Boone High School - Scroll Yearbook (Boone, IA)

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ie . ...- .: , Y Y 'I ' Z, ' 1 V i Wil. 'Z .gi .r Ph if ' . .f'?4': J. 'M I ' I ' I 'Ev Y . -l 95 . I . . 13. i 5i1 x1AY2S,'l945 NA-:Ll ' -Q Joim A. FlSlll!R . John A. Fisher Officially Resigns After serving in Boone hips school lor night years, John A. Fisher has officially resigned as principal of B H S His letter of resignation was sent to me board of education Monday, Ap- ril 9 Mr and Mrs Fisher and heir small son Hob will leave for Ann Arbor Michigan about June is where Mr Fisher will com plete his work for his doctor o! philosophy degree at the Uni versity of Michigan. Mr Fisher came to Boone High in the fall of 1931 to take the position of vice-principal and boys adviser During 1940 and lB4l he took a leavs of absence to do testing work for tha sw ermnent He bemme princllll in 1943 and in 1943-44 was lct ing superintendent, due to the t eal and death otigupssgtsfxd sen H J Van Ne! llocniisr- he has been so very popular with tha lsculty and student body Mr ftslwr will be greatly missed but we wish hlm the best ol luck ln his nllr work. Ulillord ll Boom 34' New Il S Principal Heres a hearty welcome to Principal Clifford H Beem who was formerly principal at Perry Iowa MI Ihr-m aa wa all know replaces Mr Fisher who loaves soon for Ann Arbor Michigan The new principal received his B A degree from Drake Uni versity and has since taken grad.. uate work at the State Unlver alty of Iowa the University of Colorado and the University of Chicago Mr Beam has been hrgh school principal at PEW? since H135 Before this time he taught in the high school and junior college in Eagle Grove al ao serving ns principal at Eagle Grove for two years New Instructors Ilom Faculty 'hvclve new teachers have 0 n r-Il the- Tl nm- junior senior fac y Ilult Immun II I tho aiihjccts -which they teacli ITC' na fnllnws M15 Anderson-Vocal music Miss Bone-Sqclal sclmce Mr Cnnk-Band Mr Fiintmsltzt Mr Oluenkirb-Phyllis! aduca tion and social science Mrs lck Matharnatlm. Mr Lancaster-Industrial arts Misa Liddell Biology and speech Mr Scholl-Orchestra. Mr Stlentjes-Chemllfy and boys adviser x Misa 'Ihomas-Enllillt Miss 'I'hor'nburg-lhthemltlcs nxd girls advlsl rl-Ya' 13,2 B. ll. S. Enjoys . Interesting Assemblies Navy Day Assemblies The 169th annivermry of the United States Navy was celebrat- ed at Boone High Friday, October 27. Both junior and senior high assemblies opened with the sing- ing ol Anchors Aweighl' Lt. Campbell, who ls connected with the V-12 program at Iowa State collogr-, presented a short talk on the Importance of our navy during our present world con- Illet. He the-n introduced two sailors, Pharmacist Mate First Class Skinner and Storekeeper Shelley, who had both been over- seas nineteen months. Skinner gave an interesting lc- r-Imvit of his dutlcs while lt IINIIIIIIIHIIIIIII nltit :Illini Flntlllt l'uI:iln: la I n n ii ii. bllmukuirpur Blu-Il:-y also related some Inter- cnllnq nxpc-rloncoa which hn had had while at sca. 'Ilhe lllem- blics were closed with the sing- ing nf the Star Spnnuled Ban- nur. Mrs. Poten Thrills Students Friday April 20 Mrs Eleanor Slkes Peters entertained Boone High students with tl unique pre' sentatxon a drama lecture call- ed The Will d the People II lt tied together three lrlat plays Friendly lhemles,' 5 play ol the first World War The American Way adiksh deals with filth columnist ac tlvltlss, and Tha Moo ls Down' I stirring drama ol World War II. Because of her dramatic abll lty Mrs Peters was able to put across a powerful mesage o! the 'undeniable hunger lor .tree dom ' 'Tha Will of the People was s thrilling and pertinent presentation Dancing Electrons The student body assembled on February 19 100, for Mr C ll Jones annual scientific demonstration The demonstration was entitled Dancing Electrons Ftrst Mr Jones defmed the words elec trons, neon, and electric waves Then he explained the electric eye and its present and .future uses Perhaps the most interesting item of his demonstration was his robot named Jimmy which among other thinks could be nIIIdo to nod lta luud and ahuka hands. H. Sl.'ROLL I..-...III-............. .................... ...E Tsschsrs Mako Studios 'ot Thalrltapsrtmsnts Did you know that -your teach. ers have been doing research in their various departments this year? ' ' At the request of the adminis- tration the teachers have stated aims, traced national and state trends, and written the history of the teaching of each subject ln Boone High school. 'Ricy have also mndc specific recommendations for improve- ments which will place our school at the top of the ladder in every field. Civics Glass Sponsors Election Feature nl National lllduoltlon Week. Tuesday, November 7, the sen- ior clvics class sponsored a mock election as nn nctivity of National Education Week. Tho ballots recorded an overwhelm- ing victory for the democratic party The high school election revealed that President Roosevelt led Governor Dewey by 104 votes out of the total 366 ballots cast The requirements for voting 'ware tha same as those tor adults except in regard to ale Th. students registered Thurs day October 26 Of the 358 stu dems who registered 287 cart their deciding votes It was not ed that the majority voted a itralght democratic ticket The democrats lost to the republlmns only where they lacked a can dxdate Previous to the election signs and posters decorated the halls Students campaigned for their candidates and sample ballots were displayed The serious attitude of the stu dents tru-an-tdihis mock electron polntlf toward a brighter political future for this country Other Activities Also during National Educa tlon Week the faculty present ed a movie showing an RAF born-ber base stationed some- where ln England On Friday November l0 Mr T J Mahoney gave an interest Ing address explaining the gov emmental plan for our returning servicemens education the GI bill of rights After his address the student body accompanied hy tho high nchnul lmnrl song n number of patriotic songs t Q, 1-I if Now Equlpmonl Added lo Boone Iligh 10- Educntlon nf 'thc students this year has been made easier by the addition of new properties. The science department ob- tained a new twenty-three mil- limeter projector and slide films. The biology atudcnts studied new animal classification and bird charts. The physics closes worked with improved resistance boxes, rotating platform to show the rotation of inertia, a galvometer which measures or detects elec- tric currents. alnico magnets, a photometer to measure the in- tensity of light, telephone re- ceiver and transmitter, and oth- er equipment. Thr- English depnrtmcnt ob- IuIlIIIIIl tu-w lIIIIIhu fur nnlslrln ii-mliml nml li liheinry limp murk- ing Iwtllngs nf vnrious nturlcsu. Ovvr thrnn hunflrorl rww hooks were added to our library ss well as some new magazines. ln tho lcngrnphy nnd snclnl science classes the students have new wall maps and a largs globe In In art dlpartsnsnt the aiu dents studied paintings by how ing kodachrorne slides The rnur als drawn in the halls were sketched -with a new kind of crayon or oil paint in stick form The advancemcm ln -the music department has been due ln part to the addition of new lnatfu ments A bassoon E-flat barl tone saxophone E-flat alto clar inet marc drum, baritone horn and a complete set of music stands were obtained The bass horns bass clarinet oboe and French horns were rebuilt New Lights One of the most recent im provements in the school ls the installation of the new Iluoresc ent lights in the gymnasium Each group consists of three 40 inch fluorescent tubs of 40 watts each Its romnrknblc what a change ar few light bulbs can make The illumination is so much better that perhaps it mlfht even affect the 'basket making ability of the boys At the same time accord ing to 'Tommy '1'hompson,theae new and improved lights take h-all the wattage that the old time lighting took We Can Dream Can't We' Teachers are people Pcrpetually yearning 'ln mc-el :mo small boy Nut allergic to lcarnlng The Bumble Bi' Staff N' 'V ' , if I I Itrlu R ann rllyu I Il llmr nw ill I I 5 i i I r WI-Im-I lhyllla Htr ll vii-alIIlII nerr II :mana IIIHIIIII1 U IIII is lx an Ill sn- I,.rI.rI-.M III., M.. 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Jo Ann Andlr son Clavonne Dahllan Vlrglnla Herron, Batty Morrissey, Jackye Reid PATRONIZE THB ADVER'l'lSlIltS : 9 l l l A. B, onnnrzs I. B. llrlmos, New Supl. ol Boone Schools Mr. A. B. Grimes II! Montlccl- lo, Iowa. bccnmc tIII- superin- tendent of Boone's schools lt the beginning of the IB44-45 school year succeeding the late H J Van Neal Mr Grimes has a masters degree from the Uni versity ot Iowa and has also at- tended Coe college the Uni versity of Chicago and Upper Iowa University at Fayette While in college he cnt:-red into dramctles, athletics and music Mr Grimes is a musician as well as a competent executive Boone Illgli Boys in Panel Discussion 'What Shall We Do With G rrns.ny? Orchids to John Monroe Dean Waychoff Ralph McGee and Bill Beckwith for helping keep ua informed on curr nt events These tour boys hr-ld panel dis cusslona before the Rotary and Mariner Clubs They were not Iponsorcd by anyone but Don Carter introduced than to the audiences. The question under discussion was 'What Shall We Do With Germany After 'th War' Dean Waychoffs vxsw ia that we dhould leave her alone H says Germany is basically Christian nation and when time Nazi element has been elirnlnat s-d they will return to civilized e Ralph McGee thinks that we should have military occupation of Germany After the 'war Ralph thinks there will be mil ihry conscrlption for our young boys What better training could they have than a years service in Germany? Our lmdcrt could be procured from West Point where the students are well versed in German customs and speed: Bill Beckwith believes that lf we take over Germany: lndus- tries it will takc her a long time lo recover Tlus will allow us time to re-educate the Germans John Mnnrna npinmn is thnt We dtould have a governing com mission Our board of United Nations men would then govern Germany from Berlin We should also have la f'r-rnvm pnlir' furor' nulml ly Nations and a small army to subdue any uprising- John woke on another inter eatlnq topic when he talked to American histnry classes under the dlreetlnn nf MI-In Pnuel The purpoae of these talks was to promote a better understanding of the Dumbarton Oaks Confer ance ll tht Ilprlsrg' 'I wont get married until I find a ali-1 like :ramps married '1-Iuhl They dont have girls like that today 'Thats funny' He married her only yesterday I 'I , 7 , . . . , . I - - A 1 ' l 1 I v ' I I II I . I ' I . . I I . . . I A I I - , . 'II I ,L . , ' l . . 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