Moline High School - M Yearbook (Moline, IL)

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Being Young Is Thinking Young! As dawn is the true beginning of day, so is youth the true beginning of life. While we are young, the whole world is our playground, the innovations in science and automation are our playthings, and the challenge to meet the hectic everyday pace set by a “small” world and to prove ourselves individ- uals is our game. While we are young, the door to the future awaits us to open it with the keys of knowledge, faith, and ambition. While we are young, the eyes of the world rest upon our en- deavors to find our positions in the vast amount of fields waiting for our eager hands and minds to pledge themselves to a useful purpose. While we are young, we grow and observe the growth of the existing life, learning about the essential why’s and how’s and gaining a better and closer under- standing of ourselves. Many times in their con- versation, elders refer to their youth as the “Good Old Days. As youth matures and assumes the responsibilities of adulthood, it too reflects upon its developing period — the excitement, the thrills, the laughs, the tears, the dreams and the hopes. But most important, while we are young, we are driven forward by an overwhelming force — the spirit of youth. In this book, we would like to re- cord a few of the important events which in just a short time will be only pleasant memories of this pe- riod and its happenings, remembering that they took place “While we were young.”

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Young in Mind . . . Filled with Experience Creating an active interest in our nation’s affairs, Miss Leona Day has served forty-three years as an educator. This loveable teacher unites her ready wit and sprightly comments with her vast knowledge and undivided interest in the United States’ government. Winning the admiration of all her students, Miss Day has been a great asset not only to the Social Science department but also to all of Moline High School. As the days and months of the year pass in retrospect, youth now stops to glance over the past and to look forward to the future. In the fields of Language and Social Science the youth of MHS will be better able to meet the situations of tomorrow because of the efforts of Miss Leona Day, Miss M. Fern Slusher, and Miss Ruth Vertrees. The 1963 M staff wishes to dedicate the fifty first volume of the Moline High School M to these three women who through their devotion to teaching have imparted to the students of MHS their youthful ideas and interests combined with their valuable years of experience. Through many years of teaching, Miss M. Fern Slusher has succeeded in keeping the classics an important part of learning. This affable personality has combined teaching Latin and sponsoring the Junior Classical League. Her friendly smile and winning ways join to bring the beauty of Roman culture to MHS. Devoted to her profession, Miss Slusher also shows ardent enthusiasm in helping future teachers with their college plans. She certainly will remain in the minds of both the faculty and students as a wonderful “magister.” Serving a dual capacity at MHS, Miss Ruth Vertrees has added much to the lives of her English and Distributive Education students. To her Distributive Education students, she has given valuable training in techniques of successful business. To these students Miss Ver- trees has long been the link between MHS and the businesses of the community. 4