Good Books on Hobbies Featured for Review
A school library week highlights My Musical Life by Walter Damrosch profiling America's notable musician born in Breslau and his New York career. Also featured are Stamp Collecting by Henry Renouf Hunting with the Microscope by Gaylord Johnson and Tested Sentences That Sell by Elmer Wheeler with a Chamber of Commerce talk on April 7 at 8 o'clock admission 50 cents.
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Walter Damrosch
America
Breslau
Silesia
Henry Renouvf
Gaylord Johnson
Carnegie Fund
Carnegie
Elmer Wheeler
Chamber of Commerce
Wheeler
Garden Time for Kindergarteners in Wallace
Kindergarteners in Wallace discuss home gardens a nd decide to plant one away from play areas. They choose short season vegetables like onions radishes and lettuce and visit Fast End store for seeds. Children take turns spading raking and planting as they learn about sunshine rain and warm weather. They plan a year end party serving their garden vegetables as refreshments.
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Wallace
WHS Musicians to Give Concert at High School
Washington high school music department presents a concert featuring district contestants in the auditorium Tuesday at 7 30. Performances include Winter Song Bullard Sleep Weary World Linders and several ensembles such as the Girls Glee Club Boys Glee Club and mixed chorus with numerous named performers and instrumental groups.
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Washington High School Music Department
Bullard Sleep
Linders
Valse
Tschaikowsky
Marley
Roberton
Heights Children Help Build Operetta Playset
Heights youngsters, with mothers and teachers, contributed notably to the operetta project. They designed and prepared posters for advertisements, providing the best quality of promotional material possible.
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the Heights
Meeting of Seniors Chooses Colors Motto and Flower
Senior class meeting led by president Dave Pearson last Monday selected blue and silver as colors, the motto Out of the harbor into the sea, and the rose as flower. Committees were chaired by Bob Benson and Fern Durst. Seniors also vote on announcements this week.
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Dave Pearson
Bob Benson
Fern Durst
Students Choose History Subjects In Seventh Grade
Seventh grade history covers America from discovery to the Revolutionary War with projects ranging from health safeguards to colonization to drawing horn books and copying poems. The approach aims to diversify methods, appeal to interests, and develop initiative, reading, and expression beyond the basics.
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America
George Washington
Lord Fairfax
Richard
Tommy Tucker
Skylark
Plummer Designs Scenery for Indian Princess Operetta
Anna Plummer a Heights school junior designed and painted the flats for the Indian Princess operetta. She spent about ten hours on oil scenes, using charcoal sketches before painting. Observers praised the scenery as remarkably lovely and fitting the mood of the show.
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Anna Plummer
Heights
Miss Plummer
Anna
Fourth and Fifth Graders Create Indian Art Displays
From an art class project, pairs of students made posters and stencils depicting Indian designs with real meanings. Posters covered various locations including Geraldine Bartow and others in schools and stores. Younger students painted costumes and adornments, while older students worked on legends and dances.
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Herman Doran
Clarabell Blodgett
Marilyn Stewart
Billy Gallagher
Billy Waggoner
Joe Goodlander
Carl Little
Dorothy Ann Hotle
Lorena Raymond
Naida Lee Breitenbach
Ina Belle Gault
Geraldine Stewart
Geraldine Bartow
Billy Peters
Eugene Hotle
Keith Cook
Marjorie Winn
Mary Blodgett
Kenneth Palmer
Norman Simmering
Jimmie Easter
Jesse Wenger
Plans for Second Guidance conference at Washington Junior College
Weekly progress on the Washington Junior College Second Guidance conference includes invitations to 22 local high schools. Miss Nama Lathe from Cornell College leads Fine Arts, while Leroy Pratt runs a Banking and Investments section. Dr Carry Newburn, C A Davis, and a film-based third session outline vocational guidance and applied guidance across three sessions and fifteen professions.
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Washington Junior College
Harland Mead
Nama Lathe
Cornell College
Miss Lathe
Cornell
Armstrong Hall
Leroy Pratt
Carry Newburn
C. A. Davis
Student Musicians and Hobbies Spotlight Maxine Taxter and Don Beenblossom
In a school snapshot, Maxine Taxter, active in glee club chorus and more, details her musical talents and hobbies, from piano to violin and poetry. Senior Donald Beenblossom participates in band and choir, with a baritone horn solo and a love of Tommy Dorsey.
Mary Lynn Hellman Joins Sigourney High Junior Class
Mary Lynn Hellman of Sigourney, 5 feet 4 inches, brown hair and dark eyes, will represent the high school with a bassoon solo at the District Music contest in Davenport next Friday. She plans to attend Coe College after graduation and majors in American History and Literature while studying typing and shorthand. Her hobbies center on music as she plays bassoon in the band and orchestra and enjoys dancing, with “Song of India” as a favorite number and the Chase and Sanborn hour on the radio. She plans to join G. R. soon.
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Maxine Taxter
Maxine
Mary Lynn Hellman
Sigourney
Mary
Coe College
Davenport
Indian Story Rewritten from 1938 Child Life Magazine
A brief note explains that the piece is a modern rewrite of a tale originally printed in the 1938 Child Life magazine. The adaptation preserves core themes and characters while updating language for contemporary readers.
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Child Life” Magazine
University Vocalists To Present Recital
The Drake University glee club under Miss Marguerite Corbin will give a vocal recital in Washington on April 6 at eleven in the morning. Admission includes a paid assembly for students and Washington residents with activity tickets or a general fee of twenty five cents at the door.
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Drake University Glee Club
Marguerite Corbin
Washington
High school students praise faculty and activities
Students showcase esteem for the caring faculty and friendly peers. They cite assemblies early dismissals and varied courses, plus sports and music as standout features of Washington High School.
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Iowa
Huber
Bill Walker
Peg Flemmer
Dale Voorhees
Jean Essley
Gordon Carstensen
Ellen Giddley
Francis Ralston
Jean Davis
Bill Phillips
Peg Welte
Washington High School
Ralph Schoonover
John Killian
Parlor gossip on campus hookups and secrets
A anonymous columnist recaps campus rumors about Milo Steele and several women, noting nightly partners and a mix of crushes, squabbles, and alleged rivalries. The column cartoons the social scene with names like Betty Redinger Esther Hayes Mary Donaldson and Roberta Taylor and ends with a flourish from Peter the Parasite.
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Milo Steele
Betty Redinger
Esther Hayes
Mary Donaldson
Jean
Bill
Archie Horak
Henry S
T. J
Roberta
Taylor
George Green
Duane
Margaret
Dave
Peg
Jack Trotman
Gin Stutsman
Father Masson
Margaret Jean
Beanie
Peter the
Washington High Students Prepare for Iowa City Practice Debate
Iowa City debate squad will visit Washington High School this Thursday to face six Washington students. The practice centers on the resolution for unicameral legislature. Washington team members include Virginia Chalupa, Maxine Logan, Father Mayes, Donald Marek, Wilma Thompson and Faye Holland.
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Iowa City
Washington High School
Washington
Virginia Chalupa
Maxine Logan
Father Mayes
Donald Marek
Wilma Thompson
Faye Holland
Change in manual training plan noted by Mr Bickel
Mr Bickel announces a shift in manual training to broader subjects beyond vocational aims. New offerings include metal work electricity and automobile tech with emphasis on forming judgment through craft, not just skills. Garalin a malleable finished resin is introduced for student projects and polish techniques are taught with rubbing compounds.
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Mr. Bickel
Howard Little
Third Grade Teams Up For New Magazine Work and Play
Lincoln third graders create a monthly magazine titled Work and Play featuring original compositions poems riddles humorous sections experiments and books to read. This is their first such project and they plan more like it throughout the year.
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Lincoln
Girl's Basketball Tournament Set With New Practices
The Girl's Athletic association angles for a rapid season with ping pong hikes roller skating and other sports to earn letters locally and state. Practices begin to build teamwork before the basketball tournament and class managers will track attendance and points.
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Girl's Athletic Association
Ione Steele
Henrietta Marble
Joan Brown
Virginia Stutsman
Helen Louise Hobbs
Girl Reserves Host Hi-Y Boys Party At Y M C A
The Girl Reserves held a scavenger hunt party for Hi-Y boys last Thursday night. Groups searched for fifteen articles within an hour, with the winning team receiving a box of candy. Refreshments followed at the Y M C A with committee members listed.
Whispers and Weeks of School Talk In March
A collage of classroom chatter mentions spring fever, tests, card looks, and plans for a J.C. picnic while noting Mussolini and Uncle Sam in jokes about farming. It references room 200 temperature, road hazards, and various students and staff as the term progresses toward June.
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Mussolini
Sam
Literary Corner Portrait of Maxine Baxter
A poem defends Maxine Baxter against rumors of being queer, plain, or dull. The speaker counters gossip with a bold affirmation of her beauty and value, praising her kindness, duty, and charm.
Where Did the Wild Bird Go by Anna Plummer
A reflective verse about a wild bird that flies across dew drenched clover. The speaker recalls music of the rain and blossoms, wonders where the bird rests, and imagines distant skies beyond known nests and familiar maples.
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Anna Plummer
College Cast Works On Play Green Stockings
The college cast for Green Stockings works toward perfection with heavy emphasis on memorization and stage detail. Miss Keeney selected a fine group including Arthur Bishop as Admiral Grice, Samuel Wittmer as Reb Tarver, Anna Plummer as Celia Faraday, Esther Smith as Aunt Ida, Dee Klepfer as Madge, Betty Hamill as Evelyn, Lawrence Whisler as Steele, Milburn Krabill as Raleigh, Gene Tucker as Faraday, John Liom Singhes as Martin, and others in supporting roles.
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Miss Keeney
Fime
Admiral Grice
Arthur Bishop
Rebtr Tarver
Samuel Wittmer
Celia Faraday
Anna Plummer
Ida
Esther Smith
Thyllis
Muggs Hardy
Faraday
Gene Tucker
Raleigh
Felow
Milburn Krabill
Steele
Gad
Lawrence Whisler
Madge
Dee
Klepfer
Evelyn
Betty Hamil
Martin
John Liom Singhes
Centennial Pupils Explore Snake Life In Class Project
Second and third graders at Centennial worked with Miss Peck on a biology project about garter snakes. They observed travel, eye use, tongue function, and how to distinguish poisonous from nonpoisonous snakes with student speeches and exhibits.
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Centennial
Miss Peck
John Masson
Rex West
Pepe Patterson
Carol
Jem Fisher
Joan Glasgow
Southeast Town District Music Contest Schedule
The Southeast Town District Music Contest will be held near Enport High School with many events at Pirree House and the high school auditorium. Times include 8:20 Piano at Parrish House and 8:50 Girls Glee Club at the School Auditorium, continuing through 8:05 Mixed Small Group at Parrish House and 8:20 Boys Small Vocal Gros.
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Ty Oeenport High School
Pirre& House
Parrish House
I¢S
Rish House
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