Calvacade of Drama at Tripoli High School
The THS senior class presents a theatre in the round on Friday April 1 at 8:00 p m in the Tripoli High Auditorium. Seven scenes from five plays include Shakespeare Chekhov Sophocles and modern works The Glass Menagerie and Elizabeth the Queen. Admission is 25 and 50 cents.
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Calvacade of Drama
Tripoli High School
William Shakespeare
Macbeth
Clarence
Anton Checkhov
Boor
Sophocles
Jean Anouilh
Tennessee Williams
Suggins Sums Up Monday Blues At THS Assembly
Elmer P. Suggins speaks on Monday morning at THS about post weekend fatigue and student reactions. The piece lists 1965 66 letter winners in football wrestling and basketball across senior junior sophomore and freshman classes with coach and manager names and all conference honors.
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Ott
Samuelson
van Ahn
Mo Ray
Berst
Jim Kuhrt
Jim Krumm
Jim Burrow
Bob Towne
Mike Nuss
Bruce Bunger
Lloyd Bergmann
Allen Mueller
Dick Magnall
Sam Kehe
Dave Buchholz
Lawain Judisch
Garold Zander
Larry Boerschel
Alan Schumacher
Lionel Bergmann
Steve Ellison
Logan Harms
Karl Krumm
James Rathe
Paul A. Zander
Steve Garner
Cedar-Wapsie
Jim Krumn
Dennis Haverkamp
Duane Waterman
Darwin Boldt
Allen Heinemann
Paul Zander
Roger Buchholz
Bruce Gienau
Curtis Neuendorf
Paul
Diane Shonka
Susan Biermann
Kristy Ryan
Charleen Shonka
Marleen Shonka
Charlene Everding
Editorial: Student Council Aims to Link Faculty and Students
The THS student council acts as a bridge between faculty and students promoting school spirit and smoother operation. It highlights recent efforts like homecoming planning a watermelon feed and pennant building and seeks ideas for future programs and exchanges, stressing student cooperation.
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Senior Slants at THS Pep Rally Feature Jerelyn Fink Interview
Readable notes profile Jerelyn Kay Fink 5 5 tall with black hair and green eyes born August 16 1948 parents Mr and Mrs E J Fink also sings and belongs to Letterman's club. Larry William Luhring featured earlier in FFA Member of the Week born April 22 1948 61 inches blue eyes brown hair in Letterman's club plays baseball Luther League dislikes misbehaving classmates and plans post graduation work or military service.
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Jerelyn Kay Fink
Jerri
Cheers
E. J. Fink
Elese
Letterman’s Club
Dean Martin
Larry William Luhring
Larry
FFA
Arlen Luhring
Tripoli School Plans Summer Reading Program Under Title I
The Tripoli elementary system aims to start a six week summer reading program for students behind in reading under ESEA Title I. If approved by the State Department of Education, about 18000 will be federally financed. The start is set for June 20. The superintendent search continues after Mr. Pigg's resignation with 22 applications and four interviews in the last ten days, no finalist chosen.
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Tripoli
State Department of Education
Pigg
Board of Education
Panthers Tale Staff Roles Named for Week
This week reports list staff editor Marjorie Blume senior slants Jim Krumm roving reporter Bruce Bunger junior high Lois Peters senior high Duane Waterman Suggins Says Duane Waterman elementary Lois Peters Sue Carroll exchange column Kathy Chapin.
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Marjorie Blume
Jim Krumm
Bruce Bunger
Lois Peters
Duane Waterman
Suggins
Elmentary
Sue Carroll
Kathy Chapin
Senior High News Pronounces Heavily and Harps on Grammar
A junior English class debates pronounciation as a student reads heavily aloud. Sophomores shift to grammar. Linda Bergmann hints at Duane Waterman reading a literature poem. Confusion over Impressions of Immortality or Imitations. National math tests reveal freshmen outscoring upperclassmen. Farm Bureau Women plan small groups for March 29 and state music contest April 15-16.
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Linda Bergmann
Duane Waterman
Janet
Linda
Bruce
Farm Bureau
School Calendar March End of Third Nine Weeks
Calendar notes mark the end of the third nine weeks on March 18. Boys B B team advances to the state tournament.
Roving Reporter Seeks Pet Peeves About Girls
Bruce Bunger surveys a group of male students with blunt opinions about girls. Respondents cite issues such as skirt lengths and perceived vanity, talkativeness, note passing, and rivalrous attitudes, mixed with light humor and self awareness.
How About a 25th Hour Examines Daily Time Wish
The piece surveys 20 people on what they would do with a hypothetical extra hour each day. Sleep wins with twelve votes, study comes second, goof-off is chosen by three, and one person would not change their routine. The author notes varied benefits of an extra hour depending on the person.
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Clarence Bergmann
Richard Magnall
Eugene Dettmer
Steve Schwemm
Larry Buchholz
Max Ambrose
Lionel Bergmann
Jim Tiedt
Jack
Juniors Take the National Merit Tests at Tripoli High
Tripoli High School administered the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test to seven juniors at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday March 1. Scores will be reported by May 15 with semifinalists announced September 22, 1966.
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The Countdown
A classroom scene builds tension as time drags toward 3 36 with students restless, glances exchanged, and a lecturer fading into a brick wall. A flurry of book noises, whispers, and noise erupts at the final moment before 3 36.
Seventh Grade Adjectives Lesson Sparks Colorful Paragraphs
In Junior High, seventh grade English students practice adjectives by writing vivid paragraphs. Leon enters a moldy classroom and describes his surroundings in detailed, playful terms while Brian Foghorn arrives with a candy laden briefcase and gleeful laughter. Richard ambles in wearing black cycle boots and settles into a worn chair before dozing off.
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Leon
Brian Foghorn
Richard
Students Debate Why Grades Are Too High
In eighth grade classes students present on famous American authors including Twain Poe Emerson and Hawthorne. They also write descriptive paragraphs from alligator to zebra. Science teacher Mr Samuelson adds a crying towel display for 8 A and 8 B classes to use after tests.
Grand Opening Friday at F.T.A. Secondhand Book Store
The F.T.A. Secondhand Book store opens Friday March 18 in the lunchroom. Shoppers can browse a selection of cheap paperbacks offered at low prices.
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March Shamrocks and Kites in Mrs Fegley’s First Grade
Mrs Fegley welcomes 22 pupils to her first grade class as readers begin hardcover primers. Dioramas on the four seasons were shared with the second grade. Birds study will focus on Iowa species, with April expanding to circus and zoo animals.
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Iowa
Rock Port
Midland College
Freeport
Nebr
Nebraska
Waverly
St. Olaf College
Northfield
Minn
Tripoli
Instrumental Music Department on Rise at THS
The THS Instrumental Music Department adds new selections expanding its repertoire. Duke Ellington medley Salute the Duke features an easy beat tempo. Heat Lightning, a marching number, raises performance challenges for bands. Black Canyon of the Gunnison by Frank Erickson emphasizes deep feeling. These additions broaden the department’s musical background.
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the Duke
Duke Ellington
Black Canyon
The
Gunnison
Frank Erickson
T Club Benefit Game Set for March 25
The T-Club hosts a benefit basketball doubleheader at Tripoli High School on Friday March 25 with 75 cent adult and 50 cent student admission. First game at 7:00 features businessmen versus varsity girls. second at 8:30 pits THS faculty men against varsity boys to raise funds for new basketball equipment and warm up jackets for wrestling boys.
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T-Club
Tripoli High School
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Ott
Wahlert High School Sends 28 to State Speech Contest
The Wahlert High School speech department will send 28 finalists to the state speech contest. A sophomore class candy sale raised 432 dollars for a parish in South America. The Chieftain appoints a new staff after a journalism workshop at the University of Iowa. North High School will offer a new semester course in music appreciation.
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Chieftain
New Hampton
University of Iowa
Wahlert High School
South America
North High School
Spelling Revolt At THS Sparks Student Uprising
Reported at THS as students reject standard spellings citing a mock vocabulary test. They propose new forms such as anext for annexed and argu ous for arduous, redefining definitions to claim moral excellence and other meanings.
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THS
Danny Webster
Tripoli
THS Daze Debuts With 1965-66 Memory Book
A new student literary magazine titled THS Daze is planned with a May 1 publication date and a $0.25 price. Materials due April 1 from 7th to 12th graders will include short stories poems humorous incidents and senior wills and prophecies. Contributors should contact Kathy Chapin or Marjorie Blume for details.
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THS Daze
Kathy Chapin
Marjorie Blume
Dennis Miller Future Farmer On 93 Acre Tripoli Farm
Dennis Miller son of Bernard and Mrs. Miller lives on a 93 acre farm northwest of Tripoli. A senior in high school he has participated in vocational agriculture and is a four year FFA member. He manages three dairy cows two beef steers three sows and litters and 12 ewes. Miller helped modernize the barn by rebuilding the foundation doors digging a drain and installing water pipes. He has served on committees including conduct of meetings community service and scrap iron collection. After graduation he plans to work in a factory or on a farm.
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Dennis Miller
Bernard Miller
Tripoli
Dennis
FFA
First Grade Builds Kites March Lesson
First grade class led by Mrs. Gitch makes various kites for a bulletin board as they study seasonal changes. Mrs. Gitch, born in Fredericksburg, taught in Wartburg Monona and Fredericksburg before joining Tripoli Community Schools. She balances teaching with two preschoolers, Kelly Sue and Stuart.
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Kelly Sue
Stuart
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