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

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Rock Island Senior High “Yet whenever I cross the river On its bridge with wooden piers. Like the odor of brine from the ocean Come the thoughts of other years.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The sun rises over the Mississippi River, mak¬ ing a stark silhou tte of the Centennial Bridge. It is one of two bridges from Rock Island to Daven¬ port, Iowa. Beyond Iowa are Nebraska, Kansas, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming, California, Hawaii, and the Pacific Ocean. When does going West stop —when is the East reached? Around the world, around the country, around the state, or even only around the city, graduates of Rock Island High School will branch out into widely divergent fields; but whatever bridges they cross, all will occasionally have “thoughts of other years”. If this annual spans the bridge from later years back to high school ... if this annual forms a bridge to the future ... if this annual builds a bridge from teacher to student, from class to class . . . the Watchtovcer has served its purpose. We hope so. Table of Contents Srkool Life.8 Faulty.S2 Classes.56 Organizations.136 Athletics.106 Activities.231 Index. 240 CONTENTS 3

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2 INTRODUCTION

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A ROYAL NAVY detachment pulled the gun carriage bear- int! Churchill ' s body. Leaders of two nations have now been laid to rest in the humble soil of their birth¬ places. Sir Winston Churchill, who is perhaps the most eminent figure given to history from this century, is buried in the graveyard of St. Martin’s Church in the village of Bladon, Ox¬ fordshire. On the western side of the Atlantic, a man who had been much misunderstood in his own lifetime was eulogized by hundreds. Herbert Clark Hoover, thirty-first president of the United States, died October 20, 1964, and was buried a short way from Rock Island — in the hamlet of West Branch, Iowa. W hen these men died, some said an era was over. It remains to be seen how historians of the future will treat the two, but whatever the outcome, their lives both helped construct the bridge leading from the individualistic outlook of the early twentieth century to the increased swing toward government control that is preva¬ lent today in both England and America. When John F. Kennedy was assassinated, his vice-president, Lyndon B. Johnson, bridged the gap from November of 1963 to November of 1964 when the people of the United States went to the polls to elect Ken¬ nedy’s successor. Liberalism won, in the form of President Johnson. Although millions voted for the Republican candidate, Barry M. Cold- water, L.B.J. scored what was termed a “land¬ slide” victory. Key issues in the campaign were Viet Nam, Medicare, War on Poverty, Civil Rights, and federal versus states’ rights. The Democrats, in addition to a firm rein on the White House, swept both houses of Congress. On the other side of the world, things are done differently. There, there are no bridges from one policy to another, and no explana¬ tions, either. In late October, the world was shocked when Khrushchev was suddenly re¬ moved from his dual post of Premier and First Secretary of the Communist Party. Two men took his place. They are Leonoid I. Brezhnev as First Secretary and Aleksei N. Kosygin as Premier. Khrushchev merely faded quickly from the scene. HERBERT HOOVER, thirty-first president of the United States is shown here on his eightieth birthday. He died on October 20, 1964, at age 90. 4 INTRODUCTION