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

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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

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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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FIFTY teachers work in the eight main departments of the cur- riculum. Mrs. Clara Dean, Des Moines Col- lege, Ph. B., is supervisor of the underclass study hall and Miss Cath- erine Cruikshank is High School and Junior College librarian. The Show Shop and High School Orchestras are directed by Miss Lucile Corey, Northwestern, and Mr. J. Howard fl'01IfilIll!'t! 011 matt Ildglfl Physics, Manual Arts ff' 4 W-if if ' Lucile Corey, J. Howard Orth, Catherine Cruikshank. Helen Bucgel. Dorothy Horn, Clara De-an. Curriculum MODERN texts, up-to-date methods, and unstinted opportunities have made a firm foundation on which to build the courses of study in each department. Few changes have been necessary. A project begun last year in the English course has been em- phasized. The speech program in the Fort Dodge High School is considered im- portant for every student, because students will often be judged by their speech after they leave school. Vari- ous courses and activities have been planned to meet students, needs and interests. A survey is made of Freshman speech habits, to determine individual students' Weaknesses. English teach- ers follow up certain speech problems each year. Sophomores are given a semester of speech work and upper classmen may take a special course. A class in corrective speech is given for those needing it in any year. page fwwzty-z'b1'cc'