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

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Just One Happy Family 1. Happy madness 2. Cast Picture 3. Grandpa expresses his philosophy of life You Can't Take It with You, the 1940 senior class play reveals an al- together American philosophy of life. The play shows the amazing and lovable Sycamore family, in their many and varied moods. Head- ed by Grandpa Vanderhof, who has long since learned how to get the utmost pleasure out of life, the Syca- more household constitutes a living commentary to the truth that the time to enjoy life is now, for You Can't Take It with Youlu At first sight, the Sycamores seem extravagantly mad, but it is not long before we realize that if they are mad, the rest of the world is madder. In contrast to these delightful peo- ple are the unhappy Kirbys, typical examples of the unhappy rich. Penelope Sycamore .... Essie .... ............. Rheba .......... Paul Sycamore. . . Ed ............... . Virginia Beechler Bette Jean Horst . . . . . . . .Dolores Horst Chester Macrorie . . .Henry Carlson Mr. DeP1nna .... ...... . . .William M. Johnson Donald ............. .......... J ames Rush Martin Vanderhof .... . . .Donald Davis Alice ............... .... N atalie Nyman Senior Class Play Henderson ........ ......... R obert Rolfe Tony Kirby ........ .... J ames Meriwether Boris Kolenkhov ..... . . Mr. Kirby ...... Mrs. Kirby ,........... . . . An oificer of the law ..... . . . Mac ............ Jim .... Olga ..... . . .Charles Cook . . .Louis Condon . .Sylvia Marcus .William Barnes Bob Aronson . . . . .Bill Rinck Lucille Stocking

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Everybody Likes App1escruce Junior Class Play 'AI-Iappiness is like a kiss. You can not get any good out of it unless you give it to someone elsef, That is an example of the many joke lines that made Ap- plesaucef' the junior class play, the delightful comedy and suc- cess it was. K'Applesauce is a typical American comedy of small town folks. It is shown that 'dapple- saucel' fin other words, a cheer- ful optimism and the ability to tell other people how nice they arej will surmount most ob- stacles in this life. Hazel Robinson has foolishly engaged herself to a young man called Jenkins. Actually she is in love with Bill McAllister, who, though hard up, wins out in the end and achieves not on- ly success but happiness as Hazel's husband . CAST Ma Robinson ......... Louise Norton Pa Robinson. ........ William Carney Mrs. Jennie Baldwin. .Jean Johnson Hazel Robinson ....... June Krueger Matt McAllister ....... Edwin Cohen Bill McAllister ......... Robert Hood Rollo Jenkins. ....... Edward Lemon 1. Cast picture. 2. 4'Carboniized biscuits only once! 3. A slight argument.

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If the Government Took the Railroads . . Debate and Extemp Affirmative team plans its strategy. Left to right: Marion Griffiths, Faith Krantz, George Roudebush, and Dorothy Zimmer. Negative team practices their win- ning technique. Left to right: Harold Brack, Janet Swanson, Lelene Gel- lerman, and Sol Marder. Members of the extemp team for 1940 were: Row 1: J. Swanson, D. Zimmer, M. Brashar, O. Harris, H. Davis, F. Krantz, and N. Avrick. Row 2: G. Roudebush, B. McCaff- ree, C. Marshall, C. Bergendoff, B. Schroder, L. Condon. H. Brack not shown. lf the government should own and operate the rail- roads, we wonit have any government, let alone any rail- roads, claim the negative. 6'But, ladies and gentlemen, don't you see how utterly ridiculous that statement is? demand the affirmative. Railroads were very near the hearts of the debaters during the debate season, and lights burned late in P. J. Martin's room as they learned the illnesses of the roads and how to save them. The team won 17 out of 30 debates, tying for fourth in the Augusta- na Tournament and placing fifth in the Northwest Con- ference. First in Northwest Conference in extemp! Once again Rock Island high demonstrated its ability as Louis Con- don walked oif with undisputed first place at the North- west Extemp Conference held here March 29. The team also won a contest with Moline held earlier in the season. While in debate, one special problem is studied, in ex- temp, one must be able to speak on any one of 24 topics concerning current events. Not only the speaking ability, but also the general information the pupil receives makes extemp a valuable study. 30