Editorial staff and contributors listed for junior college
The notice names editors and feature writers including Dorthea Snyder Ellen Gidley Shirley Peterson Bill Brown Marjorie Faulkner Maxine Logan Roberta Wheelan and others. It also credits News staff Keith Gillespie Julia Harvey Mary Hesseltine Evelyn Miller Joe Pease Nyla Reinier Marge Walker Helen Patterson Richard Vanetus and typist Florence Godwin with Junior College Mary Atchison serving on the Editorial Staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorthea Snyder
Ellen Gidley
Shirley Peterson
Bill Brown
Marjorie Faulkner
Maxine Logan
Roberta Wheelan
Keith Gillespie
Julia Harvey
Mary Hesseltine
Evelyn Miller
Joe Pease
Nyla Reinier
Marge Walker
Helen Patterson
Richard Vanetus
Florence Godwin Junior College
Mary Atchison
National Music Week Encourages High School Participation
Editorial notes National Music Week to be widely observed across the United States. It praises student musical gifts and urges WHS students to engage in varied school music programs, highlighting personal satisfaction and potential career benefits from playing instruments or singing.
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United States
Crete
WHS
Varus
Girl Reserves Highlight Social Service and Leadership
The Girl Reserves, a large high school organization, funds Goodfellows and the milk fund and runs regular calls on shut ins. Its influence stems from a big membership with executive positions for ten, not four or five, and members plan meetings and programs with scripture and prayer. Key annual events include the Little Sister Party for eighth graders and Mothers Night and Banquet, aiming to furnish a well rounded foundation for a successful life.
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Goodfellows
Matty
Junior College Notes Graduate Plans and Campus Events
The college women finishing in May join graduation festivities with high school girls at a YWCA dinner Monday. Track practice under Kenneth Imberlin includes Bill Longer and others, with Grinnell Relays on May 4. A new college party and a box supper are planned for Hege, while the student body prepares for graduation events and a display of Mr Maxwell and Mrs Maxwell’s prized china pieces from England.
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Y. W
Llege
Kenneth Imberlin
Grinnell
Bill Longer
Ka Huck
Ellis Finke
Bill McGinis
Charlie Thrapp
Gordon Jatensen
Frig
Hege
Music Week Recitals Highlight Universi Orchestra
On Monday May 6 the Universi Orchestra will perform in High Hoof Auditorium as part of National Music Week. The ensemble includes graduates and professors from the university led by conductor Dr P G App with no admission charge.
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Universi Orchestra
High Hoor
Orches
Univers
E University Symphony Orches
P. G. App
White
Rundquist
Sorden li
Eht
John Lloyd Hughes
Pau
Ten Boys to Receive $4000 College Scholarship Offer
The Opportunity Students Corporation offers a nationwide contest with a $4000 scholarship to one student who excels in physics science radio and related topics. Ten preliminary national winners gain a summer trip to New York and Camden with all expenses paid and visits to NBC RCA Victor World’s Fair sites. Local excitement centers on Robert House as a top candidate and student council vice president.
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Opportunity Sevomrsusy Corporation
Columbia University
David Sarnoff
Radio Corporation of America
New York
Camden
N. J
RCA Victor
Unicys
Robert House
Iive
Olso
American Institute of Seince
Weekly Calendar of Chorus and Play Tryouts
Calendar lists multiple choir and glee club rehearsals from Monday April 29 to Friday May 8 plus senior play tryouts. Groups include Mixed Chorus Girls Sextet Girls Trio Male Quartet Boys Glee Club and Radio. Key slots span mornings and afternoons with several 4:00 pm rehearsal blocks.
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Zirls Glee Club
Boys Glee Club
Girls Glee Club
Hawthorne Tree
Vellored
Pale Moon
Logan Modern Hiawatha
Bliss Douglas Dowell
Am Fate
Climb Up
Chillun
Kanye Sew
Bantock the Rosary
Nevin the Snow Elgar
Max Darnell
Cour
Merle Booth
Bluebird Leontovich
Cain Lo
Bortnainsky
Wellman
Fairfield
June Garrett
Marjorie Walker
Jane Steele
Who's Who Senior Highlights Her Hobbies and Flaws
A detailed senior profile notes a blonde 17 year old with blue eyes and a missing front tooth from a milk bottle accident. It lists journalism sociology Bible and physiol oxy as subjects, favorite orchestra Ted Weems and Kay Kyser, favorite foods fried chicken and macaroni and ice cream, and a busy slate including Commercial Club Theta Mu Girl Reserve band glee club student council cheerleading and Hi-Life. Her friends call her Sadie and her pet peeve is complaints.
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Ted Weems
Tyrone Power
Rosalind Russell
Theta Mu
Girl Reserve
Aweeew Vc
Sadie
Kay Kyser
Fry, Ottumwa Chorus To Perform At Washington JC
Fry and the Morrell male chorus from Ottumwa directed by Jesse Miller will present a program at Washington Junior College Friday. The event showcases local youth and choir talent with a varied musical repertoire.
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Fry
Washington Junior College
Morrell
Ottumwa
Jesse Miller
Reading contest at Mt Pleasant High yields two top ratings
Esther Stewart freshman won a superior rating and read before a general assembly alongside student Ruth Flood coached participants. Organizers also recognized Cheorganne Rudiger sophomore for an excellent rating in the interpretative reading event held Saturday April 20 at Mt Pleasant High School.
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Washington
Mt. Pleasant High School
Ruth Flood
Esther Stewart
Cheorganne Rudiger
Left handed students weigh joys and aggravations at school
Eight Washington students share views on being southpaws, weighing advantages and annoyances. They discuss eating beside others, awkward looks from strangers, desk design, and games, with mixed opinions on intelligence and nuisance.
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Washington
South Paws
Carl Klein
Dick Baker
South Paw
Maxine Logan
Keith
Mouse” Killespie
T. J. Berde
Bob Gray
Audrey Hotle
Lincoln Second Grade Publishes Original Stories Booklet
Lincoln Second grade children wrote and illustrated original stories, mounted on construction paper, and bound into a rainbow booklet on the library table. The collection includes several titled pieces by students such as Joseph Nelson, Frances Miller, Jo Ann Wilson, Carole Barrett, Richard Anderson, Jean Nadine Wright, Eugene Lynn, Marlene Barnes, Maynard Gotf, and Carol Martin, with themes ranging from pets and farm life to adventures and flights.
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Lincoln
Brownie
Jean Nadine Wright
Tom
Eugene Lynn
al Little Rabbit
Little Rabbit
Marlene Barnes
Forensic club tracks points for class Day pins
The Forensic club lists the top ten point earners to receive pins on Class Day. A planning committee including Maxine Logan Evelyn Miller Marjorie Faulkner and Roberta Wheelan is arranging the final meeting of the year. The Girls Athletic Association nominations were prepared on April 25 for a May general meeting. Officers for next year include President Shirley Peterson and others. New pins this year go to senior Girl Reserves active members who served on the cabinet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxine Logan
Evelyn Miller
Marjorie Faulkner
Roberta Wheelan
Girls Athletic Association
Shirley Peterson
Joan Keifer
Jean Atchison
Gayle Davis
Ben
Jane Steele
Esther Mayes
Dorothy Jurnel
Mildred Meyer
Irene Lane
Bette Michels
Phyllis Crayne
Florence Godwin
Betty Keifer
Clara Ann Huber
Norene McFarland
Gayle Robertson
Mr. Guther
Hi-Life
Arkansas City Judge Performs 4068 Ceremonies Without Seeing
Judge Willis White of Arkansas City Kansas has conducted 4068 weddings yet he has never seen the couples he marries as he is blind. The article notes his long career and unique perspective on marriage ceremonies.
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Willis White
Arkansas City
Kan
Group Pictures for H S Annual Taken
Washington High School students gather for Hi-Life yearbook photos. Extra curricular groups, music and athletic teams fill front entrances for two class periods. Mr Gather directs camera setups with assistants Phyllis Crane Richard Weeks and Miss Jeanette Kyle.
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Washington High School
Gather
Mr. Guther
Phyllis Crane
Richard Weeks
The
Hi-Life
Jeanette Kyle
Track Boys Meet at Mt Pleasant
Coach Maasdam and his track men travel to Mt Pleasant for a dual meet. About 15 boys aim to beat the Panthers after a recent $7 to 70 win by the Demons. The article explains the point system to win a letter in track.
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Maasdam
Mt. Pleasant
Panthers
Students Prefer Life Life Magazine Dominates Reading
A survey of high school and college library readers shows Life Magazine as the top choice, followed by the Des Moines Register and Washington Evening Journal. Readers also favor Reader's Digest, Saturday Evening Post, Good Housekeeping, and National Geographic, with diverse magazines listed.
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Life
The
Des Moines Register
Washington Evening Journal
Reader's Digest
Saturday Evening Post
Good Housekeeping
National Geographic
Consumers Research Bulletin
Forum
Cosmopolitan
Colliers
Look
Riverside Visitors From Moline And Davenport
Riverside April 2x Oscar Unferth and son B J Unferth of Moline were visitors at the home of Mr and Mrs R H Heitzman. LeRoy Fredenburg of Davenport visited at the home of Mr and Mrs Ellis Murdock and other relatives. Stephen Dautremont, employed in Iowa City, recently visited his parents Mr and Mrs John Dautremont.
Angle Meet Relay and Season Rules Mentioned
The article outlines that a team member may score one point or be part of a relay team that places in a major meet. It states the athlete must complete the season unless injury sickness or another reason prevents participation.
Seniors Cast Vote In Favor Of Gowns At Graduation
The Washing ton High School senior class voted to graduate in caps and gowns. A majority supported the measure, believing the academic costume will add dignity and prestige, place everyone on equal ground, and suit both commencement and baccalaureate services.
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Washington High School
Classroom Notes Highlight Subjects Across Classes
Miss Woods leads art on architecture while pupils display top designs on bulletin board. Sociology with Miss Minick explores Probation and Parole and Poverty with student reports. Miss Flood leads interpretative reading and poems in the speech department. Shorthand class studies filing and office machines plus dictation. Miss Shields teaches Medium of Exchange in economics. Randall class covers Child Care. Bible class with Miss Stivers studies Acts later chapters. Maasdam physiology surveys communicable diseases and prevention.
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Miss Woods
Miss Randall
Miss Stivers
Mr. Maasdam
Stewart School Pupils Explore History and Geography
Fifth graders study presidents Cleveland Roosevelt Wilson Hoover with reports and readings. Sixth graders finish feudal system and dark ages, then England. daily unit work includes drawings of knighthood. Fourth graders finish Switzerland geography and a spelling contest runs across grades. a ground squirrel and wildflower assembly engage the school. attendance prizes and a fire drill notable.
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Stewart School
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Wilson
Hoover
England
Switzerland
Buddy North
Notable Rise in College and High School Attendance
Over the last 30 years college attendance grew 325 percent and high school enrollment increased 800 percent, marking a substantial expansion in higher and secondary education.
Minstrel Show Attended By Tener and Family
Mrs J W Tener and her daughter Helen joined Mrs William Ingram at Iowa City to attend a minstrel show at the Masonic Temple.
Gossip and whispers ripple through the campus crowd
Rumors swirl about Miss Keagy’s looks photos, Don Morrison’s proposals, Jo Brown and Bob Gray joining steady matches, Hi-V plans for waitresses, J Brown and her puppies, Bill Steele’s carnival appeal, a new battle ships pastime, Dorthea and Rob’s progress, Dot’s status, Scoop Walker’s romance with Bonnie Simpson, all in a breezy late night note from campus life.
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Jo Brown
Bob Gray
Hi-V
It’s a date shines in Hawaii setting at State theatre
Deanna Durbin delivers seven straight hits in Its a date as Hawaii provides a vivid backdrop and the film earns praise for its comedy and music. Kay Francis returns as Durbin’s glamorous mother while Walter Pidgeon offers a strong romantic arc in a Broadway set story.
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Deanna
Hawai
Hollywood
Kay Francis
Walter Pidgeon
Kay
Piet
Broadway
Riley Impersonator to Address Students on Tuesday
J. FB. Earle will impersonate James Whitcomb Riley at the school assembly Tuesday at 8:45. He will read Riley poems and writings, a familiar figure on Chautauqua circuits.
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J. FB. Earle
Riley
Mr. Earle
James Whitcombe Riley
Home Room Discussions On Next Year Course Offerings
Underclass home rooms plan next year schedules with a possible French course for sophomores and juniors. Two years may be required for college acceptance, with Latin as an acceptable alternative. Debate and extempore speaking live tonight for all students, with one semester counted in nine units or seven miscellaneous units. If interest rises, new subjects may be added with staff and State Department approval.
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State Department
Titanic Memorial and moving tale in a 1920s film
Titanic memorial on the Potomac dedicated by the Women's Memorial Association travels to Maine and Hawaii. Deanna and Miss Francis compete for the same stage role offered by a producer. Deanna pretends love for Pidgeon while pursuing the missing man, as her mother secretly loves him.
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Potomac River
Washington, D. C
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
The
Women's Titanic Memorial Association
Maine
Hawaii
Deanna
Miss Francis
Pidgeon
Fighting 69th stars a veteran-service cast
The Fighting 69th at Fox features Cagney OBrien Brent and others famed for service film roles. Brent served as navy officer and submarine commander while Cagney and OBrien also bring army and navy credentials. The cast includes McHugh Williams and Cohen, linking real world service to the wartime tale.
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The
Fox
George Brent
Navy
Cagney
James ‘Cagney
Pat O'Brien
Army
Pather Duffy
Seth
Frank McHugh
Gavin Williams
Sam Cohen
69Th
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