Rockford High School - RHS Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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Matllematic Ml SS HAIULIICT IC. IN NISE Vice-Prim-ipatl Higher n1U.UlL!Il'l2llit'S MISS HAllliIl T VINCI' . uN'l' Allvatnued Algebra, Solid Geum. f, M ISS I'Il.l'lANOll Pllilll' UNT Algebra, Plane Geometry Sixteen s Dcpar ent MISS IGTTA N. IRIQUWN Algebra, Plame Geomell .X MISS A. BLANCH IC Algebra, Geometry ULAILK MISS ETHE1. VlNCl4INT Algebra, Plane Geometry

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A-iz' . Languag i MISS MAY DORSON l Latin, Virgil MISS HAZEL G. PUTNAM Cnvsnr, Cicero e Department Z-Q MISS ELIZABETH COIIPOIIAN Caesar, Pic-oro TUCIIH FIC I IDINA ND STICDINGY Einhtvvn Gorman