Durant High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Durant, IA)

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The constantly changing stream of Durant Surges about the steadying force of the faculty and administration- Common People with uncommon dedication, They are more than teachersg They are sculptors who shape the emerging form With the tools of education, Then pass a beginning creation to the future, The future of the world and that of mankind Depends upon the transmittance of Previously developed ideas and philosophies, Of learned facts and principles, This ability to pass on what is learned Is what separates man from lesser animals, The steadying guidance of the ad- ministration, The uncommon dedication of the faculty, The indefatigable service of the Student Council- All are directed toward the nobel ideal Of the transmittance of stored know- ledge And the beginning of new ideas, The Administration Is Dedicated To A Nobel Ideal 11

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I-Iapp Times Reviewed During Final Days The Durant and Wilton bands gave exchange concertsg the Wilton band played at DHS in April, and the Durant hand traveled to Wilton in May, Prom week, April 25-April 150, found the juniors working hard, but having fun, building decorations for the ,Iunior-Senior Proni, lfor their efforts the juniors were able to present the seniors with Che7 Paree, The House of Paris, gt., ' C'-'O X 's S T V .- 55 ? T 3 Q l E E Rita Schlapkohl, Judy Toft, and Renae Best advanced from district competition at Pleasant Valley to the state con- test at Grinnell, a Student council elections and cheer- leading tryouts were held on May 5, North Scott student council members came to visit on that day also, as it was set aside as Student Council Exchange Day. School was dismissed early on May 3 and students attended the Wildcat Relays, The first all-school three-act play, The Miracle Worker, was presented, with Jane Stoffer portraying Helen Keller, on May 9. Nine new members were inducted into the National Honor Society at a ban- quet given in their honor by the PTO on May lO. The baseball and softball teams opened their summer seasons with many hours of hard practice, The remainder of the year was spent as last days for the seniors, They counted carefully: five, four, three, two, oneg a shout of joyg and they were gone, They traveled to Chicago on the last class trip ever to be taken from Durant, and made their last appearance as a senior class at Baccalaureate and Graduation in bur- gundy and white robes, At Commence- ment, May 23, Carol Koppenhaven was awarded the BPW Scholarship and Patsy Best received the Kolmerer Scholarship, Year-end semester tests were given to the remainder of the high school students on May 25 and 26, The last event of the year was Award Night, May 27, Then summer had come, the halls were quiet again, and--at least for ashort time-you could rest, DHS,

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VQIX 50,5 EPRQUO QQ . QQ X buds! 17? L-X, -rf' Education Shaped Under the leadership of President Roland Paulsen, the school board worked together with Superintendent Deputy and Principal Stevens to govern the actions of the school, With their guidance five new programs for The members of the school board were FROM LEFT: Alvin Broders, Roland Paulsen, Bill Paulsen, Mr, Rex Deputy, and Lorin Rox, Members who are not on the Mr, Rex R, Deputy QABOVEj com leted his third year at Durant as Superintendent of schools, High School Principal Clark A, Stevens QLEFTJ also finished his third year at DHS, B Administration the educationally deprived were started. These federally aided programs were: industrial arts, business education, reading, instrumental music, and visiting nurse, picture were Delmar Klahn, Ray Meinert, and Harlan Finck,