Muscatine High School - Auroran Yearbook (Muscatine, IA)

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Standing: Superintendent A. A. Johnson; Mrs. Corrine Marx, secretary. Seated: Mrs. Dorothy Toborg; Dr. Robert Asthalter; L. D. Krueger; George H. Jacobs, treasurer; Clifford E. Worst, president; Kenneth Schreurs; Robert Hahn, vice president. il of (eee ehor ayer ie Members of this committee and the departments they represent are: Seated: Mr. Mike Edie, commercial subjects; Miss Florence Hahn, home economics; Miss Eula Downer, mathematics; Mr. Mearl Wood, English. Standing: Mr. Gordon McLean, music; Mr. Jim Maas, science; Mr. Lindley Hoopes, vocational subjects, Chairman.

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SUPERINTENDENT Mr. Arthur A. Johnson has served as superintendent of Junior College, High School, Junior High School, and the seven elementary schools of Muscatine for seventeen years. Before taking over the position that he now holds, Mr. Johnson taught school and was also a coach, He taught social science, phys- ics, and biology. He took his under- graduate work at Morningside College, received his M.A. at the State Univer- sity of Iowa, and did his post-graduate work at Iowa State College. Mr. John- son's hobby is playing golf. PRINCIPAL Mr. Fred G. Messenger, our principal, has the responsibility of taking care of our large high school. This year there were about 980 students and 40 teach- ers under his guidance. He taught com- mercial subjects, social science, and was track coach for five years until 1930 when he took over his present position. He received his B.A. at Iowa Wesley- an. Mr. Messenger’s one time ambition was to become a doctor, but in time he decided to make Education his career. His favorite food is steak, and he is always ready for a good game of golf.

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Even though this is Mrs. Kuppe’s first year at M.H.S., I think most of us know her for her help- fulness. Mrs. Kuppe came to M.H.S. from Portland, Maine to replace Mrs. Ruthenburg. Among the varied duties of our secretary are keeping the permanent records up to date, making out the new schedules, and checking the dictaphone work. This year Dixie Lee Erkson was our student secretary. Dixie typed tests for various teachers and ran them off either on the ditto or mimeo- graph machine, took dictation, typed the morning bulletin, wrote admits, signed work permits, and ran the switchboard. () LCe The functions and duties of the office of M.H.S. are numerous. Mr. Ulum, boys dean, has charge of keeping attendance records and giving admits and excuses. In order to help the regular office staff, a number of girls from the study halls are trained to run the switch board, deliver telephone messages, file the excuses, and pick up the attendance slips from the classrooms. Any teachers who have letters to be typed may dictate them on the phone and then a commercial s tudent will transcribe the letter on one of the two new dictaphones in the office. A system has also been set up to take letters for businessmen down town.