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

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Sandie Senate Officers: Bill Wood, president, Donna Miers, vice-president, Bette Schneider, secretary. The visible representative of student governing in Rock Island High School-the Senate-took over its duties with new vim and vigor in the 1941-1942 season. Leading the group during the fall semester was President Bill Wood, who, after graduating in January, assigned his position to Vice-president Donna Miers. Bette Schneider served as secre- tary for the entire year. This body of sixty members, under the spon- sorship of Mr. E. S. Metcalf, dean of boys, was elected entirely by Rock Island High School stu- dents and has lived up to the requirements for Senators made by the 1940-1941 student govern- ing body. In October, the officers, Bill, Donna, and Bette, along with Bill McCaf'free and Charles Marshall, attended the Northwest conference of student councils. At that conference, Sherman Hurt was chosen president of the council for next year and Betty Stone was chosen secretary. Rock Island will be host to this group next fall. Senate group. Row 1-H. Epperson, P. Percy, D. Riffel, M. Posateri, J. Stutzel, H. Anderson, E. Sweeney, M. Kelinson, B. Horton. Row 2-C. Schafer, S. Grevas, M. Black, W. Metcalf, J. Ehleb, S. Myers, H. Cleaveland, D. Ellis. Row 3-J. Grandbouche, R. Dasso, J. Lofgren, D. Blaser, S. Brodsky, B. Schlaes, B. Krueger, C. Rider.

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Kneeling, left to right: E. F. Mills, chief custodian, Harry Blocklinger, W. H. Barnes, Roland G. Parker. Standing, left to Tight: Walter Dunlap, Thomas L. Schroeder, Mrs. Lettie Willetts, William C. Cliff, Kenneth Reem. Shining glass and polished floors typify Rock Island High School due to the tireless efforts of the custodian force. The blocks of halls and numerous rooms are daily cleaned and swept. Pounds of waste paper are collected daily. Thousands of panes of window glass are washed many times annually. And, of course, the boilers are regulated to insure com- fort and heat to all in the building. Theirs is a mighty task! Supplying over 600 people with food five times a week is no easy task for our cafeteria workers. Rock Island can be proud of its tasty, home- like meals. Although a few prices have increased slightly because of the War, a Well-balanced healthful meal can still be purchased for a small sum-a credit to any high school. ' Sat Inset, Miss Lee. Standing, left to fright: Mrs. Viola Davis, Mrs. Marguerite McMil- lan, Mrs. Nellie Stehn, Mrs. Olive Young, Mrs. Etta Plogh, Mrs. Clara Burke.

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Senate group. Row 1-K. Kelly, M. Beals, F. Curry, R. Koch, N. Nelson, B. Schneider, B. Wood, A. Sheets, B. Stone, C. Woest. Row 2-D. von Ach, T. Grevas, D. Brashar, D. Miers, B. Mooney, K. Epperson, P. Mohr, V. Spahn, B. Albright, B. Hender. Row 3-F. Yokas, J. Holland, B. Garrity, B. Watkins, T. Stone, D. Irwin, J. Lindem, C. Marshall, B. McCaffree. Splashing through the rain, the Homecoming parade, sponsored by the Senate, came through in fine style, although many faces were covered with red coloring from the rain-soaked crimson crepe paper. fSee Homecoming pictures on page 112.5 Old Clothes Day is another of the many pro- jects undertaken by the Senate this year. The gay festive of sloppy attire was originated this year in the Senate and promises to be an annual affair. They also took charge of four after-game dances, commonly called Basket-Balls, and Foot-Balls. The Senate selected and sponsored the monitors, the traffic committee for hall duty. A new rule was made and enforced by the Senate that anyone showing an over-abundant amount of enthusiasm in assemblies Cuhi-falutin for rowdinessj was to be barred from assembly programs the rest of the year. Also, yearly the Senate collaborates with the Hi-Y clubs in pro- moting the 4-C's campaign and the 4-C's assem- bly. The Senate promoted and sponsored Old Clothes Day. Shown below are some of the dressed up students. From left to right, they are: Beatrice Jones, Dean Nelson, Helen Kale, Al Lindemann, Lois Myers, Bob Watkins, and Bill Wood. K