Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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nncipat J ice THE high school principal's of- fice is a busy place, what with all the many and varied kinds of activities going: on there. Keeping cheek, twice daily, on 471 students and 33 faculty mem- bers is only a beginning. Prepa- ration of daily bulletins for the teachers, weekly calendars and menus for the cafeteria are all in a week's work, too. Then, there is the checking of materials for the teachers, putting out supplies, sending out report cards, giving official approval to all passes, approving all excuses for absence or tardies and super- vising the office training of ad- vanced commercial students. Responsibilities of these girls include the delivering of passes and memoranda to all teachers, taking telephone calls and gather- ing up attendance slips. This office also keeps all sorts of statistical records such as per- centages of absences and tardies every six weeks. Those in charge of this office must lie versatile and efficient since they are receptionists, coun- sellors and secretaries. Those hold- ing the post this year have been Mrs. Erma Slaichert, Mrs. Mary Turner and Mrs. Margie Berglund. All have fulfilled their jobs as counsellors and secretaries and have been popular among students. ★ Ruth and Elinor help Mrs. Berglund with the attendance record Twelve

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COMPLETE physical exami- nations for 162 sophomores were part of the modern physical fitness program eondueted by the Ames High School. Dr. Kenneth Piercv, city school physician, assisted hy Miss Eva Lindgren, R.X., examined the students and imported any abnormal conditions to pupils and parents. On the whole, the sophomores were found to be healthy as only 30 received recommendations for further med- ical attention. Most of these cor- rections have been made now. This year every school child in Ames was given an opportunity for a Schick test to detect the de- gree of immunity to diphtheria among the students. Approxi- mately 66 percent of the total en- rollment took the test and 27 per- cent of those taking it were found to be susceptible to the disease. These students were given an immunization “shot. Every child in the schools was also given a rapid inspection and a vision test. Readmittance examinations were given to all those who had been absent for three or more consecu- tive days. A class in home nursing has been given in the home economics de- partment under the supervision of Miss Florence Adolph with the aid of a student teacher. ★ Miss Eva Lindgren and a young patient Eleven

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★ Mrs. Elliott and Miss Sayre S uiperin tendent THE superintendent's office is responsible for tin coordi- nation of the Aines public schools. Mrs. (Irayce Elliott is secretary to the superintendent of schools, and Miss Laura Sayre serves as stenographer for Mr. Xodland and Mr. Frank B. Howell, secretary of the Board of Education. All the records for the Ames schools are tiled in the superin- tendent’s office. These include at- tendance and grade records for each pupil, records of stamps and bond sales, summaries of various reports from the schools and rec- ords and reports of teachers and supervisors. Ordering and distributing all textbooks and supplies is handled by this office also. During the summer, the superintendent's an- nual report to the Board of Edu- cation and the budget for the next year an prepared and distributed by this office. All bills are checked and paid by this office, and in addition, monthly pay rolls are prepared and salary warrants is- sued for all employees of the pub- lic schools. The adult education program, reaching over two hundred resi- dents of Ames, was arranged and conducted through the superin- tendent's office. Public forum meetings, held for the eleventh consecutive year, were arranged for by Mr. Xod- land. Publicity materials for these forums were distributed by the superintendent’s office. Thirteen