Dunkerton High School - Raider Yearbook (Dunkerton, IA)

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Boy Scouts Troop No. 1, Boy Scouts of America, was organized in March with Rev. E. R. Kilclow as Scout Master and Rev. F. L. Holden as Assistant Scout Master. MR. KILDON Eagle Patrol. Charles Dundon, Leader Clair Lamb, Asst. Leader Oscar Guyer Clair Barlow Joe Hazel Clyde Barlow Black Bear Patrol. Russell Brant. Leader Edward Gardner, Asst. Leader Thomas Bond Floyd Guyer Clarence Liebert Donald Bellmer MR. HOLDEN Young Scouts. With Mr. F. I’. Davis as Director, the Young Scouts were organized. The voting scouts are having a glorious time at regular meetings. Later these meetings will be held out in the open.

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Pathfinder Girls After some weeks of hoping, Mrs. Marie Holden, as companion, consented to organize the Pathfinders. Lois Fressle was elected President, and all the girls are very much interested in their achievement. Meetings are held every two weeks and as soon as pleasant weather develops, hikes and woodland tramps will be the vogue. They are planning on attending the state assembly held in August at Iowa Falls. » —---------------j MRS. HOLDEN Lois Fressle Margaret Wheeler Rubye Owen Martha Magee Gladys Holdiman Marvel Adams Mary Rodgers Dorothy Creel is Alice West Helen Campbell Naomi Brant Melba Dunkerton Blanche Gushard Fima Magee Ruth Cowlishaw Bernice GofT Elsie Cummings To study or not to study—that is the question; Whether 'tis nobler to sit and burn the midnight oil When your neighbors are snug in feather beds Or take the consequences of the next day And not study. To dream, to dream, to dream. Of having Geometry and Algebra perfect the next day; To sleep, to dream, to dream. Perchance to have a test. Aye, there’s the rub! For if perchance you should fail Who’s there that would give you a lift? et if you had studied and studied well That would make an end of all the calamities of your dreams. —Blanche.

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Current Events .Sept. 1, 1918. 'fhe process opened up in the school house on the hill with Jrs. Cruise as our Principal and Instructor. After the summer vacation everyone was in readiness to master the tasks which were put before him fast and furious. Everything went well with the work until the awful plague, the “flu” :ame into our midst. Sept. 18. A patriotic program was held in the Grade Building. The High School furnished a few numbers of the program and a stirring address was given by Mr. Boatman, Superintendent of Schools at Hudson. Sept. 30 brought sorrow to every heart in the community and the funeral of Peter Kress our first contribuiton to the war. The school attended in a body and led in a procession to the cemetery. Each pupil carrying a flag to show his respect to the brave boy who had given his life as a sacrifice for his home and friends. Sept. 26. Each of the departments prepared two or four minute Liberty Loan speeches, which were given in the respective rooms. The public was invited. judges were chosen and the following students who won first places received season tickets to the Cattle Congress: High School. Ruth Cowlishaw; Grammar. Elma Magee; Intermediate. Frances Barlow; Primary. Marie Magee! Those with honorable mention were: Blanche Smith. Edward Gardner, Russell Brant. Minnie Magee, Roger Dunkerton and Dorothy Greelis. Victory Day. Xov. 11. Victory Day! We knew it early, very early in the morning. School proceeded with a charged atmosphere until 11 A. M., when a parade led by veterans of the Civil V ar, followed by the school and the entire city population, little, medium and big. marched through the city streets. Flags, bells, horns, guns, singing and shouting betokened the joy at the news of peace. School was declared off for the remainder of the day, and to do justice to Dunkerton and give vent to our joyous spirits we chartered the auto truck, decked it with flags, pennants and banners, borrowed all the charivari articles from the hardware store and started for Waterloo. Thirty Grammar and High School students chaperoned by Mrs. Cruise and Miss Coombs joined the thousands of V aterloo. Up and down, up and down, until the shades of evening reminded the hoarse, but happy throng that the day was closing and we bowled home. In the evening the garage was cleared, seats installed and Rev. Essly from Waterloo delivered a stirring victory address to hundreds of people who crowded in. Surely this was a wonderful day in the world’s history, for north, east, south and west celebrated with minds with but a single thought and hearts that beat as one. During the summer vacation five of the Girls’ Sewing Club made their regulation uniforms. These were exhibited at Ames, later at the State Fair at Des Moines, where Grace Bartholomew received first and Elma Magee second prizes. These garments were later exhibited at the Cedar Valley Fair with the following premiums: Elma Magee first and Helen Campbell second. Oscar Guver received first premium at the Cedar Valley Fair on pop corn grown in his school garden. Feb. 3-6. A Farmers’ Institute was held in Dunkerton. The pupils in the school competed for the prizes offered. Essay: “Value of Good Farm Buildings.” First, Elma Magee; second, Russell McXellis. Essay: “The Reasons Why One Cannot Afford to Waste Time While Securing an Education.” First, Marvel Adams; second, Ruth Cowlishaw. Essay: “Why Every' Home Should Have a Kitchen Cabinet.” First, Oscar Guyer. Letter: “Why Every Home Should Have Electricity.” First, Marvel Adams; second, Ruth Goff.