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

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THE HIGH SCHOOL PIMES same bu1ld1ng the need of a gymnasnum of some kmd the fact that other towns are buxldmg Hne new lngh schools for mstance Burlmg tons new one hundred and fifty thousand dollar bu1ld1ng The purpose of th1s art1c1e II hope I have stated It faxrly IS to enllghten the people of Fort Mad1son as to the present crowded condxtlon and the crymg needs of the future Here s to a NEW HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING' JOSEPHR THOMAS 16 ' 17 1 1 f - yu .

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16 THE HIGH SCHOOL TIMES problem presents itself It is Overcrowdzng Next to efficient in structors each student should have at least one place where he can study his lessons and hear the instructions of his teacher that is he should have an otlice which he can call his very own this 1S solved by giving him a desk and seat Under the present crowded conditions in our high school this seemingly simple requirement IS not met for there are more students than there are seats The school officials are trying thelr best to allevlate conditions Last year nineteen new seats were put in while this year nineteen seats have been added but there are still several pupils without desks The fault does not he with the school heads as they have done all they can in adding new desks so the power to act now rests with the people of Fort Madison Surely without exception our citizens w1sh Fort Madison to be the leading city of the power zone A start toward that position has already been made by the acquisition of several new come new high school students In the light of previously stated facts that the high school is at present overcrowded it is easily apparent that with the addition of these new students a building will be needed in a very short time Since it will be needed soon why not get busy now? The sooner the building is completed the sooner Fort Mad1son will be benefited by it Many times we have heard it said that we will get a new high school when we show that we need it This we have already done We also have shown ourselves deserving by the fact that new and varied courses of industrial work have been introduced and maintained Indeed the very fact that the enrollment jumped from two hundred and five last year to two hurdred and thirty four this year proves that the pupils have shown a very decided mterest 1n the Fort Madison High School and therefore deserve a reclprocation of interest on the part of Fort Madison citizens The rest of this book could be crowded with other arguments on our side of the question such as The need of a science laboratory it is detrimental to have both primary and high school pupils in the I . . . . , . 1 u H . . - . . I I ' I V factories. With factories come new families, and with new families ' V I ' . L . - . I 1 Z ' Q

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THE HIGH SCHOOL TIMES WISE! i t A yi, ...Au'u.L. Xk KATHERINE DOERR 16 The Ph1lomathean Soclety gave a Progressxve party on Frxday chaperoned by M1ss Barge assembled at the home of Grace Schulte for the fxrst course of eats whxch consxsted of sandw1ches p1ck1es and Waldorf salad Lookmg around for somethmg sweet they dlscovered V1da Skyles well supphed wnth c1der apples and doughnuts Then hastenmng to Helen Wmns they found an abundance of 1ce cream and cake From thence they were conveyed by 2J.l1tO111Obl16S to the Hughes home nn the country Here they had a most dehghtful t1me poppmg corn and roastxng marshmallows On Saturday evenxng September 11 Mr and Mrs .T W F1sh ass1sted by Mr and Mrs F A Welch dehghtfully enterta1ned the specxal teachers and the faculty of the H1gh School After a most dehcxous pxcnxc supper was served the guests assembled on the spac1ous veranda and the rema1nder of the evenmg was spent 1n socxal conver satlon Mar1e Weber 13 pleasantly enterta1ned the members of the Ph1lomathean Socxety on August 19 at whlch the engagement of M1ss Zella Byram and Mr Ham1l Graham of Denver Ilhnons was announced On Monday evenxng September 27 occurred the first number of the Lecture Course gxven under the management of the Teachers Club It was attended by a large and apprecxatlve audxence In add1t1on to the1r vocal mus1c the Weatherwax Brothers appeared as a trumpet quartet that was a del1ght to all present In the preparat1on of thls feature of the program a vast amount of paxnstakxng care was exer clsed wlth the result that xt lnstantly won the admxrahon of all lovers of good mus1c Two of the brothers appeared as very able readers 18 .M A lv , , fl 'I '. . - s as - 1 ,, jr I X - - Q I Q ' 7 .5 f I ' ,G - 'Q Y T f G ' S 10 D 5 '41 lt as 4 - f 7' Q N A M -:X N . . nn . ,, . evening, October 1, in honor of their new members. A jolly crowd, D . , . . , u ' 1