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

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Eugene Black, BA, Augustona College, Bookkeeping, Typing, Assistant Director of Adult Education. Charles W. Edgington, BS, Eastern Illinois University, Clerical Office Practice, Typ¬ ing, Personal Records, Sopho¬ more football coach, Assist¬ ant track coach. Carrie Ekblad, BA, Augus- tana College, Stenography, Secretarial Training, Head of Business Education De¬ partment, Sophomore Class Sponsor. Flying Fingers, Mysterious Scrawls, Have Great Importance In ' The quick brown fox jumped . . Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party. The clickety-clack of busy typewriters as flying fingers spell out business letters and forms is a common sound in Rocky. Students vie with each other for the honor of typing the greatest number of words in the shortest length of time. Scrawls which appear to have no significance to the ordinary person t ake on great meaning for future stenog¬ raphers. Letters and other papers are written over and over again in notebooks until they can be written with great accuracy and speed. Debits and credits, ledgers and journals each play an im¬ portant role in the study of accounting Now, while still in high school, boys and girls prepare for a commercial career Now is the time for all good men to come to the oid of their party. 28

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Reading, Movies, and In-the-Car Training Turn Novices Into Experienced Drivers Don ' t cut those corners. . . . No, you have to stop at a stop sign! . . . Straighten those rear wheels. The driver training program attempts to convert novice drivers into experienced automobile operators. After an extensive course in driver theory, which includes not only reading assignments, but also gory safety movies, and thorough training in the car, comes the crowning announcement, I just got my license. Mr. Schultz looks on as Mary Short gets her eyes tested in drivers ' training class. Mr. Larson demonstrates uses of the various parts of o car to Lorry McCombs. H. Leonard Larson, BS, North¬ ern Illinois University, Driver Education, Assistant football coach. Donald E. Magsamen, BS, Eastern Illinois University, Driver Education. Don P. Mickelson, BA, Iowa State Teachers College, Driver Education, Boys ' Hi-Y. Chester A. Schultz, BS, MS, Illinois State Normal Univer¬ sity, University of Illinois, Driver Education, wrestling coach.

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Helen Leory, BA, Iowa State Teachers College, Accounting, Business Law, Typing, Sopho- more Class Sponsor. Charlotte M. Stone, BA, State University of Iowa, Accounting. Journals, Ledgers Commercial Courses William Walker, Harry Rotthier, and Don Die- bert, members of the Special Education Class, use their creative abilities as they construct a colorful Christmas centerpiece. Just a sample of the various D.E., D.O. window displays which are set up through¬ out the year by such students as Larry Wisenburg ond Roy Suess. John Bevill, BA, ME, Univer¬ sity of Alabama, University of Missouri, Senior Math, Diver¬ sified Occupations, D. 0. Club, Sophomore Sponsor. E. Violet Nelson, BS, MS, llli. nois State Normal University, University of Illinois, Special Education. Lawrence P. Neuerburg, BA, MA, University of Minnesota, Distributive Education, Typing, Business Law, D. E. Club. 29