Rockford High School - RHS Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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iss Carlson. lihrariang Blake. Mackey, Murray, XVhite. Alherstett, liertrand, Seise, Ryan, Doran, Hyzer Vol:-. Carlsten, Sheldon, Barnes, Marshall, Starr, Ilahnke. Dasenlwrook, Norton, Anderson, Franzen Librarq Board lust look at those hooks, and the size of the room. Nothing like our lihrary. Did you ever see it? inquired the visiting alumnus. No-still it must he in the school. XYhere was it P queried the interested student. ln what you now eall 22l. I think the cooking students use it for a cloak room. 'flint that room's so smallf' Yes. and the number of our hooks was even smaller. However, it kept growing. ln l89-l a trained librarian was hiredf, I didn't think we had a lihrarian until l9l6. Oh, she didn't stay lonff. She was only to e'1t'1lo0'ue the books and instruct the teachers, one C Y 6 K 1 I C 6 for eaeh hour of the day, who were to he left in ehargef' L'XVhy, that's not so very different from ours. Of course, we have a regular librarian at all times, hut I thought your system was far different from the present day onef' lt was. You see in those days, the lihrary was not large enough for the students to go and remain all period. The opening and closing of the study hall doors on pupils hound for the library hranded the plan a failure. Then the books were divided into three groups and placed in the study halls themselves, 320, 322, 222. Hllfere they ever returned to the little main lihrary again ? No, the new north huilding was soon to he finished. :X block of rooms was not to he used and so it was appropriated hy the lihrary staff. Thanks to a new librarian, this plan proved very satisfactory. From l9l6 on, the lihrary has been mueh the same. Do they still have the staff? Yes, but it now consists of a board of twenty-three pupils and the librarian. These students handle the 9,827 books and take care of the attendance every day, but they are always under the direction of a librarianf' jvnge sz'.1'lcfn

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Garnhart. johnson, llngcbretson. llruntly. Vaget. l,unrlgren, l'eterson. Taylor. Lumleen. Zeigler, Lundvahl, llergren. jones. Joslin, Crowell, Coleman. Dodge. Olson. Sehrom. XYaltz, Schmidt. llailey. Krcvel. Miss I'utnam. adviser: llopkins. llrace. Un Plain. Richmond, president: Merchant, treasttrerg Sander Brown. Student Council l think it speaks for itself. just last year the council devised a monitor systemg new steps, divided by hand rails were put in, the post that blocked the entrance to the north building from the second Hoot' was removed, and a smaller but stronger steel one was substituted. The cotmcil has bought the slide projector used in all the .Xud programs. ,X committee of student council members keeps up the grounds of the school. During the last few years the stu- dent council has revived the cottnty fair that was formerly the big event between the junior and senior classesf, I should think it wottld be hard for the boys and girls to cooperate with the council di- vided. Oh, it hasn't been for the last seven years. ln l927, the student council was reorganized into one large group under the leadership of Miss l'utnam. A drastic change was made as to membership, also. Up until l929 two members were chosen for each council from each study hall except the auditorium, from which two juniors and three seniors were chosen for each council. llow are members chosen now F Since 1929 one member has been chosen front each home room. This method has proved very satisfactory. How do they handle their various duties F flat present every member of the student council is on one of three standing committees: class room citizenship, study hall citizenship, and extra-curricular activity citizenship. All of these committees are active and carry on important work. The members of the student council serve the school in many other ways too. lfour of the members of the lioard of .Xthletic Control are members of the councilg a leaders' club has been organized in the school made up of the most outstanding students, class ollicers and athletesg and every year several deserving Rockford fam- ilies are made happy at Christmas time by the large baskets the council gives. these committees are active and carry on important work. fit:-ot' jiftrru

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we-an V1.,-5 -1y,ufV,, 3, ,ziwagfzlz-ffhf i,ilf6i3'?9l 'tm V wliilinstmii. Puget, Mr. l,:ii1tle. Yr. l,iiiitl:tl1l. Hr. lleyer. Siiytler. Hgilluy. lgimteliiilq, Nlr. Limilaliii, plnlllla. rltusliii. Xlr. lllue, l':iel4zirtl. Athletic Board of Control Ac V iv XYh:it's so interesting. ttltl Timer? 'llhe 'nl stticleiit was trztiilcly puzxlerl. YU ' ' ' ' ' ur Hwl. lt says the lktiztrtl tit .Xthletie Cmitrtil ztwztrclecl the tuutlnzill letters this seztf soil, replied the stiitleiit uf titty years ztgti. it Yes. itll zttliletie gtiveriimeiit is plzteetl iii their liziiifls iitiw. 'lihe lmtmztrcl is Z1 line tliiiig' for selitml zithleties, :X I'CU'1ll'lI' Lzutclisfvvlrtt thev Siu' fines. 5' ' . .-A lt is their ehief serviee. XX'heii it wits tvrgziiiizetl, the memluers hrtcl lllflllj' other chities. 'lihe first :mtl ifrezttest was to fret the stiitleiit ltmlv lieliiiicl their teams. N P- . it Yu sehtml spirit ? .V 1 l'he clepressitni mtistly, liefnre theii, :ill the ecizteh hacl to tlti was tu prtmcluee zi gucntl teztm, aiicl he wttiiltl liiicl pleiitx' ol liztelcersf' et i Yes, l lciiow. You etmulclirt get iiitti lmsltetliztll games. All stilcl uiitf lt was Zl cliltereiit sttvry when l93fl rtvlletl arouitcl. Nlzuiy sttitleiits euiilcl really not zififorel to zitteiicl the gztmes. A iutieh larger pztrt haul the iiitniey lxiit lrteltetl the interest. lt tuulq real szilesiiiziiisliip to put the teams over. it t. Xxvllill kiiicl -llep sessions? Rallies? Yu, they were zilreztcly iii iise. The stucleiit euuiieil suggested the lnestplzutz zz fiiiietitmiiig Atliletie lltmzlrfl. llheii the lmtiztrcl was Ul'QflIllZCfl. it etmiisistetl tif the priiieipztl. :tssistaiit priu- Clpill. zlthletie clireetttr. two etmelies. eziptztiiis tat' the iiizt-iur spurt teams, :mtl fcmiir stiitleiit euiiiieil memlters. The euztelies :mtl the eziptztiiis serve only cliiriiig the sezisrni iii whieh their spurt is aetivef' Huw tlitl they seeiire the stiicleiits' mterest 1 The lirst step iii their plziii was tu lmoust the sztle ut' the tielcets. .X stiicleiit lmusiiiess iiinimger was ztpptiiiitecl, :mtl Nlr. liliiier Dewey. tzieulty meitilier, was plzieecl iii eliarge uf the liiimtees. Yariutis iiiethtitls tit' iiiterestiiig the pupils were triecl. Uiie was the ecltiezititiii tit' the stiicleiits l mi points tif the game. l Wits the lblilll :1 Sl1CL'CSS?ll . . , f Diir teztms ztre still gmiigx' jwlyfw .ft'7't':1lt't'u