Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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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

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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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 lmei % riene 7 . Jr a in Top Row: H. Knudson. J. Winfrey, Chivt-rs, Clemons. Holmes Mii i i.k Row: GImo. Gilman. Mrs. Dickinson. Burton, Schulz Kkont Row: Netcott. Sweeney. Neff. .1. Bnppe. Townxeml Using the theme The Little Engine That Could, the Junior Red Cross began its first major project by collecting cans of evaporated milk from each of the Ames schools to he loaded on the Friendship Train which stopped in Ames last fall. By being 100 percent and gathering 1 cans of milk. Ames High made her contri- bution. Once again 100 percent in membership drive. Ames High made collections amounting to $( 9.1.9. After being familiarized by the school nurse on the correct care of children, the group of sixty Junior Red Cross workers furnished 40 families of Pammel Court with baby-sitters on the night of Dec. (i. Fun was had by all as the sitters spent the evening cooking, reading, eat- ing and enjoying the door prizes. At the first of the year students interested in Junior Red Cross work signed up on one or more of six committees. Chairmans were selected by the workers of each group. Joan Bappe and Nancy Neff each served one semester as the group's chairman. ★ Friendship Train Mops in Ames Twenty-three