THE
NICHOLITE
Submitted by Charlene Hixon September 18, 2014
NICHOLITE – UNDATED
1960
Term and Semester
Honor Rolls Announced
The
school honor-roll has been established by the second nine-weeks and the
semester. To reach
the honor roll a
student has to have a B average or above and not have any grades below
a C on
their report card.
High School
| Freshman: | 2nd Nine Weeks | Semester |
| Keith Barnhart | 3.40 | 3.33 |
| Larry Brenneman | 3.46 | 3.46 |
| Laura Albrecht | 3.33 | 3.33 |
| Belita Brenneman | 3.56 | 3.46 |
| Linda Grable | 3.00 | |
| Diane Jansen | | 3.08 |
| Linda Rummells | 3.33 | 3.26 |
| Barb Walker | 3.13 | 3.20 |
| Sophomore: | | |
| Bob Swanson | 3.26 | 3.33 |
| Audrey Chown | 3.25 | 3.25 |
| Joyce Christian | 3.20 | 3.13 |
| Barbara Zybarth | 3.86 | 3.80 |
| Junior: | | |
| Larry Luettgens | 3.33 | 3.5 |
| Cloyd Phelps | 3.66 | 3.66 |
| Judy Durst | 3.16 | 3.16 |
| Marianne Barnhart | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Nancy Longstreth | 3.41 | 3.41 |
| Patty Meyers | 3.33 | 3.33 |
| Donna Strickfaden | 3.66 | 3.58 |
| Senior: | | |
| Stuart Schmitt | 3.33 | 3.16 |
| Sherry Finley | 3.83 | 3.75 |
Eighth Grade:
Harry Christofferson
Louis Albrecht
Virginia Brenneman
Marylin Grable
Carolyn Hollenbeck
Nancy Poetler
Deanna Porter
Seventh Grade
Linda Brenneman
Connie Christian
James Kaalberg
Garry Phelps
Sandra Schmitt
Penny Han (Semester Only)
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Blythe Spirit by
Noel Coward
Senior Class Play
Blithe
Spirit by Noel Coward is the title of the Senior Class play to be
presented
both on stage and on T.V. Royalty
for
the play is $50.00, but since such a small class is putting it on, the
Co. is
charging only $15.00 royalty.
It’s the
story of a man and the trouble he has with his two wives. His present wife thinks he
is giving her
sarcastic answers, when he is really talking to his former dead wife,
who has
come back to haunt him.
The cast
includes Linda Elder as Ruth; Bob Pike as Charles; Sherry Finley as
Mrs.
Bradman; Delpha Holcomb as Elvira; Joyce Christian as Madame Arcati;
and Edith
( a maid has not been filled yet.
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NHS To
Close
The Nichols High School will not
be state approved after
June 30, 1961, Mr. Collison, Regional Supervisor from the State
Department of
Public Instruction, has announced.
A public
meeting will be held at 8 p.m. Wednesday, February 3 in the gym to
discuss
proposals. Nichols
has two alternatives:
1.
Operate the elementary
school and send high school
students to an accredited high school on a tuition basis, or,
2.
Reorganize
with a larger district.
Nichols is located in an area that
reorganization with
either Lone Tree or West Liberty Community School Districts would be
possible.
The
Lone Tree and West Liberty Boards of Education have been
invited to the meeting to
offer information and answer
questions regarding their respective systems.
Rev. L. J. Vogel, pastor of St. Mary’s Church, will
moderate the
meeting.
The
School Board has urged that every voter in the school
district attend.
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GRADE NEWS
First
Graders Make Snow Flakes
Those having perfect attendance for the first semester in
the first grade are: Dana Clark, Lawrence Johnston, and Betsy Rudman.
In Science the first graders are studying about air. Mrs. Dickerson and the
students enjoyed doing
an experiment about air.
In Art the first graders drew winter scenes. They also mad snowmen and
snowflakes.
All the first grade reading groups are in a basic reader
entitled “The New Fun with Dick and Jane.”
Leonard Peterson, Ronald Roth, and Ricky Brown have been
absent lately.
Mrs. Robert Chown, Mrs. Marvin Mills and Dee, and Mrs.
Raymond Porter have visited the first grade room.
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Third
Graders Study Subtraction
Cherry Peterson was the only third grader having perfect
attendance for the first semester.
Sydney Borgstadt and Denise Hutchinson both had birthdays.
The theme in decorating the room is snow figures. The third graders are
learning how to add and
subtract three-placed numbers.
Those who have been absent lately are: Sydney Borgstadt,
Ruth Hollenbeck, Barbara Elder, Randy Brown, Margaret Brugman and
Brenda
Walker.
Roger Conklin won’t be with the third graders anymore
because he moved to Muscatine.
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Fifth
Graders Study Fuels
A unit on transportation is being studied in Social
Studies class. A
series of pictures is
being made showing travel in early days and today.
Reports on fuels for heat were made in science. Different fuels were:
wood, coal, gas
(natural and artificial), oil, charcoal, coke, and peat.
Arithmetic practice continues in fractions and dividing by
two-place numbers.
Mary Conklin and Don Calvert have moved leaving an even
dozen in the fifth grade.
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Seventh
Grade Has a New Pupil
The seventh grade students were happy to welcome their
first newcomer since last year. Their
new classmate is Candy Houser.
In Science the seventh graders have just received their
first issue of Current Science. To
go
along with the paper, there will be a Current Science Day. On this day everyone is to
bring a current
science clipping or article from a magazine.
In Social Studies there is a television show in the
making.
Shirley Hillyer, Sandra Schmitt, and Patricia and Michele
Hutchinson have birthdays in January.
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Pleasant
Plain Girls Beat Nickettes
Even though the Nickettes lost to Pleasant Plain on the
local floor January 15, the girls showed improvement in their playing. Inspired by this being the
homecoming game,
the team showed enthusiasm resulting in action that should have been
good for a
win. However,
Pleasant Plain repeated
their earlier victory by outscoring Nichols 56-43.
As usual, Strickfaden lead the way with 32
points, but the forwards’ total percentage was low – 26 ˝ %. If they had been hitting
that night, the pep
of the team should have carried them to a victory..
Observing the girls’ playing on January 26, spectators
could only wish this was another homecoming night.
Where was the zip the girls had shown at that
last local game? Both
Nichols and their
opponents, Mt. Union leading 33-26.
Friday
night, January 29, the Nicks will journey to meet the L&M team,
a team
which is new this year, combining Letts and Grandview.
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Jr.
Hi. Basketball
January 21, the Jr. Hi. Boys had a game with Muscatine Jr.
Hi. The little
Muskies came out on top
with a score of 25 to 23. High
scorer
for Nichols was Garry Phelps with 12 points.
Plemmons and Moody tied for high scorer for the Muskies
with 6
points. The next
game is February 4 at
Riverside.
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Come
To The Valentines Dance
February
12th
$1.00
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NICHOLITE STAFF
Editors
Judy Mills
Nancy
Longstreth
Reporters
Laura
Albrecht
Marianne
Barnhart
Linda
Rummels
Joyce
Christian
Bernice
Kasper
Sherry
Finley
Judy Mills
Art
Larry
Luettgens
Mimeograph Operator
David
Hillyer
Larry
Green
Typists
Judy Mills
Nancy
Longstreth
Bernice
Kasper
This is the staff which published the 1926 Nicholite from
which we took our editorial for this week:
Editor-in-chief --
Robert Fox
Ass’t Editor – Cecil Hintz
Business Manager – Burton Mills
Ass’t Business Mgr – William Quinby
Editorial Writer – Ted MacDougal
Literary Editor – Geneva Lorber
Town Editor – Beula Nash
Grade Editor – Clarence Hillyer
Sports Editor – James Kirchner
Society Editor – Wilma Kirchner
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Gum
Chemical
Have you ever seen anyone chewing gum when in
company? What do
you think of it? It
is certainly a sign of bad manners.
We know better, or should, at least, than to
commit such an unmannerly act when in the presence of others. It causes much annoyance
to others when
someone is chewing gum whether it is chewed silently or otherwise. How disgusting it is to be
seated in school,
church or other public places, near one who is chewing gum and making a
great
deal of unnecessary noise.
The only proper place to chew gum, if such there be, is in
your own room, with the door closed, where you may be alone. We never see a well bred
person chewing it
when in the company of others, so why does not everyone be mannerly in
the same
respect? Just try it. It
will not do you
any harm, and it may do good, in that it will raise others’ opinion of
you.
But if we must tolerate the evil, let us at least regard
some rules of what might be called “gun etiquette.”
The floor is no place for gum.
However many people insist on depositing it
there. Aside from
sanitary and
ornamental reasons, it is far from agreeable to step in. Furthermore the student
who is trying to
study and at the same time engages iin that other absorbing task of
chewing
gum, gets little from his work. His
mind
is not concentrated on the task at hand and the effort is wasted. But not only that, but the
chewers neighbors
are also prevented from doing their best work.
Let’s substitute a little mental effort for some of this
jaw effort, and
watch the result.
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Recital
for Contest Held
A Recital Program was held 2:15 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29 at
the Nichols School Gymnasium for the Grade School Solo Contest held
Saturday,
Jan.30, which was at Washington, Iowa.
Trumpet solos were Ken Grable and Ralph Raper; Coronet solos: Phyllis
Green and Linda
Kirkpatrick; Baritone
solos: Harry
Christofferson and Candy Abbott; Trombone
solo: Dennis
Albrecht; Tuba solo:
Gaylord Swanson; Alto
Saxophone
solos: Sandra
Schmitt and Jim Meyers;
Clarinet solos: Rowena
Pike, Nancy
Marine and Mardella MacKenzie; Flute
solo: Lorna Pike.
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