Albert Lea High School - Tiger (Albert Lea, MN)

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Stanley Mlttolstadt Ierome Narvolon Englllh ll Latin III Guidance Iumor Claxsxcal League Stress Learmng As an addrtronal subyect ln rumor Englrsh a course s1m11ar to cultural hrstory was started thrs year Amer rcan studres IS a two hour lecture perrod consrstrng of Amerrcan hrstory lxterature musrc and art The stu dents are requrred to do consrderable outs1de readrng rn order to cover the course adequately rn such a short trme Two term papers are also part of the program deslgned for thrs college preparatory course Trlps planned for the students 1n Amerlcan studres range from ballets to symphonres art gallerres to plays French and Spanrsh classes set therr goals not only to learn the language but also to know the people therr cultural background physrcal features art musrc and lrterature Thrs was accomphshed through makmg maps lrstenrng to records and tapes grvrng plays and observlng posters ot that country Mr Ierome Narveson replaced Mrss Clara Berdan who resrgned as Latm teacher last sprlng Prrst year Latrn classes learn vocabulary conrugate verbs trans late Latrn materral to EIlQl1Sl'l and partrcrpate rn the annual Latrn Banquet rn February Second year Latm students have advanced work rn frrst year work and study ancrent Gaul and Iuhus Caesar Durrng the semester break Mrs Ioyce Allen re placed Mrs Barbara Verdoorn who taught Englrsh 10 Mr Wallace Kennedy returned thrs year from a Colum bla Unlverslty Fellowshlp rn New York PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES on a Latin Thanksqlvmq bul letm board are Dee Ellertson and Lynda Bell Edythe Olson Gertrude Plers Enqlxsh 10 Englxsh ll H1 Teens Gmdance Hrldred Tenmhxll Barbara Verdoorn Speech Enqlxsh 10 Drama Txqers Roar Nahonal Thesprans Future Teachers oi Ilmenca Masquers Trqers Roar Page 15 I 1 1 1 ' ' ' . 1 , . 1 1 1 1 1 '- . V 1 1 - 1 1 1 ' . , . .. . t

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Ruth Bauer French Ill Spanxsh Ill French Club Spanish Club H1 Teens Edna Gercken Iournahsm Ah La Ha Sa Inger Grace Dahle Englxsh 12 Ushers Club Senxor Advrser Orvxlle Gilmore Enqhsh 12 Cultural Hxslory Paqe 14 Helen Heath Wallace Kennedy Enqllsh 10 English 11 H1 Teens Amencan Studxes Language Ar-ts Practtcal usage of Enghsh 15 derlved throughout the three years ID semor hlgh school By learnlng to express themselves well students show thetr mental growth rn language arts courses ln tenth grade Enghsh classes sophomores ex pressed therr knowledge ln grammar and sentenc structure Ltbrary book reports and themes were re qutred wrrtten papers whxle Srlas Marner and lulrus Caesar were two books selected lor the year s study lunrors rn hlgh school followed along the same lrnes as d1d the sophomores only w1th advanced work rn grammar and sentence structure along w1tl'1 an ex l1terature was also stud1ed ln the eleventh grade to co1nc1de wtth the Amencan h1story courses Thls year hrst term papers were also wrttten Senlor Enghsh was a comblnatlon of short stones grammar plays by Shakespeare and term papers Cul tural h1story wh1ch was an Enghsh course made up ot l1terature mus1c and art of d1tterent h1stor1cal per1 ods was also offered Three term paoers were requtred ot each student IU thrs college preparatory class The Journaltsm and speech departments under the d1rect1on of M1ss Edna Gercken and Mxss H1ldred Ten n1h1ll respectlvely promoted school actlvrtres IH Ah La Ha Sa Tlger play and speech work CHECKING OUT requlred class hterature and studymq dnflerent phases oi Amerxcan hxslory are Iames Rollms and Iamce Fcqe' - ' ' e tensive unit on parliamentary procedure. American , . I . , ,

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Page 16 H1story Soc1a1 Problems Anne Anderson World Hxstory 10 Guxdance Nlcholas Cords Cultural History American Studxes U S History 11 Iumor Adviser Paul Ehrhard World Hlstory 10 A Wrestlmq B Football Lettermens Club Baseball Alxce Gammell World History 10 Sophomore Advxser Iames Gustafson U S History ll A Football B Basketball An a1d rn strenathemng the soc1al attrrbutes of the students hroademng the knowledge of the cultural background ot people and brrngrng us a clearer under standlng of the past lS the maln purpose of the socral studles department 1n our hrgh school Th1s year the sophomores were all requ1red to take world hrstory Acquarntrng themselves w1th the prog ress of every natlon prehrstorrc man Medreval trmes and the Renarssance they rncreased 1n knowledge The Mlddle Eastern and European countr1es therr war leaders therr rulers and therr relatlons wrth each other were only part of the vast sublect matter wh1ch the class studred as 1t learned of forelgn natlons The effects ot the Crusades the lnventron of the modern sprnnlng machmery and the advancement made rn defense are part of the story of our world Un1ted States hrstory was taught to the Junlors Famous explorers the Prlgrlms and Purrtans and the Declaratlon of Independence were all marn parts of the study of the growth of a democracy Memorlzrng the pres1dents of the Unlted States the length of the term of each and thelr accomphshments was also studled OBSERVING THE MAP of South Amenca are Denms Lonq and Mary Earp wlnle Sandra Schoen carefully cuts out a duplicate