Mr. Harley Moorhusen, president; Mr. Melvin L. Reynolds, administrative assistant, not a board member; and Mrs. Gertrude S. Owen. Standing are Mr. Huntington Sharpe; Dr. Alex Jardine. super- intendent of schools; Mr. Kenneth F. Peterson; Mr. Lloyd A. Schwiebert; and Mr. Eugene Case. EAGER TO WORK are these administration secretaries from Allendale. They include Bar- bara Schell, Harriet Utter. Eleanor Garrison, Betty Claeys, Lois Strom, Alta Pierce, and Barbara Gregory. Representing our community are these public spirited citizens who compose our Board of Education. They give unstintingly of their time and efforts to study compli- cated school problems in order to provide the boys and girls of Moline with the best in education. This year our Board has spent much time in a careful study of problems concerning the construc- tion of a new senior high school. 20