Amana High School - Bugle Yearbook (Amana, IA)

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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

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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 HALLOWEEN AT AHS On the morning of October 31 the AHS assembly was awakened to the clang of cowbells and a chorus of freshmen singing a new version of April Showers. This day was initiation day for the sixteen fresh- men, who were passing out free goodies and shoe shines for the seniors. The freshmen girls came to school wearing stuff- ed bib overalls, 9-inch high boots, wool shirts and sweaters, and transparent raincoats. The boys wvore hip boots, shorts, tee-shirts, vests, and transparent raincoats. Both boys and girls wore a lot of make up and an oozy mixture of starch and syrup on their hair. They carried books to classes for the seniors, and also carried umbrellas and sat on the floor all day. The student council and a volunteer entertainment committee aided by Mr. Jebousek planned the party which took place in the auditorium that evening. The program was opened with an eery welcome by a witch whose silhouette was visible thnough a sheet suspended on the stage. A short act by Florence Oehl and Gladys Shoup was next on the program. The girls performed a pantomime singing number to the recording of Bermuda and June Night by the Bell Sisters. After this, freshman baby pictures were shown to the gnoup by the way of an opaque pro- jector. Finally the students played several games. Refreshments were prepared by the juniors and consisted of tenderloin sandwiches, French-fried po- tatoes, pop, apples and pop conn balls on a stick, and ice cream. The last event of the eveningwas a movie, The Ape Man. ' -Patricia Selzer DR. BRYAN SPEAKS T0 AHS STUDENTS On October 28 Dr. Ray Bryan, head of Vocational Education at I-owa State College in Ames, spoke to the AHS and junior high students. His topic was Choosing Your Life's Work. The points he stressed in his talk were: Q11 know yiourselfg C25 how well do you like to go to schoolg C33 knowing the work of the world, and 145 knowing the kind of life 'you want to lead. -Arlene Graesser DICK CHEVERTON AT AHS Dick Cheverton, director of .news and president of the Iowa Radio News Association, spoke to the junior high and high school students on the afternoon of February 12. Mr. Cheverton's main topic dealt with the censorship of news. After the interesting speech he answered questions the students asked him. -Delores Ramsey THANKSGIVING PROGRAM A Thanksgiving program for the junior and senior high was presented on November 26. A skit Father Talks Turkey, was presented by seven members of the senior class-Lester Davis, Arlene Graesser, Har- vey Oehler, Raymond Rotter, Patricia Selzer, Gladys Shxoup, and Joan Sturnpff. After this two poems were read by Florence Oehl and Gladys Shoup. After a short talk given by Mr. Selzer, group sing- ing of Thanksgiving songs was led by Mrs. Joan Skip- ton. The students were then dismissed for a four-day vacation. -Delores Ramsey SOCK HOPS Two sock hops were sponsored by the Y-Teens in the gymnasium during the second semester. One was on the evening of Feb. 26, and the other on March 24. The reason the dance is called that is because every- one is asked to remove his shoes so the gym floor will not be marred. The club arranged for Mr. Robert A. Lee, -director of the Lowa City Recreation Center, to be present and teach everyone to square dance. To start off the evening's activities at the first ses- sion everyone did some social dancing until the in- structor arrived. Then they got into a circle and learn- ed the basic steps such as prominade, swing your partner, and grand right, grand left. Finally everyone was divided into four groups and they did some square dances. Among the ones per- formed were the grapevine and Texas star. Afterwards everyone was invited to refreshments 'of pretzels and pop. The dance in March was much the same except that the refreshments were .not free. The students were asked to buy them. - -Pauline Fink MARJORIE NORRGARD AT AHS Mrs. Marjorie Norrgard from Sanford's in Cedar Rapids gave an interesting talk to junior high and high school students at an assembly program on No- vember 10. Her talk dealt with books and for her topic she chose, Reading is Fun, the 1953 National Book Week theme. She gave each student a sheet of paper listing tlge variety of books she had brought along to tell a ou . After the informative speech the students were in- gted to look over any of the books that interested ern. -Delores Ramsey PAUL SCHMIDT SHOWS SLIDES On February 5, Paul Schmidt, veteran of the Kor- ean War, showed colored slides to the high school and junior high students. He took the slides while he was in service. Most 'of them were scenic views concerning Hawaii and Korea. However, he also showed a few pictures of a truck accident that had -occurred near Homestead. Paul helped to transport North Korean POW's to Freedom Village, and many of the slides were -of this trip. Others were of various battlefields such as Heartbreak Ridge. . -Patricia Selzer JIM MEAGHAN EN TERTAINS Jim Meaghan, general manager of the Cedar Rapids Indians, and his two daughters, Roberta and Joan, entertained the senior and junior high students on April 15. Mr. Meaghan shiowed a colored film of last year's Indians training in Oklahoma, as well as showing the 1953 World Series, and various games Rapids team played last season. Joan and Roberta sang several songs the piano. Each of them played a semi-classical se- lection and then they sang April Showers, Easter Parade, and Singing in the Rain. -Arlene Graessei this Cedar and played