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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1941
Page
4
Pella High Spirit 3 is issued weekly by the pupils of Pella Schools in Pella Iowa with January 9 1940 noted in Vol 4. The paper reflects school life activities and student voices from Pella.
The Pella High five host Osceola on January 15 in a South Central Town Conference matchup likely to be tight. Osceola, coming off a 41-16 loss to Knoxville, seeks revenge after last year’s 22-14 Pella win. Pella, after a 39-22 setback to Knoxville, aims to rebound against a veteran Osceola squad.
Pella High faces Chariton on Friday Jan 10 in a South Central Town Conference game on the opponents court. The Little Dutchers hope for a winning streak after last year's two wins over Chariton and a recent knock by Knoxville.
Maurice Birdsall, P. IL 8, dramatics instructor, attended a joint meeting of the National Convention of Teachers of Speech and the American Educational Theater Association in Washington. He left December 28 and returned after a hockey week, noting the association’s four years of activity and notable achievements in high school educational drama.
A student visiting Washington toured the Shakespeare Folger Library and collected pictures and ideas for a Macbeth study in his literature class. He missed a week of school but enjoyed time with Washington friends.
Pella High defeated Indianola in a rough Friday night game at the local gym. Pella led 9-3 after the first period, but Indianola narrowed the gap with a strong second quarter. Pella surged after halftime to secure a comfortable margin as Kempires led scoring, with McKirgan and Jones shining for Indianola. The Pella seconds followed with a 26-17 win, Van Berkum and Menning standing out for the Little Dutch.
Groendyke leads the list followed by Ver Heul Hopley Birdsall Healy Miller and Dockendorff, detailing class standings in a compact roster style for the home room.
The Brown and Meneley Company presents Music with Personality at the high school on Monday January 13 in Tuam. The program features vibra-harp saxophone ono and two baritone voices in popular melodies sure to please fifth through high school students. Now touring nationally, they bring a lively assortment of entertainment praised by schools and audiences alike.
The Farm Crop boys study grain sack tags and sack specifications to gain knowledge. They expect to map their farm starting next week, examining soil types to decide which crops to plant.
Entertainment swelled during the Pella-Indianola game as Luella Vander Waal and young pupil Sally Jo Vor Dugh staged a twirling exhibition. The Pella Hi Pep Band works on victory marches in uniforms, while plans for a January 30 vocal program stir student activity.
Public admirer describes visits to Webster Grade School and Pella High in Iowa. Notes Miss Reavers and Miss Streyfeller guiding first and second graders in projects on Eskimo clothing study, grocery store role play, and winter bird feeding. Mentions student scrapbooks sent to University of Iowa Hospital and predicts standards of living will rise.
Reports show fifth graders with excellent attendance led by land Van Ee and Edward Goemaat as well as Howard Jaarsma Shirley De Cook Gene Vayce Raymond Pope LaVelma De Penning Gertrude Steenbock Mary Jane Menninga Marie Neifert Josephine Hargraves. The note mentions a stenographer leaving and a humorous request for a dogpateh ehyler.
Miss Marie Healy of P H S Commercial attended the Commercial Teachers Convention at the Sherman Hotel in Chicago December 27 and 28. About 1,500 teachers from public and private schools discussed typing, shorthand, student personality development, and the banquet events, with Healy reporting profit and enjoyment from the meeting.
Knoxville Panthers defeated the local junior high squad 12 to 10 as Brown of Knoxville led scoring with Dingeman and Willie Vanden Berg adding most baskets. The second string Knoxville team also posted a 20 to 10 win in a separate contest.
A reader notes on a rainy day warning to stay on walks and avoid side alleys. Students from the northeast use the alley daily for speed and habit, seeking a shorter path amid wet conditions.
Community leaders urged making the alley passable in all weather with crushed rock to ease daily use. Mentions Madeline Diekema finishing a soldier blue skirt, Lorraine LeCocq's brown skirt, Jo Bean's swing skirt, and weaving designs in wood decorating. Curtain committee advances on colfar drapes. Bets on a possible style show plus student fashion notes and class projects.
Coach Miller's sociology class has studied Education and the North Central Association plus its benefits and purpose. The next problem the class will take is the Semester Test.
The meeting opened with President Marjorie Van Wyk. Secretary Jeanette Lankelma read and approved the prior minutes. Nineteen members attended roll call. Howard Halverson reported on Home Room basketball and four rooms faced sponsorship and practice time issues. Mr Buerkens, the student council sponsor, raised a request concerning Mr Steve Cobuhar to adjust the assembly date from January 21.
January 23 report notes A. J. Draper, a youth problems speaker, addressed Junior and Senior boys and girls last year and is requested to return. A motion calls Wednesday Home Room plans by Miss Hopley, Miss Hepfinger, and Mr. Dockendorff for faculty discussion. Adjournment motions by Marjorie Van Wyk, President, Jeanette Lankelma, Secretary.
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