Ottumwa High School - Argus Yearbook (Ottumwa, IA)

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'A 'iWWWWW 1’£?.-.-» V’ ? ' V.-S 6 18—South Eastern Iowa Independent Basket Ball Tournament starts, iq—Keokuk defeats Ottumwa 3Q—24. 21— The new- “hall laws” go into effect and the signs are now decorating the halls. 22— New Fad hit the school—little black hats. What next? 23— Mrs. Beyea gives an interesting talk in Chapel on health and habits. 24— The Little Miskies defeat Ottumwa 32—17. 25— Last number on Lyceum Course. Lew Sarett. the Wilderness Poet. 28—Ottumwa defeats Washington n 14. MARCH 1— Pickles —Glee Club musical comedy Bright lights with Marjorie and Darwin going good. 2— Chapel—Debate between the girls of Wesleyan and Penn. Girls of Wesleyan win. 3— Latin Club initiation. 4— Ottumwa defeats Fairfield 22—18. 5— Ottumwa defeats New London 2b—11 and wins the Tournament at Fairfield. 7— Ottumwa to be host of the District Tournament. q—Mr. Lowery w histles in Chapel. Mr. Raney and Rev. Hanna talk on School Spirit. 10— Hi-Y initiation—Red Hot. 11— Ottumwa defeats Olds and Stockport. 12— Ottumwa loses the tournament to Burlington in the finals 28—31. 16—Bell Telephone Co. puts on a demonstration in Chapel Al low are you there? 25—Pre-Dist. Declam. Contest here. Verna Law' and Cline Greer win 1st place in their divisions. 2Q—Many of our ‘ old grads are among us again. It is spring vacation in college. APRIL 1— All Fools Day. State District Declam. Contest at Washington. Verna Law w ins first place. 8— April showers bring May flowers. 15—State Declam. Contest. 22—Iowa Nine Extern. Speaking Contest at Iowa Citv. MAY b—Dramatic Club play. 10—Usual uncurable disease has started its disaster- ous effects on all the attendance—widely known as Spring Fever. q—New York Little Symphony Orchestra. 13— High School Night. 18—Senior Chapel. 20—Junior-Senior Party. Sunday 2Q Baccalaureate Sermon. JUNE 2— Commencement. School s out. Hurray!!! iPUO U »T 10A.IIS PtO —MOv KUPruviNfr »W T SnofE CwCAMfw: Don't s? t' MntftVR Tel JkMW«nFiooD bo Stow Ji »0« NMJutf jgONfOSlON W OUR WAILS lENiOft VAOO . 23

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OP 45£ MlNa WMlHAttAASS GUS A OR OW XT's Twt U»l V«L A»t a»-L MO gttoNG Vlft 23— Chapel. Art Club presents a Christmas play. Christmas vacation begins. 31 Burlington defeats Ottumwa in the fastest game played on their floor in many a moon. 2b—24. JANUARY 3—School again! Santa Clause must have been pretty good to some, by the looks of their clothes. 5— Honor roll Chapel. Mr. Beck gives talk on barm Relief. 6— Pep .Chapel for Cedar Rapids and Fairfield games. 7— The Bulldogs took Kelly’s Tigers for a 16—14 trimming. 8— Bulldogs defeat Fairfield 32—13. 11— Seniors make plans for a mid-year “hard time” party. 12— Letter Chapel—Yea. Teams! 13— Bulldogs defeat Washington 41 15. 14— Third number of Lyceum Course. 17— Last b weeks tests. Hurray! 18— Bulldogs get revenge by defeating Chariton 44—7. 20—Semester closes. At last a little more vacation. 21 Muscatine upsets Bulldog's hope for winning the Little Six. Ottumwa 13. Muscatine 17. 24— Yea Preps! Mid-year Seniors defeat Creston Jr. College 27—b. 25— Classes get off at a flying start. 2b—Chapel. Preps occupy incline steps. 2Q—Mt. Pleasant defeats Ottumwa 28—2b. Ft. Madison defeats our wrestlers 23—17. 30—Why were Preps invented ? FEBRUARY 1— Our friend, Bill Clark, is leaving us to go to Seattle, Wash. Good luck Bill. 2— Oh! The ground hog saw his shadow. Bill Lowery whistles in Chapel. 3 -Pep Chapel for Burlington game. 4 Burlington defeats Ottumwa in hard fought game, 24—22. 7—Home declamatory tryouts. q—Lawyer Hunt talks in Chapel. 10— Fourth number on Lyceum Course, Jean Gros and his French Marionettes. 11— Verna Law represents Ottumwa in Big Nine De- clam Contest at Clinton. Jean Gros talks to Art and Dramatic Clubs. 12 “O” Club party. Cedar Rapids defeats Ottumwa, 15—13. 14 Snow—Well I II say—Here starts the bad weather. 15— Ottumwa seconds defeat Bloomfield 23—13. ib—Chapel. Mr. Daggett gives some interesting numbers on the Harmonica. 22

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Class Prophecy Ottumwa, Iowa. October 27, 1952. Dear Bailey: I know you can't believe it but just the same—I'm here! And it's great! Ottumwa—but first I’ll tell you how it happened. I was walking down Michigan Avenue, with my arms full of bundles, and just as I started to turn a corner I col- lided with somebody coming the other way. I was so embarassed—I grabbed all my bundles, and was about to rush off when 'the person'' grabbed me. Hello, Paroda Ann. she said. Bailey! It was Janet Smith—I mean Mrs. Don Wilson (Yes. of course!). So she insisted that I pay my old home town a little visit. Result—here I am in Ot- tumwa. at the home of the mayor. Believe it or not—Brute is mayor of Ottumwa. Of course you never hear of it in Wall Street, but is has grow n. A Booming City of 100,000!’ No. Bailey, you'd never know Ottumwa! You should see the manmoth affair they have for a High School now! They’ve retired ours as a Kindergarten. I guess. Jim Smith, and no one else but. is principal now. He says he gained his ex- perience spending so much time in Mr. Hannum’s office when he was in school. The 27’s seem to have taken over most of the coaching jobs around the 1 ligh! Herschel Loveless coaches football. Don Gallagher. Basketball and Don McKinney holds down the w restling end not to mention the debate coach—Ruth Melcher. Besides those, a good majority of the rest of the faculty belong to us. Alfreda Tibbets is head of the Home Economics Department. Elizabeth Bailey is girls’ sw imming teacher. Martha Fritch teaches Juvenile Chemistery. Tad Eller is pro- fessor of Complicated Trigonalgebra. and Florence Reusch teaches Applied Jazz. Dick Noble bids fair to become a second T. A. Has all the requirements—such as leadership of the band and orchestra, a Chevrolet, a white sports outfit and good- looking bachelorship. But say! isn’t it queer that all the people in our class whom we thought were exceptionally talented have just naturally died down! For instance, there's Dar- win New ton. giving lessons on the F rench Harp, and Mildred Shute painting signs 24