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

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Elite Scribes Merit Quill and Scroll THE MINDS THAT launched Rocky ' s publications belong to Quill and Scroll members. They are, FRONT ROW: Scott Buckles, Don Wright. SECOND ROW: John Mordhorst, Penny Gorsuch, Marianthe Gartelos, Dianne Eckhart, Becky Wagner, Tim Sable, Vicki Weindruch, Debbie Brasier, Barb Wells. ABSENT: Kathy Kepes. Transportation was an important consideration for Rocky students. The Sophomores, not having their driver ' s licenses yet, had to arrange for rides in other students ' cars, or a bus was available. About 600 cars were regis¬ tered at the beginning of school. Students were able to park in the ample parking lots across from Rocky each day. Many students chose to walk to school, but others, because of the distance from home, had to depend on various modes of transportation. Johannes ' Bus Service was available for a monthly fee of $6.50. Lucky students having their own cars shared rides, sometimes charging a token fee to take care of gasoline. Others chose to ride a bike, pogo stick, skate board, roller skates or other novel means of transportation. 24 GETTING TO AND from school is an important consideration for stu¬ dents. Ruth Annne Dismer and Kay Schaumberg are seen leaving the bus.

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On August 16 and 17, registration was held for 2209 Rock Island High School students. Mr. Aspedon gave his traditional welconning speech and a review of the rules and regulations. Students were able to see their schedules for the first time and could check to see which teachers were assigned to the room numbers on their schedule cards. Following registration, students were allowed to walk through the halls and plot their routes from class to class. This year the juniors and seniors, as well as the sopho¬ mores, were confused as the school had undergone changes since last year. Over twenty-two new classrooms, a physics and a chemistry lab, and a bandroom had been added to Rocky at a total of 1.5 million dollars. The new addition was dedicated on Sunday, November 5, when the school was open to the public for a day. In recognition of American Education Week, Open House was held at the High School Monday, November 6. Each parent was given a copy of his child ' s schedule, and went from class to class with ten minute periods. The theme of Open House was How Good Are Your Schools? STUDY HALL IN the new wing helps relieve overcrowding in the old study hall and frees the library to be used os a library. 23

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Camera Club Quips ROCKY STUDENT CHINS himself on index cards in library. BOB BELLAMY, A Rocky track man, takes the lead in the race for vic¬ tory. STUDENTS HAVE ELEVATED status in new Chemistry I WONDER IF Michaelangelo started out this way,” ponders Mike Lindberg. lecture room. 25