Muscatine High School - Auroran Yearbook (Muscatine, IA)

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Graduates of 1939 Present Representative Boy Q, 45J,J,f,47l ' I 4 Myron Brower, Junior Myron Brower, the representative senior boy, has a record of which he may be proud. His activities indicate the variety of his interests: Student Council, Auroran, Musky Letter Menis Club, Chemistry Club, Hi-Y, and golf. His oflices indicate his popularity: president of Student Council and of National Honor Society as senior, class president as junior, and Hi-Y treasurer as sophomore. lylyron has received outstanding honors: In his junior year the faculty selected him for National Honor Society and the publication sponsor gave him Quill and Scroll honors in recognition of his Work as business manager. A fondness for sports, mathematics, and science marks Myron as a typ- ical boy. His interests outside of school centered in sports. He was captain of the golf squad this year and one of the most Valuable players. Basketball and ping-pong were also often on his game calendar. His friends know his Hi, joev as a greeting from one who is unusually loyal to those Whom he likes.

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SENIURS The last class to graduate from the old high school will be the method of referring to the class of 1939. Fortune favors the brave was the motto the group chose to guide them, the American Beauty rose was their Hower, and rose and silver, their colors. The record of oflicers shows that the class divided honors among a comparatively small group of people during their four years in high school: freshmen, Bill Narvis, presi- dent, Ruth Romann, vice-president, Marvin McConnell, secretary, and Fred Nesper, treasurer, sophomores, Fred Nesper, presi- dent, Ruth Romann, vice-president, and Betty Martin, secretary-treasurer, juniors, Myron Brower, president, Betty Martin, Vice- president, and john Davidson, secretary- treasurer, seniors, Grace Petersen, president, Marvin McConnell, vice-president, and john Davidson, secretary-treasurer. Dramatics and parties will be outstanding in the memories of many of the graduates. As sophomores they presented The Man from Brandon , as juniors, Applesauce , and as seniors, The Youngest. Miss June Lingo was their director in all of these productions and Miss H. Margaret Kemble was in charge of the stage crews. As freshmen and sophomores the class of 1939 had parties in the game rooms at the high school. An amateur program featured their first-year party and a question man broadcast and pictures of the members of the class as infants furnished the fun in their sec- ond-year frolic. As juniors and seniors they turned to the less dignified pastime of roller skating for their gala events. Seniors on the opposite page all received special honors from faculty and students. Practically all of them were active in the eX- tracurricular life of the school. Dorothy Ziegler, Mary Etta Fulliam, and Bonnie Watters were prominent in the music depart- ment. Dorothy attained national recognition when she entered the national music contest as a piano and trombone soloist. Bonnie's chief contribution was her violin work in the orchestra and Mary Etta's was the accompani- ment of vocal groups in their numerous pub- lic appearances. Theresa Gallaher, Sarah Marie Young, Ruth Romann, Myron Brower, Ruth Mc- Caffrey, Art Talkington, Lysle Eichelberger, Dorothy Ziegler, and Betty Brossart were all instrumental in the success of publication work. Theresa was general manager, Ruth Romann, managing editor, Myron, business manager, and Sarah Marie, copy editor. Ruth McCaffrey directed the work for the editorial page, and Art was the sports editor. Dorothy reported music news for the weekly and Lysle wrote about the activities of the Future Farmer organization, in which he was especi- ally active. Betty Brossart spent long hours typing for the weekly before she accepted the position of assistant secretary in the high school office. Sarah Marie's outstanding honor in high school was that of being Valedictorian. Wes- ley Hazlett w-as salutatorian and an enthusi- astic member of Chemistry Club. Five other seniors in this group represent a variety of activities. David Altenbernd de- voted his extracurricular interest to Chemistry Club, of which he was the president the first half of this year. Grace Petersen and Miriam SyWassink were prominent in declamation. Miriam added the presidency of Seco to her duties during the Hrst semester. Marvin Mc- Connell represents the athletic interests, hav- ing been prominent in both football and bask- etball. Last to be mentioned, but not last to be heard, is John Davidson, whose main in- terest in life is playing the drums with swing orchestras. Wherever John is there is fun- and noise.

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Graduates of 1939 Present Representative Girl Grace Lenora ' Petersen Grace Petersen, the representative senior girl, impresses all who meet her with her friendly personality and charming poise. She endeared herself to faculty and students alike by the Willingness with which she accepted responsibility and the efliciency with which she carried out her duties. Speech work was her favorite held of activity. A superior rating for her oratorical declamation, Three Small Nations, in the Iowa Nine con- test Was the high light of her efforts. Music also received a share of her attention. She was a member of the girls' sextet as a junior and sang with the chorus for three years. Grace received other outstanding honors before her selection as repre- sentative girl. Her senior classmates chose her for their president and her schoolmates elected her for the Student Council. In her junior year the faculty selected her for the National Honor Society. In her contributions to high school activities Grace proved herself Worthy of the acclaim of both students and faculty.