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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1946

Page

8

Senior Class To Supervise H. S. Annual

The senior class selects a long list of elected heads and supervisors for the high school's annual. Colleen Renaud leads the editorial section with Marvin Rumbaugh as the assembly head. Ruth De Jong and Berniaties Be erlee Nihart are noted for publications and the faculty board includes Betty Vander Beck and many others.

Stat Colleen Renaud Gordon Neshityan Sadler Arts Hooksenis Sper Marvin Rumbaugh Roth Voxelaar Marvin ‘Tysselin Ruth de Jong Berniaties Beerlee Nihart Selina Betty Vander Beck Ma van Gilst Erma van der Horst Gladys de Geust Katherine Tukker Nancy Bogaard Marjorie van Zee Virginia Groendyke Susan Grund Alice van Hemert Tonetta Keuning Miss Slobe Miss Sayler Mr. Rysdam

Superintendent Conference in Iowa City Attended by Mr Buerkens

Mr Buerkens attended the Thirty first Administrators conference at Iowa City on Wednesday December 4. The program focused on superintendents with demonstrations at the University Elementary School and headline speakers discussing testing emergency teaching high school curriculum and visual education.

Buerkens Iowa City University

Indianola and Osceola Games Fill Holiday Schedule

A cluttered calendar lists events at multiple towns. Indianola hosts a Dec 13 game and Dec 17 at Oskaloosa, with a Dec 18 music program in Pl auditorium and a Jan 7 Lincoln game. The Osceola game is here on Dec 20, with a vacation and meeting in January. MU High school play noted.

Oskaloosa Osceola Lincoln Abia

Schools to Give Standard Tests Across Grades

Schools cooperate with Iowa State College Ames and University of Iowa Iowa City to offer a series of standard tests. Ninth and twelfth grades take the conservation knowledge test while ninth graders begin with general science sections. A national test on Understanding of Social and Scientific Developments in the World Today checks teaching effectiveness on day to day problems.

Iowa State College Ames University of Iowa At Iowa City Greendyke Futur Todn University of Itown

Cast announced for high school suspense play

The mid year production Suspense features students Stan McBride Bud Lautenbael Mrs McBride Ruth Vogelaar Roy Bishop Jimmy Van VI Archer Artie Ruth V Stuart Marvin baugh Pauline Reverlee Mr Patni Marvin De Genre Spence fine Reverie Roberta Sheldon Vos Barbara lis Van Hemert Colleen Renaud Slim vuch De Sadler with voice announcers Gordon Nesbit. Student director Max Hoeksema and director Milton K Schultz announce the mystery comedy in three acts to be staged Thursday evening January 16.

H High School Sheen An- Suspense Stan McBride Bud Lautenbael McBride Ruth Vogelaar Roy Bishop Jimmy van VI Archer Artie Ruth Stuart Niwalee Marvin Baugh Pauline Reverlee Patni Marvin de Genre Spence Roberta Sheldon Vos Barbara Lis van Hemert Colleen Renaud Slim Vuch de Sadler Dick Lautenbach Gordon Nesbit

Students to Assist As Hall Monitors Under New Plan

The school names two student monitors per teacher to ease hallway congestion. Miss Gosselink held a meeting to confirm willing volunteers and explains new rules, aims, and future hours. Monitors start at 8:20 AM and 12:55 PM, with weekly coverage rotating twice yearly.

Gosselink Andrew Marvin Rumbaugh Ella Jane van Sittert Gordon Ni Ruth Vogelaar Beverlee Nihart Sheldon Vos Dave Prins Myrtle Evers Bob Evers Betty Vander Beek Bud Lautenbach Nancy Bogaard Ray de Jong LaVelma de Penning Kenneth Kramer Uella Dingeman Logan Vander Leest Lois Eysink Roberta Fisher Dirk van Zante

Freshman Skating Party Invites Stir Senior Girls

Bonnie T. faces pressure over inviting sophomore boys to the freshmen skating party while Mr. Greendyke questions a wooden paddle in a freezer. Don Dingeman jokes about licking it. Pocketitis is addressed and student efforts push for stopping it. Senior girls swoon over freshman RE. Student government met Monday. Darlene Halverson honored at Coffee Shop party on December 4.

Bonnie T Mr. Greendyke Don Dingeman

Fragments From a High School Journal Entry

A stream of casual notes covers Christmas break plans, social crushes, lockers, study habits, and school life. Mentions freshmen and juniors, hairstyles, a bowling alley idea, and teachers. Includes playful asides about exams and personal remarks among students.

Record at Assembly Sing Listen to Record At Assembly Sing

The record Peter and the If was played at a music assembly on Thursday with Basil Rathbone as narrator and Leopold Stokowski conducting. Various instruments represented animals in the tale. The Boys Glee Club performed The Mountain Girl, a Kentucky mountain tune, and the entire assembly sang Christmas carols.

Peter and the Basil Rathbone Leopold Stokowski

Washington D C school news and bus route update

Webster elementary students report on Washington D C landmarks and a fourth and fifth grade class newsletter. The piece notes Christmas parties, room decorations, and new bus routing extending two miles adding four riders. It also explains a basketball rule extending the final period and its effect on game timing.

Webster Edi

Indian customs and progress noted by Savararyan speaker

Mr Savararyan speaks at Velore assembly about India’s superstitions and customs. He notes past and present gender seating rules, schooling separation, and elephant baby lore, while praising caste-busting travel and language challenges. He calls for more missionaries and teachers to aid the poor as India modernizes.

India Vellore T. Savararayan Savarayan Savararayan Greendyke

Dream Ideals Of PHS Students Revealed In Snippets

The Lowdown reports on student dream characters at PHS. Rosy De Bruyn envisions a tall, tan, dark-eyed man with a neat, clean look and a warm smile. Henry Vande Kieft imagines a blonde, blue-eyed woman who is moderate in all things.

PHS Rosy de Bruyn Rosy Henry Vande Kieft

Dream Girls and Dream Men in Local Gossip Column

Readers share fantasy profiles of ideal partners detailing hair color, eye color, skin tone, height, intelligence, cooking ability, and sociable traits. Men and women described as seeking dark complexions, medium height, slender builds, and clever personalities, with several names invoked to illustrate the fashion of the moment.

June de Cook Jane

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