High School News Staff List Featured on Page
The page introduces school news and features written by Junior English students alongside regular class work. Staff names include Ruth Wead Jean Busley Faye Mollana Lois Humble Charlotte Campbell Iowa Jean Maber Dorthea Snyder Mabel Finney. Junior College Eugene
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Staff High School News
Ruth Wead
Jean Busley
Faye Mollana
Lois Humble
Charlotte Campbell
Iowa
Jean Maber
Dorthea Snyder
Mabel Finney
Junior College
Eugene
Mr Melvin Gingerich to Take Leave From Vashon High School
Editorial from Vashon high school students honors Mr Melvin Gingerich as he prepares for a half year leave to pursue studies at the university. Students praise his fairness humor and teaching, express hope for a smooth transition, and promise to welcome his return with a brighter class next year.
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Melvin Gingerich
Vashon High School
Gingerich
Gin Ich
Propaganda and War Dreams Among Students
A student briefing argues that prejudice fuels war and that propaganda shapes public opinion through newspapers. It notes wartime censorship and government campaigns on both sides, urging readers to analyze news rather than accept it at face value.
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Europe
Bismark
Ar Department
London
America
Germany
Changes Planned in Junior High Curriculum Next Semester
The notice outlines curriculum changes for grades six to eight at the junior high. Grade six shifts history to Iowa history with school provided books. Grade seven completes hygiene and starts geography while replacing literature with US history, and adds a two hour per week general science. Grade eight finishes a reading course, begins civics, and adds two hours of science. All rented books cost 25 cents per semester. books will be available next week to begin second semester work Monday.
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Iowa
Third Meeting of German Club Held
The German club held its third meeting of the year with about twenty members present last Wednesday evening. A program of German scenery films and songs in German delighted attendees. Suggestions included future events such as a skating or sledding party.
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Germany
WHO broadcasts silent news program via at home printing system
Students listened as Robert Blaylock described WHO’s new silent radio news service. The system prints news on paper rolled between two rollers and uses electric vibrations to drive a stylus at midnight to 6 am. Auditions for WHO are held each Monday afternoon.
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Robert Blaylock
WHO Broadcasting System
WHO
Iowa
Calcutta
India
Dutch West Indies
New York
Los Angeles
Assembly at junior college features speeches and songs
Last Friday at eleven o'clock the junior college held an assembly with a varied program. Ralston spoke on Getting Along in Life and What to Expect. Herr Jurgens and ensemble sang German songs with Miss Reinert at the piano and Jurgens on violin. Dean Mead announced closing remarks. Lawrence P. Whisler led a yell to rally the basketball team against Centerville.
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Ralston
Herr Jurgens
Miss Reinert
Dean Mead
Lawrence P. Whisler
Centerville
Opinion on abolishing war through impartial stance
An implied viewpoint argues that neutrality and fair judgment can reduce hostilities. The text promotes restraint and thoughtful analysis as means to undermine the appetite for conflict.
New Britannica Encyclopedia Set Arrives in School Library
The school library adds Britannica in a 24 volume 14th edition set funded by the Carnegie Corporation. It features a user friendly index system with volume 24 as the entry point and promises yearly updates for ten years. Noted historian H G Wells praises indexing quality.
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Carnegie Corporation
Britannica S
Britannica
Huey P. Long
Longe Huey P
United States
Huey Longe
H. G. Wells
Wallace School Students Build Reading Shelves in Charts
Fourth and fifth graders at Wallace School create bookshelf style charts to post books read outside class. Pupils review works weekly, with named finishers Shir ey Brown Barbara Etter and Gwendolyn Rameseyer in fifth grade and Jack Paul in fourth. The Brandeis Series and World reading materials are popular entries.
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Wallace School
Shirey Brown
Barbara Etter
Gwendolyn Rameseyer
Jack Paul
Brandeis
Little Anne
Canada
Little Tony
Italy
Mitz and Fritz
Germany
Little Indian Weaver
Uncle Ben
Tom Trott
Women's Auxiliary Essay Contest Promotes Highway Safety
The Women's Auxiliary of the Iowa State Medical Society sponsors an annual health essay contest for Iowa high school students. This year themes focus on Highway Hazards from a health perspective with essays due March 1. Prizes include 20 dollars and a radio presentation, plus a year’s subscription to Imygeia for winning schools.
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Women’s Auxiliary
The
Lews State Medical Society
Iowa
Imygeia
O Connor Speaks On Citizenship At Joint Assembly
World War veteran and Secretary of Commerce Me O Connor spoke at Ft Madison during a joint assembly on citizenship and Americanism. He argued that radicalism and communism do not arrive labeled but enter in a logical form.
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O'Connor
Ft. Madison
Ralston Attends Meeting at Brighton
Superintendent E A Ralston attended a county superintendents meeting in Brighton last Thursday night. Speeches covered current interests, the Japan China situation, and Ralston reported on State Teachers Association affairs.
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E. A. Ralston
Brighton
Ralston
State Teachers Association
Teachers To Speak At Faculty Meeting
A general faculty meeting was held today at 4 15 o clock. Miss Dorothy Raymond a grade school teacher spoke on Techniques of Teaching Reading. Miss Carol Forgey discussed Benefits of Travel to Teaching Geography. Vocal music teachers offered two selections.
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Dorothy Raymond
Carol Forgey
Semester Exams By Room And Subject Schedule
A detailed three day exam timetable lists January 19 to 21 with period by period classes. English 1 201 English 7 102 Woods 2 115 Law Caesar 106 General Science 201 Agriculture 112 Arithmetic 4 and more exams across rooms 201 202 103 115 207 108 291 211 209.
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Cicero
Registration Set For Junior College January 21
Registration for the second semester in Junior College is scheduled for Friday January 21 with early options for out of town students. The article lists examination times this week including American History Mathematics Biology Chemistry and more across Monday to Thursday.
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Germany
Centennial Pupils Feed Winter Birds
Primary students study birds in winter by feeder observation and field trips. They document visits from common sparrows and cardinals, compare plumage and foods, and keep charts recording bird types, feeding choices, and tameness.
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Gerade
Centennial
Cardinal
Helen Rhodebeck Builds Tabernacle Model Display
A Bible class project by Helen Rhodebeck presents a full model of the Jewish tabernacle now shown in Miss Montgomery's room. The centerpiece includes the altar of incense the golden menorah the table of showbread and the altar of worship with goat hair gold ram skin and badger skin coverings. The display explains the structure and the twelve tribes roles in moving and guarding the tabernacle during the journey to the promised land.
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Helen Rhodebeck
Miss Montgomery
Moses
Aaron
Merari
Kothathites
Jerson
Tabernacle
Israel
Promised Land
Heights Students Use Horn's Rules for Spelling Improvement
Fourth grade at Heights School adopts Dr. Ernest Horn's method to improve spelling. Students practice pronouncing missed words, write them three times correctly, and then review previous lessons. Medians drop from about 5.44 percent to 1 percent in final weeks, with many pupils showing marked progress and individual progress records kept.
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Heights School
Ernest Horn
Mary Biodgett
Joan Brown
Celia Campbell
Jean Gault
Laurine Kiesey
Elaine Shaw
Robert Beaman
Roger Chapman
Tommy Goodwin
Henry Hamilton
Wayne Hoehle
Otis Kelly
Cal Vin Little
Carl Little
Duayne Miller
Kenneth Palmer
Norman Simmering
J C Social Party Slated for Thursday at Junior College
Matt Redlinger chair of the social committee announced a junior college dancing party Thursday in the gym ballroom. The event starts about 8 p m with the tune tossers playing swing and instructor Miss Meda Fisher offering a lesson in the Big Apple dance for attendees. Juniors are urged to attend and bring themselves for an evening of gaiety.
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Matt Redlinger
Gym
Meda Fisher
High School Students Reflect On English Course Focus
Interviews with Miss Leila Anderson, Mr Kenneth Kimberlin, and other teachers reveal freshmen emphasizing grammar and writing foundations, sophomores stressing writing and literature, juniors using Reader's Digest for reading and current material, and seniors exploring evolution of writing and literature within historical contexts.
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Leila Anderson
Kenneth Kimberlin
Helen Wilson
Jeannette Kyle
Opal Keeney
Schoo
Wilson
Johnson
Chaucer
Cooking Classes Entertain Teachers
The Advanced Foods girls hosted a tea for high school and junior college faculty after school in the Home Economics room. The tables were decorated with tapes and a centerpiece of sweet peas. The girls served coffee and fancy cookies.
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Advanced Foods
Paint Classrooms For H. S. Students
H S classes are held in rooms with strong paint odor and light cream walls. Some painting occurred during Christmas vacation, with more completed in recent days. Students and faculty appreciate the improved, more attractive and comfortable school building.
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MW. H. S
Brass Sextet Performs for P T A Meeting at Living Lake
The High School Brass Sextet played Friday evening at Living Lake School for a parent teachers association event. Members include Richard Birney Everett Burham Kenton Kurtz David Pearson Milo Steele Donald Beenblossom.
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Rags Sexfiette
Living Lake
Parent- Teachers’ Association
Richard Birney
Everette Burham
Kenton Kurtz
David Pearson
Milo Steele
Donald Beenblossom
Snowfall Inspires Lincoln Kindergarten Posters
Over a week, Lincoln kindergarten children based activities on recent snow, drawing pictures and making posters. They discussed birds needing food, sharing home feeding methods, and planned a school feeder setup high enough to keep dogs away, while a field trip nabbed a Christmas tree from the square for display.
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Lincoln
Betty
Ensemble Program and Director's Meeting January 26
A public ensemble program and director's meeting will be held here January 26. Woodwind brass and string groups from regional public schools will perform and discuss ensemble work. The event is open to the public and invites attendance to learn what neighboring schools are doing.
Cardinals Stop Centerville to Start Home Season
The Cardinals beat Centerville 49 27 on their home court after a revised lineup, ending a three game dry spell. They had earlier defeated Centerville 61 42 last Friday and plan another junior college clash next Friday from the northeastern state. Midget Williams of Cotter staged a wrestling fall on Keith Stewart during the game.
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Centerville
Tipton
Giants
Midget Williams
Cotter
Keith Stewart
Children Feed Tree as Classroom Holiday Unit
At the school a feeding tree is placed in the yard near the kindergarten room. Children bring bread suet corn and apples from home to hang on the tree and observe the unit with growing interest. Stories and poems will be written as the project develops.
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Bradford
Whispers Of Midnight Oil At J C Exams
Short notes hint at late study during exam week for students at J C. The item teases a forthcoming feature titled Bus Keip and directs readers to continue on page 6 for more.
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Tucker
Margaret West
Centennia
Mary Humston
Meignts
Betty Kolesick
Gincoln
Page Schoonover Wallace
Evalyn Nebergall
Meadlines
Everett Burham
William Phillips
Wilma Richards
Edward McCutcheon
Marion Griffin
Maxine Baxter
Maurita Darnell
Faye Holland
Robert Anderson
Dale Voorhees
William Newnam
Betty Hamil
Marguerite Mardy
Mildred Anderson
Editorial
Blaylock
J. C. Assembly
Carnegie Institute
Wallace
O’conner
Joint Assembly
Donald Messer
Parsons
Evelyn Miller
Esther Swift
Ruth Anderson
Harriet Warnock
Evan Fishburn
Sunset Park
Horn
J. C. Social Party
H. S
Brass
Cardinals
J. C
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