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

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Senate Reorganizes As the concern for students’ individual rights grew, Rocky’s Senate grew along with it. The senators this year were involved with many pro¬ jects to help the students. Committees were set up so that the projects received more individual attention. Senators, under the presidency of Joel Sax, were involved with the Grievance Booth, Homecoming, Assemblies, and dances. This year too, the senate took over role usually assigned to class officers. The Junior Senior Prom, a sopho¬ more mixer and graduation were all senate pro¬ jects this year. With the help of the new admin¬ istration, Rocky’s senate was beginning to get something done for the school and its students. 24 Senate

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Honors Come to Seven Boys and Girls State was an honor given in the spring of 73 to one or two outstanding juniors. They were chosen on the basis of their leadership abilities and their outstanding overall character¬ istics. The students to whom this honor was giv¬ en were: Jane Robinson and Cindy Pippert for Girls State, and Jeff Rankin for Boys’. Junior Marshalls are part of every Rocky graduation. The Junior Marshalls who led the class of 73 into the stadium were Jane Robinson, Sue Nagy, Tim Gordon, and Bruce Reiff. Chosen by their fellow students, they represented the class of 74 at graduation. 1. Jr. Marshalls for the class of ' 73 look forward to their own graduation. TOP TO BOTTOM: Tim Gordon, Bruce Reiff. Sue Nagy, and Jane Rob¬ inson. 2. State Representatives Cindy Pippert, Jane Robinson, and Jeff Rankin typify leadership. Honors 23

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1. Leading Rocky’s senate are: Sponsor Gary Ackerson, Tim Gor¬ don, Joel Sax, Sue Nagy, and Donna Davis. 2. Senators of the class of 75 are: FRONT ROW: L. Wheelan, A. Hill, R. Harris, V. Sny¬ der, M. Bell, R. Beswick. SECOND ROW: D. Johnson, R. Samuel - son, D. Newton, V. Ackerson, N. Siegel. THIR D ROW R Moore, L. Brooks, K. Watkins. FOURTH ROW: C. Caras, K. Freeze, J. Evans, G. Stevenson, B. Weeks, E. Mayfield, D. Docterman, J. Graham, J. Wright, G. Gartelos, B. McRae. 3. Ralph Beswick pon¬ ders the question of Prom. 4. Emily Lardner, Joel Sax, and David Docterman man the grievance booth. 5. Through Senate efforts, Rocky students heard new voices, such as Linda Koester’s and Bob Nache’s, behind the morning announcements. 6. Sophie senators are FRONT ROW: N. Lemer, J. Press, L. Donley, L. Brown, A. Galex, S. Wendling, SECOND ROW: B. Guthrie, N. Chirekos, B. Ellis, D. Henneman, M. Hill, K Mack, M Baldridge, V. Ackerson. BACK ROW B. Vesey, M. Smith, J. Crouse, L. Kieffer, M Bladel, T. Nelson. 8. Leading the school are the senior sen¬ ators. FRONT ROW: D Williams, P. Caroth- ers, D. Nessler, L. Johnson, D. Schultz, K. Thompson, D. Davis, SECOND ROW: J Wei- gand, J. Robinson, R. Jinks, T. Kutsunis, P. Peterson, K. Hansen, J. Greenwood, S. Nagy. THIRD ROW: S . Clark, J Wallace, C Smith, K. Bauersfeld, G. Kee, V. Poe, B Taylor, B. Strutz, J. Sax, J. Medlock. BACK ROW: D. Dacon, J. Loquist, G. Edwards, T. Ackerman, H. Press, T. Gordon, M. Foley. Senate 25