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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1955
Page
12
Opinion on closing school halls with gates at noon sparks student polling. Seventy students respond with twenty four against the gates, thirty in favor, and quotes noting restrictions, security, and comparisons to penitentiaries.
Room 803 hosts early spring speech activities with contests running February through April. P. H. 8. students including Herman De Jong Kathy Redeker and Ervin Roorda enter interpretive reading radio speaking dramatic declamation original oratory and debate. A one act play goes to Iowa City April 1 2 and 3. Ervin Roorda enters the American Legion Oratory Contest on a constitutional theme.
Barbara Denburger is profiled as a senior with pink and charcoal preferences. She lists favorite foods as French fries and hamburgers, goals to attend college, and a passion for basketball. She enjoys movies, dancing, and time with friends, and participates in Band G A A Honor Society Pep Club and Student Council.
Beth Brom argues for a balanced view of Pella Hill's school. She urges readers to weigh devotional periods, religious openness in class, teacher empathy, curriculum variety, and recent improvements like lockers, new construction, and a repainted wing before criticizing the school.
Inside P. H. S the Pella High band concert is set for the gymnasium on the night of January 27 at 8 00 p m. classmates tease each other about New Year s traces and fashion from Christmas. A light hallway prank and locker antics are noted with humorous schoolyard dialogue and quotes from Carol V and Wil.
After Christmas changes in rooms sparked a chaotic scene as students whispered water urgency and loud hallway chaos. Latin II theatrics and pranks by Kathy R. and Andrea B. drew attention while some boys hid in a closet as the third floor hall erupted.
In a freshman English class overheard remarks reference knee pads shin plasters Confederate money and dog autographs. Social science notes laws of trespass and a quip about suing a gopher. A box is simply a rectangle says Harley Kuiper in Mr Brunckhorst room.
A senior profile features Dirk Muyskens, 5'11\" with brown hair, from 314 Broadway. He lists athletics and baseball as favorites, aims to be an architect, and dislikes impatient teachers. He enjoys television, has toured Mexico, and participates in athletics and the letter club.
Professor Mentink spoke at Central College in January 1955 on devotion and the scripture from Philippians. He urged pressing on toward the high calling of God, noting humans are endowed with a living soul and made in God’s image, and that life’s greatest adventure is the search for God. The talk included reflections on mottos for 1955 and 1956 and the value of dedication to God over self.
A supernatural tone shifts to a solemn close as Mr Mentink concludes Devotions with prayer signaling the end of the session.
Seniors on the Duchess staff discuss approaching deadlines and the yearbook project. Joan Gosselink leads as editor while photographers document activities and hallways. Ad salesmen seek local business support for the annual feature. The Duchess aims to be the best ever.
The saying contrasts waiting with active effort, noting that patience creates chances while a hustler can seize a door to success by timely action and persistence. It frames effort as a decisive factor in achievement.
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