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

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Loyal Democrats exhibit husky voices and artistic talent as well as support of Adlai and Estes in a rousing demonstration during the 1957 mock political rally. When representatives from 40 universities and business schools came to Rocky High for College Day, many seniors skipped classes to hold interviews with them. Thomas Tingle and David Isaacson discuss future plans with a University of Iowa delegate. 13

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Frequent excursions into the library remain an unforgotten part of busy high school days. Joel Novak and Judith Schmitt make ' jse of the extensive facilities and reading material. Teens Mature with New Friends, Studies, Ideas, Plans Lockers act not only as storerooms but as leaning posts for many Rocky High couples like Wayne Shellhouse and Janet Schuster when they snatch a brief rendezvous between classes. Soon, these book-toters leave be¬ hind their junior high hesitation and adolescence. They express their own ideas and beliefs in club meetings, classroom themes and recitations, and the mock political rally. Shyness fades, and new acquaintances become close friends. All too swiftly they are seniors. This final year is a rush of preparing and planning. Mailboxes overflow with col¬ lege catalogues and applications; scholarship tests challenge their know¬ ledge; class ranks and percentages fill their minds; and College Day repre¬ sentatives remind them of the near¬ ness of a new chapter in their lives. From adolescent teen-agers to adult- minded young people, R1HS guides students through the maturing years, the high school years. 1 2 introduction ■

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Floating balloons elude outstretched hands in a scramble for souvenirs of the annual Sno Ball, highlight of the winter season, sponsored by CYC. As Precaution to Overdose of Study, Teens Play, Relax The general school routine is interrupted as Rocky High TV viewers take time out to watch the World Series.