NICHOLITE
[Undated, prob. 1960]
Submitted by Charlene Hixon September 18, 2014
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 | 3.50 |
| 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 | | |
| Lois 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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Blithe 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 of 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 Madama 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. Dickenson said the students enjoyed doing an
experiment about air.
In Art the
first graders drew winter scenes.
They
also made 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.
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 also painting snow scenes on the
windows.
In
Arithmetic 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.
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.
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.
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 57-43.
As usual, Strickfaden lead the way with 32 points, but the
forwards’
total percentage was low – 26 ½ %.
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.
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.
Come To The
Valentines Dance
February 12th
$1.00
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
GUM
CHEMICAL
Have you
ever seen anyone chewing um 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 “gum 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 in 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.
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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