Amana High School - Bugle Yearbook (Amana, IA)

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Dlfgliteeii THE FIRST SCHOOL PAPER A cold day in December and a summons to come to the English room. Shirley and I walk- ed downstairs discussing the Bugle because we knew that was what the conference was to be about. In the English room we found Miss Moer- shel and she greeted us with Good morning girls, I've been thinking. . . , and so the school paper, Hi-Lites was born. After that morning ideas fell into place and liy january this is how we stood. There were-- people writing articles for the first issue which would be off the press the last week of the month. We had two business managers who would arrange to' sell the paper in high school and junior high. The paper would sell for 14' per issue and consist of two pages. The :school would provide supplies such as paper, carbon, etc. which would be paid for out of the receipts from Hi-Lites sales. The typing as well as hektographing would be done by some :enior girls and the editors. The name Hi-Lites was suggested by Har- riet Ackerman in a contest open to all high fzchool students. The editors hope that the paper will be con- tinued in the future and that eventually the size and circulation will increase. The success of the paper is due largely to the cooperation of the following people: Mr. Neveln for seeing that all the supplies needed were at hand, Miss Moershel for invaluable help in organization, typing, editing, and ad- visor, Lillian Roemig for stepping into Shir- ley's place when she left for the University, :ill the writers who supplied material for pub- lishingg and of course, all the people who bought the paper. -Betty jane Lipman SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM The hot lunch program carried o-n in three of the Amana schools this year permitted pupils in the high school, the junior high, and the in- termediate grades, as well as some of the teach- ers, to eat the noon meal at the Ox Yoke Inn at Amana. This plan made it also possible for Amana students to eat dinner at home. Mr. Selzer dro-ve the school bus every noon. Last year the hot lunch program permitted the pupils to eat soup in the school house. Since not enough students were interested in this program, the school board proposed this new plan of eating at some public eating place. -Lillian Berger TUBERCULOSIS TEST The students of the senior high school, the faculty, and school employees were again X- rayed for tuberculosis on january 16. This year the State Health Department sent out a trailer-truck equipped with an X-ray unit. ln former years the X-ray machine and the other equipment had to' be unloaded and set up in the building before the tests could be- made. No charge was made for this service. The students were introduced to the tests by Mrs. Lenore Hartman Moyle, former super- intendent of Iowa County Schools, who is now working with the State Health Department. On january 6 Mrs. Moyle explained ho-w the tests would be made. The sophomores class typed the cards on which were entered the students' names and all other necessary information. The final reports were mailed to the stu- dents personally. -Henry Zscherny STYLE SHOW Yes, there they were eight in a row sing- ing gaily and all wearing their aprons, first projects in sewing, too. And then there was a varied program: wool skirts, rayon blouses, pajamas, housecoats, cotton blouses, cotton dresses, and pedal pushers. These were the junior and senior homemaking girls who mo- deled their garments for their mothers and friends, Tuesday, May 11, at the high sclool auditorium. Elsie Zimmerman accompanied on the piano and Carolyn Hahn acted as nar- rator. After the program refreshments were served by the girls in the home economics room. TEACHERS BANQUET The first banquet ever given for the teachers of the Amana Schools was held on March 10 in the home economics room of the high school. Dinner was prepared by the junior and senior girls and served by the junior girls. Lillian Sontag was dining room hostess and Rosemarie Lipman and Mary Jane Seifert served as wait- resses. The centerpiece, ,on the dining room table, consisted of an Easter bunny sitting on a nest of brightly colored eggs Two large white can- dles were placed on either end of the table with nests of jelly beans surrounding each can- dle. A small program was placed at each plate on the front of which was a map of the United States, with arrows pointing to towns where the teachers are from. Inside this booklet was the menu and a sealed page which was not to be opened until after dinner. This page revealed an impromptu program. On the spur of the moment such things as after-dinner speeches, a sketch of another teacher, a round sung by two teachers, recitation of a nursery rhyme, a lesson in phonetics, and quotations from Shakespeare, had to be presented by the teach- er to whom they were assigned. The menu consisted of the following: shrimp canope', tomato juice, ham, peas, twice- bakef potatoes, beans, jello, salad, muffins with marmalade. a relish piate of olives, celery, carrots, and radishes, and maraschino cherry angel cake and coffee. Teachers an guests at the banquet were: Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Neveln, Mr. and Mrs. Ron- ald Fleming, Miss Henrietta Moershel, Mrs. James Beck, Mr. and Mrs. joe Franey, Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Selzer, Mr. and Mrs. Terry Randall, Mrs. Augusta Disterhoft, Mr. William C. Heinze, Miss Evelyn Rouner, Miss Bonnie Newhouser, and Miss Marie Zimmerman. -Virginia Metz THE ROYAL BATTLE Who says A. H. S. has no school spirit? Here yours truly steps forward with a very red face. Yes, once I did say that I thought there was no class spirit much less school spirit in A. H. S. Please hold fire a minute. When I said this it was true. We yelled for the team at baseball games, but that was where school spirit seemed to end. Then why is my face red? lust listen. Each class nominated two candidates for king and queen to be elected at the Y-Teen program in April. Three days or so before the program the seniors launched their first cam- paign against the other classes' candidates. Posters announcing Henry Zscherny and Lil- lian Dickel as senior candidates were all distributed over the Amanas by the enterpris- ing seniors. The next morning the school was a-buzz. To be tricked by the seniors! Class meetings were hastely called and committees appointed. The other classes launched a counter-attack on the seniors. By noon the next day it seemed the fresh- men were really going to go all out. The big sheet announcing their candidates could be seen from afar as it floated over the door at A. H. S. By program time posters, signs, flags, and what have you were to be seen everywhere as each class tried their best to outdo the others. This friendly rivalry certainly seened to do the trick. The classes were working together. That's what everyone had been hoping for all year. It was just too' good to be true and the seniors would have been glad at having start- ed this even if their candidates hadn't won fwhich is easy to say since they didj. I'm sorry I ever said anything. A. H. S. does have school spirit and CLASS SPIRIT. This is a sort of left-handed apology for having thought and said such a thing and I'm very glad I had my mind changed. -Betty Jane Lipman I9-lb A GIFT TO THE A. H. S. Two days before Lincoln's birthday, Mr. Carl Berger of South Amana, presented the high school with a New York Herald. This newspaper is a relic which tells in detail about the assasination of the Great Emancipatorj' Lincoln. Even though Mr. Berger had kept this newspaper since he found it in 1918, he believed it would be more beneficial to the high school pupils, and therefore donated it to the high school. The paper is displayed in the window of the Superintendent's office where everyone may view it. -Lillian Berger ENLISTMENT IN U. S. M. C R. Three senior bo-ys enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserve. Raymond Oehl, Fred Hahn, and Henry Zscherny signed their enlistment papers for the Reserves here in Amana on February 7. They will serve until February 6, 1952, unless they wish to resign from the reserves. They cannot be called to active duty unless in the time of a national emergency, or if they volunteer to enlist in the regular Marine Corps. -Henry Zscherny LOOKING BACK AT LAST YEAR'S SENIORS William Albert - works in Amana Meat Mar- ket. Rosemarie Berger - was married to George Trimpe in April, graduated from Western Union College in Le Mars. Virginia Berger - works in Refrigeration Of- fice, graduated from A. I. B. in March. Rose Marie Blechschmidt - attends Coe, major is psychology. Rose Ehrle - is attending University of Iowa. Elsie Mae Flick - graduated from A, I. B. in March and is now working in Main Office in Amana. Theo Griess - returned from 17 months' service in Armed Forces. Mary Ann Haas - works as a waitress in Col- ony Inn. James Heinze - works in sheet metal depart- ment in refrigeration plant. Lucille Hess - works in weaving department in Woolen Mills. Donald Kraus - is serving in Armed Forces in Japan. Ellen May Leichsenring - works in Refrigera- tion Office after graduating from Western Union College in Le Mars. Lorraine Lippmann - works in office at the Sealtight Corporation in Cedar Rapids. Marcella Mantz - is employed at the Turner Company in Cedar Rapids. Fritz Marz - has charge of the bread route between Amana and Waterloo and Cedar Falls. Esther Lou Moser - works in weaving depart- ment in Woolen Mills. Adeline Mouchka - works in the Credit Guide and adjustment Company in the American Building at Cedar Rapids. Emaline Noe - attends S. U. I., major will probably be music. William Oehler - works on his father's farm. Wilma Roemig - works in 1st Avenue Liggettls Drug Store in Cedar Rapids. Lorraine Schaedlich - was married to Theo Zscherny in November and is employed at Ox Yoke Inn. Maria Schaefer - works at Colony Inn. Henry Seifert - is employed at Homestead Meat Market. Irene Seifert - attends University of Icwa and will probably major in journalism. Carl Setzer - has charge of bread route between Amana, Iowa City, and Cedar Rapids. Betty Shoup - attends University of Iowa. Donald Shoup - works with South Amana Farm Department. Esther Solbrig - is attending the Beauty Acad- emy at Des Moines. Melvin Trumpold - works for jack Fordyce in Cedar Rapids. Harold Wendler - is working with Al's Con- struction crew.

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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

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-Betty jane Lipman ISI-lb SKIP DAY We, the seniors of the Amana High School, proclaim this day, the 21st of April as official skip day. We are leaving with the assurance that no assignments in English, Government, Phy- sics, Geometry, Shorthand, German, and Home Economics are to be handed in for this day on the 21st or at any future date. We hope that our absence from the Amana High School does not encourage the lower classmen to get school fever. And you, dear teachers, do not retrain from giving your usual assignments. We leave you with this thought--Keep Smiling This is the proclamation that announced senior skip day when the students and teachers arrived at school in the morning. The day was bright and beautiful. The seniors of the different towns met in Home- stead around 9:00 A. M. By 11:00 A. M. a delicious lunch was prepared by,the girls, and was then packed in the back of a pick up truck, which was to be the means of transport- ation for the day. After a. futile attempt at -rounding up Smitty the group set out for Cedar Rapids. The plan was to appear on the Voice of Iowa radio program. We were the first ones men- tioned on the program, and two of the stu- dents were asked to speak on the air in behalf of the group. After this first event, everyone declared dinner was in order. We headed for Ellis Park to eat our lunch. After driving about the park two or three times, to be sure we found the most desirable spot, we finally camped on the top of a hill. The wood was gathered, the fire built, the table set, the wien- ers roasted, and soon everybody was quieting their enormous appetite. The next event for the day was to take an airplane ride. So off we went to Hunter Field to experience a thrilling ride, and a thrilling ride it was. Some had flown before but for others it was their first flight. After everyone had looked at the world from another angle for fifteen minutes another adventure was in order. The day was already coming to a close, so why not a show to top it off. The ride home after the show on the truck was neither warm nor comfortable but no one seemed to mind too much. It was a tired and happy group that fin- ally broke up after an eventful day. Many is the senior who had to nurse a terrific sun and wind burn for days after the adventure. Stiff, tired, sunburned, windtossed. Yes, we were all of that but we loved it. -Marjorie Leichsenring IDEAL BOY AND GIRL This tabulation constitutes the balloting of the high school students. Each person on the lists was chosen by popular vote of the stu- dents. Complexion ........ .... Hair ................. Eyes ........ Ears ......... Nose ....... Figure ........ Lips ........ Teeth ...... Legs ........... Hands ............... Personality .......... Best Dressed ............. Best Mannered ......... Hair ..................... .... Eyes ......... Ears ......... Nose ....... Build ....... Teeth ......... Hands ........ ,................ Personality ................. Best Dresseed ......., Charles and GIRLS ...............Dorothy Eichacker ......................Virginia Metz ..........Harriet Ackerman ......Els1e Zimmermann.. ..................Elsie Moser ..............Alice Geyer ..........Shirley Shoup .............Lillian Berger ..................V1olet Rettig ........Dorothy Trumpold ..............Lillian Dickel ..,............Kathleen Moessner .......................Lillian Sontag BOYS ....................Henry Zscherny .............Donald Meyer .........Henry Trumpold ...........Ronald Hertel .........Vernon Reihman .........Henry Moser Setzer Albert William Roemig Best Mannered ................................ Ivan Reihman IOURNALISM CONFERENCE On April 24 the professional journalism fra- ternaties and the University of Iowa extension division sponsored an all-day conference for high school journalists on the Iowa campus. More than 100 high school students were re- gistered. Amana students attending were Lil- lian Berger, Betty jane Lipman, Rosemarie Lip- man, Madeline Oehl, and Lillian Roemig. The theme of the conference was Oppor- tunities in Journalism. Taking part in the morning session were such well-known men as George Yates and George Mills of the Des Moines Register , Harold Ellis of the Marengo Pioneer-Republican , M. L. Nelson of the WHO news service, as well as two re- presentatives of the Iowa City Press-Citizen and the Daily Iowan. . Leslie Moeller, director o-f the University of Iowa School of journalism, spoke briefly at a luncheon at the Hotel Jefferson. He outlined what journalism requires of an individual and then what journalism can give the individual. From 2 to 5:30 P. M. four panel discussions were held. In addition to the afore-mentioned persons, ten others participated in the discus- sion. Among them were Bob Pfeiffer of the WMT news staff, Pat Patterson and Gene Claussen of KCRG and KXIC, Don Pedilla of the Cedar Rapids Gazette , as well as other representatives of the Iowa City papers, both student and privately managed. The day was concluded by a tour of station WSUI, where several of the group took part in a program, the Press-Citizen, which is the privately owned paper in Iowa City and is also among the six most modern ones in the coun- try, and the Daily Iowan, which is run and managed by the University students. When the group staggered up the last steps of East Hall, which houses the Daily Iowan, at 7 P. M. everyone agreed QU they had gained much from the conference: Q21 they had had wonderful hosts, Q31 the program had been well-planned and the speakers well-chosen since all were the best in their field, Q41 they were very tired and hungry, Q51 they wanted to go home. NEW STUDENT Beverly Goltz, junior from New York City, entered Amana High School during the second semester. She is visiting with her father, Leon- ard Goltz, and relatives in Middle Amana. She takes only two courses, English literature and world history, while enrolled here because of the difference in curricula in her former and present schools. -Lillian Dickel HATS OFF TO A. H. S. 'S VARADYS C1ed't should certainly go to two students who have helped people know about what is going o-n in school through their ability in art. Art, as a credit subject, is not offered in the high school and what ability these two persons have in art is only what they have been able to develop on their own time. Each had a few basic instructions on art in the lower grades but since then they have worked on their own to improve this ability. The boy is taking a correspondence course in art but the girl has had no other instruction. When posters had to be made for the junior play these two people were called upon to use their imagination and to put their ideas on pa- per. Both spent much time and effort on the posters, which most people glanced at only casually when the posters were displayed in schools and business places. They represented hours of work, however, and were very much in keeping with the spirit of the play. These students should be encouraged to continue their good work. V I Many of you readers will know who the boy and girl are, but for those who do not, we want you to know the two people of whom we are proud, Carl Albert and Rosemarie Lip- man. Good work, keep it up and we hope you go far if you choose art as a profession. -Betty Jane Lipman Nineteen TALK ON DIAMONDS Ohs and Ahs greeted the display of dia- monds that Mrs. Gladys Babson Hannaford brought with her to illustrate her talk on dia- monds in the high school auditorium on Octo- ber 2. Mrs. Hannaford's talk was sponsored by the Y. M. B., and the pupils of the different schools were invited to attend. In her talk on the history of diamonds she explained why they are valuable and how they are mined. She would occasionally produce a replica of some famous diamond to illustrate what she had just said. These of course were glass, but she showed some real cut diamonds and a number of beautiful diamonds rings, which the girls tried on after her talk. -Betty jane Lipman VACCINATION All the students whose parents had sent a request were vaccinated against small pox and diphtheria on April 2 with follow up shots given April 50. Two nurses with the aid of the local doc- tors, Dr. Noe', Dr. Herrmann, and Dr. Moer- shel, gave the students the shots. Lillian Ber- ger and Betty Jane Lipman assisted with regis- tration. , This service was free of charge to the child- ren of Amana Society members, while a charge of 50 cents for small pox and one dollar for diphtheria was made to all the other young- sters. Approximately 150 students took advan- tage of the program. -Betty jane Lipman VISIT FROM UPPER IOWA 1 UNIVERSITY There is a teacher in A. H. S. who has de- viced this formula. Monday all the students are getting over the rough weekend. Tuesday is after Monday, so is about as bad. Thursday is band day and no one is ever quite sure of the schedule that day. Friday finds everyone Qincluding teachersj ready for the weekend. This leaves us Wednesday. On this day there must be a good recitation or there never will be one. It was with this in mind that Mr. Selzer was looking forward to a good session in gov- ernment class, April 14, which happened to be a Wednesday. One of the girls in the row of desks clos- est to the window looked first and before long everyone was looking. A red convertible had stopped where everyone could easily see it. Down stairs the door opened and Mr. Selzer had to go down. As tho they were on springs, all the girls bounded out of their seats and were at the win- dows in less than no time. Ah's, Oh's Gee's Golly's ,and Oh my gosh drifted back to the deserted study hall because outside looking up were about 40--guess what! Yes, you probably guessed it. A professor from Upper Ic.-wa Un- iversity and about 40 of his economics class, all men. Mr. Selzer came back and asked who would go with them to the Refrigeration Division and Woolen Mill. It was with longing eyes that the government class watched Madeline Oehl disappear into one of the string of cars and off they went for a tour of the refrigeration plant, bakery, cabinet shop, woolen mill, and other points of interest in the Amanas. The tour was followed by dinner at the Ox Yoke Inn. At about two o'clock the procedure of the morning was repeated when the group return- ed. to the school. All the girls were ready and willing to go to the auditorium to talk to them but Mr. Selzer and Mr. Neveln finally won out. It was with fond departing glances and many a sigh from A. H. S. students fsighs of relief fro-m the boys and sorrow from the girlsj that the 40 boys again took to the road. Miss ,Oehl's only comment was a hubba hubba! This statement was delivered with a definite lift of the eyebrows and all the other girls seemed to agree. -Betty jane Lipman