Moline High School - M Yearbook (Moline, IL)

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Three ocloclr! SchooI's ouT! STep aside, we re coming Through, These sTudenTs are saying as They pour oui The door. Were Filled With Studying, Fun, And Friendship SpuTniks spliT The aTmosphere, Asian Tlu and The Chemise look swepT The counTry, buT The unique liTe aT MHS progressed wiTh The main Topic OT conversaTion being nexT year aT The new high school. WiTh iusT ThirTy minuTes To enjoy lunch, The sTudenTs packed The caTeTeria and overflowed To The benches in The halls and The ever popular sTair sTe-ps during one oT The Tive separaTe lunch periods. Music To munch by, piped over The loud speaker sysTem, was occasionally shaTTered by a booming voice announc- ing coming evenTs or The sound of a Tray spilling iTs conTenTs on The worn Tile Tloors. Through rain or snow, we go, go, go, because sTudenTs lacked suTTicienT gymnasium TaciliTies. The chanT conTinued wiTh occas- ional inTeriecTions oT nexT year . . . , as The MHS'ers Trudged To Turners Hall, The YMCA swimming pool, or The Field House Tor Their gym classes. An enlarged counseling program was inauguraTed This year, wiTh Two counselors Tor each grade level. Disciplinary problems and absences were handled by The respecTive counselors as well as advice and help in planning The TuTure careers OT The sTudenTs. ShiTTs occurred. noT only in lunch periods, buT also in The assembly and lyceum programs. As The 428 members oT The sophomore class alone Tilled The audiTorium, The programs were duplicaTed Tor The junior-senior assembly. WiTh an increased number of college-bound sTudenTs The Trend Toward enrollmenT in college preparaTory courses proporTion- aTely increased. From The sixTeen required and sevenTy-eighT elecTive subiecTs oTTered, schedules oT varied conTenT were Tormed wiTh a Trend Towards English, advanced maThemaTics, and science courses. Early morning silence was broken wiTh The arrival oT sTudenTs in varied excuses Tor TransporTaTion. RoadsTers wiTh duels, cus- Tomized hoTrods, and sleek laTe model cars lenT The Typical Teen- age aTmosphere To MHS. Hey Joe, waiT up! Have you goT your Trig done? Wasn'T ThaT a hard exam yesTerday? These were common expressions as The Tardy bell sounded amid The confusion and rush To TirsT period classes. Mixed emoTions Tilled The proud Moline sTudenTs as Tinal reporT cards were disTribuTed. Talking oT nexT year . . . and This summer l'm going To . . . Tilled The air as The MHS'ers leTT behind Them The old building Tilled wiTh years of senTimenT ancl looked Toward TuTure years in The new high school. Braving a blizzard These boys DespiTe crowded condiTions in The halls These sTudenTs seem To be en- joying Their lunch on The sTeps. Scrambling Tor The ball as iT hangs in mid-air are These members of a girls' gym class. classes. .. ..Qk7.x,W malre a dash for The door as They come from The annex beTween Reflechng conTrasTing moods, These Two sTu- denTs siT in sTudy hall, one a scholar, one a dreamer. 5

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We Learn to Work Together in Harmony Chaos reigned as l475 summer, sunfanned sTudenTs crowded inTo The worn MHS halls for The firsf day of classes. The MedalisT, All-American school newspaper, The Line O'Type, welcomed Them wiTh news of freshman impressions of high school, addifions To The Teaching sTaTf, and predicTions for The year. ln The feminine sTudenT division, The Girls' AThleTic Associafion, The Home Economics Club, and Y-Teens greeTed prospecTive members aT The annual welcome picnics. Sporfs-wise The sTu- denTs were looking Toward homecoming. Their hopes, however, were dashed as The Alleman Pioneers, subsTiTuTing for The EasT Moline PanThers, vicfims of Asian flu, downed The Maroon gridsTers in frigid folly. ParenTal pranks highlighTed The family nighTs aT moTher- daughTer, dad-daughTer GAA playnighTs, while represenTaTive language clubs-French, LaTin, and Spanish-meT To discuss and learn more of foreign culfure and cusToms, such as The Tra- diTional breaking of The pinaTa. Ending The Tall acTiviTies calendar, Hi-Y organizafions prepared To Take over The ciTy for a day, as The local YouTh in Govern- menT program maTerialized. Full of The YuleTide spiriT, The music deparTmenT presenTed The annual ChrisTmas vespers, and The LOT-STudenT Congress SanTa Claus presenfed Toys To under- privileged children in The Share Joys, Buy Toys campaign. Fun-packed holidays faded as The final semesTer exams filled The minds of sTudenTs during The firsT monTh of The new year. Beginning The second semesTer, preparaTions were made for The producTion of Brigadoon, The lasT musical producTion presenTed in The old building. ChanTs of On To sTaTe, Moline! echoed around The school as The Maroons advanced To The secTional division of The sTaTe baskefball TournamenT. AnnouncemenT, Senior Ball, baccalaureaTe, commencemenT, and Swing-ouT commiTTees were chosen To prepare for senior gradu- aTion exercises, as rehearsals began for The senior ADC producTion of Arabian Daze wiTh TalenT varying from Ed Sullivan ll To l-landmaidens of Scheherazadf' Final adieus spoken, hopes and wishes for The fuTure exTended, The sTudenTs parfed for varied summer acTiviTies, ending The Term for The old building as a place of high school learning. Language clubs offer many hours of enioyable acTiviTy and increase The sTudenTs' knowledge and undersTanding of 'foreign peoples. Many hours were spenT by boys ouT for sporTs, affording many exciTing hours for The sTudenT body in cheer- ing Them on To vicTory. 3? h Decking The halls in The ChrisTmas Taking parT in a Typical play rehearsal are The members of The casT for Briga- 5P'r'l' fe mfmlffrs of The Sfuqenl Con' doo,-L gress, hanging The Tree, which sTood in TronT of The aucliTorium.