Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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 Cc ti, onuenuon in a- m otneS in n ouem checks pronunciation ami grammer of Spanish. French and English students. Omar Lett di- rects Drama club and is famous with his stu- dents for his humorous mimicings. Eva Lini - c.ren checks sore throats, red spots and aching heads. -M m McNally leads discussions in lit on all subjects under the sun. Jean Miller directs string musicians at the high school and grade schools. Ruth Miller hands out red slips in addition to algebra, solid geometry and trig assignments. Edna Mundt conducts the new class of boys' and girls' home ec. Char- lotte Nelson reigns as girls' advisor and as censor of the Weekly Web. Kenneth Pace spouts out his ideas on government, business arithmetic, and questions of current interest. Wanda Rex teaches vocational courses and is generally helpful to everyone and anyone re- quiring assistance in typing and mimeographing. Everett Ritland keeps busy as boys' advisor, student council sponsor and Hi-Y sponsor. Opal Robinson acts as girls' drill-master and Cheer Squad sponsor. Laurence Simmering inspires homeroom 138 on to greater victories and also teaches industrial arts and mechanical drawing. William Si.aichert dictates policies of 110 as well as teaching plane geometry. Ray Smai i.ino takes charge of intramurals, boys’ physical education classes and girls' industrial arts. Richard Trump keeps chem biology and Spirit Staff students interested with his various specimens of wild life such as possums, wood- chucks and gophers. James Turnbull allows students to follow their own artistic bent. Ken- neth Weli.s acted as football and basketball coach as well as athletic- director. Edna Wilcox teaches lit and takes Girl Reserve as her extra- curricular activity. Cecil Wriedt educates the fellas in metals shop. Ticrntii-onc

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I ImeS ZjeuclierS soften J tatc The state teachers’ convention in Des Moines provided a holiday for students as well as an educational and social gathering for teachers. Both general sections and divisions for various subjects met at the convention. Dr. Steven Watkins, superintendent of schools, was speak- er at one of the meetings. On April 3 Ames High played host to the district teachers' convention. The Ames High Concert band played for the first general meet- ing. Other students assisted by acting as ushers and informationists. Obviously, the teachers played a pretty im- portant part in the day-to-day work at Ames High. Florence Adolph instructs the fellows and girls in the finer arts of cooking and sewing. Kox. Bower takes charge of vocal music groups including A Capella choir. Girls’ Glee club. Mixed chorus, and many small groups. Madelene Canvix drills students in beginning typing ami bookkeeping. Hiram Covey keeps one eye on his track team and the other on his first period study hall. Richard Day drags in- strumental music students out of bed in the wee small hours of the morning for practices. Mrs. Elizabeth Dickinson acts as Secret Ser- vice agent of the library. Mrs. Ida Mae Dougan directs activities of Junior class and also taught world history and American history classes. Ronald Easter imperils the life of Ames High students with fumes of hydrogen sulfide. Mrs. Rose Elliot teaches students that all Gaul is divided into three parts. Mrs. Myrna Green presides as one of the Junior class sponsors as well as disciplining her fourth period study hall. Donald IIartt coaches tennis along with teach- ing sophomores the fundamentals of English. Mrs. Bernice Kennedy runs the daily lunch program for stay-at-noon students. Eva Laros Ticenty

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Heading: the school health program of Ames High are Dr. Kenneth ( Piercy, school phy- sician. and Miss Kva Lindren. school nurse. As a part of the health program all incoming sophomores are given physical examinations. This enables the health start to discover and advise correction of any physical defects. In connection with the program, examinations are also given all boys who participate in athletics. Later in the year speeches were given by public speaking students to help in the fight against tuberculosis. The Web staff also co- operated with the Christmas Seal program by publishing several informative articles on tu- berculosis and its prevention. Physical inspection of all high school students is carried out through the cooperation of the physical education instructors with the health office. This inspection includes height, weight. vision, hearing, as well as color blindness. A regular system of check-ups for each three day absentee is carried on throughout the year by the health office. All students are urged to visit their family dentist, have the necessary corrections made, and bring a signed dental card to their homeroom teacher. All physical records of students are kept on the cumulative records which are filed in the principal's office. These are confidential records acquired by physicians examinations and by reports from parents. The records are used by tin- school ft» aid in understanding and dealing with the individual student. All deviations from normal health are reported to parents and early treatment advised. Today this department for student health has become a definite part of school life and will remain so through the cooperation of students. Twenty-two