Postville Star (Newspaper) - October 27, 1932, Postville, Iowa HOMECOMING October 28th Waukon vs. Postville THE STAR BRIGHTEST Published by Postville Public Schools HOMECOMING October 28th Waukon vs. Postville Established 1926. OCTOBER 27, 1932. Vol. 7-No. 4. WELCOME TO FIRST HOMECOMING Four Students On First Honor Roll System of Grading Is Three Separate Classifications For Honor Students The first six weeks period of school has now been completed and the grades made This year the system of grading has been changed letters being used in place of figures on the report A represents the grades from 95%-100%; 90-94; 80-89; 75-79; failing Because of the difficulty of grading closely enough to determine the exact percent a student this method proves more Those students whose averages were above 90% have their names placed on the honor those whose averages were above 88% receive honorable those whose averages were above 85% have their names placed on the scholastic The lists for this six weeks are as Honor Opal Jean Clifton Eulalia Honorable Genevieve Mildred LaVonne Lyle Eileen Ada Helen Mary Hope Mable Wilma Don Marion Bob Janet Aldora Telmer Charles Lloyd Hope Don Verna Don Loretta Josephine Irene Neil Neva Kathryn Vivian Hilda Iona Elliot Doris Margaret Carol Hazel Bea Roland Dale Arthur Viola Irene Cathryn OUR ALMA MATER Seniors Blossom Out With New Sporty Class Rings Ever since the rings were in a heated discussion between the boys and the Seniors have been waiting patiently for The ring the boys chose and won is a gold ring with an onyx and in the center of the onyx is a small gold shield on which is printed A number of the Seniors are already wearing their good looking And are they proud of them? Well I guess they When you want to look at one just stop any proud looking Senior and he will be pleased to display his for Some members of the Senior class are not buying rings because of the known The others are taking advantage of the opportunity to secure a ring as they consider it a souvenir which represents twelve years of school Everyone knows that we must have a good ring if can represent a Senior class of such a high Postville Defeated 6-0 In Close Batte Marquette Gets Lone Score In Fourth Period After Intercepting Pass and a 65 Yard Run Home Economics Class Is Studying Vitamins The Foods class has finished an interesting experiment with The object of this experiment was to find the best method for mixing muffins and whether or not bread flour would be more suitable than pastry They are now studying the different kinds of vitamins and learning the foods which contain The class expects to make posters illustrating the foods rich in The Clothing class has finished its work on the new theatrical curtains for the cooking laboratory and are now studying the care of Each member of the clas sis making a chart to check herself on personal Homecoming tickets are now on sale at 25 cents If you buy them at the gate they will cost 35 Student Council Planning Special Assembly Program The High School Student Council held a meeting last Thursday The business at hand was the planning of the details for the Homecoming They also started plans for an Armistice Day The students are to be given an opportunity this year of purchasing an activity This ticket will admit the purchaser to all athletic and will cost only about half as much as though the student attended all of the games and paid for his ticket each This matter was presented to the assembly by Coach Hancer and Supt. The students seem to be very enthusiastic about the new Opal Handy Tells of Exciting Western Trip We had been waiting for Opal's treat a long time and were finally rewarded for our Tuesday two weeks Opal Handy described to the High School assembly her trip to California and the told us a great many very wonderful some of them very The most interesting part of her was the fact that she brought with her some of the curios she had picked up on her She had some very old pieces of pottery which she had picked up in Mesa Verde National From Sequia National Park she brought home some articles made from the famous red wood She picked up a number of curios made on the Indian reservation she had Her description of the Olympic Games made them more wonderful to us than we had ever imagined they could Lack of punch at the goal line and an intercepted pass beat Postville last The locals threw away two wonderful chances to once in the first quarter and once in the last The game started with Postville They took the ball and carried it up the Marquette's one yard line where they lost it on Postville continued to have the edge over the visitors throughout the game but the boys were getting their signals mixed Marquette made its touchdown early in the fourth quarter when Hunter intercepted on Thoma's pass and raced sixty yards for a While making this run the aforementioned Hunter ran directly into two of the largest the with their native stepped to one side and wished the gentleman from the river Final Postville 0; Marquette 6. October 28, is The feature of the day is the football between Postville and It promises to be a very exciting Don't miss Waukon's lineup is as Herbert L. Maurice L. Kenneth L. Keith Paul R. Harold R. Walter R. Kenneth Q. Palmer R. Donald L. Robert F. B. Substitutes Robert L. Dale R. Kermit L. Robert Q. B. Basketball Practice Begun on October 24th Mr. Bishop met all the girls who were interested in basketball in his room on Friday The work is to begin October 24. It seems that the teachers are having a great number of faculty Several teachers of our school have been attending the Homecomings of their respective HOMECOMING PROGRAM Thursday Evening at 7:00 o'clock Parade of football accompanied by decorated Thursday Evening at 7:15 o'clock Bonfire and pep Friday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock Program in High School Friday afternoon at 3:15 o'clock Football vs. Waukon Sophomores and Seniors Entertain at Star Party The Star Party is The first major event of the aside from the football was held list Friday night in the school This was the much looked forward to Star the first school party of the The Freshman and Junior classes with the faculty and Junior High staff were entertained by the Senior and Sophomore The Seniors were in charge of the entertainment and the the George Kelleher acted as although he was probably hoarse the next we agree he made a pretty good After out what a number of simple words we played all sorts of games until time for the which consisted of drum sticks made of ice The party was enjoyed by everyone and we are all hoping for many more school parties in the COMING EVENTS October 28-Football, November 4 - November 11
