Fort Madison High School - Madisonian Yearbook (Fort Madison, IA)

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FII! HIGH SCIIOOL TIMES M1s-ses Helen K1stler and I:.mm'1 Gruendyke spent their Thanks glvlng v1c1t1on ln Nlarcehne MISSOUFI SI he followtng 18 chpped from the report of Mr Sxmonds of Gales b xrg one of the jud fc tt the prehmxnary dcclunatory contest The artncle prmted ln Ihe Evenlng Democrat The s1x young women who took part were perfect IH the commlt ment of thexr selectzons and exhlbnted an unusual degree of ease and self possesswn It was a dufhcult matter to decxde upon the ments of the respective contestants and there was conslderable dxverslty of op1n1on among the judges 1 fact whlch IH xtself speaks for the general excellence of the contest as a whole Mass Wxllard g we The Slgn of the Cross by Wllson Barrett her work was sympathetlc and finely toned throughout Mxss W1llard dls played an mtellxgent conceptlon of the characters cons1derable reserve power and a f:1DlShCd style M1ss Webers selectxon was Mark Twams thrxlhng narrat1ve The Death Dusk a story of Cromwells txme It IS a piece wluch calls lor great dramatxc powel and Mlss Weber was very successful partncuhrlv 1n her xnterpretahon of the character of Abbie the llttle herorne The auchence followed her portrayal of the pathetlc scene wlth deet est mtcrest Whale all the contestants are worthy of 1nd1v1dual praxse especlal COITll118IldclflOI'! should be gxven to the work of Genevleve Elliott who reclted the scene between Jean Valjean and the Blshop ln V1CtOF Hago s gre mt romance and to that of Florence Hopley who gave the pretty story lhe Fmddle Told by Nora Franklm Whxle these two selectxons lacked the dramatic 1ntens1ty of those already descrlbed they had the charm of naturalness and feehng Mlss Gaston and Mlss Benbow llso deserve great pra1se for thelr excellent work and wxll be heard from 1n the future One evening of the South Eastern Iowa Short Course held ln Ft MAQJISOII was devoted to 1 decl tnlatory contest 'l he followmg schools wele lepresented Wluttler Academy Salem Denmark Academy the hugh schools of Ft Mtdxson Keokuk Mt Pleasant and Montrose and Samt Joseph s School of Ft Maduson The first prlze of S25 was glven to Bernard Dxelker of Denmark Academy the second S15 to Helen Wmllard the bt Madmson Hugh School representatxve the thxrd S10 to Cecxl Smith of Mt Pleasant and the fourth S5 to Rlchard Fahey of Sa1nt Joseph s School 'l he contest was a very close one the first place recelvxng a mark of 93 2 3 pen cent and the second 93 1 3 per cent The large and apprec1at1ve aud1ence enyoyed some of the best amateur dramahc abxlnty ever dlsplayed ln thls sectlon of the country Muslc was furmshed by both the G1rls and Boys Glee Clubs The selectxons were well rece1ved and reflected credlt upon the superv1sors M155 Nlanne Welch and Warden J C Sanders ' ' 7 ' ' J 21 - . - .. - T ' 1 , - 1 . . , . . L . 5'sz ' -'Q . . . . .... . .,, .. . , , . . I -QC . . 1 - . 1 ., , -. , . . . . . r . .L .4 ,, , . . . , - . . . . I , v . 1 1 1 ' !- . s 1 1 v X ..,. . ,, . . ' 1 2 ' J ' . - , 3 . 2 . ' . - 1 l 1 I - - 1 - n s ' 1 v , ,N , . . . v I 1 1 1 . I 1 1 , . , , . . , - ' Y . . 1 ' Y Y ' I

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FII! HIFI! SLl1UOl llvll S MISSCS Lookc, K11oeptle1 LLIIIIIIIIIWSXS L uret LH ljyl 1111 1111 Messrs SL,l'1lll Mltllews lnd D1ck l1'tL,l'l1lLL1 the lclchcrs Lo11ve1l1o11 held tt Des Momes Iowa 1n November M1SS lzsther Bueter 14 wis llWSl,l'lt from school two 11131511115 quarter on lccount of sxckness MISS Zella Byrml spent I'l111ksf1v111g v1c 1111111 at 111 1 1. Galesburg Ill1I1OlS MISS Merle Cooper 12 spent the Ih 1l1kSQlVlllg vxc itxon lt Buckhn M15SOLlT1 On NOVCIIIDCI the fnst the p1el1111111 111 det 1.1111 xtory 101111.51 W15 held 1n tl1e lLlL1ltOI'lllll1 ot the I11 fl1 school At tl1IS tune HLlen W1ll lftl M1r1e VVebe1 Mi.T1Oll biston QTCIILVILVL I+ll1ott Esther Benbow 11111 Flo1ence Hopley were chosen to 111111.11 on the p1ogr 1111 Decembex the second At the second contest Helen W1l1 1rd w 18 IVCH F119-t pl :ce 1.111 M1f18 Weber Lnd Lrenev1eve l:,1l1ott the 51110111 ind tlurd pl1cf1s YL spectlvely All of the contestants rxnked lugh 1nd zevealed the w 11k that h1d been lCCOUlfllSl1Cd bv tl'1CIllSClVl,S 11111 the l1lStlLlL.tOI' M155 Byram l'he judges were Dr b1111o11ds of l,11lesb11rg MCSSI5 1-l D1 Keal and R K Lorlett of Burhnston low 1 lhe l11l1SlC was f11rn1shed by the H1gh School Boys blee Llub Mllh uutet Orchestz 1 11111 k71IlS frlo A large ind app-rec1'1t1ve tudnnce w1s present Mr D1ck Lncl M155 Knoepfler spent L lew d us t the r homes 1 Cedar Falls M155 L1lll1H Bruene1 111111101 111 the Q,l1llllL,Otl1C H1011 School vxslted school w1tl1 Lou1se Slllltll All the g1rl5 who ongmilly entered the decl 1111 1tory contest e11te1 tuned the Denm lrk Vl9ltOfS lt '1 sp11 ld Lt M 1111. VVCDBI s l1OlHC afte1 the prel1n11nary contest DCCCIHDEI second Lurhne Sneath wls lbS6l'1t1-IOIII school 1 week bec111se of 111111.55 bhe 1115 chscontnnued two of her stud1es on account of 111 health John Fr1.nc1s w is 'lbsent from SCllOOl seven ll cl ays K'1.ther1ne Roberts was absent from school October 17 on account of 111ness Dorothy Roberts was absent from school November 16 Lnd 30 be cause of s1ckness M155 Irene Lombard v151ted school w1th Lou1se Sm1th on November fxrst 6 20 . f. Y Y . . 1. 4.. 4 I x 4 .1 45 51' 1 ', '11 11 ' . 2 d 1 . 1 1 1 . 11 , ,1 , 1 1 1 . . , . 1 . 1 . ,.- , 1 ,. 11 1 1 1 4 1,1 1 1. 1 1 1 1, 1. . ' ', ' 1 1 . 1, 1. , . 1 1 1 , 11 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 L 1 ll 'JS ' z'1 1 1 1o111' 111 . . 1 1' 1 2 ' 1 , k . . . ' ' . ., 1. . . 1 ,. . . 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 A . 1' ' 1 . 1 Y . 1 1 , .l D 1 . -i X 1 , 1 1. , - , ,1 1 . , , 1 1 . ., . . 1 . . 1 . ' ' ' 1 21' Q 2 zz 1 1 2 f 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 - . ' 1' 1 ' 2 ' ' ' 1 ' 1 1 1 '. . ,. , , ' 1 . 1 '.. . . l , c. 1 1 1 , . . 1 1 1. 1 . 1 1 . 1. 1 1 . 2 1 2 1 e ' . 1 . 2 1 1' 1 ' 1 11. '1 ll , 1 .1 6 , 1 ' Q . ' , 5 1 V Q ,1 1 1 1 - I 7 ' ' - . ' -l - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' f f - - 7 s 1 . yn- 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 . C - 7 W Q 1 21 1 1 . 'Z 1 '. - 1 1 , 1 , -

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'AY XP Q Q rf T XJ 5 '-'-xXjjLlXl X XX The sophomores enjoyed a Htllowe eu cl rss puty it thc, home Esther Benbow on Monday evenlng October 31 The house wls ap proprmtely decorated ln the hlgll school :nd class colors one room being scarlet and black and another green llll gold Pumpknns were scattered about ln nooks and out of the way corners A delxcxous lunch was served by three junlors and three freshmen The B M Club met at the home of Gladys Plrken on Htllowc en to take advantage of the spxrxts walkmg tbro td on th tt mght and to le trn thelr fates Llgllt refreshments were served The nt uds dep u ted it alate hour glad that there 15 a t1me when one may clearly see he1 future On the evening of November 22 a group of hugh scho ml students Chaperoned by Mlss Byram and Mr Pau Picker dlove to Denmark to attend the declam rtory contest held at the Acvlemy Ihxough thc kxndness of Warden J C Sanders the party were taken 1n hns carxy ill After the contest wh1ch the g1rls thoroudhly enjoyed they were lnvxted to the home of Mrs Goss where a lunch w as served md 1 vexy pleas rut social hour was spent The members of the party wexe Mlss Byram Mr Packer Genevleve Elhott Florence Hopley Esther Benbow Mule Weber Helen Wlllard Martha Benbow Elma Colvlu Irma Huebner Helen Packer Nellle Yound Elonse 'lraverse and M1r1on baston The semor class enterteuned the juniors and members of the he ulty at the Marquette bu1ld1ng Saturday evenxng November 12 at an ID door track meet Among the contests of the evenmg were the com put the needle race and the foot ball game the latte: played by senlor and junmor boys wxth empty egg shells the semor belng vnctorlous After these games dltferent songs were sung and the me nbers of the Glee Club favored the crowd wlth several selectuons Supper was served ln the evenxng by members of the Sen1or class after whxch xmpromptu toasts were glven by Mr Mathews M1 s Byram Ruth Schaper, Helen Packer, V1ctor Hurt, Julna HOf:f.HlC1SlBT Harvey Cregan, and Dell Scott . .. , I I C ,bl FSS f -5-2, . ,5 Zz- 'L M, X 1 , 5 it gun -WM QP 4. M.,-.,,, ,,-,-i-,W-,u,,,m,,,,,, no A at 3' G 'o I XX , 1, C9 7 N ' I gg x L 4, Dj -. . 2 Q Altos, lt f ff N l ll f 0 5 Q I il j jjj ai i ' E' ' T, -sss ' 1 A : I w C' l j 'i A - I 3 0 Kbijffl 1' V li'-I I A l fl 's ,KL ull 1 Alb' l f G fl lf 67x uf y? Sa. V' X X ' , 's W Y .Q Y -1 - -Jil' .- -, ' ' . 1,-Vw Y, N, x 'z-, ,, . , M... , ill U ' 'd l J 'xl l If f f 2 ' 2 ' 2 . , 2 ' 2 ' of ' , ' . ' . 2.' 2 - '2 ' ' 2 2 . 3 '. , , ' ' ' ' , ' 2 t . ' . ' . . ' 2 J 2 ' 2 ' ' ' ' 2 2 1 ' ' 2 .. ' . ' . C ' 2 ' .' 1 ' 2 r ' A - ' s 5- 4 I Y ' ' S1 K 'S 'Tl 2 . ' L 2 ' ' Z . ' 2 L . A 1 ' ' ' ., ' . . , 2 ' ' ' L ' -2 . - . b . . . . L ' I , 2 2 ' .2 - . ' ' , . l , 2 ' 1 Y g 1 ' Y . 1 x I ' bl . S 1 . ,v 1 I I T l 11 ' 'U ' vs Il y-5 I! gg - I . 1 I g . s , ' ' ' , . 2 2 . . 1 7 B ' ' .