Muscatine High School - Auroran Yearbook (Muscatine, IA)

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TOP: Here is ll seene from the l:1ll'lN shop. Cl'iN'l'l'iR: Clzirk Hrown's hoys hountl hooks. HO,l l'ONl: Sewing girls stitehetl :ilong sofso . 0 The eurrieuluin nowzulziy s inelutles so Nlillly suhieets other thzin lessons lezirnetl from xi texthook. l,1lyllflL'l'Ll1ly Nluskies fountl thenif selves looking forwzirtl to some elaiss thzit tlif vertetl their energies from the pglins of hookf lezirning. L lfzieh :intl everyone of the stutlents liketl zi elziss that olleretl him gui opportunitx' tor using his erezitive iiliiliry or ai elziss that more or less :illowetl hiin to work :it his own pziee. These were the inziin rezisons why elzisses sueh :is honie ineehzinies, tgirin shop, :intl home eeononiies were so populiir with Nlusky stu tlents. The eountry lzuls tiountl the suhjeet of fzirni shop worthwhile. liven ll few of the eity hoys enrolled to see whzit went on hehintl the scenes of future fzirniers' vzirietl zietivities. 'lihe zigrif eulturzil elzisses lezirnetl :ill sorts of things thzit ll tzirnier shoultl knows-how to keep fzirin iniplenients in repziir, how to operzite tlihferent types of fiirni inziehinery, how to judge lives stoek, zintl lziets zthout soil erosion zuitl erop Vtillllltlll. llonie nieehzuiies proved to he the plziee where hlusky lzuls enrolletl to leqirn the nrt ot wootlworking :intl :ill thzit Went with that zirt. llvery so often, though, they took gi little viii ezition from the ortlinzlry' line ot. work :intl trietl their hzintl git hookhintling. t :Xnyoiie who is fzunilinir with the lziyout of Nl. ll. 5. knows thzit on the hottoni floor in the Cetlzir Street wing, rooms llll to Ill inzike up the honieniziking tlepzirtnient. 'lihey know that here is where the future hoines nizikers ohtziin ll lot of their trziining. Right in the niitltlle of the tlepzirtnient is the sewing renter. liuring the p1ist yezir :ill the young sezunstresses from freshnien girls up, ini-- provetl their sewing skill. Besides lezirning how to inzike wearing 1lW izirel thex' hrzuiehetl l 'N T out :intl lC1ll'IlCkl the eorreet wziy to ppiint, stziin, :intl vzirnish furniture, :is well :is how to inzike siinple pieees ot furniture troni orginge erzites.

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CLASSROOMS Muskies Stucly, Concoct Compounds, Tickle Type l'Ul': L'l1cr11ist1'5' stutlt-nts wmlLnt'tctl zm ox 0 'l'lM'1lYL'I'1IgL' stutlcr1t's tlzlycmmslstctl ul four PL'l'lI1lL'I1I. BCH IOM: l'1'mtcrs sct lIP1ll71lQC. clzxsscs :mtl two stutly' lmlls. Of ctm1'sc, tlwrt' wclx- tlmsc ltlckyst-11itm1's wlw haul thu privilcgt' tml VLIIIINIHQ ztmtlml the lmlls zlltur ll1L'lI'HI1L' tn' twu clzxsscs xvuru twcr. XYl1ilc sums clztsscs wart' lL'IlVI1lI1j,jll1llfL'YL'I'y SCIIYCIICL' l1IlSill lL'll5ll7llL'SLll1lL't'T ztml um' wrlw, ur rcattling ztll ztlwuut Nztptmlculfs wrxqtlcst, wthcr clztsscs wt-tc lt-:u'r1i11g lwy' llfllllll tltming. flu-l11ist1'y' stutlunts fuuml tlmt thc lm-st wztx' of L1mlc1'st:1mli11g sum' of thc nmrc tliHi ult CllL'INlk'11l tlwumlt-s was tw try' stmmc L'XlWL'l'll11L'Ill tlmt woultl slum' tlwc wl1y's :mtl XVl1L'l'L'lIl1'L',S. lhwwn in flltjPl'llll5l1tlp,ll1L'SlLILlL'IIlSlL'1ll'l1 fL'lllIlg tvpc. llmcy lcztrm-tl alll Qllmut thu tlif tcrcnt silt-s zmtl stylus of twpc. yllmmg with stutlying tht-su p1'im'iplcs,tl1c lmys cspc1'ic11t'L-tl strmu ut thc trials tat typcscttcrs wlmcn tlwy mist-tl up thc typc inttu :1 laig pic. IISSISLIIIUCIITS, L-x'c1'ym1c ttmuml sumc cxccllcnt t' ' ' IC1lLllIlQ mnrm-ml m the nmztgztmm' rtmrn :mtl L k 'l'l1t- plcturc lat-luw slmws tht' stutlcnts in thc UN fl1Q lWUliflWL'lYC5- 'Nw 5fUKlU'lf L1UU'lfll lilw:11'y' tlurirmg Il sixth pt-riwtl study hull. WI'U'Y1SCsl N115 Sfllkll' llilll- ness ul thu fumlztmcutztls of tlwc trzulc lwy llffllillll' .Nt lL'l15l unc pcvlutl ll mlm' stlltlcrlts Wcnt to thc l1lu':1ryttwstL1tly. Xltlmugh tlu' lIlWI'1ll'y wats spcciticzllly ll plztcc to PI'L'P21I'L' thu ncxt tl:1y's

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.Xlliert floss :mtl Stanley Howe coiisitleretl heing scholzisticzilly high at happy event. CO-VALEDICTORIANS Albie Goss, Stan Howe Win Top Honors 0 l7Cl711fCl' vs. jouriizilist zigziiiil lfor the second successive year at Nlusky tlehztter :mtl 21 Musky iouriizilist hzlve tiecl for the title of vziletlictorizui of our grzicluzitiiig class. XYith grzicle point ziverztges of 3.89, Aiouriizilist Stanley Howe :incl tlelizlter :Xlliert floss tiecl for the highest possilile scholastic ziwzuml, ezlch having received three H's cluring his four years of high school. Since freshmzm clztys, hoth .Xlhie zmtl Stun have set excellent examples for their clzlssmzttes. 'lieuchers LlCPCIlLlL'Ll on these two for the right ZIIISNVCVS to clillicult questions :tml for top grades in tests. lfiiitliiig the hoys con scientious in czirryirig out respoiisihilities, their friends elected them to many eflices in the Ul'glUll7.lIflUHS of our school. .Xlthough hoth hoys pzirticipzttecl in clillereiit zictivities, each mzicle :ui exceptional recorcl in his chosen lielcl. Mllilizttecl with flurorzui OI'QZllllZ2lfl0IlS for three years, Stzui kept three sets of hooks :mtl pLll'1llL'l1flUIl fuiicls meticulouslyg he :tlso worked out mauiy importzuit techiiicztl cletziils of the 1941? :mtl I9-ll fxllllllill .-Xurorzuis. 'Xlhie ClJllCCllfl'21fCkl on speech work for the past four years, earning the Degree of Distinction and ranking fourteenth in the country in the iiumher of points ii1N I' I 4 -ig--