Moline High School - M Yearbook (Moline, IL)

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..-04 t 10,1 5 pf!-P Blueprinffvr Qroufing Eypcvfufious As we walched lhe beaufiful new Moline Senior l-ligh School develop from a blueprinl info 'rhe aclual modern slrucfure +ha+ now appears on Twenly-fiffh Avenue be- fween Forly-firs+ and Thirly-four+h Slreels, we realized fhal we 'foo had developed slep by slep 'rhis pasl year. Wifh growing expeclalions and high ideals we viewed lhe growfh of fhe building and anficipafed ifs cornplelion as we did our school aclivifies. Jus? as lhe archilecls meficulously designed Jrhe blueprinl for 'the building, our facully engineered a blueprinl for developing us info well-rounded, inl'elligen+ young adulls. In learning, or- ganizing, apprecialing, growing physically, and gaining experience under +he guidance of our feachers, we sfrived +o fulfill lhe aims of our high school year.

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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