Grade News: Sixth - We are finishing our Science books this week and will start our new Health class in a few days. Ten of our girls are working with the Nutrition project from Iowa State (College) University. They have fruit or vegetable juice twice each day as a supplement to their regular school lunch. Karolyn Carley, Helen Jacobsen, and Charlene Luing received prizes for turning in the best diet record books. Third - In Arithmetic we are reviewing carrying with two-figure numbers and borrowing with the same kind of figures before taking up multiplication of numbers. We keep a record of all books read from the public library and find we have read a total of 99 books. Second - In Science, we have completed our unit on water. We are now ready to start a unit on magnets. Writing letters has been our topic in Language. We wrote letters to people in our room who were absent. We know all of our small letters of the alphabet in cursive writing and are about ready to start on capitals.
February 24, 1955 The annual F. F. A. Queen's Ball was held February 18 in the high school gym. Dancing in the gym, decorated in red and white in keeping with Valentine's Day, was enjoyed by 60 high school students and members of the faculty. At 9:30 P.M. Gene Fitzgerald, F. F. A. President, announced that Janet Evans, senior, had been elected queen. She was presented with a crown and a dozen red roses. The attendants were Betty Spooner, junior, and Mary Jo Shultz, sophomore.
Editorial - This term paper review was taken from "Our Foreign Policy" by Janet Evans. Policies are an expression of the national interests. They reflect what we are and what we want. Foreign policy is the governmental conduct of the relations of one sovereign state to the other sovereign states. (Insert 2005: Please refer to February 24, for the published article. Wow! I am glad I graduated in 1952.)
Girls 1954-55 Season Summary: Scheduled Games - Collins girls won: Elkhart 65-30, Slater 39-37, Rhodes 67-65, Colo 65-42, Baxter 71-64, Maxwell 62-51, Cambridge 64-36, Maxwell 49-33, Baxter 58-56. Lost: Farrar 63-52, Cambridge 45-41, Farrar 78-62, Shipley 52-46, Mingo 49-45, McCallsburg 50-44, Huxley 48-43, Colo 48-44. County Tourney: First round - lost to Gilbert 64-59. Sectional Tourney: First round - won over Maxwell 50-41. Semi-finals - lost to Van Cleve 52-49. Consolation - won over Colo 46-36 for Consolation trophy.
(Insert 2005: The Conference schedule in 1951-52 season was 12 games, each team playing on a home and home basis with the other six teams. The Conference games' schedule is now reduced to six games. Some teams continue to play home and home games with Conference teams; how the Conference game is determined is unknown to this writer.)
Girls 1954-55 Team Members: The starting six - Mary McGrane (55) (pivot forward) 108 pts.; Betty Spooner (56) (f) 298 pts.- apg-16.; Janet Evans (55) (f) 226 pts.-apg. 11; Sandra Carley (sophomore) (pivot guard); Mary Jo Schultz (sophomore) (g); Janice Heintz (57) (g). And also playing regularly - Georgiann Briles (58) (pivot forward) 372-apg-18; Jill Kilgore (57) (f); Donna Frerichs (57) (f); Marjorie Hickle (56) (f); Saundra Smith (58) (g); Verlie Etnier (58) (g). Manager - Sandra Long. Coach - Louis Schrader. Seniors: Janet Evans and Mary McGrane.