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

Text from Pages 1 - 152 of the 1952 volume:

EUGENE ACUFF • BARBARA AGY • THOMAS ALDERSON • BARBARA ALLEN CHARLES ALLEN • DANIEL ANDERSON • MARTHA ANDERSON • CAROL ANDREW! CAREY ANGEL • GRANVIL ANGEL • ADRIAN ARDAY • COLLETTE ARMSTRONG JON ARP • FAYE ASQUITH • DONALD ATKINSON • MICHAEL ATKINSON PATRICIA ATTWOOD • ROBERT BAILEY • MADONNA BAUGH • SALLY BEALS RICHARD BELLEGANTE • EVERETT BENNINGFIELD • BETTY LOU BER( JOSEPH BILEDDO • SHIRLEY BIRELY • TROY BLAND • ALBERT BLOCH JOSEPH BOENITZ • ROBERT BOEYE • JOAN BORST • MARY BOWES WILLIAM BOYNTON • DONNA BRADLEY • SHIRLEY BRADSHAW SHIRLEY BREEDLOVE • SUZANNE BRINN • JOANNE BROWN • JOYCE BROWN MARY JANE BROWN • CAROLE BURDON • WILLIAM BURGESS • GARY BURWELL ANN BUSH • FORREST BUSHERT • ALICE BUTCHER • WAVA CAMPBELl BOBBIE ANN CARLSON • BETTIE CARNES • FR ANCES CAROTHERS PATRICIA CARPENTER • LORRAINE CARPENTIER • ROBERT CAUDILL GALE CENTER • TERRY CLARK • JAY CLAYMAN • BEVERLY CLEMANM JAMES COBB • JOANNE COFFLAND • GEORGE COIN • ZODIE COLE MARY COLLINS • RICHARD COLLINS • MARGERY GAYLE COOK KENNETH COOK • LLOYD CORWIN • MARILYN COYNER • DONALD CRAMER JAMES CRANDALL • VAUNDA CURTIS • GEORGIA CUTLER • ROBERT DARGAM RUTH DARR • DARLENE DAUMA • EFFETA DAVIS • MARY DEMOU FRANK DEVRIEZE • ARNOLD DEWINTER • JERRY DOECKEL • EVA DONLIN LAURANCE DOHLER • DIANE DORNACHER • GRETCHEN DORNACHER CHARLES EDGAR • MERLE ELDRIDGE • ROBERT ELSON • JOAN EMERY EDNA ENGSTROM • JACK EVANS • BARBARA FEELEY • ALICE FERGUSON HARVEY FEST • DANIEL FIRTH • KENNETH FOLLETT • JAMES FORRESTER RICHARD FRANING • ANNETTE FRAZER • FRANK GADIENT • DENO GANAKESi STANLEY GELLMAN • GERALD GENZ • JACK GILL • JAMES GILMORE BARBARA GOSSEN • DOROTHY GRIFFIN • HENRIETTA GROOTHAERT DONALD GRISHAM • MARTHA GROENE • VIRGIL GROSS • JAMES GUZZO HELEN HABIB • ELINOR HAHN • JERRY HANSEN • ALBERT HANSON HELEN HANSON • LINDA HANSON • BRUCE HARDERS • SHIRLEY HARDING DONALD HARL • RICHARD HARDWICK • ROWENA HARVEY • JERRY HASKINS DELBERT HAUMAN • DICKSON HAUSE • JOYCE HAWTHORNE VERNON HAZLETT • WILLIAM HENDREN • MARGURITE HINRICHSEN THOMAS HENDRICK • BARBARA HERRIN • DORIS HINES • FRANCES HINZE PATRICIA HIXSON • FRANCES HOCKENBERRY • JACQUELINE HOCKER JAMES HOGAN • JACK HOLLANDER • KAY HOLST • MYRNA HOOE ROBERT HORNBACK • PHYLLIS HUFF • BETTY HUFFMAN • GUSTAV HULT WILBERT HULETT • DAVID HUNTLEY • HARRY IGLEHART • DONNA INGOLD ADAM JACKSON • MARILYN JACKSON • BEN JACOBSON • HENRY JEFFREY PHYLLIS JEFFRIES • ARTHUR JOHNSON • CHARLES JOHNSON • FRANK JONESl ROBERT A. JOHNSON • KATHERINE JONES • SHIRLEY KAMINSKY MILLES KELLOGG • MARGIE KEMPE • RICHARD KETTERING • NEVA KIS - 3 LAURA KLUDY • JAMES KNOBLACH • PATRICIA KOCH • CAROLYN KOESTER RICHARD KRUEGER • RALPH LAMPHERE • PETER LAURITZEN DOREEN LAMERE • ELMER LAWRENCE • LETHA LAWS • CHARLES LAYER BETTY LEA • DONNA LEFTWICH • PETER LEONARDSON • LARRY LEWIS ELAINE LIEBMAN • BEVERLY LINDSAY • ROBERT LODGE • ANNA LUJAN ROBERT LULOW • JOHN LUNDSKOW • CLYDE LUNDY • BARBARA LUTZ MARIAN LUTZ • MARY ELLEN McCABE • CHARLOTTE McCULLOUGH BARBARA McGUIRE • ELNORA McKEE • DONALD GENE McKINLEY HOWARD McKELLIP • DUANE McLAUGHLIN • ANN McLELLAN • KENNETH MAIER DALE MALBAN • GARY MANN • PATRICIA MARTIN • THEODORE MARTIN CORINNE MILLER • DARRELL MILLER • PHY LLIS MILLER • JEROME MOELLER ROBERT MOFFITT • HAL MOORE • MELVA MOORE • RICHARD MOORE FAY MOSKALOFF • PATRICIA MUHLENBURG • CHARLOTTE NEIGHBORS PAULINE NISSEN • JAMES OLDS • MARILYN OLSON • DONALD LEE OSBORN DON W. OSBORNE • SALLY OSBORNE • GARY OSTROM • VELDA PALIKE EDYTHE PARKER • THOMAS PARSONS • CAROLINE PETERSON NANCY PETERSEN • RANDALL PETERSON • RICHARD PETERSON WILLARD PETERSON • RICHARD PIEPER • DUANE POE • DUGAN PORTER JACQUELINE PORTER • PATRICIA PORTER • RICHARD POTTER • DON PRESCOTT DALE PRICE • HELEN PRICE • JOHN PRISTASH • BARBARA PUTNAM CHARLENE RAGOT • JO ANN RANDLES • GEORGE RAY • ROSALIE RAYMOND ALICE REEVES • DAN REMY • ARLENE RICE • BARBARA RIEXINGER ROBERT RIES • BONNA ROBBINS • JAMES ROBERTS • MARGARET ROGIERS SHIRLEY ROGIERS • JOHN ROMANS • ORENTHAL ROSE • ROBERT ROSENE GEORGE ROSENTHAL • ETHEL ROUSE • WILFRED ROYAL • KENNETH SCHERER BARBARA SCHAUBROECK • WAYNE SCHERER • MILTON (SHARM) SCHEUERMAN SUE SCHMACHT • GEORGE SCHULZ • LESLIE SCOTT • WILLIAM SELINE JERRY SHEEHAN • JANICE SIEBEN • NANCY SIMMON « ANNE SLENKER JAMES E. SMITH • KATHRYN SMITH • ELAINE SODERBERG MARIAN SORENSON • LORRAINE STAI • BEVERLY STEPHENSON • JANET STOEBE SHARON STANLEY • CAROLE STICKROD • DARLETTE STONE • JANICE STRUM PATRICIA STROUP • WALDO SULLIVAN • DAVID SWAIM • WILLIAM SWISHER RO CELESTE SWENSSON • SHARON TAYLOR • MARIAN TEUSCHER CAROL TEBBE • MARILYN THOMAS • STUART THOMS • SALLY THONN RONALD TIMM • LEE TOBIN • KENNETH TOLLENAER • WAYNE TOWNLEY RONALD TYLER • LAZELLE ULLRICK • EDMOND VAN DER GINST MARLENE VANDERBILT • JOY VAN HULLE • MARJORIE VAN WOLVELAERE CHARLES VAN TINE • KATHLEEN VETTER • DELORES VINT • LARRY WALD PATRICIA WALTERS • HARRY WEINDRUCH • KENNETH WICKENBURG DAVID WETZEL • RICHARD WICKUM • HAZEL WIKLUND • LEWIS WILDER JANICE WILFORD • JANET WILSON • NYLETA WILSON • DELORES WISE JOYCE WITHROW • MARY WOEBER • WAYNE WORKER • JAMES WURBS mm ROCK ISLAND SENIOR UIGU SCHOOL IQ 52 WATCUTOWER Annual is dedicated to . 7lie Poeh 9da ull 9li j,h School ol the. Pad 0 0 0 9he Pock. 9da td dlixjh School ojj the Pbeient . . . 9he Pack 9dand eMujh School oJj the fyutufie . ' ■ . • ■ ; : - ! y tf-a ' ieiua ' id It is the hope of The Watchtower staff that this annual in the years to come will enable students to recall their high school days. We have been fortunate enough to spend these days in one of the finest school build¬ ings in America. Whether it will be through bringing back the memories of friends or the participation in the everyday life, organiza¬ tions, sports, and activities of this school, we hope that the 1952 Watchtower will help you to relive your life at Rock Island senio r high school. 4 Editor in Chief. .James Smith Business Manager. . . . Milles Kellogg Photography Editor. .Shirley Bradshaw Copy Editor. . . . Margie Kempe Sports Editor. . . . Richard Collins Vending Manager. .... Ben Jacobson ASSISTANTS Richard Wight Bonnie Kjellstrand Jane Piggott Robert Motz Martha Mackey Arthur Goldstein ADVISER Esca G. Rodger 5 Adtnutidbiatian Directors . 8 Faculty . 10 Senate . 16 Gladded Seniors. 18 Juniors . 41 Sophomores . 48 tti ' xatio.nl School Clubs . 59 AUdeticd Football . 84 Homecoming . 92 Cheerleaders . 94 Basketball . 96 Wrestling. 104 Track . 106 Golf . 108 Cross-Country . 109 Tennis . 110 Baseball. Ill Actiaiiied Music. 114 Drama and Speech. 117 Publications. 128 Senior Activities . 136 6 ■ • Y r ms . i | i. ig|A bisiectosil Seated: Mr. Earl H. Hanson, Superintendent of Schools; Dr. C. W. Motz; Mr. Virgil Anderson, President ot the Board; Mr. Arthur J. House. Standing: Mr. Junius P. Califf; Mr. Carl F. Bauer; Mr. W. W. Bailey, Assistant Superintendent of EARL H. HANSON Passing another milestone in Rock Island ' s history, the Board of Education brings to a close a busy school year, in which the members have maintained the high standard of education for which they are renowned. Serving as the media between the tax¬ payers and the school system, it is the duty of these members to see that all the students in the Rock Island school system get the best possible facilities, training, and guidance. Because of the increased cost of oper¬ ation, the members of the board have given many hours to the solving of finan¬ cial problems. Textbooks, new equipment, the select¬ ing of new teachers, and building im¬ provements are also more of the board ' s worries. Under the alert Board of Education, Rock Island senior high school has made marked progress during the past year, preparing students to take their place in the world as better citizens. 8 The challenge of the future was never greater. Can you face it? Only if you face the challenge of each day and the task it presents. If you can say after the last task is completed or problem solved, This is my best, you will meet the greater challenge with confidence. We have a great country and a great high school. Each of you is one part that makes this greatness. Give that very best and both will stay great down through the years. CHARLES O. AUSTIN, Jr. Principal FLORENCE J. LIEBBE The world is becoming more complex and will make increasingly great de¬ mands upon you. The role you play will be determined by the way in which you use the talents which you have and the tools which you have acquired. Use them to the best of your ability. That responsi¬ bility is yours. Best wishes in your new ventures. HERBERT L. WAGNER Boys ' Counselor CHARLES O. AUSTIN, JR. Probably the greatest of all the sciences that your generation must cultivate is the ability of peoples of all kinds to live together and work together in the same world. We hope you have acquired some of the tools, some of the ideas, and above all, the resolute will to nourish and develop this new science, for the sake of yourselves, your country, your world. Best wishes and success to each of you. FLORENCE J. LIEBBE Dean of Students HERBERT L. WAGNER 9 fyaeuity. Languages MALVINA M. CALOINE Spanish, French ALVERDA DOXEY Latin, English W. L. KIMMEL Biology Science DOROTHY K. HALL Biology HAROLD V. ALMQUIST Director of Athletics , Biology GEORGE H. McMASTER GEORGE D. BAIRD Physics, Biology Director of Visual Education, Chemistry 10 Industrial Arts B. K. BEAUCHAMP DEANE H. BALL EARL R. PEOPLES Woo dshop, Sheet Metal Machine Shop, Driver Training Wo odshop, Driver Training Arithmetic Industrial Arts Supervisor DAVID J. BORTH JAMES R. CLARK Printing, English Mechanical Drawing, Arithmetic Athletic Manager Physical Education KENNETH E. GREENE Physical Education FAYNELLE HAEHN Physical Education MARGUERITE PIERCE Physical Education WILBUR N. ALLEN Physical Education Mathematics HAZEL A. PARRISH Mathematics EVA V. ROBB Mathematics JULIEN C. PETERSON Geometry, Trigonometry, History Commercial HELEN JACKSON JOHN M. HUCKINS Business Education Accounting CHARLOTTE M. STONE CARRIE M. EKBLAD Accounting Business Education MARIE TERESE CARLSON Business Education 12 Fine Arts GEORGE A. BERCHEKAS Instrumental Music E. DOROTHY PETERSON Speech SARA MAE McELHINNEY Art ROBERT L. MAURUS Vocal Music English FLORENCE MORRISON English MEDIA HANKINS English CAROLU L. SCHUTZ English SARAH C. LARAWAY English ADA BLANCHE LAUCK English MARGARET WINBIGLER English ESCA G. RODGER Journalism , English Social Studies LYLE JONES EVA M. IRVINE P. J. MARTIN History , English History American History, Geography Director of Debate, Radio, Speech KATHRYN CALLIHAN American History 14 JOHN H. SHANTZ Social Studies Library, Study Hall, and Visual Aid LETTIE WILLETTS Study Hall RUTH B. MAUCKER Library GLADYS L. BLASER Visual Aid BESSIE A. BLADEL Library Registrar and Office Secretaries BARBARA NELSON Secretary HELEN M. DOWNING Registrar MARILYN HENSON Secretary 15 Senate. Row 1: Fred Lear, Dick Jennings, Richard Steele, James Fuller, Ronald Driggs, Roland Harper. Row 2: Darlene Curry, Lois Hansen, June Chambers, Su- sann McDonald, Patricia Porter, Marilyn Olson, Annette Frazer, Kay Holst, Joyce Brown, Gloria Hoffmann, Barbara Wilson, Shirley Finney. Row 3: Charles Thomas, William Mergenthal, Gerald Trimble, Daniel Munn, Bonita Peterson, Joan Boetje, Virginia McBride, Ann Heberling, Donna Dover, Jean Carruthers, Wil¬ liam Bartman, Gerald Wright, Charles O. Austin, Jr., a sponsor. Row 4: Donald Bledsoe, Richard Paulsen, James Smith, Michael Atkinson, James Knoblauch, Ronald Timm, Tom Scheuerman, John Rossow, Dennis Sheets. Daniel Firth, president; Kay Holst, secretary; James Knoblauch, vice- president. 16 Rock Island high school students have an opportunity to express themselves during the school year through the Senate, the student governing body. Each senate room elects a senator on the basis of leadership, citizenship, loyalty to the school, and the ability to main¬ tain a C average in all studies. Under the sponsorship of Charles O. Austin, Jr., Florence J. Liebbe, and Herbert L. Wagner, the Senate met each Thursday of this school year on alternating periods. The Senate sponsored various drives and after-game dances, chose the as¬ semblies for next year, and carried out many other activities under the leadership of Daniel Firth, presi¬ dent; James Knoblauch, vice-presi¬ dent; and Kay Holst, secretary. SenianA. Senior Class Officers ROBERT LULOW, vice-president LESLIE SCOTT, president KAY HOLST, secretary 18 EUGENE ACUFF BARBARA AGY THOMAS ALDERSON BARBARA ALLEN CHARLES ALLEN DANIEL ANDERSON MARTHA ANDERSON CAROL ANDREWS CAREY ANGEL GRANVIL ANGEL ADRIAN ARDAY JON ARP FAYE ASQUITH DONALD ATKINSON MICHAEL ATKINSON PATRICIA ATTWOOD ROBERT BAILEY MADONNA BAUGH SALLY BEALS RICHARD BELLEGANTE 19 EVERETT BENNINGFIELD BETTY LOU BERG JOSEPH BILEDDO SHIRLEY BIRELY TROY BLAND ALBERT BLOCH JOSEPH BOENITZ ROBERT BOEYE JOAN BORST MARY BOWES WILLIAM BOYNTON DONNA BRADLEY SHIRLEY BRADSHAW SHIRLEY BREEDLOVE SUZANNE BRINN DELORIS BROWN JOANNE BROWN JOYCE BROWN MARY JANE BROWN CAROLE BURDON 20 WILLIAM BURGESS GARY BURWELL ANN BUSH FORREST BUSHERT ALICE BUTCHER WAVA CAMPBELL DARLENE CAREY BOBBIE ANN CARLSON BETTIE CARNES FRANCES CAROTHERS PATRICIA CARPENTER LORRAINE CARPENTIER ROBERT CAUDILL GALE CENTER TERRY CLARK JAY CLAYMAN 21 ZODIE COLE MARY COLLINS RICHARD COLLINS KENNETH COOK MARGERY GAYLE COOK LLOYD CORWIN MARILYN COYNER DONALD CRAMER JAMES CRANDALL VAUNDA CURTIS GEORGIA CUTLER ROBERT DARGAN RUTH DARR DARLENE DAUMA EFFETTA DAVIS MARY DEMOU 22 EVA DONLIN DIANE DORNACHER GRETCHEN DORNACHER CHARLES EDGAR MERLE ELDRIDGE ROBERT ELSON JOAN EMERY EDNA ENGSTROM JACK EVANS BARBARA FEELEY ALICE FERGUSON DANIEL FIRTH KENNETH FOLLETT JAMES FORRESTER RICHARD FRANING ANNETTE FRAZER FRANK GAD I ENT DENO GANAKES STANLEY GELLMAN JACK GILL 23 JAMES GILMORE BARBARA GOSSEN DOROTHY GRIFFIN DONALD GRISHAM MARTHA GROENE HENRIETTA GROOTHAERT VIRGIL GROSS JAMES GUZZO HELEN HABIB ELINOR HAHN JERRY HANSEN ALBERT HANSON HELEN HANSON LINDA HANSON BRUCE HARDERS SHIRLEY HARDING 24 DELBERT HAUMAN DICKSON HAUSE JOYCE HAWTHORNE VERNON HAZLETT THOMAS HENDRICK BARBARA HERRIN DORIS HINES MARGURITE HINRICHSEN FRANCES HINZE PATRICIA HIXSON FRANCES HOCKENBERRY JACQUELINE HOCKER JAMES HOGAN JACK HOLLANDER KAY HOLST MYRNA HOOE ROBERT HORNBACK PHYLLIS HUFF BETTY HUFFMAN WILBERT HULETT 25 GUSTAV HULT DAVID HUNTLEY HARRY IGLEHART DONNA INGOLD ADAM JACKSON MARILYN JACKSON RACHAEL JACKSON MARIE JACOBS BEN JACOBSON HENRY JEFFREY PHYLLIS JEFFRIES ARTHUR JOHNSON CHARLES JOHNSON ROBERT A. JOHNSON FRANK JONES KATHERINE JONES MILLES KELLOGG MARGIE KEMPE RICHARD KETTERING NEVA KISH LAURA KLUDY JAMES KNOBLAUCH PATRICIA KOCH CAROLYN KOESTER RICHARD KRUEGER DOREEN LaMERE RALPH LAMPHERE PETER LAURITZEN ELMER LAWRENCE LETHA LAWS CHARLES LAYER BETTY LEA DONNA LEFTWICH PETER LEONARDSON LARRY LEWIS ELAINE LIEBMAN BEVERLY LINDSAY ROBERT LODGE ANNA LUJAN ROBERT LULOW JOHN LUNDSKOW CLYDE LUNDY BARBARA LUTZ MARIAN LUTZ MARY ELLEN McCABE CHARLOTTE McCULLOUGH BARBARA McGUIRE ELNORA McKEE HOWARD McKELLIP DONALD GENE McKINLEY duane McLaughlin ANN McLELLAN KENNETH MAIER DALE MALBAN GARY MANN PATRICIA MARTIN THEODORE MARTIN CORINNE MILLER DARRELL MILLER PHYLLIS MILLER 28 JEROME MOELLER ROBERT MOFFITT HAL MOORE MELVA MOORE RICHARD MOORE FAY MOSKALOFF PATRICIA MUHLENBURG CHARLOTTE NEIGHBORS PAULINE NISSEN JAMES OLDS MARILYN OLSON DONALD LEE OSBORN SALLY OSBORNE GARY OSTROM VELDA PALIKE EDYTHE PARKER THOMAS PARSONS NANCY PETERSEN CAROLINE PETERSON RANDALL PETERSON 29 RICHARD PETERSON WILLARD PETERSON RICHARD PIEPER DUANE POE DUGAN PORTER JACQUELINE PORTER PATRICIA PORTER RICHARD POTTER DON PRESCOTT DALE PRICE HELEN PRICE JOHN PRISTASH BARBARA PUTNAM CHARLENE RAGOT JO ANN RANDLES GEORGE RAY ROSALIE RAYMOND ALICE REEVES DAN REMY ARLENE RICE 30 ROBERT RIES BARBARA RIEXINGER BONNA ROBBINS JAMES ROBERTS MARGARET ROGIERS SHIRLEY ROGIERS JOHN ROMANS ORENTHAL ROSE ROBERT ROSENE GEORGE ROSENTHAL ETHEL ROUSE WILFRED ROYAL BARBARA SCHAUBROECK KENNETH SCHERER WAYNE SCHERER MILTON (SHARM) SCHEUERMAN SUE SCHMACHT GEORGE SCHULZ LESLIE SCOTT WILLIAM SELINE 31 JERRY SHEEHAN JANICE SIEBEN NANCY SIMMON ANNE SLENKER JAMES SMITH KATHRYN SMITH ELAINE SODERBERG MARIAN SORENSON LORRAINE ST AI SHARON STANLEY BEVERLY STEPHENSON CAROLE STICKROD JANET STOEBE DARLETTE STONE PATRICIA STROUP JANICE STRUM WALDO SULLIVAN DAVID SWAIM RO CELESTE SWENSSON WILLIAM SWISHER 32 WAYNE TANNER SHARON TAYLOR CAROL TEBBE MARIAN TEUSCHER MARILYN THOMAS STUART THOMS SALLY THONN RONALD TIMM LEE TOBIN KENNETH TOLLENAER WAYNE TOWNLEY RONALD TYLER LAZELLE ULLRICK MARLENE VANDERBILT JOY VAN HULLE CHARLES VAN TINE PATRICIA WALTERS HARRY WEINDRUCH DAVID WETZEL KENNETH WICKENBURG RICHARD WICKUM HAZEL WIKLUND LEWIS WILDER JANICE WILFORD JANET WILSON NYLETA WILSON DELORES WISE JOYCE WITHROW MARY WOEBER WAYNE WORKER JAMES WURBS SHIRLEY KAMINSKY 9 Jlost i (loll Out of a graduating class of 317 students, 98 were named to the Senior Honor Roll. The following students have maintained an average of 88 or above, and are listed in the order of their rank in the class. In 12 different cases, as indicated by grouped names, students tied for a given place. JANET STOEBE DICKSON HAUSE SALLY OSBORNE JOAN EMERY PATRICIA PORTER MILLES KELLOGG LINDA HANSON CAROL ANDREWS SHIRLEY BRADSHAW JANICE SIEBEN KATHLEEN VETTER PETER LAURITZEN KAY HOLST PATRICIA KOCH MARGIE KEMPE JAMES E. SMITH BEN JACOBSON ANNE SLENKER FAYE ASQUITH RICHARD COLLINS MARILYN COYNER HELEN HANSON KENNETH MAIER ROBERT CAUDILL ANNETTE FRAZER JOHN PRISTASH JOYCE BROWN RANDALL PETERSON MARILYN OLSON MARY ELLEN McCABE FRANCES CAROTHERS THOMAS ALDERSON GEORGE RAY BEVERLY STEPHENSON JOANNE COFFLAND MILTON SCHEUERMAN PATRICIA ATTWOOD CAROL TEBBE SHARON STANLEY ROBERT JOHNSON ELAINE LIEBMAN ALICE REEVES LEE TOBIN NANCY SIMMON DOREEN LaMERE BARBARA PUTNAM MARILYN THOMAS ANNA LUJAN BARBARA ALLEN WILLIAM BURGESS BETTY LOU BERG STUART THOMS ANN McLELLAN JOANNE BROWN KENNETH SCHERER KATHERINE JONES DALE PRICE SALLY THONN RO CELESTE SWENSSON JACK GILL SUZANNE BRINN SHIRLEY HARDING MARGURITE HINRICHSEN SUE SCHMACHT THEODORE MARTIN ROBERT HORNBACK 35 GEORGIA CUTLER ROBERT MOFFITT MARGERY GAYLE COOK GRETCHEN DORNACHER DUANE POE JANET WILSON ELAINE SODERBERG MARY WOEBER PAULINE NISSEN SHIRLEY BIRELY JOSEPH BOENITZ WAVA CAMPBELL JAMES WURBS GEORGE COIN JANICE WILFORD LORRAINE CARPENTIER EUGENE ACUFF ELNORA McKEE MARY COLLINS EFFETTA DAVIS JERRY HANSEN SHIRLEY KAMINSKY PETER LEONARDSON DIANE DORNACHER MARILYN JACKSON ROBERT ELSON PHYLLIS HUFF KATHRYN SMITH FRANCES HINZE DONALD ATKINSON ROBERT BOEYE WILBERT HULETT Vcue ictosiiatt cl+uH Salutatosiia n DICKSON HAUSE, salutatorian; JANET STOEBE, valedictorian. Janet Stoebe, valedictorian, had the distinction of maintaining the highest average of any student to graduate from Rock Island high school. Her average was 98.45. She majored in English, Latin, mathematics, and science, and minored in social studies. Dickson House achieved the honor of being salutatorian of the 1952 graduating class. He maintained a 98.2 average. Dickson majored in English, mathematics, science, and social studies, and minored in Latin. 36 ’Top le+i In order of rank: Janet Stoebe, Dickson House, Sally Osborne, Joan Emery, Patricia Porter, Milles Kellogg, Linda Hanson, Carol Andrews, Shirley Bradshaw, Janice Sieben. The following ten seniors have maintained the highest scholastic standing in their class: Janet Stoebe.98.45 Dickson House .98.20 Sally Osborne.97.31 Joan Emery.97.05 Patricia Porter .96.85 Milles Kellogg . ...96.73 Linda Hanson.96.68 Carol Andrews .96.65 Shirley Bradshaw .96.50 Janice Sieben.96.45 37 National ctfosvosi Society Row 1: Frances Carothers, Joanne Brown, Annette Frazer, Joanne Coffland, Margie Kempe, Milles Kellogg, Patricia Koch, Shirley Bradshaw, Linda Hanson. Row 2: Georgia Cutler, Effetta Davis, Joyce Brown, Helen Hanson, Joan Emery, Faye Asquith, Carol Andrews. Row 3: Jerry Hansen, Ben Jacobson, Thomas Alderson, Bruce Harders, Dickson House, George Coin, Robert Caudill Richard Collins, William Burgess. Forty-eight seniors with scholastic aver¬ ages of 92 or above became automatic members of the National Honor society this year. Other seniors, who had averages ranging between 85 and 92, voted on them¬ selves, and with the help of the faculty elected ten more members on the basis of leadership, loyalty, and service to the school. These additions brought the total to 58. Officers elected were Ben Jacobson, pres¬ ident; Milton (Sharm) Scheuerman, vice- president; and Janice Sieben, secretary. Row 1: Sally Thonn, Doreen LaMere, Kathleen Vetter, Beverly Stephenson, Barbara Putnam, Carol Tebbe, Sally Osborne, Patricia Porter, Janice Sieben, Nancy Simmon. Row 2: Marilyn Thomas, Elaine Liebman, Anna Lujan, Alice Reeves, Janet Stoebe, Anne Slenker, Marilyn Olson, Mary Ellen McCabe, Sharon Stanley, Lee Tobin. Row 3: Stuart Thoms, Dale Price, John Pristash, Kenneth Maier, Randall Peterson, George Ray, James Smith, Milton (Sharm) Scheuerman, Peter Lauritzen. 38 SeHi i GiaU d-Hto up Any time you ' re feeling lonely, any time you ' re feeling blue, just pick up your old Watchtower; it will bring back memories to you. Yes, you do have memories of your days at Rock Island high school. From the time you were a trembling sophomore meekly looking up at those horrible monsters called seniors, until the time you were one of those monsters (and they weren ' t so horrible after all), you have spent many wonderful days at old Rocky High. It all started in your sophomore year when you elected Leslie Scott as president, Robert Lulow as vice-president, and Marilyn Olson as secretary of your class. On the sports side of the picture you found your Little Rocks with a record of five wins and three losses in football. Jerry Elston and Jack Evans were two who were on the varsity squad during the season. Your sophomore wrestling team had an unde¬ feated season and your basketball team won 15 out of 18 games. You even had two representatives, Jerry Hansen and Mil- ton (Sharm) Scheuerman, on the tourna¬ ment basketball squad. The sophomore cheerleaders were Neva Kish, Barbara McGuire, Sally Osborne, Janet Simmons, Marian Sorenson, and Marjorie Van Wolvelaere. Three students who represented your class in debate were William Burgess, Ran¬ dall Peterson, and Anne Slenker. Then all at once you grew up. You were no longer considered the school ' s young child. You were a junior now! This year your class officers were Leslie Scott, presi¬ dent; Marilyn Olson, vice-president; and Kay Holst, secretary. Seven junior boys played quite regularly on the football team, and on the champion¬ ship basketball team (Northwest conference and Ouad-City champs) were four juniors. When the time came for the Dramatic club play, Of Thee I Sing, 19 juniors took part with Bruce Harders in one of the lead¬ ing roles. William Burgess and Dickson House were debaters; and representing you in the state speech contest were Bruce Harders, Sally Osborne, Thomas Parsons, and John Ro¬ mans. The Speech II classes presented Cheaper by the Dozen, with 10 juniors taking part. Annette Frazer and Bruce Harders played Mama and Papa Gilbreth. Later on came your junior class play—a mystery thriller entitled Dangerous Nan McGrew. Those participating were Eugene Acuff, Bruce Harders, Margurite Hinrich- sen, Ben Jacobson, Marilyn Olson, Sally 39 Osborne, Thomas Parsons, Anne Slenker, Sally Thonn, and Larry Wald. Assisting on The Watchtower staff were Shirley Bradshaw, Richard Collins, Milles Kellogg, Margie Kempe, and James Smith, the five who then advanced to the top posi¬ tions in their senior year. In the Senate that year a junior repre¬ sented your class as an officer; Marilyn Thomas was secretary. The spring-semester staff of The Crimson Crier had Carol Andrews, Richard Collins, Kay Holst, Milles Kellogg, and Margie Kempe holding top positions. You were proud to have Kay Holst repre¬ sent your class and school at Girls ' state. As the school year came to a close, four of your class were chosen as junior mar¬ shals. They were Marilyn Olson, Marilyn Thomas, Milton (Sh arm) Scheuerman, and Leslie Scott. Your junior year had ended and you found yourself on top—a senior. This was what you ' d been waiting for. Leslie Scott was elected your class president for the third time. Other leaders of your class were Robert Lulow, vice-president, and Kay Holst, secretary. Marilyn Olson reigned as queen over your Homecoming game and dance. Her attendants were Annette Frazer and Mari¬ lyn Thomas. At the annual football banquet sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce, eight members of your team received well- deserved awards. Albert Bloch, Robert Boeye, Jack Evans, Harry Iglehart, James Knoblauch, Milton (Sharm) Scheuerman, Leslie Scott, and James Smith were these winners. Elmer Lawrence received the Elks ' good sportsmanship award at the Elks ' banquet for the team. Captain of the drum majorettes was Nancy Simmon and the band managers were Richard Collins and Beverly Stephen¬ son. In the fall came the Dramatic club play, Good Housekeeping. ' ' Your class mem¬ bers taking part were Shirley Bradshaw, Linda Hanson, Bruce Harders, Kay Holst, Margie Kempe, Sally Osborne, and Arlene Rice. Seniors who took part in the state speech contest were Eugene Acuff, George Coin, Bruce Harders, Kay Holst, Ben Jacobson, Sally Osborne, John Romans, and Larry Wald. The D.A.R. award was an honor bestowed upon Kay Holst. The Crimson Crier had as its five top executives for the fall-semester staff Ann McLellan, Sally Osborne, Patricia Porter, Dale Price, and Janice Sieben. Daniel Remy was chairman of your CYC committee this year. By the way, in January the CYC was painted with the school colors. Other seniors on the committee were Wil¬ liam Burgess, George Coin, Daniel Firth, Sally Osborne, Randall Peterson, Milton (Sharm) Scheuerman, and Marilyn Thomas. The Y-Canteen committee claimed Doreen LaMere as chairman, with other seniors on the committee being Eugene Acuff, Robert Boeye, Bruce Harders, Milles Kellogg, and Stuart Thoms. Neva Kish was elected captain in her third year of cheerleading. Barbara Mc¬ Guire was the other senior on the squad. You had a state champion wrestler in your class, Lloyd Corwin. In the girls ' declamation contest held at Rocky High, Sally Osborne placed first in the serious-division finals. The Senate elected Daniel Firth, James Knoblauch, and Kay Holst as its officers. This was the year! For the first time in 14 years Rock Island high school was repre¬ sented in the Sweet Sixteen basketball tournament at Champaign-Urbana. Seniors on the team were Jerry Hansen, Milton (Sharm) Scheuerman, Albert Hanson, and Stuart Thoms. Marilyn Olson was your candidate for the Sweet Sixteen queen. When time came for the Glee club oper¬ etta, The Bartered Bride, members of your class who took leading roles were Richard Peterson, John Romans, Sue Schmacht, and David Wetzel. Then, nearing the end of the year, the valedictorian was announced as Janet Stoebe, with the highest average in Rocky High ' s history—98.45. Dickson House was salutatorian with an average of 98.2. Your senior class play was a George Ber¬ nard Shaw comedy called Pygmalion, with Bruce Harders, Ben Jacobson, Sally Osborne, Anne Slenker, and Eugene Acuff taking leading roles. Then there was the baccalaureate, class night, and finally graduation. Well, that ' s it! That ' s just part of what you ' ve done in your three years at Rocky High. You ' ve really had a swell time— maybe you ' ve even learned something too! 40 Junior Class Officers JAMES FULLER, secretary CHARLES THOMAS, president NANCY RAYMOND, vice-president 41 Row 1: Beverly Amsbaugh, Helen Barlang, Jayne Barber, Nancy Beck, Marlene Bland, Alice Barber. Row 2: Sharon Anderson, Joyce Beemblossom, Carol Barr, Charleen Bell, Evelyn Bjorklund. Row 3: Jane Beeson, Judith Benson, Katharine Armstrong, Phyllis Allen, Grace Beaston, Sa ' llie Anderson, Emma Beeding. Row 4: Edward Alexander, Howard Bohannon, Harold Borst, Joseph Andrews, Donald Bledsoe, James Clow, Ronald Benesh, Richard Allison. Row 1: Janet Conner, Mary Coolidge, Marilyn Colleen Brooks, Jo Ann Clayton, Wilma Cady, Tasso Coin. Row 2: June Chambers, Lisa Burgess, Helen Boyer, Jac¬ queline Chambers, Betty Brimberg, Roberta Burbridge Robert Cook. Row 3: William Coleman. Robert Brooks, George Campbell, William Caudill, Canfield, Peter Burks, Herbert Buller, William 42 Row 1: Madge Drovesky, Megan Day, Diane Dockum, Darlene Elsbury, Ronald Driggs. Row 2: John Eklis, Richard Dusenberry, Daniel Decker, Sheldon Drucker, Dale Cronau, Gladys Deen. Row 3: Robert Cowart, Darrell Edgar, Patricia Dahlen, Jo Ann Cox, Shirley Edwards, Patricia Davidson. Row 4: Richard DeVoss, Donovan Ekstrom, Edwin Ehrgott, Richard Eagle, Richard Crouse, Larry Dickinson, Wayland Drinkall, Paul Davis. Row 1: Richard Erdman, Mary Geyssens, Sharon Ferguson, Donna Fluegel, Doris Engstrom, Nancy Fritz, Warren Gale, Elaine Flack. Row 2: Roger Fields, Sandy Gadient, James Fuller, Jan Ericson, Eugene Franklin, Cynthia Frakes, Judith Foy. Row 3: Martin Galex, Thomas Farmer, Gene Estess, John Fowler, Duane Frank, Harvey Garver, Edward Gellman, Leonard Erickson, Dan Flaherty. 43 Row 1: Joyce Hains, Darlene Heaton, Lois Hansen, Patricia Griffith, Carolyn Harney, Barbara Hill. Row 2: Sally Hartnett, Marjorie Green, Donald Gilmore, Eugene Hazen, Gary Hendren, Keith Guthormson. Row 3: James Hall, Sally Hawks, Phyllis Haft, Caro-le Gordon, Shirley Herbert, Hazel Heath, Janet Ghys, Esther Harness. Row 4: Gary Grems, Robert Harlan, Arthur Goldstein, Donald Hall, John House, Conrad Harper, Gordon Greenlev’ Gerald Hayes. Row 1: Joan Humphrey, Donna Johnson, Elizabeth Ingram, Ruth Ingram, Yvonne Hollingsworth, Darlene Jones, Frances Hixson, Jean Jackson. Row 2: Margaret Hoteling, Marjorie Horan, Carol Johnson, Kay Iglehart, Nancy Johnson, Melba Livengood. Row 3: Jo Ann Howell, Joyce Johnston, Beverly Kenney Marian Hodge, Sharol Huffstutler, Joan Hinrichs, Sally Jami¬ son, Ray Hughes. Row 4: Donald Huntley, Rithard Kennedy, Gloria Hoff- mann Ronald Huntley, Lawrence Kipperman, Bobby Joe Hunt, Wilson Hubbell, James Houston. 44 Row 1: Martha Mackey, Patricia McNerny, Joyce Ludwig, Janet Lutz, Elaine Larson, Pauline Ledbetter. Row 2: Nancy Long, Regina MacBeth, Barbara McMurray, Louise Legg, Bonnie Kjedstrand. Row 3: Jo Ann Loquist, Joan McComas, Susann McDonald, Shirley Lipkowitz, Betty McGinnis, Eleanor Lybeck, Verniece Litvin. Row 4: Ruth Lindburg, Donald Wm. McKinley, Robert Krug, Larry Lowe, Eric Levy, Robert Luckenbihl, Larry Kirby. Row 1: Shirley Newberry, Beatrice Miller, Barbara Nowack, Barbara Moller, Doris Martin, Ethel Marblestone. Row 2: Richard Newland, Marilyn Melow, Margot Morris, Betty Makedon, Joanne Millard, Phyllis Moran, Patricia Man- riques. Row 3: Elaine Nielsen, Shirley Nelson, Evelyn Nelson, Jo¬ ann Nelson, Joyce Nichols, Betty Lou Mauser, Barbara Nel¬ son, Giovina Matese, Marilyn Miller. Row 4: James Maihack, Gerald Mosher, Richard Miles, James Nelson, Henry Barry Nelson, James Mallder, Daniel Munn, Robert Motz, Jack Nichol. 45 Row 1: Dovid Potnoe, Alexandra Pojedinok, Marilyn Rich- Row 3: Donald Peterson, Patricia Raymond, Shirley Pieper ardson, Nancy Raymond, Gladys Rickey. Bonnie Reed, Patricia Peterson, Joanne Peters. Row 2: Henry Power, Billie Rae Quaas, Rita Rexine, Nata- Row 4: Richard Pewe, Calvin Reese, Robert Peppmeyer, lie Prfctash, Jane Piggott. Dean Reynolds, Richard Paulsen, Richard Otis, Jerry Parker! Row 1: Duane Scudder, Janet Saunders, Lois Schafer, Ann Rimmerman, Ruth Schulz, Julia Santalucia. Row 2: Sandra Runkle, John Shradar, Shirley Schmitt, Donald Schroeder, Marsha Reed, Cornelous Sedam, Duane Sandstrom, Theresa Rummels. Row 3: Carl Schmacht, Judith Schaible, Marilyn Schleuter Charlotte Sherwood, Dale Selhost, Audrey Schultz, Marion Ringer, Raymond Schwigen. Row 4: Tom Raisbeck, John Rossow, Gerald Sharp, Earl Robinson, William Rogiers, Jack Schick, William Serenius, Harry Shaddinger. 46 Row 1: Maxine Stoever, Bonnie Stae!ens Frances Teros, Janet Smith, Shirley Sullivan, Joy Stitkrod. Row 2: Charles Thomas, Darlene Stirts, Donald Smith, William Thomas, Lee Tanner, Charles VanderLinden, John Sproul. Row 3: Maurice Taylor, Wanda Steele, Marilyn Smiley, Janis Stai, Bethel Taylor, Elizabeth Teahan, Deloris Urbano- wicz. Row 4: Kirk Ulman, Richard Vanderwall, Tom Strausse, Don Tornquist, Donovan Swartz, Marcellin Smith, Richard Soady, Roger Stoleson. Row 1: James Winner, James Welvaert, Dennis Witt, Doris Ann Webb. Clara Williams, Delores Williams, Nancy Young. Row 2: Barbara Wilson, Berta Weiler, Doris Van De Voorde, Patricia Wilson, Jacqueline Weinert, Elaine Wells, Charlene White, Faith Watson. Row 3: Joyce Washington, James Vincent, Carolyn Wessel, Rosa Verger, Paul Van Hoorebeke, Benjamin Vinar, John White. Row 4: Karl Wickstrom, Gilbert Wilson, Jack Wood, For¬ rest Zentic, John Ziemer, Charles Wikle, Jerry Wood, Richard Wight. 47 S pJuo-m iel Sophomore Class Officers CAROL KISH, secretary DONNA DOVER, vice-president DENNIS SHEETS, president 48 Row 1: Carol Anderson, Audrey Amsbaugh, Louise Barton, David Applequist, Virginia Anderson, Robley Barnes. Row 2: Patricia Bell, Jo Ann Arzdorf, Susan Baillie, Ardith Barnett, Donald Bawmann, Jane Almquist. Row 3: Earl Baker, Edward Alderson, Florence Bates, Phyllis Bealer, James Wm. Anderson, Richard Barnett. Row 4: William Bartman, Darrell Ahlberg, Fred Attwood, Lyle Ayers, Clifton Baker, Milton Beeman, Howard Anderson, William Allred. Row 1 Raymond Bouslough, Walter Boll, Elizabeth Ber- gendoff, Mary Jane Boyer, Kathryn Boyd. Row 2: Lore Bradbury, Janice Boynton, Joanne Blue, Car¬ men Berchekas, Joan Boetje, Sadie Bennett. Row 3: Leonard Boyd, Mary Jo Brooks, Peggy Biileter, Arline Bohatka, Nancy Booras, Marilyn Isabelle Brooks. Row 4: Phillip Benson, Gary Benson, David Bennett, Allan Bryant, Harlan Braner, Duane Brown, Harry Biehl. 49 Row 1: Joan Carlton, Harlene Carlson, Dennis Carney, Phyllis Cloudas, Melvin Carpenter, Jene Burgess, Hollis Carl¬ son. Row 2: Sarah Buck, Patricia Caffery, Moneen Carpenter, Suzanne Burton, Jean Christensen, Lora Jean Calhoun, Mer- vin Carlson. Row 3: Mabel Butcher, Jean Carruthers, Beverly Burwell Patricia Corrigan, Evelyn Bushert, Virginia Clemmens. _ R ,°w 4 j Clyde Clark, Richard Butts, Peter Celms, David Burkhead, Raymond Caudill, Dee Center, James Buncher Jack Burgess. ' Row 1: Laurence Cole, Charles CuMett, Larry Crum, Dar¬ lene DeLoose, Edna Collins. Row 2: Charles DeCrane, Paul Cooprider, Mary Ann Tully Darlene Curry, Jan Davis, Dorothy Cramer, Vina Crisel. Row 3: Richard Coleman , David Davis, Gary Cross Will Daniels, Richard Davis, Robert Conklin, James Collins 50 Row 1: Jacqueline DePaepe, Donna Dover, Shirley Dooley, Helen Elbrechter, Kathryn Eberts, Mary Doeckel, Anna Ek- strom, Delores DeSmet. Row 2: Maxine Elliott, Mary Dohler, Shirley Dorman, Don DeToy, Ronald Dillon, Donald DeVinney. Row 3: Donald Edmonds, Robert Edler, Tom Edwards, Donald DePaepe, William Doeckel, Sidney Durham, William Driskell ' . Row 1: Patsy Frederickson, Patricia Evans, Ruth Ford, Roberta Ennis, Marian Elsbury, James Ellis. Row 2: James Fout, Michael Fulli, Clinton Foster, Glennis Bote, Dewey Flemming Yvonne Foster. Row 3: Thomas Faudree, Charlotte Frank, Shirley Finney, Carolyne Farren, Sandra Ellis, Barbara Fox, Patricia Giesler. Row 4: Michael Finkel, Donald Garmon, Richard Engstrom, John Erickson, Donald Finney, Bobby Foster, James Fues, Ronald Gardner, Donald Engels. 51 Row 1: Jerry Gibbons, Edwin Genz, Wayne Haskins, Yvonne Greiner, Delores Hampton, Barbara Goff, Karen Hanson, Rebecca Hawkins. Row 2: Roland Harper, Harriet Hanson, Mary Hauck, Patricia Hawkins, Beverly Gossen, Beverly Hardy, Ramona Grissom, Patricia Giesler. Row 3: Robert Harper, James Handley, Don Hart, Fred Grubbs, Robert Harding, Richard Harrington, Frederick Hiersch, Keith Goold, Kent Granzin. Row 1: Darrell Herrin, Lurline Holland, Suzanne Hoyt, Ann Heberlihg, Katharine Hill, Bonnie Hill. Row 2: Richard Hogan, Elien Hollowell, Betty Hayden, Donna Houston, Joy Hodgins, Patricia Howerton, Janet Hod- son. V Row 3; Franklin Holke, James Hendrick, Kenneth Hooe, R ' chard Hendrickson, Stanley Heth, Richard Hoffma n, Phillip Hubbart, Carlton Head. 52 Row 1: Alice Johnson, Patricia Schad, Patricia Huggins, Jane Jacobs, Sylvia Kidd, ShiVley Jacobs, Virginia Kerns, Sherry Huntley, Ardith Jones. Row 2: Carolyn Joy, Richard Johnson, Shirley Kimmell, Mary Hult, Carol Kish, Evelyn Jinks, Rosemary King, Helen Hutchinson. Row 3: Donald Huff, Jack Youngs, Colbert Huff, Gene King, Donald Jennings, John Kieffer, Jerry Janecke, Robert Kirby. Row 1: Ronald Kolls, Gloria Lomas, Anita Leinenwever, Sylvia Liebman, Molly Knight, Patricia Kretsch. Row 2: David LaMere, Arthur Lauf, Eva Lou Lerch, Janene Le Guire, Sally Langhinrichs, Billie Lee, Jo Ann Kleinau. Row 3: Wayne Kleckner, Harry Lester, Daniel Krotz, Jay Larson, Theodore Knudsen, Sonia Leonardson, LaMonte Koonts. 53 Row 1: Marilyn Mangels, Catherine MacLean, Virginia McBride, Caryl Marsh, Marlene Matthys, Carol McMillion Vera Lowe. Row 2: Sandra McDermott, Carol Moves, Janice Melow, Bruce Magnuson, Ivor McGuire, Larry Koester, Fred Lear. Row 3: Gary McGinnis William McCabe, Robert Luckett Donald Manary, Robert Manhard, John Lowitz, William Meeks, Richard Lothridge, David Lundy. Row 1: Helen Mullens, Mary Niles, Marilou Norris, Nellie Mulkey, Sandra Norton, Barbara Nathanson, Darlene Nelson. Row 2: Eilaro O ' Dell, Raymond NoHn, Jack Nightingale, Gene Monte, William Mockmore. d R °m 3 h N , an %-„ . Murr °y Lois Miller ' Jo Ann Nielsen, Ronald Neal, William Mergenthal, Charles Mills, Russell Morris. 54 Row 1 • Carol Peadro, Cecil ' yann Barta, Shirley Powers, Virginia Parr, Nancy Predmore, Nancy Perkins, Lynn Porter, Raymond Pierce. Row 2’ Robert Olsen, Bonita Peterson Rose Ann Owens, Marlene Orton, Dan Potter, Patsy O ' Melia, Richard Pettit. Row 3: David Parker, Duane Parks, Duane Peterson, Jack Pierce, Ronald Olsen, James Poston, Richard Palike, Gilbert Peterson. Row 1:Billy Samuelson, Donna Roland, Ronald Robbins, Tony Rosa-Gastaldo. Row 2: Raymond Romine, Leora Robbins, Elizabeth Ray¬ mond, Judy Rudasill, Sally Schmacht, Diane Ransom. Row 3: Donald Samier, Beverly Rose, Dorothea Rummels, Jerry Ratliff, Darlene Rice, Callo Jo Scherrer. Row 4: Bill Ralph, Tom Scheuerman, Donald Roberts, Paul Rausch, Truman Rexine, Orville Roberts, George Roth, James Rosenthal. 55 Row 1: Eugene Shrader, Gordon Sellman, Delores Shefren, Paul Schubert, Juliann Simpson. Row 2: Joan Simmons, Donna Seaton, Shirley Schulz, Helen Shonts, Rebecca Slodownik, Phyllis Smith. Row 3: Alan Spector, Emery Schomer, Marjorie Specketer, Janice Sersig, Norma Sparks, Ann Shields. Row 4: Dennis Sheets, James Eugene Smith, Ronald Schroeder, Albert Shank, Richard Schomer, David Spiller. Row 1: Jerry Thomas, Tommy Thompson, Beverly Strayer Joyce Taylor, Patsy Stark, Janet Stromer, Beverly Street. Row 2: James Stodghill, Donna Stuart, Joan Talbot, Nancy Strayer, Shirley Teel, Charlene Stoit, Dana Teuscher. Row 3: Harold Teuscher, Dennis Swenson, Richard Steele Swann! G a Stra T ° QVid Stephenson - 56 Row 1: Jock Ullemeyer, Judith Westcott, Jean Thorpe, Ann Wagner, Sherrill Tucker, Margaret Warren, Thomas Washington, Marvin Vinar, Lois Vincent, Shirley Walters. Row 2: Ralph Tobias, Shirley Turner, Hope Wangelin, Carol Webb, Kathleen Verdegem, Philip Van De Voorde, Richard Utley, Row 3: James Venable, John Wells, Richard Whan, Gerald West, Allen Utke, Warren Walsh, Gerald Trimble, Daryl Townsend. Row 1: Edward Whitcomb, Betty Youngvorst, Addriennie Whicker, Jean Williams, Karin Youngberg, Nadine Zimmer¬ man. Row 2: Thomas Woest, Larry Wilson, Donald Young, Kath¬ leen Whitley, Mary Lou Wi ' lcoxen, Nancy Wilson, Patricia Zeitler. Row 3: Lester Wiederkehr, Rex Woods, Cecil Wilson, Ken¬ neth Whisler, Jerry Wheeler, Marvin Zessar, Fred Whitebook, George White. 57 1. The CYC receives the new look. 2. Mathematicians of the basketball games. 3. Who says we won ' t win that Homecoming game? 7. Girls ' gym classes prepare 4. Fifteen more minutes of freedom. 5. Senior Day. 6. Pep-assembly entertainment, for modern warfare. 58 Camera Club Arthur Goldstein, first vice-president; Susann McDonald, secretary; Janet Stoebe, second vice- president; Peter Lauritzen, president; Delores Wise, executive chairman. Action! Camera! Whether it ' s action or still-life, the majority of the Camera club ' s members can not only take pictures but develop and enlarge them as well. The 48 active members of the club have learned many different types of photogra¬ phy at the biweekly meetings. Some of the experienced members of the club took turns giving talks and demonstrations before the rest of the members. Many basketball and football pictures as well as informal pictures of class officers were taken for The Watchtower by Arthur Goldstein, Peter Lauritzen, and others. The officers this year were Peter Laurit¬ zen, president; Arthur Goldstein, vice-presi¬ dent; Janet Stoebe, second vice-president; and Susann McDonald, secretary. The sponsor of the Camera club was George H. McMaster. The monthly salons of the club not only stirred up a little competition for the mem¬ bers, but they also were enjoyed by other students, who could view the entries on the third-floor hall bulletin boards. The judges were Sara Mae McElhinney and P. J. Mar¬ tin. National salons which were entered by several club members were Scholastic Ansco and Eastman Kodak. Pictures which were entered in some of the national salons were brought here to the high school to be posted on the third floor. Sally Langhinrichs, Adrian Arday, Earl Robinson, Gloria Hoffman. Row 1: Gordon Sellman, Janet Stoebe, Beverly Stephenson. Row 2: Vernon Hazlett, James Mallder, Daniel Decker, Harry Shaddinger. 60 Top, I. to r.: Robert Rosene; John Sproul, Robert Motz, Jan Ericson; Richard Hoffman. Middle, I. to r.: Sylvia Kidd, Harriet Hanson, Phyllis Wise; Mary Ellen McCabe, Fay Moskaloff, Sharon Stanley; George H. McMaster, sponsor. Bottom, I. to r.: Elnora McKee, Dale Price, Nancy Long, Keith Guthormson, Gustav Hult, Ronald Neal; Roland Stole- son, John House; Delores Wise; Robert Lodge, Janice Strum, Donna Ingold, Peter Leonardson, Allen Stoneburner. 61 Black Jlawk 7rule Seated: Joanne Brown; George Coin, sachem; Joyce Brown. keeper ' of the birchbork 0 silly ' oSorro!; O ?Siene ' wce ar0 ' e L ° rry W ° ' d; Shirley BradshaW ' Follow the trail—the trail of history is the motto of the Black Hawk tribe, one of the oldest and most popular clubs at Rock Island high school. The tribe, which is sponsored by the social studies department, was organized in 1929. Meetings are held the second Tuesday of each month in the activity room. There are always interesting programs centered around the affairs of the world, our nation, and our local community. The Christmas dinner party is one of the special events of the year. New members are initiated and a smorgasbord supper is served. Row 1: Mary McQuaid, Betty Brimberg, Janice Melow, Catherine MacLean, Marilyn Melow, Suzanne Brinn,, Kath¬ erine Jones, Ann Rimmerman, Diane Dockum, Shirley Lip- kowitz. Row 3 Ronald Driggs Bruce Harders, Ben Jacobson, Charles Mills, Tasso Coin, Jack Schick, Robert Motz, Edward Gellman, Donald DeVinney, Dale Price. Row 2: Marilyn Schleuter, Elizabeth Bergendoff, Karen Hanson, Shirley Dooley, Bonnie Kjellstrand, Carol Tebbe Janice Wilford, Sharon Stanley, Beverly Stephenson Faye Asquith. 62 Row 1: Sherrill Tucker, Carol Webb, Elnora McKee, Madonna Baugh, Linda Hanson, Charlene Ragot, Sally Osborne, Ann McLellan, Margie Kempe, Nancy Simmon. Row 2: Gretchen Dornacher, Diane Dornacher, Carol John¬ son, Rita Rexine, Katharine Armstrong, Jo Ann Cox, Harriet Hanson, Patricia Schad, Mary Ann Tully, Lois Miller. Officers this year were: Milles Kellogg, chief; George Coin, sachem; and Shirley Bradshaw, keeper of the birchbark. Mem¬ bers of the council were Joanne Brown, Joyce Brown, Linda Hanson, Margie Kempe, Sally Osborne, Arlene Rice, and Larry Wald. Since the tribe is so popular, the mem¬ Row 3: Alice Reeves, Helen Hanson, Marilyn Jackson, Carol Andrews, Janice Sieben, Patricia Porter, Caryl Marsh, Juliann Simpson, Jean Williams, Paula Schubert. Row 4: Truman Rexine, Wayne Kleckner, Harold Teuscher, Raymond Schwigen, Richard Collins, James Maihack, Arthur Goldstein, George Coin. bership is limited. Any sophomore may join, but juniors and seniors are admitted by invitation unless they have previously been members of the tribe. This year ' s membership was 138. P. J. Martin and John H. Shantz are the faculty sponsors of the tribe. Row 1: Mary Coolidge, Megan Day, Nancy Beck, Sally Row 2: Carolyn Wessel, Lisa Burgess, Nancy Long, Susann Hawks, Margot Morris, Jayne Barber, Bonita Peterson, Carol McDonald, Joan McComas, Nancy Johnson, Kay Iglehart, McMillion, Ann Heberling, Sally Schmacht. Betty Lou Mauser, Barbara Nowack, Phyllis Haft. Row 3: Barbara Nelson, Sallie Anderson, Bethel Taylor, Carmen Berchekas, Shirley Walters, William Serenius, Duane Sandstrom, Ralph Lamphere, David Parker, Daryl Townsend. 63 Science Club Harry Shaddinger, Robert Motz, Peter Lauritzen, John House, Dickson House, LaMonte Koonts. Virginia Clemmens, Vernon Hazlett, Corole Gordon, Delores Wise, Janet Stoebe. Projects kept Rock Island high school Science club members busy in 1951-1952. Each of the members was required to start a project in some scientific field. The best ones were entered in the Illinois Junior Academy of Science divisional meet- Robert Motz, vice-president; Dickson House, president; Carole Gordon , secretary. ing at Macomb April 5, 1952. Those that won either a first or second place were eli¬ gible to enter the state meeting at Charles¬ ton, III., May 9 and 10. The Science club was honored in 1952 by having two of its senior members, Dick¬ son House ond Peter Lauritzen, awarded honorable mention in the 11th annual Science Talent search. They were among 300 high school seniors chosen from over two thousand candidates from the whole United States. This search is conducted annually by Science clubs of America. The Science club is a member of this organiza¬ tion as well as of the Illinois Junior Academy of Science. Projects were not the only concern of the Science club. A trip was taken to Dr. Carl H. Gamble ' s observatory, and other field trips to interesting scientific places in this area were planned. The officers for this year were Dickson House, chairman; Robert Motz, vice-chair¬ man; and Carole Gordon, secretary. George H. McMaster sponsored the club. The Science club held monthly meetings at which projects and other scientific topics were discussed. feoqi ' Jli-fy Row 1: Karl Wickstrom; Merrell Clark, vice-president; Jerry Parker, treasurer; Daniel Munn, secretary; George Campbell. Row 2: Gerald Hayes, Robert Ries, Robert Moffitt, Ralph Row 3: Raymond Schwigen, James Maihack Edward Al- derson, Bobby Foster, Donald Young, Harold Teuscher Truman Rexine, Richard Kennedy, Richard Johnson, Robert Lodae. Gordon Greenley. Lamphere. In its efforts to show a better under¬ standing of Christian work and living, the Boys ' Hi-Y held cultural as well as social meetings twice each month at the Rock Island Y.M.C.A. Under the co-sponsorship of John M. Huckins and Dale Holmgrain, the nearly seventy members heard such speakers as Guy Rodger, Rescue mission director, and Doug Monahan, Illinois Y.M.C.A. work sec¬ retary. Among the many social activities were the trips to Iowa City for football games. Hi-Y officers were John Cates, president; Merrell Clark, vice-president; Daniel Munn, secretary; Jerry Parker, treasurer; George Campbell, chaplain and Karl Wickstrom, sergeant at arms. Cabinet members were George Coin, Duane Sandstrom, William Serenius, and Richard Wight. Row 1- John Cotes, president; George Coin; William Sere¬ nius; Richard Wight; Duane Sandstrom. Row 2: David LaMere, Ivor McGuire, James Collins, Milton Row 3: Merle Kolls, Howard Anderson, Robert Luckett, Phillip Hubbart, Dale Holmgrain, sponsor: Donald Bawmann, Richard Harrington, George White, James Fout. Dewey Flem¬ ming, Raymond Nolin, Wilbert Hulett, Gary Grems. Beeman. 65 J!.eMeSw te. t ' l Glub Ben Jacobson, secretary-treasurer James Smith, president Leslie Scott, vice-president Row 1: Clyde Lundy, James Winger, Terry Clark, Leslie Scott, Jay Clayman, Dale Malban, James Gilmore. Row 2: Robert Ries, David Wetzel, George Coin, Harvey Garver, Don W. Osborne, Richard Pieper, Richard Allison. Row 3: Ronald Pratt, Jerry Wheeler, Harry Weindruch, Bobby Joe Hunt. Row 4: Harold V. Almquist, sponsor. LaMonte Koonts, 66 Row 1: Jack Evans, Robert Brooks, Albert Bloch, Dan Remy, Thomas Alderson, Gary Ostrom, John Romans. Row 2: Albert Hanson, Stuart Thoms, Merrell Clark, James Forrester, James Smith, Ben Jacobson, Richard Kennedy, James Knoblauch. Row 3: Milton (Sharm) Scheuerman, Richard Pewe, Robert Boeye, Elmer Lawrence, William Geisler, Jon Arp, Lee Tobin. The Lettermen ' s club of Rock Island high school began its fourth year as one of the school ' s clubs by electing officers for the 1951-1952 school year. They were James Smith, president; Leslie Scott, vice- president; and Ben Jacobson, secretary- treasurer. To qualify for membership in the Letter- men ' s club, one must earn a major letter in one of the following sports: football, cross¬ country, basketball, track, tennis, or golf. Under the direction of Harold V. Alm- quist, the Lettermen ' s club sponsored a Facuity-Lettermen basketball game, the annual junior high school track meets, and a Varsity show. The proceeds from these events help pay for the new press box in the stadium. SUCH GRACE —Jack Evans shoots a hook in the Facuity-Lettermen classic. 67 Row 1: Kay Holst, president; Milles Kellogg, secretary. Row 2: Sally Osborne, vice-president; Joanne Coffland, treasurer. Putting the C back in Y.W.C.A. was the theme the Y-Teens carried out in their 1951-1952 meetings. Row 1: Donna Houston, Mary Jane Boyer, Joan Borst, Marjorie Van Wolvelaere, Carole Stickrod, Kathryn Smith, Suzanne Brinn, Marilyn Olson, Susan Kimble. Row 2: Jayne Barber, Marilyn Melow, Charlene Ragot, Sue Schmacht, Carol McMillion, Katharine Hill, Suzanne Richards, Lois Dobbler, Carolyne Farren. 68 A recognition service for officers and cabinet members; discussing world fellow¬ ship with Nil Muldur, a girl from Turkey; and getting together at the Y.W.C.A. for Hag night and the Strip tea were some of the activities the Y-Teens partici¬ pated in during the fall. At Christmas the Y-Teens prepared a dramatic worship service, Keys to the Future, which was followed by a party. Each Y-Teen brought a gift for a child. A scrapbook party, rumor clinic, and a choral speaking presentation on brother¬ hood highlighted January and February. The Y-Teens took an active part in plan¬ ning the Lenten services held in the Little Theater every morning before school during Easter week. The senior farewell banquet in May rounded out a year filled with hard work and fun. Ruth Harriet Koch is the Y-Teen program director. The faculty sponsors were Sarah C. Laraway and Florence Casten. The officers for the year were: Kay Holst, president; Sally Osborne, vice-president; Milles Kellogg, secretary; and Joanne Coff¬ land, treasurer. Row 3: Patricio Walters, Annette Frazer, Sally Thonn, Effetta Davis, Faye Asquith, Patricia Koch, Ann McLellan, Margie Kempe, Anne Slenker, Elnora McKee. Row 4: Nancy Booras, Darlene Nelson, Bonita Peterson, Jane Beeson, Patricia Raymond, Patricia Schad, Delores Shefren, Sylvia Kidd, Marian Teuscher, Dorothy Griff.n. Row 1: Sally Osborne, Jean Christensen, Patricia Carrigan, Evelyn Jinks, Virginia McBride, Sadie Bennett, Mary Lou Wilcoxen, Phyllis Bealer, Ann Rimmerman, Nancy Young. Row 2: Shirley Bradshaw, Ethel Marblestone, Nancy John¬ son, Linda Hanson, D.ane Dockum, Barbara McGuire, Kay Holst, Lisa Burgess. Row 3: Martha Mackey, Carolyn Wessel, Jane Almquist, Ann Wagner, Sherrill Tucker, Joan Boetje, Janet Stromer, Beverly Burwell, Jan Davis. Row 4: Diane Dornacher, Gretchen Dornacher, Margot Morris, Judith Schaible, Carole Gordon, Megan Day, Nancy Beck, Joyce Hains, Ro Celeste Swensson, Sharon Anderson. This year ' s cabinet consisted of the fol¬ lowing committees: program, Carol Andrews and Carolyn Wessel; service, Linda Hanson and Nancy Long; publicity, Lisa Burgess and Janice Sieben; devotions, Shirley Brad¬ shaw and Sally Thonn; social, Susan Kimble and Marjorie Van Wolvelaere; book, Jane Piggott; canteen, June Chambers; and song, Diane Dockum. Row 1: Mary Hult, Milles Kellogg, Sally Schmacht, Ann Heberling, Jean Williams, Delores Williams, Yvonne Foster, Marilou Norris. Row 2: Marjorie Specketer, Barbara Nowack, Betty Lou Mauser, Kay Ig’ehart, Dar ' ene Jones, June Chambers, Jac¬ queline Chambers, Patricia Dah’en. Row 3: Joan McComas, Nancy Long, Susann McDonald, Sally Hawks, Paula Schubert, Carol Webb, Janice Melow, Marilyn Mangels. Row 4: Patricia Porter, Janice Sieben, Carol Andrews, Marilyn Jackson, Nancy Simmoi , Alice Reeves, Joanne Coff- land, Lois Bradbury, Catherine MacLean. Moneen Carpenter. 69 tf- ie+iclt Gluh Row 1: Arlene Rice, Barbara Nathanson, Beatrice Miller, Ann McLellan, Betty Makedon. Row 2: Nancy Simmon, Anne Slenker, Berta Weiler, Joyce Hains, Mary Ellen McCabe. Row 3: Shirley Lipkowitz, Janet Conner, Frances Hinze, Madonna Baugh, Shirley Bradshaw, Susann McDonald, Milles Kellogg, Don W. Osborne, Milton (Sharm) Scheuerman, Robert Caudill. Shirley Bradshaw, president; Milton (Sharm) Scheuerman, vice-pre ident; Susann McDonald, secretary; Marilyn Me low, treasurer. Again this year the French club carried out its program of good deeds. With the aid of Malvina M. Caloine, club sponsor, French club members con¬ tinued to send packages to American sol¬ diers in Korea. The club received several letters expressing the gratitude of the men who had been given the boxes. The following officers were elected: Shir¬ ley Bradshaw, president; Milton (Sharm) Scheuerman, vice-president; Susann Mc¬ Donald, secretary; and Marilyn Melow, treasurer. Row 1: A ' exondra Pojedinok, Jerry Ratliff, Ethel Marble- Row 3: Mary Engman, Ann Heberlihg, Donald Manary stone, Nancy Long, Marilyn Melow, Suzanne Brinn. Jack Schick, Benjamin Vinar, Donaid Hall, William Canfield! Row 2; Nancy Johnson, Beverly Skyles, Ann Wagner, Lisa Daniel Munn, Tom Scheuerman. Burgess, Marian Hodge, Kay Iglehart. 70 tf-utu ie. cMamemaheA ' L al America Shirley Kimmell, secretary; Joan Boetje, treasurer; Carole Gordon, president. The sixth year of activity at Rock Island high school was completed by the Future Homemakers of America at the conclusion of the 1951-1952 school year. The or¬ ganization is also known as the Home Eco¬ nomics club. Two outstanding events this year were a Christmas dinner prepared and served by club members for guests and a Christmas basket given to a needy family. The senior high school, Edison, and Franklin F.H.A. groups were host to a Future Homemakers of America district convention held at Franklin junior high school Oct. 6, 1951. Another important occasion was the Spring Tea Party. This year ' s officers were: Carole Gordon, president; Shirley Kimmell, secretary; and Joan Boetje, treasurer. Row 1: Charlene Stoit, Betty Durkee, Darlette Stone, Carole Burdon, Mary Woeber, Beverly Stephenson, Donna Stuart, Eilaro O ' Dell, Carole Gordon, Edna Engstrom, Joyce Storr. Row 2: Rose Ann Owens, Shirley Dooley, Caryl Marsh, Marilou Norris, Dorothy Cramer, Phyllis Bea’er. Row 3: Kathryn Boyd, Bonnie Hill, Carol Peadro, Shirley Dorman, Marian Elsbury, Joan Boetje, Norma Sparks Shirley Kimmell. 71 Pom-A merican, jE.eatf.uc Ben Jacobson, president Kay Holst, vice-president Betty Lou Mauser, treasurer Nancy Raymond, secretary The Pan-American league student divi¬ sion is an organization offering students an opportunity to gain a better understanding of the 21 nations of the western hemi¬ sphere that are represented in this club. Membership in this international or¬ ganization is not limited to those students studying Spanish, but is open to all high school students interested in promoting good will while learning about the coun¬ tries in the western hemisphere. The league, under the sponsorship of Malvina M. Caloine, meets every third Thursday of each month, and the meetings are varied, some being cultural and others purely social. The annual Christmas pinata party is generally the most outstanding meeting of the year. Students make pinatas Many students were absent from the picture because of an influenza epidemic. Row 1: Nancy Young, Patricia Hawkins, Barbara Nowack, Row 2: Yvonne Hollingsworth, Lois Bradbury, John Romans, Kay Iglehart, Linda Hanson, Margie Kempe, Jan Davis, Tom Edwards, Rllan Bryant, Ronald Driggs, Arthur Goldstein, Patricia Muhlenburg. Gary Benson, Charlotte Sherwood. 72 Row 1: Effetta Davis, Annette Frazer, Joanne Coffland, Nancy Johnson, Donna Seaton, Shirley Teel, Sally Schmacht, Janice Sieben. Row 2: Dennis Sheets, Donald Bledsoe, Susann McDonald, Joan Me Comas, Alice Reeves, Carol Andrews, Patricia Porter, James A. Smith, Gerald Trimble. that are filled with candy and small gifts Then one student breaks the pinata with a stick and all the others scramble to get something. This year the club members of Rock Is¬ land high school were in charge of the Pan- American day celebration that is held each year on April 14. They sponsored the ban¬ quet, which was open to high school stu¬ dents, college students, and interested adults. Serving the club this year as officers were: president, Ben Jacobson; vice-presi¬ dent, Kay Holst; secretary, Nancy Ray¬ mond; and treasurer, Betty Lou Mauser. Row 1: Nancy Long, Donna Dover, Bonita Peterson, Row 2: Mary Hu!t, Maurice Taylor, Thomas Farmer, Patricia Schad, Berta Weiler, Sue Schmacht, Janet Smith, Richard Wight, Edward Gellman, Henry Jeffrey, Kenneth Carol Kish. Maier, Michael Finkel, Evelyn Jinks. 73 bfiamatic Club Margie Kempe, treasurer; Sally Thonn, secretary; Ben Jacobson, president; Larry Wald, vice- president. Another active and successful year was completed by the 1951-1952 Dramatic club of Rock Island high school under the spon¬ sorship of E. Dorothy Peterson. The purpose of the club is to bring to¬ gether a group of students who are in¬ terested in dramatics and to encourage these interests by participation in student programs. Since Miss Peterson finds it easier to work with a smaller group, membership is limited to 100 students. A student who has had one year of speech or who is enrolled in a speech class is eligible to join, but juniors and seniors are given preference. From the original list of students who sign up, the sponsor and officers choose the students who they feel will profit the most Row 1: Frances Hockenberry, Marilyn Thomas, Jo Ann Randles, Effetta Davis, Caro e Burdon, Phyllis Haft, John White. Row 2: Donald Hall, Myrna Hooe, Barbara McGuire, Ar ' ene Rice, Sharon Stanley, Alexandra Pojedinok, Donald Young. Row 3: Richard Erdman, Patricia Koch, Ann McLellan, Katherine Jones, Marjarie Van Wolvelaere, Kathryn Smith, Billie Lee, Richard Krueger, George Coin, Thomas Washing¬ ton. Row 4: Earl Robinson, Richard Crouse, Peter Burks, Michael Atkinson, Wayne Kleckner, Michael Finkel, Phillip Hubbart. 74 Row 1: Shirley Bradshaw, Carolyn Wessel, Linda Hanson, Ethel Marblestone, Diane Dockum, Ann Rimmerman, Shirley Lipkowitz. Row 2: James Maihack, Lisa Burgess, Jane Piggott, Marian Hodge, Marilyn Melow, Martha Mackey, Nancy Long, Dar¬ lene Jones, Sally Hartnett. Row 3: Robert Rosene, Eugene Acuff, Rona ' d Driggs, James Fuller, Edward Gellman, Duane Poe, Dale Price, John House. Row 4: Martin Galex, James Wurbs, John Romans, Karl WJckstrom, Robert Manhard, Tom Scheuerman, Ivor McGuire, Robert Cook. from membership and those who they be¬ lieve will give the most to the Dramatic club. Regular meetings are held one Wednes¬ day of each month in the Little Theater. The early fall meetings consisted of short impromptu skits by the members. This gave everyone a chance to try his skill at acting. Later, one-act plays presented by the Speech II classes highlighted the meetings. On Nov. 16 the Dramatic club presented its annual play. This year ' s production, Good Housekeeping, gave every member of the club a chance to participate in some way. Cast members, the production staff, and ushers were all proud of their contribu¬ tion to the year ' s dramatic schedule. Two special party-meetings highlighted the activities of the year, the Christmas progressive party and the annual theater party in the spring. The officers for 1951-1952 were: presi¬ dent, Ben Jacobson; vice-president, Larry Wald; secretary, Sally Thonn; and treas¬ urer, Margie Kempe. Row 1: Faye Asquith, Patricia Porter, Nancy Johnson, Marilyn Olson, Doreen LaMere, Patricia Walters, Margie Kempe, Sally Osborne, Janice Sieben, Letha Laws. Row 2: Alice Reeves, Phyllis Jeffries, Annette Frazer, Joanne Coffland, Kay Holst, Sally Thonn, Elnora McKee, Shirley Harding, Barbara Putnam. Row 3: William Serenius, Jerry Parker, Larry Wald, David Wetzel, Richard Collins, Sandy Gadient. Row 4: Robert Moffitt, Robert Boeye, Bruce Harders, Arthur Goldstein, Robert Motz, Daniel Munn, Ben Jacobson. 75 Siianilh Club Terry Clark Richard Wight Tom Edwards To acquaint the students with the speak¬ ing of the language, the songs, and current events of Pan-American countries is the purpose of the Spanish club at Rock Island high school, sponsored by Malvina M. Caloine. The meetings are usually held once or twice a month during the regular Spanish class time. There are both cultural and social meetings. The main social event of the year is the Christmas pinata party. A pinata is a con¬ tainer made of paper, clay, or some other breakable material, and filled with candy and small gifts. It is hung in the center of the room and the students form a circle around it. Someone is blindfolded and tries to break the pinata with a stick. When it falls, everyone scrambles for the contents. Row 1: Nancy Young, Carol Kish, Sally Schmacht, Donna Seaton, Mary Hauck. Row 2: Evelyn Jinks, Berta Weiler, Janet Smith, Shirley Teel, Lois Bradbury. Row 3: Maurice Taylor, Philip Van De Voorde, Michael Finke ' , Thomas Farmer, Tom Edwards, Jerry Parker, Allan Bryant, Kent Granzin, Gary Benson, William Bruchman, Kenneth Hooe. 76 Row 1: Susann McDonald, Joanne Coffland, Joan Mc- Comas, Janice Sieben, Diane Dornacher, Nancy Raymond. Row 2: Kay Holst, Anna Lujan, Annette Frazer, Caroline Peterson, Patricia Manriaues, Susan Kimble. Some meetings are spent singing Spanish songs, listening to records, reading news¬ papers and magazines from Spain and Mexico, and speaking entirely in Spanish. Many students have Spanish correspondents or pen pals. They write to people in about ten different Spanish-speaking countries. A chairman was elected in each class to Row 3: Sally Beals, Gretchen Dornacher, Rita Rexine, Richard Wight, Donald Bledsoe, Harvey Garver, Kenneth Maier, John Romans, Ben Jacobson, Jack Gill. take charge of the meetings. They were: second period, Richard Wight; third period, Terry Clark; and ninth period, Tom Ed¬ wards. This year the Spanish club had three bake sales. With the money received from the bake sales, they sent boxes to boys in Korea. Row 1: Betty Lou Mauser, Barbara Nowack, Elaine Niel- Row 3: Shirley Harding, Linda Hanson, Margie Kempe sen, Kay Iglehart, Marilyn Jackson. Robert Hornback, Terry Clark. Row 2: Rosalie Raymond, Charlotte Sherwood, Lois Scha¬ fer, Myrna Hooe, Marilyn Smiley. 77 QiA.li. ' Athletic A ' Llaciatiaa Row 1: Marilyn Thomas, president; Jacqueline Chambers, vite-president. Row 2: Joanne Brown, treasurer; Jayne Barber, secretary. Row 1: Karen Hanson, Rowena Harvey, Joyce Hawthorne, Darlene Heaton, Ann Heberling, Katharine Hill, Frances Hinze, Joy Hodgins. Row 3: Neva Kish, Jo Ann Kleinau, Shirley Kimmell, Doreen LaMere, Carol McMillion, Suzanne Brinn. Row 2: Kay Holst, Suzanne Hoyt, Kay Iglehart, Evelyn Jinks, Nancy Johnson, Darlene Jones, Katherine Jones, Sylvia Kidd. 78 Row 1: Moneen Carpenter, Patricia Carrigan, Jean Chris¬ tensen, Darlene Curry, Patricia Dahlen, Jan Davis, Megan Day, Diane Dockum, Alice Ferguson. Row 2: Mary Dohler, Mary Coolidge, June Chambers, Yvonne Foster, Barbara Goff, Harriet Hanson, Helen Hanson, Linda Hanson, Shirley Finney. The Girls ' Athletic association under the direction of Mrs. Marguerite Pierce and Faynelle Haehn has completed an active year, with volleyball, bowling, hiking, swim¬ ming, and softball as the highlights of the regular monthly meetings. The officers for this year were: presi¬ dent, Marilyn Thomas; vice-president, Jac¬ queline Chambers; secretary, Jayne Barber; and treasurer, Joanne Brown. This year the G. A. A. held a play-day here at the high school, with nine schools as guests. In addition, G. A. A. members attended a play-day at Galesburg and an¬ other at Geneseo. The Homecoming dance and intramurals were projects of the G. A. A. this year. Sports captains for the events were: Jayne Barber, basketball; June Chambers, archery; Diane Dockum, volleyball; Donna Dover, Row 1: Jane Almquist, Sallie Anderson, Beverly Burwell, Sarah Buck, Nadine Zimmerman, Cecilyann Barta, Mabel Row 2: Patricia Bell, Phyllis Bealer, Nancy Beck, Joyce Beemblossom, Jane Beeson, Sadie Bennett, Carmen Berchekas. Butcher, Florence Bates. Row 3: Peggy Billeter, Joan Boetje, Kathryn Boyd, Helen Boyer, Lois Bradbury, Shirley Bradshaw, Joyce Brown, Joan Borst. 79 Row 1: Sue Schmacht, Paula Schubert, Donna Seaton, Row 2: Carole Stickrod, Janet Stromer, Ro Celeste Swens- Janice Sersig, Delores Shefren, Kathryn Smith, Maxine son, Bethel Taylor, Shirley Teel, Marian Teuscher, Sherrill Stoever, Lorraine Stai. Tucker, Mary Ann Tully. Row 3: Ann Wagner, Shirley Walters, Carol Webb, Mary Lou WiJcoxen, Jean Williams, Nancy Wilson, Nancy Young, Charlene Stoit. shuffleboard; Joan Boetje, badminton; Lisa Burgess, table tennis; and Patricia Dahlen, softball. Two girls who have been active in the club during the past year were chosen to attend summer camp at Lake Geneva, Wis. The camp offers an opportunity to meet new friends and to learn to work with them as teams At the final meeting of the year, awards that included pins, numerals, and letters were given. G. A. A. offers fun, refreshments, and an opportunity to take part in sports as well as to earn points for awards. Row I: Janice Melow, Marilyn Mangels, Marilyn Melow, Row 2: Darlene Nelson, Mary Niles, Patsy O ' Melia Mary Virginia McBride, Elnora McKee, Catherine MacLean, Patricia Orne, Bonita Peterson, Nancy Petersen, Jane PiggoU Billie Muhlenburg, Barbara Nelson. Rae Quaas. Row 3: Jerry Ratliff, Suzanne Richards, Ann Rimmerman, Judy Rudasill, Sandra Runkle, Sally Schmacht, Jacqueline Hocker, Shirley Pieper. 80 Kay Holst, secretary Edward Gellman, co-president Faye Asquith, co-president Gutoent SrU-enti, Club For five years students of Rock Island high school have been given an opportunity to discuss current world events and prob¬ lems through the Current Events club . Students have a chance to express their ideas about present world problems. To check the results of discussion, a vote is taken before and after each issue is dis¬ cussed. Such problems as narcotics and excess spending in government were de¬ bated this year. Meetings of the Current Events club are held on the third Tuesday of the month under the sponsorship of Kathryn Callihan, social studies instructor. Co-presidents for 1951-1952 were: Faye Asquith, senior, and Edward Gellman, junior. Kay Holst, senior, was secretary. Since the club is educational, no dues are collected. Row 1: Helen Hanson, Beverly Stephenson, Sylvia Lieb- man, Linda Hanson, Ann McLellan. Row 3: Phillip Hubbart, lander, Robert Peppmeyer. Row 2: Margie Kempe, Milles Kellogg, Arthur Goldstein, James Collins, John White, John Romans, Kathryn CalJlihan , sponsor, Duane Sandstrom, Benjamin Vinar. William Mergenthal, Jack Hoi- 81 ■WuMUui ' Ua ' iUtti fyaoibcUl VARSITY GRIDDERS —Row 1, I. to r.: Bob Boeye, John Romans, Dick Allison, Al Bloch, Jim Smith, Sharm Scheuerman, Les Scott, George E. Duhlstine, Jr., mascot; Jim Knoblauch, Harry Iglehart, Jim Guzzo, Dale Malban, Stuart Thoms, Jack Evans, Lloyd Corwin. Row 2, I. to r.: Chuck Dhooge, Bill Geisler, Bill Serenius, Jerry Parker, Frank DeVrieze, Troy Bland, Jim Gilmore, Bob Brooks, Dan Remy, Jay Clayman, Dan Firth, Jim Forrester, Jim Winger, Gary Ostrom. Row 3, I. to r.: Robert Riley, assistant coach; Jack Wood, Guy Carter, Kenny Cook, Ed Ehrgott, Dick Bellegante, Dick Potter, Darrell Edgar, Ed Alexander, Tom Raisbeck, Dave Wetzel, Dick Wight. Forced to build almost an entire new team from a squad riddled by graduation and transfer losses, Coach Harold V. (Shorty) Almquist turned out a rugged, successful gridiron squad. The 1951 Islanders wound up with a 6-3 over-all season mark and a tie for the Northwest con¬ ference title. Assisting Coach Almquist were Line Coach Howard M. Lundeen, Backfield Coach Robert TRAINING STAFF —Seated, I. to r.: Wilson Hubbell, Harry Weindruch, George E. Duhlstine, Jr., mascot; Joe Bileddo, Bob Elson. Standing, I. to r.: Ronald Benesh, Gary Hendren, George E. Duhlstine, Sr., head trainer, Ron Pratt. Riley, End Coach Herbert L. Wagner, and Center Coach Wilbur N. Allen. On offense for the Rocks, Dale Malban, Bill Geisler, and Dan Firth were flankers while Jim Knoblauch and Jerry Wheeler held tackle posi¬ tions. Harry Iglehart and Lloyd Corwin carried the offensive guard load, with John Romans snapping the ball from center. Sharm Scheuerman directed offensive traffic from his quarterback post, with Jim Smith filling the defensive safety man ' s post. Les Scott and Jack Evans were two-way operatives at the half¬ back posts, backed by Jack Lundskow and Jim Winger. Al Bloch did the Rocks ' kicking in addi¬ tion to running off the fullback slot. The Islander defensive line was a bulwark all season, rising to the heights to hold Clinton to -16 yards gained overland. Troy Bland and Jim Guzzo were able defensive wingmen while Elmer Lawrence and Bob Boeye handled the tackle spots. Stuart Thoms and Harry Iglehart were defensive guards, with Lloyd Corwin and John Romans backing up the line. 84 Row 4, I. to r.: Herbert L. Wagner, assistant coach; Gary Burwell, Don Smith, Jerry Wheeler, Harvey Garver, Dick Eagle, Don Tornquist, Tom Edwards, Buck VanTine, Duane McLaughlin, Tom Alderson, Barry Nelson, Ron Pratt, trainer. Row 5, I. to r.: Howard M. Lundeen, assistant coach; Haro«!d V. Almquist, head coach; Ben Jacobson, Elmer Lawrence, Gale Center, George Coin, Jack Lundskow, Carey Angel, Jerry Janecke, Roland Harper, Harry We.ndruch, trainer. Row 6. I. to r.: Wilson Hubbell. trainer: Bob Elson, trainer: Ronald Benesh, trainer: Joe Bileddo, trainer; Gary Hendren, trainer; George E. Duhlstine, Sr., head trainer Third team All-state laurels were awarded Scheuerman and Knoblauch, and ten Islander gridders won positions on the Northwest con¬ ference honor squad. Thoms, Knoblauch, and Iglehart received first-team honors while Mal- SEASON RECORD R. I. 35 .John Marshall 0 R. I. 6 .Franklin 7 R. I. 26.Senn 0 R. I. 19 .East Moline 7 R. I. 10 Kewanee 20 R. I. 0 Davenport 7 R. I. 17.Galesburg 6 R. I. 21 .Moline 7 R. I. 34.Clinton 0 ban, Guzzo, Corwin, Scheuerman, and Scott placed on the second eleven. Evans and Bloch received honorable mention. Lawrence was awarded the Elks ' sportsmanship award. COACHING STAFF —I. to r.: Harold V. Almquist, head coach; Robert Riley, backfield coach; Herbert L. Wagner, end coach; Howard M. I n, line coach. ROCK ISLAND 35; JOHN MARSHALL (CHICAGO) 0 Scoring at least once in every period, the Is¬ lander football machine ground out five touch¬ downs to snow under John Marshall ' s forces, 35-0, in the Rocks ' season opener. Les Scott provided the lion ' s share of the Islander scoring, crossing the goal three times while Dick Allison added a fourth tally and a 31-yard pass from Sharm Scheuerman to Troy Bland counted the fifth. Al Bloch booted five conversions. DAYLIGHT AHEAD —Islander safety man Jim Smith heads for Ihe wide open spaces with an intercepted pass. Frustrated in- lended receiver Dale Addis (32) of Chicago ' s Senn high gives chase as Bob McIntyre (64) closes in. ROCK ISLAND 6; FRANKLIN (CEDAR RAPIDS) 7 Plagued by injuries to key players, the Rocks dropped a 1-point decision to Franklin on the Thunderbolts ' home field. Lost to the Islander cause for most of the contest were Backs Jack Evans and Jim Gilmore. Les Scott scored the lone Islander touchdown after Lloyd Corwin recovered a blocked Franklin punt. John Romans, Jim Smith, and Corwin bulwarked the Rocks ' defense. ROCK ISLAND 26; SENN (CHICAGO) 0 With Scott continuing to plague Chicago teams with his running and scoring feats, the Islanders rolled to a 26-0 win over Senn ' s Bulldogs in the Rocks ' stadium. Scott scampered across twice, counting once on a 59- yard jaunt. Dick Allison picked up another six-pointer and Sharm Scheuerman plowed over for the fourth tally. Al Bloch kicked two extra points. Jim Knoblauch, Bus Iglehart, and Lloyd Corwin were standouts in the Is¬ lander line. -0 • . Top- Bill Geisler, end. Center; Dale Malban, end. Jim Guzzo, end. Troy Bland, end. Jerry Wheeler, tackle. 86 Bob Boeye, tackle. Elmer Lawrence, tackle. Jim Knoblauch, tackle. Center: Lloyd Corwin, guard. Bottom: Harry Iglehart, guard. ROCK ISLAND 19; EAST MOLINE 7 Making their first Northwest and Quad-City con¬ ference outing, the Rocks used the skyways to rack up a 19-7 verdict over East Moline ' s Panthers. With Scheuerman, Scott, and Evans doing the pitching, the Rocks picked up 252 yards through the air. Evans, Scott, and Bloch scored the Islander touchdowns with Bloch adding a conversion. Most spectacular play of the night was a 63-yard pass from Scott to End Dale Malban, which set up a score. ROCK ISLAND 10; KEWANEE 20 Posting a 10-point lead early in the contest, the Is¬ landers found the edge inadequate as they bowed before a blistering second-half scoring barrage. Jack Evans tallied the Rocks ' touchdown with Bloch adding the extra point. Bloch booted a field goal late in the first half but the Islander margin vanished as the Boilermakers turned on the heat in the second half to win. Smith, Iglehart, and Knoblauch were the Rock ' s defensive stars. LEMME AT HIM —Islander defenders converge on East Moline ' s Al Davis to bring him down hard in the Quad-City clash. Rocks are Jim Smith (obscured by Davis), Lloyd Corwin (68), and Jim Guzzo. ROCK ISLAND 0; DAVENPORT 7 With its offensive machine clogged by penal¬ ties and pass interceptions, the Islander squad finally bowed to Davenport ' s host Blue Devils 7-0. Despite the efforts of Rock defensive stars Thoms, Smith, Iglehart, and Knoblauch, the Imps pushed across a score in the third period to hand the Islanders their only Quad-City set¬ back and their last loss of the year. 87 ROCK ISLAND 17; GALESBURG 6 Smarting from two straight setbacks, the Rocks went to work on Galesburg and emerged 17-6 victors in the Homecoming contest. The Silver Streaks, who were fresh from a 20-7 upset conquest of mighty Kewanee, could not solve a tough Islander defense. Al Bloch scored 11 of the Rocks ' points with a touchdown, a field goal, and two conversions. Les Scott tallied the other Islander TD with a pass interception runback. OOPS —East Moline ' s Sonny Jamison paws the air as Islander safety man Jim Smith cuts the Panther back ' s legs from under him. Furious action like this was common as the Islanders downed their Quad City rivals 19-7. ROCK ISLAND 21; MOLINE 7 Scoring two touchdowns in 21 seconds of the third period, the Rocks erased Moline ' s conference threat 21-7 on the Islander field. On the kickoff following a touchdown pass from Scheuer- man to Allison, Tackle Jim Knoblauch hustled a Maroon fumble 16 yards into the end zone for the clinching tally. Evans scored the other Islander touchdown in the first period. Bob Boeye tackled a Moline runner in the Maroon end zone for a safety, and Bloch added the final point with a conversion. ROCK ISLAND 34; Clinton 0 With Halfbacks Scott and Evans sidelined by injuries, Dick Allison stepped into a starting job, scoring three times to pace the Rocks to a 34-0 verdict over Clinton. Scheuerman ran back a punt 41 yards for a tally and passed for two of Allison ' s scores while Bloch counted the fifth Islander marker. Bloch kicked four conversions. Thoms, Lawrence, and Iglehart spearheaded an Islander defense that held the River Kings to -16 yards gained overland. Stuart Thoms, center. SIX-POINT SAUNTER —Islander halfback Les Scott races into paydirt with the second Rock tally over Senn as Islander Jerry Wheeler (far left) looks on. The Rocks spilled Senn, 26-0. 88 Jim Smith, quarterback. Les Scott, halfback. Sharm Scheuerman, quar¬ terback. Right: Jim Winger, halfback. Center, I. to r.: John Romans, cen¬ ter. Jim Gilmore, fullback. Dick Allison, halfback. Bottom, I to r.: Jack Lundskow, halfback. Al Bloch, fullback. Jack Evans, halfback. 89 o-jxlt mosie tyo-atball SOPHOMORE GRIDDERS —Row 1, I. to r.: Jock Pierce, Darre!! Sutton, Colbert Huff, Larry Koester, Chuck Mills, Duane Parks, Stan Heth, Clint Foster, Ray Rom,tie, Jack Burgess, Bill Daniels, Glennis Bote. Row 2, I. to r.: Larry Miller, Ted Knudsen, George White, Tom Scheuerman, Jerry Wright, Ron Olsen, Daryl Townsend, Bi lI Mer- genthal, Jerry Janecke, Jerry Trimble, Roland Stoleson. Row 3, I. to r.: Don Roberts, Dick Jennings, Dick Steele, Bruce Magnuson, Bill Lulow, Bill Bartman, Harry Biehl, Don Hart, Fred Whitebook, Tom Faudree, Bob Foster, Bill McCabe. Row 4, I. to r.: Tom Thompson, manager; Gary Cross, Dick Love¬ lace, Duane Peterson, Truman Rexine, Bill Driskell, Fred Lear, John Kieffer, Rex Woods, Jim Collins, Terry Collier. Row 5, I. to r.: Dave LaMere, Roland Harper, Jerry Thomas, Bob Kirby, Dick Hendrickson, Ken Hooe, Bob Manhard, Bob Edler, Ron Myers, Gary McGinnis. Row 6, I. to r.: Julien C. Peterson, head coach; Lyle Jones, line coach; John H. Ahl, backfield coach. Running roughshod over eight opponents, Rock Island high school ' s sophomore squad finished their season undefeated and untied. Under the able tutelage of Head Coach Julien E. Peterson and Assistant Coaches John H. Ahl and Lyle Jones, the Pebbles won undisputed possession of both the Northwest and Quad-City conference crowns. Downing St. Ambrose, 1 8-0, in the opener, the Little Rocks edged Coolidge, 13-12, in the second contest for their only close call of the year. Alle- man ' s yearlings were the next victims, bowing 26-7. East Moline dropped a 27-7 decision to the Pebbles, and Kewanee ' s hapless Riveters fell before another Little Rock scoring barrage, 40-7. A free-wheeling 38-26 triumph over Daven¬ port brought an end to the Imp jinx that had kept Pebble squads from unbeaten records in the two preceding seasons. The high-flying Little Rocks dropped Galesburg, 19-6, and finished off John Deere, 33-6, to post their perfect mark. Left halfback Jerry Janecke grabbed the Pebble individual scoring crown, scoring 13 touchdowns, 14 extra points, and one field goal for 95 points. Fullback Dick Hendrickson was runner-up with 1 1 touchdowns for 66 points. Carrying most of the load at end were Don Roberts, Bob Manhard, and Jerry Wright on offense and Bill Bartman, Daryl Townsend, and Bob Conklin on defense. At tackle, it was Ron Myers and Bill Mergenthal offensively and Bill Driskell and Harry Biehl defensively. Bob Olson 90 and Dennis Sheets operated as offensive guards while Ivor McGuire and Don Foster took over on defense. Stan Heth handled center chores on offense with Gil Peterson backing up the line on defense. In the backfield on offense, the line-up usually listed Jerry Janecke and Roland Harper as half¬ backs with Dick Hendrickson as fullback. Tom Scheuerman, Jerry Thomas, and Dick Steele handled offensive quarterback operations. Don Hart, Ken Hooe, Bob Edler, and Duane Parks formed a crack defensive secondary. SEASON RECORD R. I. 18.St. Ambrose 0 R- L 13.Coolidge 12 R. I. 26 .Alleman 7 R- L 27 .East Moline 7 R I. 40 Kewanee 7 R. I. 38 Davenport 26 R. I. 19.Galesburg 6 R I. 33.John Deere 6 tf-ooibaU ■Awa idt r Wi+i ie ' i‘i GRID AWARD WINNERS —Kneeling, I. to r.: Les Scott, Al Bloch, Harry Iglehart, Jim Smith. Standing, I. to r.: Jack Evans, Sharm Scheuerman, Jim Knoblauch, Bob Boeye, Leonard Raffensperger, Coach Harold V. Almquist. INDIVIDUAL AWARDS Jim Knoblauch . . . . .Most valuable player Les Scott. Al Bloch . .Best blocker Bob Boeye . .... Most improved player Jim Smith Harry Iglehart ! 1 .Best defensive men Sharm Scheuerman | Jack Evans I |. Honorary co-captains Praised by their coach, Harold V. Alm¬ quist, as being ' ' never outgained and never outplayed, Rock Island ' s gridders came up for fuli honors at the eleventh annual Junior Chamber of Commerce football-awards ban¬ quet held in the high school cafeteria Nov. 27. Coach Almquist credited his squad with going through the season without a bad game. This is the largest squad in Illi¬ nois prep football, stated Coach Almquist, and we tried to make it the best. Featured speaker Leonard Raffensperger, head football coach at the University of Iowa, pointed out, Here you play football in tough competition and when you win, you triumph over good teams and you know that every one of them is out to beat you. After in troduction of the squad members by Coach Almquist, William Mosenfelder presented the individual awards. Singled out for individual honors were Bob Boeye, Al Bloch, Jack Evans, Jim Knoblauch, Harry Iglehart, Sharm Scheuerman, Les Scott, and Jim Smith. Herbert E. Wilson served as toastmaster, introducing several special guests, includ¬ ing Principal Charles 0. Austin, Jr., Dr. Albert W. Taber, and Harold R. Olmsted. Bill Kinney, Harold R. Olmsted, and Dr. Albert W. Taber served on the awards com¬ mittee. eM-OM cominfj, HOMECOMING CORONATION — I. to r.: Marilyn Thomas, Dan Firth, Marilyn Olson, Annette Frazer. HALFTIME PARADE —The royal court circles the running track at the half of the Homecoming game. Seated, I. to r.: Annette Frazer, Marilyn Thomas, Jane Piggott. Standing: Marilyn Olson. 92 Reigning over this year ' s Homecoming proceedings was Marilyn Olson, crowned Queen of the 1951 Homecoming classic in an assembly held Oct. 26 in the high school auditorium. Marilyn succeeded Nancy Struve, who ruled over the 1950 festivities. Serving as royal attendants to Queen Marilyn were Annette Frazer and Marilyn Thomas. The three girls were the finalists voted on by the student body, privileged to choose the Homecoming royalty. Dan Firth, president of the Senate, crowned Queen Marilyn as the high point of the annual Homecoming assembly. Jane Piggott, junior, served as crown bearer. The coronation ceremonies were followed by a special Homecoming program and pep as¬ sembly. Islander grid forces responded in fine style to Queen Marilyn ' s command of Beat WE GOT THE PEP— Islander cheerleaders lead a cheer at the Homecom.’ng clash with Galesburg. Left to right are Darlene Hea¬ ton, Barbara McGuire, Neva Kish, Lisa Burgess, and Sally Hawks. HOMECOMING DANCE —Students and alumni dance beneath the Crimson and Gold streamers that cast shadows over the scene at the Homecoming dance. Galesburg. The Rock eleven, spearheaded by fullback Al Bloch, outgained the Silver Streak speed merchants to emerge with a 17-6 victory over the tough Galesburg gridders. At the half, Queen Marilyn and her at¬ tendants were driven around the running track to be cheered by the large Homecoming crowd. E. S. Metcalf, county superintendent of schools, presented the Islander royalty to the crowd from a stand erected on the track. After the game, the queen was guest of honor at the annual Homecoming dance spon¬ sored by the G. A. A. Special events at the dance included a queen ' s dance to honor Her Majesty and her court and a special dance for the Islander alumni. Nancy Struve, the 1950 queen, represented the alumni and was pre¬ sented with a bouquet. Queen Marilyn was introduced to the dancers in special ceremonies at 1 1 p.m. Kay Holst served as mistress of ceremonies. The dance was held in the Islander gym, which was decorated in Crimson and Gold by the girls ' gym classes. Committee chairmen for the dance were: Jackie Chambers, publicity; Joyce Brown, concessions; Joanne Brown, pro¬ gram; Joyce Barber, decorations; Marilyn Thomas, tickets; and Bonnie Kjellstrand, props. Homecoming festivities this year were more extensive than they had been in most preced¬ ing years. One of the new features of this year ' s Homecoming proceedings was a huge bonfire and pep rally held in the parking ground to the southwest of the school. A short pep talk by Coach Harold V. Almquist and cheers led by the varsity cheerleaders highlighted the occa¬ sion. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN —E. S. Metcalf presents the Home- HER MAJESTY —Queen Marilyn receives the applause of her sub¬ coming royalty to the crowd at the game. Left to right; E. S. Met- jects as she is announced at the dance at which she was guest of calf, Annette Frazer, Marilyn Thomas, Marilyn Olson. honor. 93 GUeeSileade ' iA VARSITY CHEERLEADERS —Darlene Heaton, Neva Kish, Barbara McGuire, Sally Hawks. Supplying the pep that has sparked the Rock Island high school teams to many fine performances this year were the members of the varsity and sophomore cheerleading squads. Neva Kish, Darlene Heaton, and Sally Hawks served as members of the varsity squad Foreground: Jane Almquist, Joan Boetje. Standing: Sherrill Tucker, Jacqueline De Paepe, Ann Wagner. throughout the year. Lisa Burgess and Bar¬ bara McGuire won positions at the beginning of the year but both were unable to continue as members of the squad. Barbara and Neva were seniors. Neva served the school for three years as a cheerleader with one year on the soph squad and two on the varsity squad. Barbara, though not a member of a squad in her junior year, led cheers with Neva as a sophomore. Lisa, Darlene, and Sally were all members of last year ' s sophomore squad. Cheering their highly successful teams to numerous victories were the five members of the sophomore cheering squad. Ann Wagner, Jane Almquist, Jac kie DePaepe, Sherrill Tucker, and Joan Boetje made up the year¬ ling squad. Awards were made to members of both squads at the assembly held to honor partici¬ pants in winter-season sports. Members of the varsity squad were presented with cheer¬ leaders ' letters while the sophs were awarded numerals. Positions on both the sophomore and var¬ sity squads are filled by competitive tryouts in the fall. Faynelle Haehn and Marie Terese Carlson were faculty sponsors for both squads. 94 Upper left: SEE HERE —Islander Jack Evans (25) peers over his noseguard to watch Sharm Scheuerman (13) clearing the way with a cross-block on Kewanee ' s Keith Davis (left). Upper right: OUCH —Islander Quarterback Sharm Scheuerman (13) goes down under a host of Senn (Chicago) tacklers. The Rocks won, 26-0. Lower left: SOPHS SUFFER —Pebble coaches and reserves suffer through an Islander play that didn ' t work as the sophs edged Coolidge, 13-12. Lower right: LET ' S GO DOWN— Islander Les Scott (10) hits Kewanee ' s Duane White (69) with a midsection tackle as Lloyd Corwin (68) of the Rocks comes up to he p. 95 VoMity QaiJzetball VARISTY CAGERS— Row 1, I. to r.: Bob Ries, Sharm Scheuerman, Jerry Hansen, Merrell Clark, Stuart Thoms, Bill Geisler, Don Peterson. Row 2, I. to r.: Wilbur N. Allen, head coach; Dick Pewe, Chuck Thomas, Don Swartz, Tom Hendrick, John Rossow, Dick Eagle, Carl Aronson, assistant coach. Row 3, I. to r.: Bob Brooks, George Coin, Bob Boeye, Al Hanson, Rusty Lamphere. Row 4, I. to r.: Jack Evans, Marcellin Smith, Terry Clark. Row 5, I. to r.: John Shradar, manager; George E. Duhl- stine, trainer; John Wells, assistant manager. WHEW —Islander cagers take a breather to map out strategy in the Peoria Manual encounter. Hansen and Scheuerman cool off while Geisler and Peterson urge more pep and Clark gazes sternly at the enemy. 96 Roaring through the regular season with an 18-4 record, Rock Island high school ' s hoop- sters copped both regional and sectional honors and finished the year with a fourth- place showing in the state tournament. Head Coach Wilbur N. Allen guided the Islanders to their first Sweet Sixteen berth in 14 years in his initial season as hoop mentor at Rock Island. Assisting Coach Allen were Carl Aronson, assistant coach; and Robert Riley, sophomore coach and scout. The Rocks posted an 8-2 mark against Northwest conference opposition to finish second in that loop. A 4-2 record in Quad- City play was good for second-place ribbons. The over-all season mark for the Rocks was 25-6. Starting line-ups usually listed Jerry Han¬ sen, Bill Geisler, and Stuart Thoms, forwards; Merrell Clark, center; and Sharm Scheuerman, Chuck Thomas, and Don Peterson, guards. Hansen and Scheuerman were co-captains. Several Islanders received positions on honor teams this season. Hansen was awarded a first-team berth on the United Press state All-tournament team and landed a second- team post along with Clark on the Associated Press five. Hansen was also placed on the Chicago Daily News fourth All-state team, with Scheuerman and Clark receiving special mention. Hansen and Scheuerman were Northwest conference first-team choices. High scorer for the Rocks this season was Jerry Hansen, who tallied 492 points in 31 tilts for a 15.8 per game mark. His 74 counters in state tournament play placed him second among tournament team scorers. In their 31 games, the Islanders scored 2,01 1 points for a 64.55 per game average while their opponents managed 1,537 for a 49.59 per game average. In four state tourna¬ ment contests, the Rocks racked up 243 tallies to 219 for the opposition. INTRODUCING—Islander cagers wait to be introduced to the fans at the clinic session held in the Islander gym before the regular season. Coach Allen explains some of the fine points of hard-court play to the crowd. 97 VARSITY BASKETBALL RECORD R. I. 81 .Princeton 28 R. I. 48.Canton 39 R. I. 69 .Monmouth 50 R. I. 67.DeKalb 42 R. I. 80 .East Moline 48 R. I. 75 .Abingdon 31 R. I. 54.West Rockford 57 R. I. 64.East Rockford 66 R. I. 74 Sterling 36 R. I. 62 Kewanee 43 R. I. 59 Davenport 54 R. I. 79.Galesburg 47 R. I. 73 ... .Peoria Woodruff 50 R. I. 48 .Moline 58 R. I. 63 .Monmouth 46 R. I. 70.Peoria Manual 63 R. I. 51 .East Moline 38 R. I. 67 .Mooseheart 56 R. I. 56 Kewanee 55 R. I. 48 Davenport 45 R. I. 72.Galesburg 56 R. I. 47 .Moline 52 Regional Tournament R. I. 93 .Geneseo 62 R. I. 75 .Alleman 62 R I. 65 .Moline 55 Sectional Tournament R. I. 64 .Aledo 43 R. I. 64 .Savanna 36 State Tournament R. I. 56 .Thornton 35 R. I. 61 Jacksonville 49 R. I. 56.Hebron 64 R. I. 70.Mount Vernon 71 ROCK ISLAND 81; PRINCETON 28 Sporting a sizzling fast break and an airtight defense, the Rocks made Coach Allen ' s Rock Island debut a success, blasting Princeton ' s outclassed five 81-28. Chuck Thomas led the Islander scoring parade with 19 points as the Rocks posted a 44 per cent shooting average from the field. ROCK ISLAND 48; CANTON 39 Held in check for three periods by a determined Canton control game, the Rocks rode home to a 48-39 win on Hansen ' s 11 last- stanza tallies. Hansen topped the Islander scorers with 15 markers as the Rocks put on an all-court press in the waning minutes to pull their first road game of the season out of the coals. SHARM SCHEUERMAN, guard. 9 ROCK ISLAND 69; MONMOUTH 50 Making their first appearance of the year against North¬ west conterence opposition, the Rocks opened up in the second half to drop Monmouth 69-50 in the Islander gym. Paced by Clark, who notched 25 points, the Rocks found the range from the field to hit 55 per cent of their shots. ROCK ISLAND 67; DEKALB 42 With three players accounting for 51 points, the Rocks posted an impressive 67-42 win over DeKalb on the Barbs ' home court. A trio of Barb defenses proved ineffective as Hansen hit 18 points to pace the Rocks. Scheuerman picked up 17 markers while Clark scored 16. Islander rebounders dominated the boards. ROCK ISLAND 80; EAST MOLINE 48 Rampaging to a 27-3 lead at the end of the first period, the Islanders rolled to an 80-48 conquest of the Hilltoppers. Hansen paced the Rocks with 20 points while Scheuerman turned in a fine floor game. Hansen, Scheuerman, and Peter¬ son made rebounding an Islander monopoly. THROUGH THE AIR —Islander guard Sharm Scheuerman (56) tries to deflect a shot lofted by Moline ' s Augie Martel (3). The Maroons downed the Rocks in this first regular season meeting. ROCK ISLAND 75; ABINGDON 31 Using 13 players in an attempt to hold down the scoring, Coach Allen was unab le to check his Islanders, who swamped Abingdon, 75-31, on the Commandos ' home hardwoods. Hansen collected 16 tallies and Scheuerman dialed 14 to pace the Rock onslaught. ROCK ISLAND 54; WEST ROCKFORD 57 Riding a six-game winning streak, the Rocks met defeat for the first time all year, bowing to West Rockford ' s host Warriors, 57-54, in overtime. Hansen led the Rocks with 1 8 markers as they turned in a fine performance only to fall short against a tall, experienced Warrior squad. 98 ROCK ISLAND 64; EAST ROCKFORD 66 Breathless from the West Rockford marathon the night before, the Rocks pulled up lame after amassing a 13-point lead and bowed to tough East Rockford on the Rabs ' home court. Clark led the Islanders with 23 points while Scheuerman tallied 18. A 16-point final stanza enabled the Rabs to slip past. ROCK ISLAND 76; STERLING 36 Held even for a quarter by fine Sterling set-shooting, the Islanders pulled away in the second period and coasted to a 76-36 decision. Hansen scored 17 points to pace the Rocks while Clark grabbed runner-up honors with 16. Rebounding by Hansen, Clark, Scheuer¬ man, and Geisler helped pave the way to the win. ROCK ISLAND 62; KEWANEE 43 Coming from behind after trailing throughout the first half, the Islanders rode a 23-point third quarter to victory, 62-43, over Kewanee ' s determined Boilermakers. Hansen gave the Kewanee crowd a show, grabbing off 21 rebounds in addition to tallying 16 counters to take scoring honors. ROCK ISLAND 59; DAVENPORT 54 Putting a clamp on Davenport ' s high-scoring Carl Widseth in the second half, the Rocks outlasted the Imps, 59-54, on the Islander hardwoods. Scheuerman spark-plugged the Rocks with 14 tallies and did a fine job of directing Islander offen¬ sive traffic. Hansen and Clark added 13 points each to grab runner-up scoring honors. ROCK ISLAND 79; GALESBURG 47 With Hansen hitting 24 tallies, the Islanders ripped the Galesburg defense to shreds in taking a 79-47 decision on the Streaks ' home floor. Islander sharpshooters made good on 51 per cent of their shots. Peterson, Hansen, Scheuerman, Geisler, and Clark shared in making the Rocks dominant in the rebounding department. COME HERE —Islander guard Tom Hendrick goes high to grab a rebound against Mooseheart. In the background are Islander Don Swartz (58) and Moose- heart ' s John Webber (10). ROCK ISLAND 73; WOODRUFF (PEORIA) 50 Hitting a totai of 44 points in the second and third quarters, the Rocks battered Woodruff of Peoria, 73-50, on the locals ' home court. Geisler showed the way for the Islanders, posting a 16-point total. Clark was runner-up with 15 counters, while Scheuerman and Thomas contributed fine floor play. ROCK ISLAND 48; MOLINE 58 Snowed under by a third-period Maroon scoring flurry, the Islanders dropped their only home decision of the year to a rugged, veteran Moline quintet, 58-48. Hansen managed 13 tallies and Thomas chipped in with 1 1, but the Rocks could not solve the Maroon defenses in the second half and finally stumbled before Moline reserve strength. 99 MERRELL CLARK, center. BILL GEISLER, forward. ROCK ISLAND 63; MONMOUTH 46 Monmouth became the first double loser to the Rocks this year as the Zippers bowed 63-46 on their home floor. Hitting on 45 per cent of their field-goal tries, the Islanders found the charm in the third period and broke away from the stubborn Zippers. Clark led Islander scorers with 16 points. ROCK ISLAND 70; MANUAL (PEORIA) 63 Manual proved a much tougher foe than the Rocks ' earlier Peoria victim and the Islanders were forced to overcome a 13-point deficit to register a 70-63 triumph. Hansen hit 24 points to lead Rock scoring while Clark posted 17 markers and Geisler 16. Scheuerman was a ball-hawk on defense. DON SWARTZ, forward. ROCK ISLAND 51; EAST MOLINE 38 Turning the defroster on East Moline ' s deep-freeze control game, the Rocks exploded for 24 tallies in the second quarter to down the host Panthers 51-38. Scheuerman spearheaded the Islander attack with 17 points and played a fine floor game. Hansen took runner-up scoring honors with 14 counters as the Rocks hit 41 per cent from the field. ROCK ISLAND 67; MOOSEHEART 56 With Clark grabbing 28 points for the evening and 22 tallies in the first half, the Rocks coasted to a 67-56 win over Mooseheart ' s Red Ramblers on the Islander floor. Scheuer- man ' s expert passing split the Rambler defense wide open to give Clark numerous scoring opportunities, and the 6-5 center posted a season-high single-game scoring mark though play¬ ing only three quarters. ROCK ISLAND 56; KEWANEE 55 With barely twenty seconds to go, Clark dunked two charity tosses to give the Rocks their 56-55 victory margin over Kewanee ' s upset-minded Boilermakers. Clark picked up 25 tallies for his night ' s work to capture scoring laurels. Sixteen Islander free throws made the big difference for the hosts as they held off a final Boilermaker threat to win. AL HANSON, guard. FOUL LINE BALLET —Islander Sharm Scheuerman (56) soars over the foul line to score against Ke- wanee. Jerry Hansen (55) of the Rocks watches. Boilermakers are Tom Hay (65), Paul Redin (31), Em Linbeck (22), and Mickey Bates. STUART THOMS, center. ROCK ISLAND 48; DAVENPORT 45 Roaring to a 30-22 first-half edge, the Rocks posted their fourth consecutive triumph over Davenport ' s defending Iowa state champs, 48-45. Firing from the pivot post, Hansen dialed 23 markers to lead the Islander offensive thrust. Scheuerman contributed one of his finest displays of team direction, and Hansen dominated the boards to pace the Rocks to the decision. ROCK ISLAND 72; GALESBURG 56 Capitalizing on Silver Streak fouls that made a 30-point free-throw total possible, the Rocks registered a 72-56 win though outscored from the field. Clark led the Islanders with 20 points while Scheuerman and Hansen were hot on his trail with 18 and 17 respectively. Hansen led the Is¬ lander charity-toss barrage with nine while Clark hit eight from the free-throw line. 100 ROCK ISLAND 47; MOLINE 52 An 1 1-point Islander surge in the last four minutes fell just short as Moline downed the Rocks, 52-47, in the Maroons ' Wharton field- house. Trailing at the end of the half, 38-19, the Islanders started their uprising too late to yank the tilt out of the fire. Hansen led the Rocks with 18 points, scoring 10 in the closing minutes. ROCK ISLAND 93; GENESEO 62 Smashing two records in the process, the Rocks moved into the semifinals of the East Moline regional with a 93-62 conquest of Geneseo. Falling victims to the Islander surge were a 35-year old Crimson single game team scoring mark and a 12-year old East Moline court scoring record. Clark paced the Islanders with 26 markers. DON PETERSON, guard. DICK PEWE, forward. ROCK ISLAND 75; ALLEMAN 62 Coming from behind to pull their state hopes out of the fire, the Islanders snatched a 75-62 victory from Alleman ' s rugged Pioneers. Six points behind at the end of the half, the Rocks knotted the count in 53 seconds of the third quar¬ ter and went on to tally 24 points in that period to pull away. Scheuerman and Clark shared scoring honors with 21 counters each. ROCK ISLAND 65; MOLINE 55 The third time was the charm for the Rocks against Moline ' s veteran quintet as the Maroons toppled before a hustling Islander club, 65-55, in the regional finals. New defensive patterns, built around huge Stuart Thoms, helped the Rocks to hurtle this main barrier on the way to a sweet 16 berth. Jerry Hansen topped the Islander scorers with 23 tallies. Scheuerman and Clark contributed 14 points each. ROCK ISLAND 64; ALEDO 43 Scoring 28 points in the second stanza, the Islanders coasted to a 64-43 win over Aledo ' s Green Dragons in the sectional opener at Moline ' s Wharton field house. Clever floor play by Scheuerman, Peterson, and Thomas helped blunt the Dragons ' teeth while Scheuerman was scoring 15 tallies to lead the Islander attack. Hansen hit 13 and Thoms col¬ lected 12 as the Rocks advanced to the sectional finals. CHUCK THOMAS, guard. ROCK ISLAND 64; SAVANNA 36 Downing Savanna, 64-36, in the sectional finals, the Is¬ landers won a Sweet Sixteen position for the first time in 14 years. Sharp defensive work by Thomas and Scheuerman had the opposition off balance from the start while Hansen was controlling both boards. Clark tallied 16 points to show the way to victory. Three other Rocks hit double scoring digits with Hansen totaling 15 points and Thomas and Peterson posting 12 each. ROCK ISLAND 56; THORNTON 35 Putting on a blazing show in the last three periods after a slow first-quarter start, the Rocks swamped Thornton ' s Wildcats, rated one of the strongest entries in the Sweet Six¬ teen, 56-35. Jerry Hansen led the Islander offensive push with 19 points, while Scheuerman tallied 12 counters to grab runner-up honors. Islander rebounding and floor play helped score the first victory for the Rocks against State competition. TOE DANCE —Islanders Jerry Hansen (55) and Mer- rell Clark (63) appear to be doing a toe dance as they go up to rebound against Mooseheart. Other Rocks in the picture are Tom Hendrick (50) and Sharm Scheuerman (56). 101 ROCK ISLAND 61; JACKSONVILLE 49 Islander forces won through to a semifinal berth in the state tournament with a 61-49 victory over Jacksonville. Merrell Clark tallied 22 points, 16 in the first half, to pace the Rocks to the win. Hansen and Scheuerman shared the runner-up position with 10 tallies each. Islander height and rebounding skill made up for an off-night in the shooting de¬ partment for the Rocks. HERE ' S TWO —Sharm Scheuerman (46) pokes one-handed over the outstretched hand of Davenport ' s Carl Widseth. Other Imps are Ott Sebolt (11) and Carm Carpenter (22). ROCK ISLAND 56; HEBRON 64 Though coming from behind to take a three- point lead early in the fourth quarter, the Rocks were unable to hold Hebron ' s Green Giants and the Islanders became the third step for Hebron on the way to the state title. Clark put on a fine offensive show against Hebron ' s Bill Schulz (6-10) and wound up with 18 tallies. Hansen scored 14 while Thoms counted 10 points. HOOK —Islander Merrell Clark (63) swings around to toss a hook shot against Kewanee. Bill Geisler (57) of the Rocks waits to go up for a rebound. UNDER HERE, MICKEY —Sharm Scheuerman (56) shovels a field goal up underhand to foil Kewanee ' s Mickey Bates in his defensive maneuver. Bill Geisler (57) of the Rocks comes in for a possible rebound. ROCK ISLAND 70; MOUNT VERNON 71 Meeting Mount Vernon in the consolation round of the state finals, the Rocks were edged, 71-70, in spite of the 31-point efforts of Islander Jerry Hansen. Hansen ' s total was the largest of any Rock in any single game all year and surpassed by three the high mark of the regular season set by Clark. Scheuerman hit 13 tallies while Thoms scored 10 as the three seniors led the attack in their final game. 102 So-pbamosie fea hetball GOING UP —Pebble forward Bill Bartman lofts a shot over the hand of Davenport ' s Ed. Bruhn. Other Little Rocks in the picture are Tom Scheuerman (5), Paul Rausch (8), and Ray Caudill. Giving their coach. Bob Riley, several gray hairs at the beginning of the season with three eyelash victories over Alleman, Canton, and Monmouth, the Islander soph¬ omore hoopsters finally found the range against East Moline and seldom lost it afterwards, posting a 20-2 mark for season play. Placing second to Davenport in the Quad- City loop, the Pebbles tied John Deere ' s yearlings for the Northwest conference title. The Little Rocks record was 9-1 in North¬ west play with the lone defeat coming at the hands of co-champion John Deere. Coach Bob Riley ' s crew split two games with Davenport and John Deere to wind up the Quad-City loop season with a 6-2 record. Showing the way for Pebble pointmakers were Forwards Bill Bartman and Dick Hend¬ rickson, who ranked 1-2 in the final scoring tabulations. Paul Rausch came along fast in midseason to win a regular ' s berth at center while Guards Roland Harper, a fine clutch scorer, and Jerry Janecke, playmak¬ ing and rebounding specialist, rounded out the usual starting quintet. Spearheading a good reserve group were Jerry Thomas, Tom Scheuerman, Stan Heth, Gil Peterson, Fred Lear, Ray Caudill, and Daryl Townsend. SOPH BASKETBALL SEASON RECORD R. I. 34 .Canton 33 R. I. 48 .Alleman 47 R. I. 36 .Monmouth 34 R. I. 60 .East Moline 33 R. I. 63 .Abingdon 38 R. I. 60 Sterling 35 R. I. 75 Kewanee 37 R. I. 38 Davenport 41 R. I. 51 .Galesburg 36 R. I. 55.St. Ambrose 32 R. I. 41 .Coolidge 38 R. I. 51 .John Deere 50 R. I. 58 .Alleman 27 R. I. 54 .Monmouth 44 R. I. 55.Peoria Manual 47 R. I. 75 .East Moline 44 R. I. 62 .Mooseheart 30 R. I. 66 Kewanee 32 R. I. 53 Davenport 36 R. L 52.John Deere 53 R. I. 52.Galesburg 37 R. I. 50.Coolidge 36 103 ' UJ ' ieitUn VARSITY GRAPPLERS —Row 1, I. to r.: Jerry Wheeler, Don Osborne, Chuck Mills, Lloyd Corwin, Larry Kipperman, Clyde Lundy, Jon Arp, Lee Tobin, Gene Monte. Row 2, I. to r.: Larry Dohler, manager; Merwyn Moody, Dick Jennings, Colbert Huff, Larry Cole, Dave LaMere, Jim Curtiss, Dave Lundy, Bob Barnes, Bill Mockmore, manager. Row 3, I. to r.: Dick Wight, Ray Schwigen, Bob Conklin, Chuck DeCrane, Larry Miller, Dick Steele, Harry Biehl, Clint Foster, Glennis Bote. Row 4, I. to r.: Kenneth E. Greene, coach; Chuck Dhooge, Jack Gill, Bill Doeckel, Jerry Trimble, Dave Wetzel, Jerry Moeller, Gene King, Jack Swann, Harry Lester. Building around a small veteran nucleus, Islander Wrestling Coach Kenneth E. Greene molded a strong, rugged mat squad that posted a highly successful regular season before grabbing third place in a tough 10- team sectional. STATE GRAPPLERS —Kneeling, I. to r.: Lee Tobin, Jon Arp. Standing, I. to r.: Jerry Wheeler, Lloyd Corwin, Kenneth E. Greene, wrestling coach. Varsity grappling rolls showed only a hand¬ ful of experienced matmen with numerous sophomores sprinkled through the line-up. In spite of the squad ' s shortage of veteran talent, the Rock matmen responded well to expert coaching and came along fast in the final stages of the season. Coach Greene had the satisfaction of see¬ ing one of his charges take a state title as Lloyd Corwin grappled to the 138-pound crown. Tying for third in the sectional wrestling meet held in the Islander gym, the Rocks sent four representatives to the state finals held at Proviso high school of May- wood. Jon Arp, Lee Tobin, and Jerry Wheeler bowed to rugged opponents in early matches but Corwin carried through to the big prize. Sophomore Bob Barnes saw varsity action in the 95-pound class while another yearling, Gene Monte, developed into a good 103- pounder. In the 112-pound division, veteran Lee Tobin was a consistent winner while Jon Arp, another veteran senior, was the 120- pound workhorse. Senior Clyde Lundy did the 104 Gene Monte, 103 lbs.; Lloyd Corwin, 138 lbs.; Lee Tobin, 112 lbs. Top to bottom Clyde Lundy, 127 lbs.; Larry Kipperman, 133 lbs.; Jon Arp, 120 !bs.; Don Osborne, 165 lbs. Bottom, left to right: Jerry Wheeler, heavyweight; Chuck Dhooge, 154 lbs.; Chuck Mills, 145 lbs. 127-pound honors while Larry Kipperman, a junior, handled 133-pound duties. Senior Lloyd Corwin went undefeated in Illinois competi¬ tion as a 138-pounder while sophomore Chuck Mills saw a lot of action in the 145-pound class. Junior Chuck Dhooge answered the 154-pound call with Don Osborne taking over the 165-pound duties after returning to Rock Island from California. Jerry Wheeler, a sophomore, shot Islander heavy¬ weight hopes up high, making the state squad in his first year of mat competition. Jack Gill, Dick Wight, Merwyn Moody, Dave Lundy, Larry Cole, Dick Jennings, Dick Steele, and Bill Doeckel were king¬ pins of a crack Islander B-team. 105 ' I ' lach VARSITY TRACKMEN —Row 1, I. to r.: John White, Ward Row 2, I. to r.: Bill Boynton, Jack Wood, Wayne Worker, Peterson, Dick Kennedy, Ed Alexander, Gil Russell, Carey Larry Kipperman, Dick Wight, Paul Van Hoorebeke, Gary Angel, Walter L. Kimmel, coach. Appelquist, Bob Hunt. Blessed with several talented trackmen, Track Coach W. L. Kimmel was plagued mainly by a lack of depth this season. In spite of this drawback, the Islander thinclads SOPHOMORE TRACKMEN —Row 1, I. to r.; W. L. Kimmel, coach; Bob Smith, Truman Rexine, Jim Stodghill, Harold Teu- scher, Jerry Wheeler, Wayne Kleckner, Jim Venable, Jack Youngs, Larry Wilson, Don Young. Row 2, I. to r.: Richard Davis, Bob Edler, Harry Lester, George White, Jerry Janecke, Bob Manhard, Jim Poston, Bill Bartman, John Kieffer, Joe Mason. Row 3, I. to r.: LaMonte Koonts, Dave Appelquist, Clint Fos¬ ter, Larry Cole, Bill McCabe, Phil Hubbart, Don Bawmann. Row 4, I. to r.: Gene King, Bruce Magnuson, Dee Center, Rnlnh Tobias, Fred Attwood, Jim Fout, Ron Neal. developed in every meet and finished strong in the latter stages of the season. Coach Kimmel was assisted in putting com¬ petitive polish on the squad by Herbert L. Wagner, who tutored the high jumpers, broad jumpers, and pole vaulters and by Howard M. Lundeen, the shot-put and discus-throw coach. Returning from the 1951 varsity were three fine sprinters in Carey Angel, senior; Bob Hunt, junior; and Dick Allison, junior, who gave the Islanders a strong entry in the dash events. This speedy trio formed the nucleus of a good relay squad which replaced the 1951 edition that carried the Crimson and Gold to the state meet. Sophomore distance man Jerry Thomas com¬ bined with such 1951 soph squad graduates as Paul VanHoorebeke and Gary Appelquist to form the core of the Islander mile and half-mile corps. LaMonte Koonts was also brought up from the sophomore squad to strengthen the team in the distance depart¬ ment. The latter three boys competed on the cross-country squad during the fall. Several other experienced trackmen re¬ turned to bolster the squad in vital spots. DISTANCE MEN— Islander distance men LaMonte Koonts ISLANDER HURDLERS I. to r.: George White, Harry and Jim Fout (right) warm up. Lester. John Romans saw action as a hurdler while Bob Ries competed as a high jumper and Bob Hornback saw action in middle-distance competition. Harry Iglehart, Jim Guzzo, and Jack Lundskow were returnees in the shot-put and discus-throw departments. A strong soph squad sent several boys up to the varsity. Pebble sprinters included Roland Harper, Jerry Janecke, Don Hart, and Jim Venable while Harry Lester, Bob Edler, and George White ran the hurdles for the Little Rocks. Jerry Thomas and La- Monte Koonts were mile and half-mile standouts with Bill Bartman seeing a lot of action as a middle-distance man. Jerry Wheeler starred as a weights man while Ron Myers and Gil Peterson were Pebble pole vaulters. Dick Hendrickson, Bartman, and Lester competed in the high jump while broad jumpers included Jerry Trimble, Fred Lear, Janecke, Harper, and Lester. M VARSITY GOLFERS—Left to right: Frank Gadient, Art Goldstein, Jim Wurbs, Gene Acuff, Dick Harrington, Peter Burks, Eorl Robinson, Ed Gellman. Playing in three dual matches and two Quad-City tournaments during the fall season, the Rock Island high school golf squad im¬ proved in every outing and wound up the year with a creditable record. With Golf Coach J. R. Clark directing their play, the Rocks scored a 9-7 win over Moline ' s tough linksters in a match that proved to be one of the high points of the fall season. VETERAN LINKSTERS—Left to right: Frank Gadient, Gene Acuff, Jim Wurbs. The other two fall dual matches resulted in losses to a rugged St. Ambrose squad, 10-4 and 13-3. The St. Ambrose squad went on to post a third-place finish in Iowa state links competition. In two Quad-City tournaments, the Is¬ landers registered a second-place finish in the Duck Creek course outing and took third place in the match played on the Short Hills links. In the spring half of the season, the Rock golfers played dual matches with St. Ambrose, Moline, Davenport, and Kewanee. A third Quad-City tournament and the district meet rounded out spring competition for the Clark- men. Playing in the top five positions for the Rocks this year were: Jim Wurbs, senior; Sandy Gadient, junior; Frank Gadient, senior; Gene Acuff, senior; and Dick Harrington, sophomore. 108 CloM. - Gourtt uf VARSITY HARRIERS —Row 1, I. to r.: Howie McKellip, Row 2, I. to r.: Kenneth E. Greene, coach; Jim Fout, Jack Ward Peterson, Bill Swisher, Clyde Lundy, Jon Arp, Dick Youngs, Gary Appelquist, Gil Wilson, Bill Rogiers, Paul Davis, Pieper, Darrell Miller, Paul ' Van Hoorebeke, Larry Kipper- Dick Kennedy, Phil Hubbart, Don Bawmann. man, Dick Hardwick. Cross-country Coach Kenneth E. Greene built for the future as well as for the present this year, fielding a capable team with a strong junior and sophomore flavor. The Islander harriers met Moline twice in dual meet competition as well as in the dis¬ trict and Northwest conference meets. An¬ other important Rock rival was a strong Geneseo squad which took part in the district meet and met the Islanders once during the dual-match season. Third-place honors went to the Rocks in the Northwest conference meet. An old Islander nemesis, Moline, copped first-place honors and Galesburg finished second. The Islanders beat out Kewanee, East Moline, and Mon¬ mouth to post their third-place finish. The Rock squad placed fourth as a team in the district meet. Islander dual meet oppo¬ nents Moline and Geneseo dominated the tourney. LoMonte Koonts, Islander sopho¬ more, placed fifth in the meet to qualify to run in the state meet. Other Islander harriers to score in the district were Jon Arp, Larry Kipperman, Dick Pieper, and Darrell Miller. 109 Paul VanHoorebeke and Gary Appelquist com¬ peted but did not score. The cross-country squad served not only as an independent team this season but provided a way for competitors in others sports, notably basketball, track, and wrestling, to get in con¬ dition. VETERAN HARRIERS —Kneeling, I. to r.: Paul Van Hoorebeke, Larry Kipperman, Dick Pieper, LaMonte Koonts. Standing, I. to r.: Darrell Miller, Gary Appelquist, Jon Arp. ISLANDER NET SQUADS—Kneeling, I. to r.: Doreen LaMere, Standing, I. to r.: Karl Wickstrom, Bill Seline, Allen Utke, Bob Megan Day, Jean Williams, Ann Wagner, Marian Hodge, Lisa Motz, George Ray, Bob Moffitt, Clifford Herbst, coach. Burgess. Coach Clifford (Skip) Herbst ' s net squads battled their way through an exceptionally good season this year. The boys ' team finished the fall season without a defeat while the girls won all but two of their matches. The boys ' squad won the Quad-City meet for the second year in succession. The Rocks finished with a score of 47, ten points ahead of second-place Moline. Karl Wickstrom surpassed all opposition to win the Quad-City singles championship, downing Bill Seline, the Islander number three man, in the finals. Wickstrom, a junior, held the number one spot on the team. Playing in the number two position was Bob Moffitt. Teamed with George Ray, Islander number four man, Moffitt was a finalist in the Iowa City open meet held in Iowa City, Iowa, on Sept. 22. This tournament was open to any high school and Rock Island tied for first place with Iowa City. Wickstrom and Seline copped the doubles event. Bob Motz and Allen Utke, a sophomore, rounded out the squad, playing in the fifth and sixth spots. The boys downed Moline in two matches and dropped Davenport both times they met. The girls ' team was victorious twice over Moline and Davenport. Their only two set¬ backs were at the hands of a tough East Moline squad. A number of practice matches were played by the boys in the spring to prepare the squad for the district meet, which was held May 3. George Ray had an undefeated fall season in singles while Motz and Utke were unbeaten in fall doubles play. The girls ' squad this year was one of the finest in the school ' s history. In the Quad- City meet, Doreen LaMere took the singles title. Two juniors, Marian Hodge and Lisa Burgess, reached the finals in doubles. The number one position for the girls was occupied by Doreen LaMere while Marian Hodge and Megan Day played numbers two and three, respectively. Lisa Burgess played number four; Ann Wagner, five; Jean Williams, six; and Marilyn Melow, number seven. Graduating from the boys ' squad this year were Ray, Moffitt, and Seline. Lone senior on the girls ' squad was Doreen LaMere. 1 10 Ba ' Leball BASEBALL VETERANS—Outfielder-cctcher Terry Clark (left), pitcher Kenny Maier (center) and out- fielder Deno Ganakes (right) limber up in preparation for the baseball season. With the large majority of the 1951 baseball squad gone the way of all gradu¬ ating seniors, Baseball Coach Carl Aronson was forced to rebuild and did a fine job, molding a rugged squad in the advanced stages of the season. Eight 1951 Islander regulars were miss¬ ing when the call for baseball candidates went out this spring. A small number of experienced players who saw action in 1951 as either reserves or part-time regu¬ lars returned to give Coach Aronson some¬ thing to start with. One of the bright spots on the team was an infield that developed defensively and packed a rugged batting punch. Starring in the infield combination were Tom Hend¬ rick, Dick Pewe, and Al Hanson. Hendrick, a slugging outfielder as a junior, blossomed into a fine third basemen in his final cam¬ paign. Pewe, a regular at second base in his sophomore year, wasted no time in nailing down his berth at the keystone sack as a junior. Al Hanson, always a slick infielder at first base, improved as a hitter and made a valuable addition to Coach Aronson ' s slugging corps. Two veterans returned to patrol the outer gardens. Terry Clark and Deno Ganakes, both seniors, won their regular berths early and formed the cornerstone of the Is¬ lander outfield patrol. Clark also served as a catcher for the Rock nine. Returnees from the 1951 crop of hurlers included Kenny Maier and Troy Bland. Maier, a right-hander, used slow-ball pitch¬ ing coupled with good control as his main hurling tools while Bland, a southpaw, fea¬ tured a snapping fast ball and a good curve. Marty Galex, a junior, also saw action as a hurler for the Rocks. Cflee. Gluh Row 1: Marjorie VanWolvelaere, Barbara Short, Joyce Haw¬ thorne, Rowena Harvey, Lois Hansen, Berta Weiler, Mary Jane Brown, Barbara Putnam, Charlotte McCullough, Helen Habib, Joy Van Hulle, Lorraine Stai, Joanne Brown, Carolyn Koester, Marian Sorenson, Janet Conner, Ro Celeste Swensson, Sue Schmacht, Rosalie Raymond. Row 2: Sally Hartnett, Jayne Barber, Bonnie Kjellstrand, Janet Smith, Faith Watson, Sally Jamison, Mary Demou, Shirley Rogiers, Donna Bradley, Delores Vint, Alice Reeves, Joyce Brown, Judith Schaible, Elaine Soderberg, Suzanne Brinn, Mari¬ lyn Jackson, Carol Andrews, Margie Kempe, Georgia Cutler. Completing his first year os vocal music director, Robert L. Maurus guided the Glee club through o successful year of musical activities. The first large project was the winter con¬ Row 3: Marilyn Melow, Bonnie Staelens, Nyleta Wilson, Frank Jones, John Romans, Gerald Mosher, Arthur Goldstein, Richard Eagle, Duane McLaughlin, Charles Allen, Edward Alexander Kenneth Hooe, James Clow, Patricia Porter, Charlene Ragot, Yvonne Hollingsworth. Row 4: Richard Peterson, Forrest Bushert, Robert Stewart, Maurice Taylor, Kenneth Maier, Gustav Hult, Marvin Congdon Donald Gene McKinley, Henry Jeffrey, David Wetzel, Charles Edgar, Dale Malban, Dale Price, Conrad Harper, Harry Shad- dinger. cert presented Dec. 6. This program featured an opening processional, a group of sacred and secular numbers, an original toy-shop skit, and a Christmas cantata. The Bartered Bride,” a well-known Czecho- Row 1: Barbara Putnam, secre¬ tary, Suzanne Brinn, president; Georgia CuNer, treasurer. Row 2: Charles Allen, treasurer; Duane McLaughlin, secretary, Gus¬ tav Hult, president. 114 Row 1: Wava Campbell, Janet Stromer, Beverly Ams- Row 2: Barbara Schaubroeck, Joann Nelson, Sharol Huff- baugh, Evelyn Bjorklund, Mary Jane Boyer, Patricia Kretsch, stutler, Donna Houston, Rosemary King, Bonnie Reed, Carolyn Doris Martin, Laura Kludy. Harney, Betty Hayden, Carolyne Farren, Charlene White, Virginia Parr, Marilyn Colleen Brooks, Patricia Hixson. Row 3: Betty Lou Berg, Elinor Hahn, Patricia Davidson, Roberta Burbridge, Sallie Anderson, Shirley Edwards, Lois Dobbler, Charlene Stoit, Sharon Anderson, Shirley Pieper, Esther Harness. slovakian operetta, was presented by the Glee club on April 24 and 25. Playing prin¬ cipal roles were Richard Peterson, Berta Weiler, Marilyn Melow, John Romans, Jayne Barber, Dale Price, David Wetzel, Sue Schmacht, Gustav Hult, Gerald Mosher, and Richard Eagle. In addition to these programs, the Glee club presented assemblies and made radio and television appearances. The group also caroled in the high school halls during the Christmas season. The Light Opera chorus is made up of a selected group of voices. The group was very busy this year presenting programs for many local civic and church groups. The girls ' trio and the male quartet ap¬ peared in many programs throughout the year. Making up the girls ' trio were Jayne Barber, Marilyn Melow, and Sue Schmacht. At Piano: Bonnie Kjellstrand. Row 1: Barbara Short, Jayne Barber, Mary Jane Brown, Marilyn Melow, Berta Weiler, Barbara Putnam, Charlotte McCullough, Faith Watson, Joyce Brown, Georgia Cutler, Elaine Soderberg, Suzanne Br.nn, Janet Conner, Sue Schmacht, Margie Kempe. Row 2: Gerald Mosher, Duane McLaughlin, Gustav Hult, Frank Jones, Richard Peterson, Forrest Bushert, Charles Allen, Charles Edgar, Dale Price, David Wetzel, James Clow. The male quartet was composed of Gustav Hult, John Lundskow, Dale Price, and David Wetzel. Serving as officers this year were Suzanne Brinn and Gustav Hult, presidents; Barbara Putnam and Duane McLaughlin, secretaries; and Georgia Cutler and Charles Allen, treasurers. Judith Schaible serves as li¬ brarian and Bonnie Kjellstrand was ac¬ companist. To climax the year ' s activities, the Glee club held its annual banquet in May. At the gathering, awards were presented to outstanding Glee club members. Girls ' trio: Jayne Barber; Marilyn Melow; Sue Schmacht; Bonnie Kjellstrand, accompanist. 116 b amcMc Club Play Foreground: Margie Kempe, James Fuller, Nancy Johnson, Background: Merrell Clark, Arlene Rice, Sally Osborne, Carolyn Wessel, Diane Dockum, Daniel Munn, Linda Han- Bruce Harders, Kay Holst, son, Shirley Bradshaw. Good Housekeeping was the feature for the evening of Nov. 16, 1951. It was the Dramatic club play presented under the di¬ rection of E. Dorothy Peterson. This comedy in three acts was the story of Charles Burnett, president of a university, played by Daniel Munn, who was drawn into politics by his psychoanalyst wife, Marian, played by Sally Osborne. Marian considered this project only good housekeep¬ ing. Their two daughters were played by Margie Kempe and Nancy Johnson. Merrell Clark and James Fuller portrayed the two daughters ' boy friends, while other cast members were Bruce Harders, Kay Holst, Arlene Rice, Shirley Bradshaw, Diane Dockum, Linda Hanson, and Carolyn Wes¬ sel. The play was written by Wil¬ liam McCleery. Seated: Sally Osborne, Daniel Munn, Nancy Johnson. Standing: Margie Kempe. 117 Senior GlaU Play Row 1: Bruce Harders, Sally Osborne, Larry Wald, Anne Slenker. Row 2: Shirley Bradshaw, Kay Holst, Ben Jacobson, Annette Frazer. When two professors of speech, Henry Higgins (Bruce Harders) and Colonel Pick¬ ering (Ben Jacobson), take up the task of turning an ordinary street urchin, Eliza Doolittle (Sally Osborne), into the likeness of a duchess, anything can happen—and does. This was the story unfolded before the audience which attended the senior class play, “Pygmalion, by George Bernard Shaw, presented May 9, 1952, at Rock Island high school. The action took place in the bachelor apartment of Higgins, supervised by his housekeeper, Mrs. Pierce (Kay Holst), and in the home of his mother (Anne Slenker). Some social friends, introduced by the parlor maid (Barbara Putnam), were James Wurbs, Shirley Bradshaw, and Annette Frazer. Things became quite upset later when Eliza ' s father, Alfred Doolittle (Eugene Acuff), turned up. Other cast members were George Coin, Robert Rosene, Robert Boeye, Frank Gadi- ent, Linda Hanson, Katherine Jones, Margie Kempe, Elnora McKee, Marilyn Thomas, Sally Thonn. fjunixvi GlaM. Play Seated: Nancy Johnson, Carolyn Wessel, Martha Mackey. Standing: Gene Estess, Karl Wickstrom, Daniel Munn, Arthur Goldstein, Diane Dockum. Pink Magic, a play by Margaret Lee Runbeck, was presented by the junior class April 4, under the direction of E. Dorothy Peterson. The play concerned three young girls who were sent to Mexico to study art. One of the girls, Ursula F. Prowder (Carolyn Wessel) was an unattractive young miss who lacked the pink magic (feminine ap¬ peal) possessed by her two companions (Nancy Johnson and Martha Mackey). Before the close of the play, however, Ursula, with the aid of her friends, was transformed from an unappealing teenager to an attractive young woman. Group singing and dancing and a solo song and dance by James Fuller added variety to the play. Row 1: Lisa Burgess, Patricia McNerny. Row 3: William Serenius, Peter Burks, Martin Galex. Row 2: James Fuller, Rosa Verger, Phyllis Haft, Darlene Standing: Gerald Mosher, James Maihack, Robert Cook. Jones, Mary Engman, Jane Piggott, Marian Hodge. 119 Speech GlaU Playl Seated: Edwin Ehrgott, Peter Burks, Wilson Hubbell, John House. Standing: James Fuller, Arthur Goldstein, Robert Rosene, Rosa Verger, Daniel Munn, Carolyn Wessel, Karl Wickstrom, Nancy Johnson, Lisa Burgess, Robert Motz, Nancy Long, Martin Galex, Susann McDonald, Martha Mackey, Alexandra Pojedinok. Father of the Bride, a comedy, was presented by the Speech 11 classes in the Rock Island high school auditorium Thurs¬ day, Jan. 10, 1952. The play was directed by E. Dorothy Peterson, who was assisted by Diane Dockum as student director. Nancy Johnson and Karl Wickstrom, juniors, held the leading parts in the play. Nancy played the part of Kay Banks, the bride who faced the usual problems in her marriage plans; while Karl as Kay ' s father faced the problem of paying the bills for his daughter ' s elaborate wedding. The part of the groom, Buckley Dunstan, was played by Daniel Munn, also a junior. The rest of the Banks family consisted of Tommy, played by Wilson Hubbell; Ben, Robert Motz; and Mrs. Banks, Carolyn Wessel. % Nancy Johnson, Karl Wickstrom 120 Robert Motz, Thomas Parsons, David Wetzel, Larry Wald. The other cast members were Peggy Swift, played by Lisa Burgess; Red, Peter Burks; Pete, Edwin Ehrgott; Mr. Weisgold, James Fuller; Tim ' s man, Martin Galex; Mr. Massoula, Arthur Goldstein; Buzz Tay¬ lor, John House; florist assistants, Nancy Long and Susann McDonald; Delilah, Mar¬ tha Mackey; Mrs. Pulitski, Alexandra Poje- dinok; Joe, Robert Rosene; and Miss Bellamy, Rosa Verger. Robert Rosene was the only senior in the cast, the others being juniors. The plot of the play revolves around the marriage of Kay Banks and Buckley Dun- stan. The play opens on a spring morning at the breakfast table of the Banks family, at which time Kay announces that she plans to marry Buckley. Mr. Banks suffers all sorts of troubles throughout the play, but everything turns out all right when the time for the marriage arrives and marks the final curtain of the play. jbeclamatia n Row 1: Carolyn Wessel, Sally Osborne, Anne Slenker, Annette Frazer, Patricia Walters, Sally Thonn, Kay Holst, Katherine Jones, Ejlnora McKee, Shirley Bradshaw, Linda Hanson, Margie Kempe, Faye Asquith, Effetta Davis, Martha Mackey, Phyllis Haft. Row 2: Betty Brimberg, Susann McDonald, Nancy Long, Nancy Johnson, Ethel Marblestone, Marilyn Melow, Darlene Jones, Patricia Peterson, Verniece Litvin, Sallie Anderson, Virginia Clemmens, Diane Dockum, Jane Piggott, Judith Benson, Suzanne Richards, Shirley Lipkowitz. Row 3: Harriet Hanson, Elizabeth Bergendoff, Karin Youngberg, Kathryn Boyd, Betty Durkee, Joan Carlton, Donna Dover, Katharine Hill, Nancy Wilson, Paula Schubert, Rosa Verger, Lisa Burgess, Caryl Marsh, Ann Rimmerman, Nancy Young. Again this year declamation proved to be one of the most popular individual ac¬ tivities at Rock Island high school. Two contests are usually prepared annually, one for girls and one for boys. Each person en¬ tered may choose his selection in one or more divisions: humorous, serious, and ora¬ torical. This year the girls ' tournament was held here at Rock Island high school Nov. 9. Contestants were entered from 12 high schools. Sally Osborne placed first unanimously in the serious finals; several other girls reached the finals, even though they didn ' t place in them. Row 1: Ben Jacobson, Thomas Washington, Phillip Hub- Row 2: Gene Estess, Martin Galex, Edward Gellman, bart, John House, Karl Wickstrom, James Fuller, Jerry Robert Rosene, George Coin, Michael Finkel, John White, Parker, Larry Wald, Daniel Munn, Bruce Harders. Donald Young, Billie Lee, Arthur Goldstein. 122 State Sfieeclt Content Row 1: George Coin, Sally Osborne, Eugene Acuff. Standing: Daniel Munn, Ronald Driggs, Bruce Harders, Row 2: Martha Mackey, Lisa Burgess. Karl Wickstrom, Nancy Johnson. After taking first place in the District speech contest at East Moline March 8 with a total of 44 points, Rock Island high school ' s speech department worked harder than ever for the Sectional and State final affairs. Not even a wheel chair could keep down E. Dorothy Peterson, speech instructor, who directed the students. Late in February Miss Peterson suffered an ankle injury be¬ cause of an auto accident and was on crutches for about a month. In class, between lunch periods, and after school, Coach Peterson worked hard with her individual speakers. Those who took first place in the District contest included Lisa Burgess in original monologue, Phyllis Haft in original oratory, Bruce Harders in oratorical declamation, and Sally Osborne in verse reading. Those taking second place were Kay Holst in comedy prose reading, Daniel Munn in serious reading, and Karl Wick¬ strom in radio news broadcasting. In ex¬ tempore speaking John Romans placed fourth. Rock Island ' s play, ' ' Antigone, ' ' a modern Greek tragedy, also took first place at Dis¬ trict. Eugene Acuff, Lisa Burgess, George Coin, Ronald Driggs, Bruce Harders, Ben Jacobson, Nancy Johnson, Martha Mackey, Daniel Munn, Sally Osborne, Larry Wald, and Karl Wickstrom were included in the unusually large cast. Seated: Kay Holst, Lisa Burgess. Standing: John Romans, Phyllis Haft, Karl Wickstrom, Sally Osborne, Bruce Harders. behate. Row 1: John House, James Buncher, Raymond Nolin, John Row 2: Di ' ckson House, David Rohlfing. Romans, William Burgess. As one strolls down the hall on the third floor by room 308, a sharp audio vibration hits his ear. After a curious peek through the door, the question as to what is going on is solved. With stop watch in hand, P. J. Martin, debate instructor, puts his students through Phillip Huhbart, P. J. Martin, Debate coach. their vocal paces. The topic chosen for this school year was: Resolved: That all Amer¬ ican citizens should be subject to conscrip¬ tion for essential service in time of war. This topic was debated in high schools throughout the United States. Representing Rock Island on the affirma¬ tive side were John House, Phillip Hubbart, Raymond Nolin, David Rohlfing, and John Romans. Those who debated on the nega¬ tive side were James Buncher, William Bur¬ gess, and Dickson House. A unique part of the debate is the fact that the varsity squad is composed of sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Coach Martin ' s, debaters had many chances to put forth their views as they participated in numerous tournaments. Rock Island competed in the Geneseo invi¬ tational, the Augustana invitational, and the Northwest conference meet; and took part in the State Sectional meet. The members of the Rock Island debate team presented their views to various civic groups. It might well be said that debate often becomes the sounding board for the citizens in national issues. 124 GljG and Isf Canteen Seated: Randall Peterson, Mary Engman, Nancy Wilson, Standing: Dan Remy, Jacqueline Chambers, Marilyn Sally Osborne, June Chambers, Marilyn Thomas. Olson, Daniel Munn, David Parker, Charles Mills. The Civic Youth Center was completely repainted in crimson and gold during the 1951-1952 school year. Mrs. George C. Kieffer was chairman of the sponsoring committee, and the office of student chair¬ man was held by Dan Remy. The Snow Ball, the annual CYC formal, was held Dec. 29 at the Masonic Temple. Carroll Baker ' s orchestra supplied the music. The Y Canteen was reorganized this year and had a very successful season. Doreen LaMere served as chairman of the high school canteen committee. Sponsoring the Y Canteen were Dale Holmgrain of the Y.M.C.A. and Ruth Koch of the Y.W.C.A. The Sweetheart dance was one of the outstanding dances of the year. Row 1: Barbara Goff, Bruce Harders, Doreen LaMere, Absent for picture: Merrell Clark, Diane Dockum, Suzanne Eugene Acuff, Stuart Thoms. Hoyt, David LaMere, Karl Wickstrom. Row 2: Milles Kellogg, Jayne Barber, Robert Boeye. 125 Row 1- William Burgess, Marilyn Olson, Dickson House. Row 2: Shirley Kaminsky, Annette Frazer, Charlene Ragot, Patri ' cia Walters. Organized in 1933, this ends the 18th successful year of activities for the Radio staff of Rock Island high school. The combined purpose of the Radio staff this year was to give students experience in radio and television work and to show American schools to the public. The staff, under the direction of P. J. Martin, has taken care of all the script writ¬ ing, directing, announcing, and performing for the various radio and television pro¬ grams it has produced throughout the year. These programs have been given over sta¬ tions WHBF and WHBF-TV, Rock Island; WOC and WOC-TV, Davenport; and WQUA, Moline. In addition to preparing its own programs for radio and television, the staff also helped with broadcasting various other com¬ munity activities. Row 1: Jo Ann Randles, Jane Piggott, Lisa Burgess, Joanne Coffland, Alice Reeves, Carol Andrews, Ann McLel- lan, Margie Kempe. Row 2: Joan Borst, Marilyn Thomas, Kathryn Smith, Suzanne Brinn, Martin Galex, Patricia Porter, Linda Hanson, Janice Wilford. 126 Sally Thonn, Diane Dockum, George Coin, Nancy Long, Nancy Johnson, Bruce Harders, Ethel Marblestone. The staff was composed this year of 40 members. Twenty-three of these members met during the third period of each day. Most of the preparation for programs was done at this time. Membership on the Radio staff follows successful application by the student. Eli¬ gibility is based upon recommendations of teachers and other staff members and a high scholastic average. Expenses of the staff were covered by the selling of football programs. Proceeds from these sales were invested in broadcasting equipment. This fund also paid the ex¬ penses of the staff trip to Chicago. Row 1: Helen Hanson, Larry Wald, Kay Holst. I Row C : J ame n Fu , ' ' er A Shirley Bradshaw, Richard Froninc Janice Si ' eben, Ronald Driggs. 127 Jlte l Oatcbtaiuesi JAMES SMITH Editor in chief The production of The Watchtower is made possible through the efforts of the staff, adviser, student writers, photogra¬ phers, engraver, printer, and cover manu¬ facturer. Esca G. Rodger, Watchtower adviser and director of high school publications, trained and gave advice to the staff. Six seniors compose the basic staff: the editor in chief, business manager, photog¬ raphy editor, copy editor, sports editor, and MILLES KELLOGG Business manager MARGIE KEMPE Copy editor vending manager. They are assisted by juniors who are expected to take over the jobs of the senior staff the following year. James Smith, assisted by Richard Wight, was editor in chief of the 1952 Watchtower. Jim planned layouts, supervised staff work, and sent copy to the printer. Milles Kellogg acted as business mana¬ ger. Milles, assisted by Jane Piggott, bal¬ anced the budget and supervised sales campaigns. RICHARD COLLINS Sports editor 128 i ! The WATCHTOWER assistants: Arthur Goldstein, assistant assistant photography editor; Robert Motz, assistant sports vending manager; Jane Piggott, assistant business manager; editor; Bonnie Kjellstrand, assistant copy editor. Richard Wight, assistant editor in chief; Martha Mackey, Margie Kempe, copy editor, assigned stories to students, typed, and assembled them. Her assistant was Bonnie Kjellstrand. Richard Collins as sports editor took com¬ plete charge of his section. He was assisted by Robert Motz. Vending manager Ben Jacobson took charge of the candy-vending machines; he was assisted by Arthur Goldstein. Shirley Bradshaw, assisted by Martha Mackey, scheduled all pictures except those of sports and wrote identifications for the pictures . Stories, photography, and art work were contributed by Arthur Goldstein and Peter Lauritzen of the Camera club, Milles Kel¬ logg, and other members of the student body. SHIRLEY BRADSHAW Photography editor 129 BEN JACOBSON Vending manager WATCHTOWER SALESMEN Seated: Kay Holst, Jayne Barber, Dale Price, Nancy Long. Standing: Judy Rudasill, Joan Boetje, George Coin, Nancy Raymond, Sally Osborne, Jane Almquist, Duane Sandstrom. The task of selling Watchtowers fell upon the shoulders of 1 1 seniors, 1 1 juniors, and 10 sophomores who were appointed by The Watchtower business manager, Milles Kellogg. The sales campaign was kept up through the school year by Crimson Crier advertise¬ ments and announcements on the school ' s public address system. The top eleven salesmen were George Coin, Kay Holst, Sally Osborne, and Dale Price, seniors; Jayne Barber, Nancy Long, Nancy Raymond, and Duane Sandstrom, CLYDE V. HINCHLIFFE Photographer juniors; Jane Almquist, Joan Boetje, and Judy Rudasill, sophomores. A prize was given to the high-ranking salesman for his contribution in selling The Watchtower. The members of The Watchtower staff also sold annuals, but were ineligible for prizes. The receipts and money were handled by Mrs. Barbara Nelson, one of the school office secretaries. Mrs. Nelson also kept the sales records. CAMERA CLUB PHOTOGRAPHERS Row 1: Vernon Hazlett, Peter Lauritzen. Row 2: Arthur Goldstein, Robert Rosene. 130 7 4e QfUnUxut G UeSi Row 1: John Romans, David Wetzel, Kenneth Maier, Row 2: Marilyn Thomas Ann McLellan, Janice Sieben, George Coin, James Smith, George Ray, Dale Price, John Sally Osborne, Janice Wilford Barbara Putnam Sally Thonn, Pristash. Anne Slenker, Patricia Porter, Sharon Stanley, Marilyn Olson, Alice Reeves. Absent for picture: Mary Ellen McCabe. The Crimson Crier is a four-page news¬ paper published biweekly by the members of the advanced journalism class under the direction of Esca G. Rodger, chief adviser for the publications department. It is printed by David J. Borth ' s advanced print¬ ing classes. A semester of training precedes the job of publishing the paper. A student must have the recommendation of his sophomore English teacher and a semester average of B or above to be eligible for this class. Singing commercials over the public ad¬ dress system were used by the Crier for the first time this year. The idea originated with last year ' s Watchtower staff and proved just as successful for the Crier. A campaign to clean up the cafeteria was begun by the fall staff in their last two issues and continued by the spring semes¬ ter staff. Every issue of this year ' s Crimson Crier was sent free of charge to several service¬ men who were former students of Rock Is¬ land high school. The Crier also has a large exchange list which includes schools in all parts of the country. Sally Osborne served as editor in chief of the fall semester staff. She was assisted by Dale Price, managing editor; Janice Sieben, copy editor; Patricia Porter, first- page editor; Ann McLellan, business mana¬ ger; Anne Slenker, second-page editor; George Ray, sports editor and Barbara Put¬ nam, fourth-page editor. ESCA G. RODGER Adviser 131 Row 1: Keith Guthormson, Donald Bledsoe, Arthur Gold¬ stein, John House, Edward Gellman. Row 2: Nancy Beck, Phyllis Haft, Jacqueline Chambers, June Chambers, Diane Dockum, Patricia McNerny, Sharon Anderson, Nancy Johnson, Lisa Burgess, Megan Day, Marian Hodge, Bonnie Kjellstrand, Eleanor Lybeck, Verniece Litvin, Glor.a Hoffman, Shirley Herbert, Kay Iglehart. Other members of the fall staff were George Coin, Kenneth Maier, Mary Ellen McCabe, Marilyn Olson, John Pristash, Alice Reeves, John Romans, James Smith, Sharon Stanley, Marilyn Thomas, Sally Thonn, David Wetzel, and Janice Wilford. Heading the spring staff was Lisa Bur- DAVID J. BORTH gess, editor in chief, assisted by John House, managing editor; Bonnie Kjellstrand, copy editor; Nancy Johnson, first-page editor; Ar¬ thur Goldstein, business manager; Patricia McNerny, second-page editor; Donald Bled¬ soe, sports editor; and Gloria Hoffman, fourth-page editor. Completing the spring semester ' s staff were Sharon Anderson, Nancy Beck, Jac¬ queline Chambers, June Chambers, Megan Day, Diane Dockum, Jan Ericson, Edward Gellman, Keith Guthormson, Phyllis Haft, Shirley Herbert, Marian Hodge, Kay Igle¬ hart, Vernice Litvin, and Eleanore Lybeck. Representing The Crimson Crier at the 31st annual convention of the Illinois State High School Press association were Sally Osborne and Patricia Porter. Shirley Brad¬ shaw and Milles Kellogg represented The Watchtower. The convention was held for two days, Oct. 12 and 13, on the campus of the University of Illinois at Champaign- Urbana. The students attended lectures on various phases of journalism, and a Funfest was held Friday evening, Oct. 12, in the Student Union building for all the high school stu¬ dents who were present at the convention. The two staffs put out a total of 15 issues this year. This included two special six-page issues: a holiday issue in the fall semester and a travel issue in the spring. 132 featui Row 1: Elnora McKee, Patricia Schad, Marilyn Miller, Kenneth Whisler, Emery Schomer, Eugene Schelfaut. Row 2: Benjamin Vinar, Donald Bawmann, Nancy Sim¬ mon, Betty Durkee, Delbert Moore, Larry Wilson, Earl Pea- strom, Elaine Wells, Jo Ann Kleinau, Phyllis Moritz, Char¬ lotte Neighbors. Row 3: Patricia Muhlenburg, Pauline Nissen, Marlene Vanderbilt, Joyce Hains, Patricia McNerny, Linda Hanson, Duane Sandstrom, John Sprout ' , William McCabe, Robert Cook, Richard Engstrom, Sylvia Kidd, Joan Douglas, Carol Barr. Rock Island high school ' s band, directed by George A. Berchekas, presented two concerts this year in addition to appearing at the football games and in several parades. Row 4: Roger Stoleson, Beverly Stephenson, Clifton Baker, Sandra McDermott, Karroll Whaley, Elaine Nie.son, Florence Bates, Roland Stoleson, Megan Day, Keith Guthormson, Donovan Ekstrom, Allan Bryant, Duane Frank, Nancy Beck, Richard Whan, Doris Ann Webb, Frances Hinze. Row 5: Arthur Johnson, Garry Miner, Richard Collins, Gary Cross, Donald Gilmore, Jon Arp. Highlighting the fall concert was the Fortune Teller overture by Victor Her¬ bert, while Rossini ' s William Tell over¬ ture was featured at the spring concert. Row 1: Carol Johnson, Ann Rimmerman, Carmen Ber¬ chekas, Donna Stuart, Arthur DeClerck, Alan Spector, Duane Parks. Row 2: Phyllis Wise, David Parker, Louise Barton, Richard Hogan, Da ' e Selhost, Gerald Wright, Neil Whitesides, Sherwin Goldberg, Dennis Witt. Row 3: Edwin Foss, Marsha Reed, Harriet Hanson, Dan Flaherty, Audrey Schultz, Richard Utley, Dan Remy, William Serenius, Robert Harding, Howard Anderson, Donna Johnson, Larry Lewis, Wanda Stee ' e. Row 4: Marvin Vinar, Joan McComas, Dee Center, David Patnoe, Donna Hi ' cks, Kenneth Maier, Robert A. Johnson, Jack Gill, James Stodghill, Eugene Stafford, Lois Miller, James Maihack, William Allred, Darlene Elsbury, John Cates, Donald Grisham. Row 5: Ralph Lamphere, Jack Swann, Gale Center, Dale Price. 133 Left to right: Evelyn Nichols, Della Wiley, Anna Plam- beck, Mary Lindenmeyer, Jeanie Cocks, Anna Schroeder, Margaret Wager, Elizabeth Ovenden, Florence Garrity, Katherine Hendrickson, Genevieve Robinson, director. A Humphrey, please is a familiar phrase around the cafeteria this year. The Humphrey, which was introduced this year for people who are really hungry, con¬ sists of a double order of everything except the dessert. It costs only 45 cents. The staggered lunch periods are also new this year, and have made it possible for students and teachers to be served much faster than they could by the old method. By the new plan, the classes pass to the cafeteria at five-minute intervals. Each student has 35 minutes from the time he leaves his class until he has to be back. Genevieve Robinson, head of the cafe¬ teria, states that the new lunch schedule has been a great help to the staff. The 1951-1952 cafeteria staff is made up of Miss Robinson, 6 full-time workers, 4 part-time workers, and 8 Rock Island high school students. The workers who put in full time start between 7 and 7:30 a m. and are through between 2:30 and 3 p.m. The workers who put in only part time start at 1 1 a.m. and are through between 2:30 and 3 p.m. Stu¬ dent helpers work during the serving time only. Cafeteria dinners, which are planned by Miss Robinson, have been, as in other years, well balanced and very good. Genevieve Robinson, Cafeteria Director (Djjfice ohA Otitic AlMAtanti, Row 1: Jo Ann Randles, Joanne Coffland, Marian Teu- Row 2: Faye Asquith, Gretchen Dornacher, Georgia Cutler, scher, Kathleen Vetter, Melba Livengood, Janice Sieben, Shirley Harding, Katherine Jones, Joyce Brown. Many varied duties, among which were running errands and collecting attendance slips, kept the office assistants busy during the 1951-1952 school year. Dean Florence J. Liebbe selected these office assistants from junior and senior girls who had free periods. There were about twenty girls working as regular office assistants or in the offices of Miss Liebbe and Herbert L. Wagner, boys ' counselor. This year about seven girls were chosen to work in the clinic for Mrs. Mathilda Bacon, school nurse. Their duties were to help the nurse and to be in charge of the clinic when the nurse was out on a call. Several girls assisted E. Dorothy Peter¬ son, speech director, as speech assistants. Se+ii i ■Actuxiti l EUGENE ACUFF Blackhawk tribe, Boys ' Hi-Y, canteen committee, Current Events club, Dra¬ matic club, baseball, golf, intramurals, track, debate, declamation, casts of Dramatic club play, Of Thee I Sing ' Speech II play, Cheaper by the Dozen, junior class play, Dangerous Nan McGrew, state constest play, Antigone, senior class play, Pyg¬ malion, business manager of Drama¬ tic club play, Good Housekeeping, I Speak for Democracy contest, Senior Honor Roll. BARBARA AGY Future Homemakers of America, Y- Teens. THOMAS ALDERSON Boys ' Hi-Y,, Lettermen ' s club, Spanish club, football, ihtramurals, band, Na¬ tional Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. BARBARA ALLEN Pan-American league, student divi¬ sion, Spanish club, intramurals, CRIM¬ SON CRIER staff, Girls ' glee, office practice, Senior Honor Roll. CHARLES ALLEN Wrestling manager, treasurer of Glee club, Light Opera chorus, Oklahoma and South Pacific, The Bartered Bride, Intramurals. DANIEL ANDERSON MARTHA ANDERSON CAROL ANDREWS Blackhawk tribe, Pan-American league, student division, Spanish club, cabinet of Y-Teens, intramurals, clinic assist¬ ant, first-page editor of CRIMSON CRIER, Glee club, The Bartered Bride, radio staff, National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll, Top 10, CAREY ANGEL Basketball, football, track, Glee club, Senate. GRANVIL ANGEL Glee club, The Bartered Bride. ADRIAN ARDAY Camera club, Science club. COLLETTE ARMSTRONG Y-Teens, rntramurals. JON ARP Boys ' Hi-Y, Lettermen ' s club, cross¬ country, football, intramurals, wres¬ tling, band. FAYE ASQUITH Blackhawk tribe, president of Current Events club, Dramatic club, Y-Teens, intramurals, head proofreader of CRIMSON CRIER, declamation, office practice, teachers ' training, National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. DONALD ATKINSON Boys ' Hi-Y, Camera club. Senior Honor Roll. MICHAEL ATKINSON Camera club, Dramatic o!ub, Pan- American league, student division, Spanish club, intramurals, casts of Dramatic club play, Of Thee I Sing, speech class play, The High Window, Senate. PATRICIA ATTWOOD National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. ROBERT BAILEY MADONNA BAUGH Blackhawk tribe, French club, Pan- American league, clinic assistant. SALLY BEALS Pan-American league, student divi¬ sion, Spanish club. RICHARD BELLEGANTE Lettermen ' s club, football. EVERETT BENNINGFIELD Intramurals. BETTY LOU BERG Camera club, Pan-American league, student division, Y-Teens, Glee club. Senior Honor Roll. JOSEPH BILEDDO Lettermen ' s club, Spanish club, foot¬ ball manager, intramurals. SHIRLEY BIRELY Y-Teens, Senior Honor Roll. TROY BLAND Lettermen ' s club, baseball, football, intramurals, track. ALBERT BLOCH Lettermen ' s club, Pan-American league, student division, Spanish club, football, intramurals, track, pep as¬ sembly skit, Junior Chamber of Com¬ merce football award. JOSEPH BOENITZ Bovs ' Hi-Y, Camera club, Science club, intramurals, Senior Honor Roll. ROBERT BOEYE Blackhawk tribe, Canteen committee, Dramatic club, Lettermen ' s club, bas¬ ketball, football, intramurals, debate, declamation, casts of Dramatic club play, Of Thee I Sing, Speech II play, Cheaper by the Dozen, senior class play, Pygmalion, Senate, Junior Chamber of Commerce football award, Senior Honor Roll. JOAN BORST G.A.A., Pan-American league, student division, Spanish club, Y-Teens, intra¬ murals, band, radio staff. 136 MARY BOWES WILLIAM BOYNTON Cross-country, intramurals, track. DONNA BRADLEY Spanish club, Glee club, The Bartered Br de. SHIRLEY BRADSHAW Keeper of the birchbark of Blackhawk tribe, Dramatic club, G.A.A., president of French club, cabinet member of Y-Teens, intramurals, CRIMSON CRIER staff, declamation, casts of Dramatic club play, Of Thee I Sing, Speech II play, Cheaper by the Dozen, Dra¬ matic dub play, Good Housekeep¬ ing, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, senior class play, Pygmalion, radio staff, assistant photography edi¬ tor of 1951 WATCHTOWER, photog¬ raphy editor of 1952 WATCHTOWER, ISHSPA conference, National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll, Top 10. SHIRLEY BREEDLOVE G.A.A., tennis. SUZANNE BRINN Blackhawk tribe, G.A.A., French club, Pan-American league, student divi¬ sion, Spanish club, Y-Teens, intra¬ murals, president of Glee club, Broad¬ way Review, The Bartered Bride, radio staff, Light Opera chorus, Senior Honor Roll. DELORIS BROWN Not graduating. JOANNE BROWN Council member of Blackhawk tribe, treasurer of G.A.A., Y-Teens, fourth- page editor of CRIMSON CRIER, treasurer of Girls ' glee, Glee club, The Bartered Bride, National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. JOYCE BROWN Council of Blackhawk tribe, G.A.A., Y-Teens, intramurals, art editor of CRIMSON CRIER, Glee club, vice- president of Girls ' glee, Light Opera chorus, The Bartered Bride, office practice, Senate, National Honor So¬ ciety, Senior Honor Roll. MARY JANE BROWN Pan-American league, student divi¬ sion, Spanish club, Y-Teens, Glee club, The Bartered Bride. CAROLE BURDON Current Events club, Dramatic club, G.A.A., Future Homemakers of Amer¬ ica, intramurals. WILLIAM BURGESS Blackhawk tribe, vice-president of Camera club, CYC committee, presi¬ dent of Science club, football, intra- murals, debate, cast of Dramatic club play, Of Thee I Sing, radio staff, Senate, state speech contest. National Honor Society, Sen,or Honor Roll. GARY BURWELL Lettermen ' s club, Spanish club, base¬ ball, football, intramurals. ANN BUSH Dramatic club, Y-Teens, declamation. FORREST BUSHERT Boys ' Hi-Y, Canteen committee, intra¬ murals, Glee club, The Bartered Bride. ALICE BUTCHER G.A.A., Pan-American league, student division, Spanish club, Y-Teens, intra- murals, band, Senate. WAVA CAMPBELL Pan-American league, student divi¬ sion, Spanish club, Y-Teens, CRIMSON CRIER, Glee club, Senior Honor Roll. DARLENE CAREY Not graduating. BOBBIE ANN CARLSON G.A.A., Glee club. BETTIE CARNES G.A.A., French club, Pan-American league, student division, Spanish club, Y-Teens, intramurals, assistant mana¬ ger of band. FRANCES CAROTHERS G.A.A., Pan-American league, student division, Spanish club, clinic assistant, National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. PATRICIA CARPENTER Intramurals, clinic assistant, CRIMSON CRIER staff. LORRAINE CARPENTIER Glee club, The Bartered Bride, Senior Honor Roll. ROBERT CAUDILL French club, CRIMSON CRIER staff, National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. GALE CENTER Football, intramurals, band. TERRY CLARK Lettermen ' s club, Pan-American league, student division, chairman of Spanish club, baseball, basketball, intramurals. JAY CLAYMAN Lettermen ' s club, basketball, football, Intramurals, track, wrestling, pep as¬ sembly skit. BEVERLY CLEMANN JAMES COBB Boys ' Hi-Y, Intramurals, track. JOANNE COFFLAND Blackhawk tribe. Dramatic club, Pan- American league, student division, Spanish club, treasurer of Y-Teens, office practice, speech class play, High Window, radio staff. National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. GEORGE COIN Sachem of Blackhawk tribe, cabinet of Boys ' Hi-Y, CYC committee. Dra¬ matic club, Lettermen ' s club, basket¬ ball, football, intramurals, track, wrestling, CRIMSON CRIER staff, dec¬ lamation, radio staff. National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll, cast of senior class play, Pygmalion. ZODIE COLE Intramurals, Glee club. MARY COLLINS G.A.A., Y-Teens, intramurals, band, majorette. Senior Honor Roll. RICHARD COLLINS Blackhawk tribe. Dramatic club, foot¬ ball, intramurals, manager of band, editor in chief of CRIMSON CRIER, Good Houskeeping, assistant sports editor of 1951 WATCHTOWER, sports editor of 1952 WATCHTOWER, Na¬ tional’ Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. KENNETH COOK Blackhawk tribe, Boys ' Hi-Y, Camera club, Pan-American league, student division, Spanish club, football, intra¬ murals, band. MARGERY GAYLE COOK Senior Honor Rail. LLOYD CORWIN Dramatic club, Lettermen ' s club, base¬ ball, football, intramurals. Glee club, Senate. MARILYN COYNER Coach of Brotherhood pageant at Longfellow school. National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. DONALD CRAMER JAMES CRANDALL VAUNDA CURTIS Band, office practice. GEORGIA CUTLER G.A.A., Pan-American league, student division, Spanish club, Y-Teens, intra¬ murals, treasurer of Glee club, The Bartered Bride, office practice, Na¬ tional Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. ROBERT DARGAN RUTH DARR Future Homemakers of America, Girls ' glee. 137 DARLENE DAUMA G.A.A., intramurals, tennis, band. EFFETTA DAVIS Dramatic club, G.A.A., Pan-American league, student division, Y-Teens, dec¬ lamation, Senate, WATCHTOWER salesman, National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. MARY DEMOU G.A.A., intramurals, tennis, Glee club, The Bartered Bride. FRANK DeVRIEZE Boys ' Hi-Y, football, intramurals, Glee club, The Bartered Bride. ARNOLD DeWINTER Band, Senate. JERRY DOECKEL Baseball, intramurals. LAURANCE DOHLER Wrestling. EVA DONLIN DIANE DORNACHER Blackhawk tribe, Pan-American league, student division, Spanish club, Y-Teens, Senior Honor Roll. GRETCHEN DORNACHER Blackhawk tribe, Pan-American league, student division, Spanish club, Y-Teens, Senior Honor Roll. CHARLES EDGAR Boys ' Hi-Y, golf, Glee club, The Bartered Bride. MERLE ELDRIDGE Current Events club, track, Color guard. ROBERT ELSON Lettermen ' s club, Senior Honor Roll. JOAN EMERY Y-Teens, intramurals, Glee club. Na¬ tional Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll, Top 10. EDNA ENGSTROM Future Homemakers of America. JACK EVANS Boys ' Hi-Y, Lettermen ' s club, basket¬ ball, football, track. BARBARA FEELEY ALICE FERGUSON G.A.A., intramurals. HARVEY FEST DANIEL FIRTH CYC committee, Dramatic club, Letter- men ' s club, basketball, football, presi¬ dent of Senate. KENNETH FOLLETT Cross-country. JAMES FORRESTER Boys ' Hi-Y, Lettermen ' s club, footbalL track. RICHARD FRANING Pan-American league, student divi¬ sion, Spanish club, radio staff. ANNETTE FRAZER Dramatic club, Pan-American league, student division, Spanish club, Y-Teens, CRIMSON CRIER staff, declamation, office practice, casts of Dramatic club play, Of Thee I Sing, Speech II play, Cheaper by the Dozen, student di¬ rector of junior class play, Dan¬ gerous Nan McGrew, radio staff, Senate, attendant to Homecoming queen, National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll, cast of senior class play, Pygmalion. FRANK GADIENT Dramatic club, Science dub, golf, intramurals, cast of senior class play, Pygmalion. DENO GANAKES Boys ' Hi-Y, baseball, intramurals, Glee club, The Bartered Bride. STANLEY GELLMAN Camera club, baseball, intramurals. GERALD GENZ JACK GILL CYC committee, Pan-American league, student division, Spanish club, intra¬ murals, wrestling, band, CRIMSON CRIER staff, Senior Honor Roll. JAMES GILMORE Boys ' Hi-Y, Lettermen ' s club, Spanish club, basketball, football, intramurals, track. BARBARA GOSSEN Blackhawk tribe, Camera club, Dra¬ matic club, G.A.A., Pan-American league, student division, Y-Teens. DOROTHY GRIFFIN Blackhawk tribe, G.A.A., Future Home¬ makers of America, Y-Teens. DONALD GRISHAM Band. MARTHA GROENE Y-Teens, intramurals. HENRIETTA GROOTHAERT Future Homemakers of America, intra¬ murals. VIRGIL GROSS Boys ' Hi-Y, Camera club, intramurals, track, wrestling. Glee club. JAMES GUZZO Lettermen ' s club, football, intramurals, track. HELEN HABIB Tennis, Glee club, The Bartered Bride. ELINOR HAHN Glee club. JERRY HANSEN Lettermen ' s club, basketball, football, intramurals, National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. ALBERT HANSON Lettermen ' s club, baseball, basketball, intramurals. HELEN HANSON Blackhawk tribe, Current Events club, G.A.A., Y-Teens, intramurals, radio staff, National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. LINDA HANSON Council of Blackhawk tribe, Camera club, Dramatic club, G.A.A., Pan- American league, student division, Spanish club, Y-Teens, intramurals, band, declamation, casts of Dramatic club play, Good Housekeeping, speech class play, So Wonderful in White, radio staff, National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll, Top 10, senior class play, Pygmalion. BRUCE HARDERS Blackhawk tribe, Canteen committee, DramatJc club, Pan-American league, student division, Spanish club, foot¬ ball, CRIMSON CRIER staff, casts of Dramatic club play, Of Thee I Sing, Speech II play. Cheaper by the Dozen, junior class play, Dangerous Nan McGrew, Dramatic club play, Good Housekeeping, state contest plays, Harvey and Antigone, radio staff, first place in I Speak for Democracy contest, state speech contest, National Honor Society, senior class play, Pygmalion. SHIRLEY HARDING Dramatic club, Pan-American league, student division, Spanish club, Y- Teens, Senior Honor Roll. RICHARD HARDWICK Boys ' Hi-Y, Pan-American league, student division, Spanish club, cross¬ country, intramurals, wrestling. DONALD HARL Intramurals. ROWENA HARVEY G.A.A., Y-Teens, Glee club, The Bar¬ tered Bride. JERRY HASKINS DELBERT HAUMAN 138 DICKSON HAUSE Camera club, president of Science dub, debate, radio staff. Senate, state speech contest, salutatorian. National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll, first place at sectional science meet, hon¬ orable mention in Science Talent Search. JOYCE HAWTHORNE G.A.A., Glee club, The Bartered Bride. VERNON HAZLETT Blackhawk tribe, Boys ' Hi-Y, Camera club, Science club, intramurals. WILLIAM HENDREN THOMAS HENDRICK Baseball, basketball. BARBARA HERRIN Y-Teens. DORIS HINES Intramurals. MARGURITE HINRICHSEN Dramatic club, Pan-American league, student division, Spanish club, intra¬ murals, office practice, cast of junior class play, Dangerous Nan McGrew, Senior Honor Roll. FRANCES HINZE G.A.A., French club, Y-Teens, intra¬ murals, band, Senior Honor Roll. PATRICIA HIXSON Blackhawk tribe, G.A.A., Pan-Ameri¬ can league, student division, Spanish club, Y-Teens, intramurals. Girls ' glee. FRANCES HOCKENBERRY Dramatic club, G.A.A., Future Home¬ makers of America, Y-Teens, intra¬ murals. JACQUELINE HOCKER G.A.A., Y-Teens. JAMES HOGAN Blackhawk tribe. JACK HOLLANDER Camera club, Current Events club, intramurals. KAY HOLST Secretary of Current Events club, Dra¬ matic club, G.A.A., treasurer and vice- president of Pan-American league, student division, Spanish club, presi¬ dent of Y-Teens, intramurals, manag¬ ing editor of CRIMSON CRIER, decla¬ mation, student director of Dramatic club play, Of Thee I Sing, casts of Long Christmas Dinner, Dramatic club play, Good Housekeeping, radio staff, secretary of the Senate, member of Girls ' State, D.A.R. award, secretary of junior and senior class. National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll, senior class play, Pygmalion. MYRNA HOOE Blackhawk tribe, Dramatic club, Pan- American league, student division, Spanish club, intramurals. ROBERT HORNBACK Boys ' Hi-Y, Camera club, Pan-Ameri¬ can league, student division, Science club, Spanish club, basketball, intra¬ murals, track, Senior Honor Roll. PHYLLIS HUFF Senior Honor Roll. BETTY HUFFMAN WILBERT HULETT Boys ' Hi-Y, Senior Honor Roll. GUSTAV HULT Blackhawk tribe, Boys ' Hi-Y, Camera club, president of Glee club, The Bartered Bride. DAVID HUNTLEY Boys ' Hi-Y, basketball, football mana¬ ger, intramurals, track. HARRY IGLEHART Boys ' Hi-Y, Lettermen ' s club, basket¬ ball, football, intramurals, track. DONNA INGOLD Blackhawk tribe, Camera club, Y- Teens, intramurals. Glee club, The Bartered Bride. ADAM JACKSON Intramurals. MARILYN JACKSON Blackhawk tribe, Pan-American league, student division, Spanish club. Y- Teens, Glee club, South Pacific ' ' and Oklahoma, The Bartered Bride, Senior Honor Roll. RACHAEL JACKSON Not graduating. MARIE JACOBS Not graduating. BEN JACOBSON Blackhawk tribe, president of Dra¬ matic club, secretary-treasurer of Let¬ termen ' s club, president of Pan- American league, student division, chairman of Spanish club, football, intramurals, track, sports editor of CRIMSON CRIER, casts of Dramatic club play, Of Thee I Sing, Speech II play, Cheaper by the Dozen, junior class play, Dangerous Nan McGrew, senior class play, Pygmalion, state contest play, Antigone, Senate, vending manager of 1952 WATCH- TOWER, president of National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. HENRY JEFFREY Boys ' Hi-Y, Camera club, Lettermen ' s club, Pan-American league, student division, Spanish club, intramurals, track, wrestling, Glee club, Okla¬ homa and South Pacific, The Bartered Bride. PHYLLIS JEFFRIES Dramatic club, Y-Teens. ARTHUR JOHNSON Band. CHARLES JOHNSON Boys ' Hi-Y. ROBERT A. JOHNSON Camera club, baseball, intramurals, band, National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. FRANK JONES Glee club, Light Opera chorus, The Bartered Bride. KATHERINE JONES Blackhawk tribe, Dramatic club, G.A.A., Pan-American league, student division, Spanish club, Y-Teens, intra¬ murals, declamation, office practice, casts of Dramatic club play, Of Thee I Sing, speech class play, Mr. Vin¬ cent, senior class play, Pygmalion, Senior Honor Roll. SHIRLEY KAMINSKY Dramatit club, Pan-American league, student division, Y-Teens, intramurals, radio staff, Senior Honor Roll. MILLES KELLOGG Chief of Blackhawk tribe. Canteen committee, Current Events club, secre¬ tary of French club, vice-president and secretary of Y-Teens, intramurals, business manager of CRIMSON CRIER, radio staff, assi stant business mana¬ ger of 1951 WATCHTOWER, business manager of 1952 WATCHTOWER, representative to Y-Teen summer con¬ ference, ISHSPA conference delegate, National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll, Top 10. MARGIE KEMPE Council of Blackhawk tribe, Current Events club, treasurer of Dramatic club, Pan-American league, student division, secretary of Spanish club, Y-Teens, intramurals, copy editor of CRIMSON CRIER, declamation, Glee club, Light Opera chorus, The Bar¬ tered Bride, student director of Speech II play, Cheaper by the Dozen, props manager of junior class play, Dangerous Nan McGrew, casts of Dramatic club play, Of Thee I Sing, speech class play, Mister Vin¬ cent, Dramatic club play, Good Housekeeping, senior class play, Pygmalion, ' 7 radio staff, speech as¬ sistant, assistant copy editor of 1951 WATCHTOWER, copy editor of 1952 WATCHTOWER, student director of Pygmalion, National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. RICHARD KETTERING NEVA KISH G.A.A., Future Homemakers of Amer¬ ica, Y-Teens, intramurals, captain of cheerleaders, Glee club. LAURA KLUDY JAMES KNOBLAUCH Lettermen ' s club, baseball, basketball, football, golf, intramurals, track, vice- president of Senate. 139 PATRICIA KOCH Blackhawk tribe, Dramatic club, Y- Teens, intramurals, second-page editor of CRIMSON CRIER, speech assistant. National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. CAROLYN KOESTER Glee club, The Bartered Bride. RICHARD KRUEGER Dramatic club, Science club, intra¬ murals. DOREEN LaMERE Camera club, chairman of canteen committee, Dramatic club, G.A.A., Pan-American league, student divi¬ sion, Spanish club, Y-Teens, intra¬ murals, captain of tennis team, Quad- City champion, practice teaching, gym assistant, National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. RALPH LAMPHERE Blackhawk tribe, Boys ' Hi-Y, basket¬ ball, football, intramurals, track, band. PETER LAURITZEN President of Camera club, Dramatic club, Science club, tennis, CRIMSON CRIER, honorable mention in Science Talent Search, Boys ' state. National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. ELMER LAWRENCE Lettermen ' s club, football, intramurals, wrestling. LETHA LAWS Blackhawk tribe, Dramatic club, clinic assistant, practice teaching. CHARLES LAYER Football. BETTY LEA DONNA LEFTWICH G.A.A., Y-Teens. PETER LEONARDSON Camera club. Science club, intra¬ murals, Senior Honor Roll. LARRY LEWIS Intramurals, track, band. ELAINE LIEBMAN Current Events club, G.A.A., Pan- American league, student division, Spanish club, intramurals, National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. BEVERLY LINDSAY Glee club. ROBERT LODGE Boys ' Hi-Y, Camera club, Science club, intramurals. ANNA LUJAN Pan-American league, student divi¬ sion, Spanish club, Glee club. National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. ROBERT LULOW Boys ' Hi-Y, football, intramurals, gold key art award, vice-president of sophomore and senior classes. JOHN LUNDSKOW Boys ' Hi-Y, Lettermen ' s club, basket¬ ball, football, intramurals, track, wrestling, Glee club, Light Opera chorus, quartet, South Pacific and Oklahoma, the Bartered Bride. CLYDE LUNDY Lettermen ' s club, cross-country, wrestling. BARBARA LUTZ Blackhawk tribe, G.A.A., Y-Teens. MARIAN LUTZ MARY ELLEN McCABE Blackhawk tribe, Camera club, French club, CRIMSON CRIER, Glee club, The Bartered Bride, National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. CHARLOTTE McCULLOUGH Blackhawk tribe, Glee club, Light Opera chorus, South Pacific and Oklahoma ' The Bartered Bride, Song of Christmas. BARBARA McGUIRE Blackhawk tribe, Dramatic club, G.A.A., Pan-American league, student division, Spanish club, Y-Teens, cheer¬ leader, office practice, cast of speech class play, Sugar ' n Spice, Senate. ELNORA McKEE Blackhawk tribe, Camera club. Current Events club. Dramatic club, G.A.A., Pan-American league, student divi¬ sion, Spanish club, Y-Teens, intra¬ murals, band, declamation, casts of Dramatic club play, Of Thee I Sing, Speech II play, Cheaper by the Dozen, senior class play, Pygma¬ lion, Senior Honor Roll. HOWARD McKELLIP Baseball, cross-country, wrestling. DONALD GENE McKINLEY Glee club, The Bartered Bride. duane McLaughlin Boys ' Hi-Y, baseball, football, intra¬ murals, track, wrestling, secretary of Glee club, South Pacific and Okla¬ homa, The Bartered Bride, Light Opera chorus. ANN McLELLAN Blackhawk tribe, Current Events club, Dramatic club, French club, Y-Teens, intramurals, clinic assistant, business manager of CRIMSON CRIER, casts of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, speech class play, Star Struck, radio staff, Senior Honor Roll. KENNETH MAIER Pan-American league, student divi¬ sion, Spanish club, baseball, basket¬ ball, intramurals, band, CRIMSON CRIER staff, Glee dub, The Bartered Bride, Senate, National Honor So¬ ciety, Senior Honor Roll. DALE MALBAN Lettermen ' s club, Pan-American league, student division, Spanish club, football, intramurals, Glee club, The Bartered Bride. GARY MANN Blackhawk tribe, Boys ' Hi-Y, Dramatic club, Pan-American league, student division, Spanish club, casts of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Reddy the Killer. PATRICIA MARTIN THEODORE MARTIN Band, Senior Honor Roll. CORINNE MILLER Future Homemakers of America. DARRELL MILLER Dramatic club, cross-country, intra¬ murals, wrestling, cast of speech class play, Miss Civilization. PHYLLIS MILLER Blackhawk tribe, Camera club, G.A.A., Y-Teens, intramurals, Glee club. JEROME MOELLER Wrestling. ROBERT MOFFITT Boys ' Hi-Y, Dramatic club, intra¬ murals, tennis. Senior Honor Roll. HAL MOORE Intramurals, speech class play, The Monkey ' s Paw. MELVA MOORE G.A.A., Future Homemakers of Amer¬ ica. RICHARD MOORE Intramurals. FAY MOSKALOFF Blackhawk tribe, Camera club, intra¬ murals, Glee club, The Bartered Bri ' de. PATRICIA MUHLENBURG Blackhawk tribe, G.A.A., Pan-American league, student division, Y-Teens, in¬ tramurals, band. CHARLOTTE NEIGHBORS G.A.A., Pan-American league, student division, Spanish club, band. PAULINE NISSEN Band, office practice, Senior Honor Roll. 140 JAMES OLDS Intramurals. MARILYN OLSON Blackhawk tribe, Dramatic club, secre¬ tary of Pan-American league, student division, Spanish club, Y-Teens, CRIM¬ SON CRIER staff, office practice, cast of junior class play, Dangerous Nan Mc6rew, radio staff, Senate, practice teaching, Homecoming queen, candi¬ date for Sweet Sixteen queen, secre¬ tary of sophomore class, vice-president of junior class, National Honor So¬ ciety, Senior Honor Roll. DONALD LEE OSBORN Boys ' Hi-Y, Lettermen ' s club, football, intramurals, track. DON W. OSBORNE French club, Lettermen ' s club, rntra- murals, wrestling. SALLY OSBORNE Council of Blackhawk tribe, secretary of CYC committee, Pan-American league, student division, Spanish club, Y-Teens, intramurals, cheerleader, edi¬ tor in chief of CRIMSON CRIER, first in declamation, casts of Dramatic club play, Of Thee I Sing, Speech II play, Cheaper by the Dozen, junior class play, ' ' Dangerous Nan McGrew, Dra¬ matic club play, Good Housekeeping, senior class play, Pygmalion, radio staff, speech assistant, second place in verse reading at state speech con¬ test, contest play, Antigone, prac¬ tice teaching, National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll, Top 10. GARY OSTROM Lettermen ' s club, football, wrestling. VELDA PALIKE Blackhawk tribe, G.A.A., Pan-American league, student division, Spanish club, Y-Teens. EDYTHEPARKER Vice-president of Future Homemakers of America. THOMAS PARSONS NANCY PETERSEN Camera club, G.A.A., Y-Teens, intra¬ murals, clinic assistant, Glee club. CAROLINE PETERSON Blackhawk tribe, Dramatic club, Pan- American league, student division, Spanish club, speech class play, High Window. RANDALL PETERSON Blackhawk tribe, CYC committee, Science club, golf, debate. Senate, National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. RICHARD PETERSON Boys ' Hi-Y, Spanish club, intramurals, track, Glee club. Light Opera chorus, quartet, The Bartered Bride. WILLARD PETERSON RICHARD PIEPER Lettermen ' s club, cross-country, intra¬ murals, track. Glee club. DUANE POE Camera club, Dramatic club, Senior Honor Roll. DUGAN PORTER Boys ' Hi-Y, intramurals. JACQUELINE PORTER Intramurals, office practice. PATRICIA PORTER Blackhawk tribe, Dramatic club, Pan- American league, student division, Spanish club, Y-Teens, intramurals, first-page editor of CRIMSON CRIER, ISHSPA conference delegate, Glee club, The Bartered Bride, cast of speech class play, Star Struck, radio staff, Senate, National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll, Top 10. RICHARD POTTER Football, track, wrestling. DON PRESCOTT DALE PRICE Blackhawk tribe, Camera club. Dra¬ matic club, drum major, band, manag¬ ing editor of CRIMSON CRIER, Glee club, Light Opera chorus, quartet, The Bartered Bride, WATCHTOWER salesman, student school organist, Na¬ tional Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll, organist for junior class play, June Mad, Dramatic club play, Of Thee I Sing, Speech II play, Cheaper by the Dozen, junior class play, Dan¬ gerous Nan McGrew, senior class play, Harvey, Dramatic club play, Good Housekeeping, Speech II play, Father of the Bride, ' 7 junior class play, Pink Magic. HELEN PRICE JOHN PRISTASH Camera club, Current Events club, CRIMSON CRIER staff. National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. BARBARA PUTNAM Dramatic club, Spanish club, Y-Teens, intramurals, CRIMSON CRIER staff, secretary of Glee club, South Paci¬ fic and Oklahoma, The Bartered Bride, cast of senior class play, Pygmalion, National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. CHARLENE RAGOT Blackhawk tribe, Y-Teens, Glee club, The Bartered Bride, radio staff. JO ANN RANDLES Dramatic club, G.A.A., Pan-American league, student division, Spanish club, Y-Teens, intramurals, office practice, radio staff. GEORGE RAY Intramurals, tennis, sports editor and columnist of CRIMSON CRIER, Senate, National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. ROSALIE RAYMOND Pan-American league, student divi¬ sion, Spanish club, Glee club, The Bartered Bride, Song of Christmas. ALICE REEVES Blackhawk tribe. Dramatic club, Pan- American league, student division, chairman of Spanish club, Y-Teens, CRIMSON CRIER staff, Glee club, The Bartered Bride, radio staff, Na¬ tional Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. DAN REMY President of CYC committee, Letter- men ' s club, basketball, football, in¬ tramurals, track, band. ARLENE RICE Council of Blackhawk tribe, Dramatic club, G.A.A., French club, Pan-Ameri¬ can league, student division, Spanish club, Y-Teens, intramurals, casts of speech class play, Sugar ' n Spice, Dramatic club play, Good House¬ keeping. ROBERT RIES Boys ' Hi-Y, basketball, track. BARBARA RIEXINGER BONNA ROBBINS G.A.A. JAMES ROBERTS French club, football, intramurals. MARGARET ROGIERS Y-Teens, intramurals. SHIRLEY ROGIERS Intramurals, Glee club, The Bartered Bride. JOHN ROMANS Current Events club. Dramatic club, Lettermen ' s club, Pan-American league, student division, Spanish club, basketball, football ' , intramurals, track, CRIMSON CRIER staff, declamation, Glee club, The Bartered Bride, cast of Dramatic club play, Of Thee I Sing, speech contest, WATCHTOWER salesman. ORENTHAL ROSE ROBERT ROSENE Camera club, Dramatic club, band, declamation, casts of Dramatic club play, Of Thee I Sing, Speech II play, Father of the Bride, speech class play, Girl Shy, senior class play, Pygmalion, two keys for pho¬ tography. GEORGE ROSENTHAL Boys ' Hi-Y, intramurals. ETHEL ROUSE WILFRED ROYAL BARBARA SCHAUBROECK Girls ' glee. KENNETH SCHERER Senior Honor Roll. WAYNE SCHERER 141 MILTON (SHARM) SCHEUERMAN CYC committee, vice-president of French club, Lettermen ' s club, base¬ ball, basketball, football, intramurals, track, Senate, vice-president of Na¬ tional Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. SUE SCHMACHT Blackhawk tribe ,G.A.A., Pan-American league, student division, Spanish club, Y-Teens, intramurals. Light Opera chorus, girls ' trio, South Pacific and Oklahoma, Senior Honor Roll. GEORGE SCHULZ LESLIE SCOTT Vice-president of Lettermen ' s club, basketball, football, intramurals, track. WILLIAM SELINE Intramurals, tennis, Senate. JERRY SHEEHAN Footboll. JANICE SIEBEN Blackhawk tribe, Dramatic club, Pan- American league, student division, Spanish club, cabinet member o f Y- Teens, intramurals, copy editor of CRIMSON CRIER, office practice, radio staff, secretary of National Honor So¬ ciety, Senior Honor Roll, Top 10. NANCY SIMMON Blackhawk tribe, French club, Y-Teens, intramurals, captain of majorettes, band, National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. ANNE SLENKER Blackhawk tribe. Dramatic club, French club, Y-Teens, second-page editor of CRIMSON CRIER, debate, declama¬ tion, casts of Dramatic club play, Of Thee I Sing, Speech II play, Cheaper by the Dozen, junior class play, Dangerous Nan McGrew, senior class play, Pygmalion, speech contest. National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. JAMES SMITH President of Lettermen ' s club, basket¬ ball, football, intramurals, CRIMSON CRIER staff, Senate, assistant editor in chief of 1951 WATCHTOWER, edi¬ tor in chief of 1952 WATCHTOWER, basketball manager. National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. KATHRYN SMITH Dramatic club, G.A.A., Pan-American league, student division, Y-Teens, in¬ tramurals, radio staff. ELAINE SODERBERG Blackhawk tribe, Y-Teens, Glee club, Light Opera chorus, South Pacific and Oklahoma, The Bartered Bride, Senior Honor Roll. MARIAN SORENSON Blackhawk tribe, G.A.A., cheerleader, Glee club, The Bartered Bride. LORRAINE STAI G.A.A., Glee club, The Bartered Bride. SHARON STANLEY Blackhawk tribe, Camera club, Dra¬ matic club, Science club, Spanish club, Y-Teens, band, CRIMSON CRIER staff, declamation. National Honor Society, Senior Honor Rolf. BEVERLY STEPHENSON Blackhawk tribe, Camera club, Current Events club, Future Homemakers of America, Spanish club, National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. CAROLE STICKROD G.A.A., Future Homemakers of Amer¬ ica, Pan-American league, student division, Y-Teens. JANET STOEBE Vice-president of Camera club, can¬ teen committee, intramurals, office practice. National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll, valedictorian. DARLETTE STONE Canteen committee, Current Events club, G.A.A., Future Homemakers of America, Science club, Glee club, office practice. PATRICIA STROUP Future Homemakers of America. JANICE STRUM Blackhawk tribe, Camera club, G.A.A., Y-Teens, intramurals, declamation. WALDO SULLIVAN DAVID SWAIM Basketball, football, intramurals. RO CELESTE SWENSSON G.A.A., Y-Teens, Glee club, ' The Bartered Bride ' Senior Honor Roll. WILLIAM SWISHER Boys ' Hi-Y, cross-country, intramurals. WAYNE TANNER Not graduating. SHARON TAYLOR Boys ' Hi-Y, Pan-American league, student division, Spanish club, Glee club, South Pacific and Oklahoma, The Bartered Bride. CAROL TEBBE Blackhawk tribe, Camera club, G.A.A., Pan-American league, student divi¬ sion, Spanish club, intramurals, Na¬ tional Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. MARIAN TEUSCHER G.A.A., Pan-American league, student division, Y-Teens, intramurals, office practice. MARILYN THOMAS Secretary of CYC committee, Dramatic club, president of G.A.A., Pan-Ameri¬ can league, student division, Spanish club, Y-Teens, intramurals, CRIMSON CRIER staff, cast of senior class play, Pygmalion, radio staff, secretary of Senate, National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. STUART THOMS Canteen committee, Dramatic club, Lettermen ' s club, basketball, football, intramurals, Glee club, South Paci¬ fic and Oklahoma, cast of Dra¬ matic club play, Of Thee I Sing, Senate, National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. SALLY THONN Blackhawk tribe, secretary of Dramatic club, Pan-American league, student division, Spanish club, Y-Teens, clinic assistant, CRIMSON CRIER staff, dec¬ lamation, casts of Dramatic club play, Of Thee I Sing, Speech II play, Cheaper by the Dozen, junior class play, Dangerous Nan McGrew, senior class play, Pygmalion, radio staff, National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. RONALD TIMM Boys ' Hi-Y, baseball, basketbaN, intra¬ murals, Senate. LEE TOBIN Blackhawk tribe, Boys ' Hi-Y, canteen committee, Dramatic club, Lettermen ' s club, cross-country, intramurals, wres¬ tling, cast of Dramatic club play, Of Thee I Sing, radio staff, National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. KENNETH TOLLENAER WAYNE TOWNLEY Boys ' Hi-Y, Camera club, intramurals. RONALD TYLER Boys ' Hi-Y, Spanish club, intramurals. LAZELLE ULLRICK MARLENE VANDERBILT Camera club, G.A.A., band. EDMOND VAN DER GINST Baseball. JOY VAN HULLE G.A.A., Y-Teens, intramurals, Glee club, The Bartered Bride. CHARLES VAN TINE Basketball, cross-country, football, in¬ tramurals, track. MARJORIE VAN WOLVELAERE Blackhawk tribe, Dramatic club, G.A.A., cabinet of Y-Teens, intra¬ murals, cheerleader, Glee club, The Bartered Bride, speech class play, Mr. Vincent. KATHLEEN VETTER G.A.A., intramurals, office practice, WATCHTOWER salesman, National Honor Society, Senior Honor Roll. DELORES VINT Camera club, G.A.A., intramurals, Glee club. Inner Choir, South Paci¬ fic and Oklahoma, The Bartered Bride. LARRY WALD Council of Blackhawk tribe, Boys ' Hi- Y, vice-president of Dramatic club, casts of Dramatic club play, Of Thee I Sing, speech class play, Girl Shy, junior class play, Dangerous Nan McGrew, radio staff, speech contest play, Antigone. PATRICIA WALTERS Dramatic club, Pan-American league, student division, Y-Teens, clinic as¬ sistant, declamation, radio staff. HARRY WEINDRUCH Boys ' Hi-Y, Current Events club. Dra¬ matic club, Lettermen ' s club, football manager, golf, intramurals. DAVID WETZEL Boys ' Hi-Y, Dramatic club, Letter- men ' s club, football, intramurals, wrestling, CRIMSON CRIER staff, dec¬ lamation, Glee club, Light Opera chorus, quartet, The Bartered Bride, casts of Dramatic club play, Of Thee I Sing, speech class play, Girl Shy. KENNETH WICKENBURG RICHARD WICKUM HAZEL WIKLUND G.A.A., speech class play, Mr. Vin¬ cent. LEWIS WILDER Boys ' Hi-Y, Dramatic club, intra¬ murals. JANICE WILFORD Blackhawk tribe, Y-Teens, intramurals, CRIMSON CRIER staff, speech class play, Little Jack Horner, radio staff, Senior Honor Roll. JANET WILSON Camera club, Current Events club, speech class play, Sugar ' n Spice, ' 1 Senior Honor Roll. NYLETA WILSON Glee club, The Bartered Bride. DELORES WISE Blackhawk tribe, Camera club, G.A.A., Science club, Spanish club. JOYCE WITHROW Future Homemakers of America, intra¬ murals, Glee club. MARY WOEBER G.A.A., Future Homemakers of Amer¬ ica, Y-Teens, intramurals. WAYNE WORKER Dramatic club, football manager, track, sergeant of color guard, Glee club, The Bartered Bride. JAMES WURBS Blackhawk tribe, Dramatic club. Sci¬ ence club, golf, intramurals, cast of senior class play, Pygmalion, Senior Honor Roll. 142 IdJe Cr ' XspA iA, (Dun, Ikankl We wish to express our sincere appreciation to the following people who have helped us in arranging this yearbook. Without them the publi¬ cation of THE WATCHTOWER would have been impossible. . . . MISS ESCA G. RODGER, adviser . . . MR. CHARLES O. AUSTIN, JR., principal . . . MR. ELDRED OLSON of the Brock Engraving company, Madison, Wis. . . . MR. OSCAR G. ERICSON of the Augustana Book Concern, printing and binding . . . MR. V. T. MONTAGUE of the Kingsport Press, Inc., Chicago, and Kingsport, Tenn., covers . . . MR. CLYDE HINCHLIFFE and MR. KENNETH BROSTROM, photography . . . THE CAMERA CLUB, photo graphy . . . THE ARGUS, use of informal pictures . . . MILLES KELLOGG, art work on division pages . . . MR. PAUL CALLAGHAN of Paul Studio, senior portraits. . . . STUDENTS who helped write stories 7i4e ' WcUciticuaeA. StajJj 143 EUGENE ACUFF • BARBARA AGY • THOMAS ALDERSON • BARBARA ALLEN CHARLES ALLEN • DANIEL ANDERSON • MARTHA ANDERSON • CAROL ANDREWS CAREY ANGEL • GRANVIL ANGEL • ADRIAN ARDAY • COLLETTE ARMSTRONG JON ARP • FAYE ASQUITH • DONALD ATKINSON • MICHAEL ATKINSON PATRICIA ATTWOOD • ROBERT BAILEY • MADONNA BAUGH • SALLY BEALS RICHARD BELLEGANTE • EVERETT BENNINGFIELD • BETTY LOU BERG JOSEPH BILEDDO • SHIRLEY BIRELY • TROY BLAND • ALBERT BLOCH JOSEPH BOENITZ • ROBERT BOEYE • JOAN BORST • MARY BOWES WILLIAM BOYNTON • DONNA BRADLEY • SHIRLEY BRADSHAW SHIRLEY BREEDLOVE • SUZANNE BRINN • JOANNE BROWN • JOYCE BROWN MARY JANE BROWN • CAROLE BURDON • WILLIAM BURGESS • GARY BURWELL ANN BUSH • FORREST BUSHERT • ALICE BUTCHER • WAVA CAMPBELL BOBBIE ANN CARLSON • BETTIE CARNES • FRANCES CAROTHERS PATRICIA CARPENTER • LORRAINE CARPENTIER • ROBERT CAUDILL GALE CENTER • TERRY CLARK • JAY CLAYMAN • BEVERLY CLEMANN JAMES COBB • JOANNE COFFLAND • GEORGE COIN • ZODIE COLE MARY COLLINS • RICHARD COLLINS • MARGERY GAYLE COOK KENNETH COOK • LLOYD CORWIN • MARILYN COYNER • DONALD CRAMER JAMES CRANDALL • VAUNDA CURTIS • GEORGIA CUTLER • ROBERT DARGAN RUTH DARR • DARLENE DAUMA • EFFETA DAVIS • MARY DEMOU FRANK DEVRIEZE • ARNOLD DEWINTER • JERRY DOECKEL • EVA DONLIN LAURANCE DOHLER • DIANE DORNACHER • GRETCHEN DORNACHER CHARLES EDGAR • MERLE ELDRIDGE • ROBERT ELSON • JOAN EMERY EDNA ENGSTROM • JACK EVANS • BARBARA FEELEY • ALICE FERGUSON HARVEY FEST • DANIEL FIRTH • KENNETH FOLLETT • JAMES FORRESTER RICHARD FRANING • ANNETTE FRAZER • FRANK GADIENT • DENO GANAKES STANLEY GELLMAN • GERALD GENZ • JACK GILL • JAMES GILMORE BARBARA GOSSEN • DOROTHY GRIFFIN • HENRIETTA GROOTHAERT DONALD GRISHAM • MARTHA GROENE • VIRGIL GROSS • JAMES GUZZO HELEN HABIB • ELINOR HAHN • JERRY HANSEN • ALBERT HANSON HELEN HANSON • LINDA HANSON • BRUCE HARDERS • SHIRLEY HARDING DONALD HARL • RICHARD HARDWICK • ROWENA HARVEY • JERRY HASKINS DELBERT HAUMAN • DICKSON HAUSE • JOYCE HAWTHORNE VERNON HAZLETT • WILLIAM HENDREN • MARGURITE HINRICHSEN THOMAS HENDRICK • BARBARA HERRIN • DORIS HINES • FRANCES HINZE PATRICIA HIXSON • FRANCES HOCKENBERRY • JACQUELINE HOCKER JAMES HOGAN • JACK HOLLANDER • KAY HOLST • MYRNA HOOE ROBERT HORNBACK • PHYLLIS HUFF • BETTY HUFFMAN • GUSTAV HULT WILBERT HULETT • DAVID HUNTLEY • HARRY IGLEHART • DONNA INGOLD ADAM JACKSON • MARILYN JACKSON • BEN JACOBSON • HENRY JEFFREY PHYLLIS JEFFRIES • ARTHUR JOHNSON • CHARLES JOHNSON • FRANK JONES ROBERT A. JOHNSON • KATHERINE JONES • SHIRLEY KAMINSKY MILLES KELLOGG • MARGIE KEMPE • RICHARD KETTERING • NEVA KISH ANCY PETERSEN WILLARD PETERSON AURA KLUDY • JAMES KNOBLACH • PATRICIA KOCH • CAROLYN KOESTER RICHARD KRUEGER • RALPH LAMPHERE • PETER LAURITZEN JOREEN LAMERE • ELMER LAWRENCE • LETHA LAWS • CHARLES LAYER BETTY LEA • DONNA LEFTWICH • PETER LEONARDSON • LARRY LEWIS LAINE LIEBMAN • BEVERLY LINDSAY • ROBERT LODGE • ANNA LUJAN IOBERT LULOW • JOHN LUNDSKOW • CLYDE LUNDY • BARBARA LUTZ VIARIAN LUTZ • MARY ELLEN McCABE • CHARLOTTE McCULLOUGH BARBARA McGUIRE • ELNORA McKEE • DONALD GENE McKINLEY 10WARD McKELLIP • DUANE McLAUGHLIN • ANN McLELLAN • KENNETH MAIER DALE MALBAN • GARY MANN • PATRICIA MARTIN • THEODORE MARTIN ORINNE MILLER • DARRELL MILLER • PHYLLIS MILLER • JEROME MOELLER ROBERT MOFFITT • HAL MOORE • MELVA MOORE • RICHARD MOORE AY MOSKALOFF • PATRICIA MUHLENBURG • CHARLOTTE NEIGHBORS AULINE NISSEN • JAMES OLDS • MARILYN OLSON • DONALD LEE OSBORN DON W. OSBORNE • SALLY OSBORNE • GARY OSTROM • VELDA PALIKE DYTHE PARKER • THOMAS PARSONS • CAROLINE PETERSON ► RANDALL PETERSON •- RICHARD PETERSON • RICHARD PIEPER • DUANE POE • DUGAN PORTER IACQUELINE PORTER • PATRICIA PORTER • RICHARD POTTER • DON PRESCOTT DALE PRICE • HELEN PRICE • JOHN PRISTASH • BARBARA PUTNAM CHARLENE RAGOT • JO ANN RANDLES • GEORGE RAY • ROSALIE RAYMOND ALICE REEVES • DAN REMY • ARLENE RICE • BARBARA RIEXINGER ROBERT RIES • BONNA ROBBINS • JAMES ROBERTS • MARGARET ROGIERS SHIRLEY ROGIERS • JOHN ROMANS • ORENTHAL ROSE • ROBERT ROSENE GEORGE ROSENTHAL • ETHEL ROUSE • WILFRED ROYAL • KENNETH SCHERER BARBARA SCHAUBROECK • WAYNE SCHERER • MILTON (SHARM) SCHEUERMAN SUE SCHMACHT • GEORGE SCHULZ • LESLIE SCOTT • WILLIAM SELINE JERRY SHEEHAN • JANICE SIEBEN • NANCY SIMMON • ANNE SLENKER JAMES E. 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