Dubuque High School - Echo Yearbook (Dubuque, IA)

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Senior ushered in February by nosing out Loras in a hard fought contest .... The National Thespi staged a play, This Genius Business, and turned the proceeds over to the Red Cross YaWaCa . . . . . g entertained their dads at a ban uet .... S d b a ' ans irls q tu ents ecame more aware that we were in a war when they had to pay a tax on their activity stam s . . . d b 'd eh p an esi es t at . . . the school paper began coming out twice a month instead of the usual four .... Ed St fl h I reeter, as y Sf?-foot forward, ranked second among play- ers in the Mississippi Valley Conference for sc ' d . . . h ormg an t e team placed fourth in the Conference. . . . The BH team, or the dark horse team as it is oft llld d'd , en ca c , 1 nit fare so badly this season .... They won the city-Wide tournament and were awarded a trophy which was added to Senior's collection. page twelve

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Happy New Year, c'zf0ryb0z1y.' . . . Ploughing through the snow at least three inches deep, students managed to get back to school on time the first day after vacation. The opening of school saw the big campaign for funds for the American Red Cross. Senior pledged 750 dollars. Musicians from Senior High presented the first minstrel show in the history of the school .... A new teacher, Mr. Ruben Childers, took Mr. John B. Fecht's place .... Eleven students in the journalism class were honored by receiving memberships in the Quill and Scroll society .... Senior students wore a grim look on their faces on the night of January 23, for Loras beat Senior 30-25 .... Aimed all the events of this month fifteen students managed to be elected to the National Honor Society.. . . The News staff staged a book drive for the USO. And so it was, January 1942 at Dubuque Senior High School. l bug? eleten 1

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l March came true to form, in like a lion and out like a lamb .... New faces appeared about the school and familiar faces faded out .... Mr. Max Warner, economics teacher and coach, was called into service. N . . . The entire student body mourned the loss of a fellow friend, Mr. Harold Zickefoose, social problems teacher .... Tom T. Norris assumed the job of economics teacher and Mrs. W. Dawson took over for Mr. Zickefoose. Again Senior displayed the ability to beat Loras when they defeated them in the sectional tournament. . March saw the election of council members and class officers .... Bill Wagner was cho- sen as student head and Tom Ryan was elected president of the coming senior class .... Senior advanced to the sub-state basketball tournament but was eliminated the last night by Davenport by a score of 30-25. bage lbirleen