Moline High School - M Yearbook (Moline, IL)

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Hospital Completion, One year remains until the completion of the new 353.500.0011 high school, designed to meet the needs of the l750 students expected to be enrolled in high school by l960. A two-story classroom section. manual training: de- partment, swimming pool. two complete gynlnasituns. pub- lications staff room. cafeteria. counselling rooms, and otlicc are to be included in the building. Construction of a new 352.000.1100 annex to Moline Public Hospital was completed early in lfebruary. lncluded in the building are an emergency room, physical-therapy division. x-ray laboratory. pediatrics ward, new laundry, and maternity and operating rooms. The new annex has greatly increased the ability of the hospital to serve the community. Modernization cannot be fully realized without a means of bringing to the publicis attention the existing conditions on the international, state-wide, and community levels. The uDispatch,,' Molinels daily newspaper, fills the task for its over-99,000 subscribers. The addition of a new, four-colored press, one of three of its kind in the state of Illinois not in- cluding those presses in Chicago. has contributed greatly to the scale of colors now attainable in print. Planning for the possibility of a future air attack, the city of Moline installed four Civil Defense sirens at a cost of 810,500 each. Because of the importance of civil defense, the federal government assumed half of the purchasing and installation costs. Expansion of lndustry ilfogfm on the ,1t-vv- mu. S.-hail 1-an lit- sf-.-n as t building takes form. ' j'vs+',fi.S:4fazLJ. y 1 , z Y 'iuiili An addition to the Moline Public Hospital was just completed this year. 7 rw I I, , Civil Defense sirens have been installed K X throughout the city. .., 2 ,. W' ,. ,...., . , ,f-ffl' ,f W ,V X 4 ...ff ,n ,ff 7 . I H ' V W' af it 'f ft, , '7 Aff .1,, ,wt XX Q lff 'K .L , ' ef. N' ' ' 1-,f K , 9 i----'A

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The new senior high school to be opened in 1958 is illustrated by an architects drawing. Area Watches Growth of New igh School, The name Moline, which is derived from the French word Moulin, meaning city of mills. is aptly given as Moline is the farm implement capital of the worldf, From the hands of the 12.500 citizens of Moline come tractors, combines. signal devices. steel products, and many other articles without which a modern civilization could not hope to survive. Since Moline was incorporated as a town 109 years ago. political. industrial. social. and educational fields have been greatly extended. Unce every four years. citizens of the Lnited States elect our nationis governing body. lluring the l956-l957 school year. the candidates lmrought their platforms to the people of this vicinity. again revealing that tl1e reins of govern- ment are held hy the people. The annexation of seven surrounding areas to the city has increased the population as well as increasing the cityis re- sponsihility to the voters. Rapid growth of industry has been depicted hy the formation of New lndustries Incorpo- rated. a group designed to luring lrig lrusiness to the com- munity and provide jobs for tl1e students in many technical helds hither-to undeveloped in the Quad-Cities. Hands across the sea' is a well-chosen phrase as Moline farm-implement manufacturers aid the overcrowded coun- tries of lndia and South America hy sending modern ma- chines to their farmers and trained technicians to aid them in increasing the conditioning and yield of their land. Thousands await the arrival of the Democratic presidential candidate, Adlai Stevenson, at the Moline airport.

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The Student in the Community . , adet Teaching, 'Get ut ote Drive' Moline Senior High School students find the doors of the community wide open for assistance, encouragement- and, opportunity. Today they take an active part in this growing city and by doing so, gain valuable knowledge and experience for their role as the citizens of tomorrow. This year, the Chamber of Commerce founded a new organization in the area, Junior Achievement. It has been designed to give high school students experience in the busi- ness world. There are a total of seventeen companies which are models of actual working corporations. Each company is run entirely by students who also do all the manual labor on their products. The items they manufacture include such things as beverage trays, spool holders, sewing boxes, clip boards, towel racks, weiner forks, and chemical spot re- movers. Four JA banks take care of the money for the organizations. Each company elects its own student board of directors to guide the corporation. An organization which has entered into community ac- tivities is the Key Club, founded only last year by its senior brother. the Kiwanis Club. The group supported the Freedom Foundation and the Muscular Dystrophy fund by collecting money from the other school clubs. They also gave an Easter basket of food to a needy family. The Civics Club, which is open to senior government stu- dents, toured the Rock Island County Courthouse in order to give its members an insight into local government. To get a closer look at the city, students arranged interviews with city omcials and attended Council meetings. They also sponsored such things as a Pan American Day program at which time four people from the Pan American countries spoke about their native landg and a talk by the Rev. Mr. Hooe who had recently visited Russia. Impressive Holy Week services held the week before Easter revealed to the community the students religious faith. These non-denominational services were planned and conducted by the Y-Teens and the Hi-Y members before school. Both the Y-Teens and Hi-Y were active during the year participating in projects for the betterment of the community. The Y-Teens opened a new Teen Center at the YWCA. This Center provided a place for students to gather after school for social dancing and recreational games. Ac- tivities of the Hi-Y included providing Thanksgiving baskets for the needy and conducting a Get Out the Votew cam- paign previous to the school referendum. Junior Achievement companies elect officers who taboveb preside over stockholders meetings. trightj JA sponsors a fair for the public. Government students acquire informa- tion about the community through in- terviews with city officials. rx ...te K. ls ,,