Mondamin High School - Golden Embers Yearbook (Mondamin, IA)

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THE HOME DECLAFATORV CONTEST The Home Declam tory Contest was held Friday Febru ary 4, with Miss Wynona Ewoldt Dram tic instructor of the Logan High School, as the Judge Miss Wear and Miss Edwards coached tn cntest nts In oratorical, M uricc Render pl ced first wit? selection 'Will Rogers' and Gale Remingtnn second w n 'T e Cry of Youthn 'Mary Stuartn given by Margaret Morrow placed f I Warman, second In the humorous division Curtis Baldwin WExit The Big Bad Wolf' first, and Darlene Baldwin, 'Picnic Hams' second Those speaking and their selections were Oratorical We the People and Peace Albert Gee The Unknown Soldier Doyl Knadle Will Rogers Mauric Render The Cry of Youth Gale R Fir tor Enough of This Nargory Thomas Dramatic The Little Kinv Finds Peace Anna Mae Brosinp M1ckey's Marker Nary Ada Cofp r Mary Stuart Margaret Morrow The Scar Mary Warman Humorous Exit the Big Bad Wolf Curtis B ldwin Picnic Hams Darlene Baldwin Ma at the Swimming Pool Alice D vis Stitch in Time Glen Faylor Why Adam took his Bite George Kinder Ma What did Dad Say Donald Gee lt's a Man's World Lorraine Barker Mondamin, Little Sioux, Pisgah and Missouri Valle , competed in the Preliminary State contest held here Feb ruery 21 Margaret Morrow and Curtis Baldwin both placed first in this contest and represented Mondamin in the Sub-D1s- trict contest held at Harlan, I . L. A , la - ' Q Y I , , . ' - 'Q C Ci- . ' ,B ' 3 3 .V.. t l fill: ' ' ' , T ' 2 t 1: ' h . J' L i'5L in the dramatic division, and 'The Scarn given by Mary . . . , . 1 , ' . , . . i O Q ' e C . . 6 x emi' .yi 1 A 1. ' 'C . . D . A L. S ' . L 1 e . . 3 . A . I. 3 . Q ' V , Us n y

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QUILL AND SCROLL The first chapter of the international society of the Quill and Scroll was introduced to the High School the first week in March. Miss Campbell called the five members to the front of the assembly and they were presented with certifi- cates and gold pins. The following qualifications are necessary in order to be made a member of the society: 1 Members must be in the upper one third of the class scholastically 2 They must be recommendrd by the Board of Publishers and Faculty 3 Must be appro'cd by the Nat- ional Secretary on the basis of Literary A hi venont The officers elected were Pres H len Killeen, Vice Pres Phyllis Case, Sec Treas Margaret Nor ow The chapter has been named in honor of the 0 lclntyre as all of the members have enjoyed hw Lolumr and feel that hc will be a very fitting example to u Out mottor is 'Que Viven which we hav t A to mean 'With Life' or nOn the Alert' Our main activity this year was to furnish the Nhonda min Enterprisen with the weekly school news and liven up the 'Postage Stamp' POSTAGW STANP Imagine any student clamorin to do work' That's just what the Seniors did wh n they first became such dignified beings They had so many idcas that they wanted to put into affect, so many things they w.nt d to do to make the paper a success The election of stiff members w s t sk that r quired qhly the ganged up assist noe of the boys to decide which pbst each 1nd1v1dual would hold for the ycar They were Wbll chosen, however, so We didn't mind We have accomplished many things while putting out our paper Quite a bit of color work has been done all have had their chance at stencils, N1mlOgT ph work, orig nal com position nd every other Job th t papers rcquir We wore lucky to have with us Billy Blair who did great de l of valuable art work for which h iou d be con The Postage Stamp is a continu tion of the paper start e by the class of 1937, we h ve tried to h wffit by their e eriences and enl rge upon their ccomplishr nts and we h pe that the class of 1959 will be ble to orr ct ll the m shagsmmade by gs gp, , - I I O I u J. V P 2 2 L , ' I .-- Q ' --- , .Q-. A ' T' . ' . . O. - ' - fi ' w o ' . , s. ' ' e '-nslezo, 1 I . . . , , 1 .A . I .AJ . .. . . e ' ' . . , l ' ' Z1 4-3 , V O y 1 J a a a a e ' . 3 A . o v o V A Y 0 , - 'X . , I - . L . 'Y . . N I . - Fx, 4 V . . L. . 3 .giv K- ' a ' a '13 9 5 . . C. I I . a 'L f ' e sl l - Q-ntulated. His comics were a highlight of this years paper. be , P- A - Q a L . 'SJ J D .1 . Ip a ' a ' me - ' a - C e ' - '

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THE ONE-ACT PLAY This is the second year that Mondamin has entered in the one-act play festival. Piss Wear, the dramatic couch, chose the play nloint Owners in Spain', a play which takes place in an old lady's home about 1912. The characters were: Mrs. Mitchell Phyllis Case Mrs. Fullerton Phyllis Vandecar Miss Dyer Helen Killeen Mrs Blair Margaret Morrow The play was riven April 4 5 and 6th at Module, Mondamin, and Pisgah, respectively CARNIVAL Bells, confetti, booths, telefraph office, pie cake, and anything lse you w nted to eat, all constitut ed the Non H1 Pow Wow held December lO The carnival was one of the bi fest events reld at the hish school this year A contest for WQucen of th F rniv l', was held Each class selected a C8HQ1l3tS and t ollowin rirls were chosen Freshman, Nargori TY s Sophonore, Margaret Dbnn, Juni r Bonnie Worth, seni , Phyllis Case The Senior represe tativ U1 llis Case, was chosen and crowned queen Everyone nad a wood tire the mer seemed to esneci 1 ly appreciate the beauty parlor, nd the televraph busi ness did the best business in years There were all kinds of games and prizes for every one, young and old There were four door prizes given womens a set of dishes, men, a bill fold, irls, a p n a d pencil boys a flashlight PEP CLUB The pep club have not been doinr so much durinf this ye r Hut they have held the school spirtit in our yells at our meet Ds Seside this the club wa ir char e ff the eats old all bought beanies which were our school colors, so other pea aple could tell the Tondanin Group -iv!-il' O 'L J I 9 F , . . 6 . , ' 1 2 C 91 c ' J- Q - n . , ' 1 ' 9 L I J C n T U V FL - . 2 U- 1 0 ' ' ' f 1- f , 0 ' rv , , l. A, , , J I . .3 J. .tCf.'.', .. 1 . - 'o , 'H . T- ar 1 . ' er, ' 3, :ty .' ' ' l . Q A W., xg l :E A Q l E. ' V ' a , Q '- . . l . 1 K A - U , ' ' : , . , G. e A , 1 , A . 9 I - ' e ' l ' f a 'P A . x A c, n I S . K 4 ' L: J x S at e Soldier Valley tourney ll4thandl5thD of January. They , -I . A 5,1 A I . A y , O J ' ' - f 74 'ft4li f'f EU- -T'?'i47Q'd1'l '5R.'S'2TT 5'21H4151',Lili-?Q745sf'f''1'V'A3o3'f'5355?f -f1ff?11 !' 5P J15'f f- '3 ' - '52 7 'I-', 1 .Q 1 ,y-:, - -- ' '