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

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senate Officers: June Chambers, secretary; James Fuller, president; Charles (Chuck) Thomas, vice-president. One of the high lights of the Senate ' s ac¬ tivities this year was attending the District Student Council meeting at East Peoria Oct. 25. The senators representing Rock Island high school were June Chambers, Ronald Driggs, James Fuller, Barbara Goff, Daniel Munn, and Bonita Peterson. This year ' s Senate officers were James Ful¬ ler, president; Charles Thomas, vice-president; and June Chambers, secretary-treasurer. To build up good will between the students and the faculty, to improve conditions around the school, and to solve any problems con¬ cerning the student body are the aims of the Senate. Some of the new ideas introduced by the Senate this year were the tomahawk that is to travel between the Rock Island and Moline football teams and the stickers given for safe driving. The Senate also suggested the idea for the school ' s dance band and worked to get student prices at theaters. Choosing the varsity and sophomore cheer¬ leaders, sponsoring fathers ' night, supervising the record dances held after games in the gym, running all the drives during the year, buying Christmas baskets, and arranging the bonfire and street dance during Homecoming were a few of the Senate ' s many duties. A senator is chosen in each senate room and must maintain a C average. Meetings are held in the Activity room every Thursday. Principal Charles O. Austin, Jr., Dean Flor¬ ence J. Liebbe, and Counselor Herbert L. Wag¬ ner ore the Senate ' s advisers. Row 1: Margaret Raymond, Sherrill Bennett, Donna Dover, Barbara Goff, Virginia McBride, Bonita Peterson, Patricia Corrigan, Carole McKinley, tAar ene Kreps, Ann Heberling, Jane Almquist, Marian Hodge, Susann McDonald, June Cham¬ bers, Patricia Hulett, Jane Pearson, Solly Vellenga. Row 2: Suzann Spencer, Charles (Chuck) Thomos, John Ros- sow, Richard Paulsen, Richard Steele, George White, Fred Lear, Bobby Foster, Gildo Sebben, Michael Herrera, James Fuller, Ronald Driggs, Daniel Munn, Richard Wight, Suzanne Michael- sen. Row 3: Richard Allison, James Eugene Smith, Gerald Trimble, Thomas Scheuerman, Jerry Janecke, Harry Biehl, William Mer- genthal, James Collins, Marvin Figle, Rolland West, Gary Gray, John House, Fred Dasso, Eugene Ingram, Donald Anders. 16

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seniors Senior Class Officers JAYNE BARBER, Secretary CHARLES (CHUCK) THOMAS, President NANCY RAYMOND, Vice-president Doesn ' t it seem just like yesterday when we used to look at those seniors walking home from school, and wish that we could be like them? It hardly seems possible that we ' ve already been seniors. Those twelve long years of schoolbooks and exams have finally come to a close for the class of ' 53. The fun of see¬ ing your same old friends every day of the week and the thrill of walking down the hall carrying your best girl ' s books are only memo¬ ries for us today. Now we hold a diploma in our hands. This piece of paper means more than just a back¬ ground of education from books. We have now learned how to live with others and how to put our abilities into new fields. Time alone will tell what will become of our dreams and our ambitions. 18