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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1962
Page
5
Moravia students and staff prepare for conference tournament play with byes for the Moravia contingent. The Scribbler notes a smaller issue this week due to a vacation, mentions bus schedules, and highlights new home economics dishes as the girls learn table setting and child care. Lorena Plants signs off.
Students in Mr. Burton's class study volts watts amps and ohms using a three foot Wandegar machine with a metal ball atop a glass rod that emits static electricity. The lesson covers basic electrical measurements and problem solving.
Small groups rehearse spirituals and Roumba Land pieces after school at noon and on Monday nights. The ensemble concentrates on songs like When the Saints Go Marching In and related spiritual works.
The Home Ec II class has focused on cooking and baking with items such as hot cakes French toast candy brownies frying sausage cookies corn bread and corn meal muffins. Instructor Mrs Selix notes a few problems that arise in class as expected in a school setting.
The English I class studies stories from Good Times through Literature and answers unit questions. Mr Holtz requires each student to write a book report in addition to a comprehensive test covering all stories and authors in the unit.
Mrs. Seux introduces a new unit for girls titled how to decorate your bedroom. It covers saving space, increasing storage, brightening the room, and arranging for room to carry on activities. Students will study liked bedroom pictures and later rearrange their own spaces to foster homemaking skills and bright homes.
Geometry students finish the congruent right angle unit and study quadrilaterals. They learn multiple definitions and theorems, then move to distance and inequalities after semester tests. Room 103 seventh period often features Mr Guthrey and a student discussing problems.
English II now covers drama and long narrative poems and will study the novel. Under drama students examined short pages and full length plays. The full length play discussed is Julius Caesar, which has five acts.
The text recalls Shakespeare and a classroom sequence with Mr Holtz distributing quest sheets on Julius Caesar. It notes Epic poems like Idyll of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson, a twelve parable work over thirty years, and a four page test ending the unit on long narrative poetry before moving to the novel.
A quirky list defines common terms with playful reimaginings. Night watchman is a man who earns big living without work, witchcraft becomes a broomstick and pup tent a dog house. Some entries stretch meaning into humor while others land on puns.
On Monday January 15 the Annual Planning committee with sponsor Mr Sheldon discussed organizing group pictures for January 18. Van's Studio of Ottumwa photographed senior class members and Interstate will photograph small groups later. Groups include organizations band green club and athletics with junior high and high school basketball teams. Classes and ad sections were also photographed. Moravia Union aims for a big, best-ever annual.
A classroom survey gathers names and reactions on what to do with a Bodieron. Bea Barres suggests placing it in a history book while others propose directing it to Mr Burton or Elaine H. for various tasks. Opinions span giving, pestering, revenge, and skating as possible outcomes.
Joyce Carroll Walter, born March 16 1944 in Centerville, is 17 starring in senior notes. Daughter of Mr and Mrs Loren Walter she lists shorthand bookkeeping and sewing as favorites and pursues Thespians band twirler F H A L A cheerleading council.
Name Albert Lynn Turner son of Mr and Mrs Francis Turner. Height six foot three inches. Favorite subject English agriculture. Favorite teacher Mr Guthrey. Enjoys hunting and fishing. Advice to underclassmen work hard get along with teachers and exceed expectations. Future aim form. Most helpful subject English. Highlight junior and senior prom. Pet peeve people who dish it out but cannot take it. Extracurriculars concert band pep band F F A.
Moravia Community School presents the quarterly ending December 31, 1961, detailing expenses including superintendent Coulson and multiple vendors. The sheet lists services, supplies, and bond interests totaling 7,004.06 plus numerous line items for transportation, music, books, and utilities through various local and bank entities.
Urban center notes detail multiple family gatherings including Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Faber and Anne of Cedar Rapids visiting R. A. Faber home, Becky and Cindy Faber spending time with grandparents, and various interactions among the Vaughn Faber family, Proctors, and friends at Junior events and adult training classes.
Linda Whitehead seeks to quiet her music box and will transfer it to Anita Curtis. A Bodieron is described as a good fish in the Pacific Coast region.
Freshmen celebrate a Saturday night victory while teachers and students reference gossip, history in class, and dance topics in study hall. Messages praise Marg
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