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

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fbiaeclau The Board of Education and Superintendent Earl H. Hanson have put in another busy year maintaining the high standard of education they have set in the Rock Island public school system. Seeing that all pupils in the Rock Island system get the best of training and guidance is a subject close to the hearts and heads of the members of the board and the superin- tendent. Rock Island senior high school had a num- ber of changes mapped out for it. Students did not get out of school until 3:20 this yearg on the other hand, they enjoyed a leisurely 25- minute lunch period. In order to save time and confusion, the board of education instituted this year a new system of registration between semesters. Un- der the new system, students do not lose three days of school in the middle of the year but do their re-registering during school. MR. EARL HANSON The board has now eliminated the midyear graduate. For several years no children have been admitted to the first grade in the middle of the year, and this year is the last in which students were graduated in January. Mr. Earl H. Hanson, Mr. Milton H. Scheuermarm, Mr. R. C. Bennison, Mr, Harry Denecke Mr. C. F, Bauer, Mr. Virgil Anderson, Mr. E. F, Burch

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FLORENCE J. LIEBBE Dean Florence J. Liebbe not only spends much time counseling the girls privately and in groups but also has charge of the student welfare and its administration. Dean Liebbe is chairman of the Junior Red Cross, which takes charge of the annual drive and the distribution of various projects. She is also the general sponsor for all the clubs in school. June 14, 1946' To the Class of 1946: All of the years that you have been in high school have been filled with momentous occasions and deci- sions which will affect history for ages to come. Most of you were, during that time, and for years before, securing a basic foundation on which you could build and play a more effective part in the Hi-Story of man- kind. Some of the class were in the armed forces and some made the supreme sacrifice. All of you helped to win the War but the Peace has not been won yet, and on you will depend, not so much the winning, but the keeping of the Peace after it has been won. May you ever be alert to your responsibilities as citizens of the United States of America, and may your fellowmen be benefited because of your graduation from the Rock Island senior high school. E. S. METCALF Dean E. S. Metcalf counsels the boys both privately and in groups. He is assistant prin- cipal and the faculty sponsor for the Senate, and he has charge of detentions for both boys and girls. His sense of humor makes him a favorite of the students.