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School Board Meets Frequently H E sehool board ot Ames, which 1s the legislative body of the school SYS- tem, determines the educational policies for the community in its meetings held m the second Monday of each month. During the building program of the new high school, the board met as often as twenty times a month, sometimes spend- ing eleven hours in session. Board men- bers are Hiram Munn, treasurer; Frank Howell, secretary; N. J. brintnall re- placed P. G. Robinson, who had com- pleted his third vear, Dr. R. D. Feld- man, president, and R. M. Vifquain, both in their ninth vears; David Ed- wards, serving his eleventh vear; and W. H. Meeker, who has given twenty- nine years. Superintendent J. L. Lar- son carries out its policies as an admin- istrator. Supt. J. L. Larson, Mr. Dave Edwards, Dr. R. D. Feldman, Vifquain, and Mr. Frank Howell. Prof. Meeker is being honored this vear for his twenty-nine years of service on the board. This gives him the dis- tinetion of having served a longer term than any elected member of a school board in Lowa. Prot. Meeker was first elected to the school board in 1911. He has been reelected every third year and has been president of the board during the third year of each of his terms. He has been on the board during the build- ing or remodeling of all the present Ames schools. Because Prof. Meeker thinks only of educational value 1n school matters, he has been very helpful in planning the new building. Prof. Meeker might be considered, according to Supt. Larson, as a “‘liberal conserva- tive. Не is to the school board what former Senator Borah was to the United States Congress. Prof. W. H. Meeker, Mr. P. G. Robinson, Prof. R. M.
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Prof. W. H, Meeker, member for 29 years Dr. R. D. Feldman, president School Board Members See Progress OW the comfort and convenience of the student is one of the vital factors in the new modern high school . . then, in 1912 when the old building was built, this was not taken into con- sideration. The student’s general health is consid- ered 1n that the air 1s heated to the cor- rect temperature and the proper amount of moisture is circulated. Although thermostats have since been installed, this was not a feature of the former high school when it was first constructed. Twenty-five years ago an auditorium such as ours wouldn’t have appeared in a dream. Also unthought of were the green blackboards, an eye-saver, and the Inter-communication system. lo protect the eyes of students, a pho- to-electric cell turns the lights in the study hall on or off as they are needed. To further promote good lighting, all classrooms are equipped with semi-indi- rect lighting and venetian blinds. In the old building the lighting in some cases was insufficient. At a time when physieal education wasn't even a part of the regular cur- riculum, the old gym, in which all bas- ketball games were played, provided room for only 100 people in the balcony. There were no seats and everyone had to lean over the edge of the baleony in order to view the game. According to the rules of the game then, the referee was required to announce the score at the half and at the end of the game. In contrast to this, the new gym has a seat- ing capacity of 1,700, including the new type of folding bleachers. Other fea- tures of the gym are the electric score- board and the acoustically treated fold- ing partition, electrically operated, which divides the gym into two separate entities. The two school buildings offer as oreat a contrast as do the old two-eylin- der, open door, phaeton type car and the modern, stream-lined, 1940 model.
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