09 Jan 1941
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Newspaper
Moulton Weekly Tribune
Location
Moulton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1941
Page
1
Editorial by a high school senior cohort urges the Class of 1941 to stop drifting toward graduation and use the final semester to think independently, work hard, and gain real, self guided learning rather than parroting others. It laments wasted time and the looming dread of semester tests as a dark shadow over the school.
Reprinted essay argues athletics shape boys by building courage, discipline, and resilience. It defends football and basketball as proper outlets for energy, teaching good losers, promoting health, and steering youth away from trouble. Emphasizes organized play over idle mischief and the link between physical fitness and prudent life choices.
Orris Umpferman vows to polish his shoes weekly and Miss Mickey pledges to wear her black silk dress to school. Maxine White restricts nights out, Charles Waggoner commits daily workouts, and Francis Davis aims to attend class on time. William Starr pledges greater effort in 1941.
The source presents a parade of brief jokes and witticisms: an opening mind reader gag by Ralph N a magician exchange with a boy, a moon compliment, a self praising remark, a question about compliments, a road salesman quip about Hitler, a meal effort pun, a ladder of success quip, and a voice modulation joke.
Speech on self-government urges youth to pursue unwavering self discipline and communal peace. A student asks how long girls should be courted, prompting a quip that it should be the same as for short girls, reflecting era humor and classroom banter.
A collage of school gossip from M H S and Centerville includes teased romances skating nights and a chili recipe from a senior boy. Readers are urged to discuss a community projects idea stressing personal responsibility and local pride to improve Moulton.
A letter advocates reviving Moulton’s prewar vitality by establishing a paper mill. It cites railroads C B and Wabash, E. Wood and Company, and WPA labor as potential workforce. Arguments stress cheap living, water supply, suitable raw materials, and coal, urging community cooperation to address underlying problems.
The class reports rehearse shorthand reading after vacation and notes progress in vowels omission, business forms, prefixes and suffixes to boost speed. Economics covers Eagle Laws by a German, linking income to spending on necessities. Bookkeeping students aim for a semester pin with a doubled two month set. Typing notes steady work and two speed tests before semester end.
Monroe Jarvis reads a winning county contest selection urging youth to wield discipline for democratic freedom. The speech argues democracies drift from liberty to ordered discipline, citing Will Durant and warnings about defining democracy through self restraint, duties, and personal responsibility.
Schedule lists games from January 9 at Unionville through February 28 at Moravia with locations here or there. Includes February County Tournament and note of Eldon January 14 boys game and Mystic February 18 at home.
A speaker argues the home, church, and school must unite to build self disciplined citizens. He emphasizes the home as the first educational center guiding children, with churches and schools reinforcing moral and religious principles to counter modern religious chaos.
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