Rural School Notes

Normal training examinations will be given in the public schools of Postville, Waukon and Lansing, January 17, 18 and 19. During this time the office of the county superintendent will be closed for the purpose of conducting these examinations.

Allamakee county has been entered again in the State Spelling Contest. Procedure in conducting local contests will be virtually the same as that of previous years; that is, each town and parochial school will conduct its own elimination contest, and rural schools will have township contests under the direction of selected committees. All local contests are to be over by March 24. The county contest will be on the afternoon of April 7 at two o'clock in the Waukon Court House. State finals are April 28.

There are 207 eighth grade pupils in the rural schools in the county. These pupils will write eighth grade examinations in the subjects of spelling, hygiene, music, reading and geography on Friday, February 2. The examinations will be held in the public schools of Harpers Ferry, New Albin, Dorchester, Lansing, Postville, Waukon, Waterville and Luana. Pupils may select town most convenient.

Revised fair premium lists have been mailed out to all rural and town schools. School entries for the Allamakee County Fair of 1934 must conform to these lists. There are four divisions - rural school, graded school, high school and normal training. Premium money obtained from school exhibits is merited by the room or class furnishing the entry. It is spent for school equipment; it does not go to the individual.

Uniform county examinations will be held in the Court House on January 24, 25 and 26. They commence promptly at 8 o'clock.

The new state program in physical education will be presented to the grade teachers of the town schools on Saturday, January 18, commencing at 9 o'clock in the Waukon Court House. Mr. Karl Greenlee, president of the Iowa Physical Educational Association will explain the program, and Miss Catherine Patterson of Cresco will assist with the demonstration.

~Postville Herald, Thursday, January 11, 1934, pg 3

8th Grader's to Receive Diploma's

[note that this is a partial list of the 165 rural graduates]

Results of the recent Eighth Grade Examination reveals 165 rural students passed in all subjects. Seventeen of these succeeded in placing their names on the Rural Honor Roll; that is they were able to attain an average of 90% or above. These students will receive their eighth grade diploma at the Rural Commencement in Waukon, June 13th.

Eugene Baltz of the Woodland school Post, received the highest average, 95.1. Miss Helen Wegner of Postville is his teacher.
Marjorie Maguire of Lybrand school, Post, received the second highest average, 94.9. Her teacher is Mrs. Ethel Price of Calmar.

Other honor students from this part of the county, their school and their teacher, are:

Marlys Johnson, Franklin No.5; Gregory Peters, teacher.

Leora Bloxham, Evelyn Dunning, Eileen Chamberlain, Franklin No.4; Irene Foley, teacher.

Seventh grades were permitted to write in spelling and hygiene at the May examination.
~Postville Herald, Thursday, May 17, 1934, pg 1

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Graduation

The rural eighth grade graduation exercises for Allamakee county were held in the opera house in Waukon yesterday afternoon with the following program:
Presided by Eugene Baltz, Class Valedictorian
Entrance March - Phillips' Orchestra
Invocation - Rev. E.M. DeBuhr
Greetings - Marjorie McGuire, Salutatorian
Songs:
"The Nightingale" and "Billy Boy" - Graduates
"The Old Spinning Wheel" - Pupils of Jefferson No.1
"Weel May the Keel Row" and " Hills of Tyrol" - Pupils of Franklin No.3 and No.4

Commencement Address: R.A. Griffin, State Department of Public Instruction
Presentation of Diplomas: Isabella McCormick, County Superintendent
Presentation of "I" Letters: R.A. Griffin
Benediction: Rev. E.M. DeBuhr
Class Picture: Court House Lawn

The Honor Students from this corner of the county are: Eugene Baltz, Woodland, Post; Marjorie McGuire, Lybrand, Post; Marlys Johnson, Franklin No.5; Leora Boxham, Franklin No.4; Evelyn Dunning, Franklin No.4; Eileen Chamberlain, Franklin No.4

The graduates from this section of the county are as follows:
Franklin - Melva Henderson, Charles Nagel, Roy Canter, Clara Klees, Harley Swenson, James Bloxham, Jeleen March, Leo March, Viola White, Helen Ralston, Anna Burchart, Florence Hamann, Milton Hamann, Leonard Geno.

Ludlow - Dolores Soride, Donald Hager, Loraine Snitker, Merle Phipps, Jeanette Woods.

Post - Keith Brainard, Ray VanGorder, William Livingood, Bernice Gordanier, Kenneth Schara, Rodney Smith, Charles Folsom, Marjorie Thornton, Henry Paulsen, Leonard Thoma, LaVerne Hangartner, Viola Marie Joyce, Marguerite Baltz, Donald Kohrs, Geneva Wilke, Vernon Miller.

~Postville Herald, Thursday, June 14, 1934, pg 1