Carol's Chapter · 1954–1958; later reflections undated
A Gold Tassel and a School That Still Feels Like Home
told by Carol Mae Guild Sutton
Carol recalls entering high school timidly in fall 1954 and graduating boldly in 1957 in the top fourth of her class. She still treasures her gold graduation tassel and drives past the former school when returning to Moline, mourning its conversion into an architectural firm while retaining a sense of belonging. Ironically, the new Moline High School was completed in 1958 within walking distance of her childhood home.
In the family's own words
It seems to me that a school should be forever. Just to pass by your school gives you a feeling of belonging. I feel sad that my high school is now an architectural firm, and no longer a school. But somehow, in my heart it is still my school; the memories are still there. I find myself driving by it whenever I return to Moline. I timidly entered its doors in the fall of 1954 and boldly emerged, diploma in hand, in 1957. I still have the gold tassel I got to wear on my graduation cap because I was in the top fourth of my class. The new Moline High School was completed in 1958. Ironically, it was located so close to where I grew up I could have walked to school each day.
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