Latin fades in high schools as social science rises
A regional survey led by Prof. Dorrance S. White examines Latin availability in Iowa Indiana and Illinois high schools. Of thirty schools, ten had no Latin in grade eleven and thirteen had none in grade twelve while social science enrollments dwarf Latin with 28 506 versus 5 785.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oncern
Classical Association
Middle West
Dorrance S. White
University of Iowa
Arthur Deamer
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Indiana
Illinois
Cicero
Virgil
Deamer
Caesar
Donald Weber Heads McKinley Glee Club
Donald Weber elected president of the ninth grade boys glee club at McKinley Junior High. Frank McConkey named vice president, Donald Johnson secretary, Marvin Selden sergeant at arms, with Dick Arnold and Marvin Reynolds as librarians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Weber
McKinley Junior High School
Frank McConkey
Donald Johnson
Marvin Selden
Dick Arnold
Marvin Reynolds
Basses
Earl Carr
Lewis Dungan
John Fuhrmeister
Charles Gibson
Paul Mueller
Nicholas Nassif
Bill Rankin
John Risk
Irvin Bowden
Leroy Sims
Frederick Uhlenhopp
Donald Yungman
Phil Angott
Junior Hunter
Clarence Kadlee
John Platz
John Sword
Millard Washington
McKinley 8A boys build hobby chests at school
McKinley junior high School 8A boys completed a semester project making twelve inch high and thirty one inch long hobby chests painted gray with brass corners. Some include a sliding tray. Participants listed include Harold Grimm Bob Kacena Richard Long Arthur Moore Leonard Novak and others. Instructor H H White led the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley Junior High School
Harold Grimm
Bob Kacena
Richard Long
Arthur Moore
Leonard Novak
Richard Pepmeyer
John Risk
Robert Schneider
Louis Smith
Bob Straka
Earl
Roosevelt Senior High Awards Highlight Latin French Assembly
An assembly at Roosevelt Senior High highlighted Latin French and athletics with Monte Linkletter as MC. Betty Jane Bridge spoke on Horace birthday celebrations as a Latin group sang Integer Vitae, and a Caesar's Ghost playlet was staged by James Holton and Ernest Buse. French department offerings included two quartets. boys sang Best Avec Nous and girls Parez-MoisAmour. Athletic letters were presented by Frank Martin and Fred Kluss with other staff present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Monte Linkletter
Betty Jane Bridge
Horace
James Holton
Ernest Buse
Cedar Rapids Junior Choral Club Organizes East Side Youths
Fifty east side high school students form a capella sacred music Junior Choral club directed by Malcolm Metcalf of Franklin senior high. Meetings are weekly, a constitution exists, dues fund music. Officers include President Donald Reysa and Valerie Konecny. Members listed with Helen names. three not pictured.
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Fifty East Side High School
Malcolm Metcalf
Franklin Senior High
Donald Reysa
Valerie Konecny
Florence van Winkle
James French
Robert Smith
Bob Cozad
David Tyerman
Frank Fulkerson
Homer Stone
Maribelle Fuller
Joe Ainsworth
William McGuire
Charles Bromwell
Jeanne Hamblin
Robert van Orsdel
Betty Ann Lehman
Jane, Rice
Sherwood Craft
Margaret Farquhar
Margaret Victorine
Georganne Bures
Dorothy Jones
Theodore’ Brooks
Bob, Beiber
Martha Jane van Meter
Jeanne Rowe
Geneva Haldeman
Roosevelt Aristotelians Elect New Roosevelt Leaders
Bob Bokerney was elected president of the Aristotelian Society at Roosevelt School. Other officers include George Moran as vice president, Dorothy Donnan as secretary, and Maxine Burke named social chairman for the new semester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Bokerney
Aristotelian Society
Roosevelt School
George Moran
Dorothy Donnan
Maxine Burke
Girl Reserve clubs pursue diverse projects across schools
In city programs Girl Reserve groups plan varied activities from etiquette and fashion to Negro history study. At McKinley Hi they discuss social behavior and host a tea and buffet. Wilson Hi explores Negro history with talks, poetry, music, and planned leaders. Franklin Hi Y Ettes focus on poise and clothes. Junior high groups study movies health knitting and service projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley Senior High School
Alice Rogers
Wilson Senior High
Eula Lewis
United States
Cedar Rapids
Mary Jane Marousek
Wanda Farmer
Rose Ann Kubovec
Franklin Hi-Y-Ette
Marguerite Herr
Killian Company
Tri-Blue
McKinley
Myron Koenig
Roosevelt
Lida ‘Tallman
Edith Winn
Franklin Pup and Girls Knit and Collect in School Survey
Franklin survey highlights include Ruth Ann Hasek and her 13 year old wire haired fox terrier Betty who is treated as a 91 year old by human age standards. Betty is blind for most of her life yet navigates the home by voice. Jean Miller knits a dress and nine sweaters for herself and owns a 700 piece playing card collection. Other pupils list photography, marionettes, and tropical fish collecting as hobbies and pets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Ruth Ann Hasek
W. H. Hasek
Second Avenue E
Betty
O. O. McIntyre
Hasek
Ruth Ann
Jean Miller
H. Robert Miller
1829
Grande Avenue SE
Jean
Marilyn Stookey
John Bowne
James Himes
Charles Montanaro
Praised Custodians Keep Schools Warm In Subzero Siege
Praise from the school board, faculty, and students for Chief Engineer Joseph Suma and his custodial corps who kept public school buildings heated during an extended subzero siege. Eleven to eighteen hour shifts were common as temperatures dropped to minus twenty to thirty, with fourteen hour schedules near constant since winter began. Superintendent Arthur Deamer reported no complaints from principals about heating during the frigid period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Suma
Arthur Deamer
Arthur School Notes in Beginners Band Lineup
Arthur school lists the beginners instrumental class with Jack Bell on French horn Jesse Martin on trombone John Jiruska on baritone Mary Clark Kenneth Delp and Ted Ely on violin Bobby Hash Charles Shafer on cornet Gene Sell on clarinet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur School
Jack Bell
Jesse Martin
John Jiruska
Mary Clark
Kenneth Delp
Ted Ely
Bobby Hash
Charles Shafer
Gene Sell
Junior Red Cross Plans Valentine Project in Cedar Rapids Area
Junior Red Cross outlines February goals at YMCA meeting led by Mildred Burke. Valentine project favors Home for Friendless and Home for Aged Women in Cedar Rapids and School for the Blind at Vinton, with Virginia Martin heading a cast including Bob Shannahan George McCune James Foster Don Henry and Jameson Haney. Other February efforts include Lincoln and Washington birthday programs and continued safety and bird feeding work. Ship 450 holiday menu covers from Roosevelt print shop for U S S Nevada. oranges from Harrison. clothing and magazines from Cleveland. scrapbooks from Franklin received by Community House.
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Home For Friendless
Cedar Rapids
School For the Blind
Vinton
Red ‘Cross
Council
Mildred Burke
Roosevelt
Valentine
Virginia Martin
Harrison
Bob Shannahan
George McCune
James Foster
Don Henry
Taylor
Jameson Haney
Franklin
Lincoln
Washington
U. S
Dorothy Greer Elected Head of Franklin G A A
Dorothy Greer has been elected president of the Girls' Athletic Association at Franklin Senior High School. Other new officers include Margaret Victorine as vice president, Marjorie Young as secretary, Wilferene Konecny as treasurer, Marcia Kopecky as reporter, and Jessie Benson as warden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Greer
Girls’ Athletic Association
Franklin Senior High School
Margaret Victorine
Marjorie Young
Wilferene Konecny
Marcia Kopecky
Jessie Benson
First Six Year High School Paper Roosevelt Record Set to Debut
The Roosevelt Record, a combined junior and senior high school paper, will debut Friday in the Roosevelt high building. Staff includes Burlingame as editor, Byers advertising manager, and a roster of student reporters and managers with a faculty committee guiding publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt Record
Hi-Y Club
Movement
West Side
Burlingame and Byers
Roosevelt Senior High
Roosevelt
Burlingame
Bob Burlingame
Edward Byers
Monte Linkletter
Roy Shelton
James Huston
Jeanne Morgan
Norman Huston
George Moran
George Baldwin
Jack Rohrer
Earl Youtzy
Dan Hernsen
Bob Bokerney
Ralph Cerney
Frances McIntosh
John Walker
Carl Biskup
H. M. Benninghoff
Chester May
Lida Tallman
Roosevelt Club to Present Three One Act Plays
The Roosevelt Gamma Delta club schedules a February 26 performance in the Roosevelt auditorium featuring three one act plays. Sunset by Slantsky follows an aspiring art critic, First Dress Suit centers on a wedding and a missing suit, and Whats a Fixer For depicts carnival difficulties. Casts and crew are listed with directions by Miss Roberta Dinwiddie Sheets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt Gamma Delta Club
Roosevelt Auditorium
Slantsky
John Houston
Russell Medcraft
H. C. Potter
Dr. Chrome
Harland Endsley
Dugan
Edwin Youtzy
Barlow
Vernon Flint
Jake
John ‘Sundberg
Aggie Modens
Elsie Cerveny
Jane
Mary Dams
Roy Shelton
Bernard Hermsen
Dorothy Donnan
Jane Curry
Roberta Dinwiddie Sheets
Beginners Prepare for Buchanan Orchestra
Eleven pupils have registered for the Buchanan school music class aiming to form an orchestra. The saxophone section appears most popular, featuring Jerry Harper George Serovy Bobby Fontana Maree Morlan and George Cook among others while Betty Hearn Marvin Hollingsworth Lyle Tollefson Pauline Proska Paul Runkle and Franklin Jayne join on various instruments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchanan School
Betty Hearn
Marvin Hollingsworth
Jerry Harper
George Serovy
Bobby Fontana
Lyle Tollefson
Pauline Proska
Paul Runkle
Maree Morlan
George Cook
Franklin Jayne
Principals Laud Frances Welch Longtime Cedar Rapids Educator
Teachers principals and former pupils honor Frances J. Welch for a life of service in Cedar Rapids public schools. She taught at Taylor Fillmore Harrison and Van Buren and led Roosevelt junior high night school while influencing students with kindness and high standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances J. Welch
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt
Taylor, Fillmore
Harrison and
van Buren
Frances Welch
Kettas Lura B. Diehl
Taylor
Anna Zick
Taylor School
Laura Thompson
Johnson
Mary Zick Andre
van Buren School
Jennie E. Post
Wilson
Origins of Valentines Day Rooted in Saint Names and Folklore
The origin of Valentine s Day traces to multiple saints named Valentine with Roman martyr feast days on February 14. Scholars debate the word s derivation from valens or galatin, and early messages featured gilt cupids and Hymen s Bower. Esther Howland produced America s first fancy valentine in 1850, fueling costly elaborate designs.
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Valentine
Valens
Hunt
Valantan
Valentin
America
Esther Howland
Worchester
Mass
Garfield Primary Class Enjoys Library Corner
Garfield 2A and 3B classes create a personal library corner during snowy days. They built white reading tables, a librarian’s desk, book stacks, chairs, and blue trim. Shelves feature Indian, art, science, animal stories and poems with decorative book-ends and desk accessories.
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Garfield School
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M’kinley Glee Club
Roosevelt Senior
Lasswell Photo
Roosevelt Aristotelians
Lasswell
Arthur School Notes
Junior Red Cross
Franklin G.A. A
Jack Williamson
Mariel Keyes
Marylou Carnes
Mary ‘Ellen Reece
Bernard Kozberg
Donald Lehmkuhl
Jim Nichols
Benjamin Davis
Robert LeVan
Marvel Dulin
Jean Riley
Lorraine Hinton
Helen
Roosevelt Club
Buchanan Orchestra
Garfield
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