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

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Rich World of Literature Revealed to Arden Miss Hankins and Wilbur Wilson plan to revise o theme which discusses the degredotion of Mac¬ beth ' s soul. ' ' Friends, Romans, and Countrymen . . . Double, double toil and trouble . . . The fog comes on little cat feet . . These are merely small excerpts from the vast world of literature that the study of English opens to one. With just a literature book to guide him, a student may find himself in the treach¬ erous Florida Everglades or in the spirit- haunted castle of a murderer king, or in the crude hovel of an epileptic miser, lambic pentameters, trochaic feet, hexameters, and octameters — all of these forbidding terms are keys which unlock the door to the en¬ joyment and understanding of worthwhile poetry Infinitives, gerunds, nouns, adjec¬ tives — all these are tools to a more perfect mastery of our own language. All right class, do you sec? exclaims Mrs. Walker as her class discusses American poets. R. Marie Gillette, AB, Augus tana, English. Media Hankins, BA, MA, Au- gustana College, Columbia Uni- versity, English. Sarah C. Laraway, AB, MA, Northwestern University, Col¬ umbia University, English. Bonnie McKelvey, AB, Augus- tana, English. Genette Melbourne, BE, West¬ ern Illinois, English. Nicholas Peschang, AB, MA, Loras College, State Univer¬ sity of Iowa, English, Journal¬ ism, Crimson Crier, Wotch- tower.

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Admonish, and Encourage Iowa, Dean of Students, General Sponsor of Clubs Society. Herbert L. Wagner, AB, MA, Carthage Col- of Boys. The task of counseling the fledg¬ ling sophomores perplexed by the prob¬ lems of this new phase of life rests upon the shoulders of the capable Sopho¬ more counselors. Theirs is the respon¬ sibility of revealing the innermost sec¬ rets of this complex new world to the Sophomores and helping them to un¬ derstand and enjoy it. The Junior coun¬ selors must direct the varied interests and energies of the newly-oriented up¬ perclassmen into the right channels. They must assist them in planning their futures on the basis of their perform¬ ance of the past. C Fred R. Houlton, BS, MS, West¬ ern Illinois University, Stenog¬ raphy, Counselor. Ruth Schuck, BA, Iowa State Teachers College, English, Counselor. 19

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Student by English Dep Florence Costen, BS, MA, Iowa State College, Colorado State, Homemaking Art, Junior Class Chairman. O rtm © 11 t Bli$i, Maple, BS, MA, Purdue University, Columbia University, Home Economics, F.H.A. Ho me Economists Become Learned In Domestic Arts The way to a man ' s heart is the slogan of these home economics girls Sandy Gonyier, Linda Wadkins, and Shoron Ryker. Sofia Kougeoures, BS, Eastern Illinois University, English, Y- Teens Sponsor. Neola Kubicek, BA, Cornell Col¬ lege English, Red Cross. Beverly Rhines, BA, Iowa State Teachers College, English, Y- Teens Sponsor, Sophomore Class Sponsor. Lyol Swenson, AB, MA, Univer¬ sity of Illinois, Northwestern University, English, Y-Teens Sponsor. Carolyn Walker, AB, MA, Au- gustana College, University of Illinois, English Helen Welty, BA, Knox College, English, Y-Teen Committee.