Moline High School - M Yearbook (Moline, IL)

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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 ,,

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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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Bring Student Into Communit Activities Falcon Hi-Y members go from door to door to Hget out the vote for the school referendum. Less fortunate youngsters in the community benefited through the The Line O' Type staff with the help of Student Congress members prepare posters for the Share joys, Buy Toys campaign at Christ- mas. combined efforts of the Line O' Type staff and Student Congress members. Together they carried on a Share Joys, Buy Toysi' cam- paign at Christmas. To raise money, students sold tags in the school bearing this slogan. The results of the campaign, numerous toys and articles of clothing, were displayed in an assembly program prior to Christmas vacation. Learning to meet people and getting a glimpse at the Hworkingv community are only a few of the benefits students receive when they come into direct contact with the business world while soliciting advertising for the three school publications. They learn, too, the necessity of co-operation. Experience such as this helps prepare the student for the time when he will take his place as an adult in the the community. Offering a helping hand in the community is the Future Nurses Club. Members visit the speech clinic at Augustana College every Saturday to entertain the children. Future teachers are afforded an opportunity to cadet teach in the gradeschoolsg a big step for a senior to take into the community through the educaional program. li' .-..fp..sA -l-7 , ..--r 43' Obtaining advertising for the school publications introduces students to the business world. Senior members of Future Teachers take part in the community's educational program through their cadet teaching.