Fort Dodge High School - Dodger Yearbook (Fort Dodge, IA)

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I XVISH to express to the students of Fort Dodge I-Iigh School, through the opportunity which the Dodger gives me, a most cordial greeting. It is my feeling that every member of our school has aspired to the ideals of quality, courtesy, and service,- those charcteristics which go to make up the Dodger Spiritf' Fort Dodge High School has ranked for a good many years as one of the leading high schools of the state. To continue this ranking it is up to us, faculty and students, to ucarry on the good Work which has been so well begun. May quality, courtesy and service characterize our product - the individual student - always. C. T. Fec'lbr1L'e1', P1'i11c'ijm1 Mrs. Halen Buegel, Clerk CA RL T. Fl'1ELHAVI'lR SClllill2ll'S ONE of the innovations directed by Mr. Feelhaver was the series of teach- ers' seminars which replaced former teachers' meetings. Problems of in- terest were presented by individual teachers and by groups in panel dis- cussions. In four meetings this year, the question of assemblies was pre- sented by Mr. Ralph Nichols, a resume of the Leonard Report on English Usage by Miss Adeline Sharon, a report of the St. Louis con- vention of the Department of Super- intendence by Miss Mary McCluskey accompanied by a panel discussion of a practical guidance program by Mrs. Clara Dean, Miss Wilma Hastie and Mr. Norman Cooper. pizgu fztwzfy-rzlze

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KENNETH DUANE MILLER Ill Memoriam LYMAN A. GREEN Died July 22,1935 HE was a very hard worker and a faithful employee during the whole period of his association with the schools of the city. He was popular with the students and cooperative with the administration and his fel- low teachers. Life to him was an inviting opportunity and he had great hope and joy in living. His untimely death this summer at the age of 31 withdrew from the schools a loyal helper. Mrs. Green and their two children have the sympathy of all in their lossf' K. D. Miller flag? fIl'l'lIIlVj' THIS YEAR is the Dodger's silver anniversary. It marks the completion of a quarter of a century of out- standing achievement. The schools have had a marvelous growth and development. With great pride we survey the past and all that it has brought us. Even so, the best is yet to be. Past experience points encouragingly to an inviting future. Through worthy aspirations, high ideals and persistent struggle, you are to approach the ful- fillment of your life's dreams. My good wish for you is that through a succession of good todays you may move forward to life,s greatest goal -a rich maturity of personality and character. K. D. Miller, S11pff1'i11fc'11rfc'11f Dorothy Horn, Secreta y

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FRED N. COOPER D. R. A. INAUGURATED in 1933, D. R. A. activity books found ready buyers again this year. Under this plan each purchaser paid at the rate of ten cents a week for a period of thirty-six weeks, his paid-up stamp book admitted him to all athletic events including eight football games, twelve basketball games, five wrestling meets, swimming and track meets. In addition he saw the All-school, Junior College, and Senior Class plays, and the High School-Junior College operetta. A year's subscription to the I.iz'fIc' Dodger and two outside auditorium events, a Shakespearean production, The Tanzing of fbc' Shrew, presented by the Misner Players and a concert by the Ames College Band were also a part of the D. R. A. program. With the Stamp plan, the student paid less than one-fourth of the regular cost of the entertainments offered. Reservations were handled by Student Council members. page 1'wf'l11'y-1' wo MR. FRED N. COOPER is complet- ing his second year as Vice-principal. In a newly arranged office are files and files containing records of high school stu- dents. Mr. Cooper can supply all informa- tion concerning attendance and corrective measures, as well as everything needed for a future recommendation. His time is shared by office work, two classes in American History and his duties as head coach of football and wrestling and sup- ervision of the other sports. Check, Type., File THROUGHOUT the year students were em- ployed in all departments of the school both for wage and to gain experience. A total of fifty-five students were on the approved list for the National Youth Ad- ministration, forty-five of whom re- mained to the end of the year. The stu- dents below helped copy schedule cards in the high school office, typed Bulletins, and learned many office practices. Office Force