August 22, 1929 The Collins Consolidated school will open September 2. We are asking that as many of the High School students as can arrange to do so, come to the school building SaturDay, August 31, and register for the year's work. The building will be open from 1 to 5 p.m. Also, arrange to bring 50 cents for your locker key. The sale of textbooks will begin SaturDay afternoon in the Math room of the high school building. We would like both grades and high school, to buy your books SaturDay. If you have second-hand books, which you want to sell, you may leave these in the Math room. Be sure to have your name and the price you want for the book written on an envelope and enclosed in each book.
Following is the list of the teachers for the year: Earl R. Cope, Supt; S. N. Jespersen - Principal and Athletics; M. W. Erwin - Vocational Ag.; N. Ember Day - Home Economics, and Girls' Athletics; Doris Atack - English and Dramatics; Kenneth Kemp - Mathematics; Clara Signs - Junior High and Soc. Science; Frances Skarsliaug - Art and Auditorium; Vera Rankin (Vera Vasey) - Science and Library.
September 5, 1929 School opened MonDay with one of the largest enrollments in the history, total enrollment of 282. Anyone who has seen the interior of the building can't help exclaiming at the clean, fresh and bright appearance, the result of a good many Days' hard, painstaking work on the part of the janitor, J. G. Gingles, who finished or refinished 11 rooms in addition to the gym. The rooms were finished in cream and leather brown, and truly are very inviting. There will be no school next MonDay and TuesDay, Sept. 9 and 10, on account of the County Teachers' Institute, which will be held at Nevada at that time.
September 9, 1929 Collins School Places First In State Fair Exhibit - The Collins Consolidated Schools had the best displays at the State Fair this year. Out of 50 entries, they took 17 firsts, 12 seconds and 9 thirds. The local school was awarded first place among consolidated schools exhibiting for their entire collective exhibit. This work taken to the fair is taken from regular classroom work. Thus, the Collins schools again demonstrate that they don't have to stand back for any of 'em.
October 10, 1929 Vocational Agriculture Conference Held here. Twenty vocational agriculture teachers from central Iowa held a two-Day conference here ThursDay and FriDay. This was the second of five conferences, which are being held throughout the state this fall. Schools registered here were: Ankeny; Bondurant; Boone; Collins, M. W. Erwin; Gilbert; Johnson; Liberty Center; Mingo; New Providence; Newton; Radcliffe; Stanhope; Story City; Stratford; Winterset; Woodward.
October 17, 1929 A new system of grading is being used this year, which is explained as follows: A - Excellent, B - Good, C - Fair or Average, D - Poor, E - Condition, F - Failure. If a student gets an E on his report card, he is given 2 weeks in which to remove the condition. If it is not satisfactorily done in this time, it automatically becomes an F. Parents, urge your youngsters who receive an E to see the teacher about its removal. [Insert 2004: No further information provided on why change to "New