Rockford High School - RHS Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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Even from the back East High is well-designed. The parking lot is an active place jammed with cars of all makes and models from '29s to '5ls. The wing on the extreme right houses the different shop courses, including auto, machine, and electric. In the foreground is the sports field where the gym classes play baseball, football, and hockey, and football and track teams practice in fall and spring. East High is proud of its lovely Memorial Garden built to commemo- rate our alumni who died in World War ll. Each Memorial Day the Stu- dent Council president places a wreath of flowers on the bronze plaque on which are inscribed the n imcs of those who gave their lives for democracy The ceremony h 1d specill SlgI1ll:lL1ULC this yerr, beciuse the crisis in Koret hrs brought us ill closcr to wlr th tn ever before Approaching East from the east, we see on the left, the gym and swimming pool, and in the corresponding wing on the right thc luditorium vl ?N' ' W M ' 4 . ' . ' 1 , ' 2 1 ' ' '1 ' ' 1 'z ' '. ' L a' ' 1 ' ' 1 , 1 ' L , r . EL, '43, .. Say' 4. ..ff 5 ' F' . 2.3-t I E ,A fx fm .1 rg Ami, Q. ' r W . r Q was 'H-if ' -g , f'

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1- 1 WI 1 K r J' 3,3 'isa ti' Hr' There' How are your say Ann Mrtchell Marrlyn Kapala, Elame Strohmln Shrrley Seaworth, and Dennls Cudra, as the Argus wrth one of IIS many eyes, catches them lollmg on Eist Hrghs front lawn durmg lunch perrod on a sunny dly rn September AagufL8gw8au 9649 IS' dtngoandyiaa To those of you unfamrlrar wrth East Hrgh, wed lrke to rntroduce you to a wonderful school, to those of you w ho are students, past or present, we hope to brmg back to you some pleasant memories of happy trmes and maybe even a few heart aches Through the hundred eyes of the mythologlcal Argus we see agam wrnnrng our first out of town football game If Wheattun and the exerted Rabs carrymg our vrctorrous team off the field We see October that brought more footb 1ll wms and losses, and Sophomore Parents Nrght unlor Scnlor Parents Nrght brought nervous students mtroducmg thcrr ptrents to thelr favorrte teachers The jumor class play and Thanksgrvrng vacatron followed qurckly Outsrde the snow fell and fell and fell there was no worry about Z1 whrte Chrrstmas Our hustlmg blsketb 1ll tcam breered through the hollday tournxments and beat the state champtonshrp Freeport team by one pomt early rn anuary Promotlons were announced at the ROTC ball the frrst formal of the year, and four lucky grrls were chosen by the new captuns IS sponsors We really began to be busy lfter the Publrcatrons talent show and could hardly belreve half the year was over at the end of first semester, anuary 79 The unror Mrxer, GAA carnxvrl, and ABL dance followed one another closely Our dlsippomtment rt losrng out rn the rcgrontl brsket ball tournament lessened IS we buckled down to work on the Dolphm show, senior themes, operetta unror prom and Senror class plry By May, the drys seemed to grow shorter as award assembllcs gave recognltlon to deservmg people Sports bm quets and GAA pl ty dry followed The semor tea prom bac calaureate and commencement took on specral melmng for those who wrll graduate and showed a prevrew of the future for those who wlll stay to carry on To those of you who 1re strangers to Etst wc vc trxcd to brmg an rdel of rts sprrtt md actrvrtres to those of you who know and love thc Hnlltop school weve trxed to hold up a mirror to show you YOURSELF Y 5 at is ' l at A, l ' 4 :ni W , Q X X 1 1 ' , M J fa 1 'I' ,. . .,, . . . . . . . . . , L , t ., . t . 1 J I J I I I I l I I 4 t t t . 4 . Y Y . . . Q t 1 . V . l J -. 1 t 4 t t ' L ' t 'Q ' ' .' . . , ' . 'L 1 ' L 1 - c ' ' 4 L 2 1 2 . , 2, 2. L 1 . L L , . . . , . 1 .. . ' ' -' A' 1 . , ' '- t t t . t, , . L . ' S , i S ' 2 c . ,L v 1 I I 1 . 7' 'I Y 1 , A . t . r 1' L M ' 4 1 .Sr 1 41.1, I 1 A A L 1 . t t t , t , . y - - J . K ., , - L .