Muscatine High School - Auroran Yearbook (Muscatine, IA)

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J E A N D O Representative Senior Girl Heads Publications Jean Downing. representative senior girl, was an outstanding member ot tier class. Among tier many tionors were ttiose ot being ttie co-valedictorian ot ttie graduating group and tier selection tor Quill and Scroll and National t-lonor Society. Students and teactiers alike noted tier striking resemblance to Judy Garland. l-ler triendly, democratic attitude toward everyone was probably responsible tor tier pop- ularity. Stie greeted trestiman and senior alike witti a warm smile and a ctteery t'li. Jean was general manager ot the l94O yearbook. lvluskies associated tter witti annual subscription drives and student pictures. Mrs. Downing's little girl wrote clever teatures and columns tor ttie weekly Auroran tor two years betore becoming editor. Stte was also active on ttie Student Council tor two years. During the t939-40 sctwool year stie balanced ttie books tor ttiat governing body. In ttie results ot ttie representative senior girl election Jean tiad ttie satistaction ot ttie evidence ot student appreciation ot tier ettorts during tier tour years in tiiglw school.

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CurT Deems Derrine Bieber Sydney Thomas The execuTives oT The class oT I94O ably direcTed senior acTiviTies during The school year. The oTTicers were CurT Deems, president Sydney Thomas, vice-presiclenTg and Derrine Bieber, secreTary-Treasurer. Each oT These sTudenTs was ouTsTanding in school aTFairs. CurT, who was class presidenT as a junior also, parTicipaTed chieTly in aThleTics, play- ing in sTraTegic posiTions on The TooTloall ancl baslceTball Teams. Sydney and Derrine were boTh insTrumenTal in The success oT The debaTe Team. SCHOLASTIC LEADERS Derrine Bieber, Jean Downing Tie Tor ValedicTory Honor WiTh 3.97 averages, Derrine Bieloer and Jean Down- ing became co-valedicTorians oT The senior class. Each OT These Two sTudenTs received perTecT reporT cards ThroughouT her high school years wiTh The excepTion oT one grade. Derrine received a B in chemisTry one se- mesTer, and Jean, a B in l.aTin. Derrine maiored in debaTe Tor Tour years. l.asT year she was anrrerrrber oTclJne squad whTch enTeredTTJne Nal 's T Tional Speech TournamenT aT Beverly I-lills, CaliTornia. Jean parTiciloaTed in iournalisTic acTiviTies, being a TeaTure wriTer Tor Two years and general manager oT The l94O annual Auroran. She was secreTary-Treasurer oT The STudenT Council This year. ...2l.. OFFICERS OF CLASS OF 1940

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S Y D N E Y ,T H O M A S Representative Boy Excels in Speech Competition Sydney Thomas, representative senior boy, was a leader in the I94O graduating class. Since he was popular with his classmates, he held a number ot important ottices. t-le was vice-president ot his 'Freshman class, secretary-treasurer ot his sophomore class, vice-president ot his senior class, secretary-treasurer ot l-li-Y, and president ot National l-lonor Society, Speech Arts, Curia Regia, N. F. L., and Student Council. All ot his associates knew that they could depend upon him to carry out his under- takings. Whether Syd merely served on a committee or headed an organization he tultilled his responsibilities expertly and thoroughly. Syd participated chietly in speech work. During his tour years he competed in de- bate, declamation, and extemporaneous speaking. ln I939 he was a member ot the team that entered the National Speech Tournament at Beverly l-lills, Calitornia. ln all ot his activities, curricular and extracurricular, Sydney won the admiration and respect ot his tellow students, who honored him with representative boy selection. -23-