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

Text from Pages 1 - 152 of the 1950 volume:

ft) ■ YOUR 1950 Watch tcuct EDITOR IN CHIEF Carolyn Ericksen BUSINESS MANAGER Clark Holmes PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR Adele Stone COPY EDITOR Janet Burgess SPORTS EDITOR David Brady ASSISTANT EDITORS Roy Johnson Beverly Bolt Carolyn Ramsey Glen Soderstrom Roald Fryxell ADVISER Esca G. Rodger ROCK ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL, ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS I fke 19SO Watch tcuer IkU IS YOUR BOOK of memories— memories of your life at Rock Island high school from September, 1949, to June, 1950. You have gathered new ideas about the world, your school, your friends, and yourself dur¬ ing the school year. Each time you open your 1950 WATCHTOWER you will remember a dif¬ ferent phase of these ideas. Whether your interests have been mainly in clubs, plays, music, sports, studies, friends, or just in getting through each day, you will find things to think about, laugh about, and treasure in this annual. For you who are freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, there will be more memories to gather at Rocky High. But you who are seniors will cherish your 1950 WATCHTOWER most, for in it are reminiscences of y our last year in one of the finest high schools in the country. CchtehtA I tfdmihtitratich . 7 Your Directors . 8 Your Faculty . 10 Through the Day. 16 Cafeteria Staff. 18 Office and Clinic Assistants. 19 Senate . 20 ClaAMi .2i On Top . 22 One More to Go. 37 Still Green. 42 Tail End. 49 fltkleticA . 51 Football . 52 Cross-Country . 62 Cheerleaders . 63 Basketball . 65 Wrestling . 75 Track . 76 Baseball . 77 Golf and Tennis. 78 Freshman Sports. 80 I ■ ficWitieA si September to June. 82 Clubs . 87 Music .114 Drama and Speech.119 Publications .129 Senior Activities.134 6 tfdfflih J traticm l cuf foirectcrA Seated: Mr. Earl H. Hanson. Superintendent of Schools: Standing: Mr. Virgil Anderson. Mr. Junius P. Califf. Dr. C. W. Motz, Mr. Carl F. Bauer. President of the Mr. W. W. Bailey. Assistant Superintendent of Schools. Board. Mr. Arthur J. Hause. The Board of Education has put in another busy year upholding the high standards its members have set in the Rock Island public school system. The members of the board are: Carl F. Bauer, president, Virgil Ander¬ son, Junius P. Califf, Arthur J. Hause, and Dr. C. W. Motz. Earl H. Hanson is superin- HERBERT M. LINDSTROM Principal of Franklin group tendent of schools, and W. W. Bailey, as¬ sistant superintendent in charge of business and properties. The members of the board must see that all the students in the Rock Island system get the best training and guidance that can be obtained. Important parts of the board’s work are directing building and repairs, ordering textbooks, purchasing new equipment, and engaging new instructors to fill vacancies. With the increasing cost of operation, many hours have been spent solving financial prob¬ lems. An outstanding problem of the board this year was the question of where to put 716 students. These students were left without a school by the disastrous Central junior high school fire and the remodeling of Franklin junior high school. The majority of the students were sent to the high school. Textbooks were ordered immediately. The men on the board give generously of their time and thought in order to make the students of the Rock Island public schools better citizens through a sound educational system. To the Class of 1950: Now we have entered the second half of the twentieth century. The first half was 50 years of progress, achievement, and world¬ wide destruction. Your graduation in 1950 is a milestone for you. I congratulate you. I hope you are better able to survey the horizon of the next 50 years and progress toward the goals which you have set for yourselves. These goals include the physical, material, and scientific accomplishments; but they should include, also, the realm of the spirit —a close, continuous contact with the God of the universe, with whom all material and all spiritual progress originates. Owen B. Wright Principal Karlee Buhman, senior FLORENCE J. LIEBBE We have machines which can do the work of 100 ordinary men and what is more the machine will do the work better and more uniformly. But it takes a very extraordinary man to make such a machine and thus no machine will ever be made which will take the place of even one extraordinary man. Resolve then to pull yourself up out of th ordinary status! The extraordinary man ha; little competition. If we want to accomplish great things we must keep our eyes fixed on our goal rather than on what we fear might happen to pre¬ vent us from reaching it. May this class of the mid-century year face the future with high hope and faith, and by dint of hard work realize achievements we can not as yet foresee. Florence J. Liebbe Dean of Girls E. S. Metcalf Dean of Boys 9 E. S. METCALF tjcur faculty SCIENCE HAROLD V. ALMQUIST, B.S. Science, Director of Athletics GEORGE H. McMASTER, B.A., M.S. Science DOROTHY K. HALL, B.A. Science HARVEY MATTESON, B.A., M.A Science W. L. KIMMEL, B.A., M.A. Science GEORGE D. BAIRD, B.S., M.S. Science SOCIAL STUDIES JAMES L. REED ; B.A., M.A. Social Studies JOHN H. SHANTZ, PhB., M.A. Social Studies KATHRYN CALLIHAN, B.A. Social Studies EVA M. IRVINE, B.A., M.A. Social Studies P. J. MARTIN, B.A. Social Studies , Radio , Debate LYLE JONES, B.A., M.A. Social Studies 10 LANGUAGES JOHN W. BLOMBERG, B.A. Spanish MALVINA M. CALOINE, B.A., M.A. Spanish, French ALVERDA DOXEY, B.A., M.A. Latin ENGLISH ADA BLANCHE LAUCK, B.A., M.A. English MARGARET WINBIGLER, B.A. English IRENE ZEROTH, B.A. English MEDIA HANKINS, B.A., M.A. English CAROLU L. SCHUTZ, B.A. English SARAH C. LARAWAY, B.A., M.A. English ESCA G. RODGER, B.A. English , Journalism FLORENCE MORRISON, B.A. English R. ALBERT MATTESON, B.A., M.A. English , Speech MATHEMATICS HAZEL A. PARRISH, B.A., M.A, Mathematics EVA V. ROBB, B.A., M.A. Mathematics JULIEN C. PETERSON, M.A Mathematics GUY THOMAS, B.A. Mathematics HOME ECONOMICS MILDRED E. MINARD, B.A., M.A. Social Studies , Home Economics FLORENCE CASTEN, B.S. Home Economics BLISS MAPLE, B.A., M.A. Home Economics 12 COMMERCIAL MARTHA MILLER, B.A. Commercial CARRIE M. EKBLAD, B.A. Commercial CHARLOTTE M. STONE, B.A. Commercial JOHN M. HUCKINS, B.A. Commercial RUTH COMER, B.S., M.A. Commercial INDUSTRIAL JAMES R. CLARK, B.A., M.A. Mechanical Drawing , Athletic Manager DAVID J. BORTH, B.A., M.A. Printing DEANE H. BALL, B.S. Machine Shop, Driver Training ARTS EARL R. PEOPLES, B.S., M.A. Woodshop , Driver Training JONATHAN L. STONEBURNER Machine Shop B. K. BEAUCHAMP, B.S. Woodshop , Sheet Metal FINE ARTS GEORGE A. BERCHEKAS, B.A., M.A. Band VONNIE WALLANDER, B.M.E., M.E.E. Vocal Music SARA MAE McELHINNEY, B.A., M.A. Art E. DOROTHY PETERSON, B.A Speech LE ROY CAPPAERT, B.A. Band CAROL KARR DOYLE, B.A. (Not present for picture) Speech PHYSICAL EDUCATION MARGUERITE PIERCE, B.A. Physical Education KENNETH E. GREENE, B.A., M.A. Physical Education FAYNELLE HAEHN, B.A. Physical Education HERBERT L. WAGNER, B.A.. M.A. Physical Education 14 REGISTRAR AND OFFICE SECRETARIES HELEN M. DOWNING Registrar BARBARA BIGGS Secretary MARILYN LOWE Secretary LIBRARY AND STUDY HALLS RUTH B. MAUCKER, B.A. Library GLADYS L. BLASER Study Hall BESSIE A. BLADEL, B.A. Library LETTIE WILLETTS Study Hall Top: PHYSICS Experimentation enable you to become Bottom: MACHINE SHOP Learning to run power machinery LIBRARY Studying 16 GEOGRAPHY Studying the make-up of our ear TYPING Top: BIOLOGY Bottom: WOODWORK Learning business skills Dissecting a frog Learning carpentry 17 Cafeteria Genevieve Robinson, cafeteria director. Edith Carlson, Katherine Hendrickson. Florence Garrity, Margaret Wag¬ er, Anna Schroeder, Edith Cordts. Martha Flemming. Betty Weltz, Adeline Hendricks. Anna Plambeck, Della Wiley. Sarah Titus. Evelyn Nichols. Sena Whitcomb. Supplying good, warm, wholesome food to hungry students all year has again been successfully done by Genevieve Robinson, director of the cafeteria, and her efficient staff. A whole lunch for only 25 cents 18 Main dishes, salads, desserts, and sand¬ wiches are prepared by the staff of 12 full¬ time workers and three part-time workers. The full-time helpers work from 8 a. m. to 3 p. m. while the part-time helpers work only from 11 a. m. to 3 p. m. Each worker is as¬ signed special duties in the preparation of the meals. With the additional number of students at the high school this year, Miss Robinson and her staff have been confronted with a great deal of work. Yet the high standard set by the cafeteria in serving good food to the students was still maintained. A variety of duties confronts the janitors and custodians each day, but keeping the school a clean, warm place in which to study is the essential problem. Stubborn lockers often cause trouble for some students, but Thomas Schroeder, head custodian, or one of the assistants is always ready to come to their assistance. The jobs of the custodians take them from sweeping floors to mending broken window shades. Only when things are in complete readi¬ ness for the next school day does the work¬ ing day of the custodians close. Office and Clinic tan U Office assistants: Row 1: Carol Riceman, Gilda Jacob- Row 2: Lorretta Foster, Jean Emrick. Alyce McWilliams, son, Helen Shuck, Lauretta Royal. Phyllis Houston. Ruih Biscontine. Barbara Drinkall. Carolyn Hoefle, Donna Ohms, Marilyn Jones. The office assistants have many varied duties to perform. Among other things they run errands, collect attendance slips, and take out detention slips. Principal Owen B. Wright selects as office assistants junior and senior girls who have free periods. This year there were 21 girls working in the office. Ten of these girls worked in the deans’ offices under the direction of Dean Florence J. Liebbe or Dean E. S. Metcalf. Ten girls were assigned to the clinic this year to work under the supervision of Mrs. Mathilda Bacon, school nurse. The duties of these girls were to check in all girls who came down to the clinic and see that they rested, and to take care of all minor cuts and bruises. The clinic is open the entire day. Clinic assistants: Row 1: Constance Rummels, Marilyn Row 2: Lois Barr. Jean Emrick. Doris Snyder. Carol Laude, Cathryn Nissen. Edna Makedon. Coulter, Jean Morgan. Gloria Mullen. 19 Senate Row 1: Forrest Kettering. Eugene Acuff, Colleen Mc¬ Govern. Alice Butcher. Barbara Wright. Gilda Jacobson. Karlee Buhman. Lois Hansen. Carolyn Wessel. Barbara McGuire. Donald Rudd, Charles Heriford. Row 2: Jerry Elston. David Criswell, David Pearson. Cyrus Dietz. Marilyn Whiteside. June Goodwin. Betty Lou Nelson. Kay Edwards. Patricia Raymond. Marilyn Miller. Kay Holst, Robert Boeye, Randall Peterson, Ward Good¬ win. Row 3: James Knoblauch. Milton (Sharm) Scheuerman. Tom Blumenthal. Gerald Scott. Robert Wheelan. Richard Thomas. Donald Rowe, Robert Berry. Richard Hause, John Voss. Roald Fryxell, Richard Huntley. Every student body needs a spokesman, and the Senate serves this need at Rock Island high school. A representative is cho¬ sen by each senate room on the basis of the following ideals: leadership, loyalty to the school, and the ability to maintain at least a C average in all studies. Meeting with the sponsor, Dean E. S. Metcalf, the Senate assembles regularly in the activity room during the ninth period on the first Monday of the month. Special meetings are called whenever necessary. Robert Wheelan. vice-president; Betty Lou Nelson, secre¬ tary; Richard Thomas, president. 20 At the group’s meetings, various problems are taken up, discussed freely, and solved whenever possible. Often student opinion is invaluable to the faculty in formulating school activities and laws. Many different activities were sponsored by the Senate this year. Among them were the traditional homecoming activities, the Junior Red Cross drive, the filling of Christ¬ mas baskets for families of needy students at school, and after-game dances. Another major undertaking which the Senate directs is the choosing and planning of the assembly programs for the coming year. From bulletins advertising many of¬ ferings, the programs thought by the stu¬ dents to be most popular are chosen. Officers chosen for the year’s Senate were Richard Thomas, president; Robert Wheelan, vice-president; and Betty Nelson, secretary. Freshman senate rooms from Franklin also elected senators to meet with the sophomore, junior, and senior representatives. The aim of the Senate is to improve the relationship between all students and facul¬ ty members and to work for a more effective school government. ClaAAeA 21 Oh 7 7 ? SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS JOHN SWISHER, vice-president DONNA PALMER, secretary LAWRENCE SUTTERMAN, president Graduation , the climax of your high school career 22 (Zewtnber ? It scarcely seems possible that you, a mighty senior, were a mere sophomore only three short years ago. Let us turn the calen¬ dar back to a special day in September, 1947. This was a momentous occasion, for this day marked the beginning of the best years of your life. It is hard to know where to begin in this memory flashback because the high school days of the class of 1950 have teemed with such activity. Your first class president was Maurice Van Speybroeck. He was ably as¬ sisted by Richard Thomas, vice-president; and Lila Dean, secretary. Your sophomore class boasted two mem¬ bers of the varsity basketball squad. This honor was claimed by Joel Collier and Ken¬ neth Melow. The football and basketball teams were backed up by the sophomore cheerleaders, Betty Schaum, Colleen McGovern, Chloe Andich, Beverly Anderson, Nancy Plantz, and Donna Palmer. Donald Manhard, Vernon Mack, James Engman, Albert Brelsford and Joel Collier were prominent in track that year. Joan Deyo and Joanne Coffield were members of the girls’ tennis team and Tom DONALD ACUFF JESSE ANDERECK CHLOE ANDICH MARY LOU ALEXANDER GRACE ANDERSON JOIE ANGLE ALICE ALLEN RAYMOND ANDERSON LYNN ATKINS LOIS WAYNE MARGARET DONNA SHIRLEY DONALD BARR BARTLEY BATES BEAL BEAM BENDER RICHARD RUTH BETTY KATHRYN JOANNE VERNELL BENTLEY BISCONTINE BISHOP BJORK BLADEL BLAND TOM DARREL FRED PATRICIA DAVID ALBERT BLUMENTHAL BOGNAR BOLL BRADSHAW BRADY BRELSFORD 23 Blumenthal represented the sophomores on the boys’ tennis team, while Ronald Janetzke and Stuart Steadman held their own on the golf team. Sports were not your only activities, for Jacqueline Davis took second place with her serious declamation in the Illinois-Iowa speech tournament held at Davenport high school. By now you had graduated from Tri-9 into CYC and the Y-Canteen. Sophomores serving on the CYC committee were George Kieffer and Lucille Shrader. James Engman, Regina Pilcher, and Joan Lee were Y-Can- teen committee members. You started your junior year by electing Richard Thomas president; Adele Stone, vice-president; and Betty Fuller, secretary. Juniors who saw a lot of action on the football team were Richard Thomas, Kent Nelson, and Joel Collier. Chloe Andich and Colleen McGovern continued their cheering activities as members of the varsity cheer¬ leading squad. Three of the five regulars on the varsity basketball squad were your fellow juniors Richard Thomas, Joel Collier, and Kenneth Melow. Center Joel Collier was the leading scorer of the Northwest Conference, making 144 points in 10 games. He also won the Eddie Gippert Free-Throw trophy by main¬ taining 63 per cent accuracy. DELORIS BRISENO RUSSELL BUR WELL IDA MAE CHRISTENSEN LORRAINE BROWN NAOMI CADY ARLENE CLANTON PAULINE BRYAN JACQUELINE CALHOUN LARRY CLARK DONALD KAY ALAN LUCY MARY ERLANE COX CREPS CRONAU DANNEELS DARR DAUFFENBAC JOYCE EVELYN JOAN JAMES CYRUS BARBARA DE PAEPE DESKIN DEYO DIEROLF DIETZ DRINKALL ROBERT ELLEN JEAN JAMES CAROLYN JAMES ELDER ELLIOTT EMRICK ENGMAN ERICKSEN EVERLY 24 KARLEE BUHMAN MAX CAMPBELL DARLENE CLAYTON MARILYN BULENS BETTY CANTRALL JOANNE COFFIELD ARVALEA BUNNING DORIS CANUM JOEL COLLIER JANET BURGESS DONNELL CARNES JUNE COLONY DOUGLAS BURKERT ALBERT CHEVALIER ROBERT COULSON CLAYTON BURTON ROGER CHINDBERG CAROL COULTER JACQUELINE DAVIS HAROLD DURBIN JOHN EWERT MILDRED DAVIS JOHN EASTMAN NANCY EXNER ROBERT DE KOSTER ROBERT ELBRECHTER RAYMOND FEUSER Outstanding juniors on the wrestling team were Dale Nelson, George Hedstrom, and Rudolph Kolinchinsky. Dale and George placed first in the sectional meet and George went on to win the state championship in the 105-pound class. Irwin Reitz, Vernon Mack, and Donald Manhard headed the long list of juniors who made impressive showings during the track season. As the baseball season rolled around, junior Michael Corken was one of the main¬ stays of the pitching staff, while David Hop- ley held a regular position in the outfield. Joanne Coffield and Lucille Shrader were members of the girls’ tennis team and Joan Deyo served as captain. The boys’ tennis team boasted such capable performers as David Pearson, Cyrus Dietz, Tom Blumen- thal, and Paul Lauritzen. On the golf team were John Henneman, Lawrence Sutterman, Ronald Janetzke, and Daniel Spence. Remember what a big hit the Dramatic club play “Life With Father” made? Eight juniors helped make this play successful. Carolyn Ericksen placed second in the dramatic division of the girls’ declamation tournament in Davenport. Later Carolyn took fourth place in the district speech con¬ test with the same declamation. 25 Nancy Plantz played the title role in your class play, “The Divine Flora.” She was supported by Tom Wallace, Lawrence Sut- terman, Marilyn Lawson, Arlene Clanton, George Schneider, and Charles Heriford in leading roles. An unusually large number of juniors represented Rocky High in the state speech contest held at the University of Illinois in Champaign. Tom Wallace, Lawrence Sutter- man, and George Schneider had roles in the second-place winning play, a cutting from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Tom and Lawrence were two of the four Rock Island players capturing coveted places on the all- state cast. Arlene Clanton advanced to the state finals in the verse-speaking division. The Rock Island high school band had the distinct honor of playing for the presidential candidates that year. Many juniors took part in the annual spring and fall band con¬ certs. Solos, duets, and group singing were pre¬ sented by juniors who participated in the Glee club program of various types of music. The top five on the spring Crier staff, which is composed entirely of juniors, were Arlene Clanton, editor in chief, David Brady, managing editor; Betty Fuller, busi¬ ness manager; Joan Lee, copy editor; and Alyce McWilliams, first-page editor. BETTY JACK STANLEY FITCH FITZPATRICK FLOWERS BETTY FULLER BETTY GARRISON DOLORES GARRITY KENNETH LEONA JOHN GREEN GROENE HAHN GEORGE HARDIN GEORGIA HARDIN CLIFFORD HARRIS GEORGE HEDSTROM JOHN HENNEMAN CHARLES HERIFORD GARY HODSON CAROLYN HOEFLE ROBERT HOLDORF EBNER HOLKE CLARK HOLMES TOM HOLST JAMES HORST ROSELLA HORTON PHYLLIS HOUSTON DONALD HUGGINS JACK HUNTER GERALDINE INGRAM 26 NANCY FLUEGEL LORRETTA FOSTER JAMES FOX MARTHA FOX ROSE MARIE FOX BARBARA GERMAINE RO ORLA GISH JUN£ GOODWIN LEON GOOLD DORIS GORDON DENNIS HALL RICHARD HAMLIN MARILYN HANCO GERALDINE HANDELMAN DONNA HANDLEY SHELDON FRANK PAUL GRALTON JOAN HANNER WADE HERMAN LOUISE HOLUB HOWARD JACKSON RONALD HESSER ROBERT HOOVER GILDA JACOBSON BARBARA HICKMAN DAVID HOPLEY RONALD JANETZKE The juniors assisting the senior staff mem¬ bers of The Watchtower were Carolyn Ericksen, Clark Holmes, Janet Burgess, Adele Stone, and David Brady. At the close of your junior year, Adele Stone received two high honors. She was selected as the American Legion auxiliary’s delegate to Illini Girls’ State held the fol¬ lowing summer at MacMurray college. She was chosen by you as a junior marshal, along with Erlane Dauffenbach, George Schneider, and Richard Thomas. Small but mighty! This is a perfect de¬ scription of your senior class, which set many outstanding records in all activities. The students who gained the honor of being your class officers were Lawrence Sutter- man, Jack Swisher, and Donna Palmer. “The Fighting Forty-Niners”—a football team never to be forgotten in the annals of Rock Island high school history, stormed its way to an undefeated seascn. This team emerged as both Northwest Conference and Quad-City champ. Seven deserving seniors receiving awards at the annual football banquet were Joel Collier, Kent Nelson, Russell Burwell, Ric¬ hard Thomas, Robert Wenger, Maurice Van Speybroeck, and Jerry Schiller. Richard Thomas and Joel Collier were named to the f irst string of two all-state 27 teams, and along with Dale Nelson made the first team in the Northwest circuit. Irwin Rietz, who was undefeated during the regular cross-country competition, took second place at the state meet at Champaign, which was the highest place ever won by a Rock Island high school athlete in the state cross-country meet. Adele Stone reigned as queen over the Homecoming game with Galesburg and the dance following. Her attendants were Betty Nelson, Mary Ann Nelson, Betty Fuller, and Donna Palmer. Colleen McGovern was captain of the cheerleaders. Chloe Andich was the only other senior member of the squad. Also Northwest Conference champion was your spirited basketball team, which in¬ cluded Joel Collier, Richard Thomas, and Jack Whan among its starting five. James Engman and Jack Shoemaker were depend¬ able reserves. This team was a strong con¬ tender for the “Sweet Sixteen” finals in Champaign. Again Joel Collier, this year as a forward, was triumphant in the scoring department, breaking two all-time records and tying an¬ other. He was not only the leading scorer in the high schools history but also topped the Northwest Conference record for the to¬ tal number of points scored in conference DONALD LOGAN JAMES MacLEAN MARY MENDOZA ROBERT LOTHRIDGE EDNA MAKEDON JOYCE MILLER LOLA LOUCK DONALD MANHARD ROLAND MILLER DONALD LUND CHARLEEN MANUEL STELLA MILLER EARLE mcbride MAURICE MARBLE KENNETH MILLS COLLEEN McGovern JOHN MARCH TOM MILLS 28 SHIRLEY JONES PATRICIA LANE DONNA LEES KATHERINE JORDAN NORMA LANKTON SHIRLEY LEIBOVITZ ROGER KELLEY JAMES LARGENT MARILYN LERNER GEORGE KIEFFER CARL LARSON RICHARD LIEDTKE HENRYETTA KISH EDWARD LARSON WANDA LIVENGOOD RICHARD KLAUER PAUL LAURITZEN BETTY LOGAN JOSEPH Mcknight DANIEL MATTER DONNA MITCHELL ALYCE McWILLIAMS LUELLA MEEK PATRICIA MONTZ VERNON MACK KENNETH MELOW KATHERINE MOODY games. With 31 points against Galesburg, Joel tied the record for points scored in a single game. Joel also received one of the highest hon¬ ors it is possible for a high school basketball player to attain. The Chicago Daily News named Joel to a forward position on the first team of their all-state squad. He also occupied a place on the first string of the Northwest Conference all-star team, and was selected for the Champaign-Urbana News Gazette all-state team. Richard Tho¬ mas, another prominent player, was named to the Northwest Conference second team. Senior wrestlers participating in their state contest were George Hedstrom, Neil Summers, Morris Marble, and Dale Nelson. Returning as girls’ tennis team captain was Joan Deyo, while on her team were Lucille Shrader, Joanne Coffield, Susan Thompson,, Luella Meek and Marianne Rus¬ sell. The same boys returned to the tennis and golf teams this year. Many senior boys were active in other spring sports such as track and baseball. The baseball team had David Hopley as the only returning member of last year’s team. 29 Heading this year’s senate were Richard Thomas, president; Robert Wheelan, vice- president; and Betty Lou Nelson, secretary. The band gave its usual fine performance at the football games, in addition to offering their spring and fall concerts. Katherine Moody, the captain of the drum majorettes, was band manager. She was assigned by Donnell Carnes. You were represented at the Davenport speech tournament by a large group of your fellow seniors. Barbara Hickman placed first with her serious reading, and Arlene Clan¬ ton won second place in the humorous divi¬ sion. Three of four leads in the Dramatic club play “Mother Is a Freshman” were capably handled by seniors Barbara Hickman, Tom Wallace, and Lawrence Sutterman. A large number of seniors contributed to the success of this teen-age comedy, not only in the field of acting, but also as members of the production staff. Not to be outdone by the athletic depart¬ ment, the state speech contest group also achieved distinction. It won both the district and sectional tourneys. Tennessee William’s “Glass Menagerie” was the play which emerged victorious from both of these con- CHARLES NICKELL LOIS NIELSEN CATHRYN NISSEN MORTON OLSSON DONNA PALMER DONNA PARADEE THELMA REGINA RITA RICHARD NANCY DELMA PIEPER PILCHER PINGEL PITSCHKE PLANTZ PLATT LORETTA MARJORIE ROBERT CAROL MARTIN IRWIN REDDICK REQUET RESCH RICEMAN RICH RIETZ SYLVIA DONALD LAURETTA CONSTANCE MARIANNE JOYCE ROSE ROWE ROYAL 30 RUMMELS RUSSELL RUYSBROECK GLORIA BETTY LOU DALE KENT MARY ANN ROBERT MULLEN NELSON NELSON NELSON NELSON NEWBERN RUTH CONSTANCE PAULINE JEANNE DONNA JERRY NORBY NOWACK OCKEE OHLWEILER OHMS OLDS DAVID ROBERT JOYCE M. KENNETH ROGER GERTRUDE PEARSON PETERS PETERSON PETERSON PETERSON PETTY BETTY POHL BETTY RIFFEL GARTH SCHAFER BETTY POWERS RONALD ROBERTS BETTY SCHAUM EDNA RANDLES RICHARD ROMINE DOLORES SCHAVE tests. Included in the all-senior cast were Tom Wallace, Barbara Hickman, Betty Ful¬ ler, and Lawrence Sutterman. Nancy Plantz was originally cast as the mother and ap¬ peared in the district contest but, due to a foot injury, she was forced to withdraw and was succeeded by Barbara. Carrying off top honors in the district con¬ test were Barbara Hickman in serious read¬ ing, Lawrence Sutterman in oratory, and Arlene Clanton in the verse-speaking divi¬ sion. George Schneider placed second with his original oration, while Tom Wallace’s comedy reading brought him a second also. At the sectional contest Tom and Law¬ rence took first in their divisions, and Ar¬ lene placed second in hers. Those three stu¬ dents and the play cast competed in the state contest in April. Seventeen seniors appeared in their last high school play on May 5, when you pre¬ sented “The Barretts of Wimpole Street” for your class play. Barbara Hickman again took the feminine lead, while Lawrence Sutterman, Tom Wallace, Nancy Plantz, Arlene Clanton, George Schneider, and Ma¬ rilyn Lawson portrayed the other leading roles. 31 Lending a different touch to their annual spring program, the Glee club presented a western comedy operetta entitled “Meet Ari- sary average of 92 per cent in order to zona.’ ' Heading the cast were Thelma Pieper and Conrad Ward. Other seniors taking prominent parts were Patricia Bradshaw, Jack Shoemaker, Marilyn Lawson, Erlane Dauffenbach, Lawrence Sutterman, and Ge¬ raldine Ingram. The Girls’ Glee club elected the following senior officers: - Erlane Dauffenbach, presi¬ dent; Luray Thoms, secretary; and Adele Stone, business manager. Similar offices were held by Conrad Ward, John Henne- man, and Lawrence Sutterman in the Boys’ Glee club. The coveted D.A.R. award, which is pre¬ sented each year to the senior girl you and the faculty believe the most deserving, was added to Adele Stone’s many honors. For a class of only 304 students, an unusu¬ ally large number received automatic mem¬ bership in the National Honor society. Forty-two students maintained the neces- ary average of 92 per cent in order to PATRICIA SCHENEBRICKER MARGUERITA SELLE HELEN SHUCK JERRY SCHILLER CAROL SELLERS CHARLES SIMMONS GEORGE SCHNEIDER JOSEPH SENATRA GERALD SMIT ALBERT ADELE BETTY JOAN BEVERLY JACK STOEVER STONE STRICKLAND STROMER STUHR SUMAN JOHN SYLVIA JOHN WILHELMINA RICHARD SUSAN SWISHER SWISHER TAIT TEUSCHER THOMAS THOMPSON MAURICE JACQUELINE JOANNE GALE MARY LOU CATHARINE VAN SPEYBROECK VEDELL VERONDA VETTER VIVIANI WALKER 32 CECILE JOHN HAROLD ROBERT RAYMOND GENE SCHNOOR SCHRAGE SCHRODER SCHROEDER SEGURA SEITZ MARIJO RICHARD ARLENE JACK JAMES LUCILLE SHANES SHE ESE SHEPHERD SHOEMAKER SHORT SHRADER DARLENE DORIS DELONA DANIEL PHYLLIS TOMMY LYNN SMITH SNYDER SPELLMEYER SPENCE STANLEY STANLEY ELAINE SUMMERS NEIL SUMMERS LAWRENCE SUTTERMAN LURAY THOMS GERALD RICHARD TURNER VAN HORN LOIS WALKER TOM WALLACE JOAN WANGELIN qualify for automatic membership. This left room for only nine members to be elected to the society on the basis of leadership, char¬ acter, and service. The members placed the organization of their activities into the capa¬ ble hands of George Schneider, who served as president; Clark Holmes, vice-president; and Karlee Buhman, secretary-treasurer. Yours was a class which possessed initia¬ tive and originality. You chose a handsome new design for your 1950 class rings. You started the Rock Island high school color guard which appeared in their crimson-and- gold uniforms at all the football games. This and the various records you broke are some¬ thing of which to be proud. As the Junior-Senior Prom drew near, your high school days were coming to a close. This big occasion was followed by baccalaureate services, class night, and final¬ ly the proudest, yet saddest, event of all— your Commencement. As you graduated in 1950, the turning point of the century and of your lives, you were torn between two conflicting emotions—regret at leaving your high school days behind you and confidence in your strength and courage to meet the challenge which confronts the youth of today. 33 CONRAD JOYCE JOAN WARD WARNER WEBER JOHN WESTERBECK ROBERT WHEELAN FRANKIE WIDMAR CAROLYN JANIS WOEBER WOOD ERNEST ZIMRING JOYCE WELCH BETTY WILLIAMS ROBERT WENGER PATRICIA WITT Sorry! No Picture BARBARA BLEDSOE LA VON HULSBRINK CAROLWYN (BUD) MELTON RALPH NELSON WILLIAM SIGSWORTH Renter Hcncr fall Eighty-nine of the 304 graduating seniors of the class of 1950 were named to the honor roll. These seniors had a scholastic average of 88 or more. They are listed in alphabetical order as follows: Grace Anderson Joie Angle Wayne Bartley Ruth Bisontine Tom Blumenthal Patricia Bradshaw David Brady Deloris Briseno Karlee Buhman Janet Burgess Arvalea Bunning Max Campbell Betty Cantrall Doris Canum Arlene Clanton Erlane Dauffenbach Jacqueline Davis Joan Deyo Cyrus Dietz Carolyn Ericksen James Everly Betty Fitch Martha Fox Betty Fuller Barbara Germaine June Goodwin Geraldine Handelman John Henneman Carolyn Hoefle Clark Holmes Louise Holub David Hopley La Vone Hulsbrink Gilda Jacobson Gloria Johnson Shirley Jones Patricia Lane Carl Larson Edward Larson Marilyn Lawson Joan Lee Marilyn Lerner Donald Manhard Charleen Manuel Maurice Marble Earle McBride Alyce McWilliams Luella Meek Kenneth Melow Joyce Miller Betty Nelson Ruth Norby Jeanne Ohlweiler Donna Ohms David Pearson Roger Peterson Thelma Pieper Regina Pilcher Richard Pitschke Betty Pohl Betty Powers Martin Rich Betty Riffel Donald Rowe Marianne Russell Jerry Schiller Robert Schroeder Carol Sellers Lucille Shrader Helen Shuck Phyllis Stanley Tommy Lynn Stanley Adele Stone Joan Stromer Elaine Summers Neil Summers La wrence Sutterman John Tait Richard Thomas Susan Thompson Luray Thoms Joanne Veronda Mary Viviani Catherine Walker Lois Walker Joyce Welch Robert Wheelan Patricia Witt Janis Wood CAROLYN ERICKSEN Valedictorian KARLEE BUHMAN Salutatorian Carolyn Ericksen received one of the highest honors at high school, that of being vale¬ dictorian. Her scholastic aver¬ age was 98.21. She majored in English, social studies, and science, and minored in mathe¬ matics and French. Second only to one in her scholastic achievements was Karlee Buhman, salutatorian. Karlee’s high school average was 98. She majored in Eng¬ lish, mathematics, social stud¬ ies, and Latin, and carried science as a minor. Waticnal Hcncr £ccietij Row 1: Betty Fitch. Joie Angle. Carolyn Hoefle. Kar- lee Buhman. Erlane Dauffenbach. Arvalea Bunning. Row 2: Grace Anderson. Betty Cantrall, Betty Fuller, Deloris Briseno, Arlene Clanton, Carolyn Ericksen. George (Pat) Schneider, president; Karlee Buhman, secre tary; Clark Holmes, vice-president. Row 3: Max Campbell. Doris Canum. John Henneman, Robert Wheelan. Clark Holmes. David Hopley. Row 4: David Brady. Lawrence Sutterman. Cyrus Dietz. Donald Manhard. (Absent from picture: La Von Huls- brink, Kenneth Melow. Betty Lou Nelson, Marianne Rus¬ sell. Lucille Shrader.) National Honor society requirements for admission to membership are scholarship, character, loyalty, and service to the school. With an average of 92 or above, 42 seniors automatically became members. By elec¬ tion, nine students with averages ranging from 85 to 92 made the total membership 51. Officers of the National Honor society are George (Pat) Schneider, president; Clark Holmes, vice-president; and Karlee Buhman, secretary-treasurer. Row 1: Tommy Lynn Stanley, Luella Meek. Gloria Johnson. Patricia Lane. Marilyn Lawson, Marilyn Ler- ner. Row 2: Adele Stone. Ruth Norby, Jeanne Ohlweiler, Shirley Jones, Thelma Pieper, Janis Wood. Row 3: Helen Shuck. Donna Ohms, Luray Thoms. Lois Walker. Earle McBride. Row 4: Maurice Marble, Jerry Schiller. John Tait, Susan Thompson. Richard Thomas, George (Pat) Schnei¬ der. David Pearson. 36 One tflcre to jo JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS CHARLES WILLIAMS BROOKS, vice-president BETH ANN BELL, secretary MAYNARD NEIGHBORS, president You planned the Junior-Senior Prom. 37 Row 1: Jacqueline Boetje, Marilyn Boyd, Dorothy Bail¬ ey, Joan Burkhead, Marilyn Blacker. Beverly Buder, Shirley Bregger, Sylvia Baird. Joyce Boetje, Marjorie Andereck. Row 2: Mary Lee Bodenhamer, Shirlee Bergstrom, Jan¬ et Blaser, Jacqueline Barbee. Barbara Bessee. Dorothy Burbridge. Beth Ann Bell. Ralph Brown. Kurt Bealer, Thomas Bickel, Jerald Boyer, Ronald Braasch, Row 3: Donna Bartell. Marilyn Boynton, Loura Ander¬ son. Neva Belcher. Janis Bowen. Donald Agans, Richard Bunch, Robert Berry, Charles William Brooks, Richard Ballinger. Row 4: Nanon Black, Thomas Bramlett, Robert Benson, Donald Bealer. William Brown. Donald Anderson, Rich¬ ard Bennett, James Blocklinger. George Arbaugh, Harry Andrews, Paul Biscontine, Paul Bond. Row 1: William Hall. Harry Groothaert, Everett Fisher. Barry Hartung, Nancy Gillespie. Joan Gregg, Betty Flodeen. Barbara Hobart. Carole Gonse, Marian Faranda, Cherry Harvey. Row 2: Elnor Garrett, Shirley Fiscus, Jean Hinman. Darlene Hedeen. Karen Gustafson. Patricia Hartnett. Carolyn Green. Kathryn Fox, Alice Heath, Janis Gor¬ don. Betty Foster. Row 3: Kenneth Flack, Wayne Foster. Clarol Haw¬ kins, Ronald Guthrie, Richard Hansen, Wayne Funk, Glenn Gray, Roald Fryxell, Jerry Fout, Arthur Fink- elstein. Row 4: James Gillman. David Greenberg. Richard Hawley. Donald Hartkop. Jack Graham, John Flynn, Jerry Harper. William Hendren, William Gottsch, Rob¬ ert Hauman. Edward Gibbons, Jack Gellman, Billy Henson, James Hansen. 38 Row 1: Sally Erickson, Joann Davis, Evelyn Cline, Mar¬ ilyn Coons, Doris Engh. Darlene Daniels. Martha Alongi. Shirley Claver, Patsy Ann Carter. Colleen Carr, Patricia De Paepe. Maureen Day. Row 2: Vira Covey, Betty Cooper, Joan Clement. Betty Dobbler. Beverly Bolt, Donna Connolly. Doris Edgar. Wil¬ ma Eberts, Bonnie Mae Colburn, Shirley Dennison. Mary Lou Dierks, Kay Edwards, Hermione Erdman, Patricia Edler. Row 3: Roberta Calhoun. Donald Dixon. Edward De Vrieze. Thomas De Voss, William Cramer, Robert Cramer. Harold Dorman, Conrad Andrews. Warren De Bord. Ken¬ neth Drake, Charles Christner. Row 4: Louis Ellis. Gilman Clark, Ronald Daxon, Jack Cope, Royal Coons, Richard Engels, Carrol Corwin, Wil¬ liam Case, William Drovesky. John De Vos, Patrick Dar¬ by. Benjamin Cutler, David Criswell. Row 1: Joyce Holland, Nancy Hoexter. Patricia Kunce. Dorothy Krueger. Theresa Hoffman. Janice Johnston. Loretta Hollingsworth, Mildred Kerler, Joanne Kilcoin. Row 2: Kenneth Jones, Marilyn Kolinchinsky, Bar¬ bara Kingdon. Barbara Hoben. Joyce Ingold, Gayle Hultgren, Margaret Kurtz, Janet Knouse, Shirley Kim- bel, Darlene Kaskadden. Row 3: Reuben James, Kurt Koehler, Roy Johnson, Burton Hobson. Joseph Johnson, Andrew Kean, Rich¬ ard Kohrs. Reed Hollars. Jay Simmons, Jerry Hol- dorf, Forrest Kettering. Row 4: Marvin Johnson, Marvin Kempf. Thomas Kiser, Donald Hains, Richard Johnson, Carl Jefferson, Richard Huntley, David Krause. Edward Kobel, Clyde Jones. Gayle (Sonny) Reed. 39 Row 1: Marion Marshall. Marcia Lindorff. Marilyn Nel¬ son. Doris Nichols. Veona Nelson, Ruth Long. Donna Nel¬ son. Patricia Leftwich. Shirley Leffler, Irene Nelson. Lylas Mercer, Virgie Nixon. Row 2: Jo Ann Mason, Darlene Mead. Joyce McMahon. Susan Matteson, Joyce Lebermann. Dorothy Lippens, Emma Livengood. Patricia Miller. Janet McMahon, Dor¬ othy Melville. Thelma Nelson, Fern Layer. Row 3: Marilyn Laude. Robert Minton, Budd Maxfield, James Montgomery, Richard Monroe. Norman McClelland, George McDonald. Don Monte, Gerald Martin. Row 4: John Martin. Robert Mangelsdorf. Maynard Neighbors. Gary Myles. Fred Moore. Stewart Lefstein. Gerald Noble. Thomas Lomen, Daryl McKee, Donald Len- ger. Row 1: Sheila Scott, Nancy Sheldon. Mary Ann Smith, Joan Swain. Dorothy Sullivan. Mary Ellen Schafer. Jeanette Swanson, La Vonne Schulz. Row 2: Patricia Schmidt, Donna Steen, Carol Stev¬ ens i, Nancy Salzman. Mary Stalkfleet, Mary Lou Steele. Beulah Stowe. Joan Schneck. Nancy Shetter. Nancy Struve. Row 3: Greta Smith. Betty Stoit. Gloria Swisher. Beatrice Stai, Audrey Sollie, Frances Simpson. Gerald Scott. Arthur Shaw. Waldo Sullivan. Row 4: Richard Harry Smith. Gerald Skinner. John Shirkey, Richard Schoeve. Glen Soderstrom, Roy Shrake. Ronald Sears. Robert A. Smith. 40 Row 1: Carol Rexroade. Eleanor Peterson. Beverly Roberts. Annalee Pauwels. Nancy Rannow. Barbara Riex- inger. Pauline Pristash. Sylvia Pullman. Barbara Pruden, Nancy Puscas. Row 2: Joyce E. Peterson. Yvonne Pickron. Marlene Pratt, Mary Rausch. Janet Phillips. Carmen Petre, Naomi Riceman. Margaret O’Connell. Donna Ross, Nancy Porske, Nancy Ritze. Row 3: Barbara Palmer. Paul Perkins. Mary Powers, Kenneth Rogers. Marion Owings. Jack Rummens, Paul Parker. Robert Olson, Donald Pleasants, Carroll Pearson, Donald Paulsen, Donald Parks. Row 4: Roy Quick. Ray Regal. Donald Rudd. Kenneth Reem. Gerald Pirmann. Richard Petersen, Thomas Par¬ sons. Gary O’Brien. Warren Ostrom, Willard Peterson, La Verne Perkins. Row 1: Marjorie Wisehart. Norma White. Shirley Warren. Joyce Thomas, Donna Watson, Donna Mae Zentic, Sue Ziemer. Yvonne Van De Sompele, Delores Zeis. Row 2: Jeanne West. Nancy Welch. Mary W’iklund. Dolores Weinberger. Betty Turney. Eleanore Tebbe. Marilyn Whiteside, Robyn Wriglu. Virginia Willming. Row 3: Russell Vanderwall, Donald Wilson. Wayne Watkins. Richard Work. Richard Wickum. Richard Wildermuth, Robert Teuscher. Row 4: David Wright. Dale Teel. Walter Whisler. Dean Washburn. Robert Todd. Thomas Willis, John Walker, John Wangelin. 41 SOPHOMORE CLASS OFFICERS LESLIE SCOTT, president MARILYN OLSON, secretary ROBERT LULOW, vice-president New teachers , new friends , and west stairs 42 O.K., sophomores , we ' re ready jor you! Row 1: Gene Perry. Dennis Witt, James Anderson. Bar¬ bara Allen, Elaine Nielsen, Shirley Birely. Betty Blancke, Martha Anderson, Elaine Wells. Row 2: Barbara Agy. Carol Andrews. Faye Asquith, Thelma Boyer. Sally Beals. Betty Lou Berg, Saloma Bar¬ nett. Collette Armstrong. Marsha Reed, Patricia Attwood. Row 3: Robert Bailey. Joseph Boenitz. Richard W T ight, Adrian Arday. Joseph Bileddo. Donald Atkinson. Eugene Acuff. Thomas Alderson, Jon Arp. Charles Allen. Row 4: Kenneth Barlang. Otis Anderson. Harold Crouse. Robert Carel. W T illiam Boynton. Michael Atkinson. Robert Boeye. Richard Bellegante, Albert Bloch. Carey Angel. 43 Row 1: Forrest Bushert, Shirley Bradshaw. Lorraine Carpentier, Frances Carothers, Alice Butcher. Joanne Coffland. Elizabeth Carnes. Beverly Clemann, Wava Campbell. Row 2: Suzanne Brinn, Joyce Brown. Mary Collins. Margaret Cook, Bobbie Ann Carlson. Saundra Bruins. Mary Bowes, Donna Bradley, Mary Jane Brown. Row 3: Ann Bush. Zadie Cole. Deloris Brown, Gary Burwell, Donald Bush. James Cobb. Joanne Brown, Pa¬ tricia Bowker, Darlene Carey. Row 4: Jerry Burkhead. Leon Bunch. Robert Caudill, George Collins. Leroy Clason. George Coin. William Bur¬ gess. Gale Center. Granvil Angel. Row 1: James Forrester. Edna Engstrom. Alice Fer¬ guson, Barbara Gossen. Clarence Garrison. Stanley Gellman. James Fisher. Robert Elson. Row 2: Virgil Gross. Bonnie Faucett, Betty Findley, Annette Frazer, Barbara Feeley, Joan Emery, Martha Groene. Louise Gibbons. Row 3: Deno Ganakes. Harvey Fest, Richard Fran- ing. William Fulk. Eva Gibbons. Shirley Etzel, Lor¬ raine Gaskey, Charles Edgar, Daniel Firth. Row 4: Merle Eldr ' .dge, Eugene Foster. James Gill, Kenneth Follett, James Gilmore, Ward Goodwin, Jack Evans, Jerry Elston. Paul Erickson. 44 Row 1: Donald Grisham. William Curtiss. Vernon Dus- enberry. Frank De Vrieze. Anna Cooprider, Florence Da¬ vis. Eva Donlin. Row 2: Dorothy Griffin. Henrietta Groothaert. Effetta Davis. Ruth Darr. Mary Demou, Nancy Crockett. Georgia Cutler. Diane Dornacher, Gretchen Domacher. Row 3: Marlene Epperly, Beverly De Paepe. Dianne Dunham. Nancy De Paepe. Arnold De Winter. Lloyd Cor¬ win. Arthur Dennison. Donald Cramer. Row 4: James Crandall. Larry Diekman. William Dyer. Robert Dargan. Frederick Calhoun. Louis De Toy, Jerry Doeckel. Donald Cooper. Joseph De Smet. Row 1: Jerry Haskins. Richard Hardwick, Phyllis Huff. Betty Huffman. Rowena Harvey. Shirley Hoon. Myma Hooe. Ted Heitz, Patricia Hixson. Jacqueline Hocker, Shirley Harding, Marilyn Hintze. Row 2: Vertie Jean Hair. Frances Hockenberry. Sandra Hofmann, Frances Hinze. Linda Hanson. Helen Hanson. Barbara Herrin. James Hayes. Doris Hill. Doris Hines. Marguerite Hinrichsen, Joyce Hoffman. Row 3: David Huntley, Jack Hollander. Richard Hause. Donald Hartman. James Hogan. Virgil Hite. Elinor Hahn. Virgil Hammond. Carl Hoffman, Douglas Hayes. Row 4: Robert Gunther. James Guzzo. Donald Harl, Albert Hanson. Thomas Hendrick, Leonard Hoover. Jerry Hansen. Delbert Hauman. Robert Hornback, Vernon Hazlett. Wilbert Hulett, Bruce Harders. 45 Row 1: Doreen LaMere. Shirley Kaminsky. Marlin Ken¬ ney. Beverly Ingram. Donna Leftwich, Carolyn Koester, Phyllis Jeffries, Letha Laws, Mary Ann Jones, Laura Kludy. Row 2: Margie Kempe, Patricia Koch. Cynthia Kolb. Neva Kish, Katherine Jones. Donna Jo Ingold. Marilyn Jackson. Betty Lea. Marie Jacobs, Rachael Jackson. Vir¬ ginia May. Row 3: Milles Kellogg, Ben Jacobsen. David Langston, Adam Jackson, Richard Kettering, Hal Moore. Charles Johnson. Arthur Johnson, James Jarvinen, Henry Jeffrey. Row 4: Harry Iglehart, Thomas Lomen. Elmer Law¬ rence. Robert Johnson. James Knoblauch. Peter Lauritzen, Ralph Lamphere. Charles Layer, Ronald Kyseth. Row 1: Jacquelyn Porter. Patricia Porter. Nancy Petersen. Patricia Muhlenburg. Caroline Peterson, Peggy Mosher. Anna Mullens, Sally Osborne, Juanita Lukens, Melva Moore. Elnora McKee. Row 2: Dugan Porter. Charlotte Neighbors. Pauline Nissen. Helen Price. Edna McRoy, Phyllis Palmer. Velda Palike, Barbara Putnam. Fay Moskaloff, Mari¬ lyn Olson, Mary Moller. Row 3: Ronald Pratt. Royce Eugene Nelson. Jerry Morger. James Olds. Richard Peterson, Randall Pet¬ erson. Gary Ostrom. John Pristash, Ronald O’Brien. William Moore. John Potter. Richard Pieper. Richard Moore. Row 4: Duane Poe. Robert Moffitt, Phillip Peterson. Donald Lee Osborn, Robert Panned. John Murrah, Don Prescott. Richard Potter, Gary Mann, Dale Price, Kirt Platt. Jerome Moeller. 46 Row 1: Anna Mecum, Donna Leftwich, Charlotte Mc¬ Cullough, Phyllis Miller, Marcellena Lopez, Elaine Lieb- man, Corrine Miller, Ann McLellan. Row 2: Beverly Lindsay, Patricia Martin. Barbara Mc¬ Guire. Barbara Lutz, Beverly Melton, Marian Lutz, Caro¬ lyn Mayhew. Mary Ellen McCabe. Row 3: Anna Lujan. Bonnie Mewes, Albert Lane. Ken¬ neth Maier, Robert Lulow, Clyde Lundy, Robert Lodge. Darrell Miller. Row 4: David Moneymaker, Theodore Martin, Dale Malban, John Lundskow. Dale Matlick, James Leonard. Peter Leonardson. Robert Mockmore. Row 1: William Seline, Ronald Sill, Rosalyn Reed. Rosalie Raymond. Janice Sieben, Nancy Simmon, Jan¬ et Simmons. Barbara Schaubroeck, Carmelita Schmacht. Bernice Rosenthal, Maryann Rock. Row 2: Sue Schmacht, George Rosenthal, Nancy Ro- mine, Orenthal Rose. Margaret Rogiers. Dixie Lou Rusk. JoAnn Randles. Kathryn Smith. Joyce Schachel. Ethel Rouse. Row 3: Robert Rosene, Anne Slenker, Barbara Sims, Shirley Rogiers, Arlene Rice. Alice Reeves, Duane Scouten, Wayne Scherer. Roger Saunders. Edward Smith. Row 4: Alfred Quick. George Ray. James Ringer. Leslie Scott. John Romans, James Smith. Milton (Sharm) Scheuerman, James Roberts, Wilfred Royal, Kenneth Scherer, Dan Remy, Robert Schaubroeck. 47 Row 1: Sally Thonn, Janice Strum, Marian Teuscher. Marilyn Thomas, Mary Snider, Donna Taylor, Barbara Strader. Ro Celeste Swensson. Row 2: Patricia Towers, Geraldine Tudor, Phyllis Ulle- meyer, Carol Tebbe. Beverly Stephenson. Sharon Stanley. Janet Stoebe. Lorraine Stai. Carole Stickrod. Marian Sor¬ enson. Row 3: Elaine Soderberg, Larry Wald. Richard Souza. Wayne Townley, John Strayer, John Stonehouse, Wayne Stechman, William Swisher. Row 4: William Stark, Frank Talboom. Wayne Tanner. Sharon Taylor. Stuart Thoms, Eldon Topping. Kenneth Tollenaer, Ronald Tyler. Row 1: Alberta Teague. Janet Lutz. Marilyn Wither¬ spoon. Lee Tobin. James Wurbs, Marjorie Van Wolvelaere, Patricia Walters. Alan Vanderhayden. Dale Selholst. Row 2: Armeta Young. Marcia Werner. Kathleen Vetter. Delores Wise, Harry Weindruch, Joyce Woehlk. Charles VanderLinden. Barbara Young. Lewis Wilder. Row 3: Virginia Viviani, Delores Vint. Janice Wilford. Nyleta Wilson. Joyce Withrow, Hazel Wiklund, Joy Van Hull. Janet Wilson. Harry W ' allace. Anthony Yetz. Row 4: Patricia Wahe. Marlene Vanderbilt. Robert Wil¬ ey. Claude Wheeler, David Wetzel. Wayne Worker. James Vincent. Kenneth Wickenburg, Laurance Dohler, Barbara Wright. Mary Webster. 48 Jail Ch4 FRESHMAN CLASS OFFICERS JUNE CHAMBERS, president ROGER VARNER, vice-president JUDITH SCHAIBLE, secretary (absent from picture) Rock Island senior high school became Rock Island high school in September 1949 when 155 freshmen were transferred from Franklin junior high school while their school was being remodeled. When Cen¬ tral junior high school was destroyed by fire in December, 393 more students entered the high school, but because the 1950 Watchtower had already been planned, their pictures are not shown. Row 1: Martin Galex. Donald Ferns. Charles Belton. George Campbell, William Bruchman. Eugene Franklin, Bascom Benningfield, Daniel Decker. Robert Cook, Gary Grems. Row 2: Dan Flaherty, Dorothy Cox. Mary Ann Geys- sens, Beverly Foster. Darlene Elsbury, Margretta Cheva¬ lier. Elaine Flack. Donna Mae Fluegel, Doris Engstrom, Carole Gordon. Jayne Barber. Row 3: Carolyn Carel. Beverly Amsbaugh. Marjorie Green. Shirley Green. Roberta Burbridge. Sharon Fergu¬ son. Judith Foy. Idamae Grubaugh. Judith Benson. June Chambers. Helen Boyer, Shirley Frederickson. Emma Beeding. Row 4: Earl Barkhurst. Harold Borst. August DeLoose. Darrell Edgar, Richard Crouse. Peter Burks. William Geis- ler, Thomas Farmer. William Estes, Denny Burdon, Rob¬ ert Fane. 49 Row 1: Evelyn Liggett. Margaret Hoteling. Beatrice Miller. Joan Humphrey. Ronald Hobart. Donald Kenney, Ronald Kolls, James Houston. Donald McKinley, Richard Johnston. Row 2: Benita Jones. Lorena Markin. Joyce Ludwig. Beverly Kenney. Darlene Jones, Nancy Johnson. Shirley Lipkowitz. Jean Hanner. Betty McGinnis. Shirley New¬ berry, Barbara Ann Moller. Row 3: Giovina Matese, Barbara McMurray. Barbara Hill. Lois Hansen. Joann Nelson. Carolyn Harney, Melba Livengood. Sally Jamison. Betty Lou Mauser. Susann McDonald. Kay Iglehart. Marilyn Miller. Darlene Heaton. Row 4: Patricia McKinley. Gerald Hayes, Robert Mac- Dougall. Robert Luckenbihl. George Dumoulin. Charles Hofmann. Robert Humphrey. Robert Harlan, Dennis Hur¬ ry, Harold Krause. Gerald Mosher, Lawrence Kipperman. Row 1: Barbara Short. Shirley Sullivan. Richard Riley, Earl Robinson. Roy Platt. James Winter. Roy Taylor. Jack Nichol, Carl Schmacht. Row 2: Audrey Schultz. Joyce Nichols. Joy Stickrod, Dorothy Nolan. Barbara Nowack. Janet Saunders, Patricia Plambeck. Bonnie Reed, Natalie Pristash, Elizabeth Teahan, Theresa Rummels. Row 3: June Williams. Alice Thompson. Jane Nichols, Gladys Rickey. Barbara Rummens. Judith Schaible. Janis Stai. Berta Weiler, Suzanne Richards. Row 4: Catherine Poston. Carole Straus. Patricia Ray¬ mond. Harold Smith. Richard Schomer. Roger Varner. Robert Stewart, Forrest Zentic, Carolyn Wessel, Max Stark, Donald Schroeder. 50 51 Athletics VarAitij ' Jcctball Row 1: Jack Whan. Howard Jackson. Joe Collier. Tom Mills, Bob Wenger. Jerry Schiller. George (Skipper) Duhlstine. Jr. Row 2: Jack Evans. John Tait, Dave Criswell, George Hardin. Bob Coulson. Jack Shoemaker. Row 3: Ben Cutler, trainer; Bob Minton, Don Rudd, Bob Nelson. Neil Summers. Don Manhard. Row 4: Darrel Bognar. trainer; Delbert Huntley. Bob Wheelan. Connie Andrews. Bill Brown, Jack Suman. Row 5; Charlie Christner, trainer; Dave Greenberg, trainer; Bill Drovesky, Barry Hartung, Don Hains. Bill O ' Brien. Row 6: Dick Huntley, trainer; Sonny Kettering, trainer; Don Wilson, trainer; Dick Petersen, Her¬ bert L. Wagner, coach; Howard M. Lundeen, coach. “This is a team’s team.” That was Coach Harold V. Almquist’s analysis after his Rocky High gridders wrapped up an unde¬ feated and untied season. This year’s Island¬ er squad became unbeaten and untied by refusing to quit when trailing, and with this spirit they captured both the Northwest and the Quad-City championship crowns. The season was the first for Coach Alm- quist’s ZT formation. Running from this unbalanced formation, the Rocks powered and pitched their way to 34 touchdowns—14 through the air lanes. Dick Thomas did most of the passing, but Rusty Burwell and Maurie Van Speybroeck kept the op¬ position guessing. As a tribute to end coach Herbert L. Wag¬ ner, Joe Collier, Jack Whan, and Tom Wallace left little to be desired at the ends. The running of Burwell, VanSpey- broeck, and Kent Nelson was highly effective all season. Defense was an important part of the Rocks’ success, too, and Howard M. Lundeen’s “Rocks of Gibraltar” were one of the best lines in Islander history. Led by Bob Wenger, The Islander coaching staff. Left to right; Howard M. Lundeen. line coach; Harold V. Almquist, head coach; and Herbert L. Wagner, end coach. 52 Row 1: Dale Nelson, Dick Romine. Rusty Burwell, Maurie Van Speybroeck, Kent Nelson, Dick Thomas, Tom Wallace. Row 2: Harold Dorman. Dick Hamlin. Bill Brooks. Jerry Elston. Bob Berry. Sonny Reed. Row 3: Ray Regal, Bob Newbern. Warren DeBord, Carroll Pearson, Dick Work, Louie Ellis. Kenny Reem. Row 4: Bob Mangelsdorf. George McDonald, Dick Klauer. Jim Gillman, Jack Swisher, Bob DeKoster, Jim Engman. trainer. Row 5: Glen Soderstrom, Dick Liedtke, Jack Gellman, Pat Darby. Don Lenger. Bob Holdorf. Row 6: Harold V. Almquist, head coach; George Duhlstine, head trainer; Jerry Pirmann. Tom Parsons, Warren Ostrom, Jerry Harper. Jerry Schiller, Tom Mills, Jack Shoemaker, Dick Romine, Bud Jackson, Dale Nelson, and Bill Brooks, the linemen were terrific all season. Joe Collier and Dick Thomas made both the Chicago Daily News and the Champaign News Gazette all-state teams and with Dale Nelson, placed on the North¬ west conference first 11. On the second Northwest squad were Jack Whan, Dick Romine, Jerry Schiller, and Russ Bur- well, with Bob Wenger getting honorable mention. Rock Island 33 .Foreman Rock Island 47.. Rock Island 19 . .West Rockford 14 Rock Island 7 .. Davenport 0 Rock Island 14.Moline 7 Rock Island 23.Galesburg 20 Rock Island 27 .East Moline 0 Rock Island 33 .Clinton 7 Rock Island 25 ... Kewanee 6 Islander trainers: Row 1: Don W T ilson, George Duhlstine, head train¬ er; Sonny Kettering. Row 2: Jim Engman. Darrell Bognar. Benny Cutler. Row 3: Charles Christner, Dick Huntley, George “Skipper” Duhlstine, Jr., and Dave Greenberg. 53 Guess who won. On the sidelines the players and managers are filled with joy as the gun ends the Daven¬ port tussle. ROCK ISLAND 33; Foreman 6 Inaugurating Coach Harold V. Almquist’s ninth season as head coach at Rocky High, the Islanders unveiled the Almquist brain¬ child—the ZT formation, and with a show of power downed Foreman High of Chicago 33-6. The Islanders scored five touchdowns, two by air and three by land, giving some indication of things to come. Jerry Schiller, guard, scored the first Rock Island touch¬ down of the 1949 season when he pounced on a loose ball in the Foreman end zone. Dick Thomas and Joe Collier began their drive toward all-state honors, with Collier receiving two pitches from Thomas for TD’s. With Maurie Van Speybroeck as his interference. Dick Thomas lugs the leather in the East Moline fray. ROCK ISLAND 47; QUINCY 6 In a game that was high-lighted by the brilliant pass catching of Joe Collier and Jack Whan, and the great defensive play of the Islander line that held Quincy to a net gain of 16 yards by running, the Rocks slammed to a 47-6 decision over Quincy. The tilt marked the inauguration of Dad’s day for the fathers of the football squad mem¬ bers. Dick Thomas passed for four touch¬ downs, two to Whan and one each to Collier and Tom Wallace. Kent Nelson, fullback, also added two touchdowns to the Islander cause. ROCK ISLAND 19; WEST ROCKFORD 14 Calling on their reserve punch to pull out their third straight victory after trailing 14- 12 as the last quarter opened, the Rocks won their first road tilt of the season over West Rockford 19-14. Still undaunted after hav¬ ing a 40-yard run of a punt return by Dick Thomas and a 35-yard jaunt into paydirt by Rusty Burwell, called back in the last quar¬ ter, the Rocks came back and Burwell drove over for the decisive tally to climax a 60-yard drive. The Islanders throttled the West Rockford passing attack, holding the pass- happy Warriors to 46 yards through the air. 56 Tom Mills’ block is too late as a Clinton player has already tackled ball carrier Rusty Burwell. ROCK ISLAND 7; DAVENPORT 0 Only a minute and 52 seconds had elapsed when a 52-yard aerial from Rusty Burwell to Joe Collier gave Rock Island a touchdown over Davenport. It was the only score of the game except for George Hardin ' s conversion point. For the remaining 46 minutes and 8 seconds the team slugged it out before 11,000 fans in the Imps’ Brady street stadium. The game was a rugged affair marked by great defensive play by both squads, with Jerry Schiller, Tom Mills, Tom Wallace, and Kent Nelson the Islander bulwarks that staved off three Imp touchdown bids, and proved just too much for the Davenport backs. ROCK ISLAND 14; MOLINE 7 With field conditions more like those of a marsh than a gridiron, Rocky High’s mud- caked gridders rallied for first and third- period touchdowns after a Maroon tally in the first 90 seconds of the game. Dick Thomas passed to Joe Collier for both scores, the first time for 37 yards and the second for 38 yards. This was the offensive job done by the Islanders, but it was the Rocks’ line charging—fast, hard, and accurate—that held the vaunted Moline offense in check for 37 l z minutes. Defensive standouts for the Rocks were Tom Wallace, Tom Mill, Jerry Schiller, Bob Wenger, and Joe Collier. ROCK ISLAND 25; KEWANEE 6 Scoring two touchdowns in both the sec¬ ond and fourth quarters, the Islanders rolled to a 25-6 win over Kewanee to mark their entrance into Northwest conference play. Jack Whan scored a touchdown in each of the two periods on passes from Thomas for more than enough points to win, but a second-quarter score by Rusty Burwell and a last-period counter by Thomas made the Rocks’ Northwest opener an impressive one. Thomas hit over fifty per cent of his passes, connecting on eight of 13 throws. The Rocks rolled up 241 yards by rushing for their highest total of the season, along with 135 more on passes. It’s a jam up at the line as Islander Bob Wenger, Speybroeck. and Joe Collier, stops Galesburg’s Howard with help about to come from Bill Brooks. Maurie Van Keene. 57 Jerry Schiller is about to tackle a Quincy runner, while Jack Shoemaker has his hands full with a Gem blocker. ROCK ISLAND 23; GALESBURG 20 Converting what looked like a lost cause into a comeback victory, the Almquistmen showed the stuff of which championship clubs are made when they wiped out a 20-7 halftime deficit to down Galesburg 23-20. The triumph, tallied in a homecoming affair before 8,000 spectators, left the Rocks unde¬ feated and untied for their first seven games and on top of the Northwest conference. Kent Nelson took a delayed-buck 24 yards for the tying touchdown in the last quarter, climaxing a 65-yard drive, and George Hardin calmly booted a perfect placement to put the Rocks ahead 21-20. The aroused Islanders then proceeded to score a safety. Rusty Burwell packs the pigskin as he plows through the muck in the Moline game. ROCK ISLAND 27; EAST MOLINE 0 Cool and crisp was the weather, and the Rock Island high school gridders matched those conditions with snappy but deliberate play to gain a 27-0 decision over East Mo¬ line’s Panthers. Taking both the Northwest and Quad-City conference titles with the victory, the Islanders ran their win skein to eight straight. Kent Nelson crossed the dou¬ ble stripes for a pair of touchdowns, and Morrie VanSpeybroeck and Rusty Burwell garnered a 6-pointer apiece. The Islander forward wall again proved its worth, holding the Panthers’ backs to a net gain of 45 yards by rushing, while opening holes for the Rocks’ backs to ramble for 205 yards. ROCK ISLAND 33; CLINTON 7 Grinding past Clinton 33-7, Rocky High’s gridders rang down the curtain on the sec¬ ond perfect year in the school’s history. The Rocks did it with a neat blend of passing and running from Coach Harold V. Alm- quist’s ZT, which more than proved its worth throughout the season. Fanciest of the Island scoring plays was a pass from Dick Thomas to Jack Whan, who lateraled to Burwell, who put on a beautiful exhibi¬ tion of open-field running for 40 yards to a TD. Whan concluded the Islander scoring for the year, nabbing a Thomas pass for a 23-yard scoring play. The game marked the end of the road for 26 seniors. 58 Jcctball Auatd Winner A Row 1, 1 to r: Joe Collier, Kent Nelson, Rusty Burwell. Row 2. 1 to r: Dick Thomas. Bob Wenger. Coach Harold and Harry Pells, awards chairman. V. Almquist, Maurie Van Speybroeck. and Jerry Schiller. Joe Collier.Best team man Kent Nelson.Best defensive player Rusty Burwell.Honorary captain Dick Thomas.Most valuable player Bob Wenger.Most improved player Maurie VanSpeybroeck and Jerry Schiller.Best blockers “The Fighting 49ers.” This title was bestowed upon Rock Island high school’s unbeaten and untied football team at the Junior Chamber of Commerce banquet. Words of praise for the team and the coaching staff flowed at a rapid rate from the head coach, Harold V. Almquist, Arch Ward, sports editor of the Chicago Tribune. who was the principal speaker, and from different prominent men in the Quad-Cities. Coach Almquist introduced his champions individually and thanked the public for the support they had given Islander football. “The Fighting 49ers,” Mr. Almquist as¬ serted, “made a team that had plenty of poise and a great will to win.” Selections of the individual award win¬ ners were announced by Harry Pells, chair¬ man of the chamber committee. He also pre¬ sented a special trophy to the school to com¬ memorate the “Fighting 49ers, undefeated and untied.” Mr. Ward stressed in his talk the fact that the boys should go to the college that will offer them something toward their educa¬ tion and not to the one that offers the most money. Both the Islander football squad and the Alleman club were honored at a banquet given by the Elks club in December. 59 Mwecwihf Senior class president Larry Sutterman crowns Adele Stone queen in the Homecoming assembly. Attendants are. 1 to r: Mary Ann Nelson, Betty Lou Nelson. Betty Fuller, and Donna Palmer. “Beat Galesburg ’ was the royal decree issued by Adele Stone just after she had been crowned Rock Island high school’s Homecoming Queen. Like loyal subjects, the football squad, after a bitter struggle, carried out the order to a T—a ZT. Queen Adele, with her attendants, Betty Fuller, Betty Lou Nelson, Mary Ann Nelson, and Donna Palmer, cheered their favorites from a 20-7 halftime deficit to a thrilling 23-20 victory. The entire Royal Court received bouquets at the coronation ceremonies and Queen Adele was presented with a gold football in¬ scribed “Homecoming Queen, 1949.” Her Royal Highness and her at¬ tendants reigned over the Home¬ coming dance in the gym after the game. A special dance was set aside especially for the Royalty and their escorts. The Royal Court drives around the track at halftime to view its loyal subjects. Left to right are Betty Lou Nelson. Queen Adele Stone. Mary Ann Nelson, Donna Palmer, and Betty Fuller. 60 St cftkwcn Jcctball Row 1. 1 to r: Bob Elson. manager; Dave Wetzel. Charles Edgar, Dan Firth, Les Scott, Don Cooper. Dick Pieper, Ward Goodwin, Gary Burwell, Jim Forrester, Gary Os- trom, Duane McLaughlin, and Lloyd Corwin. Row 2, 1 to r: Pat Huntley, manager; Bob Pannell, Dick Collins. Dale Malban, Bill Burgess, Tom Alderson, Elmer Lawrence. Rusty Lamphere, Frank Talboom, Pete Hammond, Bob Boeye, and John H. Ahl, coach. Row 3. 1 to r: Joe Bileddo. manager; Bruce Harders, Bob Lulow, Jay dayman. A1 Bloch. Jim Knoblauch. Dan Remy, Jim Roberts, Jim Gilmore, Bob Wiley, and Lyle Jones, coach. Row 4. 1 to r: Paul Erickson. Dick Potter. Jim Smith, Chuck Layer. John Romans, Dick Bellegante. Jack Lunds- kow, Ben Jacobsen. Jim Guzzo, Harry Iglehart, and Julien C. Peterson, head coach. Turning in a record of five wins and three setbacks, Coach Julien C. Peterson and his assistants, Lyle Jones and John H. Ahl, had another successful sophcmore football sea¬ son. Davenport and John Deere were the only teams able to halt the 1949 Little Rocks, with Davenport mastering the Pebbles twice. For the season, the sophs rolled up a total of 135 points to their opponent’s 79. The sophomores’ forward wall was flanked by ends Dale Malban, Dan Firth, and Ward Goodwin. Jim Knoblauch and Frank Tal- boon filled the tackle slots while three men, Harry Iglehart, Paul Erickson, and Jim Guzzo handled the guard duties. Bob Pan- nel plugged the center hole. Quarterback Sharm Scheuerman had Al¬ bert Bloch as his fullback, and Les Scott and Jack Lundskow, and Bob Lulow operating in the halfback slots. Spearheading a powerful running attack were Les Scott and Jack Lundskow, who accounted for 19 touchdowns between them. Scott was the leading scorer by virtue of ten trips into the end zone. Lundskow crossed the double strips nine times. A sharp passing attack supplemented the Pebbles’ offensive running power. Scheuer¬ man to Firth, Malban, and Goodwin clicked time after time during the season. The sophomores had the pleasure of see¬ ing two of their number, Jack Evans and Jerry Elston, promoted to the varsity squad. R. I. 0 .Davenport 6 R. I. 32.Coolidge 6 R. I. 13 .St. Ambrose 6 R. I. 6 .Davenport 19 R. I. 13 .Kewanee 6 R. I. 7 .John Deere 18 R. I. 32 .Galesburg 6 R. I. 32.East Moline 12 61 CtoAA Country Row 1, 1 to r: Irwin Rietz, Jerry Fout, Jack Voss, Dick VanderLinden. Roald Fryxell, and Kenneth Mills. Bennett, and A1 Brelsford. Row 3, l to r: Coach Kenneth E. Greene. Carl Jefferson, Row 2, 1 to r: Wayne Stechman, Tom Morgan, Charles Don Anderson, Bob Hauman, and Conrad Ward. Paced by speedy Irwin Rietz, Coach Ken¬ neth E. Greene’s cross-country men raced successfully through a seven-meet slate. Rietz, who was unbeaten up to the state meet, and A1 Brelsford, who was always the second Islander to finish, were followed by Wayne Stechman, Bob Hauman, Connie Ward, Jack Voss, and Vern Mack, while Dick Bennett, Jerry Fout, and Roald Fryxell alternated on the squad. Sparked by Rietz’s record-smashing 6: 57.2 performance, the Rocks opened the season on a mile and four-tenths course by taking third place in the Geneseo Invitational meet. After annexing the Quad-City champion¬ ship on their home course, the Islander harriers easily won both divisions, varsity and B squad, in a triangular double-header with Moline and Geneseo. The B squad, headed by Fout, placed all its runners among the first eight. Finishing second to Galesburg in the Northwest circuit, the Islanders came back to cop first-place laurels in the district meet at Sterling. Pressing Evanston’s Jim Henry to a new 9:35.1 record for the two-mile course at Champaign, Rietz led the Crimson squad to sixth place in the state cross-country meet. Finishing second, Rietz was clocked at 9:35.7, almost 20 seconds under the old rec¬ ord, but not good enough to win. Rietz, Brelsford, and Ward will be lost through graduation this year. The season’s cross-country record: Geneseo Invitational.Third Quad-City Meet .First Triangular: Geneseo, Moline, R. I....First R. I. (B) squad.First Northwest Conference .Second District Meet .First State Meet.Sixth Cheerleader . L to r: Chloe Andich, Joanne Kilcoin, Nancy Gillespie, Colleen McGovern, Nancy Struve, Mildred Kerler, and Jacqueline Barbee. Not two but three cheerleading squads led Rocky High students in cheers this year. The additional squad was the Franklin fresh¬ man group, which was called the Rock Island high school freshman squad. Seven girls, two seniors and five juniors, handled the varsity cheers, with Colleen McGovern the captain. Others were senior Chloe Andich and juniors Joanne Kilcoin, Nancy Struve, Mildred Kerler, Jacqueline Barbee, and Nancy Gillespie. For the sophomores, five girls, who did part of their basketball cheering in new uniforms, led the cheers. They were Neva Kish, Barbara McGuire, Sally Osborne, Marion Sorenson, and Marjorie Van Wolve- laere. The new freshman squad gave a good ac¬ count of themselves during the football and basketball seasons, with June Chambers, Jayne Barber, Helen Boyer, Darlene Heaton, and Barbara Ann Moller leading the cheers. It’s the business of the cheerleaders to see that a generous amount of organized tumult is produced at athletic contests. The 1949- 1950 groups of cheerleaders did their work well. Row 1, 1 to r: Margie Van Wolvelaere. Neva Kish, Barbara McGuire, and Mar¬ ian Sorenson. Row 2, 1 to r: Janet Simmons, and Sally Osborne. Row 1. 1 to r: Helen Royer and Bar¬ bara Ann Moller. Row 2, 1 to r: Jayne Barber, Darlene Heaton, and June Chambers. 63 Jcctball 1. The Line 2. The Arm 3. The Muck 5. The Hands 4. The Fans 6. The Scoreboard 64 VatAitif SaAketball Row 1, 1 to r: Dick Thomas. Jim Engman, Joe Collier. Dick Petersen, Jack Shoemaker, and Jack Whan. Row 2. 1 to r: Coach Herbert L. Wagner. Bill Brown, Jerry Pirmann, Bob Todd. Dan Spence. Paul Lauritzen. Kenny Melow, Bob Berry, and Carl Aronson, assistant coach. Row 3. 1 to r: Sonny Kettering, trainer; Jerry Scott, Jim Gillman. Wayne Funk. George Duhlstine, head train¬ er; Maurie Van Speybroeck, Rusty Burwell, Sonny Reed, and Carl Larson, manager. Led by record-breaker Joe Collier, the 1949-1950 Rocky High basketball team be¬ came the second one in the history of the school to win 20 or more games, ending the season with a 20-9 mark. Coach Herbert L. Wagner’s boys captured the Northwest conference title with a record of nine wins and one setback. Inability to beat Davenport gave the Crimson a third- place rating in the Quad-City circuit. Collier set a new school scoring record with 504 points for 28 games and also set a new Northwest circuit scoring mark, hitting 180 points for the schedule. Collier made both the Champaign News-Gazette and Chi¬ cago Daily News first all-state basketball teams and placed on the first Northwest con¬ ference team. Dick Petersen, Jack Whan, Dick Thomas, Jim Engman, Jerry Pirman, Jack Shoemak¬ er, Jerry Scott, and sophomores Jerry Han¬ sen and Sharm Scheuerman were the rest of the boys who saw plenty of varsity action. The season’s record: R. I. 42 .Abingdon 44 R. I. 51 .Canton 24 R. I. 48 .Geneseo 23 R. I. 46 .East Moline 40 R. I. 60 .Kewanee 33 R. I. 52 .Thornton (Harvey) 37 R. I. 45 .Quincy 35 R. I. 44.Pekin 47 OT R. I. 69 . Niles 46 R. I. 53 .Belvidere 44 R. I. 40.West Aurora 44 R. I. 52 .Galesburg 45 R. I. 63 .Sterling 39 R. I. 53 .Moline 46 R. I. 55.Monmouth 48 R. I. 47 .Davenport 48 OT R. I. 50.East Moline 32 R. I. 37 .Quincy 47 R. I. 66 .Kewanee 41 R. I. 59 .West Rockford 68 R. I. 61 .Galesburg 40 R. I. 50.Moline 54 OT R. I. 57 .Monmouth 45 R. I. 47 .Davenport 54 R. I. 65 .Geneseo 31 R. I. 57.East Moline 46 R. I. 43.Moline 42 OT R. I. 52 .Morrison 27 R. I. 47.Sterling 50 65 Jim Engman goes up for a shot in the Kewanee game. Ready for a possible rebound are Joe Collier and Dick Peter¬ sen. ROCK ISLAND 42; ABINGDON 44 Almost but not quite was the case of the Islanders in their 1949-1950 season’s opener, as they dropped a 44-42 decision to Abing¬ don. Coming back from a 38-21 deficit to knot the count at 42-all, the Rocks, who saw only 18 of 89 shots fall through the hoops, lost the game in the last 42 seconds. ROCK ISLAND 51; CANTON 24 With Dick Petersen’s 16 points leading the way, the Rocks broke into the victory col¬ umn against Canton 51-24. Showing more poise and better ball-handling, the Wagner- men hit a respectable 30 per cent of their shots to win the game. Using their height to good advantage, the Islanders controlled the boards to win game No. 1 of the season. ROCK ISLAND 48; GENESEO 23 Completing their first double week end, the Rocks won their second straight game, over Geneseo, 48-23. With Dick Thomas and Joe Collier attending the All-State football banquet, Jack Whan and Jack Shoemaker took over the scoring board, hitting for 16 and 8 points, respectively. Scoring 17 points in the third period, the Rocks won going away. ROCK ISLAND 46; EAST MOLINE 40 With a third-quarter output that netted them 13 points while the Panthers picked up only 5 markers, the Rocks successfully opened their Northwest and Quad-City con¬ ference season by tripping previously un¬ beaten East Moline, 46-40. Joe Collier began his defense of the Northwest individual scor¬ ing crown by dumping in 14 points. ROCK ISLAND 60; KEWANEE 33 Hitting for 22 points in the third period while the Boilermakers managed to garner only 10, Rocky High’s basketeers pulled away to a 60-33 win over Kewanee to take undisputed first place in the Northwest con¬ ference. Joe Collier again sparked the Islanders, dropping in 17 markers in the last three periods after going scoreless in the first stanza. ROCK ISLAND 52; THORNTON (HARVEY) 37 Led by Joe Collier’s 25 points, the Rocks overpowered Thornton of Harvey 52-37. Jumping off to a 16-9 first-period lead, the Islanders were never headed. Runner up for the Rocks was Dick Thomas with 13 points, followed by Dick Petersen, who had 10. Hit¬ ting for 31 per cent of their shots, the Rocks chalked up their fifth win in a row. Collier tries a lay-up in the East Moline tilt. Jack Whan and two Panthers get set to rebound if Joe misses. 66 ROCK ISLAND 45; QUINCY 35 Playing an inspired ball game, Coach Herbert L. Wagner’s Rocks rocked a highly esteemed Quincy quintet 45-35 in the open¬ ing round of the Pekin invitational holiday tournament. It was the sixth straight ver¬ dict for the Rocks, who were led by center Dick Petersen’s 18 points. Holding Quincy scoreless while dialing nine straight points, the Rocks pulled to a 40-24 lead and held on to win. ROCK ISLAND 44; PEKIN 47 After leading 40-34 with 2 minutes and 10 seconds to go, the Rocks were overtaken by Pekin’s Chinks in an overtime period, 47- 44. Joe Collier’s 23 points weren’t quite enough as the host Chinks outscored the Rocks 7-4 in the overtime period. Inability to hit from the free throw line cost the Rocks the verdict, as they hit only 4 of 14 while Pekin canned 17 of 27 chances. The loss gave the Rocks second place in their first Christ¬ mas tournament. JOE COLLIER ROCK ISLAND 69; NILES (SKOKIE) 46 Exploding for their highest total of the season, the Rocks buried Niles Township high of Skokie, 69-46, in the opening round of the DeKalb holiday invitational tourna¬ ment. Taking command at the outset, the Crimson led 23-7 at the end of the first period. Joe Collier led the Rocks with 22 points, followed by Dick Petersen’s 11 mark¬ ers. After permitting the Skokie lads to get within shouting distance at 44-33, the Is¬ landers raced to a 63-43 lead. ROCK ISLAND 53; BELVIDERE 44 Breaking out in a scoring rash after a 38- 37 third quarter lead, the Rocks drove to a 53-44 decision over Belvidere. The Crimson had to overcome Belvidere’s height in win¬ ning their second victory in the DeKalb tournament and the right to move into the semifinals. Joe Collier picked up 14 points to lead the Rocks, getting fine support from Dick Petersen, who got 11, and Jack Whan, who came through with 9 markers. The Rocks hit for 20 baskets in 61 attempts. DICK THOMAS 67 JACK WHAN ROCK ISLAND 40; WEST AURORA 44 After playing their hearts out only to lose their touch in the last quarter, the Islanders’ bid for the DeKalb tournament title was stopped short by West Aurora, 44-40. Trail¬ ing 25-17 at halftime, the Wagnermen came up with a brilliant third quarter that gave them a 33-32 edge over the Aurorans, third- place winners in the state tourney last March. Joe Collier, who led the Islanders ' last half bid with 14 points, was high scorer with 17 points for the tilt. ROCK ISLAND 52; GALESBURG 45 Putting on a scoring drive that netted them eight points in the last 5 minutes and 28 seconds of the game, the Rocks downed Galesburg for their third straight Northwest Conference victory, 52-45. In a game that was a battle between Galesburg long-shot artists and the Islanders’ rebounding duo of Dick Petersen and Joe Collier, the rebound¬ ers won out as the two boys netted 30 points for the Islanders. Petersen picked up scor¬ ing honors, hitting 22 points. ROCK ISLAND 63; STERLING 39 Generating some steam in the second period, after trailing 15-10 at the end of the first quarter, the Rocks roared to a 63-39 decision over Sterling to usher in their first home game of the New Year in grand style. Although Joe Collier fouled out with 6 min¬ utes and 18 seconds left in the game, he led all scorers with 20 points. Dick Petersen was runnerup with 19, followed by Jerry Pirmann with 13. ROCK ISLAND 53; MOLINE 46 In this game the Wagnermen weathered a last half bid by Moline and downed the Maroons 53-46. The decision enabled the Rocks to keep in undisputed first place in both the Northwest and Quad-City confer¬ ences. Scorching the hoops for a 40 per cent average on their shots, the Rocks moved out to a 38-24 advantage with three minutes left in the third quarter and then held on de¬ fiantly in the face of an onrush of Maroon buckets. Joe Collier led both teams with 18 points. DICK PETERSEN 68 ROCK ISLAND 55; MONMOUTH 48 Rocky High’s cagers completed the first round of Northwest conference play solidly entrenched in the No. 1 spot after their 55- 48 conquest of Monmouth. The win raised the Islanders’ record to 12 wins and three setbacks. The scoring duo of Joe Collier and Dick Petersen collaborated for 35 points, 18 for Joe and 17 for Dick, the two becoming Nos. 1 and 3 in scoring for the Northwest conference. Quite warm, the Rocks hit on 22 shots in 72 tries from the field. ROCK ISLAND 47; DAVENPORT 48 Charity begins at home, but the Rocks’ 12 missed free throws lost the squad a 48-47 overtime decision. The nip-and-tuck affair threw the Quad-City conference race into a three-way tie for the top spot. Bob LeBuhn sunk the Islander hopes for a verdict over the Imps, pouring in 27 points; he was fol¬ lowed by Joe Collier with 20 markers. Dick Petersen and Jerry Pirmann each posted 10 points for the Rocks. JERRY PIRMANN JIM ENGMAN ROCK ISLAND 50; EAST MOLINE 32 Rocky High’s cagers added their sixth Northwest conference decision of the season to remain undefeated in the circuit with a 50-32 verdict over East Moline’s hoopsters. The victory boosted the Rocks into the No. 1 slot in Quad-City conference play. Putting the lid over the East Moline basket to start the second half, the Rocks limited the Panther scoring for the third period to a lone field goal, meanwhile increasing their mar¬ gin to 36-23 as the period ended. ROCK ISLAND 37; QUINCY 47 After leading 21-14 at halftime, the Rocks melted before a red-hot Quincy quintet that hit 50 per cent of its shots in the second half, and lost 47-37. With 1:40 left in the third quarter, Joe Collier left the tilt on fouls with the Islanders trailing 33-28. From that time, until two minutes had elapsed in the fourth quarter, the Crimson never scored a point, while the visitors raced to a 40-28 lead. 69 JACK SHOEMAKER ROCK ISLAND 66; KEWANEE 41 Joe Collier scorched the hoops for 27 points to lead the Islanders to a 66-41 deci¬ sion over Kewanee. The 27 points set a new individual school scoring record. In a furious second stanza, which saw the Rocks hit for nine buckets in 21 tries and Kewanee eight in 15 attempts, Collier and Jim Terry of Ke¬ wanee put on a dazzling scoring show for the fans, with each boy hitting for five baskets in six attempts. For the entire game, the Islanders hit for a 34 per cent shot average. ROCK ISLAND 58; WEST ROCKFORD 69 For the second time in as many nights, Joe Collier set a new school scoring record, toss¬ ing in 31 points. Despite Collier’s efforts, the Rocks dropped their third straight Saturday contest to West Rockford, 69-58. Although the Rocks outscored the hosts during the second half, they were unable to overcome a 14-point halftime deficit. During the first half, West Rockford hit over 50 per cent of its shots to lead 37-23 at halftime. ROCK ISLAND 61; GALESBURG 40 Joe Collier, scoring 18 out of 19 points scored by the Rocks in the second quarter, went on to rack up 31 points to lead the Wagnermen to a 61-40 win over Galesburg. The 31 points tied the conference scoring mark set by Ding Nass of Kewanee in the 1946-47 season. In winning the tilt, the Rocks clinched the Northwest conference title with a 8-0 record and raised their sea¬ son’s total to 15-6. ROCK ISLAND 50; MOLINE 54 OT Despite Joe Collier’s 21 points that set a new Northwest circuit scoring record, the Crimson basketeers dropped their third straight overtime decision of the campaign to Moline, 54-50. With a one-handed push shot in the last eight seconds of the fourth quarter, Collier sent the game into an over¬ time and raised his Northwest total to 161 for nine games. This smashed Kenny Lun- deen’s old record of 159 for ten tilts, set in the 1946-47 season. The Rocks hit for a 29.5 per cent of their shots in the game. JERRY SCOTT 70 ROCK ISLAND 57; MONMOUTH 45 Blanking Monmouth for five and a half minutes during the second and third periods, the Crimson captured their 16th decision in 23 starts and made their ninth win in 10 Northwest loop encounters. Joe Collier raised his Northwest conference scoring total to 180 points for the 10-game slate, scoring 19 points. Both teams started raggedly, but the Rocks perked up and hit a sharp 39.6 per cent of their shots. Jerry Hansen and Dick Thomas were runners-up in scoring with nine points each. ROCK ISLAND 47; DAVENPORT 54 Inability to get their scoring machine in gear during the first quarter, while allow¬ ing Davenport to slip through for 16 points, cost the Islander cagers a 54-47 verdict to the Imps in their last regularly scheduled game of the season. Playing a lackluster game both on offense and defense, the Crim¬ son were unable to play their own brand of basketball and consequently tried to beat the Imps at their own game, but were sadly outfought and outplayed. ROCK ISLAND 65; GENESEO 31 Opening regional tournament play at East Moline, the Rocks ran away from Geneseo, 65-31. After an unimpressive start, Coach Herbert L. Wagner’s quintet woke up mid¬ way in the first quarter and increased a 5-4 lead to 20-4, before the Maple Leafs hit again from the field, with two minutes gone in the second period. Jerry Hansen led the scoring with 17 points, followed by Joe Collier with 15. ROCK ISLAND 57; EAST MOLINE 46 Using a fast break with a good deal of success in spots, the blazing basketeers from Rocky High dumped East Moline, 57-46. Connecting on 22 baskets in 50 pokes, the Rocks had one of their hottest nights of the season. For the third time this season, Jim Engman did a fine guarding job on East Moline star Bobby Hart, holding him to less than 10 points in each engagement. Joe Col¬ lier’s 22 points were high for the Rocks, with Dick Thomas second with 16. 71 ROCK ISLAND 52; MORRISON 27 Jumping off to a 9-1 first-period lead, the Crimson hardly had to work up a sweat to down a slow-moving Morrison five 52-27. It took nine minutes and eight seconds before the Morrison club dented the scoreboard with a field goal and then another nine min¬ utes and one second before they connected from the field a second time. Joe Collier’s 16 points led the Rocks. Jack Whan and Dick Petersen each had 11 markers. Dick Petersen flips a hook shot at the basket over the head of the defending Kewanee player. Joe Collier stands ready if Pete should miss. ROCK ISLAND 43; MOLINE 42 OT An overtime triumph over Moline, which was made all the sweeter by three previous extra-period setbacks, put the Islanders into the sectional tournament. The Wagnermen survived a chilly first period, then raced to a 39-32 fourth-quarter lead, and after blowing that, came roaring back for the decision in a whirlwind finish. Joe Collier was high scor¬ er in the tilt with 17 points. Jack Whan’s only bucket meant the game for the Rocks. ROCK ISLAND 47; STERLING 50 Winding up the season in a disappointing night of frustration that at times threatened to be a comeback victory, the Rocks bowed to Sterling 50-47. A hot Sterling first quar¬ ter, which put them out in front of the Wag¬ nermen, 21-10, at the quarter, meant the difference in the tilt, as the Rocks outscored their opponents the rest of the game. The tilt marked the end of the trail for Joe Collier, Jim Engman, Jack Shoemaker, Dick Thomas, and Jack Whan. cpkcfncre fiaAketball Row 1. 1 to r: Les Scott, Dan Firth. Jerry Elston, Jerry Hansen, Sharm Scheuerman, Jack Evans, and Jay Clay- man. Row 2, 1 to r: Jim Gilmore, Stuart Thoms. Ward Good¬ win, Bob Riese, Tom Hendrick, and Dale Malban. Row 3, 1 to r: Coach Lyle Jones. Gary Burwell, mana¬ ger, Jim Smith. Dan Remy, Kenny Maier, Bob Elson. manager; and Harold V. Almquist, coach. Winning 15 of 18 tilts, the Rocky High in the season, one that they more than made sophomore cagers rolled up an impressive up for later. record under the tutoring of Coaches Lyle r j 54 .Geneseo 28 Jones and Harold V. Almquist. r I 44 ;.; 4 .East Moline 21 Sharm Scheuerman and Jack Evans filled R. I. 38 .Kewanee 47 the forward slots, Jerry Hansen worked the R. I. 40 . St. Ambrose 36 pivot post, and Jerry Elston and Les Scott R. I. 53 .Galesburg 23 handled the guard slots. Dan Firth and Tom R. I. 45 .Sterling 26 Hendrick also saw plenty of action for the R. I. 42 .St. Ambrose 20 Pebbles. R. I. 46.John Deere 17 The sophomores nailed down a tie for first R. I- 32 .Monmouth 33 place in the Quad-City conference by down- R. I. 33 .Davenport 34 ing previously undefeated Davenport in the R- I- 47.East Moline 23 last game of the season, and also took second R. I- 40 .Coolidge 31 place in the Northwest circuit. R. I. 49 .Kewanee 40 Two of the Little Rocks’three losses were R 54 .Galesburg 22 by a one-point margin, a 34-33 defeat at the R- L 58 .John Deere 27 hands of Davenport and a 33-32 loss to Mon- R iJ. 47 .Coolidge 39 mouth, both of which they later defeated. R f. 54.Monmouth 32 Their only other loss was to Kewanee early R. I. 49 .Davenport 47 73 SaAketball JJatfc yta j . 1. Going up. 2. Freshman city champs. 3. Lookin’ for something? 4. A lesson in ballet. 5. Kinda crowded. 6. Y-League champs. Wre Ailing Row 1. 1 to r: Tom DeVoss. Don Rudd. George Hed- strom, Rudy Kohlinchinsky. Alan Vanderhayden. Larry Dohler, Gary Ostrom. Wayne Watkins, Lee Tobin, Dick Hardwick, and Wayne Foster. Row 2, 1 to r: Andy Kean, manager; Jon Arp. Ron Dax- on, Don Bealer, Maurle Marble. Harold Schroder. Kenny Mills, Don Lenger, John Ewert, Lloyd Corwin, and Don Wilson, manager. Row 3. 1 to r: Tom Blumenthal, Dale Nelson, Kenny Reem, Warren Ostrom. Tom Holst. Earle McBride. Jim Dierolf, Neil Summers, Bob Nelson, and Coach Kenneth E. Greene. Grappling their way through another suc¬ cessful season, Coach Kenneth E. Greene’s wrestlers compiled a record of five won and five lost dual meets, garnered third place in the Davenport Invitational meet and a Quad¬ rangular go, placed second in the sectionals, and tied for fith at state. Tom DeVoss placed second at state in the 103-pound class to lead the Rocks, while heavyweight Dale Nelson and 132-pounder Neil Summers captured third places. Rudy Kolinchinsky, 112-pounder; George Hedstrom, last year’s 105-pound state champ wrestling in the 120 -pound division this year; and Don Rudd in the 127-pound class all captured fourth-place honors. In the other weights Mr. Greene depended on Lee Tobin in the 95-pound class; Kenny Mills at 138 pounds; Bob Nelson, Jack Su- man, and Frank Witt in the 145-pound di¬ vision; Bob Newbern in the 155-pound class, and Morrie Marble and Harold Schroder at 165 pounds. The sophomore matmen wrestled their way to an undefeated season record as they came out on top five times and tied in a sixth meet. The tie, with Moline, came in the last meet of the season. The season records follow: Varsity: R. I. 14.Davenport 29 R. I. 30.Sterling 8 R. I. 27 .Clinton 6 R. I. 11.Moline 24 R. I. 6 .Davenport 31 R. I. 30.Clinton 18 R. I. 18 .Pekin 16 R. I. 21.Proviso 9 R. I. 11 .New Trier 27 R. I. 16 .Moline 21 Davenport Invitational.3d Quadrangular .3d Sectional .2nd State meet .5th (tie) Soph: R. I. 23.Davenport 19 R. I. 22.Clinton 19 R. I. 35.Moline 8 R. I. 22 ..Davenport 21 R. I. 31 . Clinton 10 R. I. 19 . Moline 19 75 “Track Row 1, 1 to r: Gene Acuff, Jay dayman. Jim Cobb. Jack Lundskow. Charlie VanderLinden. Don Osborne. Bob Minton. Harry Iglehart. Carl Jefferson. Kenny Rogers, Dick Pieper. Row 2. 1 to r: Lynn Atkins. Virgil Gross. Irwin Rietz, Sonny Reed, Connie Andrews, Dick Ballinger, Jack Graham, Dick Bunch, Troy Bland, Dick Peterson, Wayne Stechman. Bob Resch. Row 3, 1 to r: Don Manhard, Bob Wheelan. Pat Darby, Kenneth Cook, John Murrah, Don Logan, Bill Henson, Cary Angel, Jack Voss, Jerry Fout, Don Wilson. Row 4, 1 to r: Jim Montgomery. Bob Holdorf, Wayne Worker. Jim Knoblauch, Louie Ellis. Jack Hunter, Dick Bennett, Glen Soderstrom, Dan Remy. Bob Gunther, John Potter. Ronald Guthrie, John Romans, Coach W. L. Kim- mel. Sonny Kettering. Row 5. 1 to r: Kenny Reem. Dick Petersen. Jim Horst. Jerry Elston. George Coin, Ward Goodwin, Roy Quick. Bob De Koster, Coach Howard M. Lundeen, Dick Klauer. Already having captured nine Northwest conference titles and eight district crowns in eleven years, Coach W. L. Kimmel posted another fine season in track at Rocky High. With such returnees as Don Manhard, Dick Thomas, Sonny Reed, Harold Dorman, and Jerry Pirmann in the field events, and Carl Jefferson, Vernon Mack, Irwin Rietz, A1 Brelsford, Maurie Van Speybroeck, Thomas, Pirmann, and Dick Ballinger in the track events, the 1950 Islander track squad had a fine season. Starting the season with a meet against Dubuque on April 8 and carrying through the Northwest meet at Kewanee on May 27, and up to their last meet of the season, the Quad City at Davenport on May 31 and June 1, the Rocky High thinclads lived up to the fine reputation that Islander track squads have built up through the years. Coach W. L. Kimmel gives a few pointers to thinclads Carl Jefferson, Dick Klauer, and Don Manhard. 76 fiaAeball Row l, 1 to r: Carol Corwin, Bud Jackson. Ray Regal, Jim Gillman. John Westerbeck, Ben Cutler, Don Paulsen, Marvin Kempf. Row 2, 1 to r: Fred Moore, Jerry Elston. Wayne Funk, Gus Clark, Cy Dietz, Dave Hopley, Jim Everly, Don Rowe. John Ewert, Dino Ganakes. Row 3. 1 to r: Dave Langston. Dan Remy. Bob Berry, Harold Dorman, Jesse Andereck, John DeVos, Kenny Starting almost from scratch, Coach Carl Aronson and his assistant, Lyle Jones, mold¬ ed together a fine Islander nine. With a host of hurlers led by Jim Everly, Gus Clark, Don Rowe, John Westerbeck, and Jerry Elston, the Islanders had a fine mound corps. Sharing the catching duties were Bud Jackson, Ben Cutler, Don Paulsen, and Rusty Burwell. In the infield, Joe Collier and Ray Re¬ gal played the first sack, with Bob Berry and Kent Nelson at second. Cy Dietz and Sharm Scheuerman operated at shortstop, and Wayne Funk and Marv Kemp worked the hot corner. In the outfield, Dave Hopley, Jack Suman, Jim Gilman, Harold Dorman, and Neil Sum¬ mers saw action for the Rocks. Maier, Jay dayman. Manager Dave Greenberg, Larry Wald. Row 4, 1 to r: Coach Carl (Boats) Aronson, Trainer George E. Duhlstine. Kayo Porter, Lloyd Corwin. Kenny Reem, Ronald Janetzke, Bill Drovesky, Louie Ellis, John Flynn. Tom Hendrick, Leon Bunch. A1 Hanson, Coach Lyle Jones. Coach Carl Aronson is passing on a few hints to three of his pitchers, Gus Clark, Jim Everly. and John Westerbeck. 77 (jcl and TenniA Left to Right: George McDonald. Larry Sutterman. Ron Janetzke. Art Finklestein, John Henneman. and Dan Spence. Under the sponsorship of James R. Clark, the golf team improved its fall record during spring play. Using Saukie golf course as their home base, the golfers, led by Dan Spence, Art Finkelstein, Ron Janetzke, Lar¬ ry Sutterman, John Henneman, and George McDonald, played some fine golf during their spring season. To start the spring season, Clifford Herbst was made coach of both boys’ and girls’ ten¬ nis, replacing sponsors Martha Miller, who was retained as chaperon for the girls, and George H. McMaster. Helping Mr. Herbst make his coaching debut a successful one were Joan Deyo, Beverly Bolt, Lucil le Shrader, Doreen LaMere, Sue Thompson, and Luella Meek on the girls’ team; and Dave Pearson, Paul Lauritzen, Wayne Bartley, Don Pleasants, Kenny Melow, Tom Blumenthal, and Cy Dietz posted a fine record in boys’ competi¬ tion. Both the girls’ and boys’ squads had fine fall records, with the girls beating an East Moline outfit that had won the Quad-City tournament. Pearson and Dietz went through the boys’ fall season without a defeat in doubles competition. 78 How 1, 1 to r: Joan Deyo, Beverly Bolt, Lucille Shrader, Joanne Coffield, and Doreen LaMere. Row 2, 1 to r: Sally Erickson. Yvonne Van De Sompele, Sue Thompson. Marianne Russell. Carolyn Ramsey, and Luella Meek. Left to right: Earle McBride. Wayne Bartley. A1 Chev¬ alier, Max Campbell, Bob Moffitt, George Ray. Peter Lauritzen. Tom Blumenthal, Cy Dietz, Dave Pearson, and Paul Lauritzen. 79 Jrej tfttah Row 1, 1 to r: Jack Ellis. Don McKinley. George Camp- Row 3. 1 to r: Dick Crouse. Forrest Zentic. Harold bell. Gene Perry. Roger Varner. Max Stark, and Jack Crouse, Peter Burks. Harvey Matteson, coach. Bill Geis- Nichol. ler, Earl Barkhurst. manager, and Bob MacDougall. Row 2, 1 to r: Harold Krause. Harold Borst, Dick Wight, Darrell Edgar. Earl Robinson, and Don Schroeder. For the first time since the high school plant was constructed, it was represented by freshmen teams. The frosh, orphaned by the remodeling of Franklin junior high, forged successfully through the football, basketball, and track seasons. Coached by Harvey Matteson and Jim Largent, the ninth-grade gridders rolled over Central 12-6 and John Deere of Mo¬ line 13-6. Central came back to win the second tilt, and East Moline and Coolidge of Moline also downed them. Washington notched two victories over the freshmen. Quarterback Jack Ellis was flanked by halfbacks Don Schroeder and Bob Fane, while Dick Wight operated as fullback. Roger Varner played center with Darrell Edgar and Bob Stewart as tackles and George Campbell and Max Stark at the guard slots. Bill Geisler and Harold Crouse worked one end, while Chuck Hofman and Bob Carel handled the other. The frosh cagers captured the city crown and gained second-place honors in the Tri- City loop under the coaching of James L. Reed and Mr. Matteson. Regulars on the squad were Bill Geisler, Harold Crouse, and Jack Ellis, along with Don Schroeder and Forrest Zentic, who traded off with Dick Wight. The freshmen five won all their city games. East Moline topped them twice, and John Deere accounted for their only other loss of the season. Bill Geisler dominated the shot put all through the season for the ninth-grade track team. Don Schroeder was the top dash man and was backed by Bill Estes. The thinclads’ two big meets were the City and Tri-City contests. 80 flctMtieA 81 September tv June 1. Open house 4. Fathers of football team members are honored at 2. Little pigs at a slumber party Quincy game. 3. We’re all smiles ’cause it’s 3:20. 5. And be sure you get that piece over there. SEPTEMBER With only tans and memories left from summer days, students and teachers pre¬ pared to settle down to nine months work— and good times. New and old members were welcomed to clubs and most of the officers were elected. The first fall Crier was given out, class elections were begun, and the foot¬ ball season was off to a good start. OCTOBER Rocky High teemed with activity this month as juniors took state tests, teachers attended institute, four students traveled to Urbana for a press conference, class pictures were taken, and the homecoming dance was held. Smiles and tears were seen when the first report cards of the year were issued. Sure we’re winning the game! 82 1. Third-year speech students present “Why the Chimes 3. Potential driving experts. Rang’ for assembly. 4. What are you thinking about Joel? 2. So it’s raining! So what? NOVEMBER Your football team ended the season un¬ defeated, untied, and Northwest conference champs. The girls’ declamation contest was a success for Rock Island, the Dramatic club play was given, and open house for parents was held. DECEMBER Accentuating the Christmas spirit were activities such as the Glee club program, band concert, and Snow Ball. As students gaily prepared for the holidays, the festive mood was in part broken by the burning of Central junior high school. But you had a warmer Christmas spirit at being able to play host to the 393 new junior high school stu¬ dents. Senior girls who did practice teaching the second semester are. standing, left to right. Betty Fitch. Marilyn Lawson. Geraldine Handelman. Joan Stromer. Betty Fuller. Arvalea Bunning. and seated. Janis Wood. 83 1. Camera club boys prepare for pictures and more pictures. 2. Well, figure it out for yourself. 3. Marguerite Shoemaker presents “Deep Sea Diving’ for assembly. JANUARY Although most of you probably found it difficult to get back in the swing after vaca¬ tion, the varsity basketball team was really on the ball and setting a good record. “Seven¬ teenth Summer” was given by Speech II stu¬ dents. FEBRUARY The year seemed to be flying past and it was time for College Day already, and for juniors and seniors to think about future plans. The boys’ declamation contest was held and the FHA sponsored an All-School Valentine dance. The basketball team gained the Northwest conference crown. MARCH March came in like a lion and the cold weather and low coal supply brought threats of Rocky High’s closing. But students and teachers shivered through the crisis until the coal strike ended. Rock Island took top 4. Teachers have to eat too. 5. They always leave their tables messy, don’t they. Rusty? 6. The fire destroying Central junior high school caused 393 new students to be added to Rocky’s ranks. honors at the sectional speech contest; the junior class play was given; and the CYC and Canteen sponsored St. Patrick’s day dances. APRIL Easter vacation and teachers’ B. I. E. insti¬ tute shortened three weeks to four days each. The State speech contest was held in Champaign, and the Glee club presented “Meet Arizona.” MAY Year-end activities included the senior class play, band concert, Junior - Senior Prom, and National Honor society banquet. JUNE The band banquet, baccalaureate, class night, and graduation ended high school life for seniors; underclassmen left Rocky for only three months. 85 1 . A cheer for our team 4. Don’t block traffic, b oys. 2. It’s Lettermen vs. faculty, and the faculty’s win- 5. Lunch time in the cafeteria ning! 6. St. Patrick’s day at the CYC 3. Dramatic club play cast gets madeup. 7. Our pride 86 The Boys’ Hi-Y, jointly supported by the high school and the Y.M.C.A., is one of Rock Island high school’s biggest boys’ organiza¬ tions. With a membership of well over seven¬ ty the club features a platform of clean speech, clean sportsmanship, and good schol¬ arship. Meetings are held every third Monday at the Y. M. C. A. under the leadership and direction of sponsors Dale Holmgrain and Bill Dahlen from the “Y” and John M. Huckins from the high school. At each meeting there is a short business session and some kind of entertainment. This includes movies, stunts, or speakers. Speak¬ ers this year were Chuck Harrison, news di¬ rector of WHBF; Dr. Conrad Bergendoff, president of Augustana college; and Coach Harold V. Almquist from the high school. After the entertainment there were refresh¬ ments and a swim. High lights of the year’s activities were two trips to Iowa City for college football games, co-sponsorship of Lenten services at high school during Holy Week, an overnight trip to Camp Hauberg, and trips by Hi-Y representatives to the state Hi-Y convention. The club, which is affiliated with the na¬ tional and state Hi-Y clubs, elected five of- Sttfi ' w- y John Swisher, secretary; Robert Wheelan, vice-presi¬ dent; David Pearson, sergeant-at-arms; Robert Minton, treasurer; Maurice Van Speybroeck, p resident. ficers: Maurice Van Speybroeck, president; Robert Wheelan, vice-president; John Swisher, secretary; Robert Minton, treasur¬ er; Richard Thomas, chaplain; and David Pearson, sergeant-at-arms. There were three committees appointed this year that took a big part in Hi-Y work. These were the entertainment committee, the publicity committee, and the refresh¬ ment committee. Heads of these committees were John Tait, Clayton Burton, and Cyrus Dietz. Row 1: Harold Schroder. Donnell Carnes. Jerry Fout, Row 2: John Schrage. Richard Liedtke. Kenneth Peter- David Hopley, David Pearson, Robert Moffitt, Joseph son, Robert Lodge. Senatra. 87 Slack Hau k Charleen Manuel, council; Phyllis Stanley, council; Marianne Russell, keeper of the birchbark; Jeanne Ohlweiler. sachem; Janet Burgess, chief; John Schrage. council. (Absent from picture, John Tait. council.) One of the largest and most popular of the clubs at Rock Island high school is the Black Hawk tribe. The club completed its twenty- second year with a membership of 116. Because the tribe is so outstanding, • the membership is limited. Any sophomore may join, but juniors and seniors are admitted by invitation only because they did not join when they were sophomores. The tribe is connected with the social stu¬ dies department of the high school. Its motto is “Follow the trail—the trail of history.” Regular meetings of the tribe were held the second Tuesday of each month. The pro- Row 1: Elaine Soderberg, Joanne Coffland. Donna Ohms, June Goodwin. Joan Deyo. Cathryn N : ssen. Carole Gonse, Janet McMahon. Phyllis Stanley. Patricia Hixson. Barbara Gossen. Row 2: Nancy Shetter, Beth Ann Bell. Marilyn Lerner, Elaine Summers, Nancy Plantz, Joyce Wel ch, Betty Stoit. Emma Livengood, Patricia Schmidt. Margie Kempe, Patricia Koch. Row 3: Barbara Hoben. Sylvia Pullman, Beverly Bud- er, Marjorie Van Wolvelaere, Eleanore Tebbe. Joyce Lebermann. Faye Asquith, Ann McLellan, Nancy Simmon. Milles Kellogg. Row 4: Sally Thonn, Kay Holst. Barbara McGuire. Wil¬ liam Burgess. Randall Peterson, Robert Boeye, James Hogan. George Coin. 88 Row 1: Arlene Clanton, Janis Wood, Barbara Hickman. Sheldon Frank, David Brady, Lawrence Sutterman. Mari- jo Shanes, Regina Pilcher. John Swisher, Alan Cronau. Row 2: Berta Weiler, Luella Meek, Patricia Lane, Don¬ na Palmer. Louise Holub, Chloe Andich, Joanne Bladel, Joan Lee. Cyrus Dietz. grams were presented in the form of lec¬ tures, discussions, and motion pictures. Re¬ freshments were served at the close of th e meetings. The Christmas dinner party was one of the outstanding events. New members were initiated at this meeting. Row 3: Carolyn Ericksen. Susan Thompson. Karlee Buhman, Grace Anderson, Betty Cantrall, Betty Schaum. Joyce Ruysbroeck, Betty Fuller. Jerry Schiller. Row 4: Luray Thoms. Nancy Exner. Shirley Leibovitz. Patricia Bradshaw, Joie Angle, Tom Holtz, Richard Pitschke. Tribe officers this year were Janet Bur¬ gess, chief; Jeanne Ohlweiler, sachem; Ma¬ rianne Russell, keeper of t h e birchbark; Phyllis Stanley, Charleen Manuel, John Tait, and Jack Schrage, members of the council. John H. Shantz and P. J. Martin are the faculty sponsors of the tribe. Row 1: Sally Osborne. Carolyn W’essel. Anne Slenker, Arlene Rice. Janice Sieben, Phyllis Stanley, Jeanne Ohl¬ weiler. Janet Burgess. Row 2: Janis Strume, Mary Ellen McCabe. Helen Han¬ son. Linda Hanson. Patricia Porter, Marianne Russell, Charleen Manuel. Row 3: Delores Wise. Fay Moskaloff. John Schrage. George (Pat) Schneider. 89 Camera Club Roald Fryxell. vice-president; Barbara Pruden, secretary; Richard Pitschke, president. Member participation in the Camera club reached a new high this year. The 50 active members of the club learned the real mean¬ ing of photography. Most of the members are able to develop, process, and enlarge the pictures they have taken. Camera club members have entered their prints in a number of salons, including the Scholastic-Ansco, Davenport, Tri-City Cine¬ ma, and Kodak High School Photographic Awards. Thelma Pieper and Bill Burgess came through with some prize-winning prints. The judging of local salons was in the capable hands of Sara Mae McElhinney and P. J. Martin. Carolyn Ramsey was the salon chairman. Robyn Wright served as program chair¬ man for the bimonthly meetings and ar¬ ranged some interesting demonstrations by advanced members. The darkroom was altered this year to accommodate the large number of members who used its facilities. Joe Johnson, dark¬ room chairman, had quite a job keeping things in order. Lauretta Royal. Peter Lauritzen. Thelma Pieper, dark¬ room chairman Joseph Johnson. Eleanore Tebbe. Edna McRoy, Beverly Buder. 90 John Schrage. Robert Mangelsdorf. Walter Whisler, Wil- Pruden. Richard Pitschke, Roald Fryxell. Sheldon Frank, liam Burgess. Robert Rosene. Adrian Arday, Carol Tebbe, Donnell Carnes. Betty Lou Berg. Robyn Wright, Carolyn Ramsey. Barbara The officers this year were Richard Pit¬ schke, president; Roald Fryxell, vice-presi¬ dent; and Barbara Pruden, secretary. One of the new features introduced this year by the club sponsor, George H. McMas- ter, was the point system. Peter Lauritzen, point chairman, kept a record of each mem¬ ber’s points. This stirred up competition, for each member was eager to have the highest possible number of points. Points were given for regular meeting attendance, salon en¬ tries and winners, and for working in the concession stand during the basketball sea¬ son. Every spring the members take a trip to a scenic spot nearby loaded down with pho¬ tographic equipment and food and spend the day roughing it and taking pictures. After the pictures are developed the mem¬ bers have a great time comparing and rating the pictures. David Wetzel. Donald Bush. Kenneth Cook, Duane Linda Hanson. Delores Wise. Janet Stoebe. Delores Vint. Poe, Charleen Manuel, Jeanne Ohlweiler, Joyce W r elch, Marlene Vanderbilt. 91 Cut tent € Vent A Club David Pearson, vice-president; Betty Lou Nelson, secretary ; Karlee Buhman, president. The Current Events club is one of the high school’s newest clubs, but it is an active organization with a growing membership. The purpose of the club is to promote in¬ terest in community, national, and interna¬ tional problems by encouraging students to express their ideas on controversial issues. Topics such as the Community Chest, communism, and the national debt were dis¬ cussed at monthly meetings. This year’s officers were Karlee Buhman, president; David Pearson, vice-president; and Betty Nelson, secretary. The faculty sponsor is Kathryn Callihan, instructor in social studies. Row 1: Luella Meek, Luray Thoms. Karlee Buhman. Susan Thompson. Joan Deyo. Patricia Bradshaw. Con¬ stance Nowack, Donna Ohms, Doris Canum. Arvalea Bun- ning, Betty Lou Nelson. Marianne Russell. Jeanne Ohl- weiler. Instructor Kathryn Callihan. Row 2: Ronald Janetzke. David Pearson. Edward Lar¬ son. David Brady. Clark Holmes. David Hopley, James Everly, Lawrence Sutterman, Sheldon Frank. Alan Cron- au, George McDonald, Stuart Lefstein. 93 If Canteen Row 1: Nancy Shetter, Janet Stoebe. Beverly Bolt, Row 2: Virginia Willming, Robert Resch, Donald Coop- Doreen LaMere, Donna Bartell, Adele Stone, Marianne er, Warren De Bord, Nancy Plantz, Katherine Moody. Russell. Row 3: Paul Parker. Russell Vanderwall, William Dah- len, sponsor; Bruce Harders. Burton Hobson. The Y Canteen, one of the favorite recreation centers for the students at Rock Island high school held the last dance of the 1949-1950 season at the Y.M.C.A. in June and closed its doors for the summer, ending one of its most successful seasons. Sponsors of the canteen were Dale Holm- grain of the Y.M.C.A. and Ruth Koch of the Y.W.C.A. Burton Hobson was elected gen¬ eral chairman of the high school committee and Nancy Plantz acted as secretary. This year saw the installation of a new television set; so the students were able to enjoy many of the local broadcasts. In addi¬ tion to this were ping-pong and dancing. Enthusiasm was at its best after the Sat¬ urday night basketball games and during the several special dances which were held at various times throughout the year. The best of these was the New Year’s Eve party and the dance held March 18 in honor of St. Patrick’s day. New Year’s Eve the can¬ teen was open from 9 o’clock until two. Re¬ freshments were served. There was fun to be had too, in spite of the hard work, at the Saturday afternoon decorating sessions of the committee mem¬ bers. Decorations during the year consisted of crepe paper and gaily painted lanterns. This was the tenth year that the canteen has been open to Rocky High students. Behind the counter 94 Don’t fall. Doreen! 1. Coke? 2. Maybe they’re afraid of girls. 3. On the dance floor FUN AT THE Y CANTEEN 4. Ping-pong’s tricky, isn’t it, Larry? 5. Looks as if Tom put on a funny record. 6. Just relaxing a bit 95 fcramatic Club Adele Stone, treasurer; Lawrence Sutterman. president; Nancy Plantz, secretary; George (Pat) Schneider, vice-president. Following tradition, the 1949-1950 Dra¬ matic club year of Rock Island high school drew to a successful close. The club, boast¬ ing a membership of approximately one hun¬ dred ten students, was under the sole spon¬ sorship of E. Dorothy Peterson. The object of this club is to encourage in¬ terest and appreciation of dramatics by par¬ ticipation in student programs. Regular club meetings were held on one Wednesday of each month in the Little The¬ ater. Short impromptu skits or rehearsed one-act plays were enjoyed by the large groups attending. To qualify for membership in the Dra¬ matic club, a student must be a junior or a senior who has had at least one year of speech or is enrolled in a speech class. Row 1: Luella Meek. Karlee Buhman. Susan Thomp- Row 2: Patricia Witt. Tommy Lynn Stanley. Alan Cron- son. Marilyn Lerner. Luray Thoms. Janet Burgess, Janis au. Ronald Janetzke. Charles Christner. Richard Johnson. Wood. Carolyn Woeber. Betty Fuller. Louise Holub, Bar- David Brady, Lawrence Sutterman. George Schneider, bara Hickman. Betty Cantrall, Marion Marshall, Marcia Roald Fryxell. Donald Paulsen. Richard Schoeve. Beth Lindorff Ann Bel1 - Nancy Shetter. 96 Row 1: Carolyn Ramsey, Adele Stone. Beulah Stowe, Jeanette Swanson, Barbara Palmer. Betty Bishop, Susan Matteson, Carolyn Ericksen, Charleen Manuel, Jeanne Ohlweiler. Erlane Dauffenbach. Joan Deyo, Grace Ander¬ son. Lola Louck, Loretta Reddick, Lorretta Foster, Jean Emrick. Two special party-meetings high-lighted the year. The first was the Christmas pro¬ gressive party, and the second, the spring theater party. Annually, the Dramatic club presents a play production. This year’s play, “Mother Is a Freshman,” proved to be a dramatic as well as a financial success. A clever short skit, “The Stage Coach,” Row 2: Arlene Clanton, Joie Angle. Patricia Hartnett, Janet Knouse. Sheldon Frank, Tom Holst. John Schrage, Robert DeKoster, Tom Wallace, Franz Helpenstell, Nancy Plantz, Darlene Daniels. Joyce Peterson. Constance No- wack, Joan Stromer, Mildred Davis. which was used in the fall organizations as¬ sembly was also presented at the Fort the¬ ater for education week, at Augustana Col¬ lege for the Student Union, and at the Ge- neseo Dramatic club. The officers for the 1949-1950 school year were: president, Lawrence Sutterman; vice- president, George Schneider; secretary, Nan¬ cy Plantz; and treasurer, Adele Stone. Row 1: Delona Spellmeyer. Carol Sellers. Neva Belcher. Virginia Willming, Doris Canum. Wanda Livengood, Ar- valea Bunning. Chloe Andich. June Goodwin. Ro Orla Gish. Marilyn Lawson. Patricia Bradshaw, Beverly Bolt. Row 2: George Kieffer. George Arbaugh, Charles Heri- ford. Donald Hains. John Wangelin, David Pearson, James Largent. Warren DeBord. Benjamin Cutler. Paul Parker. Glen Soderstrom, Donald Pleasants, Deane Holliday. 97 Jrenck Club Row l: Sylvia Swisher. Joie Angle, Mary Lou Dierks. Patricia Edler, Jean Hinman. Grace Anderson. Ronald Roberts. Row 2: Nancy Puscas, Shirlee Bergstrom. Patricia Hart¬ nett. Nancy Sheldon, Beverly Bolt, Beverly Buder, Yvonne Van De Sompele. The French club has been very active this year in spite of the fact that there was only one class, that being a second-year group. In the fall of 1949 the following officers were elected: Beverly Bolt, president; Joie Angle, vice-president; and Yvonne Van De Sompele, secretary-treasurer. Malvina M. Caloine is the sponsor of the club. One of the French club’s most outstanding projects this year was giving aid to a family in France. Boxes of clothes and food were sent, and many gifts at Christmas. Robert Meynial, one of the younger boys in the French family, was in the hospital and the students sent him cards and gifts. A big event of the club year was the an¬ nual Christmas party. An enthusiastic group sang French songs, ate delicious food, held a gift exchange, and heard an entertaining program. In February the club journeyed to Iowa City to see a French movie, where they made good use of their knowledge of French. Beverly Bolt, president Joie Angle, vice-president Yvonne Van De Sompele, secretary-treasurer 98 Ume CccHwicA Club Jacqueline Boetje. vice-president; Joyce Boetje. treasurer; Carole Gonse. secretary; June Goodwin, president. Marking the fourth year since becoming a part of the Future Homemakers of Ameri¬ ca, the Home Economics club has had a busy year. Among the high lights of the year were a Christmas turkey dinner prepared and served by the girls and an All-School Valen¬ tine Dance which the club sponsored. In the spring a mother-daughter tea feat¬ ured a style show of clothes modeled by the girls who made them. A farewell party was held to honor the graduating seniors who were members. This year’s officers were: June Goodwin, president; Jacqueline Boetje, vice-president; Carole Gonse, secretary; and Joyce Boetje. treasurer. How 1: Carole Gonse. Jacqueline Vedell. Joyce Boetje, Row 2: Rose Marie Fox. Evelyn Cline. Patricia Montz, Elaine Larson, Betty Flodeen, Jacqueline Boetje, Judith June Goodwin, Jean Emrick, Janice Gordon. Benson, Wanda Livengood. Row ' 3: Darlene Carey. La Vonne Schulz, Gilda Jacob¬ son, Carole Gordon. Loura Anderson. 99 (jirU ‘ Athletic A cciatm Luella Meek, secretary; Louise Holub, president; Gilda Jacobson, treasurer. The third Tuesday of each month of the 1949-50 season brought fun and refreshment for every girl who was a member of the Girls’ Athletic association. Under the direc¬ tion of the club’s officers, President Louise Holub, Secretary Luella Meek, and Treas¬ urer Gilda Jacobson, the G. A. A. provided something new and different at every meet¬ ing. Perhaps it was a hike, a treasure hunt, a wiener roast, or maybe just a song fest in the activity room. Whatever the activity, the informal atmosphere gave many girls opportunities to make new friends. Numerous awards were earned by the girls in the G. A. A. Any girl who starts to work for awards in her sophomore year is eligible to receive pins, numerals, and let¬ ters. The credit point system is used in winning these awards. Participation in out¬ door sports and intramural sports and the establishing cf certain health habits are among the many ways of earning points. The serious side of the Girls’ Athletic as¬ sociation is found in the initiation pledge, which states: “I promise to uphold the ideals of the Girls’ Athletic association by promot¬ ing interest in athletics and the out-of-doors; by living so that I may be healthy and strong; by making good sportsmanship a constant factor in my conduct.” Row 1: Jean Emrick, Lorretta Foster, Henryetta Kish, Rita Pingel. Mary Ann Nelson, Helen Shuck. Alice Butcher. Kathryn Smith, Velda Palike, Marilyn Row 3: Betty Powers. Lois Barr. Ruth Biscontine. Do- Thomas. lores Garrity. Jayne Barber. Pauline Ockee, Wilhelmina Row 2: Edna Randles. June Goodwin. Patricia Montz, Teuscher, Doris Snyder. 100 Row 1: Janet Blaser. Marilyn Lawson. Patricia Hart¬ nett, Donna Palmer. Patricia Lane. Carolyn Woeber, Jan- is Wood, Betty Fuller, Carol Riceman. Row 2: Catherine Poston. Carolyn Green. Barbara Hick¬ man, Alice Ferguson. Kay Holst. Marilyn Hancq, Marilyn Jones. Jacqueline Vedell. Row 3: Delores Vint. Betty Turney. Fern Layer, Joyce Lebermann, Susan Matteson, Georgia Cutler. Delona Spellmeyer, Kathleen Vetter. Frances Carothers, Wanda Livengood. Row 1: Marilyn Lerner. Karlee Buhman. Cathryn Nis- Row 3: Susan Thompson. Luray Thoms. Betty Dobbler. sen. Beverly Buder. Marilyn Nelson, Betty Strickland. Patricia Miller, Patricia Raymond. Marilyn Miller, Donna Barbara Germaine, Patricia Bradshaw. Nelson. LaVonne Schulz. Row 2: Joan Deyo. Eleanore Tebbe. Emma Livengood. Mary Powers. Carol Tebbe, Marian Teuscher, Patricia Hixson. Beatrice Stai. Row 1: Elaine Nielsen. June Chambers, Nancy Exner. Yvonne VanDeSompele. Irene Nelson. Marjorie VanWol- velaere. Doreen LaMere. Beverly Bolt. Darlene Dauma. Row 2: Doris Nichols. Joan Clement. Betty Cooper. Carol Stevenson. Joan Stromer, Janice Gordon, Greta Smith, Carole Gordon. Row 3: Constance Nowack. Mary Wiklund, Marilyn W’hiteside. Linda Hanson, Doris Gordon. Jean Morgan. Gloria Mullen. Patricia Schenebricker. Betty Garrison. Helen Hanson. 101 PaH-tfwrican league Charles Hertford, president; Nancy Plantz, treasurer, Arlene Clanton, secretary; Robert Berry; vice-president. In its efforts to create a better understand¬ ing of our Latin-American neighbors, the Rock Island high school branch of the Inter¬ national Pan-American league holds both cultural and social meetings. As a member of the International Pan- American league, each one in the Rock Island group receives a monthly bulletin from the headquarters in Miami, Fla. The league was formed as an international group last year, and the Rock Island branch voted in favor of remaining a part of the larger body. Row 1: Myrna Hooe, Caroline Peterson. Alice Butcher. Naomi Riceman. Marilyn Thomas. Charlotte Neighbors, Sally Thonn, Annette Frazer, Joanne Coffland, Marilyn Effetta Davis. Olson. Row 3: Ben Jacobsen. David Pearson, Gerald Mosher. Row 2: Doris Canum, Sylvia Pullman. Barbara Pruden, Harold Krause. Kenneth Cook, Bruce Harders, Robert Hornback. Jack Gill. 102 Row 1: Donna Bradley, Mary Jane Brown, Wava Camp¬ bell. Kay Iglehart, Nancy Johnson, Betty Fuller, Betty Fitch. Patricia Hixson. Row 2: Barbara Drinkall. Anna Lujan. Alice Reeves. Patricia Porter, Carol Andrews, Arlene Rice. Sally Os¬ borne, Janice Sieben. Martin Galex. Row 3: Edward De Vrieze, Henry Jeffrey, Jerry Fout, John Martin. David Greenberg. George McDonald. Robert Todd, David Criswell. Michael Atkinson. Barbara Allen. Barbara Palmer. The high school league is also entitled to receive movies and study material on any of the 21 nations of the western hemisphere from the Miami office. The meetings were held this year on the fourth Thursday of each month. Films de¬ picting life in various countries of the west¬ ern hemisphere were the high lights of sev¬ eral meetings. Both the social and cultural meetings stress the importance of practicing the fundamentals of Americanism. One of the biggest events of the year for the Rocky High leaguers was the Christmas party. For this special get-together, gay, Row 1: Georgia Cutler. Joyce Welch, Marianne Russell. Row 2: Rita Pingel, Phyllis Houston. Henryetta Kish. Helen Shuck. Gilda Jacobson. Patricia Montz, Mary Ann Martha Alongi. Veona Nelson. Yvonne Pickron. Beth Ann Nelson, Frances Carothers, Barbara Wright. Bell. Joyce Peterson. 103 Row 1: Kay Holst. Marguerite Hinrichsen, Barbara Mc¬ Guire. Betty Carnes. Patricia Hartnett. Susan Matteson, Suzanne Brinn. JoAnn Randles. Row 2: Carolyn Mayhew, Patricia Witt. Janet Phillips, Barbara Kingdon, Elaine Liebman, Katherine Jones, Lucy Danneels. Row 3: Richard Hardwick. John De Vos. Larry Clark, James Horst, Joseph Johnson. Carl Jefferson, Marlene Pratt, Linda Hanson, Sue Schmacht. typically Mexican pinatas made by some of the club members were broken open to give everyone candy and prizes. All the meetings were followed up with the serving of re¬ freshments. Many Rock Island league members, along with other high school and college students and adults of the Tri-Cities, attended the annual Pan-American day banquet in April. Marycrest college in Davenport joined in with these Tri-City groups this year for the first time and served as host for the ban¬ quet. The menus, decorations, and enter¬ tainment carried out the Latin-American theme of the event. Various local people spoke, and other entertainment was pro¬ vided by students from the schools repre¬ sented. Each year a different Tri-City school is in charge of arrangements. A Rocky High student need not study Spanish in order to win the privilege of join¬ ing the Pan-American league—a group of ambassadors of good will. Anyone interested in upholding the ideals of the league and in having many good times is invited to join. League officers this year were Charles Herford, president; Robert Berry, vice- president; Arlene Clanton, secretary; and Nancy Plantz, treasurer. Malvina M. Caloine sponsors the organi¬ zation, which has the longest membership roll of any club in the high school. This year the membership totaled approximately one hundred and fifty. 104 Xettemen J Club In the second year since reorganization the Lettermen’s club of Rock Island high school has elected for this year’s officers Jerry Schiller, president; Robert Wheelan, vice- president; and Richard Thomas, secretary- treasurer. To gain membership in the Lettermen’s club, one has to earn a major letter in one of the numerous sports at Rocky High, in¬ cluding football, cross-country, basketball, wrestling, baseball, track, tennis, and golf. The organization, which is under the di¬ rection of Harold V. Almquist, held several athletic events during the year. The junior high school basketball tourna¬ ment of the Christmas holidays, sponsored by the Lettermen’s club, was a successful event in which first place in the ninth-grade division was won by Central, and top honors in the eighth-grade division were taken by Washington. The teams participating in the tournament were the Rocky High freshmen, Washington, and Central in the ninth-grade division, and Washington, Central, and Edi¬ son in the eighth-grade contest. The club also sponsored the annual junior Jerry Schiller, president; Robert Wheelan, vice-president; Richard Thomas, secretary-treasurer. high school track meet and the Lettermen vs. Faculty basketball game. All proceeds of these events will go to¬ ward completing the payments on the new press box in the stadium, which was used for the first time during the 1949 football season. Row 1: Robert Coulson, Jack Shoemaker. Robert Wheel¬ an, Howard Jackson, Russell Burwell, Tom Mills. Charles William Brooks. Kenneth Melow. Forrest Kettering. Row 2: Irwin Rietz. John Swisher, Richard Thomas, Gale Reed. Conrad Ward. Carl Larson. Wayne Stechman, David Pearson. Richard Romine. Row 3: Jerry Schiller. Robert De Koster. James Eng- man. Richard Liedtke. George Hardin. Robert Wenger, Richard Hamlin. David Hopley. Row 4: David Criswell. Richard Petersen. Gerald Pir- mann, Jack Whan. William Brown. Tom Wallace. Darrel Bognar. 105 £pantik Club Seated: Beth Ann Bell. Alice Reeves. Standing: Roy Johnson, David Criswell, Thomas Parsons, Charles Heriford. A means of acquainting Spanish students with Latin-American ways and customs is the best description of Rock Island high school’s Spanish club. The Spanish club is sponsored by the two Spanish teachers, Malvina M. Caloine and John W. Blomberg, and is held twice a month during regular Spanish class time. Each class elects its own student chairman, who presides over the meeting. The chairman for Miss Caloine’s classes were Roy Johnson, second period; Charles Heriford, sixth and seventh periods; Beth Ann Bell, eighth period; and Alice Reeves, ninth period. The chairmen elected in Mr. Blomberg’s classes were Barbara McGuire, second per¬ iod; David Criswell, third period; Marion Marshall, fourth period. One meeting of each month is devoted to Row 1: Donna Ross. Joyce Welch, Burton Hobson, Roy Row 3: Doris Canum, Arlene Clanton. Mary Mendoza. Johnson. Rita Pingel, Joyce Thomas. Deloris Briseno, Wayne Bartley, Dorothy Melville, Janet Row 2: Marianne Russell. Clifford Harris, Henryetta Phillips, Patricia Witt. Betty Fitch. Betty Fuller, Gerald Kish. Gilda Jacobson. Kenneth Melow. Scott, Larry Clark. James Horst. 106 Row 1: Robyn Wright. Sylvia Pullman. Barbara Putnam. Kay Holst. Alice Butcher. Marilyn Thomas. Beth Ann Bell. Row 2: Audrie Sollie, Joan Schneck, Marlene Pratt, Katherine Jones. Suzanne Brinn, Frances Carothers, Anna Lujan. Row 3: Robert Olson. Richard Monroe. Gerald Noble. Robert Nielsen, Robert Minton. Robert Berry. Jack Shoemaker. Nancy Porske, Carole Burdon. Carol Andrews. Carmen Petre. Beverly Stephenson. Carol Tebbe. Sharon Stanley, Georgia Cutler. studying Latin-American countries and cus¬ toms. During these cultural meetings the students are free to contribute any interest¬ ing information that they have collected through travel, books, and other sources. In the advanced classes many students corresponded with pen pals in Spanish¬ speaking countries. The letters received from abroad provided interesting material for some of the club meetings. Since music is a direct reflection of the cultural background of a country, much of the club time was devoted to singing folk tunes and songs from the many Latin-Ameri¬ can countries. Both phonograph and piano were used for accompaniment. Row 1: Gerald Pirmann. Barry Hartung. Wayne Funk. Robert Todd. David Criswell. Gerald Mosher. Larry Diek- man. Jack Gill. Row 2: William Hall, Albert Bloch. Gerald Martin. Ron¬ ald Sears. Dan Hollars. Robert Nelson. Joseph Johnson. Kenneth Maier, James Gillman. Row 3: Doreen LaMere. Audrey Bertal. Gretchen Dor- nacher. Betty Carnes. Joanne Coffland. Susann McDonald. Margretta Chevalier. Louise Gibbons. Nancy Johnson. Margaret Cook. Barbara Hoben. Martin Galex. Bruce Harders. Mr. Blomberg. 107 Row 1: Nancy Shetter, Barbara Kingdon, Nancy Plantz, Joanne Kilcoin. Neva Belcher, Constance Nowack, Vir¬ ginia Willming, Charles Nickell. Row 2: Vira Covey, Barbara Drinkall. Lucy Danneels. Geraldine Handelman, Patricia Porter, Donald Anderson, Charles Heriford. Row 3: Harold Dorman. Ronald Janetzke. David Green¬ berg, John March. Vernon Mack, Jerry Fout. Carrol Cor¬ win. John De Vos, Richard Johnson, William Case, David Pearson, Thomas Kiser. The club subscribed to a Spanish paper, “La Linterna,” a four-page publication which offered stories, pictures, cartoons, songs, crossword puzzles, and bits of up-to- date information on the Spanish world of af¬ fairs. The observance of Christmas differs slight¬ ly in almost every country of the world. To become familiar with the Spanish Christmas celebration, the club held a typical Spanish Christmas celebration or pinata party. The pinata is a gaily decorated container made of clay, paper, or any breakable material. It is filled with candy and small gifts and then hung from the ceiling. The students form a circle around the pinata while someone who is blindfolded tries to break it with a stick. When it is finally broken, everyone scram¬ bles to get some of the candy and presents that have fallen out. The Christmas celebration took other forms besides the pinata party. Many of the religious observances were studied and dis¬ cussed and familiar carols were sung in Spanish. Speakers for the year were the Rev. K. M. Hooe, who spoke on Cuba, Prof. Escobar, who gave a talk on South America, and Mrs. Bruno Lechler. Row 1: Henry Jeffrey, Dennis Witt, Phyllis Palmer. Velda Palike, Yvonne Pickron. Susan Matteson. Sally Osborne, Caroline Peterson. Row 2: Mary Bowes. Diane Dornacher. Mary Webster. Sally Beals. Sally Thonn, Barbara McGuire. Marguerite Hinrichsen. Annette Frazer. Barbara McMurray. Row 3: Peter Burks, Dennis Hurry. John Romans. Carl Jefferson. Marvin Kempf. John Martin. Ben Potter. Thom¬ as Parsons. Ronald Guthrie. Donald Hains. Donald Hart- kop. Richard Hardwick. 108 Row 1: Richard Wickum. Thelma Nelson. Delores Wise. Marcia Lindorff, Marion Marshall. Barbara Pruden. Nao¬ mi Riceman. Janice Sieben. Row 2: Ben Jacobsen. Kenneth Flack. Sharon Taylor, Virginia May. Marilyn Olson, Barbara Allen; Saloma Barnett. Patricia Bowker. Row 3: George McDonald. Edward De Vrieze. Gillman Clark, Michael Atkinson. Richard Wight. Eugene Schmidt. Harold Krause. Sylvia Baird. Eva Gibbons. Roberta Bur- bridge. Richard Franing, Robert Luckenbihl. Students enjoy Mexican Christmas customs. Row 1: Elaine Liebman. Sue Schmacht. Joan Borst. Ver- tie Jean Hair. Effetta Davis, Marcellena Lopez, Patricia Hixson. Wava Campbell. Row 2: JoAnn Randles. Florence Davis. Charlotte Neighbors. Alice Reeves, Arlene Rice. Donna Bradley, Mar y Jane Brown. Row 3: Richard Peterson. James Gillman. Gary Burwell. Ronald Tyler. Kenneth Cook. Arthur Dennison, Thomas Alderson. Robert Elson. Daniel Firth, Joseph Bileddo. Gary Mann. 109 If- “teen J Row 1: Regina Pilcher. Phyllis Houston. Carolyn Hoefle, Virginia Willming. Mildred Kerler. Joan Hanner, Carol Riceman. Marilyn Hancq. Row 2: Patricia Edler, Nancy Shetter, Shirley Birely, Kathryn Bjork, Betty Bishop. Mary Collins. Marilyn Jones. Jacqueline Vedell. Row ' 3: Marcia Lindorff, Barbara Hoben. Joyce Peter¬ son. Marion Marshall. Carolyn Mayhew, Donna Ohms. Sally Osborne. Marilyn Jackson, Loretta Reddick. The Y-Teens carried out their meetings this year with plenty of fun, hard work, and refreshments. The theme of the year was “Together ’ which was carried out in meetings. Panel dis- Marion Marshall, vice-president; Lois Walker, secretary; Ruth Harriet Koch. Y-Teens program director; Janis Wdbd. treasurer; Erlane Dauffenbach, president. cussions were held on the subjects: “Do Young Americans Have Respect for Paren¬ tal Authority?” “Do Young Americans Know Themselves?” and other topics related to the general theme. The Y-Teens got rolling the first and sec¬ ond meetings by having the members engage in get-together activities so that each mem¬ ber would know all the other members. The Big-Sister, Little-Sister potluck sup¬ per held at the Y.W.C.A. really got the old and new members acquainted. Each old member talked with a new member and told her all about the activities of the Y-Teens. December was a busy month for the mem¬ bers. They held a Christmas tea to which the mothers of the members were invited. A religious program was presented. This year the Y-Teens made a scrapbook of all their activities, a book which will be kept as a reference work for all future mem¬ bers. The Y-Teens had charge of the conces¬ sion stand at some of the basketball games. Erlane Dauffenbach and Phyllis Stanley were sent to the state-wide summer confer¬ ence this year. They brought back an inter- 110 Row 1: Lois Walker, Phyllis Stanley, Jeanne Ohlweiler, Erlane Dauffenbach. Charleen Manuel. Chloe Andich, Nancy Plantz, Marianne Russell. Row 2: Luella Meek, Karlee Buhman, Joyce Welch, Sus¬ an Thompson, Betty Lou Nelson. Elaine Summers, Lucille Shrader. Joie Angle. Row 3: Carolyn Ramsey. Joan Deyo, Katherine Moody. Janis Wood, Grace Anderson, Adele Stone. esting account of their activities and many good ideas for the year. In the spring the Y-Teens adopted younger brothers and sisters. They took them to shows, bought them toys, and took them off their mothers’ hands for a while. Boxes were exchanged in 1949-1950 with Y-Teen clubs in the Philippines, England, and Germany. Exchange meetings were held by Daven¬ port and Rock Island. Rock Island was host to Davenport at a slumber party held at Ar¬ chie Allen camp. Roasting hot dogs, toasting marshmallows, drinking cokes, and throw¬ ing pillows provided fun for everyone. The Y-Teens is a national organization and is affiliated with the Y.W.C.A. Ruth Harriet Koch is the Y-Teen program director. Facul- Row 1: Wava Campbell. Mary Jane Brown, Doris Can- um, Barbara Germaine. Row ena Harvey, Frances Hinze, Collette Armstrong. Betty Carnes. Martha Alongi. Row 2: Joan Gregg, Joan Clement. Betty Cooper. Carol Andrews, Arvalea Bunning, Jacqueline Hocker, Patricia Schmidt, Janet Stromquist. Row 3: Betty Foster, Betty Dobbler. Carol Stevenson, Doris Nichols, Alice Reeves. Janice Sieben. Patricia Por¬ ter, Helen Hanson. Sally Erickson. in Row 1: Patricia Bradshaw, Joanne Brown, Joyce Brown, Shirley Bradshaw. Marilyn Thomas. Katherine Jones. Barbara Putnam. Annette Frazer. Row 2: Gilda Jacobson. Patricia Montz. Janice Gordon, Gretchen Dornacher, Diane Dornacher. Janice Bowen. Shirley Kaminsky, Kay Holst. Row 3: Helen Shuck, Mary Ann Nelson. Ruth Norby, Donna Nelson, Barbara McGuire. Marilyn Olson, Sally Thonn. Patricia Walters. ty sponsors are Media Hankins, Carol Karr Doyle, and Florence Casten. This year’s cabinet consisted of Erlane Dauffenbach, president; Marion Marshall, vice-president; Lois Walker, secretary; Janis Wood, treasurer; Phyllis Stanley, program chairman; Janet Stromquist, assistant pro¬ gram chairman; Charleen Manuel, social chairman; Colleen Carr, assistant social chairman; Rita Pingel, service chairman; Joan Stromer, assistant service chairman: Joie Angle, publicity chairman; Lucille Shrader, assistant publicity chairman; Mar¬ tha Alongi, devotions; Marianne Russell, music; Jeanne Ohlweiler, hospitality; and Sally Erickson, scrapbook. Row 1: Janet Burgess. Patricia Lane. Betty Fuller, Bar¬ bara Hickman. Louise Holub. Carolyn Woeber, Arlene Clanton, Joan Weber. Patricia Hixson. Doris Hill. Row 2: Barbara Gossen. Sharon Stanley, Patricia Tow¬ ers. Joanne Coffland. Elaine Soderberg. Anne Slenker, Lois Barr. Edna Randles. Row 3: Gloria Swisher. Veona Nelson. Faye Asquith, Miles Kellogg. Patricia Koch. Margie Kempe. Ann Mc- Lellan. Nancy Simmon, Joan Emery. Shirley Harding. 112 ClfC and Prefect Row 1: Lucille Shrader, Kay Edwards, Beth Ann Bell. Joyce Warner. Nancy De Paepe. Row 2: Dan Remy, Milton (Sharm) Scheuerman. Jack Gill, John Tait, Donald Hains. David Criswell. Robert Wheelan, chairman. The Civic Youth Center this year was dogged by bad luck at first but had a suc¬ cessful finish. The committee, headed by Mrs. George C. Kieffer, decided to use last year’s decorations, but after a big rain peeled the paint off the walls they had a decorating job on their hands. Since the CYC opened late, ticket sales were slow, but the organization ended the year with record sales. ™ Row 1: Charles Hertford. Beverly Bolt. Janet Burgess. Row 2: Richard Thomas. Robert W’heelan. Richard Karlee Buhman, June Goodwin, Louise Holub, Maurice Pitschke. Burton Hobson, Conrad Ward. Lawrence Sutter- Van Speybroeck. man. Jerry Schiller. (Absent from picture—Erlane Dauff- enbach.) CLUB PREFECTS Senate .Richard Thomas Black Hawk Tribe.Janet Burgess Camera Club.Richard Pitschke Dramatic Club.Lawrence Sutterman Girls’ Athletic Ass’n.Louise Holub Y-Teens.Erlane Dauffenbach Boys’ Hi-Y.Maurice Van Speybroeck Pan-American League_Charles Heriford French Club.Beverly Bolt Current Events Club.Karlee Buhman Boys’ Glee Club.Conrad Ward Girls’ Glee Club.Erlane Dauffenbach Lettermen’s Club.Jerry Schiller Canteen Committee.Burton Hobson CYC Committee.Robert Wheelan 113 £an4 Twirlers: Eleanor Peterson, Nancy Simmon. Elnora Mc¬ Kee, Darlene Daniels. Jo Ann Mason. Robyn Wright, Katherine Moody, captain. Color Guard: Leonard Hoover, Robert Teuscher, Wayne Tanner, Wayne Worker, Charles Simmons, Reed Hollars. Upon reaching twenty-one years of age, the Rock Island high school band increased its activities under the direction of George A. Berchekas. The musical training of band members has developed their ability in sight reading, increased their repertoire, and fired them with the spirit of cooperation. Early morning practice and intensive study during band class were responsible for the success of the marching season, dur¬ ing which the band learned the formations of a bubble pipe, a banjo, a key, and an automobile. Indispensable to the marching band were the drum major, Marvin Kempf; the assistant drum major, Burton Hobson; and the twirlers, Katherine Moody, Darlene Daniels, Jo Ann Mason, Eleanor Peterson, Robyn Wright, Mary Collins, Nancy Sim¬ mon, and Elnora McKee. “El C h a rr o,” “Stradella Overture,” Row 1: Beverly Buder, Jo Ann Mason, Elnora McKee. Kenneth Flack, Virgil Hite. Row 2: Robert Elbrechter, Jacqueline Boetje, Claude Wheeler. James Montgomery, Kenneth Cook, Joan Borst, Charlotte Neighbors. Row 3: Norma Lankton. Thomas Kiser. Stewart Lef- stein, Eleanor Peterson, Jesse Andereck. Daryl McKee, Fred Moore. Ellen Elliott, Jacqueline Davis. Pauline Nis- sen. Row 4: Jean Morgan, Cecil Schnoor, Darlene Daniels. Alice Butcher, Beverly Stephenson, Ronald Sill, Donnell Carnes, Sharon Stanley. Walter Whisler. Richard Pitschke, Arnold De Winter, Donna Ohms. Robert Resch. Row 5: Robert Hoover. Richard Collins, Jack Gill, Ger¬ ald Martin, Jon Arp, Betty Carnes. Carolyn Ericksen. “Willow Echoes,” “St. Louis Blues,” “Etude Caprice,” “From Tropic to Tropic March,” “Festival Finale,” and “Sing, Oh, Sing This Blessed Morn” were among the numbers of the fall concert. Adding zest to the band members’ life were two special occasions, the chamber of commerce banquet and the annual spring banquet. The program of the spring concert included “Begin the Beguine,” “The Bride of the Waves,” “Rocket Rhythm,” “The Merry Wi¬ dow March,” “Finale From Symphony in F Minor No. 4,” “Cubana,” and “First Move¬ ment of Piano Concerto in A Minor.” Katherine Moody was manager of the band and Donnell Carnes was assistant man¬ ager. Row 1: Katherine Moody. Robyn Wright. Mary Collins, Nancy Simmon, Dan Remy. Robert Johnson. Row 2: Nancy Welch, Robert Olson. Richard Wilder- muth, Theodore Martin. Robert Rosene, Vaunda Curtis. Row 3: Shirley Warren. Russell Vanderwall. Donald Huggins. David Wright, Linda Hanson, Richard Schoeve. Clarol Hawkins. Mary Powers, Delona Spellmeyer, Mar¬ lene Vanderbilt. Row 4: Marvin Kempf, Dale Price. Gerald Skinner. Del¬ bert Huntley, Ronald Sears. Joseph Johnson. Budd Max- field. Burton Hobson, Donald Grisham. Frances Hinze. Row 5: Joyce McMahon, Robert Gunther, Gale Center, Ralph Lamphere, Kenneth Maier, Arthur Johnson. Patri¬ cia Muhlenburg, Darlene Dauma. Lylas Mercer, Tommy Lynn Stanley, Gerald Noble. 115 Row 1: Conrad Ward, Robert Berry. Tom Holst, Robert Mangelsdorf, Richard Hamlin, Tom Mills. Row 2: Lawrence Sutterman, Benjamin Cutler, James Fox. Roy Johnson, Kurt Koehler. Robert Minton, Darrel Bognar. Row 3: Richard Bennett, Maynard Neighbors. Thomas Parsons, Jack Shoemaker. Glen Soderstrom, Louis Ellis. Donna Bartell, Cherry Harvey. Row 4: Barbara Pruden, Luray Thoms, Shirley Claver, Janet Blaser, Marilyn Lawson. Erlane Dauffenbach, Phyl¬ lis Stanley. Betty Pohl, Sylvia Swisher, Shirley Beam. Grace Anderson, Adele Stone. Mixed Quartet: Robert Berry, Conrad Ward, Thelma Piep- er. Adele Stone. Row 5: Beth Ann Bell. Shirley Fiscus. Marijo Shanes. Joyce Ruysbroeck, Geraldine Ingram. Arvalea Bunning, Evelyn Deskin, Donna Lees. Donna Palmer. Shirley Jones, Louise Holub. Barbara Hickman. Patricia Bradshaw, Yvonne Pickron. Row 6: Sylvia Pullman. Hermione E r d m a n, Beulah Stowe, Nanon Black, Betty Bishop. Thelma Pieper, Aud¬ rey Sollie, Janet McMahon, Joan Weber, Joyce Peterson. Patricia Montz, Jacqueline Calhoun, Margaret O’Connell. Beverly Bolt. Dolores Schave, Jean Hinman, Jeanette Swanson. With the annual Christmas program, the spring operetta, and many assemblies and outside programs, this year’s Glee club un¬ der the direction of Mrs. Vcnnie Wallander completed a successful season. The first large project was the Christmas program presented Dec. 9, 1949. This pro¬ gram was divided in two parts, the first be¬ ing secular and the second consisting of sac¬ red music. The program opened with the spirited Eng¬ lish carol “Deck the Halls.” As the curtain opened on the first scene, the audience saw several trimming an immense Christmas tree which dominated the stage. One of the high lights of the first scene was the Inner choir’s singing of the Nutcracker Suite while first- grade students from Frances Willard school interpreted the music in a dance. The second part consisted of the singing of a Christmas cantata which portrayed the pageant of the Holy Birth. The narrator was the Reverend Vernon H. MacNeill. 116 Besides singing on many outside programs, the Glee club caroled in the high school halls during the Christmas season. “Meet Arizona” was the title of the oper¬ etta presented April 21, 1950. This was a two-act western comedy about a New Eng¬ land girl who went out west to be “wild ’n woolly.” Instead she fell in love with a cow¬ boy. The members of the cast were Beth Ann Bell, Richard Bennett, Robert Berry, Patri¬ cia Bradshaw, Benjamin Cutler, Erlane Dauffenbach, Louis Ellis, Geraldine Ing¬ ram, Marilyn Lawson, Thelma Pieper, Jack Shoemaker, Glen Soderstrom, Lawrence Sutterman, and Conrad Ward. One of the features which lent grace and spirit to the production was the dancing. This particular phase of the operetta was directed by Val Burt, teacher of physical education at Central junior high school. The Inner choir is a select group of about twenty voices which represents the Glee club on many programs. This year the In¬ ner choir had a particularly busy season, singing for local church and civic groups. The student director of the Inner choir was Roy Johnson. There were various vocal groups from the Glee club that sang on different programs throughout the year: a male quartet com¬ posed of Robert Berry, Benjamin Cutler, Richard Bennett, and Glen Soderstrom; two girls’ trios, including Beverly Bolt, Jean Hinman, Jeanette Swanson, and Thelma Pie¬ per, Betty Pohl, Donna Palmer, and Adele Stone. Also, a mixed quartet that included Adele Stone, Jay Simmons, Thelma Pieper, and Luray Thoms, Conrad Ward, John Henneman. Lawrence Sutterman, Adele Stone, and Erlane Dauffenbach (seated). Boys’ Quartet: Glen Soderstrom. Robert Berry. Richard Bennett, Jay Simmons. Roy Johnson, accompanist. Inner Choir members. Row 1: Joyce Peterson, Geraldine Ingram, Erlane Dauffenbach, Marilyn Lawson, Adele Stone. Constance Rummels. Row 2: Arvalea Bunning, Audrey Sollie. Thelma Pieper. Jeanette Swanson, Jean Hinman. Donna Palmer, Bettv Pohl, Beverly Bolt. Row 3: Richard Bennett, Maynard Neighbors. Thomas Parsons. Jack Shoemaker, Glen Soderstrom. Kurt Koeh¬ ler, Roy Johnson, Benjamin Cutler. Row 4: Lawrence Sutterman, Conrad Ward, Robert Ber¬ ry. 117 Conrad Ward; and a mixed octet, Erlane Dauffenbach, Marilyn Lawson, Adele Stone, Betty Pohl, Robert Berry, Glen Soderstrom, Benjamin Cutler, and Richard Bennett. In March the Glee club sponsored a two- piano recital which was given in the Little Theater in order to buy new choir robes for Central junior high school. In the spring the Glee club sang in a city¬ wide music festival held in the high school auditorium. Music classes from all the schools in the city sang, starting with the grade school students and closing with the singing of the Glee club. As is customary, a solo recital was held in May. The recital was given in the music rooms and therefore there was room for only a limited audience. Finishing a successful year, the Glee club held its annual banquet in June. At this gathering all the awards were presented to the outstanding members of the club. Officers for the year were Conrad Ward and Erlane Dauffenbach, presidents; John He nneman and Luray Thoms, secretaries; and Lawrence Sutterman and Adele Stone, treasurers. Row 1: Shirley Kimbel, Greta Smith, Fern Layer, Nan¬ cy Salzman, Ruth Long. Loretta Hollingsworth. Row 2: Sylvia Rose. Aquilla Posten, Nancy Rannow, Betty Cooper. Betty Foster, Betty Dobbler, Yvonne Van De Sompele. Row 3: Joan Burkhead. Neva Belcher. Frances Simpson, Maureen Day. Dorothy Sullivan. Wilma Eberts. Marian Faranda. Joan Wangelin. Row 4: Virginia Willming, Shirley Bregger, Joan Clem¬ ent. Mary Rausch, Shirley Dennison. Shirlee Bergstrom. Mildred Kerler, Nancy Puscas, Joanne Kilcoin. Row 5: Mary Lou Steele. Patricia Schenebricker, Phyl¬ lis Rosenthal, Joann Davis. Mildred Bryan, Darlene Kas- kadden, Leona G r o e n e, Jacqueline Vedell, Lorraine Brown. Margaret Bates. Row 6: Barbara Hobart, Patricia Leftwich, Marilyn Klindt. Rita Pingel, Georgia Hardin, Betty Williams. Do¬ lores Garrity, Doris Engh, Marilyn Hancq. Carol Riceman, Shirley Leibovitz, Marjorie Requet. 118 foratnat c Club Play Row 1: Tommy Lynn Stanley. Jacqueline Davis, Charles Heriford, Erlane Dauffenbach, Betty Fuller. Adele Stone, Robert De Koster, Marilyn Lawson. Row 2: Carolyn Woeber, Jeanne Ohlweiler, Barbara Hickman. Beth Ann Bell. Nancy Plantz, Arlene Clanton. Row 3: George (Pat) Schneider. Tom Wallace, James Largent. Lawrence Sutterman, John Wangelin, Donald Hains, Gerald Smit, Richard Bennett. An attractive middle-aged widowed moth¬ er, Abigail Abbot, portrayed by Barbara Hickman, was forced to attend college with her daughter Susan, played by Beth Ann Bell, who regarded her mother as a has- been. This, briefly, is the story of the Dramatic club play, “Mother Is a Freshman,” given Friday, Nov. 18, 1949, in the Rock Island high school auditorium. Abigail’s reason for attending college was the offer of a generous scholarship that would enable Susan to continue her educa¬ tion if Abigail went to college also. Dean Gillingham, played by James Lar¬ gent, was disturbed by Abigail’s presence at the school, while the zoology professor, Dan¬ iel Michaels, played by Thomas Wallace, en¬ joyed her company. Matters became more complicated because the fact that Susan was Abigail’s daughter was kept hidden. A catastrophe almost resulted, but peace was restored in the end. Sparkle was added to the play by Law¬ rence Sutterman as Bobo, Susan’s devoted admirer, and Arlene Clanton as the house¬ mother. Other college students were Janis Wood, Carolyn Woeber, Charles Heriford, Marilyn Lawson, George Schneider, Jeanne Ohlweiler, Gerald Smit, Erlane Dauffen¬ bach, John Wangelin, Tommy Lynn Stanley, Richard Bennett, Jacqueline Davis, Donald Hains, Adele Stone, Robert Berry, Robert De Koster, Nancy Plantz, and Betty Fuller. “Mother Is a Freshman” was directed by E. Dorothy Peterson. The student director was Betty Fuller. Adele Stone was property manager. The play is taken from the story by Raphael David Blau and was dramatized by Perry Clark. Barbara Hickman. Beth Ann Bell. Tom Wallace, and Law¬ rence Sutterman. 119 £enbr ClaAA Play Left to right: Jeanne Ohlweiler, George (Pat) Schnei¬ der, Arlene Clanton, Tom Wallace. Barbara Hickman, Lawrence Sutterman, Nancy Plantz, Marilyn Lawson. “The Barretts of Wimpole Street,” by Rudolf Besier, was the senior class play presented on May 5, 1950, at Rock Island high school. The love story of the two great poets, Elizabeth Barrett (Barbara Hickman), an invalid, and Robert Browning (Tom Wal¬ lace) was the background for the story. As Elizabeths father, Edward Barrett (Lawrence Sutterman), was against mar¬ riage for his children, the love lives of the family were kept secret. The six sons, Octavius (George Schnei¬ der), Septimus (Tom Holst), Alfred (David Hopley), Charles (Cyrus Deitz), Henry (David Brady), and George (David Pear¬ son), were consistently obedient, as was Arabel (Arlene Clanton), the middle daugh¬ ter. Henrietta (Nancy Planz) rebelled and had a love affair with Captain Surtees Cook (Robert DeKoster). Bella Hedly (Jeanne Ohlweiler), Eliza¬ beth’s cousin, and Henry Bevin (John Tait), Bella’s fiance, arrived for a visit in a state of confusion coinciding with Browning’s first visit to the Barrett household. Wilson (Marilyn Lawson), Elizabeth’s maid, added a humorous touch to the play, along with Doctor Chambers (Jerry Smit), Doctor Ford-Waterlow (Ronald Janetzke), and Flush (by himself), Elizabeth’s dog. Elizabeth blossomed under Robert’s love and they eloped to Italy, escaping from the tyranny of Mr. Barrett. E. Dorothy Peterson directed the play and Betty Fuller was student director. Seated: Arlene Clanton, Lawrence Sutterman; Nancy Plantz; Tom Wallace- Flush the dog; Barbara Hickman; George (Pat) Schneider. Standing: Ronald Janetzke. Gerald Smit. Robert De Koster, John Tait. Jeanne Ohlweiler, Tom Holst. David Hopley. Cyrus Dietz, David Brady. David Pearson. Mari¬ lyn Lawson. 120 Juhicf Class Play A light comedy, “June Mad,” was pre¬ sented by the junior class March 24 in the auditorium under the direction of Mrs. Carol Karr Doyle. The plot revolves around fifteen-year-old Penny Wood (Betty Roseberry), whose cur¬ rent ambition is to become a great writer, and her boy friend, Chuck Harris (Donald Pleasants), who would rather build gliders than go to law school. A tangled love skein results when Penny’s uncle, Mervyn (Daryl McKee), brings home a college friend, handsome Roger Van Vleck (Franz Helpenstell), in the mistaken belief that Roger will fix him up with Chuck’s sister, Julie (Beth Ann Bell). Instead Roger manages to make both Julie and Penny fall madly in love with him. Included in the cast were Donald Hains and Marion Marshall as Dr. and Mrs. Wood; Marcia Lindorff as Milly Lou, the neighbor¬ hood nuisance; and Beverly Bolt and Roald Fryxell as the maid and gardener. Two neighborhood children were played by Charles Christner and Yvonne Pickron, stu¬ dent director. This is the second year a play by Florence Ryerson and Colin Clements has been given by the junior class. Seated: Frantz Helpenstell. Standing: Marcia Lindorff. Daryl McKee. Yvonne Pickron, Beth Ann Bell. Betty Roseberry. On stairs: Beverly Bolt, Roald Fryxell. Charles Christner. Donald Pleasants. Paul Parker, Marion Marshall, Donald Hains. Speech CtaA A play A “Seventeenth Summer,” the Speech II class play, was presented January 26, 1950, in the high school auditorium. The story concerns the enjoyable summer of a charming seventeen-year-old girl, Angie Morrow (Jean Swanson) and Jack Duluth (Tom Wallace), a personality-plus basket¬ ball star who was Angie’s first boy friend. Their friendship and the lively family life of the Morrows complete the plot. The activities of Angie’s youngest sister Kitty (Barbara Palmer) added spice to the play. Kitty definitely irritated Martin Keefe (Don Hains), a nervous friend of Lorraine Morrow (Neva Belcher). Another Morrow sister, Margaret (Kay Edwards), was hap¬ pily engaged to be married to Art (Harold Dorman). John Wangelin and Beulah Stowe played Mr. and Mrs. Morrow, the kind and under¬ standing parents of the four girls. Janet Knouse, Betty Roseberry, Franz Helpenstell, and Charles Christner played the parts of friends of Angie who enter into the activities of the summer. “Seventeenth Summer” was directed by Jeanette Swanson. Tom Wallace. E. Dorothy Peterson. The assistant director was Marion Marshall. Row 1: Janet Knouse, Barbara Palmer, Jeanette Swan- Row 3: Harold Dorman. Kay Edwards, John Wangelin. son. Betty Roseberry. Beulah Stowe. Donald Hains. Neva Belcher. Row 2: Charles Christner. Tom Wallace. Frantz Helpen¬ stell. 122 Speech class plays presented for various assemblies were ; 1. Junior Miss 2. Submerged” 3. Nine Girls 4. Happy Journey” 123 fceclatnaticH Row 1: Elnora McKee. Tommy Lynn Stanley. Marilyn Boyd. Beth Ann Bell. Jeanette Swanson. Nancy Shetter. Sally Osborne, Marion Marshall. Row 2: Nancy Plantz, Marilyn Lawson. Katherine Jones. Shirley Bradshaw, Beulah Stowe, Yvonne Pickron, Marcia Lindorff, Diane Dunham. Anne Slenker. Row 3: Arlene Clanton, Margie Kempe. Sally Thonn. Betty Bishop, Jacqueline Davis. Arvalea Bunning, Janis Wood. Barbara Hickman, Betty Fuller. Row 4: Beverly Bolt. Joan Clement, Karen Gustafson, Patricia Hartnett, Virginia Willming, Neva Belcher, Ro Orla Gish, Patricia Bradshaw, Ann Bush. Rock Island ranked high in the annual invitational high school declamation contests held in Davenport. Many schools of Illinois and Iowa were entered in this meet. There are two contests, one for boys and one for girls. Three different types of dec- Row 1: Bruce Harders. Donald Hartman. Robert Teuscher, Donald Pleasants. Row 2: Benjamin Cutler. Gerald Smit. Charles Heriford. Row 3: George (Pat) Schneider. Donald Hains. Tom Wal¬ lace, Lawrence Sutterman, Daryl McKee. lamations are given in each: dramatic, hu¬ morous, and oratorical. Nov. 19 was the date of the girls’ declama¬ tion tournament. Approximately forty girls from Rock Island entered. After three pre¬ liminary contests in the afternoon, the two girls in each class who had the best rating were entitled to enter the finals in the evening. From the dramatic reading division Jac¬ queline Davis and Barbara Hickman went into the evening finals, and from the humor¬ ous division Beth Ann Bell and Arlene Clanton entered the finals. No girls were entered in the oratorical contest. Barbara placed first in the finals, Arlene won second, Beth Ann tied for third, and Jacqueline placed fourth. No evening finals were held in the boys’ contest Jan. 28. The boys are rated in the afternoon contests. Tom Wallace tied for second place with his cutting from Shake¬ speare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Others placing high in the contest were Donald Hains in dramatic reading and Law¬ rence Sutterman in oratory. 124 State Cch teJ t Left to right: George (Pat) Schneider. Betty Fuller. Head of the speech department; Lawrence Sutterman. Barbara Hickman. Arlene Clanton. E. Dorothy Peterson. Tom Wallace. Rock Island high school’s speech students took first place in the District speech contest held in East Moline Feb. 25, 1950. Taking part in the contest were Arlene Clanton, Barbara Hickman, George Schnei¬ der, Lawrence Sutterman, and Tom Wallace. Arlene took first place in the verse-reading division reading “Wind in the Pines” and “The Drummers Sing.” Barbara received first in the serious reading competition with the sleepwalking scene from “Macbeth.” In the oratory contest Lawrence took first place with his oration “Were You There?” Tom placed second in the humorous-reading com¬ petition with a comedy cutting from “A Mid¬ summer Night’s Dream.” In the original oratory contest George received second place with his oratory “Protecting Our Education¬ al Freedom.” “The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Wil¬ liams, the contest play, took top honors at the contest. Included in the cast were Bar¬ bara Hickman as Amanda Wakefield, the mother; Tom Wallace as Tom, the son; Betty Fuller as Laura, the crippled daughter; and Lawrence Sutterman as the Gentleman Call¬ er. The lighting was handled by George Schneider and Arlene Clanton took care of the music. The District contest was just a prelimi¬ nary for the Sectional speech contest held in Macomb March 11. With a total of 28 points, Rock Island won the contest. Tom took first place in the humorous reading competition, Lawrence won first place in the oratory di¬ vision, Arlene received second place in verse reading, and George received fifth place in original oratory. “The Glass Menagerie” took the first place in play competition. After winning the Sectional meet Rock Island advanced to the State contest held at the University of Illinois in Champaign April 14 and 15. A high light of the trip to the State contest at Champaign was E. Dorothy Peterson’s new light green Pontiac in which the stu¬ dents made the trip. Miss Peterson is the head of the school speech department and the coach and direc¬ tor of the speech contest participants. 6?a jic £ta$ Joyce Welch, Nancy Plantz, Karlee Buhman, Betty Lou Nelson. Gilman Clark. This ends the sixteenth progressive year for the Radio staff of Rock Island high school. The Radio staff was organized to encour¬ age students to learn about radio, including the production and technical lines. The staff, under the direction of P. J. Martin, has broadcasted over three local stations this year. They were WHBF and WHBF-FM, Rock Island; WOC and WOC- FM, Davenport; and WQUA, Moline. The staff has been asked to appear on television. It broadcasted an average of one program a week. Everyone on the staff has a chance to participate in programs. The different jobs are script-writing, producing, and sound effects. The programs arranged, presented, and engineered by the staff were panel discus¬ sions, news programs, and special events. The special-event programs included Na¬ tional Education week, Christmas, and Thanksgiving. Along with broadcasting the students helped out with various school activities. They recorded selections from the Glee club programs and have helped with assembly programs. Mock programs were made over the tape recorder for practice. This helped the staff Kenneth Drake, Nancy Shetter. Susan Thompson, Gilman Clark, Linda Hanson, Mary Stalkfleet. with difficulties in voice and style. The staff also made regular broadcasts over the tape recorder. Sophomores, juniors, and seniors may join the Radio staff. The sophomores may become members if their junior high school grades are good. Juniors and seniors who are in good standing in their class may join. The students who enroll are assured of getting practical experience. Selling programs at home football games by the members gave the staff their expense money for the year. From this money they bought a magna-corda (tape recorder). This money also covered the trip to Chicago in April that the staff usually takes. The staff has some exceptionally fine equipment. Ronald Roberts. Lee Tobin. Donald Manhard, Ruth Norby, Carol Sellers, Bruce Harders. Luella Meek, Charleen Manuel. John Schrage. George Coin, Marianne Russell, Jeanne Ohlweiler. 127 faebate and American £efbn OtaUtif Martin Rich, William Burgess, Anne Slenker, Patricia Miller. Marion Marshall, Randall Peterson, John Tait. ‘‘Resolved: That the President of the United States should be elected by the direct vote of the people” was the high school de¬ bate topic for this year. This is a timely subject, for several amendments for chang¬ ing the method of electing the President have been introduced in congress this year. Three sophomores and one junior made up the debate squad this year. They were Anne Slenker and Marion Marshall, junior, on the affirmative side of the t eam, and E. S. Metcalf, coach; George (Pat) Schneider. William Burgess and Randall Peterson on the negative side. The four were entirely inexperienced as debate was a wholly new activity to them. An interesting fact is that the first debate any of them ever heard was one in which they took part. During the year the Islanders participated in four debate tournaments. The first was the Geneseo Invitational in November. The team went on to the Augustana college tournament and the Northwest Conference held at Rock Island high school, completing their season with a journey to Macomb for the state sectional. The team improved a great deal through¬ out the year and the members are looking forward to being varsity members of the debate squad next year. George (Pat) Schneider successfully rep¬ resented Rock Island high school in this year’s American Legion oratorical contest. The title of his oration was “Safeguarding Our Religious Freedom.” Pat met his first competition at East Mo¬ line, where he took first place and thereby became the representative of this district. When he advanced to the zone contest at United Township high school, he won sec¬ ond place. E. S. Metcalf, dean of boys, was Pat’s ad¬ viser and coach; P. J. Martin coached the debate team. 128 The WatchtcMt Top ten salesmen: Jayne Barber. Milles Kellogg. Joie Angle, Beth Ann Bell, Nancy Struve, Marilyn Olson. Kay Holst, Lawrence Sutterman, Maynard Neighbors, David Hopley. The task of inducing students to buy Watchtowers fell on the shoulders of a group of students chosen by the business staff. Six picked from the senior class, six from the junior class, four sophomores, and two freshmen were the salesmen. Prizes were awarded senior salesmen Joie Angle and sophomore Kay Holst for selling the most annuals. They totaled over 150 between them. Other salesmen were Nancy Plantz, Betty Fuller, Tom Wallace, David Hopley and Lawrence Sutterman, seniors; Kay Edwards, Beth Ann Bell, Nancy Struve, Arthur Fin- kelstein, Maynard Neighbors, and Jerry Scott, juniors; Marilyn Olson, Milles Kel¬ logg, and Robert Lulow, sophomores; and June Chambers and Jayne Barber, fresh¬ men. Barbara Biggs handled the receipts and cash and made accounts of the sales. She also sold annuals in the office. The sales campaign was kept up all year with posters, announcements, and sales stands keeping The Watchtower in the minds of the students. Prizes for the salesmen selling the most annuals in one week were awarded to Beth Ann Bell and David Hopley. Members of the regular Watchtower staff also sold annuals but were ineligible for prizes. Covers for The Watchtower were made by S. K. Smith Co. The Brock Engraving Company of Madison, Wis., was very helpful in designing layouts. This firm and the Photo Arts Engraving Company of Moline did the engraving and etching for the art work. The Augustana Book Concern did the printing and binding for The Watchtower. Kenneth Brostrom. Clyde Hinchliffe. 129 CAROLYN ERICKSEN Editor in chief i CLARK HOLMES Business manager DAVID BRADY Sports editor ADELE STONE Photography editor The production of The Watchtower in¬ volves contributions of time and effort by a large number of people throughout the school year. It requires work by the staff, adviser, engraver, printer, cover manufac¬ turer, photographers, and student writers. The faculty and students serve as the back¬ bone, for without their interest and coopera¬ tion, the 1950 Watchtower could never have been published. The basic Watchtower staff is composed of five seniors; the editor-in-chief, business manager, photography editor, copy editor, and sports editor. Each senior has a junior assistant who will succeed him the following year. Carolyn Ericksen served as editor-in-chief of the 1950 Watchtower. Assisted by Roy Johnson, she planned page layouts, super¬ vised staff work, and sent copy to the en¬ graver and printer. To Clark Holmes, business manager, fell the job of balancing the budget, directing the flow of incoming and outgoing funds, and planning Watchtower sales campaigns. He and his assistant, Beverly Bolt, assembled and checked senior-activity blanks. Adele Stone, photography editor, and her assistant, Carolyn Ramsey, were responsible for scheduling all professional photography except sports pictures. Taking names and typing identifications brought Adele in con¬ tact with a large part of the student body. Copy editor Janet Burgess assigned all Watchtower stories to student writers and made sure deadlines were met. She assem¬ bled and typed copy. Janet’s first assistant, Beverly Buder, was later replaced by Glen Soderstrom because there was a chance that Beverly would not attend Rocky High next year. David Brady, sports editor, planned lay- 130 JANET BURGESS Copy editor outs, scheduled pictures, and wrote stories for the sports section of the annual. The complicating aspects of added freshman sports and a highly successful football and basketball season kept David and his assist¬ ant, Roald Fryxell, busy. David adapted the new ZT formation for use in the football sec¬ tion. Esca G. Rodger, head of the publications department and Watchtower adviser, was the mainstay in ironing out difficulties and in helping production to run smoothly. Most of The Watchtowers photography was handled by Clyde Hinchliffe, Rock Is¬ ESCA G. RODGER Adviser land Argus photographer. Mr. Hinchliffe gave the staff helpful advice on the make-up of pictures. Kenneth Brostrom took a num¬ ber of group pictures, and Paul Callaghan, of the Paul Studio, took senior portraits and underclass groups. From the student body came contributions of stories, photography, and artwork. Rich¬ ard Pitschke. John Schrage, and William Burgess furnished the annual with most of the needed informal and extra shots. Catharine Walker did the drawings on the class pages. The Watchtower assistants: Beverly Buder, assistant copy editor; Beverly Bolt, assistant business manager ; Carolyn Ramsey, assistant photography editor; Roy John- 131 son, assistant editor in chief; Ronald Fryxell. assistant sports editor. 7 he CrifttMH Crier Fall semester staff. Row 1: Martin Rich, Charles Heri- ford, Regina Pilcher, Janis Wood, Lois Walker. Row 2: Adele Stone. Carolyn Ericksen. John Schrage, Carol Sellers, Lucille Shrader, Carolyn Woeber, Thelma Pieper. Joan Wangelin, Pauline Ockee, Patricia Montz Patricia Witt, Rita Pingel. Tommy Lynn Stanley. Row 3: Ernest Zimring. Catharine (Trudy) Walker. John Tait. Clark Holmes, Robert Newbern, Robert Schroe- der. News of the school is brought to the stu¬ dents of Rock Island high school through the medium of the four-page biweekly pub¬ lication The Crimson Crier under the super¬ vision of Esca G. Rodger. The paper is printed by the students of David J. Borth’s advanced printing classes. Journalism at Rocky High is divided into two semesters to enable more students to take part. Each staff is managed by student executives. Every staff has one semester of training before taking over the job of publi¬ cation. A student must have the recom¬ mendation of his sophomore English teacher and a semester grade of B or above to be eligible for this class. Students on the Crier staff receive train¬ ing in handling editorial matter, advertising make-up, circulation work, and newspaper management. The fall staff was headed by Janis Wood, editor in chief, who was assisted by Charles Spring semester staff: Beverly Buder. Patricia Edler. Belcher, Kay Edwards, Richard Johnson. Roald Fryxell, Colleen Carr, Janet Knouse, Shirley Fiscus. Conrad An Warren De Bord, Charles Christner, Harold Dorman. Roy drews. Carol Berge. Patricia Hartnett. Gayle Hultgren, Johnson. Mary Lou Dierks. Beverly Bolt. Barbara Hoben, Nevr 132 Heriford, managing editor; Regina Pilcher, copy editor; Martin Rich, business manager; Lois Walker, first-page editor; Lucille Shra¬ der, second-page editor; Clark Holmes, sports editor; and Thelma Pieper, fourth- page editor. Other members of the fall semester’s staff were: Carolyn Ericksen, Patricia Montz, Robert Newbern, Pauline Ockee, Rita Pin- gel, Jack Schrage, Robert Schroeder, Carol Sellers, Tommy Lynn Stanley, Adele Stone, John Tait, Catharine Walker, Joan Wangelin, Patricia Witt, Carolyn Woeber, and Ernest Zimring. The spring staff was headed by Roald Fryxell, editor in chief. He was aided by Roy Johnson, managing editor; Beverly Buder, copy editor; Beverly Bolt, business manager; Richard Johnson, first-page editor; Kay Edwards, second-page editor; Harold Dorman, sports editor; and Gayle Hultgren, fourth-page editor. Other members of the spring semester’s staff included: Conrad Andrews, Neva Belcher, Carol Berge, Colleen Carr, Charles Christner, Warren De Bord, Mary Lou Dierks, Patricia Edler, Shirlee Fiscus, Pa¬ tricia Hartnett, Barbara Hoben, Janet Knouse, and Patricia Miller. The 29th annual convention of the Illinois State High School Press Association, “ISHSPA,” was attended by four represen¬ tatives of Rock Island high school. The two- day meeting was held on the campus of the University of Illinois Oct. 7 and 8. The rep¬ resentatives were Janis Wood and Charles Heriford of The Crimson Crier and Carolyn Busy at work on the copy desk are: Regina Pilcher, copy editor; Lucille Shrader, Ernest Zimring. Carolyi Woeber, Thelma Pieper. Ericksen and Clark Holmes of The Watch- tower. Miss Rodger accompanied them. Students and members of the faculty are not the only ones who receive The Crimson Crier. The Crier has a large circulation list. It is sent all over the United States and to several foreign countries. The Crier also receives many papers from all over the country through its nationwide exchanges. The two staffs put out a total of 15 issues this year. Among these were several spe¬ cial issues, including a club-boosting edition and a six-page Christmas paper. Printers: Kenneth Green, Robert Resch, Paul Perkins. ard Liedtke. Fred Boll. Marvin Johnson. David J. Borth, Kenneth Reem. Watne Watkins. Donald Westerfield, Ric. Robert Nelson. Donald Rudd. Lynn Atkins. 133 Senior flcWitieA DAVID ACUFF Black Hawk tribe. MARY LOU ALEXANDER ALICE ALLEN JESSE ANDERECK Football, basketball, Intramurals, band. GRACE ANDERSON Black Hawk tribe, Dramatic club, French club. Home Economics club, Y-Teens. tennis, Glee club. National Honor society, Senior Honor Roll. RAYMOND ANDERSON CHLOE ANDICH Black Hawk tribe, Dramatic club. French club. Home Economics club, Y-Teens. intramurals, cast of the junior class play. ‘ The Divine Flora,’ office assistant. Radio staff, cheer¬ leader. JOIE ANGLE Black Hawk tribe. Dramatic club, vice-president of the French club. Pan-American club, Y-Teens. intra- murals, speech class play, cast of the junior class play. “The Divine Flora,” Senate, The Crimson Crier staff. National Honor society, Senior Honor Roll. LYNN ATKINS Lettermen’s club, basketball, track. LOIS BARR G.A.A.. Home Economics club, Y- Teens, intramurals, clinic assistant. WAYNE BARTLEY Camera club, Dramatic club, Pan- American league, Spanish club, wrestling, tennis. Speech class play, cast of junior class play “The Divine Flora.” MARGARET BATES G.A.A., Home Economics club. Glee club. DONNA BEAL G.A.A., intramurals. Glee club. SHIRLEY BEAM Black Hawk tribe, Pan-American league. Spanish club, Y-Teens, Girls’ Glee club and Mixed Glee club. DONALD BENDER Not graduating. RICHARD BENTLEY RUTH BISCONTINE G.A.A., Home Economics club, Y- Teens, office assistant. Senate. BETTY BISHOP Dramatic club, Y-Teens, speech class play, Glee club, declamation. KATHRYN BJORK Black Hawk tribe, Current Events club. Dramatic club, G.A.A., Y- Teens. JOANNE BLADEL Black Hawk tribe, Y-Teens, intra- murals, office assistant. VERNELL BLAND TOM BLUMENTHAL Wrestling, tennis. Senate. DARREL BOGNAR Lettermen’s club, Spanish club, foot¬ ball manager, intramurals. Glee club. FRED BOLL PATRICIA BRADSHAW Black Hawk tribe. Current Events club, Dramatic club. G.A.A., Y-Teens, intramurals, cast of junior class play “The Divine Flora.” speech class play, Glee club. State speech contest, declamation. DAVID BRADY Black Hawk tribe. Current Events club. Dramatic club, football, intra- murals, speech class play, cast of junior class play “The Divine Flo¬ ra.” declamation, managing editor of The Crimson Crier , assistant sports editor of the 1949 Watchtower, sports editor of the 1950 Watchtower, stu¬ dent sports writer for the Argus, National Honor society, Senior Hon¬ or Roll, senior class play, “The Bar¬ retts of Wimpole Street.” ALBERT BRELSFORD Cross-country, track, intramurals, ap¬ paratus group. DELORIS BRISENO French club. Pan-American league, Spanish club. National Honor society. Senior Honor Roll. LORRAINE BROWN G.A.A., French club. Girls’ Glee club, intramurals. PAULINE BRYAN Not graduating KARLEE BUHMAN Black Hawk tribe, president of the Current Events club. Dramatic club. G.A.A., Y-Teens. tennis, intramurals, speech class play, cast of junior class play, “The Divine Flora,” declama¬ tion. Radio staff. Senate, National Honor society secretary, Senior Hon¬ or Roll, salutatorian. MARILYN BULENS ARVALEA BUNNING Current Events club. Dramatic club. Pan-American league. Spanish club, Y-Teens. speech class play, Glee club. Inner choir and Mixed Glee club, declamation, National Honor society. Senior Honor Roll. JANET BURGESS President and refreshment chairman of the Black Hawk tribe. Dramatic club. French club. Pan-American league. Y-Teens. intramurals, speech class play, Women’s club art camp scholarship, second-page editor and staff artist of The Crimson Crier , as- s i s t a n t copy editor of the 1949 Watchtower, copy editor of the 1950 Watchtower, Senior Honor Roll, high school correspondent for the Daven¬ port Daily Times. DOUGLAS BURKERT CLAYTON BURTON Camera club. Dramatic club. Boys’ Hi-Y, Pan-American league. Span¬ ish club, cross-country, intramurals, cast of the junior class play, “The Divine Flora.” band. Radio staff. Senate, staff of The Crimson Crier . high school news and sports reporter for the Davenport Daily Times. RUSSELL BURWELL Boys’ Hi-Y. Lettermen’s club, foot¬ ball, basketball, track, baseball, in¬ tramurals. NAOMI CADY JACQUELINE CALHOUN Spanish club. Glee club MAX CAMPBELL Canteen committee, wrestling, track, tennis, cast of “Teatime at the Brewsters.” National Honor society. Senior Honor Roll. 134 BETTY CANTRALL Black Hawk tribe. Dramatic club. G.A.A., Home Economics club, cast of “Question of Figures,” National Honor society. Senior Honor Roll. DORIS CANUM Current Events club. Dramatic club, Pan-American league. Spanish club, Y-Teens. intramurals. National Hon¬ or society. Senior Honor Roll. DONNELL CARNES Camera club. Boys’ Hi-Y, wrestling, tennis, band. ALBERT CHEVALIER Moved to California. ROGER CHINDBERG Dramatic club, wrestling, track, in¬ tramurals, speech class play. IDA MAE CHRISTENSEN Not graduating. ARLENE CLANTON Black Hawk tribe. Dramatic club, vice-president and secretary of Pan- American league. Spanish clu b, Y- Teens, casts of “Life With Father.” “Jinx From Alabama,” “The Divine Flora.” “Mother Is a Freshman,” cast of senior class play, “The Bar¬ retts of Wimpole Street.” State speech contest, declamation, editor in chief of The Crimson Crier. Na¬ tional Honor society, Senior Honor Roll, Senate. Argus high school cor¬ respondent. LARRY CLARK Pan-American league. Spanish club, track, apparatus group. DARLENE CLAYTON Not graduating. JOANNE COFFIELD Black Hawk tribe, secretary-treasur¬ er of the Camera club. Y-Teens. ten¬ nis. JOEL COLLIER Lettermen ' s club, football, basket¬ ball, track, baseball, intramurals. JUNE COLONY Finished first semester. ROBERT COULSON Black Hawk tribe, Lettermen’s club, Spanish club, football, wrestling. CAROL COULTER Intramurals, clinic. DONALD COX Football, basketball, track, intramur¬ als. KAY CREPS ALAN CRONAU Black Hawk tribe. Current Events club. Dramatic club. LUCY DANNEELS Not graduating. MARY DARR Glee club. Home Economics club. ERLANE DAUFFENBACH Dramatic club, president of Y-Teens, Canteen committee, casts of “Mother Is a Freshman.” The Divine Flora,” president of Glee club, declamation, junior marshal. Inner choir, Nation¬ al Honor society, Senior Honor Roll. JACQUELINE DAVIS Dramatic club. Pan-American league, Spanish club. Y-Teens, casts of “Life With Father.” “Yes Means No,” “The Divine Flora.” band, declamation. Senate. Senior Honor Roll. MILDRED DAVIS Dramatic club. Pan-American league, Spanish club, intramurals. ROBERT DE KOSTER Dramatic club, Boys’ Hi-Y, Letter- men’s club, football, intramurals, senior class play, “The Barretts of Wimpole Street. JOYCE DE PAEPE EVELYN DESKIN Mixed Glee club. JOAN DEYO Black Hawk tribe. Current Events club, Dramatic club, G.A.A., Y- Teens, tennis, intramurals, casts of “A Question of Figures,” “Why the Chimes Rang.” JAMES DIEROLF Spanish club, wrestling. CYRUS DIETZ Black Hawk tribe. Boys’ H-Y, Pan- American league, president of the Spanish club, basketball, tennis, baseball, intramurals, Radio staff. Senate, National Honor society, Se¬ nior Honor Roll, senior class play, “The Barretts of Wimpole Street.” BARBARA DRINKALL G.A.A., Home Economics club. Pan- American league, Spanish club, of¬ fice assistant. HAROLD DURBIN Not graduating. JOHN EASTMAN ROBERT ELBRECHTER Pan-American league, Spanish club, band. ROBERT ELDER ELLEN ELLIOTT Home Economics club, band. JEAN EMRICK Dramatic club, G.A.A., Home Eco¬ nomics club, office assistant, clinic assistant. JAMES ENGMAN Boys’ Hi-Y. Lettermen’s club. Can¬ teen committee, football manager, basketball, cross-country, track, cast of “You Can’t Take it With You.” CAROLYN ERICKSEN Black Hawk tribe. Dramatic club, president of the French club, Pan- American league, student director of “Jinx From Alabama.” band, state speech contest, declamation. Senate, assistant editor in chief of the 1949 Watchtower, editor in chief of the 1950 Watchtower, The Crimson Crier staff. National Honor society, Senior Honor Roll, valedictorian. JAMES EVERLY Spanish club, baseball, intramurals. JOHN EWERT Football, wrestling, baseball, intra- murals. NANCY EXNER Black Hawk tribe, G.A.A. RAYMOND FEUSER BETTY FITCH Camera club, G.A.A., Pan-American league. Spanish club, office assistant. Senate, National Honor society. Sen¬ ior Honor Roll. JACK FITZPATRICK Camera club, Pan-American league. Spanish club. STANLEY FLOWERS NANCY FLUEGEL G.A.A.. intramurals LORRETTA FOSTER Dramatic club. G.A.A., office assist¬ ant. JAMES FOX Spanish club. Glee club, band. 135 MARTHA FOX Pan-American league. Spanish club, speech class play, staff of The Crim¬ son Crier. ROSE MARIE FOX Home Economics club, Y-Teens. SHELDON FRANK Black Hawk tribe. Camera club, Cur¬ rent Events club. Dramatic club, Spanish club, cast of junior class play, speech class play. Radio staff. BETTY FULLER Black Hawk tribe. Dramatic club, G.A.A., Pan-American league, presi¬ dent of the Spanish club, Y-Teens. intramurals, speech class play, cast of junior class play. “The Divine Flora,” student director of “Mother Is a Freshman.“ State speech con¬ test, declamation. Senate, business manager of The Crimson Crier, teacher training, secretary of junior class. National Honor society. Senior Honor Roll, student director of “The Barretts of Wimpole Street.” BETTY GARRISON G.A.A., staff of The Crimson Crier. DOLORES GARRITY G.A.A., Y-Teens, Girls’ Glee club. Senate. BARBARA GERMAINE G.A.A., Y-Teens. RO ORLA GISH Dramatic club. Home Economics club, Y-Teens, speech class play, cast of junior class play. “The Divine Flora.” declamation. JUNE GOODWIN Black Hawk tribe. Dramatic club. G.A.A., president of Home Economics club, speech class play. Senate. LEON GOOLD Cross-country, track. DORIS GORDON G.A.A.. Home Economics club. PAUL GRALTON Pan-American league. Spanish club, wrestling. KENNETH GREEN Football, band. LEONA GROENE Girls’ Glee club. JOHN HAHN Apparatus team. DENNIS HALL Dramatic club. Boys’ Hi-Y, football, track, tennis, intramurals. RICHARD HAMLIN Camera club, Boys’ Hi-Y. Letter- men’s club, president of Canteen committee, football, intramurals, Glee club. MARILYN HANCQ G.A.A., Y-Teens, secretary of Girls’ Glee club. GERALDINE HANDELMAN Pan-American league, Spanish club, teacher training. DONNA HANDLEY JOAN HANNER G.A.A., Home Economics club, Y- Teens, Canteen committee, intramu¬ rals. GEORGE HARDIN Lettermen’s club, football, wrestling, track, intramurals. GEORGIA HARDIN Black Hawk tribe, G.A.A., Y-Teens, Girls’ Glee club. CLIFFORD HARRIS Pan-American league, Spanish club, tennis, intramurals. GEORGE HEDSTROM Lettermen’s club, wrestling, band. JOHN HENNEMAN Black Hawk tribe. Boys’ Hi-Y, golf, intramurals. Glee club. National Honor society, Senior Honor Roll. CHARLES HERIFORD Dramatic club. Boys’ Hi-Y, presi¬ dent of the Pan-American league. Spanish club, football manager, in¬ tramurals, cast of junior class play, The Divine Flora.” speech class play, cast of the Dramatic club play, “Mother Is a Freshman.” managing editor of The Crimson Crier. WADE HERMAN Intramurals. RONALD HESSER Not graduating. 136 BARBARA HICKMAN Black Hawk tribe, Current Events club, Dramatic club. G.A.A., Y-Teens. intramurals, speech class play, cast of junior class play, “The Divine Flora.” cast of Dramatic club play, “Mother Is a Freshman.” Glee club, State speech contest, declamation. Radio staff, staff of The Crimson Crier, cast of senior clas play, “The Barretts of Wimpole Street.” GARY HODSON Current Events club, Dramatic club. Boys’ Hi-Y. CAROLYN HOEFLE Pan-American league, Spanish club. Y-Teens, intramurals. Girls’ Glee club, office assistant. National Honor society, The Crimson Crier staff. ROBERT HOLDORF Dramatic club. Boys’ Hi-Y. football, wrestling, baseball, intramurals. EBNER HOLKE CLARK HOLMES Current Events club, intramurals, sports editor of The Crimson Crier, assistant business manager of the 1949 Watchtower, business manager of the 1950 Watchtower, National Honor society vice-president. Senior Honor Roll. TOM HOLST Dramatic club. Boys’ Hi-Y, Pan- American league, president of the Spanish club, wrestling, intramurals. Glee club, senior class play. “The Barretts of Wimpole Street.” LOUISE HOLUB Black Hawk tribe, Dramatic club, president of the G.A.A., Home Eco¬ nomics club. Y-Teens. intramurals, speech class play, Glee club, decla¬ mation, Senate. ROBERT HOOVER Camera club, band. DAVID HOPLEY Current Events club. Boys’ Hi-Y, Lettermen’s club, Pan-A merican league, Spanish club, baseball, intra¬ murals. staff of The Crimson Crier, Watchtower salesman, National Hon¬ or society. Senior Honor Roll, senior class play, ‘“Hie Barretts of Wimpole Street.” JAMES HORST Boys’ Hi-Y. Pan-American league, Spanish club, track, intramurals. Glee club, apparatus group, staff of The Crimson Crier. ROSELLA HORTON Not graduating PHYLLIS HOUSTON Pan-American league, Y-Teens, of¬ fice assistant, Senate. DONALD HUGGINS Track, intramurals, band. LA VON HULSBRINK National Honor society, Senior Hon¬ or Roll, attended special class at Longfellow. JACK HUNTER Track, intramurals. Glee club. GERALDINE INGRAM Glee club, inner choir. HOWARD JACKSON Lettermen’s club, football, baseball, intramurals. GILDA JACOBSON G.A.A., Home Economics club. Pan- American league. Spanish club, Y- Teens, office assistant. Senate. RONALD JANETZKE Current Events club, Dramatic club. Spanish club. golf, intramurals, speech class play, senior class play. “The Barretts of Wimpole Street.” GLORIA JOHNSON G.A.A., Home Economics club, Na¬ tional Honor society, Senior Honor Roll. JUANITA JONES MARILYN JONES G.A.A., Y-Teens, office assistant. SHIRLEY JONES Glee club. Inner choir. Senate, Na¬ tional Honor society. Senior Honor Roll. KATHERINE JORDAN Black Hawk tribe. ROGER KELLEY GEORGE KIEFFER Football, basketball, CYC committee. Boys’ Hi-Y, intramurals, speech class plays. HENRYETTA KISH G.A.A., Pan-American league. Span¬ ish club, Y-Teens. RICHARD KLAUER Boys’ Hi-Y, Lettermen’s club, foot¬ ball, track, intramurals. MARILYN KLINDT Girls’ Glee club. RUDOLPH KOLINCHINSKY Wrestling. ORVILLE LAMB Finished first semester. PATRICIA LANE Black Hawk tribe. G.A.A., French club, Pan-American league, Y-Teens, intramurals, clinic. Radio staff. Na¬ tional Honor society, Senior Honor Roll. NORMA LANKTON Black Hawk tribe, Y-Teens, band, office assistant. JAMES LARGENT Finished first semester. CARL LARSON Boys’ Hi-Y club. Lettermen’s club, Spanish club, basketball and baseball manager. EDWARD LARSON Current Events club, Pan-American league, Spanish club, intramurals. Senior Honor Roll. PAUL LAURITZEN Pan-American league. Spanish club, basketball, tennis, intramurals. JAMES LAWRENCE Dramatic club. Boys’ Hi-Y. Pan- American league. Spanish club, foot¬ ball manager, intramurals, speech class play. MARILYN LAWSON Dramatic club, G.A.A., Y-Teens, in¬ tramurals. speech class play, cast of junior class play. “The Divine Flora,” cast of “Mother Is a Freshman,” Glee club, Inner choir, declamation. Sen¬ ate. National Honor society, Senior Honor Roll, cast of senior class play. “The Barretts of Wimpole Street.” JOAN LEE Black Hawk tribe. Pan-American league. Spanish club. Y-Teens, Sen¬ ior Honor Roll. DONNA LEES G.A.A., intramurals. Glee club. SHIRLEY LEIBOVITZ Black Hawk tribe, French club, Pan- American league, Glee club. MARILYN LERNER Black Hawk tribe. Dramatic club. G.A.A., Pan-American league. Y- Teens. tennis, intramurals, cast of junior class play. “The Divine Flo¬ ra,” speech class play, declamation, office assistant, National Honor so¬ ciety, Senior Honor Roll. RICHARD LIEDTKE Boys’ Hi-Y, Lettermen’s club, foot¬ ball. WANDA LIVENGOOD Dramatic club, G.A.A., Home Eco¬ nomics club, Pan-American league, Spanish club, office assistant. BETTY LOGAN Spanish club. DONALD LOGAN Camera club. Boys’ Hi-Y, football, track, intramurals. ROBERT LOTHRIDGE Wrestling. LOLA LOUCK Dramatic club. DONALD LUND Not graduating. EARLE McBRIDE Camera club, Pan-American league. Spanish club, wrestling, tennis, in tra- murals, speech class play. National Honor society. Senior Honor Roll. 137 colleen McGovern Intramurals, Glee club, cheerleader, Senate. JOSEPH McKNIGHT alyce McWilliams Black Hawk tribe, G.A.A.. Pan- American league, Spanish club, Y- Teens. tennis, intramurals, office as¬ sistant, first-page editor of The Crimson Crier . VERNON MACK Lettermen’s club, cross-country, track, intramurals. JAMES MACLEAN Football, basketball. EDNA MAKEDON French club, clinic assistant. DONALD MANHARD Black Hawk tribe, Boys’ Hi-Y, Let¬ termen’s club, football, basketball, track, intramurals, speech class play. Radio staff. Senate. National Honor society, Senior Honor Roll. CHARLEEN MANUEL Black Hawk tribe refreshment chairman. Camera club. Current Events club. Dramatic club, G.A.A., secretary of the Y-T e e n s, speech class play, radio staff. MAURICE MARBLE Wrestling, intramurals, National Honor society, Senior Honor Roll. JOHN MARCH Dramatic club. Boys’ Hi-Y, Pan- American league, Spanish club, in¬ tramurals. DANIEL MATTER Finished first semester. LUELLA MEEK Black Hawk tribe. Current Events club. Dramatic club, secretary of G.A.A., Pan-American league. Y- Teens. tennis, intramurals, cast of junior class play, “The Divine Flo¬ ra.” speech class play, declamation. Radio staff. National Honor society, Senior Honor Roll. KENNETH MELOW Basketball. National Honor society, Senior Honor Roll, Lettermen’s club. CAROLWYN (BUD) MELTON (Picture does not appear in annual.) MARY MENDOZA Pan-American league. Spanish club, office assistant. JOYCE MILLER Intramurals. GLORIA MULLEN G.A.A., clinic assistant. BETTY LOU NELSON Black Hawk tribe, secretary of the Current Events club. Dramatic club, G.A.A., Y-Teens, speech class play. Radio staff, secretary of the Senate. Homecoming attendant. National Honor society. Senior Honor Roll. DALE NELSON Boys’ Hi-Y, Lettermen’s club, foot¬ ball, wrestling, intramurals. Senate. ROLAND MILLER KENT NELSON Lettermen’s club, football. STELLA MILLER Home Economics club. KENNETH MILLS Cross-country, wrestling, intramurals. TOM MILLS Lettermen’s club, football, track, in¬ tramurals, Glee club. DONNA MITCHELL Intramurals, office assistant. PATRICIA MONTZ G.A.A., Home Economics club, Pan- American league. Y-Teens, intramu- CHer G1Ce ClUb ’ Staff ° f The Crimson MARY ANN NELSON G.A.A., Pan-American league. Y- Teens, intramurals. Homecoming at¬ tendant. RALPH NELSON (Picture does not appear in annual.) ROBERT NEWBERN Lettermen ' s club, Spanish club, foot¬ ball, wrestling, speech class play. CHARLES NICKELL Pan-American league. Spanish club. LOIS NIELSEN Camera club. G.A.A., Y-Teens, tramurals. in- KATHERINE MOODY Black Hawk tribe. G.A.A., Y-Teens. Canteen committee, manager of the band, majorette. CATHRYN NISSEN ■dichjis. —- - ran- American league. Y-Teens. clinic as¬ sistant. JEAN MORGAN Camera club, G.A.A., band, clinic as¬ sistant. TOM MORGAN Not graduating. ARLINE MOSHER Intramurals. RUTH NORBY ? aa H k tribe ‘ Camera club. G.A.A., Y-T e e n s, office assistant, National Honor society. Senior Hon¬ or Roll, Radio staff. Senate. NOWACK Current Events club. Dramatic club G.A.A., Pan-American league. Span ish club, intramurals. PAULINE OCKEE Black Hawk tribe. G.A.A., Y-Teens. speech class play. Glee club, decla¬ mation, staff of The Crimson Crier. JEANNE OHLWEILER Vice-president of Black Hawk tribe. Camera club, Current Events club. Dramatic club. G.A.A.. Pan-Ameri¬ can league, vice-president of Y- Teens. Canteen committee, tennis, casts of Dramatic club play, “Mother i a an junior class P la y The Divine Flora.” Radio staff. National Honor society. Senior Hon- or Roll senior class play. ‘ The Bar¬ retts of Wimpole Street.” DONNA OHMS Black Hawk tribe. Current Events club, G.A.A., Y-Teens, band, office assistant. National Honor society. Senior Honor Roll. JERRY OLDS Baseball, intramurals. MORTON OLSSON Intramurals. DONNA PALMER Black Hawk tribe. G.A.A., Glee club. Inner choir, cheerleader, secretary of the senior class. Homecoming at¬ tendant. DONNA PARADEE DAVID PEARSON Vice-president of Current Events club, Dramatic club. Boys’ Hi-Y, Let¬ termen’s club, Pan-American league. Spanish club, tennis, intramurals, speech class play, cast of junior class play, “The Divine Flora.’’ dec¬ lamation. Senate. National Honor so¬ ciety, Senior Honor Roll, senior class play. “The Barretts of Wimpole Street.” ROBERT PETERS Spanish club, cross-country. JOYCE M. PETERSON G.A.A., Glee club. Inner choir. KENNETH PETERSON Boys’ Hi-Y, Pan-American league, Spanish club. ROGER PETERSON Black Hawk tribe. Camera club. Boys ' Hi-Y, Pan-American league, football, baseball, intramurals. Sen¬ ate. GERTRUDE PETTY Glee club. THELMA PIEPER Black Hawk tribe. Camera club. Home Economics club. Y-Teens. Glee Club, staff of The Crimson Crier. Na¬ tional Honor society. Senior Honor Roll. REGINA PILCHER Black Hawk tribe. Pan-American league, Spanish club, Y-Teens. copy editor of The Crimson Crier. RITA PINGEL Camera club. G.A.A., Home Econom¬ ics club, Pan-American league. Span¬ ish club, treasurer of Y-Teens, in¬ tramurals. Glee club, office assistant, staff of The Crimson Crier. RICHARD PITSCHKE Black Hawk tribe, president of Cam¬ era club. band. NANCY PLANTZ Black Hawk tribe, secretary of Dra¬ matic club. Home Economics club, treasurer of Pan-American league, Spanish club. Y-Teens. Canteen com¬ mittee. tennis, intramurals, speech class play, cast of junior class play, “The Divine Flora,” cast of Dramat¬ ic club play. “Mother Is a Fresh¬ man.” State speech contest, decla¬ mation, clinic assistant, radio staff, cheerleader. Watchtower salesman, senior class play. “The Barretts of Wimpole Street.” DELMA PLATT G.A.A., intramurals. BETTY POHL Black Hawk tribe. Camera club. Glee club, Inner choir. 138 BETTY POWERS Black Hawk tribe, treasurer of G.A.A., Home Economics club, intra- murals. clinic assist ant. EDNA RANDLES G.A.A., Y-Teens. LORETTA REDDICK Dramatic club, G.A.A.. Y-Teens. MARJORIE REQUET Black Hawk tribe. G.A.A., Y-Teens, intramurals. Glee club. ROBERT RESCH Camera club. Canteen committee, manager for track, band. CAROL RICEMAN G.A.A.. Y-Teens, intramurals, presi¬ dent of Girls’ Glee club, office as¬ sistant. MARTIN RICH Spanish club, speech class play, dec¬ lamation. debate, business manager of The Crimson Crier. IRWIN RIETZ Lettermen’s club, cros s-country, track, intramurals. BETTY RIFFEL Black Hawk tribe, Y-Teens, speech class play. RONALD ROBERTS French club. Boys’ Hi-Y, intramu¬ rals, Radio staff. RICHARD ROMINE Lettermen’s club, football, track. In¬ tramurals. SYLVIA ROSE Spanish club. Glee cluo. DONALD ROWE Current Events club, baseball, intra¬ murals, Senate. LAURETTA ROYAL Black Hawk tribe. Camera club, G.A.A., Y-Teens, office assistant. CONSTANCE RUMMELS Intramurals. Glee club. Inner choir. Clinic assistant. MARIANNE RUSSELL Secretary of the Black Hawk tribe. Current Events club, Pan-American league. Spanish club. Y-Teens, ten¬ nis. Radio staff. National Honor so¬ ciety, Senior Honor Roll. JOYCE RUYSBROEK Black Hawk tribe, Y-Teens, Glee club. GARTH SCHAFER Not graduating. BETTY SCHAUM Black Hawk tribe, Y-Teens, cheer¬ leader. DOLORES SCHAVE Camera club. Current Events club, Y-Teens, intramurals. Glee club. Mixed Glee club. PATRICIA SCHENEBRICKER G.A.A.. intramurals, Glee club. JERRY SCHILLER Black Hawk tribe. Boys’ Hi-Y, pres¬ ident of Lettermen’s club, football, wrestling, intramurals. National Honor society. Senior Honor Roll. GEORGE SCHNEIDER Black Hawk tribe, vice-president of Dramatic club, football, cast of “Life With Father.” cast of junior class play. “The Divine Flora.” cast of ‘Mother Is a Freshman.” State speech contest play. ‘“Midsummer Night’s Dream.” declamation. Senate, junior marshal, president of the National Honor society, se n i o r class play, “The Barretts of Wimpole Street.” CECILE SCHNOOR Intramurals, band. JOHN SCHRAGE Black Hawk tribe, vice-president of Camera club, Dramatic club. Boys’ Hi-Y. track, intramurals, Radio staff. The Crimson Crier staff. HAROLD SCHRODER Black Hawk tribe. Boys’ Hi-Y, wrest¬ ling, intramurals. ROBERT SCHROEDER Camera club. Pan-American league. Spanish club. The Crimson Crier staff. Senior Honor Roll. RAYMOND SEGURA Intramurals. GENE SEITZ MARGUERITA SELLE CAROL SELLERS Dramatic club. Y-Teens, intramurals, speech class play. Radio staff, staff of The Crimson Crier. JOSEPH SENATRA Black Hawk tribe. Boys’ Hi-Y, in¬ tramurals. Glee club. MARIJO SHANES Black Hawk tribe. Glee club, office assistant. RICHARD SHEESE Glee club. ARLENE SHEPHERD Camera club. Home Economics club. JACK SHOEMAKER Boys’ Hi-Y. Lettermen’s club. Span¬ ish club, football, basketball, track, intramurals. Glee club. Inner choir. JAMES SHORT LUCILLE SHRADER Black Hawk tribe, vice-president of Camera club, secretary of CYC com¬ mittee. Y-Teens, tennis. Speech ciass play. Senate, staff of The Crimson Crier, National Honor society. Senior Honor Roll. HELEN SHUCK G.A.A., French club. Pan-American league. Y-Teens. office assistant. Na¬ tional Honor society, Senior Honor Roll. WILLIAM SIGSWORTH (Picture does not appear in annual.) CHARLES SIMMONS Color guard. GERALD SMIT Dramatic club. Boys ' Hi-Y, track, baseball, intramurals, casts of junior class play. “The Divine Flora,” Dra¬ matic club play. “Mother Is a Fresh¬ man.” speech class play, declamation. Radio staff, cast of senior class p� ay, “The Barretts of Wimpole Street.” DARLENE SMITH G.A.A.. Home Economics. Y-Teens. Glee club. DORIS SNYDER Black Hawk tribe. G.A.A.. Y-Teens. DELONA SPELLMEYER Dramatic club. G. A. A., Y-Teens, band. DANIEL SPENCE Basketball, golf, intramurals. PHYLLIS STANLEY Black Hawk tribe. G.A.A.. Y-Teens. Glee club. Radio staff. TOMMY LYNN STANLEY Dramatic club, G.A.A., Pan-Ameri¬ can league, casts of junior class play. “The Divine Flora.” Dramatic club play. “Life With Father,” and “Moth¬ er Is a Freshman.” band, declama¬ tion. staff of The Crimson Crier, Na¬ tional Honor society. Senior Honor Roll. ALBERT STOEVER 139 ADELE STONE Current Events club, treasurer of Dramatic club. Y-Teens. Canteen committee, student director of speech class play, casts of junior class play. The Divine Flora,” Dramatic club play, Mother Is a Freshman,” Glee club, Inner choir, mixed quartet, trio, declamation. Illini Girls’ State representative. D.A.R. award, junior marshal. Homecoming queen, vice- president of junior class, staff of The Crimson Crier, assistant photography editor of the 1949 Watchtower, pho¬ tography editor of the 1950 Wafch- tower, National Honor society, Sen¬ ior Honor Roll. JOHN SWISHER Black Hawk tribe. Boys’ Hi-Y, Let¬ termen’s club, football, basketball, track, intramurals, vice-president of Senior class. SYLVIA SWISHER Current Events club. Dramatic club, French club, speech class play. Glee club. JOHN TAIT Black Hawk tribe, Boys’ Hi-Y. Let¬ termen’s club. CYC committee, foot¬ ball. intramurals. Radio staff, debate. National Honor society. Senior Hon¬ or Roll, senior class play. The Bar¬ retts of Wimpole Street.” The Crim¬ son Crier staff. WILHELMINA TEUSCHER G.A.A., Pan-American league, intra¬ murals. RICHARD THOMAS Black Hawk tribe. Boys’ Hi-Y, Let- termen’s club, football, basketball, track, president of Senate, junior marshal, vice-president of sopho¬ more class, president of junior class. National Honor society, Senior Hon¬ or Roll. SUSAN THOMPSON Black Hawk tribe. Current Events club. Dramatic club, G. A. A.. Y- Teens, tennis, intramurals, speech class play, declamation. Radio staff. National Honor society. Senior Hon¬ or Roll. LURAY THOMS Black Hawk tribe, Current Events club, Dramatic club, G.A.A., Y- Teens, intramurals, secretary of Glee club, Inner choir, Mixed Glee club. National Honor society, Senior Hon¬ or Roll. BETTY STRICKLAND G.A.A., Y-Teens. declamation. GERALD TURNER RICHARD VAN HORN JOAN STROMER Dramatic club, G.A.A., Pan-Amei can league. Spanish club. Y-Teer intramurals, teacher training. BEVERLY STUHR G.A.A., Y-Teens. JACK SUMAN Biack Hawk tribe. Dramatic clu Boys Hi-Y, Lettermen’s club, too ball, cross-country, wrestling, trac baseball, mtramurals. MAURICE VAN SPEYBROECK Current Events club, president of Boys Hi-Y. Lettermen’s club, foot¬ ball, basketball, track, intramurals. Glee club, president of sophomore class. JACQUELINE VEDELL G.A.A., Home Economics club, Y- Teens, Glee club. JOANNE VERONDA G.A.A. ELAINE SUMMERS ®‘ ack Hawk tribe. G.A.A.. Y-Teens. Glee club. NEIL SUMMERS Black Hawk tribe. Boys ' Hi-Y. Let- termen’s club, football, wrestling, intramurals. GALE VETTER Boys’ Hi-Y, Pan-American league, Spanish club, manager for baseball, intramurals. MARY LOU VIVIANI G.A.A., Home Economics club, in¬ tramurals, office assistant. LAWRENCE SUTTERMAN Black Hawk tribe. Current Evenl club, president of Dramatic clul golf, intramurals, speech class plai casts of junior class play, The Di vine Flora,” Dramatic club pla Mother Is a Freshman.” Stat speech play of 1949-1950. presider of senior class. National Honor sc ciety. Senior Honor Roll, senior clas play. The Barretts of Wimpol Street. Boys’ State. CATHARINE WALKER Black Hawk tribe. Dramatic club. Pan-American league, Y-Teens, CYC committee, speech class play, staff of The Crimson Crier. LOIS WALKER Black Hawk tribe, Camera club, G.A.A., secretary of Y-Teens. office assistant, National Honor society, Senior Honor Roll. TOM WALLACE Dramatic club, Lettermen’s club, football, track, casts of junior class play, The Divine Flora,” Dramatic club play. Mother Is a Freshman,” speech class play. State speech play contest of 1949-1950. senior class play, The Barretts of Wimpole Street.” Dramatic club play,” Life With Father,” declamation. JOAN WANGELIN Black Hawk tribe, G.A.A., Y-Teens, Glee club, staff of The Crimson Crier. CONRAD WARD Current Events club. Boys’ Hi-Y, Lettermen’s club, football, cross¬ country, track, intramurals, presi¬ dent of Glee club. Inner choir. JOYCE WARNER CYC committee. JOAN WEBER Y-Teens, Glee club. JOYCE WELCH Black Hawk tribe. Camera club. G.A.A., Pan-American league, Span¬ ish club. Y-Teens, Canteen commit¬ tee, Radio staff. Watchtower sales¬ man, Senior Honor Roll. ROBERT WENGER Lettermen’s club, football. JOHN WESTERBECK Boys’ Hi-Y, baseball, intramurals. ROBERT WHEELAN Vice-president of Boys’ Hi-Y, vice- president of Lettermen’s club, chair¬ man of CYC committee, football, basketball, track, vice-president of Senate. Boys’ State, National Honor society, Senior Honor Roll. FRANKIE WIDMAR Not graduating. BETTY WILLIAMS G.A.A., Y-Teens, Glee club. PATRICIA WITT Dramatic club, G.A.A.. Pan-Ameri¬ can league, Spanish club, declama¬ tion. CAROLYN WOEBER Dramatic club. G.A.A., Y-Teens, in¬ tramurals, casts of Dramatic club plays. Life With Father, “Mother Is a Freshman, speech class play, declamation, Radio staff. JANIS WOOD Black Hawk tribe. Dramatic club, G.A.A., Pan-American league, treas¬ urer of Y-Teens, casts of Dramatic club plays. “Life With F a t h e r,” Mother Is a Freshman,” student di¬ rector of junior class play. The Divine Flora.” declamation. Nation¬ al Honor society. Senior Honor Roll, editor in chief of The Crimson Crier. ERNEST ZIMRING Dramatic club, declamation. Radio staff, staff of The Crimson Crier. 140 Out IfkankA tc . . . Esca G. Rodger for patience and professional advice in working with The Watchtower staff. . . . Owen B. Wright for help with finances and announcements. . . . Eldred Olson, Brock Engraving Company, Madison, Wis., for useful layout and engraving counsel. . . . Oscar G. Ericson, Augustana Book Concern, for valuable in¬ formation about printing and binding. . . . John A. Denker, S. K. Smith Company, Chicago, for assistance in the choice of covers. . . . Clyde Hinchliffe and Kenneth Brostrom for doing a skillful job on Watchtower photography. . . . Paul Callaghan, Paul Studio, for cooperation in taking senior pictures. . . . Dick Pitschke, Jack Schrage, Bill Burgess, and the Camera club for good work on informal shots. . . . Trudy Walker for clever drawings. . . . Student writers. —THE WATCHTOWER STAFF flutcgrapkA