March 26, 1953 Friday and Saturday the Music Contest will take place at Boone. Following are participating: Vocal Solos - D. G. Partridge and Maris Slauson; Girls Sextet - Carla Smith, Reda Smith, Mary McGrane, Marilyn Carver, Janet Evans and Sandra Long; Mixed Quartet - Maris Slauson, Carroll Smith, Sandra Long, Rex Morrison; Boys' Quartet - Dale Derby, John Vasey, Carroll Smith, D. G. Partridge. Sandra Long will accompany the Girls Glee Club, and Mrs. Hart, teacher, will accompany the remaining groups.
Sophomore News - In Business Training, the girls have been learning different types of filing systems, how they are used, and how to arrange names and topics for filing. The boys in Agriculture took Farm Shop the past six weeks. World History has been interesting the past few weeks since we have been studying the World War and events leading up to the WW II. This included class discussions of the Big Four, Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin, and the World Depression. Some time ago, we finished our English books, so we now are studying Literature. The sophomore and freshmen spent a rather tiresome day taking I. Q. tests. We finished off by taking a preference test, which was designed to show our preferences as to life work or careers.
The boys' basketball team was in Iowa City Thursday to view the state tournament.
April 2, 1953 Music Contest - We are certainly proud of our ratings. Mixed Quartet - I Rating; Vocal Solos - Maris Slauson, I Rating, D. G. Partridge, II Rating; Trumpet Trio - II Rating; Cornet Quartet - III Rating; Girls' Sextet - unable to participate. The I Rating of the Mixed Quartet and Maris Slauson will go to the State Contest finals.
"Alibi Bill," is the name of the three-act farce senior class play to be presented April 17 in the high school auditorium. The cast: Bob Moses - Benson, a dignified butler; Dorothy Long - Lucy, the prim maid; Jack Koehler - Bill Smith, the young husband; Donald Johnson - Jimmy Robinson, the young stranger; Dolores Milligan - Aimee Smith, Bill's wife; Lee Ann Ridgeway - Mrs. Kennedy, Bill's mother-in-law; Phyllis Jeanie Carroll - Daisy Montaine, the actress; D. G. Partridge - Ned Kennedy, Bill's brother-in-law; Carla Smith - Miss Jones, Ned's real fiancé‚; Carroll Smith - The Cop, always gets his man.
April 9, 1953 Grade News: Third - In Arithmetic, we are learning how to multiply with two-figure numbers. Also learning to multiply with 1 and 0, which is sometimes confusing. In our free time, we are cataloging and indexing our library books. Fourth - first signs of spring, Linda Horn and Gay Hudson brought us our first pussy willows.
Baseball - Collins avenged a defeat of last fall by collecting 11 hits to defeat Elkhart 13-5 on their diamond. Don Johnson pitched 7 innings. Runs - 5, hits - 2, strikeouts - ?, walks - 1. Jerry Nichol caught. Vasey led the hitting with a triple and a double. Lineup: Long - 1 hit; Vasey 2 hits; Johnson - 2 hits; Kilgore - 2 hits; Smith - 2 hits; Koehler - 0 hits; Nichol - 2 hits; Fitzgerald - 0 hits; Dodd - 0 hits; Coughenour - 0 hits; Derby 0 hits; Rice - 0 hits; Ballard - 0 hits; Morrison 0 hits; Laird - 0 hits.