Editorial and Staff Lineup Summary
The page lists editors, feature writers, reporters, and a sports staff including Ellen Gidley, Maxine Logan, Roberta Wheelan, Bill Brown, Keith Gillespie, Florence Goodwin, Mary Hesseltine, Evelyn Miller, Marjorie Faulkner, Joe Pease, Shirley Peterson, Nyla Reinier, Dorothea Snyder, Marge Walker, Helen Patterson, Florence Godwin, Richard Waterus, and Mary Atchison across editorial, features, news, and junior college sports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Gidley
Maxine Logan
Roberta Wheelan
Bill Brown
Keith Gillespie
Florence Goodwin
Mary Hesseltine
Evelyn Miller
Marjorie Faulkner
Joe Pease
Shirley Peterson
Nyla Reinier
Dorothea Snyder
Marge Walker
Helen Patter
Spring Fancies Stir High School Minds
Editorial notes spring mood at a high school as students yearn for outdoors and break routine. It mentions class jaunts without faculty approval, resulting in blue slips and makeup time, while joking about watching Gone With the Wind in the process.
Graduation Reflections on Leaving School Life Behind
The piece reflects on high school graduation as a turning point when familiar friends, routines, and ideals fade away. It contrasts carefree days with the mixed emotions of pride, thrill, and regret as students prepare to enter college, work, or new lives beyond school.
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Schoo
Clubicity Plans Big Letter Club Initiation
The Letter Club will host a large initiation for basketball letter winners with a later gala announcement. Maxine Logan plans student directed one act play tryouts for forensic members. Latin club pins priced at 50 cents authorize membership. The Forensic radio section works on an Aldrich family life episode with cast Jean Applegate Richard Vanerus Ya Mae Daniel Ruth Applegate Marylin Bell Eveyn Miller Bob Marble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxine Logan
Forensic Club
Aldrich
Jean Applegate
Richard Vanerus
Ya Mae Daniel
Ruth Applegate
Marylin Bell
Eveyn Miller
Bob Marble
Washington High School Vocalists Enter District Contest
Washington High School announces selections for the District contest to be held in Wellman Friday and Saturday. Entries include Girls and Boys glee clubs, Mixed Chorus and Madrigal groups with solos and quartets. Washington competes in Class A with Iowa City and Ottumwa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd White
Washington High School
Wellman
Flower of Dreams
Boy's Glee Club
Great Lone Hills
North Land
The
Bluebirds
Aden Sweet
Washington
Iowa City
Ottumwa
Methodist Church
Twenty Eight April Birthdays at Washington High School
The April list honors twenty eight Washington High School students with birthdays. Noted celebrants include Clayton Ward, Merle Turnipseed, Margaret Hennon, Robert Sutton, Georganne Rudiger, Theresa Williams, LeRoy Williams, Maurice Koehler, Don Burger, Twila Mangold, Frances Stewart, Robert Gates, Harold Batterson, Marjorie Thompson, Betty Simons, William Houseal, William Ewing, Jane Baldridge, Norman Miller, Lafe Hamil, Lester Hamil, Stanley Wallace, Frances Porter, June Garrett, Tunis Ben Hartog, Margaret Schneider, and Richard Weeks. The month’s symbols are the daisy and the diamond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington High School
Betty Redinger
Clayton Ward
Merle Turnipseed
Margaret Hennon
Robert Sutton
Georganne Rudiger
Theresa Williams
LeRoy Williams
Maurice Koehler
Don Burger
Twila Mangold
Frances Stewart
Robert
Class Room Notes From Spring Term Activities
Class notes describe 45 days left in school with smooth test classes and occasional assemblies. Miss Shields teaches economics on exchange while the senior English class discusses Dickens and Thackeray. Third floor odors prompt a chemistry experiment note with nitrogen and ammonia. Homemaking students feel prosperous after a Buying and Furnishing course. Patton's bookkeeping class studies business ownership. LeMoine's shorthand class eyes a one hundred word award. Maasdam urges outdoor exercise as spring nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Shields
Miss Wilson
Dickens Thackeray
Miss Randall
First Woman Patent Examiners Highlighted in History
The first woman patent examiner was named in 1873 and in 1897 a woman was the first registered to proceed as an attorney before the patent office. Elizabeth Hunter of New York notes that under 100 women have worked in patent fields since inception, with fewer than 35 today. Nine are examiners, the rest patent solicitors. five of the total are chemists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Hunter
New York
American Chemical Society
United States
Patent Office
Lincoln fourth graders stage Rumpelstilskin dramatization
Lincoln School fourth grade students presented a dramatization and story for fifth and sixth graders. The group designed costumes and stage props for Rumpelstilskin with members including Mary Caldwell and Dick Fields. A second group narrated The Dog of Flanders with drawings by Jimmy Dempsey and Mary Ellen Custer among others. Helpers included Lucille Schneider and Minetta Wilson assisting with the picture stories.
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Linecoln
Rumpelstilskin
Mary Caldwell
Dick Fields
Nadene Payne
Bob Logan
Patricia Longwell
Owen Gingerich
Ruth Jane Askea
Jeanne Ellen Rudiger
Raymond Watson
John Haygreen
Hilly Askea
Sheila Ross
Dog of Flanders
Jimmy Dempsey
Mary Ellen Custer
Billy Anderson
Dick Custer
Alan Barclay
Jimmy Bradford
Earl McClure
Mary Alice Simmering
Jerry Dennison
Charles Croll
John Collett
Wanda Jones
Lucille Sehneider
Minetta Wilson
Ella Musil
E'e
Junior College Notes and Measles Quarantine Report
Miss Montgomery resumes regular teaching under English Dept supervision with Mr. Gingerich teaching college American history. Beverly Neffenegger maintains perfect attendance. The last assembly featured a South America film and a men's quintet. Biology students perform frog vivisection while Mary Donnellson is quarantined with measles signaling an outbreak.
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Miss Montgomery
Gingerich
Beverly Neffenegger
Kalona
South America
Stewart Bell
Cecil Replogle
John Lloyd Hughes
Bob Masson
Richard Hotle
Maurice Putnam
Assembly
Mary Westphal
Mildred Anderson
Mary Donnellson
Theta Mu party hints and campus chatter at Sigourney
Gossip notes from a campus night mention guests like Carl Klein Jo Brown Bob Gray Eleanor Keagy Gallen Brown Thelma Flynn RALSTON SNYDER J D Roth lisberger Red Virginia Robertson and Charles Lemley. Casual remarks touch on dating pairs, “One Shoe” nickname for Roberta Wheelan and playful line about volleyball games and campus social life.
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Theta Mu
Carl Klein
Jo Brown
Bob Gray
Eleanor Keagy
Gallen Brown
Thelma Flynn
Ralston
Snyder
J. D. Rothlisberger
Red
Misa Virginia Robertson
Charles
the Flash
Shakespearean Influence Mentioned by Halleck in Literature Note
Halleck's English Literature states Shakespeare's dramas, aside from the Scriptures, surpass all works in shaping modern English thought. Mastery of Shakespeare and the Bible, it argues, covers most of humanity's greatness outside science.
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Shakespeare
Halleck
Plans for Fourth Vocational Conference Near Completion
The Fourth Annual Vocational Guidance Conference at Washington Junior College is nearly ready for April 19 at the high school. A rehearsal for the student play and a social event are planned, with 20 speakers already engaged across fields from Agriculture with Prof Henry H Kildee to Retail Selling with DD F Barnes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Junior College
Agriculture
Henry H. Kildee
Iowa State College
Beauticians
Raymond L. Minick
Roperta
Lucy Stahl
Civil Service
Fred Downing
Washington Post Office
R. ©. Keavy
Methodist Episcopal Church
Commerce
L. V. Doughs
Dental Honors At Stewart School First Grade
The first grade pupils on the dental roll at Stewart School include Joe Satelo Janet Grecian Larry Williams Paul George Ronnie Harland Duane Dawson Mildred Stewart William Wesler Victor Manassier Donna Christner Karl Buckner Clarence Buck Ronnie Oevligen Norma Jean Eatinger Jean Cox Janet Simmering Carol Doran and Betty Jeter. They have daily inspections to encourage neat appearance and are using paints on easel pictures with Paul George Don Yeaman and Betty Jeter’s works on the bulletin board as spring signs appear with birds drawn on the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart School
Joe Satelo
Janet Grecian
Larry Williams
Paul George
Ronnie Harland
Duane Dawson
Mildred Stewart
William Wesler
Victor Manassier
Donna Christner
Karl Buckner
Charles Crone
Ronnie Oevligen
Norma Jean Eatinger
Jean Cox
Janet Simmering
Carol Doran
Clarence Buck
Betty Jeter
Don Yeaman
Hi-Life expectations for the 1940 class annual
Interviews express varied hopes for the annual with high praise for past standards. Respondents predict more pictures, more written material, and better coverage, while noting photographers roaming halls and potential surprises for students in the ultra modern issue.
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Ellen Gidley
Helen Patterson
Ww. O. Ss
Evelyn Miller
Joe Pease
Shirley Peterson
Roberta Wheelan
Mary Hensseltine
Jack Mace
Marge Thompson
Betty Stewart
Gayle Robertson
Itt
Alberta Godfrey
Mildred Meyer
Mr Meek Speaks To Science Class At City Fire Dept
The 7 3 science class at Jun ior High visited the city fire department on Wednesday March 20. Harvey Meek arranged the trip to learn about firefighting and equipment including fire extinguishers carbon tetrachloride and carbon dioxide. Students heard a test fire alarm and asked Meek about fire causes trucks and gear.
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Harvey Meek
Te «Ce
Meek
Held G R Luncheon Features Easter Talk
Last Friday noon the Girl Reserves held a luncheon with about 50 girls present. Irene Lane gave a brief talk on The Aftermath of Easter. Meals were prepared by Mrs. Oscar Lane and others including Mrs. Rhodebeck Mrs. Baldridge Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Duensing.
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Irene Lane
Oscar Lane
Rhodebeck
Baldridge
Turner
Duensing
Apple and Stringbean in the School Newsroom
A lively junior girl with honey blond hair blue green eyes and five foot six describes her schedule and clubs including Forensic and Art Clubs Girls Athletic Association and Glee Club She notes favorite foods colors programs and songs and an ambition to hold a good position on a big newspaper A senior boy matches her height and traits and is active in journalism art and clubs while working at Martin's Cleaners and dreaming of careers in advertising or forestry
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Girls’ Athletic Association
Kay Kyser
Orina Tucker
Errol Flynn
Bette Davis
Stringbean
Koya
Martin's Cleaners
Collece
Bob Hope
Orin Tucker
Linda Darnell
Cary Grant
Nick
Albert
Moaning Moon Magoon
Death rates by war show drop from Mexican to World War
The death rate from disease fell from 110 per 1000 in the Mexican war to 65 in the Civil War, 26 in the Spanish-American War, and 19 in World War I. Pneumonia was the leading killer in the World War.
Monmouth College Choir Stages Afternoon Program
Monmouth College choir of seventeen girls and fourteen boys, prompted by a telegram from Boyd White, performs a half hour concert for the student body after a prior show at the United Presbyterian church. They sing Negro spirituals Listen to the Lambs Chillun Come on Home and Dark Waters. James Owen former Washington boy leads the male quartet with The Mosquito and Then and Now. The group closes with The Red White and Crimson and the college hymn, ending with Somebody's in the Kitchen With Dinah their own twist.
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Monmouth College
Boyd White
United Presbyterian Church
Dinah
Annual Hi Life sale starts Thursday at Washington High
Washington High School hosts a student staff assembly for the new Hi-Life annual with Richard Weeks as MC. The program includes songs, jokes, and senior pictures notes, with Lucille Murphy and Dorthea Snyder leading dedications and a humorous finale about ordering the annual. Prices announced for activity ticket holders and single-semester purchasers.
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Hi-Life
Richard Weeks
Washington High School
Lucille Murphy
Norene McFarland
Don Shepard
Miss Flood
Dorthea Snyder
Bette Michels
Home Sweet Home
Irene Lane
Florence Godwin
Richard Minick
Marion Ferguson
Marge Faulkner
Jack Mace
Helen Raber
Letter Club
John Gardner
Richard Knupp
Miss Wilson
Bob Flynn
Bob
Carl Klein
Bo Brown
Marjorie Paulkher
Phyllis Crayne
Three Boys Nominated For Hawkeye State Conference
Election held Tuesday chose Richard Anderson Terry Anderson James Gallagher Robert Houseal and Francis Ralston as nominees for the Hawkeye Boys State Conference on June ninth. After counting votes Lick Anderson Robert Houseal and James Gallagher were elected. The selections are described as well chosen and representative.
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Hawkeye
Richard Anderson
Terry Anderson
James Gallagher
Robert Houseal
Francis Ralston
Lick Anderson
Wayland Hi-Y Guests Visit Washington Hi-Y
Wayland Hi-Y led by President Graber visits Washington Hi-Y at the Y M C A. The joint meeting featured Wayland and Washington cabinets and quartets presenting year’s work before games of basketball, ping pong, and swimming.
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Wayland Hi
Mace
Washington Cabinet
Washington
Demon Track Team Prepares After Iowa City Meet
After a strenuous meet in Iowa City last Friday the Demon squad returns to hard training. Coach Maasdam emphasizes fast starts and endurance runs for the quarter, half, mile, and dash events to secure pole position in future meets. Field event work targets better form and higher records. Practice runs 4:00 to 6:30 nightly except weekends. Jean Applegate and Richard Wanerus.
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Iowa City
Maasdam
Paid Subscription Options Mentioned With Cash Rates
The notice lists subscription costs for the year and annual plans. It notes a cash price of 1.50 and an installment option of 1.00 now plus 50 upon delivery. June Goodwin is named as the pianist for the assembly.
College Musicians Entertain Rotarians
Junior college musicians entertained the Rotary Club during a semi monthly meeting. Under Mr White supervision the group performed a men's quartet Cecil Replogle Stewart Bell Robert Masson Jon Hughes sang two numbers a piano solo Paul Fry Frances Sartor solo and a duet with John Hughes. John Hughes closed with a trombone solo. The troupe also visited West Chester Brighton and Kalona High Schools singing and playing last Monday.
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Rotary Club
White
Cecil Replogle
Stewart Bell
Robert Masson
Jon Hughes
Aul Fry
Frances Sartor
John Hughes
West Chester
Brighton
Kalona High School
Jones to present unique assembly at school event
On April 9 students will be entertained by C. E. Jones with his Dancing Electrons show at a paid assembly. A committee of twenty seven school men calls the program the most wonderful of its kind. Jones will demonstrate sound you can see light you can hear narrow casting and the mechanical man.
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C. E. Jones
Mr. Jones
Mr Jones
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