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C(;he ( C).i. ~Trrr ~T People............... .. .. .............................................. 16 Seniors........ . ....................................................... 21 Juniors .................................................................... 54 Sophomores ........................................................... 66 Freshmen ................................................................ 78 Faculty .................................................................... 90 Fine Arts ...................................................................... 98 Organizations .......................................................... 118 Athletics ................................................................... 128 Senior Ads .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 164 Index .......................................................................... 201 The 1997 M Moline High School 3600 23rd A venue Moline, IL 61265-4421 Telephone 309.757.3545 Facsimilie 309.757.3484 2,44 7 Enrolled 216 Faculty and Staff Volume 85 emeries of The M 90 From the first;\11in1913 to this;\11in 1997 1 what the book contained has remained almost J"' 1913 this is the high school b .. ildi"'9 that was 1 <.<sed. Classes we•e held the•e fo• a few yea•s "'"'til they we•e moved a•o<.<l'ld 1920. J"' the adve•tis11'\9 sec+io"' of T'1e 1913 M, this ad appea•ed. T'1e M has 901'\e th•o. . 9h mal'ly diffe•el'lt activities have alwa)'.'S been covered b"'t not 1 p•il'ltil'\9 styles th•o.,.9ho1.<t the yea•s always in the same manner. The M went from ~11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111~ .,.~Bf-TON- ~ ZINC ETCHINGS compV1ter di::,k::, in the N ineiies. W e have met 10 ~MOLINE HIQH SCHOOL 1913 ~11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111~ 2 Opening Thefollowil'l9 appeal"ed ol'\thefil"stpa9eofThe 1913M: PR6FAC6 A~er weary days and sleepless nights1 the greatest literary achievement of the twentieth centviry has been completed. The first Annvial of the Moline t-ligh School has been pviblished. We feel confident that yovi will consider it the greatest grammatical1 rhetorical1 logical1 lingviistic1 philolo9ic<;ll1 profovind1 scholarly1 b .. illiant1 attractive1 polished1 philosophical1 elegant1 fascinating1 splendid1 interestin91 vinostentatiovis and refined piece of literatvire that yovi have ever read. Jf yovi don't1 we don't care. -Board ofDirectors Lookin9 tlvo ... 9h old yea•book~ a-.< Ki•n B°'"t15lr.:>>>\, T.r1sha Z..rcth, Nicole De•o"'"'' and K•i~li"e Bre•et<m. "t"ht! library hu~ a <'.oll.,d1n" nf eve•y s1"9le yea•book ~i>'\Ce the f,.st .,J1tion. Opening 3 -Staffs have not only changed theil" dl"ess ovel" the past 85 }'.'eal"s btAt the}'.' have changed choose solid colol" covel"s made of papel". The seco"d b ... ildi"9 that o"' hi9h school classes With the advent of ha,..dback covel"s the we•e h Id in is "ow the Beli"9 B ... ildin9 ;., dow.,tow" 1 Moli.,e. This was Moli"e t-li9h School fo• "ea•ly fo.+y yea•s ""+ii o"' ci.."e"t bi..ildi"9 was b,..ilt. editol"s emplo}'.'ed mol"e colol" and the tASe of embossed/ debossed ctAstomized dies with Nineteen seventy-two wa:,. u bitj yt:"-u.,. fur The 1\,1 Staff. :Jt was the ve•y fi•st yea• that TJ,e 1\1 ;.,cli..ded colo, photo9•aphs. evel" some of the mol"e classic st}'.'les have 1 implemented 6}'.' classic techniqtAes. 4 Opening The followi "'9 appeal"ed the "M" page ofT he 1954 M: OI'\ B}.'. the ti»'\e yot-t l"ead this pa9e yot-t have L-1ndoL-1btedly fot"med a decided opinion L-1pon the met"its of this book. We hove enjoyed evet"y moment as we watched the development of this book and natL-1t"ally hope that yo!..\ t"eceive as mL-1ch pleasl..\t"e t"eadin9 it as we have had editin9 it. Jt was OL.\t" contention to bL-1ild a book which Wol..\ld be enjoyed by the entit"e stL-1dent body and we cannot help bL-1t feel that becaL-1se of the splendid co-ope,..ation of ot-tt" staff we at"e pt"esentin9 an intet"estin9 pt-tblication fol" yo1.-1t" app,..oval. On t"'e a~unoon of a deadli"e s ... zy Steele •"'ows Mano1 Ciovindaia"' and .Alison Sc"'wa..+z a yea•book pa9e on t"'e comp..,te• sc•ee.,, Bed"'9 able to do t"'e yea•book o"' comp..,te•s "'as o~en p•oved to be easy, b ... t ot\\e" times it f•..,sfrated t"'e yea•book staff. Opening 5 F t811R Enjoying To boost Moline spirit the annual Fall her first year as a Sports Rally and bonfire was held on the Contemp- oralre, Andrea first Friday of the new school year. As Haskins dances always, there were three parts to the event: down the track. The Contemp- the marching of the teams, the bonfire, and oralres practice a the speeches. routine each day In place of The band helped by playing our fight traditional Physical song along with others while the sports Education. teams and cheerleaders marched around Dressed for the track. Then, it was a mad dash to the the occasion. the temls tecrn galhels bonfire, where the mob of students cround the ccmera with cheered for the huge blaze. Then they were asnie. The temls team's season off to the field house to listen to motiva- l<lcked off at the~ tional speeches by coaches, fellow team Raty which added enthusiasm members, and administrators about what to everyone's splffs. being part of a team is all about. 6 Occasions