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

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Of course, if it were not for the business side of the yearbook, it would not be possible to put out an annual such as this. Much credit is due Zalman Gellerman and Helen Stockdale, co-business managers, who spent many hours linking the advertisements with the Centennial theme. Many snapshots of the students and faculty are scattered throughout the advertising section of the book so as to attract the attention of the readers. This year a goal of S800 of adver- tising vvas reached. t'Buy an annual, fifty cents down and you can pay the balance later, was the cry heard from a vital part of the annual staff, the Cir- culation department. During the sales cam- paign last fall when WATCH TOWERS were selling for the bargain price of 51.50, any person wearing a red or White carnation was Willing to sell you an annual before you could say Jack Robinson. The circulation staff, headed by Harry Althouse and his as- sistant, Betty Schneider, sold over 800 an- nuals. adelena? am! 3 Qelfmman, ea,Bad4Sne44 lfffanagead a Top Picture. Front row, Jean Johnson, Helen Stockdale, R0- berta Ellison. Back row: Jean Saunders, Arleen Dierolf, Betty Burke. Center Picture. Seated: June Krueger, Margaret DeSchinckel, Harry Althouse, Alice Levin, Mimi Patterson. Standing: Martha Driscoll, Lelene Gellerman, Betty Schneider, Judy Mitchell, Bette Peterson, Delores Weckel, Betty Burke, Bill Krueger, Doris Eng, Bonnie Burke. Bottom Picture. Harry Althouse Congratulates Bill Krueger, star Annual salesman. l

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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

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Crimson Crier Streamlined By Fall Staff . . Top picture, seated, Vera May Brazell, head proofreader, Alice Levin, assistant editor, Betty Burke, editor. Standing, Alice Schafer, head copyreader, Virginia Hankins, assistant managing editor, Bill McCaiTree, assistant editor, Harry Althouse, make- up editor, and Edwin Cohen, managing editor. Center picture, seated, Elayne McMurtrie, ad solicitor, Helen Stockdale, business and advertising manager, and Jean Johnson, irdqtsolicitor. Standing, Sol Marder and George Havlik, ad so- 1c1 ors. Bottom picture, seated, Bob Scott, sports editor, Lois Crompton, columnist, Miriam Patterson, columnist, Carl Anderson, copy- reader. Standing. Dorothy Smith, Anna May Mercer, and Mary Jane Bremner, reporters, Kathleen Roach, copyreader, Bonnie Rae Burke, columnist, and Joe Carnithan, assistant proofreader. Extra! Extra! Read all about it! The Crim- son Crier goes streamlined. In marked contrast to the dull, uninterest- ing newspaper pages of a century or more ago, the Crimson Crier now offers an attrac- tive, up-to-the-rninute make-up. B e t t y Burke, first semester editor, and other mem- bers of the staff, started working on the Crimson Crier during summer vacation. They made plans for modernizing headlines and changing the whole style of the paper. The student body reacted very favorably to the change. Representatives of both the University of Iowa and the University of Illinois complimented the staff on the stream- lined ideas which they introduced. In past years students have studied jour- nalism for one semester and in their second semester edited the paper. Under the plan introduced this semester, students must study journalism for a whole year before they are eligible for a key position. Five students of last year's staff were retained. By having some experienced workers, the new members are helped along. This results in fewer errors and less confusion. eww gazes, aww