East High School - Trojan Yearbook (Waterloo, IA)

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Iohn Donnell. East alumnus, was the featured speaker at the auditorium hon- oring Orange and Black graduates. The tea took place in the little theater with seniors and alumni as guests. Pre' siding at the tea table were Diane Rice and Miriam Maillie. Champions Welcome Homecomers The theme Champions welcomed the success. To climax the day, the Trojan alumni at Homecoming. The publicity and gridsters came through with a victory over promotions, social and homecoming com- Mason City. mittees collaborated to make this event a Lower Left: Welcome Alumni was the banner which invited the homecorners back to East High. Lower Right: PePPY cheerleaders, orange girls and Trojan heads formed the decorations which conveyed the theme Champions . '

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Ability Plus Action Auditorium committee, with lack Garrett as chairman, planned weekly programs. Co- chairmen of orientation committee, Gene Fortune and Marlys Niedert, helped to ac- quaint new students with East and corres- ponded with neighboring schools. Citizenship Chairman Lloyd Willbrandt directed his committee in school-wide pro- motion campaigns. Dick Dahl, chairman of publicity and promotions committee, publi- cized the school events of the year. Social Chairman loan Strudthott and her committee planned the social calendar tor East. Mariys Niedert, co-chairman of orientation committee, puts the finishing touches on the designing of Christmas cards sent to neighboring schools. The auditorium and publicity and pro- motions committees combinecl their skills to promote the annual sale with Are you cr NAIORT? Eight categories con- nected with school activities were a choice for the student contestants. Orientation committee introduced the new teachers to the student body in an auditorium at the opening of the school year. Equals Achievement to be Again the orientation committee goes to work giving the students who chose dancing lessons in the little theater. 14

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Investing i Business education students have a good background for the jobs which many of them will enter after graduating from high school. Business courses such as typing, office prac- tice, shorthand, business law, business math and bookkeeping offer Eastonians prepara- tion for future occupations in offices and daily I1 Office practice offers training in the fundamentals of an office job as well as experience on the different office machines. It teaches students to handle money and keep books for school organizations. the Future living. During the year 38 seniors took a co-op plan which made it possible to Work part time and go to school part time. Students had their choice of office, sales or nurse aide co-op. Upper Left: Approximately 3ll students en- rolled in bookkeeping this year. In this course they get the know-how for keeping personal records as well as for business accounting. Lower Left: Students who take typing find it important for their own use as well as for later use in office jobs. Lower Right: Girls in shorthand class read dictation that they will transcribe later for acquiring sl-:ills of speed and accuracy.