Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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DAYBREAK was blown in morning after morning as the band rehearsed for its half time shows. Contents Introduction .. .. Features ......................... 10 Academics ....................... 38 Athletics ........................ 58 Activities ....................... 82 Students .........................122 Advertisements ................. 158 Offering many rich and varied fields of extra- curricular activities, our high school has enabled its students to develop their interests and talents in all their facets. Most Arnes students participate in two or three of these rewarding activities during the year. Some of these organizations provided entertain- ment for the city of Ames as well as the school. Our excellent dramatics department presented three major plays this year, and the vocal music department organized concerts for the holidays. Friendship Week and other events. The orchestra and hand provided programs and entertainment for all students. Much hard work and consistent practice went into these performances. Among the other organized activities are debate club, science seminar, and the language clubs. In debate, the club members traveled and competed with other schools. The various language groups also provided entertainment for interested partici- pants. All these activities are worthwhile, and each student was encouraged to learn about them, de- cide which ones interested him, and join. General Index 186

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ents Attack One Year Situated at the edge of an Iowa corn field on a 74 acre site are the first three units of Ames' new multi-million dollar high school. In 1960 the first unit was completed; and this year’s seniors, then sophomores, joined the student body. The following years were characterized by a split school system. Half the student body at- tended the old high school building while the other half went to classes two miles away in the new unit. At noon the classes switched schools by- way of crowded, daily bus rides. Those days were crammed with impromptu situa- tions. On the first day of school in sixty, a traffic jam developed on the temporary dirt road lead- ing to the new high school: and students had to walk to the school over unsodded hills. In class it was no less hectic; teachers had to scream to be heard over the road grading equipment. With winter the school was occasionally snowed-in and students frozen out. The problems of today were no less eminent. This year we were without a gym and an auditorium. However, administrative and student ingenuity have solved many immediate problems. I MF. SITE of the new high school at night is the picture of peacefulness. SARDINE PACKING i at the height of fashion throughout the halls and stairways.

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 STREAMLINED SIMPLICITY mixed with functional stur- diness are keynotes of the new buildings. A DRAMA CLASS without a stage suffered while class- room addition went up first. 5