Ottumwa High School - Argus Yearbook (Ottumwa, IA)

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Dedication TO the Pioneers who subdued the wilderness and developed the fer- tile prairies of Iowa; to their Successors, our Grandparents, who continued their work and founded and established the educational system of Iowa; and to our Parents and the People of Ottumwa generally, whose generosity and desire for our welfare have made possible our magnificent high school building occupied for the first time during our senior year; we, the class of nineteen hundred and twenty-four of the Ottumwa High School, in recognition of our debt to all of them; and as an ex- pression of our esteem and sincere grati- tude. respectfully dedicate this annual.

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Foreword IN PRESENT- ING THIS IQ24 ARGUS ANNUAL THE AIM AND MOST SINCERE WISH OF THE STAFF IS THAT IT BE REPRE- SENTATIVE OF O. H. S. LIFE AND SPIRIT. JUDGE IT BY YOUR OWN STANDARDS OF WHAT A BOOK OF THIS SORT SHOULD BE. BEING LENIENT IN CRITI- CISM FOR WE CONFESS IT HAS DEFECTS. NEVERTHE- LESS IF IT FURNISHES BRIEF ENJOYMENT FOR TODAY AND LASTING PLEASURE FOR TOMORROW, THEN WE WILL FEEL REPAID FOR OUR EARNEST EFFORTS.

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The Staff Editor-in-Chief—Helen Heindel Assistant Editor—Dorothy Lewis Business Manager—Linus Niemeyer Assistant Business Manager—Frank Pollard Circulation Manager -Ralph Adamson Advertising Manager—Joe Miller EDITORIAL STAFF Faculty—Dorothy McElroy Organizations—Ramona Evans Boys' Athletics—Charles Field Girls' Athletics—Grace Irwin Forensic—Maxine Wiegand Snapshots—Helen Dean Locke Jokes—Betty McGraw COMMITTEES Senior Clifford Pendercraft Rosamond F'iedler JaneHengen Jack Harris Junior Vera McElroy Orlee Spilman Ralph Ramsey Sophomore Wallace Harder Marion Gilmore Oakley Cheever Freshmen Verna Law Samuel Mahon ART STAFF Editor—Frances Hardie Assistants Hazel Grimsley, Bernice Clabby. Winnie Mahaffey, Dorothy Meagher John Murray, George Shane, Jack Huey, Wayne Barger ADVERTISING STAFF Ruth Lowe, Vera Sterner, Marthanna Baker, John Webber Philip Hoffman, Robert Ferguson, John Murray TYPISTS Betty Keyhoe Lillian Swanson Mildred Johnson FACULTY ADVISERS Miss Mary Heindel Mr. M. D. Edwards Miss Hazel Sturtevant THE Staff realizes that this Annual has been made possible only 1 by the consistent help of any number of persons whose names do not appear here. We take this opportunity to thank them for the aid so willingly given.