Lawrence H. Shepoiser is completing his sixth year as superintendent of the Mason City Public Schools.

Born in Des Moines, he was graduated from Sumner High School and in 1932 received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Iowa State Teachers Collge, majoring in economics. In 1939 he received his Master of Arts degree from the State University of Iowa, majoring in school administration.

Mr. Shepoiser was superintendent of schools at Geneva Consolidated, Hudson Consolidated and Traer Public Schools between 1935 and his going to Independence as school superintendent in 1943.

He was inducted into the Navy in May, 1944, and served as a gunnery officers in the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Indian Ocean until October 1945. Upon leaving the service, he returned to the Independence school system, before coming to Mason City.

Marilyn Tosel is one of seven Mason City High School seniors who are interested in the nursing profession. The girls spend from 7 to 10 a.m. each day in one of the local hospitals, or in a doctor's office. Then comes their regular classoom instruction for the remainder of the day. Related instruction includes chamistry, biology, consumer science and foods.

An important factor in keeping teen-age students in school and in their earning a high school diploma is the co-operative part-time program offered by Mason City High School.

Educators believe that many students are inclined to drop out of school in the junior and seniors years in order to get an early start at learning a trade.

Upon studying their high school program, however, these students discover that they may strt employment in the trades and industry area, in retailing establishments or in offices and at the same time continue their high school education.

During their senior years, these students are placed afternoons in places of employment. Their remuneration followas the recommendations of the State Board for Vocational Education.

Upon graduation many of the students continue to work full-time in the business where they have received their part-time training while in high school.

In Mason City High School the business education program is under the direction of Marion T. Haahr, the diversified occupations program under Alvie M. Sarchett, and the distributive education program under Mis Aileen Stern.

Mary Lou Plath, who is enrolled in the business education program, spends her afternoons in the North Iowa Finance officer. She plans to become a secretary.

The secretarial and clerical co-operative part-time programs in business education cover nearly the same phases of work with one exception. The clerical students do not receive on-the-job training in shrothand.

Students interested in secretarial work learn office procedure, shorthand, typing, correct letter writing and the operation of office machines during the morning session at school.

Two school credits are given for the two hours of daily class work in the secretarial program and one hour in the clerical program.

In the afternoons the students spend their time in offices in the community.