United Township High School - Skyline Yearbook (East Moline, IL)

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,f it V 4 . W lv 11 li . an , ,LZ- ,. rt' N' . . ' , 111 - M Y ' php , f' A 4' ' 'H- 1 L. , ,ft - If ,XL 1 a t Q1 ' . . 1 -' L ,M l , I iv L fl' X M Nl ut-V , n V 1, X' , ' A t' . 1, x- v XL. W U FUREWURD On a high hill, the Hbluffn of the Mississippi, the varied shapes and levels of United Township High School loom against the sky. Life within the school has varied angles and levels as the 1959 Skyline has tried to show. The academic portion of our skyline changed somewhat this year as the program for superior and talented students was extended. ln addition to the junior and senior English classes which have always been divided into regular, college prep, and developmental, this year under a special pro- gram sponsored by the North Central Association, U.T.H.S. freshmen were grouped according to ability in science, math, and English. Next year the program will include sophomores. U.T.H.S. is fortunate to be among the one hundred schools in the nine states in the North Central Association ter- ritory chosen to take part in this experimental program and receive the benefits of their guidance. Looming high on the sports skyline was the very successful basketball season as the team won conference and regional first place titles and were defeated in the sectional by Galesburg who went on to win third in state. U.T.H.S. played host to both the Pekin District Student Council Conven- tion and the Sectional Speech Contest. The PEP Club and Hi-Y Club were organized. Several band members were judged competent enough to enter the State Music Contest held in Elmhurst. Students' participation and accomplishment in scholastic, sports and extra- curricular pursuits shape our lives within the school. As the faculty and student personnel change, so does our skyline.

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As a city's skyline grows with the passing years, so does the stature of young people in high school grow as the years pass. When a class enters school, the members' personalities and characters are just beginning to take form, like the foundations and low-lying structures of the skyline. ln a year or two, changes occur. Each year during high school there is growth. By the time the senior year draws to a close, there is a definite pattern visible. Some individuals seem like the great skyscrapers reaching toward the skyg others may not stand out so clearly as dominant peaks but all have taken definite form. They all fit into the picture and appear clearly as a part of the skyline against the horizon of the future. The height of each student's part of this skyline is deter- mined in large part by his own desires and his personal ambitions. All cannot build a structure of the same height, but each one can increase his dwelling place and make a worthwhile place for himself in the skyline. May the students of United Township High School resolve that they will build for themselves 'gmore stately mansions - as the swift seasons roll. When each youth in our com- munity strives to build as stately a mansion for his own soul as possible, we will have many 'ctall men, sun crowned, who live above the fogn in the skyscrapers of the building. Be a skyscraper in our Skyline. aff 7 -af It -5435 pg 1 - fn. 'lW,E,.fin, If M

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SCHOOL LIFE SEN IORS .... JUNIORS .... SOPHOMORES F RESHMEN . FACULTY . . . SPORTS . . . CLUBS .... ACTIVITIES . TABLE III F' CONTENTS SENIOR ACTIVITIES .... . . . ,PAGES 6-9 . .PAGES 10-29 . .PAGES 30-39 . .PAGES 4-0-51 . .PAGES 52-63 . .PAGES 64-81 .PAGES 82-101 PAGES 102-133 PAGES 134-163 PAGES 1641--167