Rockford High School - RHS Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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'-IQ 'I-Si Synnove Erson, surrounded by the two other final- ists, Kris Vale and Bev Bartholomew, received this year's DAR A'Cood Citizen Award. The three girls were nominated and elected by the senior home- rooms. and then by a final vote hy the faculty. Synnove was selected for her good citizenship, char- acter, and service. 5 Thirty-five seniors were 1960-61 Illinois State Scholarship winners. First row: Sherry Tews, Roberta Taylor, Barbara Linder, Carol Rehnberg, Nancy Hollings- worth, Janet Shafer, Darlene Cutzwiller, Bengt Carlstrand, illarlette Swenson. Jack Anderson, Carolyn Atkinson, Peter Schubeler, and Roger C. Johnson. Second row: Lewis Kaplan, Michael Oman. Patricia K. Anderson, Terry Ander- son, Steven Allen, Dale Ethington, Dean Dahlquist, Ward Mefiord, and James Rowland. Third row: Lannois Frech, James Elston, James Lammers. Craig Olson, Jon McCinty, Michael Cronk, David Johnson, Richard Peterson, Thomas Johnson. Richard Lunde, Robert Johnson, Michael Nelson, and Jerry linglehardt. ...-L-...- cbt- East's recipient of the 1960 Betty Crocker Home- maker of Tomorrow Award was Lannois Frech, who received the highest score among the senior girls from East taking a test on homemaking knowledge and aptitudes. Her paper was sent along with those of other winners for competition on a state-wide basis.

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East Students Receive Many Honors for Accomplishments At the conclusion of every school year, many seniors at East see their three years of hard work rewarded through scholarships and other honors. During May, a special all-school assembly is held for the presentation of some of these awards. Last year Mary Anne Lundquist received the ABL Award for the outstanding senior girl, and Dave Polaski was the recipient of the Jaycee Senior Award for an outstanding senior boy. For their military skill and service, three cadets, Roger Frech, Terry Carlson, and Terry Kirkpatrick, were given the Rockford Newspaper ROTC Award. The American Legion Award for a top senior athlete went to John Reising. On the basis of her stenography grades and service to the Business De- partment, Barbara Pepper was presented the NOMA Award for proficiency in stenography. Receiving the Student Council Citizenship Award for scholarship, leadership, and character was John Bargren. This year others were honored-recognition for scholarships, skills, and service. Through his construction of a linear accelera- tor, Jim Rowland was one of the 4-0 students selected in the nation-wide 1960 Westinghouse talent search to attend the Science Talent Insti- tute in Washington, D.C. Four East High seniors, Dave Johnson, Bill Smith, Steve Allen, and Richard Peterson, were chosen as finalists in the 1959-60 Na- tional Merit Scholarship Corporation Program on the basis of their high scores on two college aptitude tests. Only about .6 of 195 of all the seniors in lllinois received these awards. Chosen as Commencement speakers for 1960 were Dan Longnecker and Synnove Erson. Dan and Synnove were elected by a vote of the senior class from the eleven top-ranking boys and the top eleven girls respectively.

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. . . take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life as laughter - Addison ACTIVITIES... Fun-filled extracurricular events provide the stu- dents with relaxation as well as a chance for par- ticipation. Talents and ideas intermingle to form top-notch productions, and athletic skills and sportsmanship blend to spark sporting events. Posters denote many long hours in preparation for a play, operetta, or talent show, and applause rewards these efforts. Banners wave wildly at a victorious moment in a basketball or football game. Mums signify Homecoming with its pageantry and royal court, a tense crowd awaits the announce- ments of the Dolphin and Relays Queens. Trophies mark outstanding athletic records, and letter awards honor deserving recipients. These activities unveil cooperation, loyalty, tal- ents, skills, and memories, so valuable for a well- rounded high school life - forming that vital link between the students and the school.