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

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Mice Jlelp ana! 6 mic Nuzaiania Row 1: Marge Parr, Kleo Pontikes, Doris Lauber, Virginia Mangelsdorf, Barbara McKenrick, Marjorie Edwards, Shirley Gay, Glenn Deane Flora, Roberta Clure, Pauline Johnson, Sally Kint Row 2: Mary Crecelius. Gerry Rote, Karna Klockau, Colleen Browder, Georgene De Marte-lare, Mary Dasso, Marilyn Bierman, Beverly Cruzen, Kathryn Hoffman Row 3: Myrna Koehler, Virginia Van Zandbergen, Donnabelle Lawson, Dorothy Prolow, Barbara Keepers, Marilyn Dower, Beverly Asplund, Nancy Ruff, Elizabeth Criswell, Barbara Frink The office help at Rock Island high school is chosen by Principal Owen B. Wright. The girls may be either juniors or seniors and they do not have to be stenographers or typists. There are four or more girls in the office every period of the day. They help Miss Selle, Miss Liebbe, Mr. Metcalf, and Mr. Wright. The girls deliver notes and detention slips, take care of absences, collect the attendance slips and answer the telephone. When there is no work to be done, they may talk or study. Through a two-week survey of how many patients report to Rocky High's Sick Bay for girls, it was found that about fifty-seven girls report to the clinic in a week. From eleven to twelve girls visit it each day. The clinic is for girls who need rest or simple remedies, and they are admitted fplus an ex- cuse slipj whenever it is necessary. Nine girls take care of the clinic, making sure the beds are made and pillows and sheets changed. No talking or studying or eating is permitted in the clinic. Row 1: Arline Avrick, Kathryn Tol- liver, Helen Cooper, Janice Peterson Row 2: June Simpson, Mary Ann Pat- chin, Jo Ann Erb, Betty Bootjer, Mary Hendrick, Elizabeth Keiffer i w

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Richard Laws, Janet Kaminsky, Waldo Schneider The visible representative of student gov- erning in Rock Island high school-the Senate -took over its duties with new vim and vigor in the 1945-1946 season. Leading the group throughout the year were Waldo Schneider, president, Dick Laws, vice- presidentg and Janet Kaminsky, secretary. The senate, composed of representatives from each senate room, has for its faculty ad- viser E. S. Metcalf, dean of boys. Student prob- lems are brought before this group, discussed, and solved when possible. Sandie Each year the senate leads the student body in a Christmas project. This year, under the direction of Dean Florence J. Libbe, baskets were provided for underprivileged families represented in the school. A contribution was also given to the Argus Santa Claus, and money was sent to the Red Cross to be used for gifts for servicemen in Mayo hospital. With the assistance of P. J. Martin, the senate sponsored the Homecoming. A student com- mittee worked on decorations, refreshments, music, and the floor show for the dance, and also the decorations for the goal posts at the game. The two main annual affairs sponsored by the senate are the Holiday Ball and Costume Day. The Holiday Ball, a formal dance, is given during the Christmas season, usually between Christmas and New Year's day. Old Clothes and Costume Day in April is a traditional day of fun when students and teachers alike wear their oldest and funniest clothes or gay, romantic costumes. There is an assembly in the morning and a contest is held to see whose getup is the best. This season the senate was in charge of four after-game dances and the Basketball Row 1: Bill Armstrong, Ronald Smith. Dean Anderson, Dick Barbee, George Burwell, Carl Hodson, J. R. Evans, Tom Belyea, Janet Kaminsky, Sally Pleasants, Nancy Louden, Dale Grabau Row 2: Wally Culp, Dick Laws, Bob Deobbelarie, Joanne Crow, Gerry Rote, Marjorie Thomas, Martha Freeland, Jean Praet, Loretta Karr, Dora Brown, Pauline Johnson, Kenneth Williams Row 3: Mildred McCreight, Patricia Park, Louis Rokis, John Gould, John Hunt, Bob McClusky, Bob Mathers, Jim Syrett Row 4: Jack Eggspuehler, Dick Togerson, Waldo Schneider, Bob Sendek, Marlan Molinelle, Ben Farrar, Carl Bengston

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edfemia Sli!! r f it fi , i viii. V , sail Q ' . r1 ff: f1'-ar - ., f .. H. Mrs. Marie Irvin. Mrs. Ann Plambeck, Mrs. Margaret Wager, Mrs. Tena Lingle, Mrs. May Smeaton, Mrs. Julia Grotegut, Mrs. Mary Lindemeyer Nothing hits the spot like home cooking, and Genevieve Robinson, cafeteria director, takes care to have variety as well as good, warm food for the high school lunches. Her 15 able assistants spend all the morning preparing the noon- day meal. They take care to see that everything is seasoned and flavored just so. Nothing is made in haste or without that final touch. MISS ROBINSON The custodians of Rock Island high school take keen pride in the building. Thousands of panes of glass are washed annually. Pounds of de- bris are swept up during the school year. Boilers are tended, the auditorium is cleaned, broken shades are mended, and stubborn lockers are unlocked. We have a spring and a fall man for the stadium and a man who shovels snow and runs the snow- As for prices, nothing can beat them. Where plow. Mrs. Willets takes care of the girls' rest else can you buy meat, potatoes, vegetables, rooms. There is a custodian for each floor. Mr. bread, butter, and milk for only 15 or 20 cents? Schroeder is head custodian. Mrs. Nellie Graham, Mrs. Flo Baird, Mrs. Betty Weltz, Mrs. Phoebe Verme, Mrs. Kathryn Page, Mrs. Edith Cordts, Mrs. Lena Douglas, Mrs. Grace Broadhead.