Editorial Staff Roster for Nyla Reinier Features
A list of editorial staff members and contributors including Nyla Reinier Bill Brown Marjorieauikner Publien Gidley Jey Peterson Mary Hessel Maxine Logan Evelyn er Nyla Reinier Dortita yder Roberta Wheelan hard Wanerus Keith Gillespie Julia Ivey Marge Walker Helen terson Evelyn Miller Max Logan Shirley Petersonsy erta Wheelan Joe Pease Florence Godwin College Mary Atchison nes Journalism Class.
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Nyla Reinier Tures
Bill Brown
Marjorie Auikner
Publien Gidley
Jey Peterson
Mary Hessel
Maxine Logan
Evelyner
Nyla Reinier
Dortita
Yder
Roberta Wheelan
Hard Wanerus
Keith Gillespie
Julia Ivey
Marge Walker
Helen Terson
Evelyn Miller
Max Logan
Shirley
An American Ideal of Good Manners and Freedom
An editorial urges high school students to cultivate polished manners and selfrestraint. It praises self reliance, private thought, and respectful conduct while envisioning an American citizen free to choose worship, movement, and occupation, with limited government intrusion and personal liberty.
Guidance Conference Highlights Need for Vocational Training
Many seniors lack clear plans for college or work due to missing vocational guidance. The article argues the One guidance conference helps but lacks practical experience and individual instruction, leaving graduates unprepared and often reliant on outside assistance.
Senior home room rehearses class song under Jode Steele
Miss Randall directs home room practice as Jode Steele leads seniors through tricky sections to sing like birdies. Amid late term activities Miss Kyle’s senior home room uses study time for finals while freshmen sophomores and juniors register for events.
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Miss Randall
Jode Steele
Miss Kyle
Sophor
Doran Heads Stewart School Safety Patrol
Six sixth grade students at Stewart School form a safety patrol under the National Safety Council. Captain Herman Doran and members Carl Lathen Jack Pauls Roger Chapman Joe Sweet and Jack James patrol rail tracks and an underpass on Fourth Street in shifts of two. They urge children to stop playing near tracks and trains, reporting violations to Principal Bowles. Belts awarded at an April assembly. raincoats ordered. Next year training begins for fifth graders to take their places.
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Stewart School
National Safety Counc
Herman Doran
Carl Latethe
Jack Pauls
Roger Chapman
Joe Sweet
Jack James
Fourth Street
National Safety Council
Cher
Hi-Life staff ships the 1941 edition with crew at the helm
The Hi-Life staff work long hours to produce the annual edition. Henry Shields Marion Ferguson lead the team acting as captain and crew of 1941, with Phyllis Crayne guiding the process through last minute rushes. The 1940 Hi-Life debuts on elites day, May 24, in W. H. 38.
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Henry
Snyder
Henry Shields
W. H. 38
Ting
Miss Kyle
Phyllis Crayne
Marion Ferguson
Hi-Life
Comparative newcomer at Washington High School profile
The entry describes a junior at Washington High, transferring from Muscatine S in sem 2. It notes her English literature chemistry sociology and geometry grades, height 5 4 with dark brown hair and green eyes. She is editor of the Hi Life and member of Girl Reserves and various clubs.
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Irene Joan
Washington High School
Muscatine S
Solia
Girl Reserves
Hi Life
Banmy Kay
Richard Green
Errol Flynn
Alice Faye
Junior home room hosts playful animal imitations
In the next year students take turns presenting programs in Miss Mercer’s junior home room. One morning each pupil imitates a barnyard animal, followed by spelling bees and contemporaneous speaking, providing a hilarious time for all.
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I Miss Mercer
Lincoln Students Raise Vegetables
Lincoln kindergarten students work a two week garden project planning rapid growing plants to finish by year end. They chose crops lettuce onions and radishes near Mr Bradford's home and brought seeds tools and reading material on plant growth. They plan a last day party to enjoy the garden produce.
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Lincoln School
Freshman Chemistry Visit At Tweeten Dairy
College freshmen in chemistry toured Tweeten Dairy last Thursday. Mr Tweetten explained milk chemistry and demonstrated pasteurization bottling and the sterilization process. The junior college dinner dance is set for May 17 at the country club to celebrate graduation. Charles Murphy suffered a head injury in an auto accident west of Riverside last Sunday. other car occupants were uninjured. Gold pins for the women’s league arrived last week and officers for next year were elected but a tied vote requires a repeat vote this week.
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Tweeten
Tweetten
Charles Murphy
Riverside
Womens League
Clubicity Forensic Society May 9 Bid Party Planned
A bid party is planned for May 9 with committee members including Maxine Logan as chairman Mover to Wheelan Marjorie Faulkner and Evelyn Miller Chea. A board meeting Monday approved ballots for next year's officers and plans for a Senior farewell potluck and hike were discussed. The annual Mothers Night was held Wednesday at the Y. Hi Y pins were distributed Thursday noon. The Latin Club Roman Banquet is set for May 6 in Mr Whittes room with Ruthrower Georganne Rudiger Jane Baldridge Eugene Dunlap David Neiswhtger and Nettie Anderson on the committee.
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Forensic Society
Maxine Logan
Moverto Wheelan
Marjorie Faulkner
Evelyn Miller
Chea
Mr. Whittes
Ruthrower
Georganne Rudiger
Jane Baldridge
Eugene Dunlap
David Neiswhtger
Nettie Anderson
Busy School Day Reflections From a Lively Classroom
A student narrates a chaotic school day filled with lateness, hallway mishaps, a rush to practice the class song, missing pencil, English test nerves, and a hope for the end of the term. The vivid diary style captures lunchtime chatter, teacher woes, and daily routines in a bustling school.
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Pim
Madalyn Peters
Mr. White
Bng
Public utilities face coal needs compared to older plants
Public utility power plants require nearly 50 million tons of coal each year to operate. This amount equals only half of what 20 years ago would have produced the same electricity output, highlighting efficiency improvements in older equipment.
Boys Glee Club Concert Set for Tuesday Night
The boys glee club will present a concert Tuesday at eight, featuring soloists and numbers from the girls glee club and mixed chorus. The event follows a recent Iowa City music festival attended by many students, including five instrumentalists in the festival band.
Freshman Romance Rumors Spread In Evening Gossip
A six and a half page letter arrives from a Denver girl sparking whispers of romances in sixth hour physiology. Notes from Toots Edmondson and mentions of Norene M., Jr. Porter, Eleanor K. and others hint at teased affections. Gossip says Martha J. stays by Lowe, Irene L. slaps spark a kiss, and Marshall names surface in campus chatter.
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Flash
Eddy Nardy
Denver
Toots Edmondson
Anna W
Norene M
Jr. Porter
Senior thoughts on leaving Washington High School
Quotes from students about graduating and the mixed feelings on leaving high school for college or work. Several seniors express fond memories, while some anticipate new opportunities, with lingering caution about losing friends. The discussion captures the school spirit and the sense of a pivotal transition.
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Anta Waggoner
van Fishburn
Etty Stewart
Washington High School
Letty Redfinger
John Gardner
Robert House
George Miller
Helen Patterson
Marge Faulkner
Margaret Henon
Kay Dunbar
Thea
Club Members Final Party Promised for May 9
The Forensic club hosts a gay kid party in the high school gym on May 9 inviting all members to wear kid clothes and bring dolls toys or a playmate. Activities include games dancing and refreshments as the season concludes.
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Forensic Club
Classroom Field Trips Highlight Science and Health Topics
Students in Miss Stahl chemistry classes toured the local gas plant on Thursday and Friday. Mr Maasdam physiology pupils viewed the Washington Dairy pasteurization system as part of a Public Health unit. Homemaking class under Miss Gandall discussed child care, with plans for a bathing demonstration by school nurse Miss Jefferies. Miss Shields economics class completed Exchange and will start Distribution.
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Miss Shield
New Study Units Start in Classes
The eighth grade civics class studies the Government of the District of Columbia and outlying posts while eighth grade science examines forces shaping Earth. Seventh and eighth grade Industrial Arts finish woodwork and plan plaque making.
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District of Columbia
Builders of America
Theodore Rooseyvelt
Bureau of Budgets
Owen D. Young
Boyd
High School Reflections on Work and Fun
In a set of voices two students Phyllis Crone and Bill Brown express hopes to find work and use learned skills. They seek independence and reject feelings of helplessness while recalling joyous school days. Kivelyn Miller emphasizes a desire to return to the noble institution for more fun and memories.
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Phyllis Crone
Bill Brown
Kivelyn Miller
Embalming Wood: Rotproofing Trees for Farm Use
A method to preserve trees for posts, poles, and sills involves girdling with a round notch, applying a rubber collar, and filling with a preservative solution of six pounds copper sulphate or zinc chloride in three gallons water. Sap movement carries preservative upward in two weeks. when cut, the wood is saturated. Conifers can be treated year round except freezing weather, with best results during the growing season.
Riviera garden blooms across the French frontier
In January the entire French Riviera is described as a vast garden with roses jasmine violets carnations tuberoses heliotrope and many other flowers stretching toward the alan frontier and beyond.
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French Riviera
Alan Frontier
Plan Festival for Musicians at Drake University
Washington Junior College enters nine contests across seven events in a Music Festival at Drake University sponsored by the University and the Iowa Junior College Conference next Saturday May 11. B L Sanders of Cres ton Junior College is junior college festival chairman. Dean Gould of the Fine Arts College leads Drake. Washington students include Piang Solo Paul Fry Sopranio Lois Humble Frances Sartor John Hughes plus ensembles and trombone solo by John Hughes. Mr White trained the musicians.
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Washington Junior College
Drake University
Iowa Junior College Conference
B. L. Sanders
Creston Junior College
Dean Mead
Dean Gould
The
Fine Arts College
Drake
Iowa
Washington Junior High
Piang
Paul Fry Sopranio
Lois Humble
Frances Sartor
John Hughes
Ferne Oldfield
Jeanette Picken
Cecil Replagte
Stewart Bell
Bob Masson
Mr. White
Music Festival At Iowa City Selects Students By Past Records
Last Thursday, Friday, and Saturday the Music Festival at Iowa City included girls glee club, mixed chorus, concert band, and clarinet quartet. Jane Steele sang He Was Despised and joined the festival chorus. Carolyn Strong played flute and joined the festival orchestra. Charles Mayo played trombone. Milo Steele, Charles Sutton, Gene Dunlap, Dorothy Turner, Bill Arnold, and Mayo also joined the band. Jane Steele and the glee club broadcast festival numbers Friday between 1:00 and 2:00, with Richard Crooks singing Thursday night. all participants heard him.
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Boys Ties Club
Iowa City
Girls Glee Club
Lone Steele
U. TL
Charles Mayor
Milo Steele
Charles Sutton
Carolyn Strong
Dorothy Turner
Eiveryone
Iowa University
Jane Steele
Handel
Charles Mayo
Gene Dunlap
Bill Arnold
U. S
Glee Club
Richard Crooks
Cotton Picking Monkeys Hoax Found Out In Victoria
In 1884 Victoria Advocate editor Jeff McLemore printed a tale about James A. McFaddin importing African monkeys to pick cotton. The joke later resurfaced as a false “true story,” repeated for decades before being debunked by the Cham ber of Commerce secretary in Victoria, Texas.
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Chamber of Commerce
Victoria
Texas
Jeff McLemore
Victoria Advocate
Advocate
James A. McFaddin
Texas Siftings At
Austin
Western Newspaper Union
College Women Attend Socials At Washington Junior College
The Women’s League formed at Washington Junior College last year grows this year with most students as members. Initiation occurred, events ranged from formal meetings to spins in sprees, Sadie Hawkins Week raised funds, and a constitution was adopted. Miss Montgomery supported the club’s social aims, eliminating cliques and fostering unity among the college women.
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Women's League
Montgomery
Wwomen
Washington Junior College
Weekly Calendar Notes for University Activities
Monday lists Girls Glee Club 400 and A B Latin Club banquet plus University of Iowa Orchestra. Tuesday includes Girls Glee Club A B 4 00 Glee Club concert, Chemistry Club Picnic. Wednesday shows Boys in mixed chorus at 3 30 P M Auditorium and 4 00 Male Quartette. Thursday features Mixed Chorus and Art Club pienie.
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University of Iowa
Hoys
T. A. Auditorium
Pienie
Glass windows boost poultry house production in New Jersey study
Country Home Magazine reports a New Jersey experiment shows a 75 percent rise in winter production after installing cellulose glass windows in a poultry house. The glass passes sunlight’s violet rays, is used on barns and kennels, has a wire-mesh base, is cheap, and easy to install.
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New Jersey
Country Home Magazine
Mythical birds become real near Mt. Tamalpais legend
Giant war birds of the U S army air base at Hamilton field circle the mountain near San Francisco. The news claims legends of great mythical birds from Indian lore are now a tangible reality as they maneuver overhead over the Redwood Empire gateway region.
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Mt. Tamalpais
Golden Gate
San Francisco
U. S. Army Air Base
Hamilton Field
Redwood Empire
Bicycles Make Comeback With 8 Million U S Owners
A survey shows about 8,000,000 bicycles are owned in the United States, roughly one bike for every 16 people, signaling a strong revival in cycling nationwide.
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United States
Dr Bells to Speak at Des Moines Junior College Conference
The Annual Junior College Conference meets in Des Moines at Drake University on May 11. Dr Walter C Bells, executive secretary of the American Association of Junior Colleges, will be the outstanding speaker. Beverly Niffenegger and Ellis Winke will represent students, with Dr Russell E Jonas directing the Senate and reporting on college advances.
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Des Moines
Drake University
Department of Public Instruction
Washington
Beverly Niffenegger
Ellis Winke
Walter C. Bells
American Association of Junior Colleges
Iowa
Wil
Russell E.i Jonas
Board of Educational Examiners
Maxine Marshall
Finke
Niffenegzver
Chicago
Canadian doctors Banting and McLeod credited with insulin discovery
Insulin was discovered by Canadian physicians Frederic Banting and J. J. R. McLeod, with Banting obtaining the greater share of credit. In 1922 Banting was resident surgeon at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children. The treatment had been used under their supervision before the 1922 announcement, but broad use began then.
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Freder O& G. Banting
J. J. R. McLeod
Banting
Toronto
Women dominate Japanese writing history says Collier’s
The article notes Japan is seen as the sole nation where all leading writers are women. Collier’s claims Japanese literature for over a millennium has few if any notable works by men.
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Japan
Collier's
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