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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1943
Page
11
Central announces a retrenchment in three departments as it lists a lean faculty for the 1943-44 year. War losses and ensuing staffing shifts ripple through biology, home economics, and sociology while new admissions officer Noel J. Loszan works to attract students.
A Rotary gathering at the Legion Hall in Pella featured reports from the Classification Committee chaired by Ken Bean and remarks from Rob Klein about the Music Committee. Attendees heard about open classifications, upcoming performances, and city rural relations while Rotarian Price from Akron shared a speech via Paul Angelo of Newton Club.
The Bakker sisters Sara Deanette and Miss Deanette, along with Mrs. William Ernest Davis, are identified with religious service. Sara completed training at a Bible school in May and is to study further. Deanette is enrolled at Moody Bible Institute. the third daughter works as a nurse while Mrs. Davis presides at a BR hospital. They serve under the Sunday School Union's Summer Bible School outreach.
Central College prepared to house Navy cadets in Graham Hall during wartime. The move affected dormitory use. seniors relocated, and several existing houses were refitted as dormitories to preserve liberal arts teaching. Plans included a new heating system and house staff for the cottages.
North Central Association exam committee notes need for better campus library facilities at Central College. After renovations under librarians Mrs. Vernon Bobbitt and Miss Mice Lammers, holdings grew to 18 000 volumes with about 2 000 periodicals annually. Fire disaster in 1917 did not loss any volumes. rebuilt library dedicated 1918. Marie Greiner became first full-time librarian in 1917.
Central College students show diverse religious affiliations with 152 identifying as Reformed, others as Methodist, Congregational, Lutheran, and Catholic. Women and men participate in YWCA and YM activities, and 180 are church members, while two thirds hail from Iowa. The calendar overflows with social events, intramurals, plays, lectures, and music, underscoring strong campus life and solid academic achievement.
A lightning bolt struck in a corn field belonging to Harry Calhoun near Chariton, damaging a portion of the crop. Reports describe a stalk cut about 30 inches from the ground, another burst, and others stripped of leaves.
Scouts from six troops gathered for a Knoxville Camporee spanning September 1 and 2. Troup 372 led by example slept in tents and cooked their own meals in an oak wood campsite about one and a half miles west of the city, forming many new friendships.
The article honors Miss Williams for her active summer role at the college dormitories. She managed feeding duties, cleaning, and cottage upkeep after Mrs. De Kenady’s departure, while also teaching three courses. Faculty praise her initiative and costless labor in arranging furnishings and decorations for new cottages.
The report thanks Mr. Gerald Rysdam for loaning a tent and others who offered equipment for a community activity. The campfire event concluded with a delicious chicken dinner and a final campfire gathering for all attendees.
A true Boy Scout is loyal to all to whom loyalty is due, his Scoutmaster, his home, and parents and church and country.
Eighteen Vella High School band members earned the first Band Merit Award for perfect and satisfactory attendance in the prior six weeks. Winners include Colleen Klein, Harry Weyers, Mareia Kuyper Hill Olcott, Robert Lee Lautebach, Cora Thomassen, Charles Vander Plerg, Mark Vander Ploeg, Darlene Postina, Arlyn Verpleg, Junty Vande Voort, Yue Vien Rowkel, Sta de, Dean Sadler, and Shirley De Cook. Marian Morrow won the second award for greatest achievement and received the gold cation card and free admission tickets. Honor Roll of ten top summer concert band performers displayed in the band room. changes occur every six weeks. A band picnic followed at John Robertus farm and Prome Lake with watermelon, cantaloupe, home ice cream, and lemonade.
Rainfall for the week ending September 6 measured 1.28 inches with a total 1.86 inches. the lowest temperature recorded Wednesday morning September 8 was 18 degrees. A note from UL. K. Pals reports that 110,000 average tin cans would yield scrap steel sufficient for one medium tank or two light tanks.
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