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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1937
Page
6
Junior and senior high school pupils were entertained Friday morning for three quarters of an hour by the Parkinson National Music Ensemble. The program featured flute oboe English horn clarinet bassoon and piano with instrument demonstrations and short histories of each. The English horn is rare with only five in use today in local areas.
In home economics beef cuts are discussed while medieval times and architecture are studied in world history. Elements of Business focuses on retail selling. English classes review paragraphs for a Monday test. Geometry students prepare for semester tests.
A report notes junior study of prose and poetry by Amy Lowell Carl Sandburg and Alan Seeger. It mentions biology inquiries into human life composition and construction as part of coursework.
Mr Dyke ordered fire hacks on wood work and the books about making puzzles from wood using the turning lathe building bird houses and other wood projects. The class has finished mechanical drawing and will begin Werkspan with artificial marty. The material arrived Friday night after a long wait.
Our first Girl Reserve meeting of the new year was led by Florence Swoboda. Her topic was Edinburgh Dublin and Paris. Margaret Ann Pittmann spoke on Edinburgh followed by Helen Hasselquist on Dublin. Miss Baumgartner related her experiences in Paris noting Paris fashions intrigue but the buildings and streets left a stronger impression.
Readable fragments describe Japanese decorations completed in a training room improving appearance. Five senior girls celebrate their time and effort in making the decorations while beginning studies on teaching penmanship. Art observation in eighth grade grammar proves interesting despite the cold room.
Students learn floor plans and ceiling fixtures under instructions from Town Nebraska Light and Power Co. They study cleansing compounds and soaps. Sophomore girls continue examining different cuts of meat.
The English literature class finished three comedies She Stoops to Conquer The Rivals and The School for Scandal. U S history covers settlement of the west and middlewest. Physics explores heat transfer measurement and melting and freezing under Topic of Heat.
Freshman classes discuss floor plans and light fixtures for rooms and study literal equations and formulas. They learn to read Fahrenheit and Celsius thermometers in algebra. English work covers changing direct quotations to indirect quotes and sentence construction. Semester review spans science and Latin topics include Julius Caesar Castor and Pollux.
Weekly notes show sixth graders studying decimals with interest and plans to record observations to aid peers. Eighth graders tackle grammar harder than expected while English remains enjoyable. Normal training visitors join English class and math reviews appear, with a history test on the horizon and Horatius at the Bridge discussed in reading.
A brief pep gathering was held at the start of the eighth period Friday in Malvern to boost morale for a key basketball game. Velma Jandell predicted plays, Velma Jean tan dell accompanied the send effects backstage, and Coach Dyke urged students to promote the game to raise funds for new boys’ suits.
The accounting course reports progress as students study special journals including cash purchase and sales journals. They enter accounts in these journals and paste them into the tedger. Time savers are due Wednesday as classes push to finish. The business law class focuses on deeds with frequent tests. The typing class makes fadgets and conducts speed tests.
Juniors in the state training program express anxiety about upcoming animal training tests and semester exams. Officials say results will clarify outcomes after next week, easing or heightening concerns as the term progresses.
The notes hint at a gossiping scene among students about senior romance and crushes. Names like Hazel, Hershal, Dorothy Myers, Tommy, Leone, Arlene Fickel, Kathleen Gilbert, Marian Tague, Mary Jeane, and James appear in questions about who is seeing whom and who delivers letters. The tone resembles a campus column teasing relationships.
The Bank of England began active operation on January 1, 1698, marking a major milestone in financial history. This historic launch established England’s central banking function and set foundations for modern monetary policy and government debt management.
In Stockholm the town hall features Crescoes painted by Prince Kuyen, brother of a Swed lab figure. The building attracts architects from Europe and beyond who study its modern design and color scheme including roof colors that indicate social spaces.
Post election mood centers on nine districts with incumbents vs challengers, as Speaker Foster assembles nine committees and Republicans cede patronage in the Senate. A bill would require contestants to cover costs if they lose, while Beltman’s deflection of a deadlock highlighted the shifting political balance in the Iowa General Assembly.
The governor Kraschel clashes with Senator Shaw over how to apportion 3 point tax and homestead revenues. Proposals target old age pensions, homestead relief, and county school funding, with debates on poor relief and education appropriations. Bills on ballots, municipal reform, and campaign rules also emerge as the legislature opens its second week.
Mary and Mrs WWI residents recall funeral services for Mrs. Daal Mayberrs after her death from an illness. Martha Hanger, before marriage, lived nearby. George Warner and family visited. Chas Wilhelm visited Nora Stogdill in hospital. Andersons on sick list. Community members attended birthdays and helped with preparations at multiple homes.
A fragment notes that Aztec medicine of that city was prominently advanced, claiming in 1552 that a 1502 treatise described superior practices, referencing early medical writings and their influence on the region's healing traditions.
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