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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1964
Page
5
Editorial notes Thanksgiving as a holiday for gratitude across professions, then shifts to a gym class for girls with tumbling, headstands, monkey bars, and calisthenics. It comments on the coach's focus on future talents and humor about athletic effort, ending with Patty Rogers.
The coach is preparing freshmen girls for high school through twice weekly gym workouts focusing on physical readiness for the new school year. The program emphasizes foundational fitness and habit formation to support overall well being.
In Industrial Arts last week Derrill McDanel reports students prepared notebooks and organized their work for a bulletin board display during parents night. They tackled designing a bookshelf noting arcs for rounded edges and began drawing to scale.
In Mr Horridges Algebra 1 class students learn to make formulas from rules and from tables and then simplify them. A formula should be written in its simplest form to reduce work. Judy Stuffelbeam.
An American history class for juniors studies the Jacksonian Era from Jackson’s presidency to Whig rise. It highlights the era as a beginning of broader democracy driven by the New West and labor. It raises questions on women’s rights slavery and temperance still echoing today.
After a six week test, we spent time in review and took another test on Friday. The exercise aimed to gauge improvement as we prepare for the next six weeks with Maribeth Johnson guiding us.
Reports on color were given by Ann McDonough Debbie Van Dorin Janet Rhee Linda Beal and Marsha Stewart. All the girls are on committees and will report on fabric style buying and construction. Debra Walker
Paula Cleaver mentions rhododendron as her mother’s favorite supper. Several students respond with mixed experiences including a claim of tasting like rat poison and others noting attempts or coincidences with flowers during study hall.
Richard Mosley was chosen as the Teen of the Month for November. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Mosley and attends school with subjects including World History English II geometry and courses in basketball baseball band and student council. His favorites include the name Wendy Brad the song Big Man in Town and his pet peeve is people that don’t know their place. He enjoys watching TV and playing pool.
The text links Lincoln and Kennedy by parallel facts including election years 1860 and 1960, assassinations with wives present, shooters Booth and Oswald, and successors named Johnson. It notes births 1808 and 1908 for the Johnsons, dates and venues, secretary warnings, and letter counts in names, ending with a citation from Dordt College Diamond.
Students describe learning to build compound and complex sentences using coordinating and subordinating conjunctions. They study relative pronouns and adjective clauses, diagramting them in sentences with their English teacher Mr Evah.
A typing unit explains six weeks of timed writings one and three minutes. One minute allows two errors and three minutes allows six. If errors exceed limits, students fail the chart. Names are listed but lines vary. Pammy Sue.
Mary Kay notes that in sophomore Home Ec the class finishes jumpers and skirts. Girls press and hem their garments, model them, and receive grades from Mrs. Selix as the six weeks end. If you see new outfits, they are learning sewing in Home Ec.
The band features many instruments with two main horn types woodwinds and brass. It notes a variety of instruments within these categories and aims to explain their roles.
The band includes cornets trumpets tubas tirom boties French horns brass horns woodwinds with clarinets saxophones flutes bassoons and percussion. Members travel to state contests and school tours giving concerts, showing the hard practice behind the pleasant sounds.
The Boys Chorus advanced repertoire includes Five Hundred Miles by the Kingston Trio and short songs like Mary and Martha Good Bye My Love Good Bye to fix breath control and pitch. Last Wednesday they practiced Do Re Mi to improve breath support and diction. Last Thursday chorus members sang at the Alfalfa banquet.
In Mrs Walter's Reading class seventh graders study paragraph meanings and practice antonyms and synonyms while also doing extra research work for deeper understanding.
In Mrs Foster’s Social Studies class students study world trade while Mr Saco teaches fractions in Math and Kid Science covers the metric system atoms and elements. Miss Sherars English class writes themes and Spanish class expands vocabulary. The 7th grade roster includes Donna Rhee Linda Ballenger Irene Brozovich Carolyn Cooper Dixie Davis Roger Davis Nicky Dicks Martha French Dennis Gardner Linda Hiatt Mary Hawk Sheryl Landgrebe Donald Leffler Bryan Leslie Teresa Lonnan Reggie Marlan Joyce McCory Jody McDanel Linda Mobley Connie Renwick Sharon Reigal Loline Rowley Linda Self Mona Sinclair David Spilman Kenneth Stoker Jane Stufflebeam Gary Tisue Dean Tomlin Elaine Van de Pal Jewell Walker Bill Ward Danny Wilson Sheila Wilson Marvin Wright Richard Cortesio Billye Shrader Kenneth Underwood Joyce McDonough.
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