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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1966
Page
5
Scribbler Editorial previews Moravia High School homecoming on Friday November 18 1946. Senior students anticipate the events while alumni return to reminisce. Tonight features girls and boys basketball against Russell with a following dance after the coronation of King and Queen.
A sixth period class studied early American writers including Irving Bryant Cooper Poe and others. Students learned Thanatopsis lines, wrote short stories, and reflected on the challenges faced by classic authors like Thoreau Emerson and Hawthorne.
Moravia High School Library Club hosted a November book fair with prices from 50 cents to 1 4 dollars. The event featured classics and popular titles like The Pearl Leaves of Grass Death Be Now Proud and Story of My Life. An annual affair, with plans to repeat next year. Also an apology story detailing two Pella Christian students who admitted damaging a boys restroom mirror and voluntarily offered to pay for the repair, earning Moravia's forgiveness.
Moravia girls boast a strong lineup led by Barb Thomas 46 point game hero in the Pella Christian matchup. Aided by Shirley Helmick Marsha Day Kay Helmick Mary Jo Wilson Janet Ahbee Judy Cochran and Marcia Walter the squad features guards and forwards with solid scoring and defensive balance.
Calendar notes an November events schedule with times. Includes a film about alcohol on November 17 at 9 45 a m and a discussion led by Wayne K Wright Director of Alcohol. Also lists assemblies by Russéll, The Mooreheads, Mr Thies at Central College and a basketball clinic in Montezuma. Thanksgiving vacation announced for Nov 24 25 with no school.
The chemistry class studies electrical force and circuits. They define terms like positive and negative poles, anode and cathode, and begin experiments to test the theory.
Derrill McDanel explains Chapter 4 on identical and common equations with emphasis on checking answers for extraneous roots. He notes the effort required, warns imagination may not help understanding, and anticipates Chapter 5 with logs and scientific notation.
Students discuss weekly two page writing tasks and upcoming book report on Cheaper by the Dozen. They may read extra credit from The Sketch Book or The Pathfinder and plan to finish the report next week.
A straightforward overview explains money as the trading medium in an economy. It emphasizes daily monetary use, saving for future needs, and paying medical costs through funds or insurance, highlighting the value of a savings account.
The message calls the student body and cheerleaders to boost morale at the Homecoming game on November 18. It urges loud cheers to boost the two MHS teams toward victory and emphasizes community participation and spirited support.
On November 2 the vocal music classes presented a fall concert with the mixed chorus opening followed by the girls and boys choruses. Small groups performed between large numbers as the stage featured hay bales. The girls sang The Alley Cat Song in sextet fashion with white gloves and black outfits, and Mx John Laws closed with Danny Boy. Linda Beal notes the performers enjoyed sharing the program and hopes the audience did too.
Joyce McDonough explains that shorthand grows more complex as phrases fuse words removing elements like of. Writers must learn varied forms and recognition is crucial for rapid reading, with two or three similar characters causing misreads.
The boys chorus discusses tackling harder music with new songs including pop tunes by Roger Miller the Beatles Gerry and the Pace makers and others. Frequent key and beat changes make accuracy challenging while they adapt to a steadier regular beat.
Gerald Stocker Bookkeeping topics cover bank deposits and services, checking and savings accounts, deposit slips, and bank statements with a practice set ahead. English IV discusses stories, letters, and poems, including The Voyage to Lilliput, a satirical Robinson Crusoe type tale with People on the island.
A class explores voting and ballots during Seferal election week. It lists five nomination methods self nomination caucus petition delegate convention direct primary and reviews Australian ballots office group and party column. If people learned to ask about voting, turnout would rise. Linda Irwin.
Chart list features Marsha Stewart and Mary Joyce Mullins with tracks including Coming On Strong Cherish Four Side of Town Lite Man and Wochester Cathedral Lady Godiva tie plus Hooray For Hazel Tears If I Were a Carpenter Little Brown Eyes and Vibrations.
Jewel Walker, daughter of Mr and Mrs Milo Walker, was born on July 2 1952 in Centerville Iowa. She is 5 ft 2 in tall with brown hair and green eyes and weighs 124 pounds.
A compiled set of student data and likes from area high schoolers including Danny Wilson born August 9 1952 Pensacola Florida height 5 ft 1 in weight 101 lbs brown hair brown eyes owner of algebra favorite subject none likes cheeseburgers and fried chicken. Sheila Wilson born November 15 1951 Centerville Iowa 5 ft 1 in 118 lbs blonde blue eyes home economics teaches Mr Hostetler favorite food fried chicken dish switched to weet pea movie Ring of Fire pet peeve none views high school as lots of work and fun. Marvin L Wright born April 25 1954 bicomuelti Iowa 5 ft 6 in 130 lbs brown hair likes Chevy chili Sugar and Spice and says high school is okay. Bill Ward Burdette Ward born November 21 1951 Albia Iowa 5 ft 10 in 150 lbs algebra and P E favorite food steak song Sugar and Spice says high school better than grade school.
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