-d.n!i ini! STfi'!i J YEARBOOK 1947-1948 COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES The commencement exercises for the grad- uating class of the Amana High Scl.ool will be held in the auditorium at 8:00, May 19. The fourteen seniors will enter to the march of Largo played by Mrs. Beck. The invocation will be given by Elder William Foerstner. The girls' glee club will sing two songs After Graduation Day and Now Thank We All Our God . Following these songs Dr. H. G. Moershel will introduce the speaker, Dr. john H. Haefner of the Univer- sity of Iowa, who will give the address. The program will be continued with the present- ation of class by Supt. J. R. Neveln. Dr. Lud- wig Unglenk will distribute the diplomas to members of the graduating class. Elder Will- iam Foerstner will conclude the commencement exercises with the benediction. -Lillian M. Berger NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY AWARDS The class of '48 will be the first graduating class in the history of the Amana High School to receive'National Honor Society awards. Four members of the graduating class will be awarded membership in the National Honor Society by the president of the Young Men's Bureau. The Bureau is acting as sponsor of the local chapter of the Society and will award the pins and membership cards. The superin- tendent and the principal of the high school and three faculty members will choose the four students to receive the award.. -Betty Jane Lipman CLASS DAY All fourteen of the graduating class. includ- ing those attending S. U. I., plan to have their annual class day May 15. Plans are indefinite as yet, but the group may make an all day trip to McGregor and Strawberry Point. -Marjorie Leichsenring SENIOR NEWS In March of their junior year the graduat- ing class of '48 received their class rings which lad been ordered in late fall from the josten Company in Chicago. The announcements and calling cards were not ordered until the end of the first semester of the senior year, also from the same company. Cap and gown measurements were taken in February and it was decided that everyone have gray gowns. Committees for choosing a motto. flower, and colors were appointed by the president, I-Ienry Zscherny. He was elected at the begin- ning of the second semester when Shirley Shoup, the former president, left to attend the University of Iowa. The committees were as follows: motto, Virginia Metz fchairmanj, Marjorie Leichsenring, Lillian Dickel, and Ver- non Smithg flower and colors, Lillian Berger fchairmanj, Betty J. Lipman, and Henry Zsch- erny. -Virginia Metz SIGNIFICANT FACTS Three of the seniors attended the Univer- sity of Iowa during their last year. No one in the graduating class is fiom East, High, or West Amana. First class to give the junior-Senior Ban- quet in Cedar Rapids. First year that senior girls attended school for only a half day. There are the same number of boys as girls graduating. High percentage of people attending Uni- versity of Iowa will be held by this class. Three are already attending and two will go in September. Percentage is 35.7W. It is the first class to become members of the National Honor Society. -Lillian Berger and Marjorie lieiieliscnliiig BACCALAUREATE SERVICES The church building in Amana was the setting on Sunday May 16 for the baccalaureate services in honor of the senior class of 1948. The services consisted of a sermon by Dr. C. F. Noe, songs by the congregation, a text read by the presiding elder, Iouis Hess, and Take Time To Be Holy and. Mit Dem Herrn Fang' Alles An , selections by the Y.M.B. chorus directed by Dr. Louis Clemens. Mary jane Seifert and Madeline Oehl ser- ved as ushers for the senior class and their parents. -Lillian Berger IUNIOR-SENIOR BANOUET In the Florentine Room of the Roosevelt Hotel in Cedar Rapids the juniors were host to the senior class of the Amana High School at the. junior-senior banquet on May 14. Tlee banquet was planned aro-und the theme of the wishing well. The table arrangement was in the shape of a horseshoe, and a bouquet of spring flowers was at the head of the table, with miniature wishing wells at either end. Adding color to the table were pastel colored candles and jon- quil placecards. The senior girls were present- ed with corsages of jonquils tied with ribbon of the class colors, purple and gold, and the boys received yellow carnation boutonnieres. The menu consisted of the following: Poppy Tears Ctomato juice! Snowball Blossoms Humming Birds Qmashed potatoesj fveal cutletj Green Arbor Ccombination saladj Stepping Stones Murky Pool fhot rose rollsj fcoffeej Orchids Cripple P161 After the dinner the following program was presented: Buds of the Garden ........................ Ronald Hertel Blossoms in the Garden ............ Henry Zscherny Four Leaf Cl-over Song ........ Four O'Clocks'F Wishing-U-Well for the Future ...... Rosemarie Lipman. Carl Albert The Old Oaken Bucket ......,... Dandy Lionsif Scattering Weecls .....,,.,.....,,.....,.... Lillian Berger fclass willj Betty jane Lipman I Believe ....................,............... Four Roses? jack-in-the-Pulpit .....,......,... Mr. Charles Selzer 'l:Ronald Hertel Glenn Wendler Carl Albert Theo Setzer -Madeline Oehl FUTURE PLANS OF SENIORS Betty jane Lipman -- intends to enroll in nurses training course at S. U. I. Lillian Berger -- plans to enroll in fall nurses training classes at S. U. I. Shirley Shoup -- is undecided as to whether she will enroll in nurses training course or continue in her liberal arts course. Virginia Metz -- wants to work during the sum- mer and take a business course in fall. Reynold Moessner -- intends to work during summer and attend school in fall. Henry Zscherny -- plans to work in Refriger- ation Dept. Lillian Dickel -- has not decided on the busi- ness school she will attend. Marjory Leichsenring -- is still undecided as to' which business school she will attend. George Eichacker -- will continue his Studies at S. U. I. Loretta Zierold -- will continue her studies at S. U. I. Donald Meyer -- plans to continue working at the Amana Farm Dept. Raymond Oehl -- intends to continue working at the Refrigeration Dept. Vernon Smith -- will continue driving his truck. -Vernon Smith CLASS HISTORY Sixteen members enrolled in the Amana High School in 1944 and fourteen of these are in the graduating class of '48. South Amana has contributed four mem- bers: Lillian Berger, Marjorie Leiclpsenring, Shirley Shoup, and Loretta Zierold. Their first three years and their sixth were under the instructions of Adolph Berger. Fourth grade was under Fred Pitz in South and fifth grade under William Heinze in Middle. There are three from Homestead: Betty Jane Lipman, George Eichacker, and Vernon Smith. The first two had as their teacher in tie pr'mary grades Carl Fels. In the fourth grade they were in Amana under Ludwig Ung- lenk, fifth grade in East Amana under Rudolph Blechschmidt, and sixth grade in South under Adolph Berger. Vernon Smith did not join the class until the seventh grade in Amana. Amana has three representatives: Henry Zscherny, Raymond Oehl, and Donald Meyer. Mrs. Carl Roth, William Graichen, and Lud- wig Unglenk were their teachers in the first four years. The fifth and sixth grades were spent in East Amana under Rudolph Blech- Schmidt. Middle Contributes four members: Lillian Dickel, Virginia Metz, Fred Hahn, and Reynold Moessner. Their teachers were Fred Pitz in the first four grades, William Heinze in the fifth, and Rudolph Blechschmiclt in the sixth. High, West, and East Amana are not re- presented in this class. All these students attended junior high in Amana in their seventh and eighth years. They lead Mr. and Mrs Donald V. Lowe, Mrs. Carl Roth, Violet Cummings, Mrs Marabelle Eye, and Rudolph Blechschmidt as teachers. Marie Meyer of Amana was with the class up to the latter part of her senior year. jim- mie Klaner of Marion spent eighth grade and part of the tenth with the class. Harley Mantz was with the class in the seventh, eighth, and part of the ninth grade. D-orothy Rohrbacher and Genevieve Ceynar did not continue after the eighth grade. Loretta Zierold and George Eichacker com- pleted their high school courses in three years and spent the fourth year as freshmen in the University of Iowa. Shirley Shoup entered the University after the first semester of her senior year. -Virginia Metz
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