Dow City High School - Greyhound Yearbook (Dow City, IA)

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6 Dow Cilq Alumni Annual Grades Dorothy Jackson comes to us from Council Bluffs, Iowa. She is a graduate of Tabor College. Mlss Jackson has charge of -the eighth grade work. The rest of the grade teachers in order named you all know and are all staying another year with the exception of Miss Winn. Zeta Clothier ........ --- seventh 'Hfllda Turnlund .... --- sixth Ellen Goddard --- -- fifth Irene Riley .....- - -- fourth Mildred Wiggins --- ..... tlzlrd Eva Roy ......... ..... s econd Martha Winn ..... ......... f irst Agnes Goddard .............. Kindergarten Honor Roll George Alexander Bessie Berry Glenn Bryan Anna Chamberlin Leone Coleman Richard Crandall Lillian Cross Esther Cramer Lois Hallowell George Scott Helen Wilson Dorothy Wiley Class Officers Richard Crandall ................... .--.- Pl' Giilient Dorothy Wiley -- --- Vice President George Scott .... ...... T reasurer Bessie Berry .................. .... - -- SGCYSUITY CLASS MOTTO Vincit qui laboratf' CLASS COLORS Purple, Lavender and Orchid. CLASS FLOWER Sweet Peas Then and Now Dow City, Iowa. Dear Alumni Friends: Mr, Walters, when asking me to prepare an article for the Annual, very tactfully reminded me that twenty-five yea's had passed since I. wit-h five others, graduated from the Dow City High school. To the three members of the lClass of '04 who a e now livinig, the memory of t-hat eventful evening, when we so vallantly tried to please Miss Newman in the delivery of our oratl-ons, ls always tinged with sorrow as that was the last time we were per- mitted to be together. Our school then bzasted of four grade teachers, a principal and superintendenlt, with an enrollmenbdof abou't thirty-five in High school. In '02 a '03 we had been advanced to a twelve grade school and the subject of Latin was lntr0duced. To the Class of '04 caime the distinc- tion of being the first to study Caesar. Our p'-es. ent building, with which you have become familiar through t-he columns of the Annual, is one of which we are justly proud. The enrollment this year is eighty-eight-which is a somewhat lower number than for the last few years. The building IS ver! well equipped in most respects, but we hope some day to have a fund from which we may draw and purchase a supply of silverware and dlSl1BB adequate for the serving of the banquets. Has any alumnus a surplus of the necessary coin? I think the Class of '04 originated the Sneak Day. We fllled luncn baskets and started to walk to the woods--but fortune did not smile upon us- and we 'were compelled to return home--before lunch-in a driving rain. A quarter of a century has elapsed-and how different we find conditions. The Class of '29 having gained permission of the school board and accompanied by their sponsor, Mr. Try, sneaked away viia auto to Linco.n, Neb. There they visited the University, back to a show in Omaha-then home, tired, happy and full of pleasant recollections of a day well spent. If we tnink former days are better than the present- look out-the danger is that the fault may lie with- in ourselves. We may not have progressed and may be left behind in the onward malch. We re- member the good of those days, but a kind provi- dence obliterates trying ordeals from our memory. Along with the added advantages of our improved educational system, comes greater responsibilities to our youth-that of sorting the worth while from the frivolous in education and recreation. And just -here the athletic work, proper ly supervised, wields a great and lasting influence, teaching fair playband clean living. The chronicles of the achievements of our different athletes you will find ln your Annuals. Do not we who are older de- mand more in the way of recreation than did ou' parents? It is the privilege and duty of every parent to co-ope ate with the faculty in the edu: cational, social and athletic life of the student body. Our local P. T. A. is becoming an import- ant organzation in bringing th's to pass. It is through this co-operation that the foundations fora well balanced life may come to the student. Sometimes it may seem that our old tried friendships are relegated to second place when we form new acquaintances-abut generally we come back with more understanding in our hearts, to the friends of our youth. Some of the alumni spent such an interest'ng afte'noon last summer with Sylvia McColl Zabilka '08. She sent word to a friend that she would be in town for a day and would be pleased to greet her old friends. She is naturally a good conversationist, and given an im- mense subjeclt-that of sever-al years spent as a missionary in India-she held us spellbound for the akfternocn. Not to many come such opportuni- ties as have come to her. Mr. Crandall, who joined the association as an ln law in '08, and myself are happy that this year another of our children Rich will be added to the alumni roll. Five years f om now-if we are still in this community-our two youngest will have finished high school and we will have a complete family circle. With best wishes for happiness to all members of the alumni. Winnie Wiggins Crandall, '04.

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Dow Citq Alumni Annual 5 Class Picture Front Row, Left to Right-George Scott, Glenn Bryan, George Alexander, Foster C. Try, Class Sponsor: Richard Crandall. Back Row- Left to Right--Dorothy Wiley, Esther Cramer, Lllllan Cross, Helen Wilson, Anna Chamberlin, Lols Hallowell, Leoen Coleman, Bessie Berry Senior Class Historq On September 6. 1925, twenty-eight giggly would-be freshmen assembled in the eighth glade preparatory to start our high school career. Almost all the faculty were new, and after we had gotten acquainted with them and had registered we ad- journed for the day. Next came the freshman initiation. We were all inititated in due course but the main event of the evening was T-he Dance of the Nymphs by Bessie Berry and George Alexander. On coming into high school we gained LaVere Harris, Anna Chamberlin, Margaret and Edward Burke, Walter Mlchfaelson, Howard Wingrove. Some of the interesting events taking place in our freshman year was the stealing of the domestic sceince girls candy by some of the dignified basket ball boys. T-he girls served the mothers to a dinner in the domestic science room. The boys had a grand display of the things they made in manual training. On entering our sophomore year we lost LaVere Harris, Doris Price, Howard Wingrove, Jerry But- terworth, Margaret and Edward Burke, Willard Laird, Dora Paze, and Lola Stout, an-d gained Helen Wilson. The boys entered track and some of the girls in the class served for the alumni and Junior-Senior banquet. In our junior year we lost Ruth Fishel, Walter Miclmelson. and Harold Hansen. During this year we had the play The Whole Town's Talking of which Alex was the star. Next came the Junior-Senior banquet. We worked nearly a month getting our decorations ready. We had it fixed like a Japanese Garden. Scotty was toastmaster and all toasts were given about Flowers. At the beginning of this year our first great event was initiating the freshman and new faculty. Mr. Try as we have seen the rest of the year as well as then makes a perfect baby. After that we ordered our class rings. Next came parties by the rest of the classes of Dow City High sc-hool who did their best at entertaining the rest of us. Then we ordered our announcements and cards. Then of course we celebrated Sneak Day by going to Lincoln, Neb., by the way of Blair. We waited for the ferry for about an hour and when we finally got it they took 82.25 of our money. Mr. Try aid, I see right now we'll go back by the bridge. . Well then Richard and this Chevy got stuck and first aid from the rest of the boys was needed but we finally got to Omaha. After a class meet- ing, we decided to go on to Lincoln. staying there about t-hree hours. We lost Esther and Besse and finally discovered them at the ten cent store buying beads. . We came back to Omaha about 5:30, had dinner and went to a show, arriving home at 12 that night. We stlll have Commencement, play and bacca- laureate, then we leave Dow City High School for- GVGT.

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Dow Citq Alumni Annual 7 Basket Ball Scores Dow City ............ 22 Alumni ..... Dow City --- ---24 Soldier -------- -- Dow City ---41 Charter Oak ---- Dow City ---12 Soldier ----- Dow Clty .... ---18 Dunlap ------ Dow City ---15 Storm Lake .... -..- Dow City --.. ---34 Manilla .... ---- --- Dow City --- ---14 Council Bluffs ---- --.. Dow City --- ---l8 Manilla ------ Dow City --.. ---29 Denison -..-- Dow City --- ---66 Schleswig ..... - --- Dow City .... ---12 Council Bluffs Dow City --- ---23 Mlssouri Valley Dow City --- ---19 Dunlap ...... ---- --- Dow City ,---t0 Missouri Valley Dow City --- ---SS Schleswig ------- -- Dow City -.... ---Z7 Denison .... --..- -..- Dow City --- ---34 Charter Oak ---- --.- Jl Good .Athlete The -Class of 1929 has the distinction of having for one of its members the best all around athlete ever produced by Dow City High Scnool or in Craw- ford County or in-we just don't know -how far to go. George Alexander is a good athlete. Football, basketball. baseball and track have all felt his prowess. He stars whezever you put him. In track -his records are spectacular. Tnink of the fellow who can run th 'ee heats of a 100-yd. dasn, three heats of 220-yd dash, a 220 as anchor man on relay, throw Javelin and put sho-t and be a consistent winner and record breaker at every one. He is a real athlete. He has been high point man at the following relays this spring: Carroll Relays. Tarklo Tri-State Meet, Tarklo. Mo., Woodbine Dual Meet and Crawford 'County meet. 'He -has been high point man in this county for tlze last three years. He runs 100 yards in 10 seconds flat. He broke the 100-yard record at Tarklo, Mo., which has stood for fourteen years. He can throw the javelin 154 feet, run 220 yards in 23.4 seconds and run 440 yards in 52 seconds. It wlll be a long time before Crawford County forgets the performances of Alexander on track, on diamond and in gymnasium. George is the son of Harold l'BuzzJ Alexaniler of the Class of 1906 wro by the way if we are not mistaken are the first father and son to belong to our Association. Leif That off A Comedy in Three Acts May 24 and 25 Hlgh School Auditorium CAST Robert Elton Morse Remorse ---George Alexander Arthur Llndan ...................... George Scott Mrs. -Connely ...... ..-...... .------ B e SSB Berry Leo Mitchell --- --- Richard Crandall Emmy Mopupus -- .... Dorothy Wiley Peggy Bryant .... --- Leone Coleman Mike Connely ........ ...... G lenn Bryan Mrs. Van Scoy ,,,,,,,. -- Anna Chamberlin Flora Belle Van Scoy ,,,, .... E sther Cramer Allnda vCardee ..................... Lois Hallowell Business Manager .................... Lillian Cross Directed by Miss Helen Blake Time and Place Senior play 'Laff That Off. ACT I-Living room of bachelor apartment occu- pied by three boys. Mld-'September 1916. ACT H-Same as Act I. Eight months later. ACT III-4Same as Act I. Christmas Eve, 1918. Three act comedy by Don Mullally. Three pals Art, Leo and Remorse a vaudeville actor, who live together, adopt a charming girl, Peggy Bryant. as a sister. She keeps house for them. The boys pledge not to make love to her. All goes well until Art and Rlemorse are called to war. Before leaving they both propose to Peggy and are nicely rejected. Peg is in love with Leo and as he doe not reciprocate she disappears. Five years later Peg returns to pay back some money she has borrowed. At a party in celebration of the boys return from overseas Peggy finds that Leo really loved her after all. TOAST PROGRAM Toas-tmistress ................... Martha Winn '25 Welcome ..... ...... M aude Lusk '14 Response ..... --- Richard Crandall '29 Work ........ -- Bernice Bremser '26 Intelligence --- --- Merton Thomas '07 Nerve ...... --- Julian Pearsall '24 Grit ...... -- Theodore Ahart '19 Smiles ...................... Evelyn Crandall '28 REPORT OF NOMINATION COMMITTEE President ........... Ivan Clothler, Isabel Franklin Vice President ...... Robert Sharp, Ethel Kealrnes Treasurer .... Donald Cross, Chauncey Williamson Sergeant-at-Arms ...... James Cole, Edgar Talcott DEC LAMATO RY CONTEST On January 22 the local declamatory contest was held in the high school auditorium. The con- testants gave their selectlons well, showing the hard work they had done and the splendid coaching of Mliss Blake, dramatic lnstrwctor. Following is the pnogram: ORATORICAL T-he Perfect Tribute .............. Loig Hallowell Amerlca's Uncrowned Queen ...... Helen Wilson John Brown .................. Margaret Wiggins ' DRAMATIC Laddie ....-.---............ Edna Marie Bierne Connor ------------.---...... Naomi Butterworth Angers Wlckedness - ....... Leone Coleman Str0ngheart ................ .Q .... Jean Mulvlhill HUMOROUS Assisting Uncle Joe ......... .... J une Jordan Cozy Corner ........ .... 0 rinella Judd The Mourning Vell - -- Evelyne Mayne