Amana High School - Bugle Yearbook (Amana, IA)

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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

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