Anita High School - Spartan Yearbook (Anita, IA)

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XSI C el -ull ' 'll ' l:lu.-Lg.s.iu. t 'I The new Belle Howell movie projector was managed throughout the school year by Douglas McLuen. Raymond McAfee and Gary Smither- They provided the students with enjoyment as well as education through film. A thirty-six passenger school bus was purchased to relieve the other three buses in transporting one hundred and forty students into Anita to school. Andy Miller w as in charge of the buses, and was assisted by student drivers Larry Behnken, Rex Barber, and Lynn Dorsey. The school board advanced the money for forty navy blue robes for use by music groups and graduates. They were temporarily stored in the new Clothing cabinet while being made ready for use. Mr. Wiemann, the custodian. adequately cared for both old and new equipment all over the building- Here he is polishing the trophy case, located in the lower hall, which was purchased from G. A. A. funds. I if 3. 5 f Sponsored By .TOE VETTER'S 24 INSURANCE 'fd' C ,4-

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g e , . I J ' '. Mrs. Robmson Q and fi Mr. Fatka 15 m tht , ' , New Office A . -Q. . 45 1 The enrolhnentofthe Aruta SChoolsincreased one hundred students hithelastfour years. Elecords show that hithe 1950-'Sl school year, three hundred and eleven students registered. hithe 1955-'54 schoolyear,four hundred and eleven were enroUed. Due kathe rapkigrowth several roonichanges inthe buikHng were necesshated. The oHice ofthe superhnendentxwas nioved across the hallu on the second floor into the oHice fornierly occupied by the coaches. This change was made to accomodate the forth kindergarten students- The Coaches moved into a new office on the west side of the stage in the southwest corner of the gymnasium. Each of these oHices had been carefuHy designed torneetthe needs ofthe occupants. Cabinets,storage areas,fHes,desks,and buHeth1boards adequaudy servedthe adnikdstradon and physicaleduca- Hon deparunenh The board of education moved forward in July 1953 when they combined the office of secre- tary to the superintendent with the secretary to the board. Mrs. Marilyn Robinson holds this hnportantposidon. Pictured below are chemistry students and their instructor, Mr- Arthur Long. New tables in front ofthe chernical cabinetxvere builtin the science departnient during the sun1n1er of 1953 to acconiodate the forty-one biology students. Tdnztablesxvere also used by the seventh, eighth and ninth grade students during their general science periods which were held in the laboratory. 16953533 .-. Y, .. 5 S ,' k - Sponsored C. H. FEDSON Z3

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df- M KS. LANT X ff 7 d f N Ka MILA X ill Able assistants came to help when a member of the faculty was absent Mrs Fatka sub stituted in high school and Mrs Lantz also substituted in high school and the music department Mrs Millard was the regular substitute for the elementary grades Ill! llilll AX MISS BROWN January fifth, the t-b. mobile unit pulled up in front ofthe school to take a chest X-ray of all students in grades seven through twelve- This was another step to improve the health program- During the year every boy and girl in school had his teeth checked for dental caries. A Snellen eye test was administered by each home room teacher- More than tv-'o hundred students participated in an immunization pro- gram including booster shots, smallpox vaccina- tions, and a series of shots for whooping cough, diphtheria and tetanus- Sponsored By RUGGLE'S GROCERY -Q ti I Miss Brown here pictured with the acces- sion book for the library had made over fourteen hundred entries by the end of the 1953- 54 school year when the high school library was two years old. The library appreciated and enjoyed by the Anita students provided a pleasant place for recreational reading, research work and study- During the 1952-'53 school year a splendid reading record of one thousand five hundred and sixty-nine fiction books were read by the one hundred forty students or a total of eleven books per student- ? . . - c SYATH -KLPVT ' HEALTH -1- . l 5. T r KQWA ,BQ --FASH ASSOC, s