Newton High School - Newtonia Yearbook (Newton, IA)

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Faculty Beckholl, Orwick, Reed, Potwin, Speake, Thompson, Bestor, Blackburn, Eastburn, Boslough Marian Speake Bernice Eastburn Toledo Newton , . I'enn Uullege-, II. A. anal M. A. l'nn't-rally U- A- C09 4'Ulll'K4'- ll'll 3ll3' of mllmfo- of Iowa, Wrlter's l'onfert-nve, Vnlversily M. A. Ilnlverslty of Iowa, Pnlversily of of Colorado: Grinnell Institute ol Inter- Ul0f'dU- national llelatlons. Head Adviser of Girl Reserves Glrl Reserves Every teacher in the English department is on a standing com- mittee. This year these groups developed projects already inaugur- ated, such as the N.H.S. Handbook of Correctness, creative writing Hundred Books that were student-recommended was made, however, and new pat- booklets, and leisure reading lists. A new Une terns of teaching reading comprehension and appreciation were de- veloped in junior high school courses. Cooperation between the library and classroom work was taught when entire classes spent an hour in the school library . . . Seven of the department attended the annual conference of English and Language Teachers at the Uni- versity oi Iowa, and ten were at a Saturday meeting in Drake Uni- versity . . . MISS SPEAKE, head of the department, is vice president of the English Teachers ol Iowa State Teachers' Association and chairman ol the English section oi the Iowa Library Book committee. She talked at a spring conference ol English teachers from central Iowa at Drake University in April. She is also a member ol the State Conference Planning Committee of Girl Reserves . . . MISS BLACK- BURN served on the welfare committee of the Newton Teachers' As- sociation, and MISS REED served the organization as secretary . . . MISS BOSLOUGI-l, as speech instructor, helped organize a tourna- ment in N.H.S. and coached a one-act play for an exchange with Pella and Oskaloosa . . . MRS. BESTOR celebrated Latin Week with student exhibit and program. Page I1 Eunice Blackburn Marshalltown B. A. Iowa State 'I'eal'ln-rs Uolloae, M. A. l'nivt-rslty of Iowa, Wrltt-r's Conferenm-e. University of Folorudo: Unlverslty of Minnesota. Newtonia News, Yearbook Miriam Beckhoff Des Molnes French ltrnkv l'niu-r:llJ'. It, .-K. anal M, A Slat. l'nitvrsity of lnwu. Girl Reserves Mrs. Edna Bestor N ewtun Latin II. S. Turklo Uollt-ge, Ilnlverslly of Iowa, lnuke l'lllwrslt!'. Girl Reserves Alice Reed Newton ll, A, Iowa Wesleyan, M. A. University' ol Iowa, Gi-lnuv.-ll lnstltule of Internutlunul Itelutluns, Catherine Orwick Newton Form-ll Voltage, Drake Ilnlverxlty, Grin- nell Institute of Internutlonul Iiellllolll. ll. A. Slniuuon 1'UIl6'Kt'. Naomi R. Boslough Ui-slur Falls II. A, Iowa Stale Tvavlierli College, North- Vl't'Slt'I'll Fnlterslly. Thespian Club and Plays I-Iildred Potwin Allrflfll Ilnlverslty of Iowa, IS. A, Iowl Stale Tout-In-rs College, Unlverslty of Wuh- lnlilon. Anna Belle Thompson Den I son Purnell College, Ii. A, Ilnlvvrslty of Iuwu, University of Volorudo. Iunior High Newspaper

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Faculty tBackl Goodman, Clingman, Linder, tFrontl Pollock, Potteiger, Gullette, Elizabeth Pollock Ll Grungv, Mlssouri Social Science Lu Grunge College, li. A. l'nrk t'oIlt-gt-, M. A. llnirr-rally nf l'lili-emu, Grlnni-ll lnslllute of lnlernutlunul ltelatluns. Van Dyke Clingman Newtun Social Science ,Music Il. A. Vnlverslty of luwn, Drake lini- verally, llrlnncll lnstlluto: uf lnturnullonul Rellllunl. Grade Instrumental Music Robert H. Wick Mount llnlon Speech, Social Science ll. A, luwa Slate Teavlierx Vullegu, Unl- veralty of lowa, M. A. University nf Suulhern Cnlllornlu. Faye Wilkinson l'atnn Social Science ll. A. Nurllnn-ste-rn linlvn-rslty, lllllverslly of Inman, tlrlnnell lnstllnle of Interna- tlonul ltvlutlumr, llrako: llnivvrwlly. Wayne A. Goodman Nm-wlun Athletics, Social Science Htlllwum Pulls-ge, li, A. Mnrnlngslmlu t'ul- legv, Sulnnn-r Vuavlilllg Nrlmuls, Sulxit Luke, lnul. Florence Cooper Nowlun Social Science Vnlvvrslly nf Iowa, ll. A. Umm-ll l'olf lege, Uulnruclu llnlv4-nelly, l'nIrs-ruity uf Southern Ualllornlu, I'nirn-rally of l'uli- lnrnla, tlrlmwll lnslllulu ol' Illti-rmstiollal lh-lalluns. Irene Linder llurllvy. lima Social Science H H, Drake- Vnherslty, M. A. llnlverslty of Iown. Wilkinson, Cooper Clifford E. G-ullette Catharine E. Potteiger Nvwtun thlvlmll Social Science English, Social Science lflllsnurtli Poll:-gc, l'l1. lt. Pit-nlmunt 4'ul- Fm- Vollege, t'nlm'uulu Stull- 'l'eiu'Iu-rs Pol- lvge, Al. A. Klcnrgs- l't-almsly l'ulh-ge fur le-He. ll. A. l'n-ru Stull' 'I'vxAt'li4-rs Uullogu- 'l'vui-laws, linixersily uf Uuluratlu. l't-ru, Nebraska: Drake l'nirn-rslly. The history department has three members on the executive com' mittee of the Iowa Council for Social Studies and assisted in pre- paring the exhibit of that group at the state convention. There were also representatives at the Conference on Pacific Affairs in Des Moines and the University of Iowa Conference of History and Social Science Teachers . . . MR. GULLETTE is the editor of the bulletin, Iowa Council for the Social Studies. He is also a member of a committee in the central district of I.S.T.A. for Learning the Ways of Democracy through Education. Mr. Gullette is president of the Iasper County Council of the I.S,T,A. and spoke at the Secondary Education Con- ference at lowa State Teachers' College on The Discussion Club as a Method of Developing Democracy. He is a member of the pro- fessional committee of the local organization . . . MR. WICK is on the dinner committee of the Newton Teachers' Association. He was chairman of a panel discussion before the Kiwanis on Place of Service Clubs during the National Emergency, and gave a talk at the College for Living sponsored by a church group on a war-time topic. Mr. Wick, as speech instructor, helped sponsor a local speech tournament and was host to an invitational debate tournament . . . MISS WILKINSON served as a building representative, MISS POL- LOCK on the insurance committee, and MR. CLINGMAN on the picnic committee of the Newton Teachers' Association. Page .lr

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I! A Inu.: Shih- It-uvlu-rs Valli-gr-, I'ni- wrsllj uf Vululzulo, Faculty Strieby, Aanestad, Hesse, Griffith, Mead R. E. Aanestad Alice Mead Ny.u4,,,, Begh-ice Chlzirslmllinxlgl ' OIUIDS C Commercial 0,,,.,,,,,, I , 1 , H x X I 1' H I, , ll r Mauslmlllmxn .Iunmn tnllvul-, I! . . mum zum tn 1-gn, tum-rn 5' It - f I I 1'olm'n-In, .Xnwrix-:ni Instituto uf liusilwsw, Commerclol HHH, U WE.. 1 R i lvmkv l'IIlH'l'.fill3'. ll, S. lima Slim- Ti-an-hors t'ulli-uv, llnukv lf eSerVe5 limi-lsllx, Inuit-rwity nt In-:twin Girl Reserves N. G. Griffith Beverly Hesse N-'H'-H-V Wim-rlim CPfm'e9r.i3OI Commercial Senior ui ance Vniu-rally of Missouri Girl Reserves MR. AANESTAD was re-elected president and treasurer this year of the lowa Commercial Contest Association. The state commercial contest was, therefore, held here, April 25, and Newton teams held the highest scoring place. Mr. Aanestad was elected secretary of the Central Commercial Teachers' Association and acted as treasurer for the fifth year of the Newton Teachers' Credit Union, serving likewise on the picnic committee of the local association . . . MISS STRlEBY sent personal cash records kept by her students to the co-author of the accounting text, which he asked to keep . . . MISS MEAD, now Mrs. Wick, was on the service committee, and MR, GRIFFITH was on the professional committee of the Newton Teachers' As- sociation. S l'ui li. S, lxirksvilln- Stull' 'I'n-zu-lu-rs Uullvuv I'liiu-rsity nf Southern Vialifuriita, Nl A Business Manager Page I2