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

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Soule Bowl is ready for action Panther pride is really showing and with good reason. The newly renovated Soule Bowl has a new look for this school year. Mr. Gene McCarter, director of athletics, stated, We have one of the finest facilities of any high school in the state of Illinois ' In the spring of 1980, the Fred Peterson Contraction Company began work on the extensive renovations and continued through the fall of this school year. The total cost reached an estimated sum of $1.3 million. The various changes included the replacing of the entire visitors' side of the stadium. The entire hill was removed and a permanent grandstand was constructed. Beneath the visitors' side bleachers are the new locker rooms. Both locker rooms are enclosed in one continuous building which also contains the boiler 1. Doug Cooper, senior, intensely watches the home-opener from the sidelines. 2. The Panthers explode through the paper ring before the start of the game. 3. Scott Fisher, senior, finds plenty of open field as he sprints wide. 4. The score-board shows the heartbreaking final score. 5. These two players help each other stretch before the game. 6. After more than a year of empty stands, Soule Bowl is filled to near-capacity. and heating facilites. A new, six-lane, all-weather, 400-meter track was also added to the bowl to replace the inadequate cinder track. Also, new areas have been provided for track events, such as the long jump and the pole vault. The bowl required a totally new drainage system. Stone gabions were also constructed to restrain the hill and support the original stone wall. Other renovations on the bowl included the replacing of the first two sections of bleachers on the home side and the removal of the wooden benches. These were replaced by new aluminum bleachers to maintain a standard design with the west side. ROXANE VITTORI STACI RAFFELSON 6 — Opening

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Classes encourage critical thinking Three new courses are available to sophomores, juniors, and seniors, to enhance critical thinking abilities. The courses are taught by two teachers, one from the English department and one from the social studies department. The sophomore class, World Studies, is conducted by Mr. Hanske and Mrs. Catton. American Studies, taught by Mr. Belan and Mr. Manwaring, is available for the juniors. Western Civilization is designed for the seniors. Mrs. Keeley and Mr. Wagle teach this course. The programs last two hours of the day, fulfilling the English and history requirements. These courses consist of college preparatory English and history students who were selected by the social studies department chairman. The courses are open to anyone who demonstrates interest in these classes. Recommendation by Mr. Belan and Mr. Petcrhoff is necessary to become involved in these programs. These classes build critical thinking skills for students and give them the opportunity to come in contact with different kinds of readings and visual aides that the accelerated students should become familiar with. KIM BURTON JOHN LARSON UT is the only school that offers students the opportunity of taking classes in sequence which build on each other throughout their three years of high school. Mr. Poulter commented, We are attempting to make use of this material and trying to build critical thinking skills for the students at the same time as to present them with the culture of their surroundings. Those are the two main objectives which make our new curriculum program unique ' 1. Caroline Niebres asks for help in Western Civilization. 2. American Studies students are often involved in group discussions. 3. Mr. Hanske leads sophomores in a discussion in the World Studies class. 4. Mrs. Keeley listens to a member of the class. 5. Mrs. Catton listens in on a group discussion in World Studies. 6. Luis Moreno can't understand why he has to read his assignment. 8 — Opening