Junior Class Play A Success At Moravia High
Moravia High School reports the junior class play on Friday March 29 drew a large audience. Cast members Louis Hughes as Toby Parker and Evelyn Hiatt as Mrs Huntington were praised for strong performances. The event featured an orchestra and song numbers with the student chorus performing between acts.
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Toby Parker
Louis Hughes
Evelyn Hiatt
Huntington
Hiram Parker
Donald Darby
Lloyd Pletcher
Ichabod Crane
Lloyd
Norman Firkins
Barrett
Coffin
Bashful
Zac
Clarence Sheldon
Red
Reba Callen
Vera Cruz
Brudder
L. K
Endowment and education in shaping success
Psychologists say some men are born with more brains and cannot gain them by education, while education expands the use of existing mental powers. Even the wealthiest with little schooling show success, but education enhances ability to pry a living from the world. Second Quill.
Academic Contest May 6 Prompts School Effort
Teachers remind Moravia students that the Academic Contest is May 6. Last year Iowa City awarded cups to schools with top district and state contest averages. Prizes went to small percentages, but every student who contributed helped the school. Could Moravia win this year with collective effort.
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Iowa City
Tham
Achada
Moravia
New Scholars Arrive at Moravia High School
Moravia High welcomes several new scholars for the six week term including Laur ence, Marjorie, Mildred, Ruth, Earl, Orlyn, and Albert Roberts, Burdette and Blaine McCauly, Lorence, Kenneth and Richard Gardner, and Quinten Hardgon. The note urges loyalty to teachers and peers and aims for strong grades as the school continues to grow.
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Moravia
Laurence
Marjorie
Mildred
Ruth
Earl
Orlyn
Albert Roberts
Burdette
Blaine McCauly
Lorence
Kenneth
Richard Gardner
Quinten Hardgon
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Seniors Read Plays For Annual Senior Show
The Senior class reviews three scripts for their upcoming production after the junior class play and operetta. They aim to match or surpass last year's audience satisfaction with the plays Beads on a String The Automatic Butler and Oh Kay.
Moravian High School Baseball Prospects Improve
Prospective Moravian High School baseball team may form this spring with a solid material base and returning lettermen. Available players include outfielders McCord and I. Lagle. infielders W. Lagle, Smith, H. Munson. catcher Slavin. and pitchers Evashar and W. HLS.
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Moravian High School
McCord
I’. Lagle
W. Lagle
Smith
H. Munson
Slavin
Evashar
If They Lived In A World Of What Ifs At School
A playful list imagines how the world might differ if people acted with dignity hair stayed straight or classes ran without weather delays. It notes punctual students and tall figures while joking about shorthand pace and senior approval.
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Norman Firkins
Vera Easter
Evelyn Hintt
Norma Lee Firkins
Jones Tisue
Scouts Receive Badges and Certificates in Moravia Meeting
Last Wednesday evening the Boy Scout Troop of Moravia gathered at the Legion hall for its weekly session led by the owl patrol. Scoutmaster Ferrell Albert distributed badges and membership cards to all present amid plans for two hikes including an overnight trek, as the troop saluted the flag and recited the pledge. Present were Allen Mason, Donald Reich, Charles Reich, James Reich, Dale Harrison, Lowell Van Dorin, Roscoe Lay, Hershel Johnson, Arthur Brown, Harris Stafford and Norman Firkins.
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Moravia
Legion Hall
Lovey
Ferrell Albert
Albert
Vata
Allen Mason
Donald Reich
Charles Reich
James Reich
Dale Harrison
Lowell van Dorin
Roscoe Lay
Hershel Johnson
Arthur Brown
Harris Stafford
Norman Firkins
Grade News Highlights From Last Week
First grade Mrs Forrest Main visited. Nadine Barnett and Blain McCauley returned. Third grade Mandana Jennings taught. fourth and fifth grades joined spelling contest. New enrollments included Orlyn and Far Roberts from Oklahoma City. Ruth Roberts joined sixth grade to reach eighteen. Seventh and eighth grades held spelling contest with Beulah Bishop Susie Tarr and Vera Mortis placing. Students split into sides during word-list practice.
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Moravia
Betty Bishop
Marie Callen
Joy Cousins
Wonetta Underwood
Daphen Pennington
Pauline Laws
Gladys Cummins
Harriet Orwig
Beulah Bishop
Susie Tarr
Vern Morrin
Leila Day
Mildred Smith
Burdett
McCauley
Keith Kennedy
Leo Easter
Michener
Centerville
Beth Tuttle
Forrest’ Main
Nadine Barnett
Blain McCauley
Forrest Main
Mandana Jennings
Juanita Underwood
Orlyn
Far Roberts
Oklahoma City
Betty Marie
Hiatt
George Kingery
Ruth Roberts
Vera Mortis
Manual Training Boys Clean Up Week Highlights Projects
Last week the Manual Training boys participated in a cleanup week. They moved and dusted lumber, disposed of unusable wood, and tidied the furnsh ling room. The ready projects include six pedestals five tie racks five hook racks four magazine racks four picture frames three towel racks three candle holder sets three broom holders three bird houses two toboreta two clothes hangers two kite winders and one clock.
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Hoya
Boys’ School Countdown and Inventory List
A brief item notes boys preparing for end of term with a list of chores and supplies including a shelf harness hanger air plane match lighter doll chair tool box bob sled cabbage board coat hanger bread box auto creeper writing desk back board. They work hard to finish before six weeks left in school. C. B. 38
What Would George Washington Do In Modern Times
Imagines George Washington waking in a New York or Chicago high rise and confronting 20th century life. He notes elevators, electricity, phones, radios, cars, trains, and air travel, while adjusting to new attire, barbering, and servants unrecognizable to his era. A guide offers explanations as gang conflicts, speakeasies, and new communications unfold.
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George Washington
New York
Chicago
George
Loop
Gangaster
Explaining Transport Modes Across Ages
The text compares an airplane, dirigible, locomotive, street car, automobile, and steamship, noting the narrator’s fatigue and befuddlement upon returning to his apartment. It portrays a man overwhelmed by rapid changes since his departure, exhausted and unsettled by modern mobility shifts.
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C.N
Declamations in Public Speaking Class At School
The public speaking class practiced declamations and orations. Pupils chose from nineteen selections, read and were critiqued, memorized, then presented again for fault finding. Mr Michener assigned each student a speech on a national or community problem with topics such as drinking.
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Michener
Prohibition Era Voices Call For Air Travel And Reform
In a four hundred word speech, D. H. 32 argues that certain jobs under prohibition era conditions fail to pay. The talks address smoking, crime, gangsters, tardiness, labor strikes, butter prices, and the question of whether air travel could alleviate some economic pressures. The speakers propose concrete solutions to the problem, emphasizing reform and practical steps to improve earnings for both men and women in various occupations.
The Jack Knife Man by Ellis Parker Butler review
A Mississippi shanty boatman cares for a dying mother’s son and flees town to escape blame. He carves intricate stalls to entertain, gains fame, and ultimately adopts the boy and his sister. Butler, an Italian born in Muscatine, is discussed.
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Bilis Parker Butler
Mississippi River
Ellis Parker Butler
Muscatine
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