Rockford East High School - Argus Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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.920-mefftirtg new Wai Jfdded Though the elevator shaft has been in the building for ten years, the elevator, located in the right wing of the building, was just installed this year. It will hold one and one-half tons but has never been that full yet. Mr. Orput demonstrates how useful it is to use by assisting the janitors to haul waste to the basement to be burned. A really new addition to East is the TV tower built on top of the shop building by the combined help of the electrical classes and Architectural Iron Works. The tower has ten foot angle irons to hold it in place and will first be used for FM, AM, and TV. Later, other high frequency and transmitting antennae will be installed. Besides the TB x-rays taken this year, seniors were given an opportunity to have dental x-rays taken free of charge. Here the visiting dentist shoots a picture of Valerie Thomas's teeth. The x-ray pictures were then returned to students who in turn could take them to their own dentists for analysis. Q 35 .sl : H if ii Q ,ti N' t N., A rx i , , 1 sxtgy, xxx? I 9 NNN C E i 'ie NS 3 m..,,w , . in i 1

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Qian, Qadd cmd Qcmalled November 9, saw many East High girls garbed in men's shirts on backwards, with silk scarves around their necks. You're right, it was Senior Farmerls Day at East. You can imagine the sur- prised expression of the Armistice Day speaker when he saw half of his audience dressed as Donna Mislon, Dolores Elwood, Jennie Kluz, Kay Hed- rick, and Karin I-Iedlin, were in this picture. Another fad that lasted longer and was really fun was nuke playing. The year 1950 finally found East Highers playing ukes at parties, club meetings, and informal get-togethers. Tom Scifo, Jean Anderson, Tom Valentine, Mavis Carlson, and Warren Landstrom, were caught strumming and humming at a joint Hi-Y and Y-Teen meet- ing. Did Arthur Godfrey ever expect this? Though harmful initiations are not approved of at East, some harmless fun is, and here Lucy Pottinger carries, as penalty for being initiated, a well-loaded lunch tray for the senior members of GAA. Part of Ruthie Lindskoldls ABL initiation job was to push a pencil with her nose across the Little Theatre stage floor. Later ABL had a pot-luck supper in the cafe- teria where new members waited on the older ones and ate jello and spaghetti with their fingers. Some of the pins used to identify various club members at East are shown at the left.

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Christmas assembly this year, annually distinctive and impressive, seemed even better than before. In it, a mother told the story of the Nativity to her children and with the help of the dramatics Classes, it came to life before their eyes. A Cappella, Treble Clef, and the other choirs added lovely music. Remember Beautiful Savior? Many homerooms had parties to Celebrate Christmas but Mr. Arthur Satrels 5l6ers were the only ones that Santa paid a visit to, and it looks as if his bag Wasn't empty. Eau at Gfifziifmad Jima What can Jerry Obermiller be thinking of as he holds mistletoe over Jean Sells, head while Stan Mattson watches? lt mm! be the decorations for the senior tree that all agreed was the biggest, prettiest, and best ever seen, or do they say that every year?