Hamburg High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Hamburg, IA)

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Letter from Governor Becrrdsley r ,Im FT , ox' sq 5 - fi m X A 'Sf' 4 '-' I STATE or 1owA ovmon or 'mme Govimmon wM.S.BEARDSLEY DES MOINES March 31, 1950 Miss Marnie Simons Primary Division Teacher Hamburg School Hamburg, Iowa lDear Miss Simons: I wish to congratulate you upon the completion of fifty-seven years in the noble profession of teaching. It is hard for one to contemplate the far-reaching effect of your life's work when one realizes the opportunities of a teacher to develop character and mold good citizenry in youth. I wish not only to congratulate you but to salute you in your great accomplishment, and, as Governor of this State, to express my appre- ciation of the outstanding contribution you have made to our state and to humankind in general. With all good wishes for the future, I am Respectfully yours, will-6' Wm. S. Beardsley Governor WSB:mch

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MISS MARNIE SIMONS We, the Class of 1950 of Hamburg High School, are happy to dedicate our Mid-Century Annual to Miss Marnie Simons who has been a teacher in the Primary Division of the Hamburg Schools for fifty-seven consecutive years. Governor Wm. S. Beardsley has written a letter oi con- gratulations that expresses so well the gratitude of former students, our community and our state for the magnificent work of our great friend and teacher, Miss Marnie Simons. GOVERNOR WM. S. BEARDSLEY

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IRVING J. HICKMAN, Supt. B. S. in Education, Northeast Missouri State Teachers College, Kirksville, Missouri. M. A., University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri. General Mathematics, Plane Geometry, Student Council. G11 ls Basketball. Foreword The founders of our country believed that the future growth and safety of the nation depended upon the actions of an enlightened people. To this end, they established the great free public school of America, an institution designed to impart to the youth of the land the fundamental skills, knowledge, and ideals necessary to the practice of desirable citizenship in a democracy. As our country expanded from a few small states into a mighty nation reaching across the 'continent and wielding world-wide influence, we con- stantly sought to adjust our schools to the increasingly complex needs of our ever-growing population and chang- ing society. We endeavored to evolve a school in which the youth may so live that he may receive the rich social heritage which is his, may have some practice in the use of this inheritance, and may be equipped to contribute ,something to it before passing it on to the generation who will come after him, If this three-fold purpose is fully accomplished, we need have no fear for the future of our country when the boys and girls in our schools today have become the men and women who make America tomorrow. Irving J. Hickman, Superintendent of Schools. RUTH DETHLEFS Secretary to Supt. Hickman Substitute High School Instructor Arthur Gill, Secretary of the Board: Irving J. Hickman, Superintendent: Ellsworth Jamesg Paul Simpson, President of the Board, Mrs. Arnold Rosseang Mrs. L. R. Sjulinl Donald Brown.