Rockford High School - Rocketeer Yearbook (Rockford, MN)

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Wa Sobriety and work ac- complish much. - Mr. Rew. Always optimistic for the future of Rockford.- Mr. Sheets. Concentration and per- severance lead to suc- cess.-Mr. Porter. My experience teaches me that vigilance and attentiveness to what is going on about you are exceedingly helpful at- tributes throughout life. -Mr. Frost. Good sportsmanship is as important in business as in athletics. - Mr. Hopkins. Mr. Robert Rew graduated from Rockford high school with the class of 18735 he is the oldest living male graduate of our school. Since graduating from Northwestern University, Mr. Rew has practiced law in this city many years. Mr. Raymond Sheets attended Nortliwestern Academy in Chicago before coming to Rockford where he entered Rockford high school as a senior. He was class orator of the class of 1905, graduating at the age of hfteen and later attending Dartmouth. He enlisted in the army December, 1917. He served in the Eighty-sixth regi- ment, which saw action for eighteen months in France, returning in April of 1919. Mr. Sheets is now president of the Sheets Rockford Silver Plate Company. Mr. Hosmer Porter graduated from Rockford high school in 1911 and from the Northwestern School of Pharmacy in 1914. Mr. Porter is vice-president of the Porter Drug Company. Mr. Raymond S. Frost graduated in 1903. He was a member of the football team for two years and was also interested in track. Mr. Frost was a member of the Mandolin club. He attended the University of W1SCOl1S1l1. He is now Justice of the Peace. Among the prominent alumni members of Rockford high school is Mr. A. F. Hopkins, who graduated in 1905. Mr. Hopkins is associated with the Hess and Hopkins Leather Company. F iz!! W! mf one hundred eighty

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VERY successful enterprise must have features in order to function well and to change the monotony of in- dustry. One of the first of such features in the history of Rockford was the opening of the first bridge across Rock River. This structure, a small wooden affair, offers an extreme contrast with the modern jefferson street bridge, recently built to span the same waterway. History is filled with many in- cidents and features that contribute a great deal to the advancement of any undertaking. The school life of a student is filled with various adventures, similar to those of the pioneers, which reduce the monotony of continual work. Within the following book the many features that play an im- portant part in the student's career in high school are depicted.