Amana High School - Bugle Yearbook (Amana, IA)

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TD THE READERS DF THE 1948 BUGLE ln former years the Bugle usually constituted the work of the senior class as a whole under the direction of Miss Moershel. It is not the work of days or weeks or- even a month. The Bugle', as you see it is the work of the entire school year. Early in September the editors, Shirley Shoup and Betty Jane Lipman, met for the first time to plan this yearis issue, and the first articles by the seniors were due October 7. The last work was done during the week of the 26th to the 30th of April. This year the work began with two editors and eleven reporters. Differ- ent students were in charge of such departments as music, Y-Teens, dramat- ics, or general school news. As the second semester drew near, it was found that Shirley would be at the University of Iowag Fred Hahn, Don Meyer, Raymond Oehl, and Reynold Moessner would be workingg Marjorie Leich- senring and Lillian Dickel would be working a half day, and Marie Meyer would be leaving school altogether. All of these seniors had worked hard and done their share of writing during the Iirst semester. Then there remained just one editor and six seniors to write, three of whom were in school only one half day. The entire schedule was upset. Everyone was writing what someone else was supposed to, and even though this seemed contrary to etii- cient planning, it was the only way to get the Bugle published. Most of the writing was done by Lillian Berger, r Virginia Metz, Henry Zscherny, Vernon Smith, Marjorie Leichsenring, and Lillian Dickel. This was due to the fact that these students were in school both semesters. Much credit is due Virginia, who typed almost all of the written articles, and Betty Jane Lipman, who spent many hours checking, editing, and assembling the completed articles. As you may have noticed, there is a page devoted to each of the grades T-8, 9, '10, and 11, as well as a page for the Amana and South schools. In the writing of these articles the editor was actively assisted by Gene Kellen- berger and Mary Ellen Bahndorf of the Tth grade and Joan Foerstner and Lorraine Leichsenring of the 8th grade in gathering the immaterial for the jun- ior high page. In high school, freshman Harriet Ackerman, sophomore Carolyn Hahn, and junior Madeline Oehl are responsible for most of the work on the pages assigned to each of these classes. The teachers in the schools at Amana and South, Miss Zimmerman, Mrs. Randall, and Mrs. Disterhoft, helped one of the senior students compile the information on this page. All other people worked hard in getting together a school annual that everyone would like. The articles were written and the pages planned with the reader in mind. We hope you enjoy reading this issue. If you especially like some part,why not tell the person who wrote it next time you see him. We are sure they would like to hear about what you enjoy in the 1948 Buglef'

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IH-lb THE FIRST DAY AND THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL The first day of school is the day no stu- dent wants to think about, but when it comes to be the last day of school you can't keep the students from thinking about that day. The first day of school is very noisy because all the students tell each other what has happened during the summer vacation. The last day of school is even noisier than the first day because all the students are glad that another year has gone by. Of course there is still a little un- happiness about what the report card will say. When the day comes for report cards to be handed out and the students see that they go on to the next grade, then the joy and happi- ness comes out. -Charles Roemig ARE THERE ANY HWISER MENU? A wise man learns from his experiencesg a wiser man learns from the experiences of others. As I read this quotation the first thought that came to me was the ninth of six- teen scientific attitudes that my biology teach- er had given us to learn during the first class period in that subject. The ninth scientific attitude as I remember it, stated, A scientist prefers to do his own experimenting but when it will help he is ready and willing to use the observations of other people. We know that it is only through experience that mankind has learned, and progressed. Many of the most difficult problems must be solved by a simple trial and error method. Man and the world would never have pro- gressed beyond the infant stage if it were not possible for man to learn and profit from his experiences. A child plays with fire or goes too close to a hot stove until one day he burns himself. The next time he will know better. A parent's warning would not do. Experience and only experience must teach him. A high school student won't learn that only previous study will get the test written and returned with a good grade. The student won't listen to advise, though. He has to fail a test before he even begins to wish he had studied more. The reckless driver has to have an accident before he realizes that he is a menace to hu- manity. These people are wise enough to know bet- ter the second time. They learned from their own experiences. I Why does the child have to be painfully burned? Why must the driver have an accident and injure or even kill someone? Vfhy must these things happen before people realize that they were wrong and someone else was right in trying to tell them so? Why could they not be wiser and learn from someone else's exper- ience? As wiser There others and pay attention to their experiences. The child has probably not developed the mental power to learn from o-thers, but the teen-age boy or girl and an adult should be able to learn from the experience of others. A normal adult mind should be able to put the experiences of others into use for himself. In a laboratory two' dogs were shown how three other dogs were held every time they tried to escape through one particular opening. When these two dogs were released, one hesi- tated, but the other immediately chose the sec- ond means of escape and was not caught. He learned from the experience of the other dogs. Man, who believes he has reached height of mental developement for this day and age, seems sometimes not able to do what the dog in the laboratory did. For example, no matter how many traffic accidents we see and hear about we still can't learn from these and try harder to avoid them. On the contrary, we still insist on making our highways a place for the mass destruction of lives every day. far as I can see there are far too few men of whom the quotation speaks. are too few people who will listen too Until the time when someone finds a way to teach people the value of the experiences of others and how to make use of tltem first hand experience seems the only thing for these well informed people who inhabit this earth. Everyone seems to be from the show me state. They wonder why no one ever told them. The truth however, is that they have been told, only they didn't listen. Learning from the experiences of others seems to be a scientific attitude made for scientists and not for the average person. -Betty Lipman IN THE SPRING A YOUNG IVIANS FANCY TURNS TO THOUGHTS OF BASEBALL A Spring brings different thoughts to differ- ent individuals. The country, the village, and the town folks begin to get out their hoe and rake, preparing to force Jack Frost into hiber- nation for the summer. The children already think of the time when school will be over for the year and they can again turn to their care- free and happy ways, playing games and annoy- ing mother with their mischief. To the teen- age girls a strange fever comes around, which seems to be quite contagious. This is called spring fever. Exactly what effect it has on the girls I don't know, but they seem to be walking on clouds and not making any sense. One just has to humor them until they are out of this trance, which usually lasts a few days. But the boy's thoughts and fever strictly have to do with baseball. As soon as the last snow has melted, the baseball atmosphere creeps into the school. It begins with a meet- ing open to anyone interested in baseball. Then a captain and a manager are elected, and now things start rolling. Soon one sees the no- tice Baseball practice after school. That is the time when one really begins to realize that spring is here and that soon our gang will be competing against other teams with the same baseball fever. After a few weeks of practice this day finally comes. The girls at this point also go out for base- ball. No, not as players or bench warmers, but simply as reinforcements with their cheering and rooting for our train, whether they're win- ning or losing. On the way home from these games all you hear is Boyl what a game, Good play, jiml , What a dandy catch, or The umpire certainly favored the opponents , and the girls or anyone else for that matter have a hard time trying to distract the boys' attention. And so as the season goes along, just as the girls talk shop about clothes so the boys talk of baseball. -Lillian Dickel SCHOOL IN THE SPRING You wander slowly, you hear the bell, But your thoughts are not where they ought to be. You have no ambition, no excuse will sell, Because the teacher's thoughts are where yours should be. So you're off to school in the spring. You climb the stairs, they're higher novi Than they were 'ere the lovely spring was here. You walk to your seat, and wrinkle your brow- Why hadn't you studied while your thoughts were clear? So you sit in school in the spring. You come to class. Where can it be? I had it here just a minute before! The paper's gone--what a lovely tree! Your springtime thoughts are with the no more. But you're here in school in the spring. class The bell again, you hear it ring, And you're happy that class is o'er once more. Another bell, but this is spring And your steps are lighter as they cross the floor- It's the end of school in the spring. -Rosemarie Lipman l'xxenly-one CHILDHOOD CHRISTMAS The first Christmas I remember was the one when I was three years old. The day after Thanksgiving my heart would thump with joy and my stocking would be hung up. At night I would try my best to keep awake so that I could see Santa Claus. Finally my wish came true. One Saturday afternoon we went to Cedar Rapids,'and Mother took me to see San- ta. I was scared stiff, but since Mother was with me my nerves eased up. There was quite a line of children to see Santa. Finally my turn came. I approached him rather slowly but then talked with him quite a while. I told him everything I would like to have. Upon leaving I received a book about Santa's reindeer. Many was the time the book was lent to my little friends. The reason I remember this Christmas was that my wish to see Santa had come true. -Virginia Krauss THE STORY OF RUSTY The story of this cat begins when he was already one fourth grown. When our little black and white cat got run over by a car, we decided we must have another cat, so we went to a farm to get one. On the farm there was a nice three-colored cat which our family would of liked to have. She was nice but she was a mean cat. My brother and I tried for half and hour to catch her but couldn't. Then we decided on a white and yellow tomcat. Although it is said that tomcats are lazy, we took him. He was very shy, but we penned him up for a few days and then let him out. He didn't run away. He liked it better at our house than at the farm. Often he brought a Sparrow or a mouse and ate it all but the feathers, a spar- row's feathers. Now he started to- grow to an enormous size, long and fat but still not lazy. Because of his rusty color we called him Rusty. Al- though he never comes when you call his name, he listens when you say it. We taught him a few things. One is to follow us when we call him and he does it. He always goes along to our neighbor'se house. We taught him to sit on the window sill if he wanted to come in or go out. Now he will soon be a year old, and al- ready he has grown to the length of two feet three inches from the tip of his nose to the tip of his tail. If he keeps on growing like this, he will soon look more like a dachshund than a cat. -Robert Trumpold SPRINGS NEW LOOKU Oh! to be in Amana no-w that April's l'ere. The grounds all around are changing from the old snowy to the new Spring look. The sun is busy melting the snow while the grass is busy getting ready for the new green look. The showers of April are certain to bring May flowers for the tulips are already popping out of the earth. The rain refreshes the earth, which smells so fresh after the people have been plowing it. The burning piles of leaves give the air a springlike aroma. That's cer- tainly a good sign that spring is well on the way. The chickens are running around outside and are very careful not to wander too far, for fear of shed all getting lost. Tlzey are beginning to the extra feathers that were so import- ant during the winter months. The babies are also expressing their happi- ness by gurgling at the lovely weather. They welcome the sun after the long cold winter months that kept them from go-ing outdoors. The youngstersbusy themselves with playing softball and baseball. Here and there you fee boys in fields flying their kites, while others are trying to get a tangled kite string out of a tree. On the street corners you see young mothers with their brand new buggies giving their babies the first glimpse of spring. All these and countless other things are what really gives spring that new look. -Helen Kraus

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19417-1948 CALENDAR September 2 27 October 8 17 25 31 November 3 ti-7-8 lt! 21 26 27-28 December 2 4 5 17 19 20 January 5 15 16 February 20 M arch 4 10 11 16 17 19 20 27 April 2 3 5 9 21 28 May 4 I1 14 15 16 17-18 19 20 21 School begins School picnic at Palisades Park Parent-Teacher pot-luck slipper Senior pictures taken at Lasswell Studio Y-Teen Conference at Fairfield, Iowa Halloween party Juniors receive class rings Teachers meeting at Des Moines School Board banquet Musical Program -- band and chorus Y-Teen assembly Thanksgiving program 'I'hanksgivin,q vacation Pictures on conservation by Mr. Ashby No school because of ice - Senior class play, Cheese Cottage Y-Teen Christmas program School Christmas program: King of Kings film shown Christmas vacation begins Christnlas alld New Year vacation ends Music talent test by Wurlitzer dz Maddy Co. Semester tests State T. B. tests Scout program Junior play, Tell Me, Pretty Maiden Teachers' banquet School attends Cincinnati Symphony at Cedar Rapids School goes to art exhibit at Iowa City and sees play 'lThe Elegant Mr. Emperor Y-Teen Dad-Daughter Banquet Band Concert Y-Teen conference at Des Moines Hood Friday Grade school operetta, 'iHanse1 and Grete1 Band contest at Monticello Parkinson Music Ensemble Spring baseball season opens Senior skip day Sophomore party Y-Teen Mother Daughter Banquet Style show n Junior-Senior Banquet Class day Baccalaureate services Finals - Semester tests Colnxnencennent School picnic Nt'll04'rl 1-loses