Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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Service Clubs Bring Christmas to Old PRESENTS ARE PACKED UP by Girl Reserve cabinet members in preparation for their journey to the County Home. THESE GIFTS WERE RECEIVED gratefully . . . AND ALL INVOLVED felt a glow of satisfaction as they started the trip home.

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CO-CHAIRMEN Vivian Voelkcr and Karin Saral pause lo gaze at their creation, a Norseman heaven, in the dimly lit ballroom. Carol Rouzc provides mood music on the piano for her fellow workers. SANDY PERC1VAL decorates one of the white flocked Christmas trees with gold balls. Snow didn't fall until Christinas Eve this year, but by the end of the first week in December students were heading towards Lake Lavern. Squaw Creek, and Brookside with their ice skates for the first of the winter sports. With the snow catnc toboggan- ing. snowball fights, stalled cars, sidewalks to shovel, and cold north winds. Accompanying winter came the Christmas season: shopping, carols at noon over the sound system, and the after-game party “Mistletoe Madness. The com- bined language clubs' Christmas party was held on December 11. Carols were sung in the different languages; punch and cookies were served. Girl Reserve and Boys' Club cabinets took gifts from the homerooms to the County Home on December 20. The vocal music department presented a program of Christmas music before school was dismissed. The last of the Christmas activities was the semi- formal dance given by the Senior Girls on Decem- ber 29. The Sun Room of the Memorial Union was decorated with flocked Christmas trees, glimmering stars, and sunbursts to carry out the theme “Val- halla.” Dance music was nrovided by the J. Hall Four with Janet Wildman as vocalist. Karin Saral and Vivian Voelker served as dance co-chairmen. 26

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COLORFUL POSTERS arc easy to take down for the victor Jim Mannum and his backers, Mary Ellen Bragonier and Bill Strand. KEEPING TIME DURING the two campaign assemblies enabled each candidate to have equal speaking time, Dan Roach and Mary Mont- gomery watched the clock at Friday’s assembly. To the Ames High student body there is only one thing certain in life: There will always be semester tests. They are as impossible to stop as a steam roller and produce about the same effects. Sopho- mores are petrified with fear; juniors are nervous and bleary eyed: and the old gray seniors calmly observe the proceedings with a philosophical attitude that usually develops into a bad case of “senior cynicism ' by the end of the year. Those with enough energy left to open their eyes found the tortuous boredom of study somewhat abated by the myriads of colorful and catchy post- ers which suddenly appeared announcing the be- ginning of the campaign for second semester stu- dent body president. Candidates were Bob Beaty. Dick Gibson. Jim Hannum. and Bill Easton. Showers of paper airplanes, cheering students, and a barrage of fruit for one unlucky speaker marked the enthusiasm and hilarity of the nominating as- sembly. There was also a serious side to the eve- ning though with each candidate presenting his ideas for improvements to be made in the event of his election. The election assembly on Friday cli- maxed a week of vigorous campaigning. Ballots were cast, and first semester president Archie Greene announced over the sound system that Jim Hannum had been elected. 5-Day Campaign Features Rabbits, 28