Dubuque High School - Echo Yearbook (Dubuque, IA)

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HIGH SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS List of Superintendents: 1895-1910 1910-1921 1921-1926 1926-1930 1930-1940 Franklin T. Oldt james H. Harris -O. P. Flower Fred G. Stevenson E. D. Cline 1940-1946-Jordan L. Larson Q1942-1944, A. W. Merrill, acting superintendentj 1946- -Max R. Clark HIGH SCHOOL PBINCIPALS Principals of the High School beginning in 1866-67: 1866-1867-J. M. Brainard 1867-1875-W. H. Beach 1875-1877-I. D. Wells 1877-1885-Hiram L. Peet 1885-1889-Frederick Parker 1889-1895-David Compton 1895-1899-E. D. Walker 1899-1900-F. L. Smart 1900-1902-G. S. Gochenauer 1902-1906-F. L. Smart 1906-1914-F. A. Anderson 1914-1917-S. W. Ehrman 1917-1924-F red G. Stevenson 1924-1926-M. S. Hallman 1926-1944-Ralph Johnson 1944-1947-Eldon Iackson 1947- -George Lee FIRST GRADUATING CLASS The first graduating class in 1870 consisted of two graduates: Sarah M. Belden and Mary Ag Dorgan. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS School Board Members in 1844: William Lewis, J. Norman, Timothy Mason and William A. Carter. School Board Members in 1858: James Mullin, William Churchill, H. A. Wiltse-President, Wil- liam G. David, George W. Barnes, Henry S. Heth- erington, john W. Markle and Amos C. Mathews. School Board Members in 1922-23: David Murphy, R. P. Roedell, Ira N. Davenport, N. C. Gindorf, Mrs. Harriet E. Gratiot, E. M. Healey, Allen Kane, Leo Palen fSecretaryj and C. W. Wal- ton CTreasurerl. School Board Members in 1958: Dr. C. O. Nesler, W. B. Poinsett, Robert S. Ruegnitz, Fran- 12 cis P. McCauley, Thomas B. Schmid, Mrs. Evelyn F. Ayala, Frank A. F luckiger, Alois A. Kaufmann fSecretaryl and C. A. F irzlaff fTreasurerj. GUIDEPOSTS FOR EDUCATION IN THE DUBUQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS Equal Educational Opportunities Should Be Pro- vided for All Children. The Public Schools Should Be Locally Controlled but Broadly Supported. The Basic Philosophy and Design of Public Edu- cation Should Be Planned Jointly By Laymen and Teachers. The Public Schools Should Be Free to Teach Stu- dents to Think, Controversy or No Controversy. Schools in America Should Teach That Democracy Is the Best Way for Us. The Public Schools Should Educate Each Gen- eration to Keep America Moving Forward. Education Should Keep Pace with Advances in Technology and Life Outside the School. Education in a Democracy Should Be Concerned Equally with the Welfare of the Individual and the Welfare of Society. Public School Facilities Should Serve the Varied Educational Needs of the Local Community. THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF DUBUQUE CHILDREN To Learn to Live Successfully with Other People. To Achieve and Maintain Sound Mental and Physical Health. To Learn to Think Logically and to Express Themselves Clearly. To Learn to Live Intelligently with Nature and Science. To Be Provided with Sound Guidance While in School. To Prepare for Further Education, for Entering Vocations, and for Living a Satisfying and Use- ful Life. To Learn to Use Their Leisure Time Well. To Learn to Enjoy Beauty and Develop Good Taste in the Arts, Daily Design, and Nature. To Develop Standards of Ethical and Moral Val- ues Which Give Direction to Their Lives.

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The last picture of Senior with its dome, this one taken from the court. THE STORY OF THE MURALS Cyril Ferring, who graduated from Senior High in 1919, is the artist re- sponsible for the murals lining the walls of Senioris Auditorium. On a visit to the high school soon after its completion, Mr. F erring felt that the auditorium needed something to sof- ten its plainness and add needed color. In 1929, using his spare time, he began the first mural, which hangs on the east wall. Transportation is the theme for this mural. The atten- tion being centered upon a group of people to the left of an incoming, southbound side-wheeler gives unity and completeness. Phases of life along the Mississippi at that time are shown by the portrayal of southern gentlemen, farmers, scouts, Indians, boatmen, Negroes, and pioneers. This mural was presented to the school in 1935, the expense for it having been paid by the student fund. The two murals which hang on either side of the stage were placed there in 1938. They carry out the theme of the early settlement of the industries in and around Dubuque. The breaking of the soil in Iowa is the subject for the mural to the left of the stage. The figures in the foreground are clearing the land for the plowman who is a little distance back. Still farther distant in the background can be seen the chimneys of the furnaces in which lead was smelted. Thus in a few striking moments three phases in the history of early Iowa progress are pictured. The shot tower is the subject for the mural to the right of the stage, the foreground consisting of log floating into Dubuque on the Mississippi. Con- tinuing with this subject, Mr. Ferring portrays a lumber mill and two modes of transportation-rail- road and river. These two murals were paid for by the student activity fund and the alumni. Because there are no vertical lines in the audi- torium and the heavy, dark ceiling was accentuated by the light, blank walls, care had to be taken in designing the murals. They had to be planned in such a way that they would keep the ceiling upf, at the same time preventing the walls from ap- pearing too narrow. Therefore, before the murals were started, plans were drawn using uprights of dark color and a circular movement throughout the three paintings. The uprights were formed by dark- colored trees, care 'being taken that the uprights did not appear too stiff. This effect was obtained by painting the uprights in different widths, by the circular motion of the rolling hills, and by bend- ing trees. In this edition of the Echo are end-sheets por- traying two of the murals painted by Cyril Ferring. I Good-bye to Senior's Dome

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THE CURRICULUM AND THE PROCESS OF INSTRUCTION FOR DUBUQUE CHILDREN Schools Should Be Concerned with the Develop- ment of the Whole Child. Childrenis Interests Should Be Used to Motivate Learning in School. Pupil Needs Should Be an Important Part of the Curriculum. The Curriculum Must Provide for the Individual Differences in Children. Students Should Take Part in Planning Their Learning Experiences. Student Activities and Projects Should Be an Im- portant Part of Learning. Students Should Be Evaluated in Terms of Their Educational Growth. A LOOK TOWARD THE FUTURE Mr. Clark and Mr. Lee, in a joint statement, made these predictions: As we look toward the future we see for the Dubuque Schools: I. An opportunity for serving a greater geo- graphical area. 2. An expansion of the school program to in- clude the thirteenth and fourteenth years by of- fering terminal courses, compatible to the growth and need of our community. 3. A program which is oriented to the needs of the individual as well as to the welfare of so- ciety at large. 4. The challenge of providing an educational program which will keep pace with an expanding technology. 5. A program which preserves the best of the past and which looks to the future with the thrill of anticipationv MANY PRESENT SENIOR STUDENTS HAVE PARENTS OR GRANDPARENTS WHO GRADUATED HERE Student Parent or Grandparent Year Graduated Nancy Miller .......... ..,.... G randmother .......,. ,.,..,.,..,..,.... M rs. Phyllis Schreiner Davenport .,,. ..,.... ....., 1 910 Barbara Warren .....,....... ......,. G randfather ......., Mr. Jolm B. Cousin ....,..........,........... ,. 1913 Margaret Adams ...... .. . .........,..., Father .. . ..,...... Mr. Philip Adams .,.. ...... ,...,.... ,.... . . , 1917 Belle and Mark Chamberlain . ........ Father Mr. Donald C. Chamberlain ...,. 1917 Michele Gollobitz ......... Grandmother Mrs. Estelle Claus Gollobitz .. 1917 Janet Paisley ,.,..... .........,. ...,....... F a ther Mr. L. C. Paisley ............... .. ..... 1917 ,......Mother Mrs. Evelyn Loetscher Paisley....,.. 1917 Andy Rhomberg ,,....... .,.... M other Mrs. Josephine Sullivan Rhomberg... .... .,..,.. 1 918 David Willy , ..,,.. Father Mr. Edwin P. Willy ..........,,.,..... ., 1921 Ed Deckert ..,.,..,.. .. ., . . Mother Mrs. Donald Deckert ..............,,..,........ .... . . 1922 Rog Giegerich ..., ,. .,.,,.. Mother Mrs. B. Luttenburg Giegerich ...,.. . 1922 Tany Taylor .... .. Father Mr. Donald Douglas Taylor 1922 Nancy Loetscher ..., .. Father Mr. Eugene Loetscher ..... 1923 Joan Ries ..,............. . Mother Mrs. Helen Kleis Ries 1923 Jeanne Scheppele ,.... ..,.... F ather Mr. Earl F. Scheppele ......... 1923 James Badger ......,.. ,.,,... M other Mrs. Gladys Ernest Badger ........ 1924 Bill Gronau ...... .....,.. M other Mrs. Dorothy Jenni Gronau ,..,........ 1924 Heidi Poole ,.,.. .....,. F ather Mr. Horace L. Poole ldeceasedl ..... 1924 Allan Jaeger ..... ,,..... F ather Mr. Leo G. Jaeger ................,........... 1925 David Willy ....,...,.,...... ....... M other Mrs. Kathryn Rudy Willy .......,... 1925 Gail Arduser ..,..........,.. .....,.. F ather Mr. George Arduser ........,....... 1926 Karen and Nancy Groff ......, Father ...... Mr. Earl J. Groff ..............,.. 1926 Joan Milligan ...,...... ...... Father... ...... Mr. Harold Milligan .,..., 1926 Joyce Nowlin ....,...,. ,..... F ather ..... ..,,.,. . Mr. B. W. Nowlin ,..........,,.. 1926 Sally Benedict ........ ..... F ather Mr. Louis A. Benedict .....,... 1927 Larry Brown ...... ...,.. F ather Mr. William C. Brown ....,,.., 1927 Dale Daniels ...... ,......, F ather Mr. Marc Daniels ........,.........., 1927 Jim Deckert .... . ,.., Father Mr. Charles J. Deckert .......,.,......... . 1927 Ellen Gallogly ......., ,,.,... F ather Mrs. Anne Spensley Gallogly ....,,..,. 1927 Joyce Jansen ....... .......,. F ather Mr. Howard Jansen ,,.........,,....... 1927 Jim Sievers .....,...... .,...... F ather Mr. Berkley L. Sicvcrs ,,.,...,.... 1927 Barney Bishop ....... ..... M other Mrs. Lois Flickinger Bishop ,,.... 1928 Karen Kelly ......., ....,.... F ather Mr. Phillip Kelly ,...................... 1928