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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1937
Page
6
Centennial school reports fifth grade geography on South America and the Amazon valley. Pupils read The Romance of Rubber noting Columbus and Goodyear, rubber harvesting and uses. Several students earn silver stars for spelling and conduct. lists of top performers follow.
Local Junior High music groups prepare for a 7:30 p.m. concert in the high school auditorium. Seventh and sixth grade choruses perform a suite of songs chosen from a long list of student performers.
The Washington junior college hosts a Guidance Conference inviting high school seniors from Washington county and nearby areas. Dr. Longo Jones of the State University of Iowa opens with Who Should Come to College, followed by concurrent 45 minute sectional talks by leaders from Drake University, Iowa Wesleyan, J C Penney, and more.
John Coulter and Dorothy Blanchard lead the cast in the Junior College production Big Hearted Herbert. The group rehearses final dress, props, and lines as students and local seniors plan to attend with tickets 35 cents, box at Phillips and Hebner Drug Store.
A Tuesday evening banquet at the Christian church hosted by the Girl Reserves for eighth grade girls. About 140 attendees included reserves, sisters and teachers. The menu featured creamed chicken on biscuits, vegetables, salad, hot rolls, jam, angel food cake and strawberries. Ruth Smith presided with songs and talks by Ruth Negus Gail Davis and Carol Forsy.
The music department adds a phonograph for the Music Appreciation class as students prepare for the State Music Contest. The Boys Quartet and mixed quintet will perform next Thursday morning. the girls sextet Thursday afternoon. the girls glee club Friday morning. and the mixed chorus Friday afternoon.
George Freshwaters announced that practice will start next Monday rain or shine. About 25 boys are coming out for spring drills with positions including punter passer receiver end and center to be filled this year. Some uniforms will be checked out after the boys' basketball games this week.
A garbled OCR fragment lists names including Vossett Billy Euwing Keith Hammond Lee Hoehle Ira Morrison Robert Downing Rob ert Sutton Darwin Vachn Kenton Mangold. No context or actions provided.
Dr. Gardner of the Iowa State University psychology department has been testing Washington public school children this week. The aim is to assess the impact of hearing on school work and identify pupils with undetected hearing defects. Tests began Wednesday April 21 for grades two through eight. Groups of 36 in lower grades and 40 in the junior high were examined using an audiometer.
Mr Bickel, Wayne Wilson and Ralph Witthoff attended the second annual drawing conference held April 23 and 24 at Ames. A dinner in the Memorial Union Oak Room featured a toastmaster F G Higbee and a program on engineering drawing with films and talks by Justus Rising Purdue and John Harme University of Iowa. Discussions covered teaching drawing and standardizing methods across the state.
Miss Keeney announces the senior class play casting for late May. The production titled A Ful House by Fred Jackson features Parks as Robert Eckels and Kathryn Vacha as Caera along with Doris Klepfer, Daphne Charters, and others in roles such as Miss Winntecker, Sergeant Dougherty, and Mrs Pembroke.
A Friday night junior-senior party at the high school featured a grand march led by Gweneth Kruser and Wendell Baker. Students enjoyed dancing, cards, punch, wafers, and committee-led planning from home rooms with chairmen including Kenneth Kimbertine and Jeannette Kyle.
Dr Gardner has tested 25 900 school children's ears since September. Tests required stopping clocks and bells and each pupil to be seated for the examination to proceed.
Wallace school fifth grade explores life in colonial and modern schools through book covers library cards dictionary work and a relay story. Visitors Mr Denham tours the county teaching children the harms of alcohol and tobacco with chalk illustrations.
Fourth grade students explored boat history from log boats to seaplanes with stories on oars engines and air under a seabird. Perfect attendance honored in multiple grades as John and Clara Gamble transfer from Lincoln school to begin at our class.
Thirty five poems were entered for the Mothers Day contest judged by Professor Edwin Ford Piper of the University of Iowa. He praised several works as superior and ranked the top three. The booklets, gift items for Mothers, will be published the Wednesday before Mothers Day and sold for ten cents each, with ten or more poems in each booklet.
Readers report a Tomato Sphinx Moth on display and several early spring flowers shown in class. First graders list names for spelling and perfect attendance noted for a group in Miss Wylie’s room.
A psychology class from a junior college and a high school sociology group visited the State University of Iowa in Iowa City. They toured the psychology laboratory in East Hall at 1 pm and then the psychopathic clinic at 3 pm with instructors Mr Jurgens and Mr Gittenerieh accompanying.
Mr Brayton lists his students events for the state music contest on May 6 7 and 8 Flute solo Friday morning woodwind group Saturday morning and marching band Saturday afternoon A hour concert for the Guid une conference is set for Friday in the host venue
Last week on Thursday the manual training department sponsored a program featuring the John Manville Company picture The House That Ann Built. The plot follows a family dispute over whether to remodel or rebuild, ending with the father gifting the remodeled house to his daughter who plans to marry the architect.
A correction states Gertrude Morrison was appointed to the position of juror councilor of the June term. The note indicates continuation on page seven.
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