Parallel History Geography Core of Work in Public Schools
History and geography form the core of a strengthened program in intermediate grades. Students study regions such as Latin America and Cedar Rapids while linking reading science arithmetic hygiene art music and physical education through integrated units. A closing pageant combines facts with songs and dances staging a comprehensive summary of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Icke
Latin America
West Indies
Mexico
Central America
Panama Canal
South America
Brazil
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Congo
Mediterranean
Switzerland
China
Japan
India
Europe
United States
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Dairy Dale pupils create moving picture on birds
Pupils from Miss Jessie Hahn's Dairy Dale school craft a wall paper roll moving picture showing nineteen birds. The project combines science art and language with students mapping stories for a fifty bird set as they present in class.
Weekly Programs At Polk School By Upper Classes
Intermediate grades conduct a fifteen minute weekly assembly stressing proper conduct and audience attitude. This week the GB program included the American creed and prayer, readings by Catherine Safely and others, quotations by several students, and music by GB girls. Last week 6A class led the assembly with pledge to the flag, school prayer, talks by two students, and school songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk School
Catherine Safely
Charles Vondracek
Norman Dake
James Casey
Sterline McNelly
John Miller
George Hannan
William Wells
John Schloss
John Nicolls
Jean Norberg
Franklin pupils showcase varied hobbies from ponies to watch repair
Fourteen-year-old Leo Kacena fixes watches and clocks, aiming to become a professional watchmaker after high school. Hubert Lyman trains a Shetland pony named Mickey and performs tricks. George Norman, budding artist, paints cars and other subjects, with notable drawings recognized by teachers and local papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Junior High School
Hubert Lyman
L. P. Lyman
First Avenue NE
Leo Kacena
Leo
Mickey
George Norman
Franklin School
Northwest district schools set Friday concert in Roosevelt auditorium
Public schools in the northwest district present an 8 p.m. instrumental concert at Roosevelt auditorium. The Roosevelt orchestra leads a program featuring soloists and small groups from Roosevelt junior and senior high, Harrison, Cleveland and Fillmore. Director William Vesely oversees the event to raise funds for Roosevelt marching band uniforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Roosevelt Auditorium
Roosevelt Orchestra
Roosevelt
Harrison
Cleveland
Fillmore
William Vesely
Brahm
Calif
Bagdad
Melvin Allen
Lester Besser
Arvada Buresh
Bob Buresh
George Baldwin
Bob Cocayne
Dick Elliot
Warren Erbe
Carl Haddy
Beth Harmon
Doris Hegawald
Warren Lenning
Lucille Johnson
Dick Krause
Paul Lenk
Virginia Moore
Dick Nelson
Earl Kee
Jim Puryear
Ruby Koster
Helen Kucera
Nadine Fiala
Serene Bliss
Frank Martin
George Triebel
Irene, Mary
Norman Paula
Joy May
Elizabeth Witt
Rolland Diehl
Paul Keyes
Dorothy Wagner
Gloria Franks
Esther Risk
McKinley Ninth Graders Present Debate Assembly
A Thursday ninth grade debate at McKinley featured chairman Marvin Reynolds and timer Rudolph Peterson. The 9B teams argued that billboards should be abolished by law and that installment buying has harmed society since World War I, with named team members and sponsors listed along with musical selections by the girls glee club and a string quartet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Marvin Reynolds
Rudolph Peterson
Wallace Hollingsworth
Dolores Anderson
Merlon Tollefson
Estelle Bachelder
Jack Tewart
Geraldine Reams
Tom Pratt
Waldo Berger
Darwin Jack
Lucia Mae Smith
Wilma Coates
June Cejka
Girls’ Glee Club
Harriett Elliott
Edward Kopecky
Illa Patrick
Irene Gionedakis
Helen Dunn
Elsie Pritchard
Ora B. Beitzell
Maude Brownell
Roosevelt Girl Reserves Program and Play Cast
The Roosevelt 9A Girl Reserves presented a Monday program featuring Betty Curtis and Doris Seabrooke among others with songs dances and piano pieces. The play Lost and Found by Betty Curtis announced a cast including Elaine Sindler Anna Newkirk Vera Gatteralle and Vivian ae Young man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt 9A
Betty Curtis
Doris Seabrooke
Ruby Franks
Ruth Mastin
Julia McFarlin
Louise Karban
Edith Bosworth
Iris Omelik
Alicin Frasinger
Juanita Sawyer
Julia Steggal
Lucille Kibler
Elaine Sindler
Anna Newkirk
Vivian Ae
Vera Gatteralle
Nobel Prizes Awarded Since Inauguration
More than 5 million dollars have been awarded since the Nobel prizes began. The awards recognize leading men and women for contributions to literature science and international peace across decades.
McKinley Amateur Program Provides Class Party Entertainment
A 150 pupil McKinley 8A class party featured an amateur program in the school gymnasium on Wednesday. Jack Smith hosted as Lieutenant Edmund Boos. acts included Hazel Cook and Mildred Broulck as the Stoopnagle Sisters, Edward Kopecy on violin, Marjorie Christie singing blues, Janice Ownes on piano, hobo singers, a cowboy song by Dean Lemon, Miriam Zambrakos Mexican dance, and Joe Nassif with Bill Johnson. Lois Grissel accompanied, with Garland Wetzel operating the loudspeaker. An extensive program and refreshment committees were organized by Miss Harriet Elliott and Mrs Stella L. Dixon respectively, with class sponsor Miss Amy Moorhead supervising activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowes
Jack Smith
Edmund Boos
Hazel Cook
Mildred Broulck
Stoopnagle Sisters
Edward Kopecy
Marjorie Christie
Janice Ownes
Hubert Penningroth
John Krabbenhoff
Dean Lemon
Miriam Zambrakos
Jerry Staples
Joe Nassif
Bill Johnson
Lois Grissel
Garland Wetzel
Gerald Edleman
Luella Jones
Jean Brownlee
Kathleen Irwin
Jack Mel
Ethel Brooks
Doris Lasturka
Leland Laton
Alfred Slaymaker
John van Houton
Iola Jones
Maxine Eddy
Darlene Stalzer
Warren Johnson
Thomas Huston
Homer Dodge
Amy Moorhead
Game Committee
Chester Wessels
Herbert Hayes
Keith Daniels
Betty Buckner
Marcella Dano
Ruth Nix
Neil Richardson
Dean Tech
Richard Grover
Betty Davenport
Top Hatters Organize Franklin Home Room Club
John Stark elected president of the Franklin 9A6 home room club the Top Hatters. Frances Baer is vice president Charles Klima secretary and reporter. Two program committees include Maxine Udet with Carolyn Cornish Arlyce Smith and Keith Lyon with Bill Franey Jack Onstott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stark
Frances Baer
Charles Klima
Maxine Udet
Carolyn Cornish
Arlyce Smith
Keith Lyon
Bill Franey
Jack Onstott
Second Graders Build A Realistic Post Office Project
Cleveland second graders led by Miss Amy Devitt created a functioning post office in a Christmas toy shop structure. They painted, added signs and an American flag, set up stamp cages and money orders, and wrote invitations to mothers. The program featured plays poems and songs about the post office and included visits from a local mailman and a train clerk father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Federal
Amy Devitt
Junior Lindquist
Donnie Snork
Shirley Drew
Anita Heath
Peggy Welch
Helenka Bartunek
Dick Eighmy
David Bruns
Jeannine Layer
Paul Larimer
Shirley Met
Orange Crate Train Built By Tyler School Kindergarteners
Tyler School kindergarteners built an orange and black orange crate train with engine and cars extending across the room. The project followed a week of rail themed activities including train stories poems and picture studies with 32 new words added to the children's vocabularies. Miss Isabelle Hoyman led the class of 34 students including Billy Chiaros Duane Franks Willie Gibson Robert Gregory and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyler School
Tyler
North Western
Billy Chiaros
Duane Franks
Willie Gibson
Robert Gregory
Raymond Fifield
Thomas Haddy
Leonard Jansa
Robert Lynch
Eugene Martinek
Theodore Nofal
Darrell Phillips
Antonio Smith
Charles Stewart
Hubert Strait
Irvin Wood
Gerald Batey
Dora Bartholomew
Lenora Blakey
Joyce Boone
LaVon Buehler
Carol Cramer
Barbara Crawford
Mary Louise Harford
Edith Harger
Irma Havlicek
Bernice Huggins
Helen Jackson
Helen Karronlakes
Laurine Klinger
Anna Mae Klinsky
Barbara Madlock
Earnestine Mason
Dolores Pence
Arlene Smrha
Wanda Mae Terry
Bernice Ulch
Phyllis Uptegrove
Ella Warner
Isabelle Hoyman
Tyler Kindergartners
Laurine Klingler
Franklin 11B Class Presents One of Those Days Play
Franklin 11B stage production features the one act comedy One of Those Days about a housewife's prep for entertaining the boss. Director Miss Geraldine Green, cast led by Connie McRae and Jane Goldberg, plus backstage crew and musical numbers highlighted the Franklin assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geraldine Green
Meriwyn Pollins
Connie McRae
Orrealice Schears
Vangie
Marie Dolson
Jane
Ethel
Natalie
Muriel
Sallie
Connie
Jane Goldberg
Dorothy Geiger
Ruth Jane Hubbard
Dorothy Jane Plock
Jane Downer
Archer
Ilsegret Weber
Ruth Rich
Jeanne Young
Dorothy Chapin
Dorothy Kemp
Harry R. Peterson
Eva Byerly
Ivan May Quigley
Spirit of Education mural hung at Wilson Junior High
The new picture at Wilson junior high titled The Spirit of Education, by N. C. Wyeth, commemorates the Silver Burdett publishing company fiftieth anniversary. It first appeared at the 1935 Century of Progress expo and features figures like Junipero Serra, Booker T. Washington, Horace Mann, Mary Lyon, John Dewey, and Charles Eliot among others with a log cabin and city skyline backdrop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Junior High
N. C. Wyeth
Silver Burdett Publishing Company
Junipero Serra
Booker T. Washington
Horace Mann
Mary Lyon
Henry Barnard
Lowell Mason
John Dewey
Charles Eliot
Francis W. Parker
One Man Exhibits Popular At Polk School
The one man exhibit project at Polk School showcases student hobbies in the art room. Ruth Schloss displays miniature dog models, Darlene Sorenson a star patterned quilt top, Nadine Bowser dolls from foreign lands. Past displays featured Kathryn Barnett dolls in costume, John Nash stamps, Lloyd Speake items, Merle Bucy wood carving and guns, Billy McFann model airplanes, and more by Sorenson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk School
Ruth Schloss
Darlene Sorenson
Nadine Bowser
Kathryn Barnett
John Nash
Lloyd Speake
Merle Bucy
Billy McFann
Wilson High Names New Officers For Clubs
Wilson high school clubs announce new officers and new members for the second term. New officers include Wanda Farmer as president of the Girls Athletic Association and Dorothy Melsa as vice president, with Frances Zitek as secretary and Marguerite Lahman as treasurer. New Library club officers list Helen Macek as president and Frances Christensen as secretary treasurer, plus social chair Helen Stourne. Hi Y officers name John Froehlich as president and James Leehman as vice president. Latin club adds Charleen Lorenc and Velma Shimek with Dorothy Oliphant as president. Nature Club installs Eleanor Hurka as president and Zula Cook as treasurer. National Honor Society officers list Alvin Hurt as president and Alice Kulhavy as vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson High School
Girls’ Athletic Association
Zula Cacek
Martha Mary
Alice Kulhavy
Madeline Hunter
Mary Louise Fiesler
Charlotte Burlingham
Melba Browner
Verna Holmes
Wanda Farmer
Dorothy Melsa
Frances Zitek
Marguerite Lahman
June Womochil
Library Club
Evelyne Sigmund
Mary Jane Marousek
Charleen Lorenc
Helen Macek
Anna Lana
Thelma Parkes
Velma Shimek
Regina Drake
Kathleen Daley
Evelyn Matejka
Frances Christensen
Helen Stourne
Hi-Y
John Froehlich
James Leehman
Dick Hollister
Latin Club
Jennie Doupnik
Dorothy Oliphant
Wilda Martin
Marie Jane Kibler
Richard Hubacek
Nature Club
Sidney Temple
Marie Lazotte
Betty Smith
Mary Frances Batten
June Starman
Helen Berdecny
Eleanor Hurka
Bernard Russell
Anne Zumer
Zula Cook
National Honor Society
Alvin Hurt
Attu Island and the Aleutian Time Line
Attu, westernmost Aleutian island, is the farthest west U S possession. Although geographically in the eastern hemisphere international law shifted the international dateline to the west to align its time with the rest of the chain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attu
United States
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Smyrna
Smyrnans
Dairy Dale
Norma Sorensen
Mary Ann Kubasa
Lumir Vondracek
Dean Nemecek
Keith Young
Edward Zurdsky
Helen Hunt
Marlys Edenson
Katheryne Wilson
Bobby Trachta
Floyd Bowden
Frank Whittemore
Donald Clarke
Eugene Foley
George Vondracek
Edwin Stevens
Betty L. Bean
Robert Clarke
Raymond Lenk
Betty Jane Frederikson
Jimmy Bean
Bernice Vavroch
Ray Hunt
Ralph Heath
Ellen Trestnar
William Bowden
Richard Link
Arlene Klekar
Eugene Thinhaus
Elizabeth Wolfe
Doris Decious
Lasswell
Bobby Tracht
Edward Zrudsky
Dairy Dale’s
Polk
Shetland
George
Franklin
Norman
Gus Schrader
Bergen Herald
National Auto Racing News
Northwest Section
Roosevelt Girl
M’kinley
Wilson Clubs
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