The business meeting of the Collins Honor Society was held Monday. The opening discussion was on whether we should change our name. The secretary is to write to the National Honor Society to ask qualifications to belong to the national society.
Grade News: 2nd - We are learning the different kind of cars that make up a freight train, also the helpers who work on the train. Each boy and girl is drawing a train car picture. 3rd - We have been practicing with hula hoops and jumping ropes, thanks to the gifts from the P.T.O. We have real life specimens to study in Science; turtles, rabbits, toads, caterpillars, and also a dead lizard.
The Collins F. F. A. met for Green-Hand initiation. The 9th and 10th Voc. Ag. class had a field trip to Ames going through the Iowa State (College) University Agriculture buildings.
Saturday afternoon the freshmen Home Ec girls went to Marshalltown to buy material for their aprons.
October 2, 1958 Merit Scholarships David Derby, son of Mrs. And Mrs. Thayer Derby of Collins, was among 214 Iowa High School seniors named as finalists in the 1958-59 National Merit Scholarship competition. The Iowans are among 10,000 seniors in the U. S. who score highest on the qualifying tests given last April.
Baseball - Collins came through with their third straight victory, defeating Clemons 13-6. Norman Spooner and Denny Sullivan were the pitchers. Collins collected 11 hits in scoring their 13 runs. Lineup: Gary Borts - 1 hit; Galen Smith - 2 hits; Danny Long - 2 hits; Jerry Dodd - 1 hit; Jim Nichol - 1 hit; Walt Nichol - 1 hit; Norman Spooner - 1 hit; Dave Derby - 1 hit; Denny Sullivan - 1 hit; Bob Dodd - 0 hits.
Collins defeated Zearing on the home field Tuesday 3-0. Collins scored three runs on three hits. Denny Sullivan pitched for Collins. Lineup: Gary Borts - 0 hits; Galen Smith - 1 hit; Danny Long - 1 hit; Jerry Dodd - 1 hit; Jim Nichol - 0 hits; Walt Nichol - 0 hits; Norman Spooner - 0 hits; Dave Derby - 0 hits; Denny Sullivan - 0 hits; Bob Dodd - 0 hits.
Cheerleaders for the 58-59 basketball season were elected from a field of ten candidates by the student body - Pat Hickle, Mary Ann Kearns, Beverly Kelderhouse, and Diane McVey.
Freshmen Initiation was held Friday at the high school. After having been assigned various costumes by the sophomores, each lowly freshman came to school Friday armed with candy, shoe shining equipment, and a nice speech. This mayhem continued through the evening program when the green freshmen were required to do their initiation performance for the students, parents, and teachers. A dance followed. Intermission entertainment was by the Mad Martians and Walt Nichol. Sophomore view of initiation: By the end of the day, the sophomores were overflowing with amusement and candy. Even though I was on the dance committee, I had no idea Walt Nichol could sing so well. It has been a year since I was a little green freshman. My thoughts have changed considerably in a year's time all that is now left of the initiation is the memory and some very good pictures.
Grade News: 1st - We finished our Phonics booklets of beginning sounds and are trying to remember as many of these beginning letters as we can. In Numbers we are formulating some of our own problems and finding the answers, and also learning the difference between addition and subtraction.