Local Staff and Featured Names at Florence Journal Office
Editor Florence Godwin leads a team including Joe Pease and Roberta Wheelan with Marjorie Walker Dorothea Snyder Nyla Reinier Evelyn Miller Maxine Log an Killen Gid ley. Features Mary Hesseltine Keith Gillespie Marjorie Faulkner Bill Brown Shirley Peterson Julia Harvey. Typist Florence Godwin Junior College Mary Atchison Headlines Journalism class Editorial Staff.
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Florence Godwin
Joe Pease
Roberta Wheelan
Marjorie Walker
Dorothea Snyder
Nyla Reinier
Evelyn Miller
Maxine Logan
Killen Gidley
Mary Hesseltine
Keith Gillespie
Marjorie Faulkner
Bill Brown
Shirley Peterson
Julia Harvey
Florence Godwin Junior College
Mary Atchison
Editorial on study habits and semester goals
The piece urges students to reflect on study time and preparation beyond class. It notes college norms of two hours of prep per class hour and links effort in assigned work class participation and citizenship to grades. It concludes that seniors face scheduling changes and students adapt to new routines as the second semester begins.
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Spon
Leap Year Date Week Sparks College Co Ed Romance
Leap Year brings Sadie Hawkins week with Spinster spree as college women plan dates starting February first. Coeds hope for a night of romance with men who may accept invitations, while the College Women's League sponsors events leading to Sc Spins Street Friday on February 9 in the gymnasium.
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College Women's League
Hi-Y Party Plans Outlined by B Brown
The Hi-Y group held their first meeting of the new year in the YMCA community room last Wednesday at noon. Attendees included Mrs. W. Klein Mrs. Earl Steele and Mrs. Harrison Dodder.
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Hi-Yv
W. Klein
Earl Steele
Harrison Dodder
Hi-Y Carnival Promises Big Night For G R Girls
A Hi-Y club plans a January 31 1940 carnival at the Y with 7:30 pm start. Features include wrestling boxing Billy Rose shows a fortune teller rides and a night club plus refreshments and a police station for safety. The event is run by a general committee of Bill Brown Harold Wolf Jack Mace and Junior Klein.
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G. R
Y. Mark
Billy Rose
Bill Brown
Harold Wolf
Jack Mace
Junior Klein
Clubicity hosts art club party with pictures and dancing
An art club party in the gym featured baby pictures shown in the auditorium and a music program followed by dancing. About 10 members present were served pie a la mode. Forensic Club and Hi Y G carnival plans are listed for late January. Chemistry club officers elected in two divisions with Jane Escher and Ray Whisler as presidents.
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Jane Escher
Tom Randall
Esther Swift
Ray Whisler
Betty Keifer
Gayle Robertson
Dance classes to resume at Junior College after Miss Morris
Junior College notes say dancing classes under Miss Morris will likely restart next Thursday evening. A bake sale planned after school aims to fund the women’s lounge improvement with cupcakes sold for 3.05. Nickels urged.
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Miss Morris
College Women's League
Butte Miners Host Luncheon After Meeting
In Butte Montana a local group notes more underground passages than streets in the city. Mrs Leslie Gates and the cooks prepared meat loaf mashed potatoes gravy baked beans ice cream and coke for luncheon. Bill Brown outlined Hi Y and G R party plans for the month as the meeting concluded with a cheer for the cooks.
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Leslie Gates
Bill Brown
The Virgo Critic Dorothea Snyder and Astrology
A reader born August 24 to September 23 asks if star signs and horoscopes fit her traits. The piece describes Virgo tendencies including analytical skills, sensitivity to disorder, reliability, and a cautious approach to faults in others. It questions astrology’s truth versus propaganda and its impact on identity.
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Dorothea Snyder
Weekly Calendar of School Music and Clubs
Weekly calendar lists daily musical groups and clubs with start times from Monday January 29 to Friday February 2. Entries include Male quartette Mixed Chorus Junior College Chorus Flute Quartette Woodwind Quintette Interpretative Reading Clarinet Quartette Forensic Club Party Orchestra Hi Y G R Party Brass Sextette and Boys Glee Club.
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Girls Glee Club
Boys Glee Club
If You Could Live Abroad Which Country Would You Pick
A series of reader opinions from Bill Brown Dorothea Snyder Joe Pease Ellen Gidley Marjorie Faulkner Dick Anderson and Ray Whistler on favored countries with low taxes warm climates and appealing locales including Tahiti Hawaii Switzerland Finland and South Sea Islands.
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Bill Brown
Tahiti
Dorothea Snyder
South America
Joe Pease
Hawaii
Ellen Gidley
Algi-Kalthad
Switzerland
Marjorie Faulkner
February Birthdays at Forty High School Highlight Leap Year Oddities
The Forty High School commemorates forty February birthdays with leap year quirks. James Arnold leads Februarys first day with others named on the second. triplets on the eleventh. twins on the twelfth. multiple students share dates through February twenty-eighth.
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James Arnold
Betty Keifer
Fred Evans
Betty Ward
Secur
Francis Turnipseed
James Bey
Bob Morgan
Ray Whisler
Margaret Ragan
Charles Sutton
Russell Miller
Mary Hesseltine
Lois Hoyle
Jesse Dunbar
Jessie
Kay
Irene Lane
Gladys Fritz
Don Doran
H. S. Students to See Sound Films Tonight
Washington High School students will view a three reel sound film "The Beneficient Reprobate" at 11 15 this Tuesday as part of a program following two earlier showings of “Sports of the Sailor” “On the Far Eastern States” and “Volcanos in Action” produced by the W. C. FT. WU with acclaim from over two million viewers.
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Washington High School
United States Navy
W. C. FT. WU
Homerooms Elect Semester Officers
Several homerooms elected officers for the new semester. Evan Fishburn leads Miss Randall’s group with Betty Stewart as VP and others in line. Miss Kyle’s room chose Nerene McFarland as president with Henry Miller as VP and Martha Shockey as secretary and treasurer. Thelma Flynn heads Miss Minler’s room with Bob Grey as VP and John Humble as secretary and treasurer. Gailen Brown is president in Miss Anderson’s room with T. J. Berdo as secretary and Gayle Davis as representative.
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Miss Randall
Evan Fishburn
Betty Stewart
Maine Logan
Dorothy Conner Monitor
Bob House
Dorothea Snyder
Miss Kyle
Nerene McFarland
Henry Miller
Martha Shockey
Miss Minler
Thelma Flynn
The Earth’s Mass Measured in Trillions of Tons
The article states the earth weighs about six quintillion tons. It presents a figure of six followed by twenty-one zeros and notes the enormity of planetary mass.
Basic Skill Tests Given To All Junior High Students
Junior high students took a battery of basic skill tests on Monday afternoon and Tuesday forenoon covering reading language arithmetic and work study. The tests are statewide this week with results sent to the University at Iowa City to establish norms for comparison with other schools.
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University At
Iowa City
Children Learn About Eskimos and Lapps in Class
Third graders at Lincoln School under Miss Landau study Eskimos and Lapps. They read stories and bring pictures, discussing Lapland in northern Sweden Finland and Norway. They learn Lapps are short, live in reindeer skin tents or earth huts, hunt and fish, and rely on reindeer for food and clothing.
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Lincoln School
Miss Landau
Lapland
My Weekly
Uncle Ben
Sweden
Finland
Norway
Europe
Grade Supervisors Teach in College in Iowa Plans
Russell E. Jonas says several Iowa Junior Colleges adopt a system where a grade school principal teaches a college education course to keep instructors alert and to give students observation opportunities. Washington Junior College uses Mr Bowles for education and elementary supervision. Interest in the Prospective Teachers Organization grows among Iowa college students in education courses.
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Russell E. Jonas
Board of Educational Examiners
Iowa
Washington
Bowles
Washington Junior College
English class report scramble in study hall chaos
A student frets over a missing English report and rushes to recover it. The scene covers a daily scramble between study hall, a class, and a paper slip found among Gray’s poems as the deadline nears. The voice reflects humorous school life and anxious tension.
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Andy Pandy
Daisy
Gray
Miss Wilson
Whos Who in High School Honors Roles and Hobbies
A quirky profile lists students nicknamed Cy Red and Andy with details on hobbies bands sports and clubs. It notes Cy collecting stamps, Orrin Tucker as his favorite band, Red balancing academics and activities in G A A physics and art clubs, and Andy as junior class president with movie interests and Mickey Rooney as a favorite.
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Orrin Tucker
Andy
Mickey Rooney
Ann Sheridan
Initiation for G A A Members At Lincoln School
Last Wednesday at 6 00 p m twenty five girls belonging to the G A A enjoyed a candlelight initiation service initiating 10 new members. The ceremony was held in the gymnasium of Lincoln school with Janie Kicher presiding. Those initiated included Norma Jean R Rhodebeck Jean Atchison Marjorie Logan Eleanor Tucker Betty Keifer Geneva Palmer.
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Gymnasum of Lincoln School
Janie Kicher
Norma Jean R Rhodebeck
Jean Atchison
Marjorie Logan
Eleanor Tucker
Betty Keifer
Geneva Palmer
Miracle Book Club invites students to Chinese meet
Washington High School and Junior College students are invited to a Chinese meet on Tuesday January 30 at 12 noon in the auditorium. Miss Velma Booth a missionary from China will speak and return to continue her work. Faculty members also receive a special invitation. Bring lunch and enjoy her talk and costume.
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Velma Booth
China
Miracle Book Club
D. E. Strong
Washington High School
Rumor and gossip swirl through Morgan’s Monday night scene
Neva Jean attended Morgan's with a popular freshman boy B Lewis. Robertson girls stayed in town with Robertson peer group. Scene shifted to Room 104 physiology class as the new semester began. Helen Hays blushed answering Mr Maasdam about her book source. Art Club sightings include Patter son Klein Mary W C A Mace Thompson Helen K Bill A Keith A Merle T amidst party crash attempts.
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Neva Jean
B. Lewis
Robertson Girls
Gayle
Helen Hays
Mr. Maasdam
Art Club
Patterson
Klein
Mary W
C. A
Mace and Thompson
Helen K
Bill A
Keith H
Merle T
Daffynitions and Hallway Buzz at School
In the noon bustle Mayo and Turner chat on a landing while Crossett argues by the candy table. Betty R. rushes with three minutes left as teachers arrive. Eleanor K. and Don B. meet at Morgan's. Dorothy D. and Bill B. attend a band concert. Marjorie Thompson leads the after service dinner.
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Mayo
Turner
Don Crosset
Martha
Bob
Betty R
Eleanor K
Don B
Morgan's
Dorothy D
Bill B
Nuff
Washington teachers to host Dr. Bender on physical education
Dr. Paul Bender of Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls will visit Washington January 30 and February 1 to advise on physical training classes. He is sent by the college extension division and is a New York University graduate with specialized training in the subject.
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Paul Bender
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Washington
School Classes Cover Broad Freshmen to Seniors
Miss Anderson teaches freshmen English with short stories. Miss Wilson leads sophomores in word derivation and formation. Seniors study Dr. Johnson era for a composite view of late eighteenth century life. Geometry and algebra progress noted among other classes.
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Miss Anderson
Miss Wilson
Dr. Johnson
Miss Mercer
Miter
le Moine
Locker Room Prep for Muscatine Game Next Friday
Washington teams set to play the Muscatine Muskies in Muscatine with hopes of a large local turnout. The Stray Bullets, an East End Rats squad, were edged 20 to 16 by a Charles Miley Ned Barden Herbert Huber Milo Steele Richard Minick lineup. Referee Marion Griffin of the local junior college officiated. A new multi sport basketball type is being tested in gym classes attracting interest.
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Muscatine
East End Rats
Charles J. Miley
Ned Barden
Herbert Huber
Milo Steele
Richard Minick
Marion Griffin
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