Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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The Assembly Line EEPING ol10ok ou four lum- drvd and lifty-four students and twenty-11i11o faculty 111CIlll7CI'S appeared to bo a fI'ClllOIlClO11S task, but to Miss Erma Zi111111er111a11, it was all in a clay's work. In the pri11oipal's olTivv, all tlio l1igl1 school aotivitios woro ooorcliiiatcfcl so that tl1v building lim-z1111v a Slllllflfllly 1'u1111i11g lllllf. The s0l1o- lastiv aucl 2lff0ll4l2llll'0 1'o1-orcls wore co11'1pil0d l101'0. A daily bulletin was sm-ut out from lilll' offivc to each tea0l1er, thus, all ll0Il1O rooms wore kept lIlf0l'IYl0ll as to the clay's pro- ceediugs. Miss Zlll'lII1l'l'I1l2lll, iuoro g2,'Cl10l'2lllj' known as NljI'lIl2l,H liall duties Wl1icl1 ll1l'l1lfl6fl givi11g' offivial ap- proval to all passvs, approving. or it Mrs. Sovewsori supe-rvises library lllS3pIll.'0Vl11g all excuses for ab- SOI100 or tardivs and supervising tl10 offivc training of ilClV2ll1I'0 com- lIlOFl'li'll stuclvuts. 'l'l1P responsibilitios of these girls were the Qf?ll'l191'lI1g up of atten- rlamro slips, the rloliveriug of pass- vs a11rl lll0Il10I'2l1l4l2l to tlw tcavlivrs, taking tolcpliouo calls and clis- tributing the IIIUIIPTOIIS SOVl'Ill'll period slips. 'l'o Mrs. Itllllilllfbl' S0vv1'so11 fell the cluty of supervising llll' library. She sorved as a sponsor for Libra- ry f lub aurl was i11 vliargrv of tlu' Elllllllill vliec-k of all thc library books. lt was also bor fluty to L'Ill01'l2llll EI'lllZl,S sovc-11tl1 period guests who wcrv assigned to tl1o library. if Erma keeps high school office runniiig smoothly I 7'I1ir11'z'11

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-lr Mrs. Elliott 'A' Miss Sayre ir Cogs of Superintendenfs office Command Headquarters S THE hub of a Wheel the superintendant's office served to coordinate the An1es School system. Staffed by Mrs. Grace Elliot and Miss Laura Sayre this office sent out bulletins of information enabl- ing all the schools to Work more efficiently. In addition to this, their duties include assisting Mr. Nodland in ordering and distributing all the text books and supplies necessary, selecting and supervising the teach- ers, and preparing the budget. As part of their program, also, came the arrangement and conduct- ing of the adult education program and the city forums. Among the forums held during Twelve the year Was a talk by Major Ken- neth M. Brown Who spoke on HD- Day and After with tl1e British Forces. Earl Hall from Mason City gave a talk on his experiences in Europe in HA Roving Editor Speaks. 'tT'he Critical Period, 1945-195O, was the title of tl1e ad- dress given by Robert Norton to the forum audience. Dr. Hans Simons, noted lecturer and author- ity on World affairs, discussed The Future of Europe with special emphasis on what to do with post- war Germany. The budget is prepared during the summer and the superin- tendent's report is given. The at- tendance record for every student is also found in this office.

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Pace Setters Toi' Row: Sjurson, Sowers, Angle, Schmidt, Downs, J. Smith Mllllll.I'I Row: Gill, N. Vifquain, B. Weber, Bretnall, Jacob, L. Day, Schultz, Allbaugh B0'l l'0M Row: Brahms, Miss Hartsook, Ricketts, McKee, A. Martin EMOCRAUY of the United States is carried through in Ames High School by the 'student council. This body is composed of the presidents of the eighteen home POOIIIS. Seven committees, a noon hour one having been added the last semester of 1944-45, are ap- pointed each semester to handle the important services of the school. - Tl1e publicity committee has charge of seeing that all school events are well publicized. Or-- ganizing all of the matinee dances and working during open house were among the jobs of thc social committee. All of the programs presented for the student body were planned by the assembly committee. Keeping Lost and Found running was the job done F01t7'f6E?7l by the service committee. The citizenship committee sold stamps and bonds as Well as checking on the parking of cars and other school rules. Every person who re- ceived an award was first consider- ed by the awards committee. Added to its many war effort activities, the council this year has, along with the new administration, been working toward improving Ames High School. The Council had charge of Open House and has sponsored special assemblies. Officers first and second semester were Don Ricketts and Art Mar- tin, presidents, Art Martin and Gerhard Brahms, vice-presidents, Pat McKee and Mary Lou Butler, secretaries, Gerhard Brahms and N o r v al Armstrong, treasurers. Faculty adviser was Miss Fern Hartsook.