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

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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

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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.

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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,