Moline High School - M Yearbook (Moline, IL)

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Bill Best Sharon Brodd Judy Brooks Robert Brooks Jean Carlson Carol Coin Phys. Ed. Phys. Ed. Phys. Ed. Phys. Ed. Phys. Ed. Phys. Ed. Tennis Pep Club Football Cheerleading Counselor Physical as well as mental exercise was stressed in the curriculum of MHS. Each student spent one period a day engaged in rigorous exercise promoting physical fitness. All students learned to work both as members of a team and as individuals while they were taught field and in- door sports. Each student also received instruction in swimming for a six week period. J funiors and seniors studied how to care for the human y in health and first aid classes. Sophomores learned the rules of the road during driver’s safety, and important prerequisite to driver’s training, which taught them the safe and proper method of driving through the actual ex- perience of driving a car. Courses such as the new girls’ honors gym class, Con- temporairs, and the summer physical fitness class for boys gave special emphasis to their particular area. Kenneth Funk Carol Hardin William Klier Phys. Ed. Phys. Ed. Phys. Ed. Football Driver’s Training Gymnastics Physical Education Initiates Honors Gym for Girls Completing a rigorous part of his gymnastics course, Robert Reys balances with the help of instructor William Klier. Frances Leimkuehler Phys. Ed. Contemporairs Gary Morris Phys. Ed- Swimming Joseph Vavrus Phys. Ed. Wrestling Judy Wiese Phys. Ed. Nereids 24

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Helen Manus Richard Marlin Mark Marsell Don Moeller Charles Oellerman Iva Owen Foods Auto Mechanics Driver’s Training Art Woodworking Special Education James Partridge Marjorie Partridge Music Lit. and Art Theory Vocal Music Merle Wegener Orchestra Kerinit Wells Frank Willits Clifford Zenor, Sr. Vocal Music Machine Shop Welding Key Club Artists, Musicians Build Interest in Fine Arts Miss Lorette Johnson, home economics teacher, instructs Pat John- son and Carolyn Lawson in the care and use of the sewing machine. Art classes taught students how to express themselves in a confident manner. Students learned to be aware of objects having individual beauty. Craft students did their work in leather, metal, wood, glass and plastics, while the pottery classes worked with clay and ceramics. Advanced work consisted of three-dimensional construction and sculpture. Fourth year art students were able to concen- trate on and develop their works more thoroughly be- cause the course was scheduled for two hours three days a week. Examples of student art work could be seen in the show case near the art rooms and during a brief exhibit before Christmas. New in the music department was the music literature and theory course. Instructed by Mr. James Partridge, students learned facts about the lives of famous com- posers and became acquainted with well-known musical compositions. They also studied rhythm patterns, meter, and terms pertaining to music. Main purpose of the course was to give students a better understanding of music, pre- paring them for further study. Music was an elective and students chose between band, orchestra and choir. Breath control and proper tonal quality, as well as correct diction and clear enuncia- tion were among the topics taught in chorus. Mastery of the basic techniques and fundamentals of music, plus harmony and development of smooth phrasing were goals of the band and orchestra. 23

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Kept busy answering phones and students’ questions, filing, keeping records of the various clubs’ money, and typing out re- port cards are the secretaries. They are, SEATED: Olive Hayden; STANDING: Bertha Belouski, Isabel Nessel, Evelyn Engstrom, Lucille Kendall, Phyllis Myers, Margurite Ross, and June Hartley. Spending many hours a day keeping MHS clean and caring for the school grounds during the spring and summer months are the janitors: Charles Ruhl, Ed Wykert, Ray Munson, Nada Wykert, Oscar Schicks, George Green, Robert Edwards, Achiel Van Deale, and Roy Gorgas. Relaxing after a busy day of competently handling the task of planning, preparing, and serving daily meals for MHS students and faculty members are the cafeteria ladies, BOTTOM ROW: Mildred Lash, Mary Dye, Frances Larson, Henerette Kennedy, Gladys Wil- liams, Madeline Scherbroek, Zula Busquaert. TOP ROW: Dorothy Johnson, Clara Todd, Orrel Lodgson, Edith Ough, Mable Morris, Hazel Verfaille, Lorraine Duyvejonek, Dorothy Peterson, Eileen Russel, Mary Hansen, Emma Weckel, Nedra Joiner. 25