Ottumwa High School - Argus Yearbook (Ottumwa, IA)

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Classes Florence Ai.hrigiit James Ai.i.ender Donald Anderson G.A.A. 1-2. Glee Club 1-2. Normal Training Club 3-4. Home Economics Club 1-2. uill and Scroll 3-4. r«us Annual 1-2-3-4. Circulation Manager 3. Associate Editor 4. Fi.oyd Acer Basketball 2-3-4. Track 3-4. O Club 4. Football 3-4. M.u rine Allkn Home Economics Club 3-4. Reserve 2. Hi-Tri 4. Mixed Chorus 4. Margaret Allisos Home Economics Club. Argus Annual. Girls' Trio. Elinor Junk Anderson Torch Club 4. Dramatic Club. Latin Club. Argus News. Harold Anderson Golf 3-4. Commercial Club 4. Margaret Baer Sec'y of Torch Club. Pres, of Players' Club. Shark Club. Dcclam. Kitty Barnes Commercial Club 4. Librarians' Club 3-4. Hi-Tri 1-2-3. Reserve 2. Miriam Baughman Mixed Chorus 1-2. Select Glee Club. Commercial Club. Spanish Club. La Nora Attererry Louise Bali.ard Bernard Barrier Girls' O Club 4. Reserve 2 G. A. A. 3. Hi-Tri 4. Girls' Glee Club 1-2-3. Commercial Club 3. Mixed Chorus 1-2-4 Reserve 3. Nature Club 2. We 1935 24

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Classes Teaching Staff 1898 - 1935 This is the year in which we turn our eyes backward over the past. How many changes there have been in the last thirty-five or forty years! When we read the history of only a generation or two ago we marvel at the complexities that have developed from our forbears' simple mode of life. We have listed below a few of the changes that time is responsible for in our high school. Turn back with us for a brief glance at a not so remote past, when grandma and grandpa rode a bicycle built for two, and the horseless carriage was only a crazy man’s dream. CURRICULUM At the turn of the century the following subjects only were taught in the high school: Latin, German. English, science, mathematics, music, drawing, and history. The course of study offered was one which prepared students for college entrance. The classics were emphasized, and the study of music and Latin was compulsory. A little later on the latter was made an elective subject, and in 1905 the manual training department was organized. This was made possible by the class of 1905 when the profits from the class play, “The Rivals. which netted five hundred dollars, were donated for this purpose. Contrast this, however, with our present curriculum. We have now four courses of study to choose from—the general, the normal training, the commercial, and the college preparatory! These make a total of seventy-two subjects. A few of the more recent additions to the curriculum have been Spanish, physical education, commercial subjects, and agriculture. What a wealth of material from w hich to choose! BUILDINGS Up to 1S98 the high school was housed in four rooms on the top floor of the Adams building. In 1899 increased enrollment necessitated moving into the Washington building. Here facilities for secondary education were greatly im- proved, but not until 1923, with the building of our present high school, were they adequate to the needs of a growing population. What city in Iowa can boast of better equipment and housing for its teen age students1 Two gymnasiums, a swimming pool, a greenhouse, sixty-seven classrooms, a library, rest rooms, an auditorium fitted for play production or moving pictures, a cafeteria, study halls these arc just a few of the places in which we carry on our varied activities. TEACHING STAFF Six or seven teachers, aided by a principal, carried on the teaching in 1898. Today we have a principal, an assistant principal and dean of girls, fifty teachers, and two office clerks. Enrollment has jumped from a few hundred to one thousand five hundred and seventy-one. In 1901, ninety-eight seniors were graduated; in 1935, two hundred and sixty-three. EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACT IVITIES The clubs of thirty-five years ago were few. Mens' and womens' debating societies, glee clubs, a football team—these were the major outside interests. Chapel was held once a day. with singing, responsive reading, and speeches an inev itable part of every program. There were no pep chapels nor student council. ARGUS 2.3

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Classes John Beebe Torch Club 4. Band and Orchestra 1-2-3. O Club 3-4. Cross Country 1-2-3-4. Violbt Benedict Home Economics Club I. Normal Training Club 3-4. Luella Beck G. A. A. I-2-3-4. Girls’ ’O” Club 2-3-4. Hi-Tri 1-2-3. Torch Club 4. Martin Bell Hi-Y 1-2-3-4. • O Club 4. Cross Country 1-2-3-4. Track 1-2-3-4. Doris Bikrman G. A. A. 3. Robert Bloomquist Albert Bi.uiim Band 1-4. Orchestra 1-2-3. Reserve 1-3. Hi-Y 1-4.. Brvbri.y Bi.i ne Estki.i.k Rue Brac.c Gubldon Bristow Marc.aret Brooks Players' Club 3-4. Iowa Nine 4. Argus Annual 4. Players’ Club 3-4. Torch Club 3-4. School Music Contests 2-3-4. Bedford High School 1-2-3. Shark Club 1-2-3. Hi-Tri 1-2-3. G. A. A. 1-2. Spanish Club 1-2. Lucille Box Juanita Brewer Gerald Brody Reserve 1-2-3-4. Shark Club 4. l5ramatic Club 2-3-4. Glee Club 1. Hi-Tri 2-3-4. Commercial Club 2-3. Torch Club 4. Quill and Scroll 3-4. Players’ Club 1-2-3-4. Business Manager Annual 4. ARGUS