Fairfield High School - Quill Yearbook (Fairfield, IA)

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lledicutinn MISS LOUISE MESSER For The many long hours of work devofed To our book and previous volumes of The QUILL, vve, The sTaff of The FifTieTh Anniversary Edi- Tion feel no person more richly deserves This deolicafion Than our own Miss Messer. Her knowledge, undersfanding, and occasional genTle prodding when work wasn'T being done on schedule, have been invaluable in The preparafion of This book. On our Trip To The Nafional ScholasTic Press Associafion Conference in Chicago, she was The perfecf sponser. She realized ThaT vve could have fun and learn abouf The publish- ing business aT The same Time. Miss Nlesser was honored by being one of The fevv high school advisers selecTed To con- ducT a class aT The conference, This is evi- dence of The esTeem in which she is held by oThers in The field of yearbook publishing. Despife all The Time she spends on QUILL, she finds Time for ofher acTiviTies. A greaf deal of her energies are devofed To The library, and as sponsor of The Library Club. Her efforfs in This area have made our high school library one of The finesf in The sTaTe. IT is for These reasons, ThaT vve fondly dedicaTe The l96l QUILL To our librarian, sponser, and friend, Miss Louise Messer. 3

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FIll'ElllllI'li In this Colden Anniversary Edition of the QUILL, we have maintained the traditional purpose of a yearbook, that is, to por- tray the school year. Our purpose has been two-fold in this our fiftieth year of publication: to present the customary view of the school year, and in addition, to show the progress which has been made at Fairfield High School since the first QUILL was published in l9l2. To accomplish this, we have used pictures from the first edition of the QUILL. Introduction Dedication Echoes ...., Fine Arts ,l,A Organizations Sports ....,, Personnel .,ll,.. Advertising ,.,,,A Index ,,,l... Closing .... -O- Tuhle nt lluntents ,----,'I -2 l,-----4-2'I ,,,---.l22-37 ,,s,,--,38-59 -,,,,,--60-79 ---WSU-120 121-'I23 'I24-127 28

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The Franklin Building Memories of this year echo through the empty halls, as FHS becomes the alma mater to another graduating class. Since the birth of the QUILL, two previous buildings have also recorded the chronicles of Fairfeld High. The first QUILL was published in 1912 in the old Franklin Building, located in what is now Howard Park. This building was officially opened in 1868 and was used forty-four years. In 1913, classes were moved into the newly erected high school on Briggs Street. When this building was destroyed by fre in 1938, the Public Works Administration assisted in the financing of the present building, which was dedicated in 1940. Fairjield High School's early students had few of the things we now con- sider to be traditional. Such events as the Prom and' Homecoming have evolved through the years, with each class contributing to the over-all pic- ture. In this section we present the echoes of a year at Fairfield .High- its traditions, both in and out of the classroom.