Moline High School - M Yearbook (Moline, IL)

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iFirfit iflnltur iJiiijli S rlimil Aumtul l Hhlislietl by the Class 0 1013 Moline Hah Si hool ❖ I Class photos were taken as group shots for underclassmen. In 1921 this was taken of the Sophomore class. Opening the M” in 1913, this was the first title page in the first year- book. The name M stuck. The ”M stayed, collecting memories over fifty years. Here those memories remain, alive in the diamond. Diamonds are forever Moline, Illinois

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PREFACE FTER weary days .and sleepless nights, the greatest Ir literary achievement of the twentieth century has been completed. The first Annual of the Moline High School has been published. We feel confident that you will consider it the greatest grammatical, rhetorical, logical, linguistic. philo« logical, profound, scholarly, brilliant, attractive, polished, phil- osophical. elegant, fascinating, splendid, interesting, unosten- tatious and refined piece of literature that you have ever read. If you don’t, we don’t care. Board of Directors. ADOUND THE SCHOOL OVERALL DAY C.G, TOWER A DttP ONE e» 6PEET‘ KUTTLW MOVg MANV DOGS? J. Pi wow IT ' S done FIRE DRILL A long, long time ago - after Creation but before the Beatles, after Columbus but before Arm- strong, after Kitty Hawk but be- fore Top Gun” - the M was cut. Cut as any fine diamond must be: sculpted from raw ma- terial into a more concise and beautiful gem. It was named in the year of its cutting, 1913, by a slight misunderstanding. Follow- ing is an excerpt from the ' 38 ”M, which is an excerpt from a letter. This letter was written by the first editor . . . Perhaps you would like to know how the Moline annual re- ceived the name ' M. ' It ' s a story I ' ve never told before. As it was the first issue, we had no one to ask how it had been done the year before. The Imp, ' derived from the fact that Moline was well known for her implement manufacturing, was suggested for a name. We thought it was a clever name, so when a repre- sentative of one of the graving houses asked us what the name was to be, we said The Imp. ' He misunderstood and thought it was The M, ' congratulating us on such a splendid choice.” In 1927 aviation was chosen as the theme for the ‘M . Here the yearbook artists pose in front of an airplane to coincide with the theme. 2

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Editors of the ' 43 M , Bob Doxey and Peggy Arctander, put finishing touches on the wartime annual. Rationing and government regulations attacked their earnest efforts; many veterans of the M were absorbed in the draft, and the staff was forced to reorganize. (Bottom left) The “M Co-sports editors in ' 56 design an- other layout.(Center) The M ' s advisor in ' 61 bribes the staff with doughnuts to keep working.(Top left) As clarity Is another quality of the diamond, the “M” has given us a clear view of the years 1937-1961. In searching through the different year- books, one gets a glance of the re- corded events which included 25 years of Moline High School history. Hot only were there obvious changes in hairstyles and clothing, but there were also changes in the looks of the yearbook itself, the most notable change being its size in- crease. Changes were also noted in the paper covers to hard bound cov- ers. In addition the rough textured pages of earlier books were replaced by the more smooth glossy pages. After extensive alterations, the ”M staff celebrated 50 ye ars with a clear- er vision than ever before. 4