Amana High School - Bugle Yearbook (Amana, IA)

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THE HISTORY OF A. H S CCONTINUEDJ dollar college scholarshxps to the two hxghest academlc semors Annual parents .nxghts for vlsxtatlon of the schools were begun 1n 1952 Th1s led to the formatxon of an Amana P T A m September whlch establxshed a school lunch program among other th1I1gS at Lakeslde School m 1955 Career days wherexn the Amana Hlgh School upper classmen took part at Marengo was made an annual affaxr beglnmng m the sprmg of 1953 and contmued thereafter Dr H G Moershel retlred from the school board ln December of 1953 and the Bugle was dedrcated to h1m ln 1954 in reoognxtlon of 31 years of servxce on the Amana School Board. The school board banquet sponsored through the seruor home eoonomlcs class has been a falrly regular event prlor to Thanksglvmg or Chrlstmas smce 1953 The Amana schools had always had baseball and luttenball teams and played ln competltxon w1th other teams but w1th the completlon of the Lakesxde school and gymnasmm rn 1954 the school began to have boys and g1rls basketball squads and Jomed the Poweshlek and Iowa County Conference xn 1954 In 1.954 Mr Wxllxam He1,nze completed 43 years of teachmg ln the Amana elementary schools first rn Mxddle then on consohdatxon of schools LD Amana and fmally 1n Mxddle and then retrred. An establxshed and planned testmg program m all the grades through hmgh school was begun nn 1955 Careful records are kept on each students progress Dr Ludwlg Unglenk dxrecbor from Amana after 15 years ln the post retlred from the School Board mn 1956 and the 1957 Bugle was dedxcated to h1m and to Mr Herman Shoup dlrector from South who had also retzred ln recogmtxon of their past servxces. On April 4 1957 the Natxonal Educatxon Assocxatlon s centemual was observed at a publlc program at W11 l1amsburg wlth all Amana teachers takmg part in an old fashxoned school skxt The Amana Young Mens Bureau Chorus also took part m rendenng musxcal selectwns approprlate to the affa1r The chorus has also been actwe 111 pnovldmg selections and programs for and at the schools smce 1950 especially at Bacca laureate services In the summer of 1957 the hlgh school auditonum was partitxoned off by a foldmng door and ralsing the floor for lack of space A study hall was made rn the west or rear part of the former publlc audxtonum. The stage and some of the theater chairs were kept as originally bullt The study hall ln the west upstaxrs hrgh school bu1l.d1ng was made over Lnto two class rooms and the former Enghsh room downstairs was converted mio a central hbrary Several organxzatxons 1n the Amanas helped to raxse money for a large purple velour stage curtain that was mstalled on the Lakeslde school stage ln 1958 wrth help from the schools' budget Wlth 1ts mstallatlon plays and other programs could be presented at that place for the pubhc where the present high school au drtonum was no longer feaslble The 1958 Bugle was dedxcated to Mr George Foerst- ner for hls and h1s companys contrxbutiqn to the Schools welfare over the years The 195.9 Bugle was dedicated to Mr Rudolph Blech schnudt whod taught school fxrst at East and then at Amana from 1925 txll 1944 He had served as school director from 1944 tlll 1959 A speclal Clt8t1QD. was also rssued to hxm by the school board at commence ment 1959 Three full time teachers were added to the faculty durmg the last several years one to teach remedral readmg ln the prxmary and mtermedxate grades a full txme musxc teacher and a hxgh school lustory teacher .. . . - . . .., I 1 . - . .- - . . , . . . . . . . ' . Q -1 s ... 9 V ' . . . . 1 .. . . . , . . .. - .. . . V - . .. . . . . . . . - . - us - ' . . . . , . ! . D , v . . . - . , 1 ., , . n . . . - - . . - . . v . ' 1 9 1 a 9 ' 1 , . .

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Herman Shoup Rudolph Le1chsenr1ng Ivan Gethmann general contra tor Dr L Unglerxk Rudolph Blech schmmdt Walter Wendler Davnd Toenjes archltect Mr Neveln Dr H G Moershel Peter Stuck Chas Selzer In January of 1950 on the retxrement of Mr Neveln Charles L Selzer became supermtendent of the School Teownshlp of Amana after attalnlng h1s masters de gree LH educatxon xn the mxdyear convocatlons at the State Unlverslty of Iowa An unsuccessful S150 000 bond 1ssue to try to es tabhsh a gymnaslum for the Amana schools at a s1te south of the Amana gas statxon was held 1n February of 1952 Colony schools were be1ng consol1dated wxth and Amanas for the 1ntermed1ate grades dur1ng the years before 1954 After a successful bond 1ssue vote 1n 1953 the new S185 000 Lakes1de grade school and gymnas1um was buxlt the flrst new sch-ool bulldmg m the Amanas smce 1879 and opened for classes -on February 1954 It IS -of brxck oonstructlon of the most modern type and faced on the mterlor wxth waylxte block and. acoust1 cal cellmgs and rooms thnoughout were tastefully decorated Fwe acres of ground playground space was purchased from the Amana Socxety on the north edge of Mnddle along Hxghway 220 Smce 1,950 school p1cmcs at the end of the regular school year have become annual events Fall tr1ps to h1sbor1c pomts of lnterest have been sponsored usually on Saturdays especxally 1n Junmor hwh and h1gh school An Amana Teachers Assocxatxon was formed 1n 1901 wlth regular monthly meetings a fall dxnner rneetmg and an annual Ch11stmas party All Amana t achers are also members of the Iowa State Educat on As socxat on and most of them are members of the lNatxon al Educatxon Assoclatxon A cumulatue record system the reoordmg not only of grades but also of a students h1s'ory for lxfe was begun ln 1951 Chnstmas carolmg m the Amanas begun by h1gh school muslc department has become a regular annual event An annual Award mght just prxor to graduatlon w1th academlc and 3th1Et1C awards and scholarshlps 1S an event smce 1951 The semors began to take annual week end tr1ps to Chxcago Just prlor to graduatnon m part sponsored by Amana Refr1gerat1on Incorporated In th1s same year Amana Refl 1gerat1on began to offer two fxve hundred A 1 ' . . I I 1 ' l C 1 - ' r ' D 1 l ! ' I ' ' ' 7 I ' , -. ' y I , . . . . .O . ' . . . , 1 ' . e 1 . ' x' i - . . . D i I Y , - South's schoolhouse being used for the primary grades 1 ' ' ' . . , . . . . ,, . - a s ' . . . ,- . , . . . . . l ' A 7 . . , 7 1 ' ' . 1 - y ' 1 . 1 1 , -' ' '

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THE HISTORY OF A H S CCONTINUEDl A twenty flfth high school year celebratxon was properly observed at Commencement 1960 wxth the Board cxtmg John R Neveln Supermtendent Emer1tus of the School Township and the Bugle bemg dedxcated co-jomtly to hxm m regard for all h1s servxces over the years and m helpmg wxth the preparatnon of thxs sllver anmversary Issue and to the present superm tendent. Approprxate music was furmshed by the schools muslc departments sxngers and band There were 25 graduates of whom 7298 are furthermg their educatxon thxs year Reverend Kenneth Hxldebrand of the Conrad Hxlton Central Church of Chlcago and old fr1en.d. of v1s1t1ng Amana semor classes gave the 1960 commencement address where 1200 attended at Lakesxde audltorlum. Charles L Selzer . - . -. . , . , . Q , . 1 .- . . . . . . ' , -