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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1959
Page
2
Miss Schein reports freshmen girls sewing gathered skirts for summer wear in home economics. Sophomores repurpose burlap gunny sacks into decorative placemats. The cooking unit ends with juniors and seniors forming three groups to present complete meals buffet style, informal three course, and formal three course. Mr. Cook's chemist produced nitrous oxide for a lab activity last week, affecting the boys.
Biology students move from invertebrates to vertebrates as they study animals with backbones while chemistry notes reveal gunpowder ingredients as potash nitrate sulfur and charcoal. In literature Mrs. Grove asks if witches exist, hinting students will by Shakespeare by reading Macbeth and Julius Caesar as Mr. Peters reviews grammar with sophomores.
Valley High students led by Mr Greener performed at Manchester’s winter concert then joined Manchester’s quartet and director Mr Leo Grether. The quartet, comprising Sandra Anderson Dan ice Anderson Eloise Lantz and Tody Larson, played Argentine and Way of the Wasp.
Diane Kay Mattocks and Margaret Ann Medberry, seniors from Valley High, are profiled with their birth dates, homes on farms near Wadena and Elgin, school subjects, activities, and post graduation plans. The senior play cast lists Dino Falcore, Shirley Wallace, Jackie, and others with roles and actors.
The piece argues for fostering self-reliance in children through physical health. It contrasts modest self confidence with boastful arrogance and describes a ten-year-old arriving from a game, energetic and radiant, as a model of poised growth.
The passage describes children gaining self belief during group actions and skating events, emphasizing honesty, respect for others, and the importance of parental encouragement. It notes a girl bursting in with pride after winning a class skating tournament, and stresses maintaining children's confidence through experiences with others.
Fragmentary text suggests a discussion of how family influence narrows as individuals mature. It implies that a child educated to trust a balanced view of happiness and fair provision for living gradually extends these beliefs beyond the home into wider society. The passage hints at the enduring goal of fair, supportive upbringing.
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