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

Text from Pages 1 - 150 of the 1949 volume:

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'K w R. 4- O THE CITIZENS of the city of Rock Island, Whose continued interest in our education has been great enough to give us an outstanding school system, includingone of the finest high school plants in the United States. I ' Their foresight has been such that the entire Rock Island school program has bene- fited, While some other cities have not been fortunate enough to have such civic-minded support. I It ' America's future lies in its schools. -7.2418 of emma fdclwnumizm Glam Uaqanfyaliand Azfalafm N t. .t.l '7!ze Zdaiahiawea .-fluff Zcdafm in 6414 RICHARD R. CBUDJ SMITH Eodinedd Managed DEAN MILLER eopq gcfllfaa MARJQIRIE JGHNSON Wfwfaffwffw Zim MARILYN HIXSON Syzafzlfi 54311104 BILL WILLIAMS Auuiml 864111044 CAROLYN ERICKSEN CLARK HOLMES ADELE STGNE JANET BURGESS DAVID BRADY vqelauea ESCA G. RODGER, Ncfminidhafian X l fbiaeciafui ff Seated: Mr. Earl H. Hanson, Superintendent of Schools: Mr. Milton H. Scheuerman, Mr. Carl F. Bauer, Dr. C. W. Motz. Standing: Mr. W. W. Bailey, Assistant Superintendent of Schools: Mr. Junius P. Calilf, Mr. Virgil Anderson. Acting as a tie between the taxpayers and the school system, the members of the Board of Education have put in another busy year maintaining the high standard of education they have set in the Rock Island public school system. The members of the board are Pres- ident Carl F. Bauer, Mr. Virgil Anderson, Mr. Junius P. Califf, Dr. C. W. Motz, Mr. Milton H. Scheuerman, Mr. Earl H. Hanson, superin- tendent of schools, and Mr. W. W. Bailey, assistant superintendent in charge of business and properties. It is the duty of the members of the board to see that all the pupils in the Rock Island school system get the best possible training and guidance. Directing building and repairs, purchasing new equipment and ordering textbooks are important parts of the board's work. Another important duty is engaging new instructors to fill vacancies. Because of the increasing costs of operation of the public schools, the members of the board have given many hours of their time to the solving of financial problems. Under an alert Board of Education, Rock Island senior high school has made marked progress during the past year. New records have been established, new courses have been inaugurated, and a broader guidance and vo- cational program has been arranged. One of the outstanding changes at the sen- ior high school this year, a change approved by the board, was the introduction of a new time schedule, providing a nine-period day in- stead of the former 11-period day. Under this plan students spend 56 minutes in the class- room and have four minutes between classes. The three lunch periods were lengthened to 31 minutes each. The Rock Island Board of Education is constantly seeking ways of better preparing the students, through education, to take their places as intelligent citizens of the United States and the world. To the Class of 1949 : For twelve short years you have been look- ing forward to the day of graduation. Through all these years you have been prepar- ing for a larger field of citizenship. Your horizon has been enlarged each year. Each year through the use of increased know- ledge you have gained power- power to help yourselves, and in helping yourselves you have made yourselves ready more effectively to help others. Others will help you to gain still more power as you learn to use that power for the benefit of your fellowmen. This is not a privilege only. It is an obliga- tion - a responsibility which you must ac- cept as educated citizens of the United States of America. OWEN B. WRIGHT Principal One of our great historians has said that the clearest lesson of history is that, in the long run, that which is false or evil or foolish will fall while that which is true, good, or wise will stand. Therefore to be able to tell the truth, or to do that which is good and to learn wisdom, as you go from year to year puts the tremendous odds of all the ages on your side. E. S. METCALF Dean of Boys We have been told that an education helps us to appreciate and enjoy the finer things of lifeg that it lifts us to a higher plane of livingg brings us more interesting and stimulating friends 3 raises us in the respect and recogni- tion of fellow citizens, and increases our chances for success in our chosen fields of work. OWEN B. WRIGHT These are worthy ends. But I hope your education has done even more. I hope it has helped you to become a real persong a person who can assume and carry out responsibil- itiesg a person who practices the golden rule in all he doesg a person whose life will make his world a little better for having lived in it. May all good things come to you. FLORENCE J. LIEBBE Dean of Girls I E. S. METCALF FLORENCE J. LIEBBE Qaculiff l .RQ . , . E R .,,,w ,v?Q?Q,f,'if., 10 de JEDGIPGQ yg,mMJ?' 3 . u Baie vo sf Am' 5, Q ' . . 961708 'Aires E. S. METCALF, B.A., M.A. Social Studies, Dean of Boys P. J. MARTIN, B.A. Social Studies, Radio, Dvbalv EVA M. IRVINE, B.,-X., M.A. Social Sfzfdivs 1-,,fMOf7Ie?vff!eQ Q Q SOCIA L STUDIES KATHRYN CALLIHAN, B.A., M.A. Social Studies JOHN H. SHANTZ, Ph.B., M.A. Snci0lSf1ldi0S FLORENCE J. LIEBBE, B.A., M.A. Social Studies, Demi of Girls LANGUAGES MALVINA M. CALOINE, BA., M.A. S pcmislz, Frencli ALVERDA DOXEY, B.A., M.A Latin JOHN W. BLOMBERG, B.A. Spomislz, MATHEMATICS JULIEN C. PETERSON, M.A. HAZEL A. PARRISH, B-A-, M-A Mathematics Mathmmltzcs EVA V. ROBB, B.A., M.A. Mccthcmafics ENGLISH CAROLU L. SCHUTZ, B.A. English FAYNELLE HAEI-IN, B.A. Evzglish SARAH C. LARAWAY, B.A., M.A. English MARGARET WINBIGLER, B.A. English, MEDIA HANKINS, B.A., M.A. English FLORENCE MORRISON, B.A. English ADA BLANCHE LAUCK, B.A., M.A. English ESCA G. RODGER, B.A. English, .Iozwna-lism SCIENCE HAROLD V. ALMQUIST, B.A. GEORGE D. BAIRD, B.S., M.S Science, Director of Athletics Science GEORGE H. McMASTER, B.S. Science W. L. KIMMEL, B.A., M.A. DOROTHY K. HALL, B.A. Science Science COMMERCIAL JOHN M. HUCKINS, B.A. RUTH COMER, B.S., M.A. Commercial, Science Commercial CARRIE M. EKBLAD Commercial MARTHA MILLER, B.A. CHARLOTTE M. STONE, B.A Commercial Commercial I 'GW 5 i FINE ARTS CAROL KARR DOYLE, B.A. SARA MAE MCELHINNEY, B.A., M.A Speech Art GEORGE A. BERCHEKAS, B.A., M.A. Band VONNIE WALLANDER, B.M.E., E. DOROTHY PETERSON, B.A. Vocal Music Speech HOME ECONOMICS FLORENCE CASTEN, B.S. Home Economics, Costume Design BLISS MAPLE, B.A., M.A. Home Economics . , J f W' 'NW' , . ,,,.,.. A ,J 413 if? PHYSICAL EDUCATION HERBERT L. WAGNER, B.A., M.A. KENNETH E. GREENE, B.A., MA Physical Education Physical Educa tion MARGUERITE PIERCE, B.A. HELEN E. HALBERT, B.S., M.S Physical Education Physical Education JONATHAN L. STONEBURNER Machine Shop JAMES R. CLARK, B.A., M.A. Mechanical Drawing, Athletic Manager EARL R. PEOPLES, B.S., M.S. Ulooclslzop, Driirer Training MANUAL ARTS DEANE H. BALL, B.S. Machine Shop, Driver Training DAVID J. BORTH, B.A., M.A. Printing B. K. BEAUCHAMP, B.A. Woodshop, Sheet Metal LIBRARY AND STUDY HALLS GLADYS L. BLASER BESSIE A. BLADEL, B.A. Study Hall Librarian LETTIE WILLETTS RUTH B. MAUCKER, B.A. Study Hall Librarian REGISTRAR AND OFFICE SECRETARIES BARBARA BIGGS Secretary HELEN M. DOWNING MARILYN LOWE Registrar Secretavy Semje Marilyn Hixson, secretary, Charles Wilson, rice-prcsfde'nt,' Frank Edwards, prcsfn'1'nt. Almost every school has a student senate that discusses and tries to solve the prob- lems that come up in the school. The Rocky High Senate is made up of 43 members, each representing a different senate room. Senators are chosen by the members of their respective senate rooms, and before they are selected, such qualities as good citizenship, loyalty, leadership, and the ability to maintain at least a C average in their studies must be considered. The leaders of this year's Senate were Frank Edwards, presidentg Charles Wil- son, vice-president, and Marilyn Hixson, secretary. The sponsor is E. S. Metcalf, dean of boys at the high school. Meetings are held once a month during the ninth period in his room. Many topics have been brought before the Senate this year. The main projects were the traditional Homecoming dance, the Red Cross boxes sent overseas, and the filling of Christmas baskets sent to needy families of students in the school. Another job for the school which the Senate always undertakes is the planning of the assembly programs for the following year. Row 1: Mary Lou Dierks, Marilyn Laude, Ruth Norby, Barbara Palmer, Marion Marshall, Barbara Pruden, Beulah Stowe. Row 2: Marilyn Hixson, Dolores Garrity, Ruth Biscontine, Irene Nesseler, Lucille Shrader, Louise Holub, Marilyn Law- son. Carolyn Ericksen, Richard Bunch. Row 3: Robert Todd, Dan Hollars, Richard Work, James Paradec. Joseph DePaepc, Harold Dorman, Conrad Andrews, Maynard Neighbors, Robert Berry, Roger Peterson. Row 4: Roy Johnson, Robert Wheelan, Gene Rudd, Frank Edwards, David Hoyt, William Posten, Donald Manhard, George Schneider, Peter Lousberg. Glauefi i L 2 I ,AMX - 1 I ,XVMU z .X- a 1- ix 33' ., . 'E mwflm' fo :t ..l , -3 94 ,' s 1. 71 .u '.:..NE3, , U ' -'KJ' :-,. ,R 10' 2- 1-'f '- -.fe .' 1... .Si lllllklu K'- , . ff' 1, , I . I? ' ' 'lil Seniaad TIMES CHANGE . . . The following section of THE 1949 WATCHTOWER contains pictures of the graduation class members as they appeared in their senior year. We predict that in the years to come, this section will be the one most often turned to by this year's graduates. We know, too, how surprised these graduates will be in those fleeting moments when they take time out to relive a few experiences at Rocky High. By that time they will have experi- enced the truth of the adage that no one halts time. Here, then, will be an important section of the old family album of Rock Island high school to show how they looked way back when. SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS BEVERLY DOOLEY, Secretary DANIEL TERRILL, Presilleizt SUE MCCABE, Vice-Presiclevzt .GQ A 14' A417 :+- JOHN MARAVENE SHIRLEY ANDERSON ANDERSON ANDERSON PATRICIA JACQUELINE GEORGE ARKLE BAGER BAKER K .'.-. , f S Nw' I 'Ag fig ,. , -. H Z? X -,' 3 3 'Y A ,542 A A 'SS'OSv S1 4 A I ' Q '::.- '- ..R+ A ERVIN MARY VIRGINIA BALES BALES BALK BEATRICE HOWARD WILLIAM BARBER BARKLEY BARRETT 'Q fill' f ' ,,,, , - W ANNA MAE RHODA RICHARD BERRY BJORKMAN BLACK BLATTNER 16 w '45 fa w A7 QL 'Nw' In ..,' ig- :-' - ,-'--:2. . V --Q ' ,g Na CARL BRANDOM MAURICE BUKSHPAN f WW i L ,K 'Q 1. -. ,L-ffl DOLORES BUSHERT BARBARA HAROLD ALAN RUSSELL ROBERT BLEDSOE BLEUER BLOCH BONNE BOOTHROYD CLIFFORD BEVERLY ROBERT LOIS JEANETTE BOSWELL BOWER BOX BOYNTON BRADLEY 5? if Li:- .. QL if 4 aria? I H aff. SS Av . I ,.-1 v ,U Inf' A -. 5 . ..,:. I A fw.,i I WALTER THOMAS RICHARD BRASMER BRENNAN BREITENSTEIN PATRICIA GEORGE JANICE BUNCH BURDON BURT I I I IA A ' A 'V I A - CLARA DONALD SALLY CAMILIA JEANNE BUTCHER CAIN CAMERON CAMPBELL CAMPBELL W , I :21 J I A :' ' l ' A If e g FH 21,4 I AUDREY DUAINE SHIRLEY L. CARLILE CARLSON CARLSON ENID ALLEN KATHLEEN CEDERBERG CHARLES CHRISTY 'uf I V XM .. fn '-., 3? V - BENJAMIN COOK BEVERLY CRECELIUS , .W , J Z 'f' 3 90 . 1 uw A 'fIAAA wi l ff wf MIKE CARR CHARLENE COHN RUTH ANN CARTER JACK COHN N155 , fs. X JAMES COOPER MARGUERITE DARGAN - MM . .. 2 'bf ' FEM 'Q' JACK CORNELIUS CLAYTON DAUBERT iv. . , Y ,z LAWRENCE COVEY NANCY DAVIS JEROME BARBARA DE JOSEPH BURBANK SHIRLEY EDWARD DE BORD BRACKELEIRE DE PAEPE DESILVA DESKIN DE SMET O 1. New i +V' , , AWKIQX EI I .x 1, A :A .-Ifjwiwf 4 , . nw N5 .. ,3w...n y MARGARET DUNLAP RICHARD ENBURG BEVERLY EVANS cg , A Ai-fear JOYCE DE VRIEZE BEVERLY DOOLEY Nw ...., '- F . . . .357-Qrf.. Na' -N11 Mewf MARILYN DIEKMAN MARILYN DOWNING JACQUELINE ROBERT DIERICKX DOERING MARILYN DOROTHY DOWNS DREWES .1 RICHARD DONLIN CHARLES DUNHAM Q MARY FRANK CORINNE EDMONDS EDWARDS EMERY PEGGY RUTH ANN JO ANN ESHELMAN ESKEW ETZEL . , 1 A ' M L M .,.. I W ,V ,H E :,, 9 Vw If ' QMS ,J Qqqgk, 5 r 3 Q? . X, , ggfjmflggy 'eg K W.: MILDRED ROBERT ALVIN PATRICIA JO ANN FAUCETT FAUSER FELDHAHN FISCHER FITZSIMMONS DAN JUANITA FLANIGAN FLORA LOIS GEORGE FRAZIER FREDRIKSEN 5 f as ---' we az! X ...... H-3. sw, ' 4-'lr ..-V' fur' WANDA FLYNN TED FREELAND ' 1.9 5, E- R, Al' ,....-u JOHN DAN CAROL ELYNOR FRYXELL FURNAS GILLESPIE GILMORE ROBERT ETHEL RICHARD THEODORE GIPPERT GLASSMAN GLYNN GOLD x 2 '1 A5 W A A A -uni 5 we E. V 7' ETS? .- f .:.., .:..:....' 1- .,... I ..1+:'- 'f2'.'.r,.::f: 'E RR,' A R A ..,RA,, ' A 4 :,: T S. 5 , T gi O - ARTHUR MARY ELLEN WILLIAM SALLY GOTTSOH GRAY GREEN GREENRERG .A V, -. M0236 A ., CHARLES DARLENE FOSTER FRANING GEORGE HARRY FRIEDLINE FRIEDMAN -'-H53 , 423-2 , QQ' '.,,, A ATAH .G GG 'OG A -A JOANNE KATHLEEN GREVE GROSS ' -Q WQ' . 'M ww , I CORINNE HAIN SHIRLEY HARL ,H GEORGE HENNING MARILYN HIXSON :sa ww w 5 V5 E in A e..,3L LLOYD HENSON BURLEIGH HOEXTER KENNETH HOLLIDAY 55542, I Q I . if ': 3 I L. f- EY RLL, f I -YE'- I , -I inxgz Akvv 'lg Q, 'V.' 1 . . lab '- 'A E V, 'V ,.. A I WS' . MICHAEL ZOE ANN HANCE HANNA LAVVRENCE ILENE HAZLETT HEDSTROM FAQQ BARBARA HERBIG JAMES HOLLARS DALE I-IESSONG JANE HOLLARS JOANN ROBERT ENID HOLLOWAY HOLUB HOOE R f . -' .:.5p.: Q Ni! ...W N 1 NIL' A J? A A - . ..-:,,-.:., - .... : .-,I-.:. GERALD HANSON LEON HELMS Q 4 2921- i x 5 Um ,M -, '1-: gy, ,, I M 43' ' ,y , ..:,:5:-g:,.,,- , ., . Q63 'Vi N' if Q I 3 0 ' 7 :J M .,-- QQ, O MAX HAN SON RI C HA R D H E NKE Q ROBERT HOON DAVID HOYT V 'T I 1 E I I 1,,, , ,M F 1 I E + 2 Q Wx , yn viii up X 'w as I LAURITA BENJAMIN MARILYN HUFF HUNTER HUYETT PAUL VIRGINIA ARTHUR IRWIN JACOBS JOHNSON 'IN' - ' an P56 ,I -x af ,g RALPH IGLEHART BETTY JOHNSON Pi' 915 ' J.: ROBERT G. JOHNSON RUTH JONES ',-- 5- ' ,... I ,' f Arl' :-: A.... -'I ,Z 35 ,ff SALLY JACK LORETTA KEELER KEIM KIMBEL ROBERT R. JOHNSON DONNA KARR J EQ f Ig., . S, . N- -isi- .Qw I xl' CAROLE INGOLD MARJORIE JOHNSON -.MX I Lynn A 'Nl' 3 QQ N T DOLORES JONES ROBERT KARR ROBERT JOHN KISER KLEINAU L4 ' 'Q A i 'LF' , . iw? 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I ' X3 BEN WILLIAM MAIER MANGELSDORF MELVIN ELIZABETH MARTENSEN MATTHEWS , v -R f '-Q' Si Q 'O 3 A . gg, jf 4 N 1 1, X . f 3 v A, Y, IRWIN BERYL THEODORE DOROTHEA MAURAIS MAYNE MERRILL MEYER ROBERT E. RICHARD BARBARA CHARLES MEYER MIERS MILLER MILLER in ri . I: 1 ,... ,pu-f M i A A gif we H,IIIR ::. ,q.. E5 V,,,. ., ' C1355 .Q A A 1 BEVERLY ' RICHARD GLORIA THEODORE MONSON MOORE MORGAN MORRISON Ji , Q - -1. JAMES MARY ANN JAMES PATRICIA A IRENE MOSS MULLEN NELSON NELSON NESSELER WILLIAM JEAN DORIS PAULINE BETTY NESSELER NICE NICKEL NIEMANN NIXON V, , '.,, .H 5 ,':- Y oi .. , I, K I-'-, 1. , Ii: -,--'A:, H 1: E , P J ,,,, . ,. JP, ,.,,,,: :IE I If ',,, ,Q P m. ..,. in A Aa, .ga Q A, ...v ' DOROTHY ELSIE PATRICIA THURSTON NUSBAUM OERTEL O'NEILL. OSBORNE CHRISTINE LURAE JACK PATRICIA PAPPAS PARIDON PARKER PARRISH A Z' A I I I V 2125 -' LW '5 557E1 .,.Q 2, 773 Q ,W Q 953' 2 '-':'-'- '-'i ' I I . I -- 2 I ,I'q , k A M JOYCE SALLY ARLINE N R . SHIRLEY REX JAMES PEARSON PELLS PERKINS PERRY PETERSON PILCHER ' .:: I A24 Il CHARLES WILLIAM DON PORTER POSTEN PRICE GLORIA JOSEPH ROMA PROSSER PURVIS RATLIFF i 1 I it , G A Af? J. A X , agp ALVEDA JOHN PRISTASH PRITCHETT ROY RICHARD REED RE SCHKE BERNARD GLORIA RITA RAE RICE RICK RITZE LELA LLOYD BERNADINE ROBINSON RODEMEYER ROGERS M I I -N, ,. ' '53 1 I i. I , Q MARLENE MARY ANN JANE ERNEST RHODA , ROIIRER ROMME ROSENKRANZ ROSSOW RUBEN L I ' af iA f 1f ' 3 . ' , F Q I SI S. ..,, : ri + I: , fs'-X ix Rf: , ...yr 1 R , S if I qi .I-f':'1R:1Qsf, A JOSEPH ROBINSON BUD ROGERS A-Im. .uv-I -WN lvlkn my Qgf I - gg-eg . gs -1.: 5:5- RICHARD RUBEN naval' . -' E I GENE RUDD LOUISE SCHNECK + .,,,, . ,, ' 55 I .,a, 'f W' I 5 mv ff: zz A Silk ' I 5 ITA? Wait fun. Qty 'Q V 5 I 'gk ' . I ' 5 .fs V.: . .55 f Q ' ,T 'WS' . : 'f ' 1 5,,f-QMQQK .-U' :MM XR gk kgwi.. gsgwvfisk ' 7ff?:14:G .3 . 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JOYCE PATRICIA ALBERT SMITH SMITH SNODGRASS STECHALIN STOEVER JANET WILMA PHYLLIS KENNETH CHESTER STONE STREED STROMQUIST SUESS SULLIVAN .I I A g 1 9 I I A Q M 'W ,,, - up ,S A. fi, 4096 ag , f A I A .A 4:21 TOM DONALD SWANSON SWENSSON CLYDE DARLENE SYDNOR SYRIA W - 5 5 2? y ,Ia xl E sw as-I gif? JAMES SWIFT PATRICIA TAMME ,L 3. a 41 'HQ ,yi 4 . s. .T KT L, 3' H. 2 J is M5 - I Avi ' i LOIS SWINGLE MARVELLA TANK ag :Ii BEVERLY PAUL DANIEL FRANCES WALTER JERRY TAYLOR TAYLOR TERRILL TEUSCHER TEUSCHER THOMPSON 9 l .-' - E Kn s - if I RICHARD JOSEPH THOREN TIEDEMAN MARTIN EDDY TROUT TUBBS PATRICIA TOBIN IRENE URBANOWICZ EUGENE VAN DIANE ZANDBERGEN VOLK BEVERLY MARJORIE WALKER WARREN .f T' Q Lg SALLY JOE WERTZ WHITE CHARLES WILLIAM WAHLHEIM WAKELAND SHIRLEY STANLEY WEINDRUCH WEINSTEIN -A -: ' -I' ., ' MARION SARA WHITE WHITE .1 gait In -: W Y W MARY ROBERT TODD TORNQUIST DONNA DONALD VAN VALENTINE ZANDBERGEN LLOYD ' JANET WIDERSTROM WIEGMANN -' 1 I 1 . W .. 2 I? amwiw ,Q was Q -8 A e 32,9 If f frm? PHYLLIS WILMER JACK WIKLUND WILKER WILLEFORD WILLIAM CHARLES SHIRLEY WILLIAMS WILSON WILSON I -.a V - JEANNETTE ZIEMER N-vp-v DOLORES WISEHART ELNA JEAN YOUNG in Ml! we Nm ,.4mw,f y JERRY HELEN ZIMMERMAN ZWICKER MARILYN WILLETTS WILLIAM WINTERS J my '- 'iviii mi - W Q i s A + ,Xu 4 JAMES WOEST IRENE YOUNG MARJORIE WILLIAMS SHIRLEY WISE 'Q I A J 'Q Shy RALPH MARLENE WITTE WRIGHT WALLACE WILLIAM ZEITLER ZESSAR gg.. . 6116! S6 LGI! RICHARD ENBURG, salutat0'rian,' VIRGINIA BALK, valedictoriau The highest honor that can be bestowed upon a senior is to become valedictorian or salutatorian of his class. Virginia Balk became valedictorian with the highest scholastic average, 97.13. She majored in English, Latin, and commercial courses, and minored in mathematics, social science, and science. Virginiafs extracurric- ular activities included many clubs, speech class plays, and an active part in girls' declamation. Richard Enburg was salutatorian with a 96.70 average. His majors were English, mathematics, social science, and science. He minored in Latin. He Was also active in num- erous clubs, speech class plays, and debate. Richard was the high school representative in the American Legion oratorical contest. l i Seaiaa Alanna Roll for flun.2,.,.f Seated: Dean Miller, Beverly Lundberg, Phyllis Stromquist. Standing: Richard R. Smith, Richard Enburg, Russell Bonne, Marjorie Johnson, Helen Zwicker, Elna Jean Young, Virginia Balk. The honor roll of the Rock Island senior high school 1949 graduating class was announced on February 17, 1949. Ninety-four of the 350 gradu- ating seniors were named, each having an average of 88 or above. They are listed in the order of their rank as follows: Virginia Balk Richard Enburg Dean Miller Helen Zwicker Marjorie Johnson Elna Jean Young Richard Robert Smith Phyllis Stromquist Russell Bonne Beverly Lundberg John Fryxell Nancy Davis Sue McCabe Clara Butcher Zoe Ann Hanna Robert G. Long Jack Cohn Donald Cain William Williams Paul McKee Theodore Merrill Patricia Stechalin Peter Lousberg William Zessar Alan Bloch Alveda Pristash Jack Cornelius Jacqueline Dierickx Irene Nesseler Frank Edwards Leon Helms Dolores Ruebling Jeannette Ziemer Marjorie Lindori Jack Parker Jean Nice Jane Rosenkranz Gretchen Krueger Marlene Kubow Richard Donlin Sandra Andich Kathleen Gross Benjamin Cook Dolores Shradar John Schwegler Janet Wiegmann Marjorie Williams Stanley Weinstein Eugene Kreps Enid Hooe Maravene Anderson Sally Cameron Corinne Emery Frances Teuscher Phyllis Wiklund Jo Ann Fitzsimmons Donald Van Zandbergen Richard Sawislak Marion XVhite Gloria Morgan Betty Nixon Janet Stone Joseph Purvis Marilyn Downing Edward De Smet Joyce De'Vrieze Ernest Rossow Burleigh Hoexter Robert Kiser Marilyn Downs Elaine Katz William Mangclsdorf Lawrence Covey Barbara Herbig Arline Perkins Louise Schneck Darlene Franing Lela Robinson Patricia Parrish Marilyn Hixson Irwin Maurais Barbara Miller Zoe Lofgren Mary Smith William Winters Clayton Daubert Dan Furnas Thurston Osborne Marlene Wright James Cooper Sally Greenberg Beverly Crecelius Gloria Prosser Dorothy Rushton alianal Jfanaa Social' Row 1: .lack Cohn, Donald Cain. Alan Bloch, Stanley VVQ-instein, .lohn lfrysiell. Edith McDougall, Sandra Amlieh. Elna .lean Young, Zoe Hanna, Row 2: Benjamin Cook, Richard R. Smith. Max Hanson, Jack By maintaining an average of 92 or above, 39 seniors automatically became members of the National Honor Society. Twelve additional students with averages ranging from 85 to 92 were chosen to be- come members by student and faculty vote, making a total membership of 51. Requirements for admission are based on scholarship, character, service to the Parker, Beverly Lundlrerg, Patricia Steehalin. Nancy Davis, Virginia Balk. Row 3: William Williams, Richard Enburg. William Zessal, Alveda Pristash, Marjorie Lindorff, Clara llelle Butcher. tics, and it was organized in accredited high schools all over the country. The National Honor Society became a part of Rocky High in 1937. An assembly given before the student body is a feature of the National Honor Society's activities. A banquet also is held each year to honor the members. The officers elected by the group were Peter Lousberg, presidentg Elna Jean Young, secretaryg and Frank Edwards, treasurer. Florence J. Liebbe and W. L. Kimmel were the faculty sponsors. school, and loyalty. Being admitted to the National Honor Society is one of the high- est honors a senior can Win. ln 1903 the National Honor Society was founded to create more interest in scholas- Row 1: Daniel Terrill, Jack Cornelius, Irwin Maurais, LC-on Row 3: Milton Rummels, Theodore Merrill, Frank Edwards, Helms, Jean Nice, Jeannette Ziemer, Sue McCabe, Phyllis Clayton Dauhert, Zoe Lofgren, Marion White. Helen Zwickcr, Stromquist. Gretchen Krueger, Irene Ncsseler. Row 2: Peter Lousberg, William Posten, Robert G, Long, Paul McKee, Marjorie Johnson, Jane Rosenkranz, Jacqueline Dierickx, Dolores Rucbling. Swim G au .Jlmivuf This marks the closing of the curtains 011 the first act of life for the 350 seniors who are leaving Rocky High this year. For three years we have worked together, and now we have come to the inevitable crossroads where each will go his own way in pursuit of life's happiness. We shall always remember these three years as happy ones marked by the achieve- ments of our classmates in sports, drama, music, and club activities. We remember our first day of school as lowly sophomores in September of 1946, how we got into the wrong classrooms, our trouble with using the right stairs, and the hugeness of the building. Our sophomore class officers were Lloyd Widerstrom, president, Donald Ballinger, vice-presidentg and Marilyn Hixson, secre- tary. Remember when June Haver came to visit us and led cheers in her stocking feet? Although the varsity football team lost the Moline game that night, the sophomores won and came through the season with seven wins and one loss, making them foot- ball champs in both conferences. Lloyd Widerstrom and Ted Freeland made the varsity that year. We attended the opening of the CYC in January of 1947. Remember how glad we were to have a place of our own again? The band members got new uniforms that year, too, just in time to show them off at our football games and in their two annual concerts. In dramatics, Peter Lousberg was in the state contest play The Maker of Dreams. We started off our junior year by elect- ing August Van De Voorde president of the class. Beverly Lundberg was vice-pres- ident and Edith McDougall, secretary. Several juniors helped the football team to many victories in the 1947-48 season, and at the annual football award banquet, Richard Miller was named the best defens- ive player for that season. Five juniors were cast in The Great American Family, the Dramatic club play in our junior year. Remember the speech class plays? They gave the junior dramatists a chance to show their talents. The leads in our junior class play were given to Enid Hooe and Robert Long. The play, The Charm School, was a great success. Robert Long, Peter Lousberg, and Stan- ley Weinstein represented the junior class at the state speech contest. Stanley and Peter gave declamations, while Robert was in the state play Years Ago. The chief executives of The Crimson Crier for the spring semester were editor in chief, Sue McCabe, managing editor, Theodore Morrison, copy editor, Marjorie Johnson, business manager, Dean Miller, and first-page editor, Marlene Kubow. In the fall of 1948 The Crimson Crier was managed by editor in chief, Stanley Weinstein 3 managing editor, William Wil- liamsg copy editor, Elna Jean Youngg busi- ness manager, Patricia Stechaling and first-page editor, Louise Schneck. On The Watchtower staff as assistants when they were juniors and heading the entire job as seniors were Richard Smith, Dean Miller, Marjorie Johnson, Marilyn Hixson, and William Williams. Four prominent wrestlers of our junior year were Orville Lamb, Donald Van Zand- bergen, Kenneth Suess, and Charles Porter. Remember how proud we were when August Van De Voorde made first string in varsity basketball? Several juniors showed their skill as track men. Some of these were Donald Ballinger, Don Price, John Scott, Dan Flanigan, Michael Carr, and Frank Edwards. Zoe Lofgren, Beverly Lundberg, Theo- dore Morrison, and Donald Ballinger had the honor of being chosen junior marshals for the graduating class of 1948. Remember when The Saga of Gustagaf' written by alumnus Donn Weiss, was pre- sented at Rocky High by the Glee club dur- ing our junior year? Several junior Glee club members helped in the presentation. We elected Daniel Terrill president of our senior class and Beverly Dooley and Sue McCabe were elected secretary and vice-president respectively to help Daniel carry out his duties. We, as seniors, showed that we were really a progressive class. Through the ef- forts of our classmates, we were able to obtain a change in the style of our class rings. Remember how proud we were when our alumni friends said, I wish we had thought of having our ring style changed '? Senior Day was another advancement we made. It was so well liked that it will be an annual event for future seniors at Rocky High. Football season didn't turn out too badly as the fellows were determined to show Coach Almquist that they were really pretty good. Patricia Nelson was elected Homecom- ing queen. By the way, remember, we beat Kewanee that night, too. Marion White, Juanita Flora, and Beverly Lundberg were Patricia's attendents. The Dramatic club presented Life With Father, in which four seniors had the leading roles. Robert G. Long was the dom- ineering and systematic father with Bettye LaRue as his sweet wife. Peter Lousberg portrayed their eldest son Clarence, who was infatuated with Mary, Gloria Prosser. The band elected Benjamin Hunter man- ager and Jacqueline Dierickx assistant manager for their senior year. All the Glee clubs elected senior officers. The junior cheerleaders really hated to see the four seniors leave. They were Edith McDougall, Patricia Nelson, Dolores Bush- ert, and Marlene Kubow. These four helped make our 1948-1949 cheerleading team one of the best in the state. The cast of the state contest play, a cutting from William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream took first place in the sectional contest at Macomb. At the state contest in Champaign, the play took second place, and Peter Lousberg took third place with his humorous de- clamation. John Fryxell, Richard Enburg, Stanley Weinstein, and William Zessar, the debate team, had a very successful season and placed third at Champaign. Beverly Lundberg was chosen by the seniors to receive the annual D.A.R. good citizenship award. Eighty-eight seniors made the honor roll headed by Virginia Balk and Richard En- burg, Peter Lousberg was elected president of the National Honor Society, Frank Ed- wards, vice-president, and Elna Jean Young, secretary. Since Shakespeare made a hit with the students, we presented A Midsummer Night's Dream for our class play. The play was a distinct change from the usual modern plays. We were all glad to be graduating, but still there was a sadness to the whole thing. Now that we are only alumni, we realize the true meaning of Alma Mater. Sure, but can they cook? ew. Hu w'zfnn'd lilu- 11 nice follow NYho arc you trying Ln kial. Bumll' U. Smilus from thv Radio 1-tai? '1'hat's our adclu-ss T. Jeans Dayflfilkl Jfwanm- G11-vv in a kitty-kat suit S. Anything: for :1 piculrv unicast JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS BETTY FULLER., Secretary ADELE STONE, Vice-President RICHARD THOMAS, P-resident unicvzfi Row 1: VVaync Bartley, Jessu Andi-reck, Richard Brems, Russell Burwell, Clayton Burton, Freal Boll, Donald Bender, Raymond Anderson. Row 2: Shirley Beam, Beverly Anderson, Join- Angle, Kathryn Bjork, Patricia Bradshaw, Donna Beal, Chloe Anclich, .loanne Blaclvl, Karlee Buhman, Pauline Bryan. Row 3: Helen Brown, Marilyn Bulens, Ruth liiscontine, Betty Bishop, Deloris Briseno, Lorraine Brown, Lois Barr, Alta Benningfield, Margaret Bates, Janet Burgess. Row -1: Darrel Bognar, Tom Blumenthal. Lynn Atkins, Arvalea Bunning, Vern:-ll Bland, Albert Hreh- fortl, Donald A-kifllfr, Davirl Rrauly, Ric-harcl Bentley, Douglas Burkerl. Row 1: Stanley Flowers, Max Campbell, Albert Chevalier, John Ewert. Richard Camper, Donnell Carnes. Alan Cronau, Robert Elbrechte-r, James Fox. Row 2: Ellen Elliott, Loretta Foster, Barbara Drinkall, Joanne Coffield, Betty Fuller, Doris Canum. Mary Darr, .loan Deyo, Carolyn Ericksen, Arlene Clanton. Row 35 Jacqueline Davis, Nancy Exner. Evelyn Deskin, Erlane Dauffenbaeh, Mary Frommelt, Jacque- line Calhoun, Naomi Cady, Mildred Davis, Martha Fox, Betty Jane Fitch, Betty Cantrall. Row 4: Sheldon Frank, Abraham Baker. Donald Fuhr, Rnizer Chindbergr, Cyrus Dietz, Mike Corken, John Eastman, Donald Cox, Jack Fitzpatrick, Robert Coulson. l Row 1: David Hopley, Clark Holmes, Charles Heriford, George Hedstrom, James Horst, Clifford Harris, Paul Gralton, John Hahn, Wade Hermani Row 2: Marilyn Haneq, Geraldine Handelman, June Griffitts, Joan Hanner, Iva Belle Henson, Ro Orla Gish, June Goodwin, Barbara Germaine, Louise Holub, Barbara Hickman. Row 3: Donald Huggins, Betty Garrison, Leona Groene, Doris Gordon, Iris Gordon, Dolores Garrity, Georgia Hardin, Rosella Horton, Donna Handley, Phyllis Houston, Carolyn Houile. Row 4: Jack Hunter, Walter Hall. James Enfzman, George Hardin, Richard Hamlin, Kenneth Green, John H1-nneman, Elmer Holke, Li-on Goolll. Ronald Hessvr, Tom Holst. Row 1: Victor Kennison, .lack Kettering, Ronald Janetzke, George Kieffer, Richard Klauer, James Lawrence, Donald Logan. Row 2: Wanda Livengood, Shirley Leibovitz, Marilyn Lerner, Lola Louck, Pauline Ockee, Donna Lees, Shirley Jones, Geraldine Ingram, Norma Lankton. Row 3: Juanita Jones, Marilyn Jones, Marilyn Klindt, Marilyn Lawson, Gloria Johnson, Patricia Lane, Gilda Jacobson, .loan Lee. Row fi: Richard Liedtke, Donald Lund. Carl Larson, Paul Lauritzen, Robert Lothrirlge, Edward Larson, Henryetta Kish, Katherine Jordan. unload. unload Row 1: Ben McCullough, Joe McKnight, Kenneth Mills, Earle McBride, Roland Miller, Daniel Matter. Dale Nelson, Maurice Marble, Donald Manhard. Row 2: Patricia Mayne, Edna Makedon, Mary Mendoza, Rosemary McCune, Stella Miller, Patricia Montz, Betty Lou Nelson, Katherine Moody, Ruth Norby, Arlene Mosher. Row 3: Jean Morgan, Gloria Mullen, Donna Mitchell, Cathryn Nissen, Charleen Manuel, Alyce Me- Vl'illiams, Colleen McGovern, l.uella Meek, Connie Nowack, Lois Nielson, Marlene Mercer, Joyce Miller. Row 4: Tom Mills, Robert Newbern, Forrest Miller, Roy Martin, Vernon Mack, Kenneth Melow, Charles Niekell, James MacLean, Kent Nelson, John March, Tom Morgan. Row 1: Donald Rowe, Kenneth Peterson, Robert Reddig, Dick Pitschke, Jerry Olds, Robert Resch, Roger Peterson, Ronald Roberts, Irwin Rietz. Row 2: Loretta Reddick, Thelma Piepcr, Marjorie Requet, Donna Paradee, Joyce M. Peterson, Betty Pohl, Donna Ohms, Joyce Ruysbroeck, Jeanne Ohlweiler, Betty Ryerson, Delma Platt. Row 3: Lauretta Royal, Alice Rogers, Carol Rennison, Edna Randles, Carol Riceman, Betty Riflel, Donna Palmer, Norma Pegg, Regina Pilcher, Rita Pingel, Marianne Russell, Nancy Plantz. Row 4: Constance Rummels, Sylvia Rose, Morton Olsson, John Rundquist, Gary O'Dell, Martin Rich, David Pearson, Richard Romine. Row 1: Robert Schroeder, Joe Senatra, Stuart Steadman, Harold Schroder, James Short, Lawrence Sutterman, Pat Schneider, Bill Scott, Richard Sheese. Row 2: Adele Stone, Dolores Schave, Tommy Lynn Stanley, Betty Strickland, Carol Sellers, Helen Shugk, Patty Schenebricker, Joan Stromer, Patricia Swisher, Sonja Sodcrberg, Sylvia Swisher, Lucille Shrader. Row 3: Neil Summers, Doris Snyder, Betty Sehaum, Dolores Sells, Marijo Shanes, Elaine Summers, Phyllis Stanley, Marguerita Selle, Cecile Schnoor, Arlene Shepherd, Beverly Stuhr. Row 4: Jack Suman, Jerry Schiller, Jack Swisher, Jack Shoemaker, Daniel Spence, Gerald Smit. Garth Schafer, Gene Seitz, Jack Schrage, John Schmitt. Row 1: Richard Van Horn, .lohn VVL-sterbeck, Gale Vetter, Robert VVheelan. John Tait, Richard Thomas. Row 2: Lavonna Van Cleave, Patricia VVitt, Jacqueline Vedell, Catharine Walker, Janis Wood, Joyce Welch, Sue Thompson, Luray Thoms. Row 3: Joan Wangelin, Mary Lou Viviani, Joan VVeber, Lois Walker, Betty VVilliams, Joanne Veronda, Joyce Warner, Wilhclmina Teuscher, Delona Spellmeyer. Row 4: Frank Widmar, Frank VVitt, Maurice Van Speybroeftk, Donald Wallace, Ernest Zimrinef, Robert VVenger, Conrad Ward. Thomas Wallace. - anicvzd L y N I E S F L L.. SW SOPHOMORE CLASS OFFICERS DONALD RUDD, Vice-Plresident MAYNARD NEIGHBORS, President NANCY JEAN STRUVE, Secretary Sepia: Row 1: Harold Beane. Donald Agans, Ralph Brown, Paul Bond, Francis Adlfinger, Conrad Andrews, Richard Ballinger, Richard Bunch, Ronald Braasch, Richard Bennett, Robert Benson, Kurt Bealer, Thomas-1 Bickel. Row 2: Marilyn Boynton, Shirley Bulens, Marilyn Buller, Carol Berge, Gretta Barrett, Janice Bowen, Donna Bartell, Suzanne Brennan, Beverly Bolt, Neva Belcher, Dorothy Burbridge, Beth Ann Bell, Loura Anderson, Row IS: Mildred Bryan, Marilyn Boyd, Janet Blaser, Joanne Blue, Beverly Buder, Marilyn Blacker, Joan Burkhead, Marjorie Andereek, Mary Lee Bodenhamer, Jacqueline Barbee, Barbara Bessee, Sylvia Baird, Javqueline Boetze, Row 4: Donald Bealer, Darrell Burley, James Bloeklingxer, Harry Andrews, Richard Booth, Rudell Beard, Paul Biseontine, George Arbaugh, William Brown, Donald Anderson, Charles W. Brooks, Robert Berry. Row 1: Jack Cope, Benjamin Cutler, Charles Christner, Robert Cramer. Donald Dixon, Thomas DeVoss, John DeVos, William Cramer, Edward DeV1-ieze, Robert Draper, Kenneth Drake. Row Z: Shirley Dennison, Betty Dobbler, Vennetta Bush, Joan Clement, Vira Covey, Roberta Calhoun, Donna Connolly, Bonnie Mae Colburn, Darlene Daniels, Betty Cooper, Shirley Bregger, Mary Lou Dierks. Row 3: Marilyn Coons, Joann Davis, Shirley Claver, Patsy Ann Carter, Lucy Danneels, Colleen Carr, Maureen Day, Patricia DePaepe, Wilma DeBrackeleire, Imogene Deffenbaugh, Mary Ann Blackwell, Shirlee Bergstrom. Row 4: Richard Engels, Patrick Darby, Gilman Clark, Warren DeBord, Joe DeSchepper, Dick Crosby, Royal Coons, William Drovesky, William Case, David Criswell, Harold Dorman, Soplzamaawl Row 1: Robert Elder, Harold Durbin, Everett Fisher, Kenneth Flack, NYilliam Flanagan, Jerry Fout. Row 2: Kay Edwards, Doris Edga r, Wilma Ebn-rtw, Betty Foster, Nellie Fentress. Patricia Calhoun. Row 35: Patricia Edler, Betty Flodl-en, Patricia Edmonds, Doris Enfrh, Hermoine Erdman, Sally Erickson. Row 4: Melvin Furman, John Flynn, Arthur Finkelstein, VVaynv Funk, Roald Fryxl-ll, Louis Ellis Richard Flores. di' K 40? nl ...f A 'N ' W Row 1: James Gillman, Donald Hains, Donald Hartkop. Deane Holliday, David Greenberg, Henry Groothaert, W'illiam Gottsch. William Hall, Reed Hollars, William Goodman, Billy Henson, Barry Hartung. Jerry Holdorf. Row 2: Evelyn Cline, Janice Gordon, Barbara Hoben, Betty Hein, Elnor Garrett, Carolyn Green. Gayle Hultltrrun, Patricia Hartnett. Alice Heath, Shirley Fiseus, Nanon Black. Row 3: Cherry Harvey, Martha Alongi, Barbara Hobart, Meta Gellman. Jean Hinman, Darlene Hedeen, Joan Gregg, Carole Gonse, Loretta Hollingsworth, Karen Gustafson, June Hershey, Nancy Hoexier. Row 4: Joseph Grehan, Ronald Guthrie, Jack Graham, Howard Haskins, Richard Hansen, Jack Gellman, Kenneth Garmon, James Hansen, Robert Hauman, Frantz Helpenstell, Richard Huntley. Sapfmmafzed. Row 1: Reuben James, Marvin Johnson, Clyde Jones, Forrest Kettering, Andrew Kean, Edward Kobel. Row 2: Beverly Kinnan, Joyce Ingold, Barbara Kingdon, Darlene Kaskaclclen, Shirley Kimbel, Margaret Kurtz. Row 35: Dorothy Krueger, Patricia Kunce, Marilyn Kolinchinsky, Joanne Kilcoin, Mildred Kerler, Margaret Jones, Janice Johnston. Row 4: Clarence Klauer, Joseph Johnson, Kurt Koehler, Richard Johnson, Roy Johnson, Perry Jackson, David Krause, Marvin Kempf, I w Row 1: Gary Myles, George McDonald, Joe Mendoza, Don Muller, Don Monte, Donald Lenyxer, Norman McClelland, Robert Minton, Ronald McMillan, Gerald Martin, Carl Moscolo. Row 2: Darlene Mead, Joyce Lebermann, Carol Magney, Fern Layer, Dorothy Melville, Janet McMahon, Dorothy Lippens, Patricia Miller, Jacqueline Miller, Marion Marshall, Susan Matteson. Row 3: George Minarsich, Gerald Lord, Myvon Mettlin, Barbara Larson, Marcia Lindord, Lylas Mercer. Ruth Long, Marilyn Moss, Emma .lean Livengood, Marilyn Laude. Row 4: Fred Moore. Stuart Lefstein, Carl Jefferson, Chris Montag, Duane Luckey, Norman Mitchell, Robert Mangelsdorf, Richard Mangelsdorf, William McCracken, James Montgomery, Thomas Loman. Sapfzomafwi Row 1: Budd Maxfield, Gene Purvis, Da.ryl McKee, Maynard Neighbors, Carroll Pearson, Donald Porter, Kayo Porter, Donald Parks, Paul Perkins, Donald Pleasants, Donald Paulsen. Row 2: Joyce McMahon, Erma Jean Nichols, Pauline Pristash, Marlene Pratt, Joyce E. Peterson, Janet Phillips, Carmen Petre, Veona Nelson, Shirley Oberhardt, Nancy Porske. Row 3: Sylvia Pullman, Eleanor Peterson, Doris Nichols, Yvonne Pickron, Margaret O'Connell, Annalee Pauwels, Irene Nelson, Barbara Palmer, Marilyn Nelson, Nancy Puscas. Row 4: Robert Nielsen, Gary O'Brien, Paul Parker, Richard Petersen, Tom Parsons, Richard Pettit, Warren Ostrom, Gerald Pi:-mann, Robert D. Nelson, Dan Hollars, Arthur Nies, VVillard Peterson. Row 1: Richard Smith, Stanley Smith, Richard Hawley, Marlin O'Dell, Robert Olson, Kenneth Rogers. VValdo Sullivan, Jay Simmonsf James Paradee, Gerald Scott, Glen Soderstrom, Kenneth Jones. Row 2: Mary Ellen Schafer, Nancy Rannow, Mary Lou Stout, Theresa Hoffman, Alice Reimers, Anna Gilmore, Janet Knouse, Joyce Boetje, Frances Simpson, Dorothy Sullivan, Orenthal Rose, La Von Sheese. Rose Strom-s. Carol Rexroade. Nancy Gillespie, Audrey Sollie, Row 3: Patricia Ann Schmidt, Phyllis Rosenthal, Janet Stromquist, Mary Lou Steele, Barbara Rieximzer, Nancy Ritzc, Betty Roseberry, Donna Ross. Row 4: Leonard Sundberg, Arthur Shaw, Gerald Skinner, Thomas Kiser, Delbert Reynolds, Charles Simmons, Ronald Sears, William Hendren, Roy Quick, Richard Schoeve, Roy Shrake, Ray Regal. 5 Row 1: Clyde Jones, Wayne Foster, Donald Rudd. Charles Stubbe, Kenneth Reem, Charles Mathias, David Scott, Lawrence Vogt, Jack VVorth. Row 2: Beulah Stowe, Nancy Jean Struve, Virginia Siebenmann, Betty Stoit, Barbara Sherwood, Carol Stevenson, Gloria Ann Swisher, Mary Stalkfleet, Carolyn Ramsey, Mary Powers, Delores Schultz. Row 3: Jeanette Swanson, Nancy Shetter, Joan Schneck, Gertrude Moore, Beatrice Stal' Joan Swain, Beverly Roberts, Greta Smith, Donna Steen, Jo Ann Mason, Nancy Sheldon, Shirley Leffler. Row 4: Russell Vanderwall, James Tolle, Richard Work, Walter Whisler, Clarence Strader, Delbert. Huntley, Gerald Noble, Jack Rummens, Burton Hobson, John Shirkey, James Loveless, Gale Recd. Row 1: Richard VVildermuth, Lee YVillel'ord, Donald Wilson, Robert Teuseher, Clifford Wiborg, Wayne Watkins, Lazelle Ullrick, Richard Koob, David Zarate, Anthony Yetz. Row 2: Robyn Wright, Marjorie Wisehart, Jeanne XVest, Yvonne VanDeSompele, Virginia Willming, Mary Rausch, Marilyn Whiteside, Nancy Yant, Nancy Salzman, Eleanorc Tebbe, Dorothy Totten, Nancy Welch. Row 3: Barbara Tobin. Donna Watson, Deloris Mason, Norma Stark, Joyce Thomas, Darlene Williams, Delores Zeis, Mary Wiklund, Shirley VVarren, Dolores VVeinba-rgcr, Elizabeth Turney, Sue Ziemer, Donna Mae Zemin. Row 4: Bernard Verschoore, John Voss, Tom Willis, John Walker, David Wright, Richard VViekum, Dean Washburn, Bill Swain, Thomas Valiquette, Dale Teel, John Wangelin, Robert Todd, Fremont Jacks, Jack Green. 0464 MMR ,wyi-xwn if 5 V www .. mm. i W H... 1. First snow 4. Y League champs 2. Virginia at Monmouth 5. Don't frvt up for us Shows what :L good line will do for you 6. Taking life easy-really easy Qaqanqaliwu I v fafevwwwmx Black Jlawk Wide ,lohn lfryxell, Sandra Andieh. Zoe Lotgren, Marjorie Johnson, Marjorie Vl'illiams. .lanet Burgess. Follow the trail - the trail of history. This is the motto of the Black Hawk tribe, one of the oldest and most popular clubs at high school, which this year successfully completed its 21st year. The tribe is connected with the social studies department of Rocky High. The purpose of the club is to unfold the fas- cinating lndian lore of this community and to acquaint students with other historical interests of our state and nation. Meetings are held the second Tuesday oi' Y ses' Row 1: Joanne Bladel. Sylvia Pullman, Joyce Lebermann, Patricia Ann Schmidt, Janet Stromquist, Barbara Kingdon, Zoe Lofgren, Marjorie Johnson. Row 2: Beverly Buds-r, Suzanne Brennan. Marcia Linilorff, .leanettm Swanson. Mary Rausch, Erna Benson, Dolores Sells, Chloe Andich. Row 3: Joyce Ruysbrocck, Marijo Shanes, Pauline Ockee. Beverly Bolt, Yvonne Van De Sompele, Nancy Plantz. Row 4: Don Price, Bill VVilliams. Sheldon Frank, Vl'illiam Mangelsdorf. Row 1: Cathryn Nissen, Lauretta Royal. Karlee Buhman. Lois NVallier. Alyee MeNVilliams, Betty Cantrall, Elaine Sum- mers, Joyce 'Welch, Betty Lou Nelson. Row 2: Luray Thoms, Sue Thompson, Louise Holub, Donna Ohms, Phyllis Stanley, June Goodwin, Rosina Shaclalinger. each month and provide programs about local history or current events, usually in the form of movies or talks. Refreshments are served at each meeting. Any sophomore vvho wishes to join the tribe is admitted. Juniors and seniors are admitted by invitation only. Row 3: Clyde Jones, Joie Angle, Marilyn Lerner, Dick Sawislalc. Elsie Oertel. Row 11: Daviml Braily, Arthur Johnson. NVilliam Zessav Lawrence Sutterman. Stanley VVL-instein. Officers this year were Zoe Lofgren, chiefg John Fryxell, sachemg Sandra An- dich, keeper of the birchbarkg Marjorie Johnson and Marjorie Williams, co-pro- gram chairmeng and Janet Burgess, re- freshment chairmen. The faculty sponsors are P. J. Martin and John H. Shantz. Row 1: Betty Schaum, Elna Jean Young, Gloria Morgan, Jane Rosenkranz, Jo Ann Fitzsimmons, Beverly Crecelius, Janice Burt, Ruth Ann Eskew, Luella Meek, Charleen Manuel. Row Z: Marjorie Williams, Sally Cameron, Marion Whitc, Milclrerl Faucett. Juanita Flora. Mary Smith, Nancy Shetter, Janet Burgess, Row 3: Russell Bonne, Richard Johnson, Marianne Russell. Patricia Parrish, Marlene Wriirht, Rita Rae Ritze, Helen Zwicker, Forrest Miller. Row 4: Jeanne Ohlweiler, Barbara Hoben. Betty Pohl. Catharine VVallier, Theodore Morrison. 6 Glad Jack Schrage, vice'-prcsidentg Lucille Shradcr, vice-president: Benjamin Hunter, president. tAbsent from picture-Joanne Coffieldb Because of all the enthusiastic students Wanting admission, the Camera club had to divide its organization into two groups this year: a training section and an ad- vanced section. The training group learned the fundamentals of photography, such as contact printing, developing, and enlarg- ing, While the advanced group, who knew those processes, broadened their photo- graphic education With advanced material. This year's officers were Benjamin Hunter, president, Jack Schrage, Wallace Row Row Ro W Row Row Row : Rita Pinglc, William Nesscler, Shirley VVise. : Donnell Carnes, Donald Laude, Howard Barkley. : George Baker, Dan Flanigan, Max Hanson. : James Nelson, Clayton Burton, Lytle Lundy, Roger Peterson. : Burleigh Hoextcr, Roald Fryxell, David Wright. : VVallace Za-itler, Clarol Hawkins, Clyde Sydnor, Dick Pitschke Row 1: Carolyn Ramsey, Barbara Pruden, Yvonne Piekrun. Row 2: Lauretta Royal, Betty Jane Fiteh, Robyn Wright. Row 3: Sally Erickson, Marlene Pratt, Patricia Kuncv. Row 4: Budd Maxficld, Gerald Martin, George McDonald. Row 5: Joseph Johnson, Donald Siders. Zeitler, and Lucille Shrader, vice-pres- idents Q and Joan Coffield, secretary. New equipment was bought with the funds earned by working at the home basketball games, selling pop and candy. The equipment purchased this year in- cluded a 2 X2 slide projector, retouching kits, matched filters, and adaptors for cameras, The club also used some of the funds to build a new projection room with three booths, this makes it possible for six people to work at one time. This year the club was supervised by a new sponsor, George H. McMaster. He suc- ceeded D. Gerald Finch. This was Mr. McMaster's first year as sponsor of a camera club, and he has used many of his ideas for this year's club in their biweekly meetings. Since the purpose of the club is to acquaint its members with the funda- mentals of photography, Mr. McMaster had several members of the club dem- onstrate various phases of photography at many of the meetings. An attempt was made last year to do this, but because of the lack of the required equipment, variety in the photographic field was impossible. Now, however, the equipment is available and 'the members of the club can work in portraiture, copy- ing, salon photography, and in many more of the modern types of photography. This year there were 80 members in good standing in the club. At the close of Row 1: Betty Roseberry, Barbara Palmer, Patricia Miller, Emma Jean Livengood. Row 2: Bruce Bartley, Forrest Miller, Earle McBride. Row 3: Albert Chevalier, Sheldon Frank, Walter Whisler. Row 4: Wayne Bartley, Carroll Pearson, Robert Schroeder, Francis Adlfinger. the year, Mr. McMaster presented to the person with the best salon showing of the year, photography equipment valued at ten dollars. Benjamin Hunter demonstrates the Camera club's developing equipment. Gamma. 6046 CAMERA CLUB SALON PRINTS Top loft: 'LKIOQ-listallc-l by Roald lfryxvll. Top ccnturz Columns by Robert Olsvn. Top Right: Wvst Entra nee by Roald Fryxul Ccntcr left: K'Buddha by Dan Flanigan. Centex' right: Solitumlc by Jack Schrage. Bottom left: BisymmQt1'ic by Dan Flanigan, l Bottom right: Wyoming by Josr-ph Johnson. Gwmenj Zuenlii Glad Max Hanson, 17166-217'CSId6'TLf Virginia Balk, SCC1'Cfll'I'1l Richard Enbui The Current Events club is a new club at the high school begun by a group of students interested in world affairs beyond the active part they took in class. The purpose of the club is to provide an opportunity for students interested in cur- rent events to listen to their fellow stu- dents' ideas, express theirs, and then to make up their own minds. Now only two years old, the club has been accepted by the student body and the membership has grown steadily. The Cur- rent Events club is not a glamorous affair, with refreshments and social gatherings to draw members, but it provides a stim- ulating attraction for those who are gen- 'gm l'rvsidm1f l uinely interested in the world's affairs. This year's officers are: Richard En- burg, presidentg Max Hanson, vice-pres- identg and Virginia Balk, secretary. The club is under the sponsorship of Kathryn Callihan, history instructor. Meetings are held twice a month and such topics as socialized medicine, federal world government, and our foreign policy are discussed. The Current Events club is an especially valuable organization in these times. Started and carried on by the students themselves, it provides a place where they may pool their ideas and decide for them- selves what to believe. Row 1: Ronald Janetzkc, Max Hanson, John Fryxell, Mary Row 2: David Brady, William Zessar, John Schwegler, Frommelt, Kathryn Callihan-sponsor, Alan Bloch, Donald Burleigh Hocxter, Virginia Balk, Richard Sawislak, Richard Gain. Enburg. fbaamalic Glad Beverly Lundberg, Peter Lousberg, Zoe Hanna, Theodore Morrison. Under the sponsorship of E. Dorothy Peterson and Mrs. Carol Karr Doyle, the Dramatic club at Rock Island high school again had a successful year. The 1948-1949 club had a membership of approximately one hundred members. Regular club meetings are held the sec- ond Wednesday of each month in the Little Theater, where members enjoy student participation programs. Often the program is one in which every member may take part. Original ghost stories provided fun in this manner at one meeting, and at another, a modernized ver- sion of the romance of John Alden and Priscilla supplied the entertainment. Speech I students were invited to the February meeting, when a one-act play was presented. Other readings and plays were given during the year by members of the club. Two special events are celebrated by this club during the school year. The first, the Christmas party, proved to be fun for all. A carol sing and the reading of Charles Tazewell's The Littlest Angel high- Row 1: Wayne Bartley, George Schneider, Howard Barkley, Jane Rosenkranz, Enid Hooe, Erna Benson, Kathryn Bjork, Charleen Manuel, Jeanne Ohlweiler, Betty Lou Nelson, Joie Angle, Elna Jean Young. Row 2: John Schwegler, Clyde Sydnor, Sylvia Swisher, Carolyn Erieksen, Janet Burgess, Arlene Clanton, Joann Holloway, Irene Nesseler, Marion White. Row 3: Theodore Morrison, Dean Miller. David Brady, Catharine Walker, Bruce Bartley, Michael Hance, Joseph DePaepe, Patricia Stechalin, Sally Keeler, Zoe Lofgren. Row 1: Janis Wood, Betty Fuller, Carolyn VVoebcr, Louise Holub, Phyllis Wikluncl, Virginia Balk, Zoe Hanna, Marilyn Huyett, Adele Stone. Row 2: Lavonna VanCleavc, Luray Thoms, Sue Thompson. Karlee Buhman, Louise Schneck, Rhoda Ruben, Janet Stone, lighted the program for the afternoon. The second of these important events is the theater party held shortly before school is dismissed in the spring and when a good movie is playing. The club attends the theater as a group and afterwards has an after-theater treat. The object of the club is to further an interest in dramatics and to give members more experience in acting and play pro- duction. A student who wishes to become a member of the Dramatic club must meet an- 1 Row 3: Sheldon Frank, William Mangelsdorf, Lawrence Sutterman, John Anderson, Helen Zwicker, Marjorie Johnson. Row 4: William Zcssar, Thomas Wallace, Benjamin Cook, Jack Schrage, Don Price, William Williams, Gloria Prosser, Mary Ann Mullen. several requirements, He must be a junior or senior and must be enrolled in speech class or have had at least one year of speech. He must sign up for admission to the club as he does for other clubs in school, and he must have qualifications for acting or crew Work. The officers for the 1948-1949 school year were: president, Peter Lousbergg vice- president, Theodore Morrison, secretary, Beverly Lundberg, and treasurer, Zoe Ann Hanna. MQW Row 1: Tommy Lynn Stanley, Shirley Perry, Lois Swingle, Carol Sellers, Marilyn Lawson, Beverly Lundberg, Patricia Parrish. Row 2: George Kieffer, Allen Charles, Ernest Zimring, Pa- tricia Bradshaw, Jacqueline Davis, Ro Orla Gish, Mildred Faucett, Mary Smith. Row 3: Charles Heril'oi'd, David Pearson, Burbank deSilva, Arthur Johnson, John Scott, Robert Gippert, Robert G. Long, Peter Lousberg. Quia ' Nlhleizc Naawiajzm Jean Powers, t1'easu.1'er Phyllis Wiklund. pres-idpnt Virginia Balk, secretary I promise to uphold the ideals of the Girls' Athletic association, by promoting interest in athletics and the out of doors 5 by living so that I may be healthy and strong, by making good sportsmanship a constant factor in my conduct. This is the G.A.A. initiation pledge which has been the guiding factor for 109 girls throughout a year of fun and activity. The members of the G.A.A. have met on the third Tuesday of each month. Various committees have provided all with refresh- ments, sports, and plenty of variety. The October meeting started off the year with a hike and a Wiener roast. November brought initiation and all the comical antics that go with it. This meet- ing, however, had a serious tone as all 5 lr -'H-1 i Row 1: Pauline Nicmann, Lurae Paridon, Sally Pells. Row 2: Joyce Pearson, Donna Handley, Pauline Ockee, Gloria Morgan, Jean Morgan, Rita Pingel, Gilda Jacobson, Donna Lees, Patricia Lane, Gloria Johnson, Patricia Montz. Lois Nielsen. Wanda Livengood, Luella Mock, Row 3: Marilyn Lawson, Shirley Leffler, Joyce Lebermann Susan Matteson, Connie Nowack, Gloria Mullen, Betty John son, Beverly Kinnan, Jacqueline Miller, Cathryn Nissen. Row 1: Nancy Exner, Marilyn Hixson, Dolores Garrity. Doris Gordon, Joan Deyo, Kathryn Bjork, Beverly Bolt, Janet Blaser, Patricia Bradshaw. Row 2: Loretta Foster, Georgia Hardin, Iva Belle Henson. Patricia Hartnett, Mary Bales, Joanne Creve, Betty Flolleen, Louise Holub, Barbara Hickman. members, new and former, took the G.A.A. oath during a solemn candlelight ceremony. Other monthly meetings included such activities as bowling, swimming, and an Easter egg hunt. At the final banquet qualified members received awards, seniors were bid farewell, and the next year's of- ficers were named. G.A.A. pins, numerals, and letters were the awards issued. In obtaining credit to- Row 33: Juanita Flora, Janice Gordon, June Colony, Carole Ingold, Evelyn Cline, Betty Cooper, Joan Clement, Corinne Emery, Enid Cederberg, Shirley Anderson, Marilyn Haneq, Lois Barr, Lorraine Brown, Barbara Germaine, Karlee Buh- man, Suzanne Brennan, Betty Cantrall. ward an award, the point system was used. To receive points a member had to participate in certain activities and prac- tice proper health habits. When points were tabulated, a member received awards in ae- cordance with her total number of points. Officers for the 1948-1949 season of the G.A.A. were Phyllis Wiklund, president, Virginia Balk, secretary, and Jean Powers, treasurer. Q in h W M .W 'T 'WQTYE 5 r' i ,Q :iw l 5 1 ,V r Row 1: Patricia O'Neill, Marjorie Williams, Marion White, Row 2: Edna Randles, Eleanore Tebbe Yvonne Van De Marlene Wright, Carol Riceman, Wilhelmina Teuscher, Rosina Sompele, Mary Wiklund, Delonw Spellmeyer Helen Shuck Shaddinger, Sue Thompson, Luray Thoms. Joan Wangelin, Elsie Oertel Row 3: Marilyn Downing, Janet Wiegmann, Marjorie Valiquette, Mary Lou Viviani, Betty Strickland, Patricia Witt, Marjorie Requet, Patty Schenebricker, Marilyn Whiteside, Greta Smith. Zzaenah Gai Row 1: Sylvia Swisher, Ronald Roberts, Nancy Sheldon, Lois Swingzle, Nancee Puscas. Row 2: Yvonne VanDcSompele, .Jeanne West, Suc Zivmer, Darlene Syria, Patricia Hayden. Joie Angle, Sandra Andich, Irwin Maurais, Carolyn Erickscn. Row 3: Beverly Bolt, Shirlec Bergstrom, Patricia Hartnett, Beverly Butler, Joie Angle, Richard Ballinger, Mary Lou Dierks, Patricia Edler. Completing its third year as one of Rock Island high school's active clubs, the French club was composed of both a first and a second-year class. The club officers, selected from the advanced class, were Carolyn Ericksen, presidentg Irwin Maurais, vice-presidentg and Sandra Andich, secretary. The repre- sentative from the beginning class Was Joie Angle. Two of the year's outstanding -events were the class Christmas parties and the Mardi gras dinner. Both of these were held in Malvina M. Caloine's room. All French students were members of the club. Row 1: Jeanne Campbell, June Griffitts, Patricia Lane, Shirley Leibovitz, Sally Greenberg. Row 2: Helen Shuck, Lavonna VanClL-ave, Sally Wertz, Lucy Danneels, Sandra Andich. Standing: Janet Burgess, Carolyn Erickson, Lorraine Brown, Roland Miller, Irwin Maurais, Donald Cain. l Jfame gconamicfi Glad MA Joyce Boctjc, SFCI'6fl1J'llf Marilyn Huyctt, 1n'z'sidz'nt,' June Goodwin, vim'-presidentg Gloria Johnson trcawurm' Finishing its third year as a member of the Future Homemakers of America, the Home Ec club has striven to encourage an interest in homemaking among the girls at Rocky High. Officers for the year were Marilyn Huy- ett, president 5 June Goodwin, vice-pres- identg Gloria Johnson, secretaryg and Joyce Boetje, treasurer. One of the first meetings of the year was the initiation of all new club members. The first portion of the meeting was devoted to the formal part of the initiation. The pres- ident read the creed and told the members what was expected of them during the year. The last part of the meeting was fun for all as the new members were made to do stunts. In December a dinner party was held in the activity room. Several members of the faculty attended the party. A theater party was planned for January. One of the projects for the year was the making of a scrapbook. The girls cut out all pictures or news items of the activities of the Home Ec club and pasted them in a scrapbook. A representative took the scrap- book to the conventions which were held this year in two different cities. Row 1: Joyce Boetje, Gloria Johnson, Jacqueline Boetje, Row 2: Betty Cantrall, Patricia Ann Schmidt, Shirley Theresa Hoffman, Marilyn Nelson, Betty Fludcen, Carole Warren, Evelyn Cline, Dorothy Sullivan, Betty Foster, Betty Gonse, Ro Orla Gish, Marilyn Huyett. Stoit, June Goodwin. Buff' ,AQ-W i l Ted Freeland, VVilliam Nesseler, Charles Wilson, George Arbaugh, Robert G. Long. This year the Boys' Hi-Y, the high school main high light of the year's activities for Y.M.C.A. organization, elected five prin- the members of the Boys' Hi-Y. The club cipal officers. They were Robert G. Long, Was a co-sponsor of the Lenten services presidentg Charles Wilson, vice-presidentg held during Holy Week. Joseph Purvis, secretaryg Ted Freeland, David J. Borth and John M. Huckins treasurerg George Arbaugh, chaplaing and were the faculty sponsors of the organiza- William Nesseler, sergeant at arms. tion. William Dahlen, boys' secretary at A trip last fall to Iowa City to see the the Y.M.C.A., was the other sponsor. Iowa-Wisconsin football game was the Jack Swisher, Charles Wahlheim, Robert Gippert, Peter Standing: Clayton Burton, Kenneth Peterson. James Nel- Lousbcrg, Burton Hobson. son, Robert G. Long, Bill Dahlen- Y director, David J. Borth. The newest addition to Rock Island high school's roster of organizations is the Let- termen's club. Its membership is restricted to boys who have earned a major letter in some sport. During its first year the group drew up a constitution which set forth rules govern- ing the wearing of letters and letter sweat- ers. One article decreed that only those who had earned athletic awards were entitled to wear them. The club is sponsored by Director of Ath- letics Harold V. Almquist. Frank Edwards was elected president, Donald Ballinger, vice-president, and Charles Wilson, treas- urer. The lettermen's organization sponsored several events during the year, all with a view to helping defray the cost of the new press box in the stadium. This press box, with two radio booths and space for 22 news men, is one of the finest in the midwest. The most popular event was the Letter- men vs. Faculty basketball game. About one thousand people turned out on a cold, rainy night to watch the footballers de- feat the clowning faculty flatfootsf' Other programs put on during the year included a junior high school basketball .L' 366 Frank Edwards, jJI'I'Sid!'7lf',' Donald Ballinger, 'vice-president Charles Wilson, t1'cas'u'rr'r. tournament, which was won by Central in both the eighth and the ninth grades, a showing of movies of the 1949 Rose Bowl game, with commentary by Chet Gargas, assistant football coach at Northwestern university, and junior high track meets. The Lettermen's club is the first organ- ization of its kind at the high school since a similar group disbanded some years ago. ..... --.-...- i sw... L b35,,,A,, z gif ...Q Q :Ee 3-55. 2 ., l Row 1: Richard R. Smith, Jerry Zimmerman, Frank Ed- wards, William McDonnell, Clayton Daubert, Lloyd Wider- strom, John Scott, Charles Dunham, George Henning, Arthur Johnson, Charles Porter. Row 2: Robert G. Long, Peter Lousberg, Charles Wahl- heim, Irwin Maurais, Robert Wenger, Burbank de Silva. Donald Ballinger, Dan Flanigan, Charles Wilson, Kenneth Suess, Ralph Iglehart, Lloyd Henson. Row 3: Ronald Rietz, Don Price, Dale Nelson, Otto Kurtz. Gene Rudd, James Engman, Tom Swanson, Richard Henke, James Largcnt, Donald Van Zandbergen. Row 4: Jerry Schiller, Daniel Terrill, Richard Thoren, Tom Mills, Leon Helms, Russell Burwell, Richard Romine, James Swift, Richard Miller, Robert Fauser, Donald Manhard, Tom Brennan, Frank Amato. an-14mmican .feagfue ,4- Suatcd: Arlene Clanton, 1'irc'-1n'esidm1f,' Sandra Andich, jnwsidwztg Burton Hobson, sc'm'r'f11r'11. Standing: Nancy Plantz, tI'l'l1SIl7'f'7'. A charter member of the new Inter- national Pan-American league, Rock Island high school's branch of the organization, under the sponsorship of Malvina M. Calo- ine, is Working hard to promote good vvill among the 21 countries of the Western hemisphere . Although there have been Pan-American leagues throughout the Western hemisphere for many years, this is the first year that the leagues have blended into one inter- national organization. Under this new plan, each group chooses one of the 21 nations to study and receives its material from the international head- quarters in Miami, Fla. This study material consists of movies and literature. All school leagues which did not join the international organization this year will have to give up the name Pan-American league. Row 1: Jeanne Ohlweilcr, Marianne Russell, Phyllis Hous- Row 2: Joyce Welch, Lavonna Van Cleave, Luella Meek. ton, Regina Pilcher, Tommy Lynn Stanley, Doris Canum, Janis Wood, Joan Lee. Joseph DePaepe, Betty Fuller, Bar- Nancy She-tter, Jeanette Swanson, Betty Jane Fitch, Wanda bam Kingdon, Janet Stromquist, Patricia Ann Schmidt. Livengood. Row 1: Alice RL-imcrs. Barbara Drinkall, Darlene Syria, Lois Swingrlo, Marlene NV1'ight, Connie Nowack. Every Rocky High student is eligible to belong to the league, regardless of whether or not he takes Spanish. This year the meetings were held the last Thursday of each month. Row Z: Patricia Eillor, Benjamin Cutler, Jerry Fout, Rob- ert Nielson, David IR-arson, NVilliam Cast-. David Hopley, Audrvy Sallie. One of the high lights of the year was the gala Christmas pinata party. Elaborate pinatas, made by Spanish class students, were filled with abundant supplies of candy and prizes. One of the members spoke on Row 1: Mary Mendoza, Deloris Brisvno, June Griffitts, Vir- Row 2: Roger Peterson, David Greenberg, Robert Berry ginia Willming, Beth Ann Bell, Elizabeth Matthews, Sally John DeVos, Marilyn Downing, Janet Burgess. Wertz, Janet Wiegmann. an-rqmwzican .feague Row 1: Alveda Pristash, Betty Foster, Patricia Hartnett, Gloria Ann Swisher, Gilda Jacobson. Jo Ann Mason. the observance of Christmas in Mexico, and the meeting closed with the serving of re- freshments Which were in keeping with the holiday season. ' At other meetings there were programs Row 2: Joan Schneck, Martha Alongi, Veona Nelson, Tom Holst, Willard Peterson, Charles Heriford, Clifford Harris. of music, movies, speeches, and discussions -all of which tend to stimulate an interest in the fundamentals of Americanism. Pan-American day, April 14, which is observed annually by the 21 nations, was ROW 1: Marilyn Lerner, Beverly Kinnan, Wilhelmina Teuscher, Patricia Montz, Roma Ratliff, Elynor Gilmore. Row 2: Cathryn Nissen, Arvalea Bunning, Patricia Witt, Geraldine Handelman, Rita Pingel, Barbara Herbig. Row 1: Joie Angle, Erna Benson. Barbara Palmer, Nancy Row 2: Sylvia Pullman, Marjorie Valiquette, Enid Hooe. Puscas, Dona Short, Wilma Streed. another important event. Davenport high school played host on that day to all Tri- City groups interested in Pan-American- ism. High schools and college students and adults attended the banquet, which was held at the Lend-a-Hand club in Davenport. Students from the Tri-City schools ap- peared on the program, and presidents and sponsors of the several leagues were in- troduced. Something else new that is coming with the formation of the International Pan- American league is a newspaper published by the Miami headquarters. The publication is another means of bringing the nations of the Western hemisphere closer together. Serving as this year's officers of Rocky High's Pan-American league, W h i c h boasted a membership of 135, were pres- ident, Sandra Andichg vice-president, Ar- lene Clantong secretary, Burton Hobsong and treasurer, Nancy Plantz. The members received International Pan-American league pins. Robyn Wright, Lucy Danneels, Rhoda Ruben, Shirley Lcibo- vitz, Roy Johnson. N Arlene Clanton, Burton Hobson, Nancy Plantz, Sandra Andich 'LL l Spanidfz 6 ad v Betty Fuller, Tom Holst, Robert Berry, Roy Johnson, Charles Foster. To help Spanish students understand and learn more about our South American neighbors is the object of the Spanish club. The club, sponsored by Malvina M. Cal- oine and John W. Blomberg, is limited to students of Spanish. Each class has a chairman who takes charge of the meet- ings. The chairmen are elected by the class at the beginning of the year. The chairmen for this year in Miss Caloine's classes were: second period, Roy Johnsong sixth and seventh period, Tom Holst. Betty Fuller was chairman of the ninth-period class the first semester, but Row 1: Marlene Pratt, Veena Nelson, Nancy Plantz, Jo Ann Mason, Janet Phillips, Shirley Fiscus, Nancy Shetter. Row 2: Pauline Pristash, Alice Reimers. Betty Jane Fitch, Audrey Sollie, Joan Schm-ck, Geraldine Handelman, Virginia Willming. Row 3: Kenneth Melow, Jack Shoemaker, Donald Hartkop. David Greenberg,.Gene Purvls, Vernon Mack, John March, Ben McCullough, James Horst, Darrel Bognar, James Block- linger, Joe Mendoza, Roy Johnson. Row 1: Arvalea Bunning, Martha Fox, Henryetta Kish, Gilda Jacobson, Kathleen Gross. Jacqueline Calhoun, Doris Canum. Row 2: Wanda Livengood, Lois Boynton, Alyce McWil- because her program was changed Charles Heriford was chairman the second se- mester. In Mr. Blomberg's classes the chairmen were: first-year class, Robert Berry, and second-year, Cyrus Dietz. A cultural meeting was held once a month and was devoted to learning more about the South American countries. Each member contributed some item he thought would interest the class. It might be on current events or customs or consist of personal opinion. Miss Caloine and Mr. Blomberg, who have traveled in Mexico, had many unusual things to tell. Miss Caloine brought back native Mexican cos- tumes that were sometimes used. The Spanish club subscribed to Mexican newspapers and magazines. The students were required to read five consecutive liams, Marlene Wright, Patricia Witt, Mildred Davis, June Griffitts. Row 3: Tom Hoist, Paul Gralbon, Clifford Harris, Earle McBride, David Hopley, Larry Clark, Michael Hance, Paul Lauritzen, Carl Larson, Richard Miers. issues of La Luz, a Mexican student magazine that offers stories, poems, songs, articles on current events, jokes, and car- toons. Jueves, a Mexican weekly similar to Life magazine, was also read. No- vedades, one of the main Mexican news- papers, kept the club up-to-date on current events in Mexico. At the social meetings the students sang Spanish songs, accompanied on the piano. In Mr. Blomberg's classes Spanish records were played while the class read the lyrics from mimeographed sheets. Refreshments were served at some of the meetings. During the Christmas season a pinata party was held. Pinatas are gaily decorated paper bags or papier-mache figuresg they are made by the students. Barbara Drinkall won the contest held to see who could make the best pinata. A pinata is filled with candy and presents and suspended from t,,W, E fe K-fi gt Row 1: Charles Foster, Lois Frazier, Joyce Welch, Janet Row 3: VVayne Bartley, Clayton Burton, Robert Newbern, Stone, Janet Wiegmann, Martin Rich. Gale Vetter, Edward DeSmet, Cyrus Dietz, Kenneth Peterson, Row 2: David Zarate, Jacqueline Davis, Laurita Huff, Edith Harry Friedman, Mr. Blomberg. McDougall, James Lawrence, Bruce Bartley. Spending 6 Row 1: Marjorie Andereck, Imogene Deffenbaugh, Neva Belcher, Betty Roseberry, Harold Dorman, Robert Berry. Row 2: Evelyn Cline, Nancie Gillespie, Vira Covey, Joann Davis, Gloria Ann Swisher, Jerry Fout. the ceiling.,The students form a circle around it while someone Who is blindfolded tries to break the pinata with a stick. When it breaks, everyone scrambles for the con- tents. Comical presents were exchanged at the Christmas party, and Word games and blindman's buff were played - in Spanish. Through these activities the students learned much about the religious and social side of a Mexican Christmas. Letters to firms in Mexico were writ- ten by the students in Mr. Blomberg's two Spanish classes, The letters might be Writ- ten in English or in Spanish, but extra credit was given for those written in Spanish. Each person was held responsible Row 3: Carrol Corwin, Gerald Noble, William Case, John DcVos, Robert Olson, Charles Christner, Thomas Kiser, Del- bert Huntley, Robert Minton, Robert Houseal, Don Monte, Norman McClelland, Donald Anderson. for his own letter. He had to make sure that it was well written, that it was prop- erly addressed, and that it carried the cor- rect postage. Students Wrote to department stores to ask about the current fashions, to busi- ness firms to inquire about working con-1 ditions, to schools to find pen pals, and 'to chambers of commerce for general infor- mation. The names and addresses for these letters were obtained from the Mexican embassy in Chicago. Letters that came in reply were read during cultural meetings of the Spanish club. Spring parties were held in each class- room. Raw 1: Charles Hcriford, Mary Mendoza, Richard Johnson, Dorothy Melville, Ronald Janetzke, Barbara Drinkall, Meta Gellman. Row 2: Robert Coulson, David Pearson, Barbara Kingdon, Willard Peterson, Connie Nowack, Marilyn Moss, Jack Fitzpatrick. Row 3: Rita Pingel, Donna Ross, Marianne Russell, Gerald Scott, Joyce Thomas, Robert Nielsen, Charles Nickell. Standing: Burton Hobson, Betty Fuller, Beth Ann Bell, Lucy Danneels, Martha Alongi, Deloris Briseno, Robyn Wright, Karen Gustafson, Sylvia Pullman. Seniaa Swwice Scand W? 5511! Patricia O'Neill, rice-1fl'esidM1t,' Marlene Wright, 1PI'0!lI'LllH, ch11frn1an,' Zoo Hanna, 7n'csidm'Lt,' Marjorie Williams, trvasurf'1',' Patricia Parrish, scc11'eta1'11. The Senior Service Scouts are members of an advanced branch of the Girl Scouts of America. A good deed every day is the motto of the club. This year the club was reorganized. The four suborganizations of last year, the Mariners, the Junior Nurses' aides, the Radio scouts, and the Wing scouts, were all united in one main group. Speakers, bowling parties, and refresh- ments provided the Senior Scouts with a variety of entertaining meetings. Zoe Ann Hanna, president, was selected by the group to represent the Rock Island Senior Scouts at a three-day regional con- ference held in Detroit Nov. 10-12. Girls from Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, and Indiana were present at this conference. The big affair of the year was the annual Mississippi Valley Scout conference, held this year at Mount Carroll, Ill., June 10- 12. Frances Shimer college provided rooms for the out-of-town girls, and dates for the formal dance were from a nearby military academy. Row 1: Lurac Paridon, Sally Pclls, Ida Mae Jones, Mildred Faucett, Mary Smith, Jo Ann Fitzsimmons, Janice Burt. Marlene Wright. Row 2: Barbara Prudcn, Patricia Parrish, Patricia O'Neill, Gloria Morgan, Ruth Ann Eskcw, Rita Rae Ritze, Juanita Flora, Marjorie Williams, Marilyn Hixson, Zoe Ann Hanna. Zf- 7een4 Seated: Charleen Manuel, Phyllis Stanley, Marion White, Sally Cameron, Jane Rosenkranz. Standing: Lois Walker, Patricia Stechalin, Jeanne Ohlweiler, Virginia Balk, Rita Pingle, Beverly Lundberg. A year of fun for all new members of the Y-Teens was opened at a get-acquainted meeting, a Big-Sister, Little-Sister potluck supper at the Rock Island Y.W.C.A. This year's theme, U-N-I CYou and D, was carried out in many interesting and informative meetings on appearance and personality. December was a busy month for the Y- Teens. They collected old toys, books, and many other things for children who wouldn't have had a very big Christmas. Repairing and painting these toys was hard work but it was fun. Santa Claus, with his sleigh full of presents pulled by his rein- deer, was kind enough to enter the Christ- mas parade for the Y-Teens. A tea, held here at school, to which mothers and the Y.W.C.A. board members came, was very successful. A religious pageant was presented. A fortune-telling Swammi Swammy, skits and parties, and a baby-picture con- test were high lights of the year. The Y-Teens' many service projects in- cluded collecting soap for the people of Europe whose soap ration is two bars per person per year, collecting toys for Christ- Row 1: Joanne Bladel, Lois Walker, Patricia Stechalin, Beverly Lundberg, Marion White, Jane Rosenkranz. Joyce Welch, Jeanne Ohlweiler, Charleen Manuel, Eleanor Peterson, Row 2: Betty Riffel, Dolores Sells, Katherine Moody, Mari- anne Russell, Elaine Summers, Phyllis Stanley, Virginia Balk, Janet Wiegmann, Phyllis Wikluncl, Marion Marshall, Row 3: Lucille Shrader, Joanne Coffield, Joie Angle, Mari- lyn Huyett, Zoe Ann Hanna, Elsie Oertel, Janet Stromquist, Virginia Willming, Patricia Ann Schmidt, Martha Alongi, Gloria Swisher, Sally Erickson. Row 1: Sally Cameron, Elna Jean Young, Jo Ann Fitz- simmons, Janice Burt, Beverly Crecelius, Gloria Morgan, rlen Wri h Juanita Floia Mary Smith, Ma c 'xr t, ' ' . Row 2: Rita Rae Ritze, Zoe Lofgren, Patricia O'Neill, mas, selling forget-me-nots for disabled veterans, and house painting. During Holy Week the Y-Teens spon- sored Lenten services in the Little Theater. Bridge lessons for students Were held for eight Weeks under the direction of Mrs. Zona Schuster. To honor the graduating Y-Teens, a Senior Farewell banquet was held in May. Overnight and Week-end trips to near-by places of interest, such as the Wisconsin Dells and Chicago, are being planned for the summer. Marjorie Johnson. Marjorie Williams, Nancy Plantz, Chloe Andich, Mildred Faucett. Row 3: Betty Bishop, Patricia Lane, Erlane Dautfenbach, Joan Stromer, Patricia Swisher, Kathryn Bjork, Joan Deyo, Adele Stone, Carolyn Woeber, Louise Holuh, Barbara Hickman. The Y-Teens is a national organization and is affiliated with the Y.W.C.A. Ruth Harriet Koch is the Y-Teens program cli- rector. Faculty sponsors are Martha Miller, Media Hankins, and Bliss Maple. This year's officers Were: Marion White, president, Jeanne Ohlweiler, vice-pres- identg Charleen Manuel, secretary: Rita Pingel, treasurer, Virginia Balk, program chairman, Jane Rosenkranz, service chair- man, Beverly Lundberg, social chairman, Patricia Stechalin, hospitality chairman, Lois Walker, publicity chairman, Phyllis Stanley, devotions chairman, and Sally Cameron, membership chairman. Row 1: Marilyn Nelson, Dorothy Sullivan, Doris Nickel, Doris Snyder, Betty Williams, Dolores Garrity, Iva Belle Henson, Pauline Ockee, Loretta Roddick. Row 2: Marilyn Huyett, Zoe Ann Hanna, Beverly Monson, Alice Rogers, Lois Nielsen, Marjorie Valiquette, Patricia Montz. Row 3: Karlee Buhman, Cathryn Nissen, Luella Meek, Sue Thompson, Arvalea Bunning, Anna Mae Berry, Lois Swingle, Rita Pingle, Gilda Jacobson, Pauline Niemann, Joyce Pearson. eyemee Gs-urge Kieffpr. Elna Jean Young, Joyce VVal'ner, Beth Ann Bell, Lucille Shrader, Kay Edwards, Marjorie VVilliams, Donald The Civic Youth Center, with its newly redecorated walls, opened Nov, 24, 1948. The CYC was sponsored by the P.T.A. council and was governed by an elected group of high school students headed by Lloyd Widerstrom. Mrs. George C. Kieffer was chairman of the sponsoring committee. The CYC held a Snow ball at the Masonic temple Dec. 29. Louis Black and his or- chestra provided the music, and a floor E Hains, Arthur Johnson, Robert G. Long. Lloyd VViderstrom. show was given during an intermission. The Student Canteen at the Y.M.C.A. began its ninth successful year Oct. 16, 1948, and it was open almost every Satur- day night. Richard Hamlin was the general committee chairman, and William Dahlen was the sponsor. One of several special dances held during the year was the Sweater Dance Jan. 22. Row 1: Rita Rae Ritze, Juanita Flora, Mildred Faucett. Row 2: Marilyn Hixson, Nancy Plantz, Adele Stone, Erlano Marlene Wright, Jo Ann Fitzsimmons, Sally Cameron, Mar- DauH'enbach, Richard Hamlin, Richard Brems. jorie NVilliams, Janice Burt. Marion VVhite. Paejeala Phyllis VVikluncl, Zoe Ann Hanna, Ralph Iglehart, Sandra Frank Edwards, Sue McCabe, Robert G. Long, Richard Andich, Zoe Lofgren, Peter Lousberg, Carolyn Ericksen, Enburg. The prefects are the presidents of the clubs and a large part of the suc- cess of these organizations depends on these presiding officers. A presi- dent who devotes unlimited time and energy to the club does a great deal to increase the interest of students in that particular club, The following is a list of the various clubs at Rock Island high school and their prefects in 1948-1949: Senate ..,....,....e.,.............. Y, Frank Edwards Black Hawk Tribe .,..ee...,,e............... Zoe Lofgren Camera Club ..........,.err......ree,,, Benjamin Hunter Dramatic Club ........,,.........,....... Peter Lousberg Girls' Athletic Ass'n. ...v..,,,ee. Phyllis Wiklund Girl Scouts .,,...............iii,ie......,iti.. Zoe Ann Hanna Boys' Glee Club Ralph Iglehart Girls Glee Club ,.i.ri... i,i.e,,,,t, S ue McCabe Y-Teens ...,,..,...t,,,,,,,,,,,,., Marion White Boys' Hi-Y ...,,...,,,,.,,,,,.i..,.ieerr ..,r,, R obert G. Long Home Economics Club .,.ree Marilyn Huyett Pan-American League ............ Sandra Andich French Club .v....ree........,teee,. Carolyn Ericksen Current Events Club ............ Richard Enburg Lettermen's Club .,.,.,...,,..,,,,. Frank Edwards Canteen Committee ............ Richard Hamlin CYC Committee .....,.......,.... Lloyd Widerstrom i I 1. Lois as 3. French Santa Claus 4. Y-TCC-ns Hoat for Christmas parade 2. Photogonic pimtoQ1'aphu1's We dicln't mean to intrudv 3. Onen house 6. Stony shows 'em how Alhlelfica Q ww K. W 1 , J 2 K. px -lx Wcwdillq 40016611 W Row 1: Manager Darrel Bognar, manager John Schmitt, Kent Nelson, Joe Collier, Bill Green, Chuck Dunham, Lloyd Henson, Dan Terrill, Dick Hcnke, Bob Fauser, and Chuz Wilson. Row 2: Equipment manager George Duhlstine, Line Coach Howard M. Lundeen, Russell Burwell, Dick Thomas, .Terry Schiller, Frank Witt, Dick Klauer, Dan Flanigan, Leon Helms, Bob Coulson, Charles Wahl- hcim, and Bud Smith. Row 3: Manager Otto Kurtz. End Coach Herbert L. Wagner, Jesse Andercck, Pat Schneider, Tom Mills, Dale Nelson, .lack Suman, Mike Corken, Richard Lierltke, and Maurice Van Speybroeck. The record of five wins, three losses, and a tie belies the brand of football played by the 1948 Islander eleven. Two of their Islander coaches mapping strategy are, left to right, Howard M. Lundeen, line coach: Harold V. Almquist, head coach, and Herbert L. VVagner, end coach. losses were by one touchdown each, and their third loss was to Moline, who won the Northwest conference title. While the performance of this year's squad didn't come up to that turned in by the 1947 club, it is still impressive. The 1948 eleven averaged 251 plus yards in nine tilts, outdowned their opponents 96 to 74, and outscored them 203 to 102 points or 22.4 points to 11.3 per game. Lloyd Widerstrom, fullback, and Jim Largent, tackle, won places on the All- Northwest conference first team. Bill Green, end, gained a berth on the second team, with Rick Miller, Pete Lousberg, Lloyd Henson, and Jim Swift receiving honorable mention. In addition, Lloyd Widerstrom was se- lected by the Chicago Daily News as full- back on the all-state squad. Miller, Green, and Largent received honorable mention in the voting. Row 1: Clayton Daubert, Lloyd Widcrstrom, Rick Miller, Jim Swift, Bill McDonnell, Gene Rudd, George Henning, Frank Edwards, Jim Largent, Peter Lousbcrg, Bob Long, and Head Coach Hamid V. Almquist. Row 2: Jack Scott, John Schwegler, Bob NVenger, Jerry DeBord, Don Manharcl, Dick Hamlin, Art Johnson, Jerry Zimmerman, Burbank de Silva, Sonny Kettering, assistant trainer, and Irwin Maurais, head trainer. Row 3: Jack Shoemaker, Bob Wheelan, Dick Romine, Ben Cook, Tom Wallace, Kenneth Green, Neil Summers, Jack Swisher, Davc Hoyt, Bob Berry, James Lawrence, manager, and Charles Hcriford. manager. Absent from Lhe picture: Ted Freeland. The starting line-up usually consisted of Widerstrom at fullback, Swift and Ed- wards occupying the right and left half- back positions respectively, and Chuz Wil- son at the quarterback post. Wilson shared his duties with Chub Daubert, who saw most of his action on defense, The line's starting makeup usually found Lousberg and Green at the ends, Henson and Largent holding down tackle berths, Terrill and Miller at the guards, and Fauser managing the center slot. Besides Daubert, Ted Free- land saw a lot of action in the backfield as a defensive man. Dick Thomas and Kent Nelson, juniors, also turned in capable per- formances in the backfield. Gene Rudd's specialty was nailing the opponent running back the kickoffs, and he usually got his man. Lineman Dick Henke, George Henning, Chuck Walheim, Bill McDonnell, and Joe Collier also saw plenty of action. The punting duties were handled by Jack Scott, Rick Miller converted the extra points, and Jim Largent was the kickoff man. Left to right: Assistant trainer Sonny Kettering, equipment manager George Duhlstine, and head trainer Irwin Maurals. 'i Q5 V 3- 33... 4.1- 'Gb gif f -1 '5i .?' , , vw-N 1' fa Q' T Y '85, - ,WJ , .'-3-JR Yi? zz 1' Q9 Q f 7 f ,, , ,j W fs 1. . .82-,K 1 'fa - M., Yi 4,4 4 f-Q 5 4: 3 4 Q W K 1 Bill McDonnell's .punt return is cut short by several Naperville players Il d D T ll C Daubert, and Jim Swift look helplessly on. ROCK ISLAND 19g NAPERVILLE 19 Off to a shaky start in the opening game of the 1948 sea- son, the Islanders soon fell behind by two touchdowns. A rally in which the crimson squad scored three straight tallies almost salvaged the game but a Naperville score late in the final period knotted the score at 19-19. Lloyd Widerstrom accounted for two Islander tallies and Chuz Wilson scored the other one. ROCK ISLAND 26, CLINTON 0 This one was a case of sweet revenge for the only black mark the 1947 Islander squad had on its record Playing at Coan field, Clinton, the host team was never able to t rolling while the invading Islanders clicked on everything they tried. Thomas, McDonnell, Swift, and Widerstrom each chalked up a touchdown. ROCK ISLAND 40, DeKALB 0 The Islander offensive steam roller proved very effective against the DeKalb club as it was flattened by the Islanders at the Rock Island stadium for the Islanders' second shutout in as many weeks. The DeKalb offense couldn't reach Island- er territory, while the local gridmen were able to roll up 323 yards net gain and cross the DeKalb goal line six times. A l kl K 0 tacklm-1' gets SUE-arme t h t t thc p b t 1 ll l by D l f s visible in the mint I I b Dau cl' is 1- ei Q uae o Moline as he attempts to gain some yardage in the Moline game. I t B l I l D l N l ' ull' 311' - IYYI iHl'Ql'Y1 , Ol 2lUSt'l', HTH H U L' FUN. cl by Lloyd Wide igskin in the Kvwanec game. ROCK ISLAND 7g MOLINE 32 A top-notch opponent and a freak touch- down both contributed to the Islanders' downfall and their first loss of the season. The score was tied 7-7 at the close of the first half, but a freak score by the Maroons on the opening kickoff of the second half brought down a 25-point scoring deluge upon the Islanders. ROCK ISLAND 52g KEWANEE 7 The Rocks not only rolled up their largest score of the season but their victory over the Kewanee Boilermakers made the 1948 homecoming festivities a complete success. Sparkling play on the part of the line and three touchdown passes by Chuz Wilson contributed a great deal to the routing of the Kewanee club. The Rocks outdowned the visitors 14 to 4, and outscored them eight touchdowns to one. Tschopp of Moline checks a drive by .lim Swift as he nlows for yardage in the Moline game. At th far left ol' the picture Dick Thomas looks on. ROCK ISLAND 245 EAST MOLINE 13 Chub Daubert's touchdown pass to Joe Collier in the second period finally broke the ice for the Islanders after they had been held at bay by a stubborn East Mo- line crew for the entire first quarter. Later in the second stanza Frank Edwards scored from the one-yard line, and in the last half Jim Swift and Lloyd Widerstrom each added a tally for insurance. ROCK ISLAND 75 GALESBURG 12 Another play and the Islanders might have won, for the final gun found them camped on the Galesburg 10-yard line. On the last play Jim Swift took a lateral from Joe Collier and ran the ball from mid- field but his drive was cut short ten yards from pay dirt and the winning points. The Islanders led at the half 7 to 6 but a last- period Galesburg tally gave the Streaks the win. A study in ballet is presented by Bill G1 LI nlentlficd East Moline player as they battl of the ball. It's xVl1lQl'Stl'OI'l'1 vs. Davenport as what seems like half the Blue Demon squad closes in on him. ROCK ISLAND 7g DAVENPORT 13 Another heartbreaker, and how! The Rocks fought a hard and determined bat- tle against the Blue Devils but the big breaks Went to Davenport and they won. Lloyd Widerstrom's 74-yard touchdown run put the Rocks out front 7 to 0 in the first stanza, but a costly fumble enabled Davenport to even things up by half time and a last-period pass interception for a touchdown handed the Imps the victory. ROCK ISLAND 213 QUINCY 6 The 1948 football season was brought to a close Nov. 5 at Quincy, where the Islanders downed a strong Quincy squad for the fifth win. Chuz Wilson scored twice for the winners, once on a quarterback sneak from the Quincy one and again in the third period on a pass from Jim Swift. Frank Edwards tallied the other Islander touchdown. This, apparently a scene from a nightmare, was taken during the Kewanee game as Kent Nelson tackled a frustrated Kewanee runner. Islanders in the picture are, left to right: Tom Mills 1601, Chuck Wahlhcim 1735, Nelson 1325, .Ioc Collier 1853 , and .Terry Schiller 1623 . Zlaezfdal fdwfml B Row 1: Clayton Daubert, L'oyd Widerstrom, Jim Swift, Row 2: George McAfee, Charles Scovil, Harold V. Almquist, Rick Miller, Pete Lousberg, and Frank Edwards. and Steve Miller. The players' last step on their post-sea- son circuit of the gravy league was the Elks club banquet. This turkey dinner was given at the Elks' lodge with Harry Stuhl- dreher of the University of Wisconsin as guest speaker. Introduction of the players and at special floor show completed the entertainment program for the evening. Honorary Captain ............,.., Most Valuable Player .,....rr,,,, Best Defensive Player .....,., Best Team iMan ,.r,..,,.icc,,,..... Most Improved Player ...... .. Best Blocker .. ,,...................,...i......,.. ,, Several Rock Island high school players also received mention on the various all- state squads selected by newspapermen, and on the all-Northwest conference squad picked by local sports editors. These in- cluded Bill Green, Lloyd Widerstrom, Jim Largent, Rick Miller, Lloyd Henson, and Jim Swift. At the close of each football season, the Rock Island Junior Chamber of Com- merce fetes the squad and coaches at a dinner given in the high school cafeteria. The 1948 affair included a talk by George McAfee, star halfback of the Chicago Bears, and the customery awarding of trophies. Winners of these honors were: Jim Swift Lloyd Widerstrom Chub Daubert Rick Miller Pete Lousberg Frank Edwards The members of the football squad were also guests of the Rock Island Kiwanis club at one of its regular luncheon meet- ings in November. Here, as at each of the other affairs, Coach Harold V. Almquist spoke individually of each player as he introduced him to the audience. aqamecafmlnq Queen Patt Nelson presides over her court at the Homecoming assembly just after 'being crowned. Grouped around her highness, left to right. are Beverly Lundberg, Pete Lousberg, Mayor Melvin McKay, Frank Edwards, Marion White, and Juanita Flora. The 1948 Homecoming week high-lighted the football season for Rock Island high school. A student queen was elected by the juniors and seniors to reign over the festivities. Patt Nelson was selected for the throne, with Juanita Flora, Beverly Lundberg, and Marion White acting as her court of honor. The Coronation ceremony was held in the Homecoming assembly of Wed- nesday afternoon, Oct. 6. Frank Edwards, the president of the Senate, crowned the queen and presented her with a gold football commemorating the occasion. The queen and her attendants were each given a bouquet of flowers and a large photograph in color. The assembly was honored by the presence of Mayor Melvin McKay, Who aided the cheerleaders in giving pep yells. The climax of the week of festivities was reached Friday night at the football game and the dance given in the high school gym afterward. The football squad honored the queen by turning in their best perform- ance of the year, and at half time the queen and her court rode around the field and received homage from the Rock Island fans. Then the queen, her court, and their escorts presided over the Home- coming dance that ended the eventful week. Under the capable tutorage of Coach Julien C. Peterson, the 1948 sophomore gridsters concluded a successful season with a highly respectable record of seven victories against a single setback. Coaches Lyle Jones and John H. Ahl assisted Coach Peterson with the Pebbles. The sophomore gridsters almost had an undefeated season. They waded through their first seven opponents without a loss only to be tripped by John Deere in the final game of the season by a 7 -to-0 margin. The line usually consisted of ends Ray Regal and Bill Brown, tackles Gary O'- Brien and Tom Parsons, guards Bill Man- gelsdorf and Warren Ostrom, and center Chuck Brooks. , In the backfield it was Bob Berry or Sonny Reed at quarterback, Jerry Pirmann at left half, Harold Dorman at right half, and at fullback it was either Bob Nelson or Roy Quick. There were some changes in the line-up on defense as Dick Wickum and Don Rudd Saphcunafze were inserted on the line. The outstanding defensive man, though, was Chuck Brooks. Brooks was considered a good prospect for the varsity next year but was stricken with rheumatic fever in the winter. Jerry Pirmann was responsible for many of the Pebbles' touchdowns, with Berry, Reed, Dorman, and Regal supplying most of the other markers. Bob Berry handled the punting and pass- ing. The record follows : R. I. 32 ..,. ...... S t. Ambrose Academy 13 R. I. 25 .... ...... D avenport ..... ....,.. 1 2 R. I. 12 .... ...... C alvin Coolidge .,...,. .... 6 R. I. 33 .... ....,. K ewanee ...,,.,. .... ...,... 1 5 R. I. 18 .... ....., E ast Moline ...... 0 R. I. 30 .... ....., D avenport ..... ....,.. 1 3 R. I. 0 .... ...... J ohn Deere ,..... .... 7 Row 1: Ronald Sears, Jim Montgomery, Dan Hollars, Joe Mendoza, Bob Nelson, Chuck Brooks, Jerry Pirmann, Bob Berry, Sonny Reed, Don Rudd, Tom Parsons, Warren DeBord. Bob Mangelsdorf, Maynard Neighbors, John Martin, Carroll Pearson, Don Lenger, Dick Mangelsdorf. Row 2: Clyde Jones, manager: Wayne Foster, manager: Don Monte, manager, Bob Minton, Louis Ellis, Don Hains. Kenny Reem, Bill Brown, Jerry Martin, Gary 0'Brien, Dick P Pettit, Gene Purvis, Dick Wickum, Paul Perkins, Barry Hartung, Pat Darby, Glen Soderstrom, Dave Criswell. Row 3: Julien C. Peterson, head coach, Don Wilson, man- ager: Connie Andrews, Dick Work, Jack Gellman, Ray Regal, Harold Dorman, Roy Shrake, Roy Quick, Dick Bennett, Warren Ostrom, Dick Huntley, Don Anderson, Delbert Hunt- ley, Tom Loman, Art Finkelstein, Carl Jefferson, John H. Ahl, assistant coach: Lyle Jones, assistant coach. Emu Gaunlfuf 5 Q .' ,Q 1 .5 1 5 get g C - . . . Row 1: John Voss, Wallace Zeitler, Leon Goold, Bill Wil- Row 2: Conrad Ward, Roald Fryxell, Frank Amato, Jim liams, Jerry Fout. Though several key men were lost by the process of graduation, Coach Kenneth E. Greene was still able to develop a better than average squad. By the end of the season Irwin Rietz was No. 1 man on the squad. He placed sec- ond in the district meet held at Sterling and sixth in the state meet the following week. Besides Rietz the seven-man varsity squad was usually made up of Frank Amato, Bill Flanagan, Vernon Mack, and Jim Engman, with Bill Williams, Connie Ward, and Roald Fryxell alternating at 6th and 7th positions. The Islanders were off form in their first meet of the season and placed 6th in the Geneseo Invitational meet. Engman, Ervin Bales, Irwin Rietz. Their next meet was on the home course, where they played host to Erie and Moline in a triangular meet. In this event the Islanders got a preview of things to come as Erie edged past them to win the contest. From there the squad went on to win the Quad-City conference championship and place second in the Northwest confer- ence meet. The district meet held on Oct. 30 marked the end of the regular season for the team. Once again Erie topped them, this time for the district laurels. In addition to Rietz' placing second, Amato placed 6th, Flanagan was 10th, and Mack 12th in a field of 60 runners. G Jem Row 1: Co-captains Patt Nelson and Edith McDougall. Row 2: Dolores Bushert, Chloe Andich, and Marlene Kubow. Absent from the picture was Colleen McGovern. Led by co-captains Patricia Nelson and Edith McDougall, this year's group of cheerleaders was one of the best Rock Island high school has had. Deane H. Ball acted as sponsor for the squad, which included the co-captains, Do- lores Bushert, Marlene Kubow, Chloe An- dich, and Colleen McGovern. Typical of the fine things said about them was a comment by Coach Harold V. Almquist, who declared they were as good or better than any of the cheerleading squads representing the 16 schools at the state basketball tournament. Left to right: Marcia Lindorff, Joanne Kilcoin, Colleen Carr, and Nancy Jean Struve. rqclian - M am i 2 1. All in a weQk's work. 3. Ouchl 4. The braintrust. 2. Dodge him, Chuzf 5. The bust in the Stat afmliff Baaheldall Row 1: Dick Thomas, Bud Smith, Ernie Rossow, Joe Col- R 3 lie1', Bill Green, and Chuz Wilson. Row 2: Coach Herbert L. Wagner, Jim Engman, Mike Corken, Jerry Pirmann, Russell Burwell, and Assistant Coach Carl fBoatsJ Aronson. If the 1948-49 Rock Island basketball squad could have bested their Friday night jinx, their record would have been far more imposing than the 12-win, 11-loss record with which they ended the season. The Islanders lost 8 out of 11 contests played on Friday. On the other hand, Sat- urday night saw the Islanders win 7 out of 8, with the team achieving an even break in the 4 games played on week-day nights. While there was no definite starting line-up through the season, Joe Collier usually started at center, Chuz Wilson at one guard, and Bill Green and Dick Thomas at the forward posts. At midseason Thomas was shifted to a guard position to make room for Ernie Rossow at forward. Ken- ow : Equipment manager George Duhlstine, Kent Nelson, Paul Lauritzen, Kenny Melow, Jack Shoemaker, and manager Carl Larson. ny Melow was a sixth regular who played both at guard and forward. In Bud Smith, Jerry Pirmann, and Mike Corken, Coach Herbert L. Wagner found dependable re- serves to back the regulars. Most of the team's individual honors were won by center Joe Collier who netted 309 of the 1,034 points collected by the squad. Collier was also first in individual scoring in the Northwest conference, with 144 points in 10 games. Besides that, he won the Eddie Gippert Free Throw trophy by making 63 per cent of his charity tosses. As a crowning honor Collier was selected as first-team center on the Northwest con- ference all-star squad. In ROCK ISLAND 43g SAVANNA 23 The Rock Island cagers made their season's opener a suc- cess by whipping a troublesome Savanna squad 43-23. Sa- vanna managed to stay within striking distance up to half time, when the Islanders held only a 20-15 margin. In the second half the Islanders tallied 23 points to Savanna's 3. Joe Collier led the scoring with 14 points. ROCK ISLAND 40g CANTON 16 Outscoring the Little Giants 15-4 in the first quarter and 14-4 in the third, the Islanders won handily over a frigid Canton quintet. The Islanders made only 24 per cent of their shots but the Little Giants were really cold, hitting on only 4 out of 44 field-goal attempts. Kenny Melow was high man with 11 points, followed by Collier with 10. JOE COLLIER ROCK ISLAND 543 GENESEO 35 The Maple Leafs kept pace with the fast-stepping Rocks for the first period, matching their 15 points with 15 of their own. They fell behind rapidly shortly afterwards, however, as the Rocks connected for 36 per cent of their shots though at a disadvantage on Geneseo's court. Joe Collier continued to dominate the scoring with 18 points. Sophomore Jerry Pirmann was runner-up with 12. H ' Y CHUZ WILSON ROCK ISLAND 58g KEWANEE 42 Fourth straight win for the Islanders and by far their most impressive one. The Kewanee cagers couldn't stop Joe Collier as he connected for 25 points with 20 of them coming in the first half. The Boilers threatened in the third period but the Islanders held and then scored 20 points in the final quarter to ice the contest. Dick Thomas placed second in the scoring with 14 points. Kcnny Melow fires a one-handcr in the Canton game as three of the Little Giant players look on. ROCK ISLAND 36, CALESBURG 40 Both teams took 51 pokes at the basket and each squad cashed in on 8 charity tosses. The only difference in the scoring of the two clubs was that the Streaks had two more field goals entered on their side of the ledger. The game was close through- out with the lead changing hands several times. Thomas and Green led the Islander scoring with 10 and 8 points, respectively. . ,an , . .,...,,. 4 AS, .-.44 sul-rounded by sneaks, chuz Wilson sits on the court ' ik holding on to the ball. E A. 4 - fr ..,- -,,, .. - M ROCK ISLAND 33, PEKIN 49 1 'j The Islanders traveled to Pekin three days before Christ- 1'l' T iii mas seeking a win for their Christmas stocking, but the Chinks had other plans. The Rock Island cagers kept pace E'g with their hosts until midway in the second period but then V Pekin began edging away, maintaining a flashy 36 per cent average at the hoops. Joe Collier registered 14 points for his night's work. 3 . BILL GREEN ROCK ISLAND 585 JACKSONVILLE 40 New Year's day found the Rocks entered in the Quincy tournament, where they started the New Year Y P ' off on the right foot by trimming the opposing Jack- . P sonville quintet by an impressive 18-point margin in gzl. :-r A I . the morning game. The regulars, paced by Joe Collier, i built up a commanding lead and then were replaced by Ql.. reserves who played through most of the final period. 3-fig 'i': E ' C i 311 Rock ISLAND 42g MONMOUTH 47 p -f Two games a day proved to be too much basketball for the Islanders as Monmouth squeezed past them in an overtime to take the tournament crown. Late in the final period Ernie Rossow entered the lineup with 5 5 l 2 the Islanders trailing 36-40. Rossow made two quick layups to knot the count at 40 all as the regulation game y ended. The rally was in vain, though, as Monmouth went on to win in the overtime. ERNIE ROSSOW ROCK ISLAND 43g MOLINE 57 Wharton field house proved to be a trifle chilly for the Islanders as they netted only a 159? average of their field goal attempts. Match that against Moline's 33 per cent hoop average and you can see Why they lost, The Islanders were never in the contest after the first period despite a 19-point rally in the final stanza. Joe Collier's record of 18 points was high for both squads. f...'ffQ.Tl.ff'1Z'Q?lZFmZQZi-1'ilhlhllail.f.'f1fZWl1ifZffl.iL. W tr ROCK ISLAND 34g DAVENPORT 39 ,aft - Trailing 27-15 at half time, the Rocks bombarded the V 'i Q , basket in the second half at a rate that almost turned the 3 W ' tide of battle. The Rocks' rally, led by Joe Collier and Ernie Rossow, proved futile, though, as the Blue Devils managed Eif to hang on to a five-point lead. As usual, Collier copped scor- ing honors, followed by Rossow and Green each with 6. ' Aff I f ROCK ISLAND 60g MONMOUTH 45 This one was a complete about-face from the action of il , Q the previous night at Davenport. The Islanders scorched the 5 t':i if 5 hoops with a torrid 45 per cent average and gained revenge 5 . P 1 i :-wad X . KENNY MELOW DICK THOMAS for their holiday loss to the invading Zips. Coach Wagnei revamped his line-up to include Ernie Rossow, and Ernie responded by collecting 13 points, a total second only to Joe Collier's 20. ROCK ISLAND 355 EAST MOLINE 39 Malnutrition at the hoops dealt the Rocks their sixth loss of the season as they connected on only 13 of 73 field at- tempts. The Rocks led periodically throughout the game but the East Moline club's ability to connect on long shots spelled the difference. The Panthers slowly built up a 37-30 lead in the final period and then went into a stall. ROCK ISLAND 49g DIXON 18 The Rocks posted win number seven of the season against a hapless Dixon five who meshed only 5.5 per cent of their 54 bucket attempts. The Rocks trailed only once in the contest and that was by a 1-0 margin in the first period. Before that stanza had ended, the Rocks were on top 10-3. Joe Collier was high man with 18 points, a figure equaling the total amount scored by the Dixon five. ROCK ISLAND 453 KEWANEE 58 Another Friday night loss! The Islanders were really fouled up in this one as four Rock Island cagers, including the No. 1 scorer, Joe Collier, were waved out of the contest via the five-foul route. The Islanders led off and on through- out the first period but the costly fouls began to tell in the next as Kewanee forged ahead. Chuz Wilson's record of 11 points was high for the Islanders. , . JERRY PIRMANN ROCK ISLAND 545 GALESBURG 49 Paced by Joe Collier's 22 oints the Islanders chalked D , up their first Friday night victory since a win over Ke- wanee on Dec. 10. The invad- ing Islanders got off to a speedy start and at half time led by a 28-20 margin. In the second half the Galesburg club kept pegging 'away at the Islander lead and finally nar- rowed it down to a 50-49 count. but then quick baskets by Chuz Wilson and Dick Thomas iced the contest. BUD SMITH ROCK ISLAND 575 WEST ROCKFORD 50 The Rocks began to build their reputation as a Satur- day night basketball club by stopping the highly rated West Rabs Jan. 29. A consistent scoring drive again led by Joe Collier and featuring a 40 per cent team shooting average turned the trick for the Islanders. The West Rockford crew never really got going in the face of the crimson barrage. F Dick Thomas draws a bead on the Moline basket as he holds the ball high over the Maroon players' heads. Pirmann 1305, Wilson 1345, and the Moline players watch it with interest. l l l 1 aa , ROCK ISLAND 545 MACOMB 42 A 20-7 lead at the end of the first quarter was all the Rocks needed to sweep both ends of their week-end basketball bill. Before the reserves entered the picture in the second period, the regulars, led by Dick Thomas, piled up a 34-11 lead. The reserves took it from there and continued to hit frequently enough to maintain a 12-point margin over the Macomb club. ROCK ISLAND 243 MOLINE 36 The Maroons again exhibited the brand of basketball that enabled them to Win the Northwest conference crown as they defeated the ice-cold Rocks by 12 points in the Rock Island gym. The game was never close, for Moline soared off to a 9-to-2 first-period lead. Joe Collier's 10-point total was high in a contest that featured mainly defensive playing by both ia M gs? l 3 2 if L ii teams. MIKE CORKEN ROCK ISLAND 38, MONMOUTH 56 The Friday jinx followed the Islanders to Monmouth and the Zippers won the rubber game of the three games played between the two squads. The Zippers piled up an early lead and kept gaining throughout the game. Ernie Rossow was the only Islander who found the Monmouth court to his liking as he netted 16 points. ROCK ISLAND 443 DAVENPORT -12 Pulling a mild upset, the Rock Island cagers dumped the Davenport Blue Devils 44-42, in the Islanders' gym. With sharp passing and a balanced scoring attack, led by Dick Thomas with 10 points, the Islanders took their first Quad-City conference game and their first game from Davenport in several years. Collier just uncorkcd a hook shot and now watches its flight along with Gri-on C365 and 1Vilson C3-15. ROCK ISLAND 475 EAST MOLINE 48 This game's storybook ending gave the Panthers their second Win of the year over the Islanders. With about tvvo seconds remaining in the game, the Rocks had a 47-46 lead but an amazing swisher from the center of the court by a Panther cager turned a seeming victory into heartbreaking defeat. The 16 points contributed by Dick Thomas was the high record for the Rocks. More action in the Canton game and this time it's Green trying for two. Wilson, left, and Thomas 1325 are also visible in the picture. ROCK ISLAND 44g ST. JOSEPH 37 The Irish gave the Rocks more trouble than they bargained for in their first game of the regional tournament held in the Rock Island gym. The Cagers from St. Joe kept up with the Rocks throughout the first three periods and at times even led. Finally in the last period the Rocks, led by sophomore center Dick Peterson, built up the deciding margin. ROCK ISLAND 425 MOLINE This was the seasonls finale for the Rocks as the Maroons beat them for the third straight time in the season. The Rocks stayed in the game throughout the first half but Moline's reserve power spelled the difference in the last half. The game brought to a close the high school cage careers of Chuz Wilson, Bill Green, Ernie Rossow, and Bud Smith. Collis-r fights off the efforts ot' the East Moline players to tie up the ball and is about to place it in the Waiting arms ol' Bull Smith. It's Collier again but now it's the St. Joe game in the regional battles. This time Joes trying to get the ball. a Safzfzamaae Bafikefiall n After rolling up 13 wins in 17 games, including 10 victories in a row, the Little Rocks hope to keep on rolling, as next year's varsity players, to Champaign and the state basketball tournament. J ockeying the line-up around at the be- ginning of the season, Coaches Lyle Jones and Harold V. Almquist found the Winning combination with Bob Berry and Dave Criswell as forwards, Dick Peterson at cen- ter, and Sonny Reed and Tom Parsons handling the guard positions. This quintet started clicking in the first East Moline encounter and proceeded to Win the rest of its games until this same East Moline squad dumped them in their final contest of the season. The team had a lot to be proud of, for they tied for the Northwest conference title, had the distinction of beating every- one they played at least once, broke the Davenport sophomores' lo n g winning streak, and had the pleasure of seeing Dick Peterson, the squad's high-scoring center, promoted to the varsity squad near the end of the season. Starting off in high gear, the Pebbles Won their first three games of the season only to fall into a slump which lasted through their next three encounters. The Little Rocks scored 774 points in 17 tilts for an average of 45.5 a game While holding their opposition to 615 points and a 36.2 game average. They scored 69 points for their highest game total and Won the game by 34 points. Their Worst loss was to John Deere of Moline by a 55-38 score. The sophomores record for the year Was: R. I. 69 Geneseo .,........o R. I. 46 Kewanee ..o.oo,o R. I. 48 Galesburg .,... R. I. 35 Coolidge ......,. R. I. 38 John Deere R. I. 42 Davenport .. R. I. 47 East Moline R. I. 45 St. Ambrose R. I. 45 Monmouth .. R. I. 38 Kewanee ........ R. I. 42 Galesburg ..... R. I. 43 Coolidge .,...... R. I. 58 Monmouth .. R. I. 48 Davenport ,, R. I. 50 St. Ambrose R. I. 36 John Deere .. R. I. 44 East Moline Row 1: Sonny Recd, Bob Berry, Dick Peterson, Don Par- Alrnquist. sons, Dave Criswoll, and Harold Dorman. Row 3: Manager Don Wilson, Jerry S tt l Gll Row 2: Coach Lylc Joni-s, VVaync Funk, Bob Todd, Dick Maynard Neighbors, Sonny Kettering, d B Huntley, Kenny Rccm and Assistant Coach Harold V. Cutler. Sophomoros in action. NVhat'1'c you watching, boys ' Collier shoots, and . . . 6. Pote tries for two. A foul 7 T. Swish! Ballet a la Rnssow. Zdaedli Row 1: Manager 'Andy Kean, Jack Suman. Ervin Hales. Tom DeVoss, George Hcdstrom, Rick Miller, Dale Nelson. Chuck Porter, Jack Willeforfl, Don VanZandber5zen, Tom Brennan, Orville Lamb, and manager Dick Brems. Row 2: Ted Freeland, Kenny Mills, Bob Ne-whern, Gene Rudd, Rudy Kolinchinsky, Clyde Jones, Don Lengcr, Don The 1948-49 wrestling squad had a high- ly successful season despite a dual-meet record that read 3 wins and 7 losses. Coach Kenneth E. Greene's matmen more than made up for that record by winning the sectional meet held at Rock Island and then placing 6th in the state meet at Cham- paign. Rough-and-tumble action in the Moline meet as Don Van- Ldndbergren Stands the Maroon grapplcr on his head. K - Rudd, VVaync Foster, Paul Gralton, Morris Marble, and VVarrcn Ostrom. Row 3: Red VVakeland, Bob Johnson, Lee YVilleford, Neil Summers, Dick Work, Ted Morrison, Jerry Schiller, Tom Blumenthal, Al Chevalier, Earle McBride. Bob Wlcnger, and Coach Kenneth E. Greene. In George Hedstrom, Coach Greene pro- duced his fourth state champion in three years. Hedstrom won the Illinois 105- pound class championship. Sophomore Tom DeV0ss Won his share of the laurels by placing second in the 95-pound class at the state meet. Through the season Coach Greene de- veloped winning performers in DeV0ss, Hedstrom, Tom Brennan in the 115-pound class, Chuck Porter in the 135-pound class, Ervin Bales in the 165-pound class, Dale Nelson in the 175-pound division, and Rick Miller in the heavyweight department. All of these placed first in the sectional meet. In the 155-pound class Ted Morrison was the usual performer. The 145-pound di- vision was dominated by Chaz VanZand- bergen. Both boys turned in aggressive performances in all their meets. TL-rrihlo Tom Iircnnan mauls his opponent. In two meets with Moline the Islanders broke even, losing the first one 24 to 26 and winning the second one 23 to 21. The matmen lost both of their matches with Davenport by 25-to-21 and 33-to-12 mar- gins. An additional pair of meets were dropped to the Clinton River Kings by 29-to-10 and 25-to-18 scores. On a road trip through Chicagoland they absorbed a 25-to-18 loss at New Trier and the next day bested Proviso of Maywood by a narrow 17-to-16 margin. The Pekin Chinks gained a slim 17-to-15 win over the Rocks. The squad then de-- feated an invading Blue Island squad by a 20-to-17 margin. Frank VVitt apparently has his match in his hands as he holds his hapless opponent. mn ., l GEORGE HEDSTROM 115-pound state champion '74ack Row 1: XVallaen- Za-itlcr, Vern Mack, Dick Hunt. Carl Jeffer- son, Don Ballinger, .lack Scott, Dan Iflanigan, Bob VVht-clan, Maurice Van Speybroeck. Row 2: Don Huggins, Roald Fryxell, Don Rurlcl, Teil lX'Tm'riron. Lytle Lundy, .Ierry lfout, Dick Klauer, Harold Dorman, Don Price. The chief point-makers for thc Rocks in thc mile run arc Irwin Rictz, left, and Vernon Mack, right, crouched for a practice start. Row 3: Don Manharcl, Jerry Pirmann. Bob Minton, Dicl Peterson, Ervin Bales, .lim Cooper, Larry Clark, .lack Swishmi Row fl: Manager Don Wilson, Jack Graham, Jack Whan, Bill Henson, Jim Montgomery, Dick Bennett. Louis Ellis, Dick Bunch Row 5: Manager Roger Chindbcrg, Manager Bob Resch, Bill Williams, Kenny Flack, Francis Aclliingcr, Dick Crosby, Mix Campbell, Coach VV. L. Kimmel. The Islander cindermen, who managed to field a formidable squad against all their opponents, had a highly successful season. Tutored by Coach W. L. Kimmel and Assistant Coaches Howard M. Lundeen and Herbert L. Wagner, the Islanders developed into an all-round, 'Well-balanced team early in the season. The squad was especially fortunate in the hurdle events, where stand-outs Don Price and Don Ballinger, assisted by Mor- rie Van Speybroeck, dominated the high hurdles while Ballinger and Dick Klauer were consistent point producers in the low barriers. ' In the dashes it was Bill McDonnell, Dan Flanigan, and Dick Klauer totaling the most points in the 100 and 220-yard dashes. if. , iw? The Islanders' triple threat in the hurdle department arc, left to right, Morrie VanSncybroeck, Don Ballinger and Don Price. The 440-yard dash duties were handled by Don Price, Chuck Dunham, and sophomore Carl Jefferson. The longer distances were efficiently handled by Vernon Mack, Irwin Rietz, and Jim Engman in the mile run, with Mike Carr and Dan Terrill shouldering half-mile duties and turning in fine performances. In the field events Jack Scott and Don Manhard consistently collected points in the pole vault, with both boys doubling as high jumpers along with Tom Wallace and Don Ballinger. Jerry Pirmann, Joe Collier, and Roy Reed took care of the broad-jumping event. The Weight men were Lloyd Widerstrom, Joe Collier, and Jack Scott in both the discus and shot-put events. ' Two stand-out pole vaulters for thc Rocks were Jack Scott, lcf t, and Don Manhard, right. - 7enmJi cane! Q lj Q A,,A V ,,... ,gf .j . b- , 'E' lf' W I W wp ,pm X Row 1: Ralph Igll-hurl, Bn-n lluntvr. Cyrus Din-lx, :xml Tum Blumvnthal. Row 2: Dun Swvnssrm. llavr I'n-arson. xml I'uu AMN' nr k f vw if ,M-rw Row 1: Larry Sutterman, Dan Spence, and John Henncman. ROW 2: Russ Bonne and Ronald Janetzks-. Absent from the picture: .loc Whitc and Jerry Pirmann. 'lzvn Row 1: Jane Rosenkranz, Gloria Morgan, Lucille Shrader, and Joanne Cofficld. Row 2: Marilyn Downing, Marion White, Phyllis VViklund, and Janet Wiegmann. Row 3: Sally Erickson, Joan Deyo, and Marilyn Hixson. Though tennis is not so highly publicized as other sports on the Islander athletic docket the Rock Island net squad annually fields a fighting outfit that manages to Win its share of meets. This year proved no exception as the Islanders posted a fair record in the fall and entered spring-season play a much improved club. In the fall the squad was paced by No. I man Ralph Iglehart followed by Ben Hunter, Don Svvensson, Cyrus Dietz, Dave Pearson, and Paul Lauritzen in that order. The boys' squad was coached by George H. McMaster. The girls' tennis squad concluded their fall schedule with one Win in six outings and showed improvement that led them to a more successful spring season. Joan Deyo was captain of the squad, With Lucille Shrader, Joanne Coffield, Marion White, Gloria Morgan, Marilyn Hixson, Janet Wiegmann, Jane Rosen- kranz, Sally Erickson, and Phyllis Wiklund comprising the team. Capable reserve play- ers Were Virginia Balk, Virginia Willming, and Marilyn Downing. The team Was sponsored by Martha Miller. The golf team coached by James R. Clark also posted a fair fall record and then improved upon it during the spring session. The golfers' home base was the Saukie golf course. The golfers were Joe White, Russ Bonne, Larry Sutterman, Ronald Jan- etzke, Dan Spence, John Henneman, and Jerry Pirmann. E Z Row 1: Ralph Nelson, Don Monte. John Ews-rt, VVaym' Vtatliilis, Don XYL-stmwliirlrl, .Ivrry I,or4l, Boll I'Iolclorl', XYQ-iynv Funk. Row 2: Equipmi-nt nianziggur G4-orgv Dnhlstine, Milan- Carr. Don Iiziwn-, Lum Hs-lnis, Tom Swanson, Charlwy Van Zand- lu-rgvn, Iii-nie Rossow, Ralph Iglm-hart. With the starting nine riddled by grad- uation, Coach Carl fBoatsJ Aronson faced the problem of finding capable replace- ments for the 1949 campaign. Baseball Coach Carl tBoatsH Aronson tutors Don Van- Zandbcrgen, fielder, and Leon Helms, catcher, in the fine arts of hitting. Row Ii: Chuck Dunham, Chuz Wilson. John VVvstm'lu-4-la. Dave Hopley. Gilman Clark. lien C'utlt-r, Don I'zinlsm'n. Coach Carl Boats Aronson. Row -1: Assistant Coach Lyle Jones. Milw C'orl4x-n, .lohn Klt-inau, Irwin ltlanrais, Bill Mcllonnull, by Dt-itz. Marv Km-mplf Louis Ellis. Manzign-r Carl Larson. As only five lettermen returned from last year's squad the task was especially difficult, but by the first game on April 16 Coach Aronson, assisted by Lyle Jones, had found a combination that seemed to click. In the infield Ralph lglehart at first base was the only returnee from last year's action with the second-base, short-stop, and third-base jobs being handled by new- comers Frank Edwards, Ernie Rossow, and Jim Swift in that order. The pitching department's talent was three deep as Tom Swanson, Mike Carr, and Mike Corken each took his turn on the mound and performed capably. The No. 1 receiver through the season was Leon Helms. In the outfield, the jobs were held down by Charley VanZandbergen, Dave Hopley and Ralph Nelson. l -n 3 , 1 I 1 19 1 A V Gancwl' Hana! Early morning rehearsals and hard work during daily classes enable the Rock Island high school band to present two concerts a year in addition to fall and spring march- ing. Under the leadership of George A. Ber- chekas, band members are given a chance to make public appearances, gather a large repertoire, learn to sight-read music, and acquire the spirit of cooperation. These fac- tors make the band an active and valuable school organization, During its twentieth season, the band marched at football games, Memorial and Thanksgiving day parades, and receptions for presidential candidates Thomas E. Dewey and Harry S. Truman. The band pleased stadium crowds with its clover, heart, crown, and school-letter formations. Indispensable to the display on the field were drum majors and twirlers. The drum major was Benjamin Hunter, assisted by Stanley Weinstein. Twirlers were Donna Valentine, Sandra Andich, Sally Pells, Katherine Moody, Dolores Sells, Robyn Wright, Jo Ann Mason, and Darlene Daniels. Stormy Weather ta Cornet solo by Bernard Marinoj and Ragtime Wedding ta mock wedding ceremonyj were two of the most popular features of the fall con- cert. Also played were French Defile M a rc hf' Light Cavalry Overture, March of the Free Peoples, Solo Pom- Row 1: Katherine Moody, Lytle Lundy, Benjamin Hunter Kenneth Flack, Harold Bleuer. Row 2: Russell Vanderwall, Betty Johnson, Ellen Elliott Jesse Andereck, .James Montgomery. Bernard Marino. Arthux Shaw, Jacqueline Boetje, Robert Elbrechter. Row 3: Sue McCabe, Leon Helms, .Jacqueline Dierickx. Robert Hoon, Sandra Andich, Fred Moore, Clyde Sydnor. Richard Sehoeve, Ronald Hesser, Stuart Lefstein, Jacqueline Davis, Norma Lankton, Marjorie Valiquette, Jean Morgan Row -l: Ethel Glassman, Stanley XV4-instein, Richard Miers, James Fox, Donnell Carnes, Walter Whisler, Joseph Johnson, Robert E. Meyer, Ben Maier, Gerald Skinner, Pauline Nie- mann, Marvin Kempf, Darlene Daniels, Cecile Schnoor. Row 5: James Hollars, .lanet McMahon, Clayton Burton, Robert Kiser. Donald Laude, Gerald Martin, Carolyn Erick- sen, Tommy Lynn Stanley. Row 1: Dolores Sells, Beverly Butler, Jo Ann Mason, Robyn VVright, Richard Wilslermuth, George Hedstrom. Row 2: Darlene Syria. Donald Huggins, VVilliam Mangrels- florl', Daryl Mcliee, Mary Powers, Lela Robinson, Pfavirl VVright, Delona Spellmeyer, John Kleinau. Row 3: Shirley' VX'arren, Lurae Paritlon, Donna Valentine, posou ta bass solo by the sousaphone play- T ers and a cadenza by James Hollarsj , and La Rougetten Ca piano solo by Carolyn Ericksenj . Christmas selections ending the concert were f'Tl'1e Bells of St. Mary's, White Christmasf, and The Christmas Story. The band featured two very difficult numbers, L1szt's Hungarian Rhapsody and Ravel's Boler0, at the spring concert. Otlier numbers were Big Time Boogie, Los Toros Americans All Em Jeror Y 7 I Eleanor Peterson. Don Price, Clarol Hawkins, Daniel Matter, Robert Olson, Nancy Welch, Sally Pells, Thomas Kiser. Row 11: Robert Reseh, Donna Ohms, Burton Hobson, Ronald Sears. Paul Taylor, Budd Maxlielal, Diek Pitschlce, Delbert Huntley, Maravene Anderson. Row 5: Robert Hoover, .loyce McMahon, Kenneth Green, Gerald Noble, Dan Hollars, Theodore Morrison, Lylas Mereer. Waltz, El Charro, Showers of Goldl' Ca concert solo by Clyde Sydnorb, and Shower of Gold ta clarinet solo by Jac- queline Dierickxj. The Chamber of Commerce banquet for the fall marching band and the annual spring banquet were held in the Masonic temple. Benjamin Hunter was student manager this year, and was assisted by Jacqueline Dierickx., GEORGE A. BERCHEKAS lv It fe Band concert mock wedding. Front row: Darlene Daniels, Mary Powers, Donna Valentine. Rear row: Richard Miers, Ben Maier, Paul Taylor, Don Price. Qzee ew in Row 1: Patricia N1-lson. Beverly fll'L'Ck'llllS. Geraldine Ingram, M11il'n laxxxon C st' R 11. P't'-'21 2 ' y .- Q . on' ance ummm s 21 l'1LI lfisi-h1-r. Donna Palmer, Row 2: Marleni- Rohn-1'. Erlanv- DauFf1-nbach, ,'X1'VHll'H Bun- ninff, Sally f'r111-r1b1ru. Enil C l-rl ' 'Xd 211 Qtine 9 -, is V I ' I I Oil UQIK, 1 K ' L K , 1 lll Mcffahc. Marjorie Lindorff. Mary McGuire. Many v21ried programs high-lighted the work of this ye21r's Glee club. The first of these, u11der the direction of Vonnie XV21llHllClQ1', was the 21111111211 Cl11'lS1lll2lS pro- gram presented Dec. 16. This colorful D1'0g1'Hl11 w21s developed i11 two parts. The first CU1't211l1 opened 011 21 lllllllklll Christn121s tree decorated with sil- ver ferns illld candles. The initi21l number of this section w21s An Old-F21shioned Tree sung' by the members of the mixed Row 3: Donald Sidcrs. Donald lfnhr, Ralph lgln-hart. Donald Svvvnsson, '1'hco1l111'e lV1or1'ison, Lawrence Suttt-rn'1an. Row 41: Richard Glynn, Rohn-rt Box, John S1-hvv1-glvr. John Andcrsnii. Conrad XVard. XVillian1 lNIang1-lsdorf. Glee club, who formed the tree. Closing the scene, the lnner choir sang the t1'21dition21i 'Tw21s the Night Before Cl11'1Stlll21S.H Following a Dl'0C6SSl0l1E1l into the b21l- cony by the Junior Girls' Glee club, El 1'e- ligious D3.g.f62l11'E portraying the Cll1'lSllll2lS story was presented. Soloist during this colorful story w21s Sally Greenberg. Instead ot' the operett21 usu21lly offered by the Glee club each spring, 21 prograni of various types of music w21s presented. Row 1: Richard Sheese, James Fox. Donald Swensson, NVil- Row 3: Richard Glynn. Floyd l 1'11tig1-1'. John Sc-hvvcgh-1', li21m Mangclsdorf, L21wrencv Suttvrmaii. Robert Box, Ralph Iglm-hart. Jack Hunter. Row 2: Donald Fuhr, M2ILl1'1lTt? Van S111-ybrocck, Tom Mills. Row rl: Richard Hamlin, .Iohn llunnm-man, John Aiiderson Darrel Bognar, Donald Siders. Jar-li Shoumalw1', Thco1loi'e Morrison, Donald Bender, This performance was also divided into sections. The first was a Broadway scene, including such numbers as Manhattan, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, and Hymn to Music. The second, portraying a west- ern scene, offered Indian music, square dancing, and popular songs like Tumblin' Tumble Weed and Cool Water. Then followed a southern colonial scene with songs of the south, including favorites like Dixie, Cindy, Ol' Man River, and O Susanna. Completing this musical per- formance was a college campus scene in- cluding favorite college songs as well as some Rocky High favorites. Among the special numbers presented were Manhattan Serenade by a girls' trio: Marlene Rohrer, Erlane Dauffenbach, and Sue McCabeg Dinah by another trio: Beatrice Barber, Donna Palmer, and Pat- ricia Nelsong solos by Marilyn Lawson, Geraldine Ingram, and Sally Greenbe1'g. Dry Bones was sung by the mixed octet, composed of Marlene Rohrer, Patricia Nel- son, Donna Palmer, Sue McCabe, Ralph Iglchart, Conrad Ward, Donald Swensson, and Robert Box. There were many other solos, duets, and specialty numbers. This program was handled by an of- ficers' steering committee and special scene committees headed by Sally Keeler, Enid Hooe, Patricia Nelson, and Conrad Ward. Serving as officers of this year's Glec club were Ralph Iglehart and Sue McCabe, presidents, Patricia Nelson and John Schwegler, secretaries, and John Ander- son and Jacqueline Bager, treasurers. The Inner choir completed another suc- cessful season by presenting many outside programs. This year's student director was A -. ' - ..... L Seated: Jacqueline Bager, Sue McCabe, Patricia Nelson. Standing: John Anderson, Ralph Iglehart, Theodore Morrison. Sue McCabe, accompanist. Standing: Patricia Nelson, Donna Palmer, Adele Stone. Row 1: Beatrice Barber, Joyce Pearson, Patricia Nelson, Beverly Crecelius, Marlene VVright, Marilyn Downs, Mar- jorie Warren, Beverly Anderson, Donna Palmer, Evelyn Desliin. Row 2: Loretta Kimbel, Jacqueline Calhoun, Louise Holub. Colleen McGovern, Geraldine Ingram, Marilyn Lawson, Arva- lca Bunning, Rhoda Bjorkman, Constance Rummels. Patricia Fischer, Jacqueline Bager. Row 3: Betty Pohl, Sally Cameron, Sandra Andich, Shirley VVise, Clara Butcher, Patricia Bradshaw, Marlene Rohrer, Marjorie Lindox-ff, Marguerite Dargan, Adele Stone, Enid Hooe, Ida Mae Jones. Row 4: Thelma Pieper, Shirley Jones, Marvella Tank, Mar- garet Dunlap, Jean Lundgren, Enid Cederberg, Corinne Emery, Phyllis Suiter, Mary McGuire, Luray Thoms, Erlane Dauffenbach, Sally Greenberg, Sue McCabe. I X Qzee em Row 1: Beatrice Barber, Marijo Shanes, Barbara Sloan, Elaine Summers, Phyllis Stanley, Joyce Ruysbroeck, Mary Darr, Lila Dean, Dolores Garrity, Betty NVilliams, Donna Beal, Dona Short, Joan Berge, Georgia Hardin. Row 2: Pauline Ockce, Patricia Montz, Marilyn Hancq. Joyce Snodgrass. Joan VVam:elin, Betty Bishop, Kathleen Christy, Margaret Bates, Barbara Hickman, Iva Belle Henson, Shirley Leibovitz, Rhoda Ruben, Rita Pings-l. Row 3: Carolyn Hoefle, Carol Riceman. Shirley D4-skin. Sue McCabe. Assembly programs and par- ticipation in all Glee club performances rounded out their work. Other special singing groups formed in the Glee club were a boys' quartet: Ralph Iglehart, Robert Box, Conrad Ward, and Donald Swenssong a boys' octet composed of the quartet and Lawrence Sutterman, Donald Siders, John Anderson, and John Schweglerg and the mixed octet. Besides appearing on assembly pro- Mary H4-itz, Lavonna VanCleave, Beverly Bower, Sonja Soderbcrg. Mary Ann Romme, Patricia Tamme, .Ioyce M. Peterson, Shirley Beam, Rosina. Shaddinger, Elsie Ocrtel. Dolores Schave, Donna Lees. Row 41: Gloria Rick, Marilyn Diekman, Alta Benningfield, Jacqueline Vedell. Marjorie Requet, Sylvia Rose, Lorraine Brown, Sylvia Swisher, Carole Ingold, Joan NVeber, Doro- thea Meyer, Dorothy Drewes, Patty Schc-in-ln'ic-ker, Marilyn Klindt, Dolores NVis1-hart. grams, the Glee club and smaller musical groups caroled in the halls at Christmas time. They also appeared at church ser- vices and other outside performances. Accompanying the different musical groups were Marilyn Lawson, Thelma Pieper, John Anderson, and Sue McCabe. To climax a successful year, the solo re- cital was presented in May and the annual banquet in June, at which time awards were presented to outstanding members. John Anderson. Robert Box, .lohn Schwcgler, Donald Swcnsson, Conrad VVarrl, Ralph Iglehart, Lawrence Sutter- man, Donald Siclers. Ia The blustering voice and obstinate Ways of Father were feared and loved by the entire Day family. The audience soon joined in this feeling for him in the Dramatic club presentation of Life With Father held Friday, Nov. 19, 1948, in the Rock Island high school auditorium. Father, played by Robert G. Long, heads a family of four red-headed sons, portrayed by Peter Lousberg fClarenceJ, George Schneider Q J ohnj , Karl Wickstrom CWhit- neyl , and Michael Long fHarlanJ . Vinnie CBettye La Ruej, who caused Father no end of trials and tribulations, usually succeeded in having her Way With- out Father's suspecting. This was proved when she succeeded in getting Father bap- tized in the end of the play. Others who appeared in the cast and helped to make the play the success it was were Arlene Clanton CCoraJ, Gloria Pros- ser CMary Skinnerj, Thomas Wallace Q the Rev. Dr. Lloydj, John Anderson fDr. Humphriesl, and William Zessar QDr. Sommersj. Maids seemed to be the downfall of the Day family. Their maids of far different temperaments Were portrayed by Jacque- line Davis CMargaretJ, Carolyn Woeber fAnnieJ, Janice Wood CDeliaJ, Lavonna Van Cleve CNOraJ , and Tommy Lynn Stan- ley fMaggieJ. Life With Father, By Lindsey and Robert G. Long, Gloria Prosser, Peter Lousbcrg. Crouse, Was under the direction of E. Dorothy Peterson. The student director was Marjorie Johnson, and Jane Rosen- kranz was the property manager. Twelve of the costumes, which were of that period, were designed by a junior, Trudy Walker. Bettye La Rue wore an an- tique velvet and brocade dress valued at 3100. Seated: Peter Lousberg, Gloria Prosser, Robert G. Long, lace, John Anderson, Janis Wood, Lavonna VanCleave, Tornmy 1-one an on nn an cz , are n oe cr, ic ac on , ar Wick- Al Clt. Ly StlyClyWbMhlLgCl Standing: Jacqueline Davis, William Zi-ssar, Thomas Wal- strom, Pat Schneider. 'elaipmf Sentara Elma PAW Upper picture-Seated: Stanley Weinstein, Richard Savvis- lak, Gloria Prosser, Zoe Ann Hanna, Sally Keeler, Bettye LaRue, James Largent, Virginia Balk, Marjorie Johnson. Enid Hooe, John Anderson. Standing: Lois Swingrle, Janet Stone, Marguerite Dargan, VVilliam Zessar. Michael Hance, Robert Box, John Sehwegler, Sally Greenberg, Jack Parker. A Midsummer Night's Dream Was the senior class play presented at Rock Island high school May 6, 1949. This was the first time a Shakespearian play had been put on by E. Dorothy Peterson, dramatic director. The main plot of the story concerned the love tangles of Hermia fEnid Hooej, Helena fGloria Prosserj , Demetrius CRich- ard Savvislakj, and Lysander Uohn An- dersonb. Egeus fJack Parkerj, Hermia's Lower picture Seated: Patricia Parrish, William Mangrels- dorf, William Nesseler, Joseph De Paepe, Benjamin Hunter. Standing: Elaine Katz. Mary Ann Mullen, Janice Burt, Marion XN'hite, Jo Ann Fitzsimmons, Beverly Dooley, Jane Rosenkranz, Elna Jean Young, Mary Smith, Mildred Faueett. Zoe Lofgren, Edith McDougall, Ruth Ann Esliew, Darlene Syria, Erna Benson. father, had promised his daughter to De- metrius. Hermia, hovvever, was in love with Lysander, whom she eventually mar- ried. Part of the story took place in the Woods, the home of the Fairies. The principal characters in the comedy sequence of the play were Theodore Mor- rison, Burbank de Silva, Peter Lousberg, Arthur Johnson, William McDonnell, and Robert G. Long. There were 48 seniors in the cast. .awww Left to right: Theodore Morrison, Peter Lousberg, Robert G. Long, William McDonnell, Arthur Johnson, Burbank De Silva, Beverly Lundberg. anim Gfadfi Row 1: VVayne Bartley, Clayton Burton, Jeanne Ohlweiler, Marilyn Lerner, Jacqueline Davis, Sheldon Frank, Arlene Clanton, Marilyn Lawson. Row 2: Luella Meek, Karlee Buhman, Tommy Lynn Stan- The Divine Flora, a comedy by Flor- ence Ryerson and Colin Clements, Was pre- sented in the auditorium March 25 by the junior class. It concerned the difficulties that two teen-age boys, Randy Pryor fCharles Heri- fordb and Buzz Rafferty CGeorge Schnei- derj, encountered when they undertook the job of making wallflower Etta Flora Dean CNancy Plantzj into a WoW. Included in the cast were Christopher Dean, Etta's father, the part-owner of an advertising concern fDavid Bradyb 5 Shar- on Pryor, Randy's sister CArlene Clantonb 3 Tex Arlen, current singing sensation fThomas Wallacebg Mr. and Mrs. Pryor ley, Patricia Bradshaw, David Pearson, Ro Orla Gish, Chloe Andich, Gerald Smit, Betty Fuller, George Schneider, Adele Stone, Charles Heriford, Nancy Plantz, Tom Wallace, Erlane Dauffenbach, David Brady, Lawrence Sutterman. tLaWrence Sutterman and Marilyn Law- sonj g Daphne Gillford, Tex's Wife fErlane Dauffenbachb 5 Mr, Dugan, Dean's partner fWayne Bartleylg Susie and Bella, Du- gan's daughters CChloe Andich and Ro Orla Gishb. Also included in the cast were Adele Stone, Sheldon Frank, Gerald Smit, Jeanne Ohlweiler, Clayton Burton, Marilyn Ler- ner, David Pearson, Betty Fuller, Karlee Buhman, Luella Meek, Barbara Hickman, Joie Angle, Patricia Bradshaw, Jacqueline Davis, and Tommy Lynn Stanley. The play was directed by Mrs. Carol Karr Doyle. The student director was Janis Wood. Seated: Marilyn Lawson, Nancy Plantz, Adele Stone, Mari- lyn Lerner, Arlene Clanton. Standing: Lawrence Suttcrman, David Brady, George Schneider, NVayne Bartley, Jeanne Ohlweiler, Charles Heriford. Speecfz Ulcau playa B tty jamin Cook, Michael Hancc, John Scott, Rhoda Ruben, David B B ly M 'ly I D 'd P Nancy Plantz, George Schncidci, Robcit G. Long, e Fuller, Martin Rich, James Lawrence, James Engman, en- Yes may not mean no to most people but it certainly did to Teddy Lawson in the play Yes Means No by Howard Em- met Rogers, for his father put him in charge of his office and offered him one hundred dollars for each no he said but made the condition that if he said one yes all the money would be taken from him. This was the first of four one-act plays given by Speech II classes in the auditor- ium Tuesday, Feb. 1, under the direction of E. Dorothy Peterson. The cast included Gerald Smit as Teddy Lawson and James Fat , 2il'l H .43.XYS0Tl, HV1 E3.l'SOl'l. Largent as his father. Jacqueline Davis, Janis Wood, and Roger Chindberg were the other members of the cast. The second play was The Jinx From Alabama by John Kirkpatrick. Carol Sel- lers played Anne Armstrong, and Bettye LaRue played her southern cousin. Arlene Clanton took the part of her mother, Joie Angle, her sister 5 Barbara Hickman, a friend, Beatrice Barber, the maidg and Thomas Wallace and Robert Newbern, boy friends. Meet the Family by Moss Hart and Barbara Hickman, Joie Angle, Carol Sellers, Arlene Clan- ton, Robert Newbern, Beatrice B Smit. arber, Bettye LaRue, Gerald 2 F is at .af 3 R+' . A 1 3 1 1 cf 3. Earle McBride, John Anderson, Wayne Bartley, Sheldon lfrunlc, Karlm- Buhman, Max Camil ll 1 liawrcns-v Suttvrman. George Kaufman tells what happens when Alice Sycamore's fiance and his parents come to meet the family a night too soon and the whole household is in terrible dis- order, Members of the cast were: Marilyn Lawson, Nancy Plantz, Robert G. Long, Charles Heriford, Jack Scott, David Pear- son, Betty Fuller, Carolyn Woeber, George Schneider, James Lawrence, Martin Rich, David Brady, Rhoda Ruben, Benjamin Cook, James Engman, and Michael Hance. me , Tommy Lynn Stanley, The fourth play, Teatime at the Brews- ters by Joseph Kesserling is the story of two eccentric aunts and a nephew who think he's Teddy Roosevelt. The aunts were portrayed by Tommy Lynn Stanley and Karlee Buhman, while their nephews were Lawrence Sutterman and John Anderson. The rest of the cast included Max Camp- bell, Wayne Bartley, Earle McBride, and Sheldon Frank. Roger Chindberg, Janis VVood, Jacqui-line Davis, Gerald Smit, James Largent. fb Zion Row 1: Enid Hooe. Mary Ann Blackwell, Luella Meek, Elna Jean Young, Beth Ann Bell, Karla-e Buhman. Lois Swingle, Arvalea Bunning, Marcia Lindorff, Nancy Shctter. Row 2: Jacqueline Davis, Virginia Balk, Beulah Stowe. Susan Matteson, Bcttye LaRue, Arlene Clanton, Carolyn Erickson, Marion Marshall. Marjorie Johnson, Beverly Bolt. Fifty-nine students participated in the annual speech tournament held at Daven- port for schools of Iowa and Illinois. Beth Ann Bell and Carolyn Ericksen both placed second in their respective di- visions at the girls' contest Nov. 13. Beth Ann gave Leap Year Leap in the humor- ous division. Carolyn's dramatic reading Was When Hannah War' Eight Year Old. Row 3: Nancy Plantz, Patricia Bradshaw, Ro Orla Gish. Betty Fuller, Janis Wood, Louise Holub, Barbara Hickman, Carolyn Woeber, Ex-lane Dauffenbach, Adclc Stone, Marilyn Lerner, Marilyn Lawson, Karen Gustafson, Tommy Lynn Stanley, Betty Strickland. No finals were held in the boys' contest Jan. 22. Peter Lousberg, Donald Hains, Thomas Valiquette, and Thomas Wallace placed first in at least one of their contests in the humorous division, Richard Sawis- lak's and Gerald Smit's readings ranked high in the dramatic division, and in the oratorical division those placing were Rob- ert G. Long and Stanley Weinstein. 352: , ii'i+'i 5 DL-' X Row 1: Ernest Zimring, William Williams, Don Price, Thomas Valiquette. Sawislak, Stanley Weinstein, Jack Parker, Donald Hains. Row 3: Forrest Miller, David Brady, Robert G. Long, Peter Row 2: Theodore Morrison. Richard Bennett. Richard Lousberg, Gerald Smit, Thomas Wallace. .glale genial' John Fryxell, Peter Lousbcrg, John Anderson, Lawrence Sutterman, William Zessar. Not only did Rocky High Win second- place honors in the Whole State Final Speech tournament held at the University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill., April 1 and 2, but it also boasts a second-place Win in the play division, four all-state cast members, third place in debate, third place in comedy reading, and a finalist in the verse-spealo ing division. A cutting from A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare was the dramatic production that Won second place. In the cast were John Anderson, Beth Ann Bell, Robert G. Long, Peter Lousberg, George Schneider, Lawrence Sutterman, and Thomas Wallace. Carolyn Ericksen was the student director. Robert, Peter, Lawrence, and Thomas received the honor of being chosen as all- state play cast members. Rock Island was the only school to place four students in the all-state cast. Standing: Robert G. Long, George Schneider, Stanley Weinstein, Tom WVallace, Richard Enburg, Carolyn Ericksen, Arlene Clanton, Beth Ann Bell. The debate team, composed of Richard Enburg, John Fryxell, Stanley Weinstein, and William Zessarytied for third place with Granite City. Peter Lousberg was Rock Island's only individual speaker to place high in the finals. He captured third place with his comedy reading Cyrano's Point of Prom- inence by Rostand. Arlene Clanton took sixth place in the verse-speaking finals, reading Three Pieces on Night Over the City by Helen Gertrude Hicks, The Romney by Harriet Monroe, and Evening Prayer by Amelia Josephine Burr. E. Dorothy Peterson coached the play and the speakers, and P. J. Martin coached the debate team. Freeport high school won first place in the speech contest. lainie ancf rqmefzican .fegian Uaaloay Stanley VVOinstcin, Richard Enburg, William Zessar, John Fryxcll. An enviable record was established by the debate squad of 1948-49 as the Islander debaters, under the direction of P. J. Mar- tin, captured first place in both the North- west and Sectional tournaments, while ranking third in the final state competition. Debating the subject Resolved: That the Umtcd N cttfions Nou: Bc Rezrefscd I nto ct Federal World Government, an inex- perienced but determined squad opened the season by taking second place in the Gene- E. S. Metcalf, director: Richard Enburg. seo Invitational in November. Following this, a tie for seventh place was realized at the Augustana college tournament. With six victories and two defeats, Rock Island won first place in the Northwest conference meet Saturday, Feb. 12. Eager to continue their winning ways, the Island- ers journeyed to Macomb for the State Sectional, where they were the only team to go through the six-round tournament undefeated. Through winning four de- bates and losing two, Rock Island com- pleted its season at Champaign by tying for third place in the debate finals. This year's winning combinations were John B. Fryxell and Stanley Weinstein, the affirmative, and Richard Enburg and Wil- liam Zessar, the negative. This foursome represented Rock Island in all of its 40 debates, winning 26 and losing 14. Richard Enburg represented Rock Island in this year's American Legion Oratorical contest. He emerged With a first-place vic- tory in the district meet held in Rock Island, and he captured third place in the zone competition in Peoria. Besides being judged on the content of the oration and speaking ability, each con- testant had to give an extemporaneous address on one of the amendments to the Constitution of the United States. A Barrier Against Tyranny was the subject of Dick's oration. E. S. Metcalf was his coach. RICHARD R. SMITH The Watchtower has a staff of ten stu- dents, Five seniors hold the positions of editor in chief, business manager, photo- graphy editor, copy editor, and sports editor. Each of these has a junior assistant who takes his place the following year. Richard R. fBudJ Smith Was editor in chief of the 1949 Watchtower. His duties on the publication included making the layout of each page and fitting copy and pictures, supervising to some extent the Work of other staff members, and seeing that deadlines were met. His assistant, Carolyn Ericksen, will head the 1950 Watchtower staff. WILLIAM WILLIAMS Www gig, 4' .arm DEAN MILLER 596933 , -Egwnik MARILYN HIXSON MARJORIE JOHNSON '7!ze Zdalchiawm Clark Holmes, Carolyn Ericksen, Adele Stone, Janet Burgess, David Brady. Handling of the finances of this year- book fell to Dean Miller, business manager, and his assistant, Clark Holmes. The cost of annual production has risen sharply in the last few years, and balancing a budget Kenneth Brostrom, Clyde Hinchliife. is a tricky problem. This year's economies have been brought about with the least possible outward effect on the book. Dean also served as staff artist, and the drawings on the end sheets and division pages are his. Photography editor Marilyn Hixson and her understudy, Adele Stone, had charge of getting all of the annual's pictures taken. Working with the professional photo- graphers, they were present at every click of the shutter to arrange groups and take identifications. Copy editor Marjorie Johnson had charge of the printed matter of the book. The story of each aspect of school life was assigned by Marjorie to be written by some student connected with that activity. She spent many hours on story assignments, copy reading, typing, and proofreading. Her assistant was Janet Burgess. Because of the specialized nature of his Work, sports editor Bill Williams had com- plete charge of the athletics section of The Watchtower. Assisted by David Brady, Bill collected sports pictures, wrote his stories, and planned the layout of his division. En- largement of the track and Wrestling sec- tion Was Bill's chief contributions to im- provement over past years. Esca G. Rodger, head of the publications department and faculty adviser for The Watchtower, was the guiding hand in the production of this year's annual. She Salcsmn-n-Row 1: Kay Edwards, .Ioan Lev. Joyce Wm-Ich, Sandra Andich, Janice Burt, Mary Smith, Beth Ann Bell. handled contracts with the engraving, printing, and cover companies, and gave helpful advice on all phases of the work. The bulk of The Wcttclztowcfs photo- graphy was done by Clyde Hinchliffe, a Rock Island Argus photographer. He was assisted by Kenneth Brostrom. The senior portraits and the junior and sophomore class groups were taken by Paul Callaghan of the Paul Studio. lnformals and several sports shots were submitted by students. The Watchtower covers were made by the S. K. Smith company of Chicago. En- gravings of the pictures were done at the Brock Engraving company of Madison, Wisconsin, and at the Photo Arts Engrav- ing company in Moline. These firms also made the etchings of the art work. The book was printed and bound at the August- ana Book Concern in Rock Island. A special sales staff appointed by the business manager sold Watchtowcrs to the students. About six salesmen were selected from each class. These were: Sophomores: Beth Ann Bell, Kenneth Drake, Kay Ed- wards, Arthur Finkelstein, Janice Knouse, and Maynard Neighbors. Juniors: Patricia Hayden, Joan Lee, Colleen McGovern, Jack Shoemaker, Richard Thomas, Joyce Welch, and Robert Wheelan. Seniors: San- dra Andich, Ralph Iglehart, Peter Lous- berg, Beverly Lundberg, Janice Burt, Mary Smith, and Daniel Terrill. Row Z: Robert Wheclan, Jack Shoemaker, Daniel Terrill. Ralph Iglehart, Kenneth Drake, Maynard Neighbors. Cash prizes are awarded each year to the three salesmen who sell the most Watclztowers. This year's awards went to Daniel Terrill, Sandra Andich, and Beth Ann Bell. The regular Watchtoufer staff members also sold annuals, but they were not eligible for prizes. DANIEL TERRILL L '7fne eaimdan Gaim l Elna Jean Young, Jane Rosenkranz, Patricia Stechalin, Alveda Pristash, Darlene Syria, Lois Swingle, Rhoda Ruben, Louise Schneck, Janet Stone, William Nesseler, Jerry Thomp- R Who, what, when, where, and why is brought to the students of Rock Island high school by The Crimson Crier, a four-page biweekly publication put out by the mem- bers of the advanced journalism class. Designed to give more students an op- portunity to become members of The Crim- son Crier staff, journalism at Rocky High is divided into two semesters. Beginning journalists spend the first semester in F son, Richard Sawislak, Bill Williams, Lytle Lundy, Stanley Weinstein, Jack Parker, Harley Shepherd, Joseph Purvis, Richard R. Smith. journalism A, a course dealing primarily with newspaper fundamentals. In order to become a member of this training class you must have at least a B average in English during your sophomore year and be re- commended by your English instructor. Once this semester is completed, a select group of these students are advanced to Journalism B and the actual work of put- ting out The Crimson Crier begins. Be- Row 1: Donna Beal, Joie Angle, Mary Frommelt, Barbara Hickman, Doris Canum. Row 2: Joan Lee, Alyce McWilliams. Arlene Clanton, Janet Burgess, Carolyn Hoefle. Charleen Manuel. Row 3: Wanda Livengood, Martha Fox, James Horst, Clay- ton Burton. David Hopley, Earle McBride, Albert Chevalier, David Brady, Betty Fuller, Betty Garrison. ESCA G. RODGER sides handling all editorial matter which appears in the Crier, this group also re- ceives training in advertising make-up, circulation work, and newspaper manage- ment. During the fall semester The Crimson Crier was in the able hands of 19 senior students. Headed by Stanley Weinstein as editor in chief, the remaining top exec- utives were William Williams, managing editor, Elna Jean Young, copy editor, Patricia Stechalin, business manager, Lou-- ise Schneck, first-page editor, Jack Parker, second-page editorg Harley Shepherd, sports editor, a n d Jane Rosenkranz, fourth-page editor. Arlene Clanton served as editor in chief of the Crier during the spring semester. She was capably assisted by the following junior students: David Brady, managing editor, Joan Lee, copy editor, Betty Ful- ler, business manager, Alyce McWilliams, first-page editor, Janet Burgess, second- page editor, David Hopley, sports editorg and Martha Fox, fourth-page editor. One of the outstanding events attended by members of the publications department was the 28th annual convention of the Illinois State High School Press Associa- tion, ISHSPA. This two-day meeting was conducted on the campus of the Uni- versity of Illinois, Sept. 17 and 18. Among 'the prominent speakers were Professor Frederick S. Siebert, director of the Uni- versity of Illinois' school of journalism, and Clifton M. Utley of the National Broadcasting Company. Representing The Crimson Crier staff was Stanley Wein- stein. The Watchtower was represented by William Williams and Dean Miller. The Crimson Crier, besides being dis- tributed to the student body and members of the faculty, is sent out over the United States to various other high school pub- lications. This year's circulation hit a new high when copies were also sent to several European countries. A total of fifteen issues was put out by the fall and spring semester classes during the school year ending June 10. Among these were several special issues, including the annual six-page Christmas edition. Serving as chief adviser for the publica- tions department is Esca G. Rodger. Miss Rodger, a member of the English depart- ment, teaches both beginning and advanced journalism. The job of seeing that the Cmer' comes out on time is in the hands of David J. Borth. It is the advanced printing stu- dents under the direction of Mr. Borth who run the flat-bed press on which the Crier is printed. l DAVID J. BORTH acfia Sfaff Luella Meek, Karlee Buhman, Sheldon Frank, Sandra Andich, Dick Sawislak, Carolyn Woeber, Sue Thompson, John Fryxell. This has been an experimental but pros- perous year for the 25 students who are members of the Radio staff. A great deal of new equipment has been tried out and purchased, and new ideas, techniques, and types of broadcasts and recordings used. Because of the national elections at the beginning of the school year, the staff found it difficult to get broadcasting time on the local radio stations. However, the members have produced their programs anyway, and a great many of them find their way over the air. The Know Your Schools broadcasts, round-table discussions, and original plays were among the programs made. Special programs for such events as National Edu- cational week, Christmas, Easter, Thanks- giving, and Brotherhood week were re- corded and presented over the radio. Many times the Radio staff is asked to help out in other school activities. Selec- tions from the Glee club programs were recorded for the music department. Many of the students throughout the school heard President Truman's inaugural address over the staff's wire recorder. Patricia Lane, Charles Christner, Jeanne Ohlweiler, Marianne Russell, Richard Johnson, Betty Lou Nelson. Gilman Clark, Ernest Zimring, Nancy Shetter, Forrest Miller, Janet Knouse. Along with this work of recording for the school, many staff members actually did their homework on record discs. Sev- eral English classes were entertained by recorded book reports, and several times speech students could be found practicing declamations or play parts with the help of the wire recorder, P. J. Martin, director of the staff, is making plans to start a unique type of re- corded program. The staff will record children's stories and fairy tales. These records will be available to the lower grades of our school system. In preparing programs the staff is broken down into many sections: report- ing, script writing, producing, play writ- ing, and sound effects. These were studied by the members in order to turn out smoothly running programs. All these as well as the high school forum groups kept the members busy most of the time. Expense money Was earned by the mem- bers who sold programs at home football games. From this fund the staff was able to purchase some new play-back equip- ment, a typewriter for script work, and a large equipment cabinet. This also covered the expenses of the trip to Chicago taken by the staff in April. .M md Kenneth Drake, Leon Helms. Zoe Lofgren, Jane Rosenkranz, Marjorie Johnson. dam say! 1 3 f K ' i 2 if , I K. s r V ,Q ' me X E . X E i i i Row 1: Adeline Hendricks, Anna Plambeck, Anna Schroe- Row 2: Evelyn Nichols, Verla Briggs, Martha Flemming, der, Lola Randerson, Kathryn Hendrickson, Margaret Wager, Betty Weltz, Ida Osterman, Sarah Titus, Sena Whitcomb. Elizabeth Ovendon, Genevieve Robinson, cafeteria director. Absent from picture: Edith Cordts, Adele Nelson. Genevieve Robinson, director of the cafe- teria, and her capable staff of workers are the people responsible for keeping the students of Rock Island high school from going hungry at noon this past year. The students may think no further than their stomachs at noon, but the actual prep- aration of that tempting food begins long before. Two women arrive at school around 7 a.m., eight or nine arrive at 8 a.m., and four at 11 a.m. Those who arrive at 7 or 8 prepare the food and those who arrive at 11 serve the food. Everyone helps clean GENEVIEVE ROBINSON up, and the women are generally ready to leave at 3 p.m. Two women prepare the main dish, two the salads, two the desserts, two make sandwiches, and two peel and mash po- tatoes. These same two workers who fix the potatoes also prepare the vegetables and soup. Miss Robinson has five part-time and ten full-time workers. The part-time help- ers work four hours and the full-time em- ployees work seven or eight hours. Approximately three hundred students consume regular plate lunches, but there are five or six hundred customers who buy desserts and salads in the cafeteria and sandwiches and candy from the stand. . The men whose work is never done are Rock Island high school's custodians. These men work day and night, inside and outside the building, to keep the students comfort- able and to keep the high school spotless- ly clean. The custodians are: Thomas Schroeder, head custodian and building engineer, Har- ry Blocklinger, heating plant, Jonathan F. Crume, Ernest W, Krueger, and Wil- liam Swango, night custodians and watch- meng Everett Krueger, first floor, Idwal E. Jones, second floor, William Warren, heating and stadium, Viola Robinson, girls' rest rooms, and George E. Smull, ground floor and kitchen. The clean, well-ordered, appearance of the high school is a credit to our efficient staff of custodians. fficeancfelinic ' Seated: Christine Pappas, Joyce DeVrieze, Camilla Camp- bell, Phyllis Seiter, Zoe Ann Hanna, Beverly Dooley, Mara- vene Anderson. A variety of duties confronts those stu- dents who are selected to work in the of- fice. Collecting attendance slips and taking notes and detention slips to other students are but a few of them. Principal Owen B. Wright selects junior and senior girls whose schedules include a free period or study hall to assist in the office. There are at least three girls in the office at all times. Two of the girls who are chosen as assistants are assigned to the deans' of- fices. There, under the direction of Dean Standing: Shirley Perry, Donna Valentine, Marilyn Hixson, Gretchen Krueger. Dolores Ruebling, Shirley L. Carlson, Diane Volk, Marilyn Willetts. Florence J. Liebbe or Dean E. S. Metcalf, they perform such duties as answering telephone calls or running errands. Seven girls, under the supervision of Mrs, Matilda Bacon, school nurse, were in charge of the clinic this year. Each girl was in charge one period of the day. The duties of the clinic assistant are to see that the girls who come to the clinic rest while they are there and to take care of minor cuts and bruises. The clinic is closed during the ninth period. Nancy Davis, Alveda Pristash, Betty Powers, Patricia Lane. .fucked Room flffonilafn 4 ,X If 1- Q 5 5 tx .. ll l ix F ci Row 1: Gloria .lohnso Patricia Lane. Row 2: Ruth Jones. Virginia Balk, Joanne Grove. Has everybody got her towel in '? These are the words you can hear almost any day of the year in the girls' gym locker room. At the beginning of the year Helen E. Halbert and Marguerite Pierce, girls' gym instructors, select several girls to act as gym monitors. Each girl has her own assigned period. These girls take care of all towels and gym equipment, seeing that the supplies are returned to the office at the end of the period. Gym monitors for this year were Ruth Jones, Joanne Greve, Jeanette Bradley, Marlene Pratt, Vernell Bland, Barbara Drinkall, Mary Jeanne Edmonds, Virginia Balk, Patricia Lane, and Theresa Hoff- man. These girls also take attendance and run errands for Miss Halbert and Mrs. Pierce. 1. A busy night at thu' Y Canteen 5. VVho's next? 2. More Cantcen life 6. Down under' in Room 148 3. That machine gave a lot of trouble T. Junior class play cast members 4. Tennis practice 5'14o2fi FRANK AMATO Track, cross-country, football, Letter- men's club, Senate. ELMER ANDERSON Not graduating. JOHN ANDERSON Glee club, Dramatic club, cast of Life With Father, cast of oDeretta The Saga of Gustagaf' cast of speech-class play Arsenic and Old Lace, business manager of Glee club, track, intramural sports, cast of State contest play, cast of Senior class play. MARAVENE ANDERSON Office assistant, band secretary, Senior Honor Roll. SHIRLEY ANDERSON Pan-American league, Spanish club. G. A. A. ERNEST ANDICH SANDRA ANDICH Glee club, Black Hawk Tribe secretary, French club secretary, Pan-American league president, radio staff, Camera club, Girls' Glee club, Inner choir, band, majorette, Watchtower salesman, Sen- ior Honor Roll, National Honor Society. PATRICIA ARKLE Home Economics club. JACQUELINE BAGER Pan-American. Spanish club, Black Hawk Tribe, Girls' Glee club treasurer, Y-Teens. Girl Scouts. Glee club. GEORGE BAKER Spanish club, Radio staff, Camera club. ERVIN BALES Cross-country, wrestling, track, Hi-Y- intramural sborts. MARY BALES G. A. A., Pan-American league, Span- ish club, Senate, office assistant. VIRGINIA BALK G. A. A. secretary, Current Events club secretary, Y-Teen cabinet, Radio staff, Camera club, Dramatic club, cast of speech-class play Ever Since Eve. cast of Dramatic club play The Great American Family, valedictorian, Na- tional Honor Society. Senior Honor Roll. DONALD BALLINGER Sophomore basketball. football, track, Senate, Pan-American league, Spanish club, vice-president of sophomore class, intramural volleyball and basketball, Black Hawk Tribe, Lettermenis club, intramural football, junior class play, speech-class plays. BEATRICE BARBER Cast of Jinx From Alabama, treas- urer Girls' Glee club. Senior Glee club, table tennis, basketball, volleyball. 'qfncfm HOWARD BARKLEY Camera club, cross-country, Spanish club, Dramatic club, Speech II play Ever Since Eve, Hi-Y. WILLIAM BARRETT BRUCE BARTLEY Camera club, Spanish club, Pan-Ameri- can league, track, Dramatic club. cast of The Great American Family, cast of Three's a Crowd, intramural base- ball and volleyball. WILLIAM BENNETT Hi-Y, Pan-American league. band. music theory. intramural wrestling. lPicture does not appear in annual.J ERNA BENSON Dramatic club, Black Hawk Tribe, Pan- Ameriean league, Girls' speech-class plays. Glee club. JOAN BERGE Glee club, badminton. ANNA MAE BERRY President of Girl Scouts. G. A. A., Y-Teens, Black Hawk Tribe. RHODA BJORKMAN Glee club. Home Economics G. A. A. club, RICHARD BLACK Hi-Y, football manager. DUANE BLATTNER BARBARA BLEDSOE Not graduating. HAROLD BLEUER Wrestling, band. ALAN BLOCH Debate, Current Events club, intra- mural snorts, National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. RUSSELL BONNE Black Hawk Tribe, Pan-American league, Spanish club, golf, intramural sports, Top Ten, National Honor So- ciety, Senior Honor Roll. ROBERT BOOTHROYD Hi-Y, basketball, intramural sports CLIFFORD BOSWELL BEVERLY BOWER Black Hawk Tribe, Pan-American league, Y-Teens, Girls' Glee club. ROBERT BOX French club, speech-class play' Ever Since Eve, Glee club, Inner choir. fr - 1 LOIS BOYNTON Black Hawk Tribe, Pan-American league, Spanish club, Dramatic club, Girls' Glee club. JEANNETTE BRADLEY Girl Scouts, Pan-American league. gym assistant. CARL BRANDOM Intramural basketball, football, and softball. WALTER BRASMER Dramatic club. RICHARD BREITENSTEIN THOMAS BRENNAN Wrestling, intramural. sports, Hi-Y. MAURICE BUKSHPAN Track, cross-country. PATRICIA BUNCH GEORGE BURDON Football, track, intramural sports. JANICE BURT Senior Service Tribe, Y-Teens, cast of junior class School, Watchtower Scouts, Black Hawk play, Charm salesman, G. A. A. DOLORES BUSHERT G. A. A., Hi-Y, Pan-American league, Dramatics club, Camera club, cheer- leader. CLARA BUTCHER Black Hawk Tribe, Glee club, Dramatic club. National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. DONALD CAIN Current Events club, Dramatic club, French club, Black Hawk Tribe, Senior Honor Roll, National Honor Society. SALLY CAMERON G. A. A., Pan-American league, Senior Glee club, Girls' Glee club, cabinet of Y-Teens. Radio staff. Black Hawk Tribe, Canteen committee, Senior Honor Roll. CAMILLA CAMPBELL Assistant in Mr. Metcalf's office. JEANNE CAMPBELL Pan-American league. French club, Spanish club. Senate. Miss Liebbe's as- A sistant, Hi-Y, Girl Scouts. AUDREY CARLILE Camera club, G. A. A. DUAINE CARLSON Dramatic club, Spanish club, Pan- American league, The Crimson Cricr staff. x 1 SHIRLEY L. CARLSON G. A. A., Dramatic club, assistant to Mr. Metcalf. MICHAEL CARR Cross-country, track, baseball, senate. RUTH ANN CARTER G, A. A., Home Economics club, Girls' Glee club. ENID CEDERBERG Glee club, G. A. A., Inner choir. ALLEN CHARLES Dramatic club. KATHLEEN CHRISTY Girls' Glee club, assistant secretary of' Girls' Glee club. CHARLENE COHN Black Hawk Tribe, Pan-American league, circulation manager of The Crimson Crier. JACK COHN National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. BENJAMIN COOK Dramatic club, Hi-Y, football, National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. JAMES COOPER Track, Senior Honor Roll. JACK CORNELIUS Black Hawk Tribe, archery, National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. LAWRENCE COVEY Baseball, Senior Honor Roll. BEVERLY CRECELIUS Black Hawk Tribe, Pan-American league, Y-Teens, G. A. A., Senior Scouts, Glee club, Inner choir, Spanish club, Senior Honor Roll. MARGUERITE DARGAN Spanish club, Glee club, Dramatic club. Speech II plays. CLATON DAUBERT Football, Lettermen's club. Senate. track, National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. NANCY DAVIS G. A. A., fourth-page editor of' Thw Crimson Crier, Dramatic club, National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. JEROME DE BORD Football, basketball, Hi-Y, Dramatic club. BARBARA DE BRACKELEIRE JOSEPH DE PAEPE The Crimson Crier staff, Senate, Pan- American league, Spanish club, Dra- matic club. BURBANK DE SILVA Football, Black Hawk Tribe, Dramatic club, Dramatic club play, speech-class play, Canteen committee, senior class play. SHIRLEY DESKIN EDWARD DE SMET Intramural football, Spanish club, Sen- ior Honor Roll. JOYCE DE VRIEZE Spanish club, Pan-American league, Hi-Y, Dramatic club, Senior Honor Roll. MARILYN DIEKMAN G. A. A., Girls' Glee club, Y-Teens. JACQUELINE DIERICKX Band, assistant manager of band, Cam- e a club. Black Hawk Tribe. National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. ROBERT DOERING Black Hawk Tribe, Hi-Y, wrestling. RICHARD DONLIN Senior Honor Roll. BEVERLY DOOLEY Pan-American league, senior class sec- retary. Dramatic club, Black Hawk Tribe. MARILYN DOWNING G. A. A.. Pan-American league, Span- ish club, Y-Teens, Senior Honor Roll. MARILYN DOWNS Glee club, Senior Honor Roll. DOROTHY DREWES Girls' Glee club. CHARLES DUNHAM Football. track, Hi-Y, Lettermen's club. MARGARET DUNLAP G. A. A., Y-Teens, Black Hawk Tribe, Girl Scouts, Girls' Glee club, Senior Glee club. - MARY EDMONDS Y-Teens, Senior Scouts. FRANK EDWARDS Basketball, football, track, president of Senate, Pan-American league, Spanish club, baseball, president of Lettermen's club, Senior Honor Roll, National Honor Society. CORINNE EMERY G. A. A., Glee club, Pan-American league, Senior Honor Roll. RICHARD ENBURG President of Current Events club, Speech II plays, Dramatic club, debate, salutatorian, National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. PEGGY ESHELMAN Black Hawk Tribe, usher at plays. RUTH ANN ESKEW Black Hawk Tribe, Y-Teens, Senior Service Scouts, senior play. JOHN ETZEL QPicture does not appear in annual.J JO ANN ETZEL Not graduating. BEVERLY EVANS MILDRED FAUCETT Black Hawk Tribe, Dramatic club, Y-Teens, Girl Scouts. speech-class play Ladies of the Mop, Canteen commit- tee, senior class play A Midsummer Night's Dream. ROBERT FAUSER Sophomore basketball, football, intra- mural sports, Lettermen's club. ALVIN FELDHAHN PATRICIA FISCHER Spanish club, Pan-American league, Glee club. JO ANN FITZSIMMONS Black Hawk Tribe, Pan-American league, Spanish club, Dramatic club, Camera club, Y-Teens, Girl Scouts, junior class play Charm School. Radio club. Canteen committee, Senior Honor Roll. DAN FLANIGAN Football, track. Camera club, intra- mural basketball. JUANITA FLORA G. A. A., Black Hawk Tribe, Y-Teens, Canteen committee, Senate, attendant to Homecoming queen, Girl Scouts. WANDA FLYNN Girls' Glee club. CHARLES FOSTER Secretary of Spanish club, Pan-Ameri- can league. DARLENE FRANING The Crimson Crier staff, G. A. A.. Home Economics club, Senior Honor Roll. LOIS FRAZIER G. A. A., Spanish club, Pan-American league, Radio club. GEORGE FREDRIKSEN TED FREELAND Football, wrestling, baseball. GEORGE FRIEDLINE HARRY FRIEDMAN Spanish club, Pan-American league. JOHN FRYXELL Current Events club, Black Hawk Tribe vice-president. debate, extempore speak- ing, Honor Roll, National Honor So- ciety, won district contest in American Legion essay contest, won honorable mention in United Nations essay con- test, won first Dlace in Rock Island Country Conservation club essay con- test. . , DANIEL FURNAS Senior Honor Roll. CAROL GILLE SPIE ELYNOR GILMORE Spanish club, Pan-American league, G. A. A., intramural sports. ROBERT GIPPERT Dramatic club, Hi-Y, speech-class plays. ETHEL GLASSMAN Band secretary, G. A. A., intramural basketball. RICHARD GLYNN Glee club, track, Hi-Y. THEODORE GOLD ILENE HEDSTROM G. A. A., Home Economics club. LEON HELMS Football, Lettermen's club, baseball, Radio club, Radio staff, band, National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. RICHARD HENKE Hi-Y, football, Lettermen's club. GEORGE HENNING Hi-Y, football, Lettermen's club. LLOYD HENSON Hi-Y, football, Lettermen's club. BARBARA HERBIG Pan-American league, Spanish club, The Crimson Crier staff, Senior Honor Wrestling. ROH- ARTHUR GOTTSCH DALE HESSONG Finished at summer school. Spanish club. MARY ELLEN GRAY MARILYN HIXSON Home Economics club. WILLIAM GREEN Basketball, football, Lettermen's club. SALLY GREENBERG Pan-American league, Spanish club. Black Hawk Tribe, hospital aids, French club, Glee club, junior class play Charm School, Dramatic club. J OANNE GREVE G. A. A., Black Hawk Tribe, gym as- sistant, student director of Murder Will Out. KATHLEEN GROSS Spanish club, Pan-American league. speech-class play cast of Package for Ponsonbyf' Senior Honor Roll. CORRINNE HAIN Home Economics club, Black Hawk Tribe, Pan-American league. MICHAEL HANCE Dramatic club, Pan-American league, Spanish club, speech-class play You Can't Take It With You, track. ZOE ANN HANNA Black Hawk Tribe, Senior Scout presi- dent, Dramatic club treasurer, speech- class play Ladies of the Mop, student director of Charm School, Y-Teens, senior class play, Senior Honor Roll, National Honor Society. GERALD HANSON MAX HANSON Camera club, Current Events club vice- president. Black Hawk Tribe, wrestling, National Honor Society. SHIRLEY HARL Not graduating. LAWRENCE HAZLETT Track, basketball, Black Hawk Tribe, Hi-Y. Sophomore class secretary. vice-presi- dent of Spanish club, The Crimson Crier staff, photography editor of The Watch- tower, G. A. A., Y-Teens, Black Hawk Tribe, Pan-American league, Girl Scouts, secretary of Senate, tennis, Senior Honor Roll, intramural sports, office assistant. 1' BURLEIGH HOEXTER . Current Events club, Camera club, Sen- ior Honor Roll. - JAMES HOLLARS Camera club, Dramatic club, junior class play Charm School, speech-class play Grapes for Dinner, band. JANE HOLLARS Spanish club. KENNETH HOLLIDAY Sophomore football. JOANN HOLLOWAY Black Hawk Tribe, Pan-American league, Dramatic club, Y-Teens, The Crimson Crier staff, Junior class play Charm School, Girl Scouts. ROBERT HOLUB Intramural basketball. ENID HOOE Girls' Glee club, Dramatic club, Glee club, Pan-American league, speech-class play, junior class play Charm School, Senior Honor Roll, Senior class play cast. ROBERT HOON Band. DAVID HOYT Basketball, track, football, Senate. LAURITA HUFF Home Economics club, G. A. A., Pan- American league, Spanish club, junior class play. BENJAMIN HUNTER Drum major, tennis, Camera club presi- dent, band manager, speech-class play Inner Willy, junior class play Charm School, Dramatic club play The Great American Family, senior class play. MARILYN HUYETT Pan-American league, Dramatic club, Home Economics club president, Y-Teens, speech-class play Grapes for Dinner, Spanish club, Black Hawk Tribe. RALPH IGLEHART President of Glee club, tennis, baseball, Hi-Y, Camera club, basketball, football. CAROLE INGOLD G. A. A., Girl Scouts, Girls' Glee club, Dramatic club. PAUL IRWIN VIRGINIA JACOBS Camera club. ARTHUR JOHNSON Football. Hi-Y, Dramatic club, CYC committee, Black Hawk Tribe, senior class play. BETTY JOHNSON G. A. A., Dramatic club, band. MARJORIE JOHNSON Black Hawk Tribe, Dramatic club. Y-Teens, Spanish club, Pan-American league, Radio staff, declamation, cast of speech-class play The Inner Willy, staff of The Crimson Crier, assistant copy editor of 1948 Watchtower, copy editor of 1949 The Wa-tchtourer, Na- tional Honnr Society, Top Ten, Senior Honor Roll, Senate, student director of Dramatic club play Life With Father, cast of senior class play, A Midsum- mer Night's Dream. ROBERT G. JOHNSON Postgraduate. ROBERT R. JOHNSON Track, wrestling. DOLORES JONES Camera club, Girl Scouts, G. A. A., Black Hawk Tribe, Dramatic club. IDA MAE JONES Girl Scouts, Y-Teens, Dramatic club, Glee club, Camera club, Home Econom- ics club. RUTH JONES The Crimson Crier staff, Dramatic club, Home Economics club. DONNA KARR G. A. A., Dramatic club. ROBERT KARR Intramural sports. ELAINE KATZ Pan-American league, Dramatic club, Spanish club, Black Hawk Tribe, intra- mural sports, cast of Inner Willy, gait of Charm School. Senior Honor DEAN MILLER SALLY KEELER Y-Teens, Girl Scouts, Black Hawk Tribe, Dramatic club, Girls' Glee club, cast of Murder Will Out. Senior Glee club. JACK KEIM LORETTA KIMBEL ROBERT KISER 1 Pan-American league, Spanish club, banfi, intramural sports, Senior Honor Rol . JOHN KLEINAU Band, baseball. ROBERT KOBEL EUGENE KREPS Senior Honor Roll. GRETCHEN KRUEGER Y-Teens, Senior Scouts, National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. MARLENE KUBOW Glee club, G. A. A., Dramatic club, cheerleader, The Crimson Crier staff, Art club, intramural sports, National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. CLARENCE KUNCE Football, intramural sports. OTTO KURTZ Football, football manager, track. ORVILLE LAMB Not graduating. BEULAH LANGSTON G. A. A., Dramatic club, Girls' Glee club, The Crimson Crier staff. JAMES LARGENT Not graduating. NANCY LARSON Black Hawk Tribe, Home Economics club, Pan-American league, Spanish club, Dramatic club, Girl Scouts, girls' basketball, The Crimson Crier staff. BETTYE LaRUE Y-Teens, Dramatic club, French, band, plays, cast of senior class play A Mid- summer Night's Dream, declamation. DONALD LAUDE Camera club, Black Hawk Tribe, band, intramural sports. play Grapes for Dinner, senior MARJORIE LINDORFF G. A. A., Glee club, Inner choir, Na- tional Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. ZOE LOFGREN Black. Hawk Tribe president, Pan- American league, Spanish club, Dra- matic club, junior marshal, girls' bas- ketball, Y-Teens, cast of speech-class class DAVID LOMEN Boys' Hi-Y, wrestling, football, The Crimson Crier staff. ROBERT G. LONG Dramatic club, secretary and president of Boys' Hi-Y, Lettermen's club, CYC committee, Canteen committee, Senate, football, basketball, track, intramural sports, declamation, casts of The Great American Family, Years Ago. The Charm School, Life with Father, Meet the Family, and A Midsummer Night's Dream, Senior Honor Roll, Na- tional Honor Society. PETER LOUSBERG Spanish club, Pan-American league. Black Hawk Tribe, president of Dra- matic club, Boys' Hi-Y, Senate, foot- ball, casts of The Maker of Dreams. The Great American Family, Ever Since Eve, The Charm School, Life with Father, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Senior Honor Roll. president of National Honor Society. BEVERLY LUNDBERG Camera club, treasurer of Y-Teens. Pan-American league, secretary of Dra- matic club, G. A. A., Girl Scouts, Black Hawk Tribe, Senate, vice-president of junior class, Homecoming attendant, D. A. R. award, junior marshal, The Crimson Crier staff, casts of Three's a Crowd, and A Midsummer Night's Dream, tenth on Senior Honor Roll, National Honor Society. JEAN LUNDGREN G. A. A., Girl Scouts, Glee club, Girls' Glee club. LYTLE LUNDY Black Hawk Tribe, Camera club, band. track, intramural sports, The Crimson Crier staff. LEONA MCANINCH Not graduating. SUE MCCABE Dramatic club, Y-Teens, Pan-American league, Spanish club, Black Hawk Tribe, president of G. A. A., Glee club president, director of Inner choir, band, vice-president of senior class, editor in chief of The Crimson Crier, delegate to Illini Girls' State, National Honor So- ciety, Senior Honor Roll. DAVID MCCALL Intramural basketball. EDWIN MCCLELLAND Black Hawk Tribe, Spanish club. WILLIAM McDONNELL Baseball, basketball, football, track, in- tramural basketball and track, cast of senior class play A Midsummer Night's Dream. EDITH MCDOUGALL Black Hawk Tribe, G. A. A., Girl Scouts, Spanish club, Dramatic club. treasurer of G. A. A.. secretary of jun- ior class, girls' basketball, cast of speech class play Ladies of the Mop, cast of senior class play A Midsummer Night's Dream, National Honor Society. 2 ,. fi Ev. 53 ' PAUL McKEE Basketball, track, wrestling, Senior Honor Roll, National Honor Society. BEN MAIER Band, intramural sports, The Crimson Crier staff. WILLIAM MANGELSDORF Dramatic club., Black Hawk Tribe. band, Glee club, Inner choir, cast of Glee club operetta The Saga of Gus- tagaf' cast of senior class play A Mid- summer Night's Dream. ALLAN MANN Boys' Hi-Y, Camera club, Black Hawk Tribe. intramural sports. BEVERLY MANWARREN Speech. BERNARD MARINO Band, intramural sports. MELVIN MARTENSEN Intramural basketball and football. ELIZABETH MATTHEWS G. A. A., Pan-American league, Y-Teens. IRWIN MAURAIS Boys' Hi-Y, Lettermen's club, vice- president, of French club, head trainer for football, baseball, Senior Honor Roll, National Honor Society. BERYL MAYNE G. A. A., Y-Teens, Home Economics club. THEODORE MERRILL Boys' Hi-Y, Pan-American league, in- tramural sports, Senior Honor Roll, Na- tional Honor Society. DOROTHEA MEYER G. A. A., Girls' Glee club. ROBERT E. MEYER Band, intramural sports. RICHARD MIERS Spanish club, band, intramural sports. BARBARA MILLER G. A. A., Senior Honor Roll. CHARLES MILLER President of Art guild, Pan-American league, Dramatic club, Canteen com- mittee, declamation, cast of Ever Since Eve, business manager of The Crimson Crier, assistant business man- ager of the 1948, Watchtower, business manager of the 1949 Watchtower, stu- dent reportcr for the Times, third on Senior Honor Roll, National Honor Society. RICHARD MILLER play A Midsummer Night's Dream, Senior Honor Roll, National Honor Society. MARY MCGUIRE Lettermen's club, football, wrestling, Glee club, Inner choir. intramural sports. 4 BEVERLY MONSON Dramatic club, Y-Teens, The Crimson Crier staff. RICHARD MOORE Intramural basketball. GLORIA MORGAN Black Hawk Tribe, Y-Teens, G. A. A., Girl Scouts, tennis team, Senior Honor Roll. THEODORE MORRISON Black Hawk Tribe, vice-president of Dramatic club, Pan-American league, junior marshal, wrestling. cross-coun- try, managing editor of The Crimson Crier, cast of senior class play A Midsummer Night's Dream. JAMES MOSS Lights manager for junior class play and speech-class plays. MARY ANN MULLEN Pan-American league, Black Hawk Tribe, Y-Teens, Dramatic club, cast of speech-class play The Inner Willy, and senior class play A Midsummer Night's Dream. IRMA NEIGHBORS G. A. A., Y-Teens. fPicture does not appear in the annual.b JAMES NELSON Camera club, Boys' Hi-Y, Radio club. PATRICIA NELSON Girl Scouts, G. A. A., Y-Teens, Glee club, cheerleader, cast of junior class play The Charm School. IRENE NESSELER Pan-American league, Black Hawk Tribe, Y-Teens, Dramatic club, G. A. A., Spanish club, Girl Scouts, Senate, Sen- ior Honor Roll, National Honor Society. WILLIAM NESSELER Camera club, Boys' Hi-Y officer, Dra- matic club. intramural sports, The Crimson Crier staff, cast of senior class play A Midsummer Night's Dream. JEAN NICE Pan-American league, Spanish club, Senior Honor Roll, National Honor Society. DORIS NICKEL Y-Teens, student director for speech- class play. PAULINE NIEMANN Y-Teens, G. A. A., Pan-American league, band. BETTY NIXON Dramatic club, Pan-American league. Spanish club, Girl Scouts, Senior Honor Roll. DOROTHY NUSBAUM Organ. ELSIE OERTEL Black Hawk Tribe, Pan-American league, Spanish club, G. A. A., Y-Teens, Girls' Glee club, student di- rector for If Men Played Cards as Women Do, intramural sports. PATRICIA O'NEILL G. A. A., Y-Teens, vice-president of Girl Scouts, Black Hawk Tribe, Pan- Aninerican league, Spanish club, Radio cu . THURSTON OSBORNE Senior Honor Roll. CHRISTINE PAPPAS Pan-American league, Spanish club, Y-Teens, Girls' Glee club. LURAE PARIDON Girl Scouts, Pan-American league, Spanish club, G. A. A., band. JACK PARKER Black Hawk Tribe, French club, Cam- era club, Radio club, Radio staff, The Crimson Crier staff, declamation, cast of junior class play The Charm School, cast of senior class play A Midsummer Night's Dream, Senior Honor Roll, National Honor Society. PATRICIA PARRI SH G. A. A., Black Hawk Tribe, Y-Teens, Radio club, Dramatic club, secretary of Girl Scouts, casts of Murder Will Out, The Charm School. and A Midsummer Night's Dream, Senior Honor Roll. JOYCE PEARSON Y-Teens, G. A. A., Pan-American league, Spanish club, Glee club. SALLY PELLS Dramatic club. Black Hawk Tribe, G. A. A., Y-Teens, Girl Scouts, band, majorette. ARLINE PERKINS G. A. A., Senior Honor Roll. SHIRLEY PERRY Dramatic club, Pan-American league, Girl Scouts. REX PETERSON Camera club. JAMES PILCHER Printer. CHARLES PORTER Football, wrestling. WILLIAM PO STEN Current Events club, Senate, ball, National Honor Society. basket- DON PRICE Dramatic club, Black Hawk Tribe, Cur- rent Events club, Lettermen's club, track, tennis, declamation. ALVEDA' PRISTASH Pan-American league, Spanish club, The Crimson Crier staff, Senior Honor Roll, National Honor Society. JOHN PRITCHETT GLORIA PROSSER Black Hawk Tribe, Camera club, Dra- matic club, Pan-American league, casts of Ever Since Eve, Life NVith Fa- ther, and A Midsummer Night's Dream, Senior Honor Roll. JOSEPH PURVIS Secretary of the Boys' Hi-Y, The Crimson Crier staff, Senior Honor Roll. ROMA RATLIFF Pan-American league. ROY REED Basketball. RICHARD RESCHKE Intramural sports. BERNARD RICE Camera club. GLORIA RICK Black Hawk Tribe, G. A. A. RITA RAE RITZE Tennis, G. A. A., Black Hawk Tribe, Senior Service Scouts, Y-Teens. JOSEPH ROBINSON Band, Glee club, Dramatic club, junior class play. LELA ROBINSON Band, Pan-American league, Dramatic club, Senior Honor Roll. LLOYD RODEMEYER Wrestling. BERNADINE ROGERS Senior Service Scouts. BUD ROGERS Camera club. MARLENE ROHRER Y-Teens. Glee club, Inner choir, Dra- matic club. MARY ANN ROMME Y-Teens, Black Hawk Tribe, Pan- American league, Glee club, Inner choir. JANE ROSENKRANZ Black Hawk Tribe, Y-Teens, Y-Teens cabinet, Radio staff. G. A. A., Dra- matic club, Senior Service Scouts, The Crimson Crier staff, Senior Honor Roll, National Honor Society. ERNEST ROSSOW Basketball. baseball, Black Hawk Tribe, Lettermen's club, Dramatic club, Senior Honor Roll. RHODA RUBEN Black Hawk Tribe, Pan-American league, Y-Teens, Camera club, Current Events club, Dramatic club. Spanish club, Glee club, Speech class plays, The Crimson Crier staff. RICHARD RUBEN Camera club, speech-class plays, intra- mural sports. EUGENE RUDD Football, wrestling, track, Senate. DOLORES RUEBLING Pan-American league, Y-Teens, Cam- era club, Dramatic club, Spanish club, Senior Service Scouts, Senior Honor Roll, National Honor Society. MILTON RUMMELS Boys' Hi-Y, intramural sports, National Honor Society. DOROTHY RUSHTON Senior Honor Roll. RICHARD SAWISLAK Black Hawk Tribe, Pan-American league, Spanish club, Camera club, Cur- rent Events club, Radio club, Radio staff, The Crimson Crier staff, Senior class play cast, Senior Honor Roll. LOUISE SCHNECK Black Hawk Tribe. Pan-American league, Dramatic club, Camera club, Current Events club, property manager for speech-class play Ever Since Eve, The Crimson Crier staff, Senior Honor Roll. ALLEN SCHOLES Not graduating. DONNA SCHUTTE Black Hawk Tribe, G. A. A., Y-Teens, Senior Service Scouts. JOHN SCHWEGLER Football, track, Dramatic club, Current Events club, Glee club, Inner choir, in- tramural sports, Senior Honor Roll. JOHN SCOTT Football, track, Senate, Lettermen's club, Dramatic club, Boys' Hi-Y, speech-class plays, intramural basket- ball. PHYLLIS SEITER Glee club, Senior Service Scouts, G. A. A., intramural sports. JOHN SESBEAU Boys' Hi-Y, intramural sports. ROSINA SHADDINGER Black Hawk Tribe, Pan-American league, Glee club, G, A. A., Y-Teens. SHIRLEY SHEPARD HARLEY SHEPHERD Track, sports editor of The Crimson Crier. DONNA SHORT Pan-American league, Spanish club, Glee club. DOLORES SHRADAR Black Hawk Tribe, G. A. A., intra- mural sports, Senior Honor Roll. DONALD SIDERS Pan-American league, Glee club, Inner choir, Camera club. KENNETH SILVERS Intramural sports. BEVERLY SIMPSON Black Hawk Tribe, G. A. A., Senior Service Scouts, Y-Teens, Pan-American league, Dramatic club. RICHARD SMILEY Canteen committee, intramural sports. ROBERT SMILEY Canteen committee. GENE SMILLIE French club. MARY SMITH Black Hawk Tribe, Dramatic club, Sen- ior Service Scouts, Y-Tecns, junior class play, senior class play, Senior Honor Roll. RICHARD LEE SMITH Boys' Hi-Y. RICHARD ROBERT SMITH Football, basketball, Senate, Lettermen's club, assistant editor of the 1948 Watch- tower, editor of the 1949 Watchtower, The Crimson Crier staff, upper ten on Senior Honor Roll, National Honor So- me y. JOYCE SNODGRASS PATRICIA STECHALIN Black Hawk Tribe, G. A. A., Y-Teens, Pan-American league, Dramatic club, Spanish club, Senior Service Scouts. speech-class play The Inner Willy, business manager of The Crimson Crier, ganional Honor Society, Senior Honor 0 . ALBERT STOEVER Not graduating. JANET STONE Spanish club, Dramatic club, Pan-Amer- ican league, G. A. A.. G. A. A. secre- tary, declamation, debate, The Crim- son Crier staff. WILMA STREED Pan-American league, Spanish club. PHYLLIS STROMQUIST Black Hawk Tribe, Pan-American league, Y-Teens, upper ten on Senior Honor Roll, National Honor Society. KENNETH SUESS Wrestling. intramural sports, Letter- men's club. CHESTER SULLIVAN Camera club, Boys' Hi-Y, band, intra- mural sports. TOM SWANSON Baseball, track, Senate. intramural sports. DONALD SWENSSON A Tennis, Camera club, Boys? Hi-Y. J AME S SWIFT Football, baseball, Lettermen's club. intramural basketball. LOIS SWINGLE Black Hawk Tribe, Y-Teens, Radio club, Dramatic club, French club, Pan-Ameri- can league, speech-class plays, The Crimson Crier staff. 1 CLYDE SYDNOR Black Hawk Tribe, Camera club, Dra- matic club, Pan-American league, Span- ish club, track, cross-country, band soloist, speech-class play Mr, Snoop Is Murdered. DARLENE SYRIA Pan-American league, Senior Service Scouts, French club, Spanish club, band, speech-class play, The Crimson Crier staff. PATRICIA TAMME Dramatic club, make-up for Dramatic club play. MARVELLA TANK G. A. A., Glee club. BEVERLY TAYLOR Home Economics club. PAUL TAYLOR Camera club, band. DANIEL TERRILL Football, track, senior class president, Lettermen's club, intramural sports, National Honor Society. FRANCES TEUSCHER G. A. A., Glee club, intramural sports, Senior Honor Roll. WALTER TEUSCHER JERRY THOMPSON The Crimson Crier staff. RICHARD THOREN Track, football, intramural sports. JOSEPH TEIDEMAN PATRICIA TOBIN Not! graduating. MARY TODD Camera club. ROBERT TORNQUIST Wrestling, Senate. MARTIN TROUT EDDY TUBBS Wrestling, intramural sports, Senate. IRENE URBANOWICZ G. A. A., intramural sports. A 4 DONNA VALENTINE Camera club, Pan-American league, band, captain of drum majorettes. DONALD VAN ZANDBERGEN Wrestling, baseball, Senior Honor Roll. EUGENE VAN ZANDBERGEN DIANE VOLK , Pan-American league, Spanish club, in- ' tramural sports. CHARLES WAHLHEIM Football, Boys' Hi-Y, Lettermen's club. WILLIAM WAKELAND Wrestling. BEVERLY WALKER Home Economics club, Dramatic club, speech-class play The High Window. MARJORIE WARREN Dramatic club, Y-Teens, Pan-American league, Spanish club, Glee club. SHIRLEY WEINDRUCH Dramatic club, Pan-American league, Spanish club, speech-class play The High Window. STANLEY WEINSTEIN Black Hawk Tribe, Current Events club, debate, declamation, drum major of band, senior class play cast, editor in chief of The Crimson Crier. SALLY WERTZ French club, Pan-American league, Sfzijior Service Scouts, Art guild, Glee c u . JOSEPH WHITE Golf. Pan-American league, Boys' Hi-Y, Spanish club, intramural sports. MARION WHITE Tennis, Senate, Dramatic club, speech- elass play Grapes for Dinner, Black Hawk Tribe, Pan-American league, Spanish club, Y-Teens, Y-Teens presi- dent, Canteen committee, G. A. A., Homecoming attendant, Senior Honor Roll, National Honor Society. Q SARA WHITE SHIRLEY WISE LL JA OYD WIDERSTROM Football, track, basketball, Lettermen's club, sophomore class president, CYC committee chairman. NET WIEGMANN Y-Teens, G. A. A., Black Hawk Tribe, tennis, Spanish club, Pan-American league, Senior Honor Roll. PHYLLIS WIKLUND Tennis, G. A. A., G. A. A. president, Y-Teens, Dramatic club, speech-class play Grapes for Dinner, Senior Honor Roll. WILMER WILKER JA Finished at summer school. CK WILLEFORD Wrestling. MARILYN WILLETTS Black Hawk Tribe, Pan-American league, Spanish club, Dramatic club. MARJORIE WILLIAMS WI Black Hawk Tribe, Y-Teens, G. A. A., Senior Service Scouts, Senior Service Scouts treasurer, Canteen committee, gg? committee, tennis, Senior Honor LLIAM WILLIAMS Black Hawk Tribe, Dramatic club, Cur- rent Events club, track, cross-country, wrestling, declamation, Boys' Hi-Y, in- tramural sports, managing editor of The Crimson Crirr, assistant sports edi- tor of the 1948 Watchtower, sports editor of the 1949 Watchtower, Senior Honor Roll, National Honor Society. CHARLES WILSON SH WI Football, basketball, baseball, Black Hawk Tribe, Senate, Senate vice-prcsi- dent, Boys' Hi-Y, Boys' Hi-Y vice- president, Lettermen's club, Lettermen's club vice-president, Spanish club. IRLEY WILSON Home Economics club. LLIAM WINTERS Pan-American league, Spanish club, Senior Honor Roll. 75 Spanish club, Pan-American league, Camera club, Glee club, Inner choir, Black Hawk Tribe. DOLORES WISEHART Glee club. RALPH WITTE Not graduating. JAMES WOEST MARLENE WRIGHT Black Hawk Tribe, Pan-American league, Y-Teens, G. A. A., Senior Serv- ice Scouts. Canteen committee, Senior Honor Roll. ELNA JEAN YOUNG Black Hawk Tribe, Y-Teens, Pan-Amer- ican league, Dramatic club, speech- class play The Inner Willy, junior class play The Charm School. senior class play, Radio club, declamation, copy editor of The Crimson Crier, up- per ten on Senior Honor Roll. National Honor Society, secretary of the Na- tional Honor Society. IRENE YOUNG G. A. A. WALLACE ZEITLER Cross-country, track, Camera club, Camera club vice-president. WILLIAM ZESSAR JE JE Black Hawk Tribe, Dramatic club, Cur- rent Events club, Dramatic club play Life With Father, debate. intra- mural sports, Senior Honor Roll, Na- tional Honor Society. ANETTE ZIEMER Pan-American league. Spanish club, office assistant, Senior Honor Roll, National Honor Society. RRY ZIMMERMAN Football, Lettermen's club, Boys' Hi-Y, Canteen committee, Spanish club. HELEN ZWICKER Black Hawk Tribe, Pan-American league, Dramatic club, upper ten on Senior Honor Roll, National Honor Society. 1 '2 , . V+. '7hank Wea! The Publication of a school annual requires the coopera- tion of more people than could possibly be listed here. These are a few, however, who deserve special mention. . . . Miss Esca G. Rodger, adviser . . . Mr. Owen B. Wright, principal . . . Mr. Eldred Olson of the Brock Engraving company, Madi- son, Wis. . . . Mr. Oscar G. Ericson of the Augustana Book Concern, printing and binding . . Mr. John A. Denker of the S. K. Smith company, Chicago, covers . . . Mr. Clyde Hinchliffe and Mr. Kenneth Brostrom, photog- raphy . . . Mr. Paul Callaghan of Paul Studio, senior portraits . . . Mr. R. D. Wilder, layout consultant . . . 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