Amana High School - Bugle Yearbook (Amana, IA)

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were: Lillian Son- lil-lb MY WEEK IN Y-TEEN CAMP On june 24, 1947 Miss Moershel, Rose Ehrle, and I started on our trip to McGregor Heights to attend an eight day Y-Teen confer- ence. We arrived at the Heights about 4:30 P. M. Friday and the busses bringing girls from all over Iowa continued to arrive until 2:00 in the morning. Our first day at camp was devoted to re- gistration and getting settled in our assigned cabins. The second day began with the schedule that would be carr.ed out the rest of the week. Breakfast 'was served in two shifts fas were all the other mealsj at 7:00 oclock in the morn- ing. After breakfast we had a review of these day's events, group singing and a speaker, for which everyone was assembled. Later in the morning we broke up inLo what we called club clinics. In these clinics girls gave suggestions as to what different clubs could do in the fol- lowing year, asked advice on club problems, and gained new ideas to take home to their club from other girls. After lunch some free time which we used to write letters or rest. From 3:00 to 5:00 in the afternoon we had recreation. During this time different forms of recreation were under- taken. Swimm'ng, boating, and hiking were popular. One day we went to Praire du Chien, Wisconsin. There was usually something planned for the evenings. One of the first parties we had was a get-acquainted party. Worsliip meeting was held every evening before we retired. Lights out was at 10:15 and everyone was to be in bed by 10:00. The four main speakers for the week were: Dr. Ennis, who conducted several bird hikes and gave talks on different topics: Mrs. King Herr, who talked on boy and ,girl relations, Mildred Owen, who spoke on worll fellow- ship, and Mary Needham, who was in charge of religion. -Lillian Dickel Y-TEEN VISITOR On November 11, 1947, at a special even- ing meeting, the Y-Teens held a recognition ceremonial for the fresl.men and a World fel- lowship program. Miss Dorothy Brauninger, program director of the Iowa District Y. W. C. A. at Des Moines, was guest speaker at this program. The ceremonial was held first and after each freshmen girl had been given a candle to light, everyone sang Our Song . At this time also, Miss Brauninger gave a talk on the purpose of the Y-Teens throughout the world. Lillian Berger, Rose Marie Lipman, Lillian Roemig and Madeline Oehl, Y-Teen officers, Miss Brauninger, and the advisor, Miss Moershel, took part in the ceremony. The world fellowship program was next and Rose Marie Lipman, program chairman, too-k charge. A poem, These Things Shall Be , by Lillian Dickel, a talk on world fellow- ship by Betty jane Lipman, and a poem by Mary jane Seifert made up the program. Then the group joined in singing songs per- taining to Mexico, China, and France, with Elsie Zimmerman as piano accompanist. At the last, donations for world fellowship were collected and the money used to send a CARE package to Germany. -Virginia Metz Y-TEEN CHRISTMAS PARTY With the Christmas vacation drawing near- er, the Y-Teens gave their annual Christmas Party on December 17 in the school auditor- rum. Mothers of the Y-Teens, teachers, and other guests enjoyed the program, which began with the Y-Teens marching down the aisle, each holding a lighted candle and singing Ads-ste Fidelesf' A short welcome speech was then given by the president, Lillian Berger Lillian Sontag was next on the program with a wel- come poem, followed by Virginia Metz with a reading, Ready For Christmas. A German play was then presented by Elsie Zimmerman, Madeline Oehl, Mary jane Seifert, Leona Cle- mens, and Anne Marie Schuhmacher. Ohl Holy Night was sung by Harriet Ackerman, and Carolyn Hahn read The Story of the Christmas Tree. Several Y-Teens acted out Christmas songs and after the mothers had guessed the names the first verse of each song was sung by everyone. At the conclusion of the program Shirley Shoup read The Christ- mas Story from the second chapter of St. Luke. Mrs. james Beck and Elsie Zimmerman were accompanists. After the program everyone adjourned to the home economics room where refreshments were served. Under the supervision of Miss Rouner the 11th and 12th home econonmics classes had prepared'the refreshments which consisted of the following: cranberry short- cake with whipped cream, cocoa or coffee, hard candy, and colorfully decorated Christ- mas cookies. At the close of the party Santa Claus, play- ed by Jeanette Franke, and Santa's helpers, Ramona Marz, and Dorothy Trumpold, dis- tributed presents to everyone present. -Virginia Metz FATHER-DAUGHTER BANOUET The third annual Y-Teen father-daughter banquet was held on March 17. Dinner at the Ox Yoke Inn was followed by a program at the Amana Clubhouse. President Mary jane Seifert gave a welcom- ing speech before dinner was served. After dinner everyone joined in singing such old fa- vorites as Let the Rest of the World ,Go By, Whispering, I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles, and many others. A St. Patricks Day theme was carried out in all the decorations. A big sign reading Welcome Dads, as well as the tables we-e decorated with shamrocks. To start off the program, all of the girls took part in a pantomime Hisses and Kisses. A solo, Killarny, by Harriet Ackerman, was followed with a vaudeville skit by Carolyn Hahn and Madeline Oehl. Another skit, pre- sented by Elsie Zimmerman, Madeline Oehl, and Mary jane Seifert, turned out to be Amana Bulletin news . The last number on the pro- gram was a quiz led by Lillian Dickel and Lil- lian Berger. A welcome song at the beginning and another song at the end of the program were sung by all of the Y-Teens. -Virginia Metz Nine Y-TEEN SECOND SEMESTER REVIEW The officers for the second semester were: president, Mary jane Seifert, Vice-president, Madeline Oehl, Secretary, Carolyn Hahn, treasurer, Jeanette Franke, social chairman, Elsie Zimmerman, worship chairman, Lillian Sontag: and newsreporter, Harriet Ackerman. Twenty-six girls second semester ficers served on The program were in the club during the and everyone except the of- one of the three committees. committee included: Madel- ine Oehl fchairmanj, Lillian Dickel, Bernice Dietrich, Dorothy Eichacker, let Rettig, and Anne Marie social committee members merman Qchairmanj Lillian er, Ramona Marz, Kathleen Helen Kraus, Vio- Schuhmacher. The were: Elsie Zim- Berger, Alice Gey- Moessner, Dorothy Trumpold, Lola Zabokrtsky, and Virginia Metz. On the worship committee tag tchairmanj Leona Clemens, Harriet Hege- wald, Betty Lipman, Rosemarie Lipman, Elsie Moser, and Lillian Roemig. A Valentine Party was held on February 13. Refreshments were served, and each girl receiv- ed a valentine from another member of the Club. Two worship meetings were held during the second semester, on February 11, and March 24. Different members took part in each meeting. 'Ihe annual Father-Daughter Banquet was held on March 17. Plans were also made for the Mother-Daughter Banquet, which was held on May 4. A Y-Teen program was presented on April 16. Each member was on a committee and sev- eral were on the program. Besides the Y- Teens, there was also on the program, Mrs. Willard Zierold and Elmer Dietrich. In the month of March a number of the Y- Teens also attended a music conference in Des Moines. -Virginia Metz MEMORIES OF Y-TEENS As I look back to my freshmen year in high school I remember the tme when I was ap- proached by a Girl Reserve, as the club was then known, to become a member of this organ- ization. I did not know what to expect of the club, but I joined and from that year was al- ways ready to renew my membership. I always found our annual social events as the mother-daughter banquet, dad-daughter ban- quet, Christmas parties, and Easter egg hunts very enjoyable. But our carnival has been to me the most interesting and enjoyable project of my four years as a Y-Teen. We had fun in preparing for it even though it meant lots of work and time. We were happily rewarded for our work by our success in it. Our adviser, Miss Moershel, was always ready to lend a helpful hand and give a word of advice when- ever needed by one of the girls. To some Y-Teens the club might mean a source of social events and entertainment. It is true we have many such activities, but we al- so dwell on more serious ones. These are our worship meetings and world fellowship meet- ings, which I remember as always being very effective and beautiful. To me the club meant a way of getting ac- quainted and working with girls of my own age. I think there is no greater satisfaction than to be able to work with a group of indivi- duals and accomplish what you have set out to do. I certainly experienced this in my work on committees and as a member of the cabinet. Then we can learn to know, to know and understand ourselves and others what we do and why. This phrase taken from the Y-Teen Our Song summarizes what I have learned and will remember as a member of such a fine organization as the Y-Teens. -Lillian Dickel

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Eigln. Y-TEEN SEMESTER REVIEW With a new school year under way, the Y- Teens were eager to start on new and more activities for their club. Twenty-eight girls showed interest in the club, including eight freshmen girls. The officers of the Y-Teens for the first semester, elected before the close of the school year in spring, were as follows: president, Lil- lian Berger, vice-president and program chair- man, Rosemarie Lipman, secretary, Lillian Roe- mig, treasurer, Madeline Oehl, social chairman, Lillian Dickel, worship chairman, Shirley Shoup, and newsreporter, Mary Jane Seifert. Business meetings were held every week and special meetings were called when necessary. A program committee was appointed by the Cabinet fofficersj to plan some program after short business meetings. Those on the co-m- mittee were: Rosemarie Lipman fchairmanj, Betty J. Lipman, Dorothy Trumpold, Lillian Sontag, Elsie Zimmerman, Harriet Ackerman, Betty Jane Petersen, Harriet Hegewald, and Elsie Moser. For the social functions of the Y-Teens a committee of seven was appointed by the cab- inet. Its members were: Lillian Dickel fchairmanj, Helen Kraus, Leona Clemens, Vio- let Rettig, Carolyn Hahn, Ramona Marz, Doro- thy Eichacker and Alice Geyer. This commit- tee was in charge of preparing the program for the Christmas Party, held on December 18. was in charge of preparing the program for the Christmas Party held on December 18. The worship meeting on October 15 was planned by the worship committee whose chair- man was Shirley Shoup. Other members were Bernice Dietrich, Kathleen Moessner, Jeanette Franke, Anna Marie Schuhmacher, Lola Za- bokrtsky and Virginia Metz. The Y-Teens, during the first semester, sent a CARE package to Europe to so-me needy family. The girls donated for this fund on the evening of their World Fellowship Pro- gram which Miss Brauninger attended Since the Y-Teens have quite a large fund in the treasury, it was decided to adopt a girl of high school age in Hollond. This means each month the club will send 315 for the care of the child, or a total of 35180 for one year. Besides attending the conference at Fair- field, the girls also had a special evening meet- ing and a Christmas Party during the first semester. A number of times the girls played games or participated in other outdoor activi- ties, including a picnic in the Middle Park in fall, while the weather was still favorable. -Virginia Metz DES MOINES CONFERENCE Nineteen Y-Teens and their advisor, Miss Moershel, attended a music conference and Y. W. C. A. meeting at the Des Moines YWCA on March 20. The girls were given permission to use the bus and Mr. Selzer consented to drive. Upon registration, the girls went into the auditorium where a worship meeting was held from 10:00 until 10:30 A. M. This was follow- ed by a music workshop, directed by Miss Marie Oliver. She is music secretary of the National YWCA Board. The adults in the meantime held their annual Iowa District Y. W. C. A. meeting. Luncheon, at 12:30 P. M., was served in the first floor lounge of the Y. W. C. A. building. After dinner a panel discussion on Our Youth Is Our Tomorrow was conducted by various merlpbers of YWCA organizations and Y-Teen clu s. Mr. Selzer took the group on a tour of the capitol building and grounds before starting home. -Virginia Metz Y-TEEN SISTER The Amana Y-Teens have taken up the res- ponsibilities of caring for a girl who is very much in need of help. Through the Foster Parents' Plan, the girls will send 3515 a month for one year to care for the girl. Margaretha Jansen, a fourteen-year-old Dutch girl, is the Y-Teen's sister. She is now liv- ing with her mother in Amsterdam. Her fa- ther died during the war. She has suffered from malnutrition, traces of which are still to be found. She is now re- ceiving constant care and is checked regularly by a visiting doctor. Margaretha is very fond of music and would like to learn to play the piano. As all girls do, she has dreams of a career and would be very interested in becoming a seamstress. The Y-Teens are planning to send packages of food and clothing to Margaretha. It is their hope that she will be able to- forget the fears and dangers of the war years and to be- come a good citizen of her native country. -Virginia Metz Y-TEEN FALL CONFERENCE On October 25 twenty two Amana Y-Teens and their advisor attended the Southeast Area Y-Teen Conference at Fairfield. The school bus, driven by Mr. Selzer, provided the trans- portation for the girls. At the Fairfield High School the girls registered and were given a morning snack be- fore the opening of the conference in the aud- itorium. A welcome to the delegates by one of the Fairfield Y-Teens was followed by a wel- come from Mr. W. G. Pence, Superintendent of Schools at Fairfield. Next, the nominees for the 1947 Conference officers were introduced to the group. An address, Growing Up in Times Like These, by Miss Priscilla Welles, executive director of the YWCA at Newton, Iowa, was enjoyed by everyone. She told of her exper- iences at conferences in Oslo, Norway and Wendlesburg, Sweden, and of the fellowship between different races and nationalities and the opportunities and hardships of some of them. A discussion on Y-Teen Charm and Co-ed Activities was led by Miss Rosemary Lacquemont, Y-Teen director from Davenport. Lunch for all the girls was served in the high school cafeteria. Before entering the various workshops at one thirty, the girls spent the time in singing. The workshop groups consisted of service and world fellow- ship, publicity, membership and finance, mus- ic and worship, and vocations, from which the girls received ideas for their own local clubs. At two-thirty a business session was held in the auditorium. Candidates for the confer- ence offices were again introduced and cam- paign speeches given by their respective clubs. The Amana club' was selected to nominate a candidate for District Treasurer and Mary Jane Seifert was selected. Had she been elected, she would have succeeded Shirley Shoup, who held that job for the past year and served as both recorder and treasurer at the conference. A Clinto-n delegate gave a report on the Grinnell YMCA-YWCA Youth Conference of the past summer, and then the results of the election were announced. The installation ceremony for new officers, written by the Amana Y-Teens then took place, and the closing event of the clay was a worship service, the Albia Y-Teens being in charge. On the way home, as well as when going to Fairfield, the girls were in a singing moo-d, but hunger set in, and before finishing their journey home, they ate supper at a Sigourney restaurant. -Virginia Metz ISD-lb Y-TEEN PROGRAM On April 16 the Y-Teens sponsored an evening program, Variety Plus, for the purpose of raising money for the club. Doors opened at 6:50 P. M. and refreshments were on sale be- fore the progran and during intermission. lar being the voting booth for electing king and queen of A. H. S. Cand.dates from each class were: seniors, Lillian Dickel, and Henry Zscherny, juniors, Mary Jane Seifert and Tlzeo Setzer, sophomores, Elsie Zimmerman and Ivan Reihman, freshmen, Violet Rettig and George Berger. Madeline Oehl and Lillian Sontag were in charge of this booth. Raffle tickets for the portable radio were also on sale. Those in charge were: Elsie Moser, Harriet Ackerman, Lillian Berger, and Virginia Metz. The first thing on the program was a song, Green Cathedral, by the quartet: Mary Jane Seifert, Madeline Oehl, Elsie Zimmerman, and Lillian Berger. The quiz pro-gram, with Lil- lian Dickel in charge, was next on the program. Questions for the contestants were prepared by Carolyn Hahn and Jeanette Franke. Prizes in- cluded Amana hams, Amana ties, dinners at the Ox Yoke and Colony Inn, and for those not answering all three questions correctly there were certificates for an issue of the Bugle. Mrs. Willard Zierold, a German bride, formerly Marianne Promeuschel, played sever- al songs on the accord an. Next was a vaude- ville skit by Carolyn Hahn and Madeline Oehl. This was followed by vocal solos, Now Is the Hour, Always, and The Whiffenpoof Song, by Elmer Dietrich. The Autograph Snatchers was a play presented by Violet Ret- tig, Anna Marie Schuhmacher, Lola Zabokrt- sky, Leona Clemens, and Elsie Zimmerman. To continue the program Harriet Ackerman sang, The House I Live In. The quarLet again appeared to sing Dingbat. A fifteen minute intermission was followed by the crowning of king and queen. The king and queen of '47, Donald Shoup and Emaline Noe, were present to crown the new king and queen, Henry Zscherny and Lillian Dickel. The queen was presented with a corsage of gardenias and the king with a rel carnatlon boutonniere. The lucky winner of the portable radio was Joe Renner of South Amana. To close the program all the Y-Teens sang Our Song. Lillian Dickel was mistress of ceremonies and Emily Oenl and Joanna Berger were ac- companists for the two soloists. -Virginia Metz SURPRISE PARTY FOR SENIOR Y-TEENS Under a veil of secrecy a surprise party was planned for the graduating Y-Teens by the freshmen, sophomore, and junior girls. The party was held in the high school building on April 30. A typical picnic supper was planned and prepared by the worship committee. The girls served wieners, potatoes salad and chips, pop, and cupcakes, and all the picnic lunch trim- ings. After the supper, the program committee took over the rest of the party. The president, Mary Jane Seifert, gave a short speech which was followed by the presentation of small gifts as tokens of farewell to the seniors. While the junior girls hummed the Y-Teen song, Our Song Caroline Hahn read a poem The Per- fect Day . The program was concluded with the singing of group songs, including several Y-Teen club songs. E -Rosemarie I.ipman

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AMANA FACU LTY Charles Selzer Mildred Leiclisenring J. R. Neveln Henriella lvloerslwel Mildred Franey Ronald Fleming Evelyn Rouner Jerelyn Beck Marie Zimmerman Wm. Heinze Augusla Disierlfiofl Edna Randall