Amana High School - Bugle Yearbook (Amana, IA)

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School. Activities AHS STUDENT COUNCIL This year's AHS Student Council, as in past years, was composed of six members. They were? seniors, Lester Davis, presidentg Harvey Oehler, v1ce-pres1- ni rs John Dickel and Dick Foerstner so h dent: Ju o , 5 D ' -omore, Rosalie Trumpold, secretary-treasurer, fresh- man, Carol Ann Zuber, amd Mr. Delbert Jebousek, advisor. At the beginning of the year the council de- cided bo meet every Tuesday noon. The main function of the organization was to pro- vide entertainment for the students and to help iron out small difficulties that arose in the student body. Some -of the assembly programs this group provided included various movies and the feature films, Cap- tain Kidd's Return and The Sands of Iwo Jima. At another occasion Mr. Bill Nelson from Iowa State College gave a talk -on fire prevention while later in the school year the council asked Mr. Dick Cheverton from WMT Radio and TV to speak. His subject dealt with the dangers of censorship. On February 5 Mr. Paul Schmidt of Amana showed slides that he had taken while in Korea and Hawaii. Another student council arrangement brought Dr. Ray Bryan from ISC to AI-LS. He gave an interesting talk on Choosing your Life's Work. 'The first program in the new gym was a band con- cert presented by the Belle Plaine High School Band -on February 24. The group was also fin charge of it. During a week in March the student council spon- sored a crusade drive for clothes. The articles collect- ed went to needy children here and abroad. I --Lester Davis PAREXNT-TEACHERS ASSOCIATION Amana PTA officers for the '53-54 school term were Mrs. Herb Zuber, president, Mrs. Walter Sei- fert, first vice-president: Mrs. Frank Parvin, second vice-presidentg Mrs. Lester Taylor, secretaryg Mrs. Arthur Selzer, treasurer, Mrs. Elmer Dittrich, mem- bership and publicity chairman, and Mr. Henry Stumpff, pnogram chairman. A The first meeting this cabinet presided over took place on September 9. It was then that the organiza- tion added an amendment to the constitution chang- ing the meeting dates from once 'a month to the sec- ond Wednesday every other month. All of the meet- ings are held in the high school. A food sale at Newman's in Cedar Rapids on Oc- tober 3 was the biggest money raising project this organization had during the year. They netted S140 after selling the cakes, cookies, and canned goods do- nated by the Amana people. On November 12 the PTA sponsored a free dinner for the Amana teachers and their guests while the other members paid a dollar a plate. A business meet- ing amd program followed the dinner. Part of the program featured short talks about American Educa- tion Week which was being observed at the time. The first meeting of 1954 was held January 13. Mr. Stumpff divided the people present into smaller groups each with similar ' problems dealing with teacher-child relationship. A teacher was assigned to each different group.- A program open to the public was featured in March. Dr. George W. Bedell, Dr. John Wild, and Dr. John W. Eckstein were present at that time and gave talks on rheumatic fever to the group. All of the men who spoke were from Iowa City. The final meeting of the year was held in May when officers for the next school year were elected. -Patricia Selzer ' AMAN A 'HI-LITES I ' The AI-IS paper, AMANA HI-LITES, is a monthly publication during the school year featuring school news. Mrs. Ruff serves as sponsor of the paper. Re- cently HI-LITES became a member of the Iowa High School Press Association. During the first part of the school year the journal- ism class took charge of HI-LITES with Helen Sontag serving as editor. However, since senior English re- placed thisclass during the second semester, the pa- per was under different management at that time. Florence Oehl and Gladys Shoup served as oo-editors during the first part of the semester, and Elsie Hahn and Rosalie Trumpold, the last part. At the head of different departments on the staff during the first semester were Patricia Selzer, busi- ness managerg Arlene Graesser, facultyg John Dickel, sports, Florence Oehl, general school activities and production managerg Gladys Shoup, humorg Jackie Hahn and Harold Pitz, junior high news. The duties of most of these students dealt with writing the news stories their department required or assigning them to one :of the reporters, volunteers from the high school students. During the second semester Patricia Selzer remain- ed as business manager, but the students mentioned in the preceeding paragraph served as reporters along with the following: Shirley Carville, Doris Dickel, Rosalie Eichacker, Patricia Gaddis, Elsie Hahn, Do- lores Hess, Janet Hollrah, Hazel Hoppe, Judy Phillips, Helen Sontag, Joan Stumpff, and Carol Ann Zuber, These students were on the staff all of the '53-'54 school year. Kathy Fry and Barbara Zuber were reporters for the junior high during the second semester. Any AHS student can volunteer to serve as a re- porter. No one is required to do so. H -Harvey Oehler . BOYS' POEMS ARE PUBLISHED As in former years, Mrs. Ruff, English teacher, again submitted poetry written by AHS students to the contest sponsored by the National High School Poetry Association for publication in its annual an- thology of high school poetry. The organization ac- cepted poems by Dale Metz and Dick Foerstner. Dale's poem is entitled The Bee, , and Dick's, Pretzel Sticks. This book of poetry will appear in the spring. ' ' -Gladys Shoup STUDENTS WITNESS TRIAL On November 3 the high school and junior high students witnessed the trial of State versus Carl Nie- beck at the Marengo Courthouse. In this state crimi- nal case Mr. Niebeck was accused of having forged checks. , State prosecuting attorney was Dave Evans and de- fense attorney was Ed Von Hoehne. Judge Harold Evans presided over the trial. Shortly before 12 o'c1ock a 15-minute intermission was called. During this break Mr. Earl Lindenmayer Iowa County Assessor, explained to the students on what and hiow taxes are levied and collected. After the brief talk by Mr. Lindenmayer, the students re- turned to the trial until court dismissed at 12:30. Mr. Niebeck was declared guilty as charged and sentenced to eight years in the Iowa State Peniten- tiary at Fort Madison. . -Arlene Graesser.

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School Activities AMANA COMMUNITY CARNIVAL Approximately 1,800 attended the Amana Commu- nity Carnival on March 28 at the new .elementary school in Middle. The purpose of the carnival was -to help pay for basketball equipment and other supplies for the school. Different rooms in the school had various booths among which were a fish pond, ring the ducks, chil- dren's rides, basketball throw, a cake-walk, weight guessing, and other contests and games. High school- ers, PTA members, and :other volunteer workers op- erated these booths. Souvenir programs, popcorn, candy, peanuts, ice cheam, hamburgers, hot dogs, coffee, cake, and pie were also on sale during the day. A pnogram, of which Superintendent Charles Selzer was master of cerem-onies, was held at 3 p.m. in the afternoon and another one at 7:30 in the evening. In the afternoon there was a rope jumping exhibition by the junior high girls, the YMB Chorus sang several numbers, and Roberta and Donna Meaghan enter- tained with a number of songs. After this two alumni teams entertained the crowd with a basketball game. The evening program consisted of singing by the high school and junior high girls' choruses, an intermural basketball game by the AHS boys, a basketball ex- hibition by the AHS girls and the presentati-on of a square dance by several high schoolers. . Ain important attraction of the day was the giving away :of a 15-cubic-foot Stor-Mor Door Freezer, do- nated by Amana Refrigeration, Inc. The drawing took place after the evening program. The lucky winner was Mr. George Berger of Norway, Iowa. Many different prizes donated by the Amana busi- ness places were also given away during the day. On the planning committee for the carnival were Mr. Moon, chairmang Mr. Jebousekg Miss Halversong and Miss Zimmerman. These faculty members work- ed in conjunction with community organizations such as the Homestead Welfare Club and the Ladies Aux- iliary, Amana Welfare Association, Middle Common- wealth Club, Amana Young Men's Bureau, Parent- Teachers Association, Amana School Board, Wfomen's Council, Y-Teens, and other faculty members. -Joan Stumpff AMANA STUDENTS RECEIVE BIBLES Dr. L. Sims, past president of the Iowa Gideon So- ciety of Cedar Rapids, visited the Amana Schools on March 18 to give Bibles to the students. He presented the St. James version of the book, which contained the Psalms, Proverbs, and New Testament, to every- one from fourth grade through high school. One large class Bible was handed out for each school room, and each teacher received a gold edi- tion, one with gold-etched leaves. The Gideon Society has drives every year for col- lecting money to distribute more of these Bibles- free to schools, hotels, the armed services, and to various other organizations and places. ' -Delores Ramsey AHS ENROLLMENT The total number of students enrolled at AHS dur- ing the 1953-54 school term was 68. Of these pupils 36 were girls and 32, boys. Thirteen students made up the senior class, the smallest in AHS, of whom 7 were girls and 6, boys. The largest class were the juniors who numbered 21 students. Eleven were boys and 10 girls. A total of 18 pupils, 13 girls and 5 boys were sopho- mores. The freshmen numbered 16, of. which 10 were boys and 6 girls. -Jackie Zuber AHS FALL TRIP Pikes Peak at McGregor, Pairie du Chien, Wiscon- sin, and Dubuque were the destinations of the AHS fall trip. The excursion took place on Saturday, Oc- tober 10, with two school busses driven by Mr. Ralph Moessner and Lester Davis. U l The group left Amana at 6:30 a.m. Their first stop was at Manchester, where they had breakfast and saw the glass schoolhouse. This construction is the first of its kind to be erected in Iowa and is built pri- marily of glass blocks. Ome of the most interesting parts of the trip was visiting the Villa Louis in Parie du Chien. This is one of the most famous historic homes in Wisconsin, built by Colonel Hercules Dousman in 1843. ' The tourists saw many beautiful views of the Mis- sissippi during the day from state parks located on high cliffs overlooking the great river. After a visit to the Grotto in Dickeyville, Wiscon- sin, the students went to Dubuque and saw the Old Shot Tower of 1855. Here, also they rode in the 4th Street Elevator' to the top of a 300-foot bluff. On a platform at the top -of this cliff they got a night view of the Mississippi and Dubuque. The rest of the even- ing until 10:00 p.m. the travelers were free to go to dinner and see a movie. Before they got back to Amana, a quick after-mid- night snack was enjoyed at Twin Towers in Cedar Rapids. -Florence Oehl NEW SCHOOL LS OPENED The new Amana Lakeside School was officially opened by Mr. Rudolph Blechschmidt, president of the school board, in a ceremony on February 1. The invited guests, teachers, and Amana School Township pupils were assembled in the gymnasium for the oc- casion. Dr. H. G. Moershel, president of the Amana Church Board, gave the invocation. This was followed by the Pledge to the Flag led by the students. - Superintendent Charles Selzer intnoduced some of the individuals who were present and had helped in the planning and construction of the building. After the ceremony coffee and doughnuts were served to the guests by members of the PTA, and tours of the school were taken. ' ' -Arlene Graesser SCHOOL BOARD BANQUET ' The annual Amana School Board Banquet was held in the home economics room on the evening of No- vember 19. I The following school board members and guests were present: Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Blechschmidt, Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Leichsenring, Dr. and Mrs. H. G. Moershel, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Shoup, Supt. and Mrs. Charles Selzer, Mr. Peter Stuck, Dr. and Mrs. Louis Unglenk and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wendler. A horn of plenty was the centerpiece.'The menu consisted of fruit cocktail, turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, candied carrots, creamed cauliflower, tossed salad, rolls, coffee, cookies and home-made ice cream with chocolate sauce. ' The dinner was prepared by the five senior home ec. girls under the direction of Mrs. Bonnie Staples, home economics instructor. The girls are Pauline Fink, Arlene Graesser, Delores Ramsey, Patricia Selzer and Joan Stumpff. ' -Arlene Graesser

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School Activities AHS CHRISTMAS PARTY The AHS Christmas party was held on December 18. the afternoon's program was planned by the stu- dent oouncil and began after a long noon hour. An especially enjoyable feature of the afternoon was a short skit by members of the junior high and high school faculty. In their performance they acted the parts of students in a small country school. This was followed by several musical selections by Doris Dickel, Carol Ann Zuber, Judy Phillips, Rosalie Eichacker, Rosalie Trumpold, Shirley Carville, Har- vey Oehler, and Loren Neubauer. Mary Ann Zuber than sang a solo, O Holy Night. More music -on the program featured instrumental numbers by Jean Bahndorf and Rosalie Trumpold with their accordions and Harvey Oehler accompany- ing them on the piano. Finally all of the students joined in singing Christ- mas carols. As in previous years grab bag gifts were exchanged among the students, and the teachers received gifts also. Then each student got an ice cream pie as a treat. ' -Patricia Selzer WORLD SERIES ON TV AT AHS The 1953 World Series were viewed .on television by the high school and junior high students this year. The games were watched October 1 through 5 with the Dodger fans suffering most of the defeats. Stu- dents were permitted to watch as long as they had no particular classes. - 'The set was furnished for the students through the cooperation of the Homestead Store. A -Rodney Ochs CAREER DAY IN MARENGO ' The third annual Lowa County Career Day was at- tended by the Amana juiors and seniors on February 22 in the Marengo High School. Dr. Ray Bryan, of Iowa State College, was the opening speaker. His topic was Choosing Your Life's Work. After the first session the students and counselors had one hour for lunch. The -other three sessions were held in the afternoon after which the students were dismissed. The purpose of career day is to bring occupational information to the juniors and seniors of Iowa Coun- ty high sch-ools and to help them in making wise oc- cupational choices. -Arlene Graesser ROLLER SKATING PARTIES This year AHS students enjoyed many after-schrool activities, and one of the favorites was rollar skating. Because this activity was enjoyed by the students, and since it attracted large crowds, five skating parties were held during the school year. All were sponsored by the Y-Teens. Some were for the benefit of all the Amanas while others were only for the high school and junior high students. A variety of good and bad skaters were usually present. Some just learned, while others were already whizzing around corners or banging into walls. Couple bell, couple waltz, flashlight tag, and broom tag were some of the games played at these parties. ' -Pauline Fink JOE MAUNDERS AT AHS On Friday, September 18 the student council in- vited Mr. Joe Maunders to show some -of the films he had taken. Mr. Maunders is from Newport, Kentucky, but he was spending a few days in the Amanas at the time. ' His films concerned his trip to Central America, the Inaugural Parade of President Eisenhower, and two commercial films about animals. -Patricia Selzer HISTORY CLASS SEESO M'ARTIN LUTHER On the afternoon of Friday, October 23 the mem- bers of the United States history class were excused from school to see the movie, Martin Luther. The school bus provided transportation to and from the Iowa Theatre in Cedar Rapids where the movie was shown. -Gladys Shoup FIRE PREVENTION SPEAKER On October 9, during Fire Prevention Week, Mr. Bill Nelson of the Iowa State College Engineering Ex- tension Service gave a short talk at AHS. He also showed two films on fire prevention to the students. ' -Rodney Ochs THE LOST DOLL , On the afternoon of Thursday, December 10, the intermediate grades presented a one-act operetta, The Lost Doll by Eleanor Allen Schroll and Wil- liarn M. Schmitt. 'The operetta was again presented the foll-owing evening, Friday, December 11. The entire action took place in the interior of the Gift Shop where a modern young mother iSally Felsj and Doris, her daughter CTerry Schmiederii went to do some of their Christmas shopping. With the aid of the Floorman QTommy Zuberj and the Personal Shop- per lQAnna Marie Baumgartnerj, both employees of the store, many gifts were brought to the display room. These gifts were pupils in the chorus acting the parts of costumed dolls, candles, and other ob- jects aind toys. After a doll parade a very expensive doll was found missing, and an exciting situation followed. However, the story ended happily when the lost doll CBarbara Schrniederj was found again. The operetta was directed by Mrs. Joan Skipton, Miss Zimmerman, Mr. Setzer, and Mr.-Heiinze. Carol Ann Zuber served as accompanist, and Jackie Zuber was the electrician. -P -Patricia Selzer HIGHSHCHOOLERS GO C-AROLING As during the past two years the students of the AHS again went Christmas canoliing in the Amanas. gm night they chose for the occasion was December The -school bus picked up all of the students of the were interested in going and transported everyone from village to village. After the singing all of the highschoolers stopped at the Rfonneburg for a bowl -of chili. Crackers and cheese along with coffee, milk, or pop were also served. The student council sponsored the event and or- ganized the evcning's activities. -Gladys Shoup