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

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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

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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.

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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