Diller School News Speech Plays and Staff List
School bulletin from Diller highlights staff and grade assignments. Robert Thompson leads dramatic activities with Gerald Garrele and Carolynn Clark assisting. Teachers for 4th through 8th grades include Robt Glathar Keith Hudson Sybil Fasnacht Farnest Garrels and Clara Achtemeier with several grade-specific roles.
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Robert Thompson
Gerald Garrele Wood
Eras Carolynn Clark
Scott Miller
Keith Hudson
Rob’t Glathar
Sybil Fasnacht
Farnest Garrels
Clara Achtemeier
Four Weeks to Graduation Dreams and Real World Facts
Editorial notes seniors finish four weeks of school and seek freedom. The piece warns that world realities will dispel “air castles” and require individual effort to transform naked facts into reason and good sense as the real pleasure of achievement.
Track notes cover endicott meet and class B results
Coach Ludington led 15 Diller track athletes to Fairbury for the Endicott Invitational. Diller athletes won several events with D. Garrels first in the mile and G. Garrels fourth, Cunningham second in the half mile, Garton third in the 440, and both Diller relay teams placing fourth. Mahaska Kansas won, followed by Alexandria Endicott and Diller. In York Nebraska, D. Garrels was second in the mile and B Cunningham fourth in the 880. Diller hosted six Pioneer Conference schools on April 25 with Endicott the prior year's victor.
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Ludington
Fairbury
Endicott
Diller
D. Garrels
G. Garrels
Cunningham
Garton
Mahaska
Kansas
Alexandria
Dale Garrell
Bernard Cunningham
York
Nebraska
Garrels
B. Cunningham
Seniors stage Her Emergency Family farce in three acts
The Seniors selected as their play Her Emergency Family, a three act farce comedy. Try-outs were held before faculty members with Superintendent Sinkey directing the production. Cast includes Mise Jane Meek Hope Benz Annie Doris Hudson Bella Elda Krebs Kate Storm Elizabeth Green Bunoy Brown Myrtle Hutchison Larry Carr Gerald Bowen ed Bliss Max Johnson Hannah Steele Leona Sed Chuck Jones Elmer Sasse Henry Black Reuben Fanders.
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Superintendent Sinkey
Mise Jane Meek
Hope Benz
Annie
Doris Hudson
Bella
Elda Krebs
Kate Storm
Elizabeth Green
Bunoy Brown
Myrtle Hutchison
Larry Carr
Gerald Bowen
Ed Bliss
Max Johnson
Ee Hannah Steele
Leona Sed
Chuck Jones
Elmer Sasse
Henry Black
Reuben Fanders
Carnival a Success at The Merrymaker Paradise Carnival
A community carnival reported a successful event with attendees enjoying activities and modest proceeds for the activity fund. Organizers note that carnival business should be built up like any other enterprise to sustain future events.
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Merrymaker Paradise Carnival
Music Selections Planned for School Banquet and Commencement
The department reports little news this week and is choosing music for the Junior Senior Banquet bac calaureate and commencement ceremonies.
Scholastic Contest Tales From Pioneer Conference
Mr Ludington led thirteen Diller students to the Pioneer Conference Scholastic contest at Reynolds. Not all papers are corrected yet but results show Scott Miller with first in American Literature and Jean Bond third in Algebra.
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Ludington
Diller
Pioneer Conference
Reynolds
Scott Miller
Jean Bond
Senior Notes Highlight Art and Music Curriculum
The Drawing Reviews class builds portfolios on the three elements and five principles of art and creates color charts. The music class studies three part music and composers Schumann and Mendelssohn. English 12 reads The Mill on the Floss. The Professional Training class discusses discipline with the motto As is the teacher so is the school.
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Schumann
Mendelssohn
Punctuation, Iron, and Pioneer Scholastics
The English class emphasizes punctuation as essential for clear language and the need to see the world beyond. It notes iron as a key metal, its production from pig iron to wrought iron, and mentions juniors competing in pioneer scholastic contests: Lucille Findling, Scott Miller, Dale Close, and Serenus Viers.
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Lucille Findling
Scott Miller
Dale Close
Serenus Viers
Notable historical figures in a school notes snippet
The World History course highlights Napoleon Bonaparte and three peers, Alexander the Great Julius Caesar and Hannibal. An English class finished Book 1 of The Tale of Two Cities and described friends and pets in guessing games. Bill Green remained unidentified. The Geometry class continues.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Alexander the Great
Julius Caesar
Hannibal
Clases
Bill Green
Similar Polygons Next in Nebraska Class Review
The class completed a chapter on propositions and proportional line segments and now moves to Similar Polygons. Nebraska’s Agriculture and Geography course notes fruit production along the Missouri River and widespread flowering across the state with wild growth in many localities.
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Nebraska
Missouri River
Freshman Class Reports On Treasure Island And Coriolanus
A report on English class work notes correcting sentences from Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson and Story of Coriolanus. Coriolanus is described as a proud patrician who defeated Rome’s foes only after his mother and wife pleaded.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Coriolanus
Rome
Seventh and Eighth Grade Notes on Upcoming Tests
The notes report review for seventh and eighth grade examinations on Tuesday and Wednesday. Reading class finished In Flanders Field by McCrae last week. Friday April 28 will be observed as Educational Day.
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Flanders Field
McCrae
Grade Reports and Class Activities Summary
The fifth grade Geography class studied Novia Scotia and Canadian provinces with strong pupil reports. The 5th and 6th Grade Health classes cover teeth care. Students plan a rock and Japanese village sand table linked to a Japan study. Dale Weaver was absent with a weekend injury. Honor roll members include Esther Lamb Betty Grabber Shirley Garrels Ana Nicholson Marilyn Miller Denice Anderson. Perfect spelling students listed include Betty Grabber Margery Nippert Esther Lamb Wilma Thompson Marilyn Miller Denice Anderson Rodger Arntt Shirley Garrels Jon Nicholson Mary Ann Cunningham.
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Japan
Dale Weaver
Esther Lamb
Betty Grabber
Shirley Garrels
Ana Nicholson
Marilyn Miller
Denice Anderson
Margery Nippert
Wilma Thompson
Rodger Arntt
Jon Nicholson
Mary Ann Cunningham
First Through Third Grade Notes on Weekly Booklets
The notes list three grade level booklets Our Helpers Phonetic Booklets and My Book of Poems for this week. Patrick Cunningham has been absent due to illness. First and second grades have memorized My Policeman and The Postman. Third grade pupils are learning multiplication tables and solving division problems.
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Patrick Cunningham
Four Flood Control Methods Outlined by Captain Clay
Captain L N. Clay explains flood control as a fourfold approach. Levees hold floodwaters in place, channels are enlarged to carry more water, emergency auxiliary channels divert excess flows, and reservoirs store surplus water for safe release.
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Olean Ribber
L N. Clay
Isle of Pines Letter From Santa Fe Resident Describes Island
A cousin from Santa Fe describes Isle of Pines Cuba, detailing its size about 34 by 43 miles, year round temperatures 65 to 85, yearly rainfall around 70.73 inches, soft drinking water, a nearby radio active mineral spring, marble mountains, tropical fruits, coconut palms, and daily trade winds. The note mentions parrot sightings and that most Cuban travel by horse.
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Francis
Santa Fe
Isle of Pines
Cuba
Island of Pines
Europe
South America
United States
Isle of Pines Cuba Visit Describes Homes Climate and People
Dr E V Johnson recounts a voyage to Santa Fe Isle of Pines Cuba dated March 20 1937 describing rough wooden alcoves of 1x6 boards bound with swamp grass thatched roofs and log foundations. He notes a population around 200 Americans and 2000 Cubans, Spanish influenced customs, mahogany forests on the southern coast, warm surf water, and a salubrious climate rated among the world’s best.
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Spain
Havana
Cuba
Hanover
Isle of Pines
E. V. Johnson
Santa Fe
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Editorial
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Novia
Scotia
Canada
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Davis & Son
Fairbury, Nebraska
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