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

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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

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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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THE HIGH SCHOOL FIMES 19 each an art1st rn h1s work The Teachers Club greatly apprec1ates the loyal support of the pubhc Frlday mght September 24 a crowd of young people mostly .Tumors took advantage of the perfect weather and held a campfire rendezvous over the hxlls After hlkmg 1'-IVE mrles on the Burlxngton road eats were served A large campfxre was bu1lt and the rest of the evenmg spent m tell1ng stones After the football game at New London on Saturday September 25 Superxntendent Hayes glve a receptlon at hrs home xn honor of the defeated New London team Several Fort Madrsonlans were present The Class of nmeteen fifteen was greatly compl1mented by the unusually fine banquet extended to them on thelr graduatlon by the present Semors The supper was served by the ladxes of the Presby terxan Church 1n the Sunday School rooms of the church The colors used m decoratmg were those of the Sennor Class Ropes of purple blossoms to all parts of the room At one end was a fan hke decora txon of purple and s1lver the central theme of whxch was the class pennant of 1915 The electrlc hght globes were shaded by purple and sxlver streamers and the tables also carr1ed out the color scheme The flowers were wh1te and purple On the place cards were handpamted baskets full of vlolets Even the menu and toast program was wrxtten 1n purple on gray mottled paper The menu was follows Fru1t Cocktaxl Creamed Chrcken Mushroon Pattxes Potato Croquetts Peas Hot Rolls Pxckles Preserves Combxnatxon Salad Wafers Brxck Ice C1 eam Cake Coffee Mmts After the supper many excellent toasts were glven and the grand march began at about 9 30 ID the Masomc Temple Here the color scheme was just the reverse The cellmg was lattnced ln colors of the Class of 1916 and the hghts too were shaded by blue and gold stream ers The dance programs were of blue leather wrth gold cards for the glrls and penclls for the boys The class emblems and words Jumor Prom were stamped on them ID gold There were many enjoyable . . . , . I , 1 1 1 1 , . r 1 I y 5 2 . . . I 1 . . 1 . 1 and silver alternately led from the central dome, a mass of wisteria 1 ' ' I ' 9 . g - I , . : y ' 1 Y - n 1 . , 1 ll 4 , . U . .