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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1941
Page
4
A feature by editor James Gallagher and staff from Lincoln Stewart and Rothlisberger schools highlights student reporting. Reporters Merle Booth Jean Applegate Vlasta Musil Juanita Miller and others contribute with sports and junior high mentions.
An editor urges students to channel doodling and drawing away from desks and chairs toward personal projects or formal art classes. The piece warns that doodling on school property harms property and deflects talent into constructive outlets.
June Longer a junior at W. H. L. Hobby-Lobby High School pursues music as a main hobby. She began at eleven with her mother and studied with Miss Williams Parsons College and Miss Bratton for three years. Her favorites are classical music and church hymns. she also collects bird pictures and enjoys cooking. Her goal is to become a nurse and study dietetics, finding value in music and cooking as education and recreation.
Preliminary exams for the spring Civil Pilot Training program were held Wednesday. Dr Barret of Washington County Health Unit administered the tests for nine men and three women. More applicants will trigger full exams by the Civil Aeronautics Administration and issuance of Student Pilot Certificates.
Don Davis from Richland Iowa appears as a tall class member with brown hair blue eyes and a 5 foot 6 inch frame. He lists Geometry woodworking world history and English II as courses and favors radio programs We the People City Desk and the Jeo Program along with skating and radio repair. Evelyn Meek well known for blond hair blue eyes and glasses at 4 feet 1 inch studies English II algebra biology world history and participates in band glee club Girl Reserves Theta Mu and chorus. She loves music reading swimming and dancing and dislikes crooked seams and boastful people.
Miss Leila Anderson, native of Olds and Olds High School graduate, pursued a BA in Cedar Falls and did graduate work in Iowa City. She taught fifth and sixth grades in Olds, then seventh and eighth in Wayland, before joining Washington Schools. She enjoys reading and handicrafts and sponsored Girl Reserves while loving basketball and encouraging good sportsmanship.
In Friday action the Demons travel to Burlington to face the league leading Greyhounds. Burlington star Bob Kitterman holds a conference scoring high with a 30 point game against Ft. Madison. The Demons, still adjusting after Dick Marshall's loss, show improved floor play and new lineups aiming to upset Burlington and grab another conference win. The Cardinals host Muscatine Friday with a tall, balanced roster and several new players.
A report notes the rapid shipment of a vast chick population to poultry farmers via mail and express services, highlighting the strain on ventilation in crowded hatchery boxes and the speed of distribution across America.
An advertisement from McCleary Clinic of Excel sior Springs Missouri promotes a 122 page illustrated book on rectal stomach and colon troubles and mentions mild institutional treatment. The notice urges readers to request the free book and references many sources.
Superintendent RE A Ralston will teach Educational Psychology this semester as part of the Washington Junior College teachers training program. He aims to relieve Bowles of part of his workload and to become better acquainted with the junior college students. He expressed a liking for teaching.
Mr. Erbe introduced International Understanding speaker Lloyd Riggs of Chicago who spoke on Afghanistan. The diplomat described the country’s people, customs, women’s life, and limited infrastructure, then answered student questions on politics, travel, and life in Afghanistan.
The first in a "Know Others" series was presented after a Thursday after school Girl Reserve business meeting. Talent from the community included violin by Mrs. Harry Sizer, humorous poems read by Miss Ruth Foster, and art stories shared by Mrs. Carl Roberts about Madonna pictures. The group closed with a song.
Last week home rooms elected second semester officers with more results expected this week. Senior room 103 filled positions with David Masson as president and Roger Lance as vice president, plus Safe Hamil secretary and Henry Shields treasurer. Freshman 106 chose Frances Falk president Betty Snakenberg vicepresident Margaleen Redlinger secretary. Senior 102 elected Viasta Musil president Robert Birney secretary and treasurer Jean Mathers. Junior 211 named Dick Moore president Everette Squire vice president James Bev secretary and treasurer. Freshman 203 selected Shirley Dunlap president Dickeptergon secretary John Logan treasurer Charles Crull. Senior 112 elected Allen Atckinson president and Ever...
A pep meeting Friday featured a short skit about college classroom life. Cast included Marge Faulkner, Dorthea Snyder, Margaret Hennon, Edith Methelsen, Fae Schoonover, Beverly Niffenegger, Bob Masson, Paul Fry, Harry Levy, Charles Murphy, Verle Crist, Kenneth Dotson, Marvin Gingerich, and Bill Phillips to boost enthusiasm for the Independence Washington game.
Tuesday evening February 4 in the High School auditorium features performances by the H S Band with selections including Saint Saens Stradella and Egyptien No 1. The program also lists various marches and medleys and adds a feature by the flag throwers and twirlers during the band performance.
Ralston has been invited to speak at a noon luncheon of the Melts Faculty Club at Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls on February 4. He will discuss present needs in teacher training.
A Sigma Lambda Sigma meeting was held Thursday during the lunch hour with a brief business session and social hour. A music program followed featuring Mary Ellen Swartzendrub- er piano solo Meda Havens tein clarinet solo and Frances Sartor vocal solo.
The Girls Athletic Association held a short after school meeting on January 22. President Roberta Whee lan conducted the business meeting. Viola Marek was appointed basketball tournament manager. The group presented Miss Morris with a desk set as a farewell gift.
Boyd White has formed two mixed choruses this semester with 51 members in the first group and 46 in the second. The first chorus meets Monday Wednesday and Friday while the second meets Tuesday and Thursday. Next week White begins work with the Madrigal and mixed quartet groups, plus a first and second Boys quartet.
The document lists student home room teachers and elected officers by grade level. It names presiding officers, vice presidents, secretaries, and treasurers for Junior Sophomore and Freshman rooms, including numerous students such as Mary Dreckmeir Neva Jean Robertson Dick Marshall Bette Simons Virginia McLaughlin Arlys Meyers and others.
Junior High students elected home room officers for the fourth six weeks period. In Seventh Grade rooms 107 1038 and 101 appoint vice presidents secretaries and several committees including program health and room committees with named student leaders and advisors listed.
Washington Junior College welcomes six new enrollees as the new term begins. Kenneth Dotson and Verle Crist join the basketball team from Morning Sun, with Donald Nickerson also enrolling. Phyllis Shalla transfers from Evanston’s National College of Education, and Evelyn Miller, a 1940 graduate, will work at the junior high. Ernest Moothart returns as a continuing student.
After a week of match play in the G A A ping pong tournament sixteen participants remain, with seven girls advancing to the semi finals. The bracket system allows a second chance in the finals for early losers, and players must win three of five to reach the finals to be held next week. The semi final contenders are Elizabeth Varney, Mary Murphy, Virginia Holden, Dorothy Watson, Carolyn Sartor, Faye Varney, and Evelyn Lester.
The schedule lists a week of music ensembles and events from Monday to Friday including various quartets sextets and trios with times and venues. It notes a change to the Paid Assembly on Electric City and lists a Friday game with Burlington and Muscatine plus junior college performances.
W A Erbe announces this semester’s courses not offered last. Sociology economics is led by Miss Shields. Also commercial law with Miss Minick and solid geometry with Miss Mercer. Orchestra practice now 9 to 10 a m on Tuesday and Thursday. Mixed Chorus one meets Mon Wed Fri 9 to 1.00. Chorus two meets Tue Thu at the same hour.
Stewart school and nearby elementary schools administer the Iowa Every Student Test for grades three through six. Tests cover silent reading and vocabulary, map and graph comprehension, language usage and spelling, and arithmetic. Miss Thompson proctors the assessment at Stewart.
Readable fragments show a sextet and trio with performance times 4 00 p m and trumpet quartet at 8 30 a m. The items suggest a small concert program with multiple ensembles and morning and afternoon slots.
The school assembly with C. E. Jones today was postponed due to an automobile accident involving Mr. and Mrs. Jones. Both were hospitalized in Carroll Iowa at last report. The program would have showcased light and a mechanical display previously presented by Mr. Jones.
The Lincoln art department, led by Miss Powell, reports strong fourth grade paintings on Norway themes and home life, while fifth grade projects include a mural "The Golden Touch" and a study of U S expansion. Grade six forms a Handcrafters Club, exploring map- learning with wood, metal, and other materials.
The South East Iowa Bandmasters association will convene Thursday with dinner at 6:00 p.m. at North Side Cafe and a 7:30 p.m. program at H. C. Auditorium. Washington High School will open with a half hour concert, followed by small group performances from nearby towns. Washington will be represented by a clarinet quartet: Dorothy Turner, George Annie Rudiger, Audrey Hotle, and Eleanor Tucker.
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