Abraham Lincoln High School - Crimson and Blue Yearbook (Council Bluffs, IA)

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I 8-20 24 February 3 17 18,19 21 March 7-12 y 11 28 April 1,2 Semester Tests Beginning of Second Semester Election of New Student Council Members lowa Silent Reading Tests District Wrestling Meets Council Bluffs Music Clinic Boys' Sub-State Basketball Tourney Military Ball Start of High School Forensic League Tourney and Play Festival, Iowa City Preliminaries, Solo and Ensembles, Western Iowa 7 Easter Assemblies, Sponsored by Hi-Y and Y-Teens 28 Registration for Fall Semester 24-30 Drake Relays May 6 Junior-Senior Prom at Chieftain 19 Honor Assembly 20,21 Senior Class Play 29 Baccalaureate June 1 Graduation 3 End of Second Semester ln a contemplative mood, Mary Ethel Pomeroy, dean of girls, ponders one of the many problems which cross her desk each day. Smiling but firm, Roy F. Lawson, dean of boys, stands at the oflice door to oversee hall traffic between classes.

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...ft 'ns fun it Like teachers, principals too have paper work. Principal Theron R. Stuelke attacks a pile of administrative bulletins before turning them over to the faculty for perusal. September 7 l6 22,23 24 October 5 i2 14,16 25-29 November 8-i3 v,u,M ,Q Before each school year begins, one of my first jobs is to prepare a complete schedule or calendar of events at A. L. for administration and faculty use. Although some of the dates are always subject to change, I believe that including represent- ative excerpts from this program in the 1955 annual will be in keeping with the book's calendar theme and that they will serve many years hence as a reminder of pleasant memories of a typical year at Abraham Lincoln. School Calendar: 1954-1955 First Day of School Election of Student Council Members in Home Rooms Iowa Tests of Educational Develop- ment Beginning of Magazine Drive Student Council Meeting, Cafe, 8:30 A. M. Abraham Lincoln P. T. A. Potluck Junior Class Play lntersociety Debates American Education Week. 9 P. T. A. Open House l2 Class General Election i2-I3 Road Show 25,26 'Thanksgiving Vacation December 9 Registration for Secowd Semester l7 Basketball Game with Tech at A. L. 21 School Distribution of Christmas Bas kets 22 Christmas Vacation Begins January 6 Prose and Poetry Finals 13 Assemblies: The Harmoneers

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Superintendent of Schools Russel J. Maurer inspects classroom renovation at A. L. Agenda: 1954-1955 Preparation and presentation of the annual school budget Determination of salaries and contracts for all school personnel for following year Annual school board election and organization Approval of all policy, curriculum, and textbooks changes and additions Plans for purchase of additional land as sites for future school buildings Plans for additional buildings to house Council Blutts school children Evaluation of entire school program according to the needs of the pupils Board of Education ,s x Board members halt a busy night meeting to accommodate photographers ofthe '55 yearbook. Seated: Mr. John A. Jungquistg Dr. Russell Blanchard, president: Dr. Kenneth G. Walkerg Mr. Lester E. Andrews, secretary. Standing: Mr. Harry C. Voss, Mr. Carl W. Eckert, Mr. C. Francis Putnam, and Mr. Charles W. Langmade. 8