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

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Scuivr Ofieers ROSEMARY RUDD, ARTHUR WHALEN, JAMES AVERSING

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CLASSES

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Cha ffisfvry of fha 611155 nf '47 The class of '47 has finally come to the end of its quest' for facts and fun. In September, 1944, we came to Rocky High as 601 green sophomores. Now, in June, 1947, we take leave of the old alma mater as 378 wise and experi- enced seniors. It has meant a lot to us, these years of work- ing and playing, and now, with our cherished diplomas in our hands, we leave Rocky High to enter the new world of jobs and colleges. Remember back in '44? Charles Delcourt was elected president of our sophomore classg Wally Culp, vice-president, and Jackie Tyler, secretary. Jerome Dasso, Bob Eberts, and Walt Stewart made the varsity football team. And Keith Fryxell and Bud Forbes played varsity basketball. That was the year the sophomore problems classes were started. It was also the year Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected for a fourth term. fRemember those history class arguments?j And don't forget that happy day in May when the war in Europe came to an end. Or that sad day in the same month when the Funden closed. Then in the fall of '45 we started our junior year. Our class officers were Walt Stewart, president, Jerome Dasso, vice-president, and Jackie Tyler, secretary. The CYC opened that fall too. Jack Burgess was the only junior in the cast of the Dramatic club play, The House Beau- tiful. But in the speech class plays the junior class was well represented. Marie Reno was the only junior on the debate team that year. Jerome Dasso captured the state champion- ship for wrestling that year, and Chuck Stau- duhar was the track champ. We had three jun- iors on the first string of the varsity basket- ball team: Keith Fryxell, Eddie Anderson, and George Anderson. Bud Forbes did a lot of swell playing too. The outstanding juniors on the varsity football team were Walt Stewart, Jack Collins, and Jerome Dasso. Remember the day we slaved through those junior tests to determine how dumb we were? Junior Miss was our class play, with Jo Bolin, Deloris Marsh,lJane Osborne, Marilyn Wald, and Jack Burgess in the leads. Vivian Riederman showed outstanding talent when she won first place in the declamation contest. The Glee club had its share in stage life, presenting Pirates of Penzance, in which many juniors participated. The spring-semester Crimson Crier was put out by juniors. The top executives were Mary- belle Jones and Keith Garrity. They were backed by an able staff. One of the biggest honors any junior could receive was to be chosen junior marshall for the graduation ceremonies. Jackie Tyler, Mari- lyn Wald, Jim Aversing, and Art Whalen were the lucky ones. Those were swell years, weren't they? Then, in the fall of '46, remember how good we felt to be the great seniors, how we looked down at the sophomores and asked ourselves,