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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1962
Page
5
The article urges students to use study hall for earnest study and to avoid disturbing peers. It notes distractions like talking and laughter hinder work, mentions the nearby library with reading material, and stresses maturity and trust as outcomes of focused effort.
Editorial notes American Education Week with the Future Teachers of America under Mrs. Gail Tuttle active in publicity and student education tags. Monday evening November 12 featured Wallace Loh of Iowa Wesleyan College as speaker, plus welcome, skit, music, and refreshments. Attendance was modest but the event offered parents a chance to meet teachers and review progress.
The Home Ec II class completed a unit on clothing and textiles including how clothes reflect personality, with five girls remodeling skirts and five creating new ones from reused wool. The next unit titled Courtship and Marriage will cover dating, friendships, and establishing a successful marriage, offering useful insights.
The English II class completed a two week focused test on adjectives and adverbs with many students unable to finish on time. Mr Holtz allowed extra time to complete the test and the class has begun studying prepositions and prepositional phrases.
This study notes monks as interesting figures and questions why people chose monastic life. It explains the Benedictine Rule written by St. Benedict and the three vows of chastity poverty and obedience. It describes monks’ prayer life and their roles in farming building churches and recording knowledge.
Linda Marie Davis of Center Ville Iowa born May 7 421948 at St Joseph Hospital to Mr and Mrs C R Davis stands 2 feet 2 inches tall with green eyes. She attends Spanish II American literature American history and typing I and participates in glee club band FHA PTA Scribbler staff and is president of the Junior class. Her favorites include Butterfinger and a Chevrolet Impala. She has no listed teacher favorites and lists Steven Reno and Sherry Lynn as boys and girls names. Her long term interests include keeping track of a green 53 Chevy while enjoying dance and piano.
EL ESPANOL shows a period of testing with vocabulary and grammar exams. Students face weekly tests on new words and a grammar unit on direct object pronouns like me te la do nos os los las. Pronouns precede the verb in Spanish, differing from English structure.
A chaotic TV guide fragment lists programs like Wagon Train Buses and Ben Casey Biology along with distractions such as Dennis the Menace Ricky Long on Halloween Night and Frontier Circus trampoline antics. The Defenders and Route 66 appear amid hallway class scenes and a creaking rule note.
Survey responses recount a lively evening with dancing and socializing. Patrons praise the Twists and bunny hops while some note minor mishaps like slips and a gash. Several attendees commend the overall success of the event.
The text reflects informal appreciation for a student activity. Mentions a participant named Alice and Doris Hawk and describes the event as a great success with fun and positive reactions. Names are informal and context suggests a school or community gathering.
The class grows more engaging as more characters and words are learned. Quizzes are given on different days while we recite daily. Mr Salade stresses shorthand as a future job asset, noting wage differences by training and qualifications and predicting about a third may drop out if the class remains average.
A stream of notes reveals senior girls asking about peers and events at school. Questions target followings after a bus ride, car talk, lunch line allies, and lessons, with playful jabs about pencils, upside-down reading, and a large ring.
The sophomore biology class moves to unit four on How Our Bodies Work. Chapters nine to fourteen cover The Foods We Eat Digestion and Absorption Blood and Circulation Lungs and Breathing Excretion and Ductless Glands.
Mr Sheldon’s class of ten boys completed a unit on government by listing local and county candidates and offices and their duties. On November 6 election day they visited the Moravia Community Building where the clerk of the board explained voting procedures and absentee ballots, stressing that all ballots are kept secure and accounted for whether spoiled unused or voted.
Since this school year Moravia High has added seven 1963 Royal typewriters in gray, a lightweight fiberglass tuba horn for the band, 22 inch cymbals, two tenor drums, and forty five tote trays for Home Ec sewing equipment. The band has distributed varied music arrangements for concert and contest use.
A classroom gains a well equipped clothes closet with microry doors and a complete kitchen unit, bringing total units to four. The homemakers gain more hands on experience while Mrs. Selix J adds a classroom library for references. More next week.
The Urbana Opera 4-H held its November meeting at the home of Lorraine and Sandy Mc Anally. Cathy Faber led the flag pledge, ten members answered roll call with Something I am thankful for, and members discussed old and new business. Committees for gifts, refreshments, and the Christmas party were named, with Chrisy Pearson hosting the next meeting.
Social notices recap events around Moravia with the Christy family visiting relatives, a senior class play in Moravia, bridal shower in Albia, and Sunday gatherings at several homes. Names include Wayne Christy, the Dicks, Callen, Homerin, Potts, Sheldon, Brown, Laws, and others. Subscriptions to Moravia Union urged for renewal.
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