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

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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

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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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8 Dow Citq Alumni Annual Jane .......... ..................... B esse Mari' Betty at the Baseball Game ..... Ardls McDonald -First place in oratorical was awarded to Helen Wilson, second to Lois Hallowell. Jean Mulvi- hill placed first in dramatic and Leone Coleman, second. Orlnella Judd won first place in humor- ous and Ardis McDonald, second. Music was furished by the girls trio, Ardls Mc- Donald, Leone Coleman and Naomi Butterworth. The sub-county contest was held at Charter Oak on February 11, Charter Oak, Manilla, Denison and Dow 'City were the schools competing. Winners of first places in our local contest spoke here. Leone Coleman represented Dow City in dramatic, Lois Hallowell in oratorical, Ardis McDonald in humorous and Naomi Butterworth in extemporane- ous speaking. Leone Coleman won first place here and each of the three other speakers ranked second. Leone went to Denison for the county contest on February 13 and won first for Dow City. The school was awarded a silver cup as a trophy. The sub-district contest was held in the high school auditoriumon February 26. Representa- tives from Manning, Manilla, Denison and Dow City competed for honors. Helen Wilson was given second place in oratorical, the only place won by our school. ALUMNI BANQUET '28 QBy Martha Winn '25, Hello, Alice! Where'd you get the spiffy frock? Why so classy? . J 't0h, 'I simply had to have ,something for the Aluml Banquet, so I blowed myself for this rag. And was I glad I did lt? Yes, siree! For everyone was dressed to the limit-regular ravlshing gowns, slippers, etc.,-men dressed in new suits-a regular style show. But that wasn't gall, don't t-hink for a minute. The banquet was the it of the moment. Wanna hear about it? 4 iR3.V8 on! I'm settled for a good twenty mln- utes with these blame fingernails and can't talk any- how. Besides, we never have aluminum banquets at home. We were all washed in tin tubs when we were young. Y Alumni, foolish, not aluminum. And we wouldn't think of not having a banquet. Everyone gets to see everyone else whom they haven't seen for ages, or at least since the last one, and if you don't know them all, you'can at least talk about their pretty clothes and maybe get an idea to make over your old black like I did last year. After 00111115 and ahing over clothes, we caught our breath w-hen we sawg what a wide-awake deco- ration committee had, done- ' ,, Crepe paper deco- rations in the school-colors, orange and black which were just plenty artistic and Japanese lanterns hung around to make everything prettier and lights and colors softer. The tables were arranged so that one table was in t-he center with joined tables around the 'gym beginning at the north end on one side and ending at thenorth end on the other side, 511118 leaving the north end for the Latter Day Saints ladies to serve from. Yes, they served t-he banquet-they're some cooks, too-with the junior girls as waitresses. And we had some program, not dead like you--. There goes that fingernail I was saving. I bet Bob l could let one get an inch long. Ta Ta soda: ana ramble on, Alice! lm still interested. Mr-rs. Leslie Franklin-you know her-she was Isabelle scott, was ill, so Zeta Clotnier very ably performed her duties as toastmistress. An in- teresting welcome by William Walters. followed by an appropriatey short response by Sam Brasel began the program. Myrtle Marks read The Carpenter Man. The toasts were taken from the motto of the graduating class, We build the ladder by which we climb to success, build being the by-word. The toasts were Builders by Dorothy Mae Thomasg Unity, by Bessie Pearsall, Inspiration, by Leo Ahartg Loyalty , by -Charles Rigsby and 'Determ- inationn by Martha Winn. 'Dhen we went upstairs and the seniors were properly initiated. They had Ransom and Whitey. There! Look nice, don't they? Finish the rest tonight after Betty's party. Stay all night with me. Oh, if it was-n't that I want to show off mY new dress, I wouldn't go. Tm so tired! You see, after the banquet, we finished up with a few dances downtown. But I guess I ca-n stand it. Sure. Listen! Is that Jim's car? Come on, Alice. They're waitin' for us. Oh, say, when I marry Jim, will they let me on those copper feeds I mean aluminum? We're coming boys! Three cheer for D. C. H. S.! ! ! LETTERS FROM FORMER GRADUATES San Jose, Calif., April 10, 1929. Mr. William T. Walters, Dear -Classmate '06: - Your letter in this morning's mail asking me for a contribution to the annual finds me in a very rare mood. Just the other' day my wife fNette Wiley '07J and I were' talking about the days that used to be as we very often do. for to us there ,is something very much in common concerning ourfhigh school days. Nette often reminds me of our little romance about that time and of course we were not the only ones. It kind of runs in' the Wiley family, tRoss and Althea. f-or instance.J We sure would like to be with you this year and meet all the Old Grad and faculty and play Pig in tie Parlor with Professor Prather. As you know we have been In San Jose since 1920 and of course are confirmed usual and un- usual Californians. But we do like int here in San Jose which is only twenty miles from Standford University, the home of President Hoover. We had the pleasure of attending his acceptance speech last August and also sitting with the Stan- ford student body the day he attended the Santa Clara vs. Stanford football game. -