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

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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'

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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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Theile, Columbia, M. A., comprise the teaching staff in the Physical Education Department. Miss Katherine Mauthe, University of Iowa, M. S., heads the Science De- partment consisting of Mr. H. Lynn Bloxom, Southwestern College, B. A., Mr. Elvin B. Chapman, University of Nebraska, M. Sc., Mr. Norman Cooper, Drake, M. A., Mr. Ralph Bastian, University of Iowa, L. A., and Mr. Fred L. Graham, Iowa State Teachers. Miss Mabel Snoeyenbos, University of Minnesota, B. S., is Treasurer of the High School Student Activities and heads the Commercial Depart- ment. Other members of the depart- ment are Miss Ione Helgason, Iowa State Teachers College, Miss Vivian Jane Crow. Neva Home Florence Nordman, L' Peterson, University of Iowa- B' Lawson H11L'key, W. M. Phare-5, J. A. McKinSiry. F11-ffl N. Cooper, Hilrulll E. Theile, William Schwentlemz-In S., and Mr. Fred L. Graham, Iowa Orth, Iowa State Teachers, B. A., directs the bands. The Home Economics Depart- ment has Miss Jane Crow, University of Chicago, Ph. B., as its head, with its other member Miss Neva Houk, Morningside, B. A. Mr. XV. M. Phares, Bradley Poly- technic, is head of the Manual Arts Department. Teachers in this sec- tion are Mr. J. A. McKinstry, Iowa State Teachers, B. A., Mr. Lawson E. Hockey, Iowa State Teachers, B. S., Mr. William E. Schwendemann, Iowa State College, and Mrs. Don Findlay, Iowa State College, B. A. Miss Florence Nordman, Univer- I T ' N C I , M' ' M F' dl , R l h B 11 . SIKY Of Iowa, B- S-, and MF- H211'0lCl E- Hfyriffrin iiiffffm, icrfileraffgmaiflhfyaivinpchalsnffil. page Izumi fy-ffm 1'