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

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The regular routine for those on the girls' speech teams at Rocky High seemed to be get up, speak up, and place high up. In the nine contests that were held, Rock Island repre- sentatives walked away with top honors every time. At the Northwest Declamation contest, Rock Island's representative, Charlotte Erickson, received a unani- mous first. Her selection was a cut- ting from the play, The American Way. This is the first time that a representative in this contest has been given an unanimous first. The six girls having dramatic se- lections and those on the oratory and humorous-reading teams did very commendable work. Top picture, Charlotte Erickson, Northwest con ference speaker. Bottom picture, reserved declama tion team. Row 1. Judy Mitchell, Elayne McMurtr1e and Onalee Harris. Row 2. Carol Karr, Shirley Pearlstein and Neville Yingling. Row 3. Margaret Foley, Ruth Harriett Koch, Lois Sherrill and Dor othy von Ach. Varsity declarnation team. Row 1 Beverly Hallgren June Krueger and Char lotte Erickson. Row 2. Lelene Gellerman Louise Norton and Connie Magnusson

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Members of the debate team are: standing, Mary Jane Rice, Charles Marshall, and Charlotte Erickson, seated, Herman Cohen, Lois Sherrill, Lelene Gellerrnan and Harold Brack. It may have been true that in 1841 the settlers could better answer Indian arrows with guns than with words. But today a flow of language, an apt- ness of illustration and a lightning repartee, have taken much more important place. This year the subject made a particularly good debate. For when one resolves or does not resolve that 4'The power of the central government should be increasedf, he unleases the forces of bedlam. The Rocky High debate squad apparently found the subject to its liking. Shortly after Christmas, the squad went to the Augustana Tournament and received the not unenviable position of sixth out of forty schools. And when the air had cleared of Hnon sequitersn at the Iowa Invitational Tourna- ment, is was found that Rocky High had won sec- ond place and individual honors. And although not quite so successful at the Northwest Confer- ence Tournament, they succeeded in claiming the third position. But there is more to debate than mere tourna- ment work. Each student receives a valuable knowledge of his nation, and also a forceful and effective method of presentation. But more im- portantly, he learns to organize material easily. This helps him in his school work and throughout his life. K Mary Jane Rice and Charles Marshall, affirma- tive debators, attempt to stump Lois Sherrill, nega- tive speaker, while practicing up for the North- west contest.

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Don't Blame Us warez, vame' ' 5:45 Top picture. Betty Maloney, faculty editor, and Ruth Harriett Koch, Bob Bergstrom and Adelaide Gest, assistant editors. Center picture, Jim Carlson, editor-in-chief, and Mary Ann Willett, or- ganizations editor, spend an evening in the Watch Tower office checking late copy. Bottom picture. Standing, Bill MCCHEIGE, managing editor, and Onalee Harris, assistant editor. Seated, Dorothy Smith, assistant editor, and Mary Jane Rice, class editor. Not included, Bob Scott, sports editor. With the Centennial as the theme for the 1941 WATCH TOWER, there has been a great wealth of material to work with. lt was, in- deed, a difficult task to see that only the best pictures and write-ups were used in this yearbook. Yet it was also pleasant for the members of the editorial staff to realize that they were helping to give to you students something by which you may long remember Rock Island Senior High School. In this book, as in the last one, each stu- dent has his own individual picture among those of his classmates. And in keeping with the present patriotic spirit of the entire coun- try, the colors red, white and blue are seen on every page. Editor, Jim Carlson, and other staff mem- bers burned a great deal of mid-night oil in preparing for you this 1941 Centennial WATCH TOWER. and it is hoped that you will cherish this annual for its contrasting ideas of then and now. ff it . C sf' sv' Q, C fe. .eww ffm eww