Ottumwa High School - Argus Yearbook (Ottumwa, IA)

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Cafeteria Years may pass and as we Seniors may count the strikes of the clock at noon perhaps our memory will steal hack again to the Cafeteria. We ll recall the rush for our place in line, the joy of the day after the hig feed when they served left-over chicken and mayhe we ll see again our favorite cherry pie waiting to tempt us—recall its lusciousness neath a generous top- ping of ice cream. Then mayhap we ll recall life's most embarrassing moment w hen we handed our quarter to the Cashier, and she smiled and said Twenty-six cents, please! There’s something about the Cafe- teria. its gleaming white tables, its busy clatter, the rush of hungry stu- dents, the old familiar ring of the cash register and the busy, excited din of it. all that haunts the memory. Mrs. Thompson, kind and pa- tient served us each day. Many times she added an ext ra helping to the plate of some hungry hov. We couldn't forget Mrs. Parker either, for the delicious fragrance of her juicy pics, l orn Buck, too. is as much a part of the Cafeteria as the Zelu Buck Dorrtta Buck Mary Laura Anderson IIazki. Beck ice cream he dipped each day. I'or four years he rendered his indispensi- blc service to the Cafeteria, dipping over a ton of ice cream during his career' Hazel Beck also claims four vears of serv ice to the Cafeteria. She rose from the stooping position of washing glasses to the heights of the stool in front of the cash register. Zella Beck and Doretta Buck arc Junior Members of the Arm of Glass and Dish Washers, incorporated. They have Ixren in the Cafeteria a year. Mrs. Anderson was employed temporarily during the w inter months and has proved herself a great help in serving the surplus crowds on stormy days. Mary Wiegner. chosen by the Student Council, has aided greatly in attaining a degree of order and fairness in the Cafeteria. The little joys or sorrows of the noon hour and of our Cafeteria arc- now but memories for as we seniors go out there w ill be other lunch hours, other faces, and other pies. Myers Alice Bi-:ck Ri'pie Thompson Blanche Parker Thomas Buck Tw«« y lhre

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Engineers 'The duties of the janitor force in general are keeping the building anti all it equipment clean and in repair. To keep it clean there are some things that must be done twice daily such as sweeping the corridors. Most of the work is done once each day and some things are done regular- ly once each week. “The daily duties include sweep- ing anti dusting the office all the fifty- two classrooms, the cafeteria and the gym, cleaning ail the eighty-three lav- atories and twenty-four drinking fountains. The hoys’ and girls' lock- er rooms and shower rooms are clean- ed. scrubbed and disinfected every day. The swimming pool is cleaned and heated and all machinery and the forty-two electric motors are cleaned and inspected each day. One duty that requires considerable t irne- is the carrying of all paper and sweep- ings that have been collected the pre- ceding night to the boiler room to lie burned. There is a janitor on each floor for about twenty minutes before Aim Hamilton Flossir Johnson Prko Jamks Rkki Pkki IIa ki.ton school starts every day who is kept busy unlocking lockers. The differ- ent duties that are performed weekly arc done by doing a few each day. These include scrubbing all the eigh- teen lavatory rooms, sweeping and dusting the auditorium, dusting all the chairs and tables in the cafeteria, washing the wa lls in the corridors and washing the filters of the pool. Together w ith the regular duties that must be done daily or weekly there are always some of the following things to be done Replacing broken door and window panes, replacing burned out light bulbs, repairing machinery, door locks, door checks, lockers, telephones, bells, clocks, brok- en chairs and seats and cleaning erasers and chalk troughs. Keening the outside steps and walks free from ice and snow as much as possible has been quite a task the past winter In the fall and spring considerable time is spent on the shrubbery, lawn and trees surrounding the building. Joe Bane:. Ass t, to Mr. Levings. Lkvings Jok Bank William I.kwis Ciikstkr Mikr Virgil Ross Tutmy-M

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Interesting Events September. 5. School opens, enrollment 1500. 20. Open football season. October. 2. 3, 4. Class elections. 26. School registration for Novem- ber U. S. Presidential election. November. 5. Open House Night. 14. Formal initiation for Torch. Ten new members. 22. Beau Brummel. December. 7. Opening of Basket Ball season. 13. Donald Keyhoc. former O. H. S. student, tells of Lindy. 23. Christmas Holidays. January. 3. Classes resumed. 1 Last six weeks tests. 28. Beginning of Second Semester 156c enrollment. February. 11. Filipino Collegians. i(v Senior Mid-Year party 18. DeJen—The Magician. K). Torch Club election. 22. Mr. Douma, and Mr. I lannum. attend National educational Convention at Cleveland, Ohio. March. 1. Sectional Tournament, Bull- dogs carry red and white to victory. 4. Inauguration of Herbert Hoov- er. President of U. S. heard by all students, by radio. April. 11. Minneapolis Press Convention. May. Dedication and Distribution of Ar- gus Annuals. Senior Chapel. June. Graduation. School ('loses. A Tribute to Teachers Our educat ional system has called its teachers from the body of the peo- ple. and has commissioned them to teach the ideals of the mass as well as the know ledge of the more fav ored few. It is. therefore, in itself truly demo- cratic. This teaching of ideals is by its nature spontaneous and unstudied. The public school teacher cannot live apart; he cannot separate his teaching from his daily walk and conversation. He lives among his pu- pils during school hours, and among them and their parents all the time. He is peculiarly a public character under the most searching scru- tiny of watchful and critical eyes. His life is an open book. His habits arc known to all. I lis office, like that of a minister of religion, demands of him an exception- al standard of conduct. And how rarely does a teacher fall below that standard' I low seldom docs a teach- er figure in a sensational headline in a newspaper! It is truly remarkable. I think, that so vast an army of people approximately 800.000—so uniform- ly meets its obligations, so effectively does its job. so decently behaves itself as to be almost utterly incon- spicuous in a sensation- loving country. It im- plies a wealth of char- acter. of fact, of patience, of quiet competence, to achieve such a record as that. —Herbert Hoover Twenty-four