Rock Island High School - Watchtower Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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Study Hard, 'Chillun' Office as. ,Q- When a student receives an official summons to come to the office, two ele- ments which cheer him are the smiling faces of Miss Downing and Elizabeth These two constitute an office force which might well be called HJack-of- all-trades because of the great variety of duties assigned to them. They must serve as a general information bureau, telephone operators, messengers, sec- retaries. They also have the extreme- ly difficult task of keeping track of those bewildering beings called stu- dents. Attendances, absences, honors, and failures come under their super- vision. Miss Downing's duties also in- clude that of registrar. ELIZABETH KOEHLER HELEN M, DOVVNING Study All these classes are not enough, howeverg we need a library for references and study halls to work. Our large and complete libra- ry is presided over by Bessie Bladel and Ruth Maucker. Upstairs on second floor, we find Study Hall 218, where An- na Groth rules with a firm hand. Climbing another wearying flight of stairs, we come to 309, which is a rather versatile study hall since it has a dif- ferent keeper for each period. Several of our instructors hold court there as well as in their own rooms. lVlany's the student that re- members the theme he had to write on L'Why l Should in Study Halln if he got too ambi- tious in 309i ANNA GROTH RUTH MAUCKER We must also give a good deal of credit to the student assistants, who serve, in a manner, like stand-ins. BESSIE BLADEL wsgsvda' .water

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Music Gives Wings to the Soul Row 1. J. Reschke, D. Tanner, B. Stone, J. Saltzman, D. Eng, G. Braaten, D. Davis, D. Woodward, M. Berry. Row 2. B. Zeroth. B. Jones, T. Grevas, C. Davis, B. Kenyon, A. Page, W. Woest. M. Pewe, M. McConaghy. T. Miller, J. Lauber, S. Downing, H. Erickson, V. Lawhorn, R. Van Zandbergen. Row 3: L. Ostert, G. Slentz, R. Rolfe. K. Rogers. N. Baker, A. Roehr, B. Bishop, R. Laisner, S. Britton, J. Linden, R. Dasso, N. Parashis, S. Coin. E. Popp. M. Kidd. M. Oswald, M. Holmes, N. Misgaites, V. Stevenson. Row 4. Mr. Berchekas, G. Westcott, J. Wright. V. Hankins, C. Nelson, B. Eklund, C. Nelson, B. Reynolds, B. Rinck, M. Brashar, A. Broendel, D. Schieberl, G. Entrikin, J. Eshel- man, C. Thonn, H. Yingling, J. Marvin, J. Payne, B. Waterman, E. Barker, B. Hertzler, J. Biggs, W. Rausch, L. Dohrn, E. Peal- strom. K. Boenitz, A. Britton, R. Irwin. Row 5. H. Smith, J. Huss. L. Black, J. Porter, D. Brennan, D. Brashar, J. Buenzli, J. Shatz, B. McComis, J. Johnson, B. McCombs, J. Lindoerfer. Band From modern swing to stirring symphony-the bandls versatility was proven at their eleventh annual fall concert when they went from An Apple for the Teacheri' to Prelude in Cf Minor by Rachmaninoff. Interpretive dancing by Beverly Eklund and Maureen Pewe in Song of the Volga Boatmenw was an added feature. Beverly and Marilyn Kidd danced during the rendition of Havana, a march. VVith Don Davis directing, the entire band de- picted a narrative story, 'Tll Be Seeing You. Because the concert was presented near Christ- mas, December 16, as their final number the band played a Christmas medley entitled, Joy to the World. The boy's quartet sang selections from this number. Climaxing their highly successful year was the spring concert. In a Monastery Gardenn by Ke- telbey was the featured selection. This number was repeated on request from the concert given last spring. The setting was a monastery garden amid birds and trees, with a background of monks chanting in low, sad tones. The number was played and sung by the robed junior band. Old Man Riverf' 'LThe World Is Waiting for the Sun- rise, and The Turtle Waddle Cnovelettej , pre- sented by the sousaphone section composed of Bill lVIcCombs, Dick Brashar, Joe Schatz, Jean Buenzli, Jacquelin Johnson, and Beverly Mc- Comas, were only a few of the beautiful presen- tations concluded by Irving Berlin's stirring God Bless Americaf' 20 ,