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

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Mr. Berchekas pauses during orchestra rehearsal to tune Walter Hulstedt ' s violin, as Caroline Neal profits by in¬ struction. I Employing their talents in depicting the Nativity scene in a wall-length mural for the Christmas season are art students, John Butler, Sandra Longacre, and Janette Sproul. Brush, Voice, Instrument Release Creative Expression GEORGE A. BERCHEKAS, MA, Director of Instrumental Music. ROBERT l. MAU- RUS, MA, Senior Glee, Girls’ Glee, Soph¬ omore chorus. Barbershop chorus. Plenty of paper, paint, metals, chalk, and creative thought are necessary to the art department in teaching stu¬ dents to appreciate and enjoy art. Through hours of group and individ¬ ual practice and actual performing, the band and orchestra members earn a musical education and exercise their talents. The speech department, through plays, interpretive reading, original monologues, and extracurricular per¬ formances, equips students to comm¬ unicate and express themselves better. Up and down the scales go the members of the vocal music depart¬ ment as they develop better tones through proper breathing and learn the value of good music and the en¬ joyment of singing. SARA MAE McElHINNEY, MA, Art. E. DOROTHY PETERSON, MA, Speech, Di¬ rector of Dramatics. Dramatic club.

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Michael Skolnik applies fundamentals of geometry as he wields a giant compass. Budding Einsteins Calculate with Slide Rules, Compasses Equipped with the standard devices —slide rules, protractors, and compas¬ ses—Rocky ' s math students acquire the fundamental skills of algebra, geome¬ try, and trigonometry. Guided by their able mentors, these potential Einsteins, hopeful engineers, or future scientists use their knowledge, as well as extra scraps of paper, to solve algebraic equations, calculate trigonometric measurements, or measure obtuse an¬ gles. LYLE FORWARD, M Ed., Algebra, Chemistry, Golf coach. HAZEL A. PARRISH, MA, Advanced Algebra, Plane and Solid Geo¬ metry. JULIEN C. PETERSON, MA, Geometry, Trigonometry, Senior Arithmetic, College Algebra. EVA V. ROBB, MA, Plane Geometry, Solid Geometry, Advanced Algebra. 26 math Solving a problem in Mr. Peterson’s senior trigonometry class are William Wilkens and Janice Bohatko.

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Surrounded by ledgers, occounts, files, and red pencils, amoteur CPA’s Donna Meredith and Nancy Branch tally endless rows of numbers. Machines Whir; Fingers, Minds Fly in Business Classes Despite language barrier, Mr. Houlton demonstrates mechanics of typewriting to newly-arrived Greek student, Elizabeth Anton. 28 business education