Amana High School - Bugle Yearbook (Amana, IA)

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Since AMANA AND SOUTH SCHOOLS 'W AMANA SCHOOL NEWS The fourth, fifth, and sixth grades of the Amana public School are taught at the school house in Amana. The teachers for these grades are Miss Zimmerman, Mrs Beck, and Mr. Wil- liam Heinze. The total attendance of the school is fifty-two, fifteen in fourth grade, twenty-two in fifth grade, and fifteen in sixth grade. The perfect attendance goal for thte school year was reached by john and jean Shoup, Roger Gaddis, Levi Williams, jackie Zuber, Franklin Mouchka, and Dean Berger. The subjects taught by Miss Zimmerman include English, reading, spelling, sixth his- tory and health, and science. Arithmetic, geo- graphy fourth and fifth history and health are co-urses taught by Mr. Heinze. Ivlrs Beck teaches music and art. Every pupil subscribes to the Weekly Reader, a magazine that con- tains articles on current events, science, and world news in general. Even though there are no laboratory facilities for science experiments, the sixth grade pupils did an experiment in science. They tested different types of soil by grow- ing lettuce andradish plants. In connection with their English class, the fifth graders wrote and published a magazine Fifth Grade'Events in january. The sixth grade students are work- ing on a newspaper Sixth Grade Gazette. The geography pupils made portfolios con- tainingimaps, flags, and houses of different countries. The art classes in Amana have completed various projects. At Christmas time the pupils made knitting boxes for their mothers. The fifth and sixth graders painted designs on pa- per plates and did spatter painting. The s:u- dents also completed a Mother's Dav project. In music class, the students have learned to read and sing syllables, thus their-chorus is singing in three part harmony. Mrs. Beck has also taught them how to play the flute. Besides the conventional curriculum, there are a number of special activities. In the sec- ond semester the students attended the Cin- cinnatti Concert at Cedar Rapids. A nature study hike and a picnic on the hills north of Amana are two special activities held in the second semester. -Lillian Berger OUR FIRST SEMESTER Our first few days of school were spent in getting our books. While the weather was still nice we walked to the Amana overflow. In October we had our Halloween party. We played games and had some refreshments. It was lots of fun. In November our class worked on a pioneer table project. We used one of the tables in the study hall. The fourth and sixth grades had to help so that we could have it ready be- fore Thanksgiving. Our Christmas party took place in Decem- ber. We had short plays, poems, and songs. After Santa Claus had delivered our presents we ate. We had ice cream piece served by Mrs. Beck and Miss Zimmerman. -John Shoup LINDY One of my pets is a very unusual pet. Not many children have one for a pet except farm children. It is a sheep and its name is Lindy. I think it shouldn't have been a sheep, because it sometimes acts like a horse. Every time I come near it, it starts bucking like a wild lit- tle colt who is romping around in the meadow nibbling grass and drinking water. lt has lot of wool now and has been sheared only once. One day when I came home from school and looked up toward the fence where Lindy always was I didn't see any big sheep or buck- ing little colt but a little sheep. I didn't re- cognize my sheep any more. I thought my father got a new little lamb and sold my Lindy, but when I went up to it and it started bucking like a little wild colt again I knew right away that it was my sheep, for it had been sheared and that made quite a difference. -Helen Mae Sontag FIRST GRADE AND KINDERGARTEN The first grade and kindergarten pupils are taught by Mrs, Randall of Marengo. At the beginning of the year the number of pupils in the first grade was 21 and in kindergarten 26. Now there are a total of 19 in first grade and 22 in kindergarten. Since the first grades in school are the bases for higher education, the subjects studied com- prise a wide variety. Subjects in the first grade include reading, numbers, writing, spelling, language, social science, health and safety, music and art. The kindergarten schedule includes songs, stories, games, rhythm, and work periods, during which creative work with paints or clay is done. Before We Read' is a new book the kindergarten pupils have this year. It helps the children gain a beginning in reading by associating objects with words. Mrs. Beck teaches music on Monday, Wed- nesday, and Friday afternoons, and art on Tues- days and Thursdays. With Mrs Beck teaching these subjects, Mrs. Randall can devote more time to her reading classes. During the course of the school year the first grade and,kindergarten pupils enjoyed many special activities. Parties on Halloween, Thanksgiving, Valentines Day, Christmas, and Easter top the special activity list. At Christ- mas time Mrs. Randall's and Mrs. Disterhoft's youngsters gave a program for their parents and friends. Easter wouldn't be complete with- out an Easter egg hunt, so the little tcts made baskets and scavanged through the school building finding the colored eggs. Creative work is an important and success- ful subject in Mrs. Randall's schoolroom. Be- fore Christmas finger painting was studied, and at the present time the children are easel painting. Felt pin cushions and match box holders were made as Christmas presents for the mothers and fathers. Even the wrapping paper for these presents was designed and painted by the little folks. Paper plates with colored designs are another product of this creative project. One project which the kindergarten and first grade pupils plan to undertake in the re- mainder of the school year is the construction of a playhouse. This will be made of orange crates and crepe paper and will serve as a form of entertainment for the pupils. --Lillian Berger PHYSICAL TRAINING Every Friday morning the weather is nice we have an hour of physical training. We play softball. There are two ball diamonds so four sides are picked. Two of the sides go to one diamond and two go to the other. Mr. Heinze watches one diamond and Miss Zim- merman tl.e other. The following Friday the losers play against the losers and the winners against the winners. -Gladys Shoup INIY VACATION In August we went on a very nice vacation. We saw many great things. First we went to Ft. Wayne, Indiana. We saw the Eear Field Army Air Base and the General Electric plant. Then we went to Detroit. There we saw the Willow Run Plant and the Ford automobile plant. We also saw Greenwich Village and the building which Henry Ford built. They have airplanes, locomotives, boats, gypsy wa- gons, other wagons, old cars, and many other things. They also have a clock built into the ground, and they have a beautiful church. Then we went to Toledo. There we saw Lake Erie. Then we went to Ft. Wayne and back home. -john Dickel MY PET I have a dog for a pet. Its color is brown and white, and its name is Tiny. Although it is a dog it doesn't fight with my cats. One day one cat had kittens. My do-g barked at them. But finally she got tired and stopped barking. When the dog wants a bath she walks in mud puddles. -Marguerite Renner SECOND AND THIRD GRADE Mrs. Augusta Disterhoft of Marengo is the teacher for the second and third grade pup'ls. With a majority of boys in both grades, the to-tal number of pupils in second grade is 18, and in third, 19. The curriculum for the third grade is com- posed of arithmetic, spelling, language, reading, geography, music, and art. The subjects taught in the second grade are arithmetic, spelling, language, reading, music, and art. A school year would not be complete with- out the conventional parties at various holidays. The pupils in Mrs. Disterhoft's room lad Halloween, Valentine, and Easter parties. The Easter party entertainment included an egg hunt and learning how to jump rope. In col- laboration with the kindergarten and first grade pupils, the second and third grades gave a Christmas program for parents an:l friends. A Bobbsey Twins series is included in the library this year which Mrs. Disterhoft reads to the pupils at various times. In connection with their studies, the youngsters are keeping a vegetable chart, which shows what veget- ables they eat every day. The survey shows that lettuce is the vegetable eaten by most children. The pupils each wrote a letter to john Fair while he was in the hospital with a broken leg. Besides teaching music and art, Mrs. Beck taught the children various folk dances. -Lillian Berger MY DOG On june 26, 1947, a new pet was added to- our family. It was a dog. His name is Pal. He is a mixture of two breeds, beagle and dachshund. He has short legs, short hound-like ears and mouth. His hair is red and very short. How old he is we don't know. He likes to hunt squirrels and rabbits. 0 -Roger Gaddis MY PET CAT I have a cat for my pet. He is black and gray. We have a lot of fun together. One day when I was water.ng the garden, he was in the garden also. I kept on watering the garden, and I pretended that I did not see him. When he was looking a different way I turned the hose on him and he couldn't run away tast enough from the water. So now he stays away from me when I am watering.tlie garden. -Arlene Graesser INIY PIGEONS My pigeons are tame. They like to go into the little house I built for them. In winter they often go into the house to keep warm and to lay their eggs. When it is very told the water in the can freezes. They like o chop a hole in the ice with their beaks and drink the water out of the hole. -Dean Berger MY PET I have a dog, he is about five months old. He is part collie and part police. He can bark loud and can run taster than I can. He is red, black, and brown spotted. He likes to play with people that he knows. His name is Stubbie. -William McKinney SCHOOL IS UUI' Another school year's gone at last, And everyone is glad! I'm glad there're no more studies, But in one way I'm still sad. I surely will miss seeing All my friends from other towns, As well as all the fun we've had Since last year's gone around! There'll be lots of things to do, In the good old summer days! Now there won't be any more school, Until September says: Come on, kids, it's time for school!' But now, away from that! Spring is here, there's no more school And we should all be glad! ' -Florence Oehl 1

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lt!-lb SCHOOL PICNIC The beautiful fall weather naturally turned our thoughts from the schoolroom to outdoor activities. The student council met with Mr. Selzer and decided to go either to Lake Mc- Bride or to Palisades State Park. Heated dis- cussion followed as to the merits of each of the places and when the final vote was taken Lake McBride won. Did we go to Lake Mc- Bride? Oh no! Last minute questions reveal- ed that Lake McBride was closed for the :ea- SUIT. We left early Saturday morning, Palisades Park being our destination. Tie trip was quite long and we began to wonder whether Mr. Selzer knew where he was going. We de- cided that he was right when a sign announced our arrival at Palisades Park. By now our appetites were ready to run away with us, and we discovered that chicken which we had ex- pected, was not to be had. Since no food was available, because we had not been expected, we amused ourselves by playing football and by speed boat riding. About eleven o'clock the rain which had been threatening since early morning finally came. We scrambled into the bus and headed for Cedar Rapids. About 35 students and teachers swarmed in- to O. K. Drive-In. The distressed waitress sent an SOS for more help. It was now early after- noon, and the group in jeans and sweaters next invaded the Paramount theater to see Desert Fury. Glad that our day had turned out so well after all the complications, we again boarded the bus bound for Amana. . -Fred Hahn , SCHOOL BOARD BANCUET The annual dinner for the local Board of Education was prepared and served by the 11th and 12th home making classes on November 19, 1947 under the direction of Miss Evelyn Rouner, home making instructor. The dinner was served in the homemaking room. The centerpieces on the tables consist- ed of an unbalanced scale of fruit on the larg- er table and figurienes and pines on a tray on the smaller table. White tapers were used for lighting at both tables. I The dinner was prepared by the Junior girls and served by the Senior girls. Lillian Dickel was dining room hostess and Lillian Berger, Shirley Shoup, and Virginia Metz acted as waitresses. The menu consisted of grapefruit, turkey, dressing, muffins, lima beans, cranberry salad, sweet potato puffs, giblet gravy, celery, pickles, coleslaw, pineapple up-side down cake and coffee. . The guests present were Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Neveln, Dr. and Mrs. Louis Unglenk, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Eickacker, Mr. Peter Stuck, Mrs William Rettig, Dr. and Mrs. H. G. Moershel, Mr. and Mrs Herman Shoup, Mrs George Foerstner, Mrs C. H. Herrmann, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Graesser, and Mr. and Mrs. William Jeck. -Lillian Dickel HALLOWEEN PARTY The annual Halloween party of the Amana High School was held on the evening of Oct- ober 31, 1947 at the West Amana Clubhouse. The clubhouse was decorated with orange and black streamers. ln the middle of the dance floor was a witch suspended from tlie ceiling on a broomstick. As is customary, the freshmen came in cos- tumes. When they arrived they were given the usual pepper treatment by the upper classmen. A prize for the best costume was awarded to Kathleen Moessner. The atmosphere ,for the rest of theparty was created by Glenn Wendler's reading of The Telltale Heart by Poe. Refreshments prepared under the direction of Miss Rouner were served to the students and guests. The party was planned by the juniors and seniors. Committees were appointed by the student council. The committee chairmen were: decoration, Shirley Shoup, entertain- ment, B. 1. Lipmang initiation, Lillian Berger, and refreshments, Mary jane Seifert. A-Donald Meyer NEW FACULTY MEMBERS The Amana Schools added three new teach- ers to the faculty this year. One of them, Mil- dred Leichsenring, a graduate of the Amana Schools, is the commercial instructor and Ron- ald S. Fleming and Mrs james Beck are music instructors. Miss Leichsenring of Amana entered Coe College upon graduation from high school. She completed a four year course in three years by attending summer school. Commerce and finance were her major subjects, and art and English were her minor ones. She teaches business training, typing, shorthand, and Eng- lish 7. Ronald S. Fleming of Cedar Rapids is the instructor of the school band. He attended Cornell College and the University of Iowa. He taught band at Stanwood, Cedar Rapids, and several other schools. Mr. Fleming teaches at Middle every Monday and Thursday. Besides teaching at Amana he devotes part of his time to four other schools. Vlwlrs.-.Beck of Cape,.G.irardeau, Mo., teaches vocal music and art in the Amana schools, dividing her time among Middle, Anaana, and South. She attended the Southeast Missouri State College at Cape Girardeau, where her major was music and her minors were art and literature. -Lillian Dickel, Reynold Moessner, Marie Meyer HALLOWEEN PARTY October 31, that's Halloween, When ghosts and witches are supposed to be seen, But away in a clubhouse up on a slope, We freshmen are all fast losing our hope. We're taken to a room, oh, it's dark in there, And pepper is strewn just every where, Four of us are in there an hour or more, And then more freshmen come to the door. After they're in here five minutes or so, Someone says, Come on, out you go. Since his business is urgent, Mr. Selzer must o. Theng Glenn steps up with a reading by Poe, When Carl talks about eating, none object To the fact that its his favorite subject. Then on we go with the so-called fun, Harriet A. is number one. And in the case of Harriet, She lectures on reducing Qwhat she needs is a diet.J But enough for that, I could go on all day, Now comes the sophomore play. After it's over, fapplause by alll, We go to eat, downstairs in the hall, Sandwiches, potato chips, cocoa, and candy-- fDo you have some bicarbonate handy?J Oh, yes, a poem by the teachers was given, Selzer was jailed, too fast he had driven. children allegedly bailed him out, Mr. The No, never! the audience was heard to shout. The The party broke up at about ten-fifty-five, freshmen feeling more dead than alive. Saturday, I won't say we got up late, But I'll wager quite a few got up after eight. The freshmen were detailed to clean up the mess. We got it done in an hour, I guess, We did a good job, if I say so myself, If you don't believe it, go see for yourself. -Fredrick Renner CHRISTMAS AT A. H. S. The annual high school Christmas party was held on December 19. Time was short and consequently the pro- gram was short, at least as far as entertain- ment was concerned. Because of shortage of time,.part of -the -program was held in the fore- noon. The entertainment got underway with A Letter to Santa, written and read by Carl Albert. After this good old Saint Nick appear- ed and passed out presents to the teachers. After dinner Mr. Selzer showed a portion of the film The King of Kings which is the story of Christ. Since time was short not all of it could be showed. just before everyone went home the teaching staff treated the stu- dents to raspberry ice cream pie and cookies. --Raymond Oehl Dt'X'lfI.lEt5Il NEW EQUIPMENT New equipment was purchased for almost every department in high school. The four new band instruments, the sousa- phone, baritone, French horn, and cymbols are among the new equipment for the music depart- ment. 'lhe home economics equipment purchased this year includes pinking shears and a new Singer sewing machine to make a total of five machines. Eight new Underwood typewriters were purchased for the typing and shorthand classes. New physics equipment includes, model steam engine, ammeter and volt meter, dipping needle, dew point apparatus, test tubes and other glass equipment for laboratory work. -Betty jane Lipman PAINTING BY CARL PLICK. In the fall, the three-part backdrop paint- ed by Carl Flick in 1934 was framed and hung on the north wall of the auditorium for display purposes. Fred Hahn and Reynold Moessner, under the instruction of Mr. Neveln, reduced the size of the painting by one-third and made a frame for it. Originally painted for Lighthouse Nan and representing an Atlantic coast scene of Car- Ollfla, tne painting was later adapted lor use in the first operetta Windmills ot Holland. ln the March, 1935, issue of Die Posaune a student described the painting as follows: You almost hear the waves pounding and lashing on the rocks. You imagine the gulls and tems flying about . . ., the clouds go sailing by and the unaccountable fear of a storm comes to your mind .... -Henry Zscherny CHRISTIVIAS CONCERT A Christmas Concert was given for the benefit of the junior and senior high students by tne band and vocal groups. 'lhe concert was held on the 18th of December in the aud- itorium. Mrs. Beck directed the vocal groups and Mr. Fleming directed the band. The mixed chorus sang O Come All Ye Faithtulf' The girls chorus then sang Angels We Have Heard On High, and this was Iol- tollowed by tne boys sextet which sang God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen. The clarinet choir of the band played White Christmas. The selection was tollow- ed by a solo, Serenade ot tne Bells, by Lorraine Leichsenring. The brass section then concluded the concert with the playing of Silent Night. -Vernon Smith TALK ON CONSERVATION Mr. Wes Ashby of the State Conservation Commission was guest speaker at the Amana l-lign School on luesday, December 2. The subject of his talk was The Conservation of the Soil and of Wild Life. An important point he stressed was that al- though t..e United States is a comparatively new country, being only about three hundred years old, its supply of minerals is already weakening and the rich top soil of the precious farm land is disappearing. We must conserve our land, forests, and mineral resources so that future generations will have a better place in which to live. Many hunters shoot more than they are al- lowed to shoot. If every hunter would do this our wild life would become extinct. g There are laws for the prevention of this mass slaying of our wild life, yet it is our duty to see that these laws are obeyed. The farmer gets a high price for his crops and begins to- plow up every available piece of land. Thus he destroys the homes of the wild animals and birds that live along fences and streams. By plowing up the land he will also be troubled by soil erosion. The top soil will be carried away by rains and wind, and soon his land will become useless. If everyone obeys the laws of conservation, our country will .re- main the richest in the world. After Mr. Ashby's talk the students enjoyed movies of the different kinds of fish in Iowa. --Fred Hahn