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

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Ag Promotes Farm Trade In Albert Lea vocatronal aqrlculture classes are dtvrded 1nto three SQCIIOIIS JUHIOI aqrlcultural and SOTIIOT aqncultural and a study ot farm records Iunlor aa lb a course whtch turntshes the basrc LJTIIICIDIOS and concepts tn Iarmtna IUIIIOT aqrlcul tural students learn how to t st mtllc how to obtaln bett r crop productlon and how to halt crop erosron lhese essentral methods are tauqht tn classroom study and on the spot expertence by the able sophomore and 1un1or 1nstructor Mr Donald Paulson Sentor aa classes deal w1th more lnvolved farm auesttons Thts class IS equal to a second year sub Ject rn any other course Durrnq th1s year students drq a lrttle deeper lnto problems that confronted them IH the1r sophomore and tumor years of aq As a supplement to the reqular tarm questrons Mr Lowell Ross sen1or aa teacher adds the lmportance ot farm accountlnq To keep up wrth the modern farm methods IS a drtfrcult Job but wrth the ard ot accurate farm records 1t 1S SIIIIQIIIIGCI to a HIITIIIHUITI A quest1on whrch IS studred both 1n 1un1or and sen1or aq IS the problem of lceepmq a farm and farm anrrnals rn top COTId1l1OI'l Also each year the students spend much tune dtsplaymq and VIGWIHQ crops ralsed ID our county and nearby commun1t1es The EEA whlch IS entlrely a student orqanrzatron has a srmple but very meamnaful motto whrch IS as follows LEARNING TG DO DOING TO LEARN EARNING TO LIVE LIVING TO SERVE POINTING OUT the good and bud qucxhtxes oi crops raxsed by ugn SERVING AS ONE OF THE HOSTS at the FFA Parents Ntqht as Le culture students to two of the crop rmsers ts Melvm Salmela Moyne Eqqum us he pours coffee for hxs paren s n ,N 1 Q . . ,.. c. , e ' ,. , - t , f , , . ,

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Gym Ralph Summers Athlehc Dlrector Intramural Basketball Baseball Health Drrvers Trammq Ioan Van Beek Physxcal Educatxon Gxrls Recreatxon Assocxatlon A B Cheerleading Paul Wxlke Physxcal Educatxon A Basketball Develops Fitness Helpmg the students to develop properly and grow phystcally ht was one of the accomphshments of the physlcal educatton classes Other developments were made m phys1cal stature and sell conhdence Basketball pmg pong shuttleboard volley ball square dahcmg and tumblmg htghhghted the gtrls gym classes They also exerctsed to mustc Drtlls and fudamentals were part1c1pated m by the boys as well as wrestlmg track and held relays The mtramural program was agam strong Both boys and glrls emoyed the sprmg weather by movmg outstde for thetr gym classes Klttenball was played by all and touch football and held soccer were played by the boys and g1rls respecttvely Sophomore gym classes combmed both boys and gtrls for a square dancmg and modern dartcmg umt Problems on ettquette marr1age current soc1al prob lems and hered1ty were dtscussed m gym classes Mr Ralph Summers athlettc dlrector was put IH charge of the health phystcal educatton and athlettcs programs l-le also taught health and d1'1vers trammg Teachmg gtrls phystcal educattort classes and be mg the advtser ot GRA and A and B squad cheer leadmg were fSSpOI'lSlblllllQS of Mrs loan Van Beek Mr Paul Wtlke taught the boys gym classes and coached the A squad basketball team DEMONSTRATING ROPE CLIMBING m a typxcal boys gym THE FIRST STEP rn each qxrls physical educatxon class class rs Iohn Gunderson as he slowly chmbs htqher exercxsxnq us demonstrated by these sophomore gurls Page 26

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milf' THIS MACHINE IS ACTUALLY EASILY OPERATED explams ATTEMPTING to hnd out how a floor polxsher works are the day Plullrp Rogers to hrs fellow mght custodzans George Head Roy custodxans Melvm Thompson and O E Guckenburq as Donald Vee Schroeder Elmer Naylor Melvm Thompson and Chester Nelson Frank Whxteaker Lowell Olson and Bert Iensen look on Custodians, Religion, Cooks, Nurses REPHESENTING the true meanmg ol the Relxqrous Instructlon release time program rs the open Buble handled with reverence Page 28 Addmg to the 1nd1v1dual needs ot each person the rel1g1ous mstructron classes were made posslble once a week to add spmtual learnmg to student educat1on On Wednesday mornmg students recessed to the church ot the1r cholce between tlrst and second hours to 1ncrease the1r knowledge ot the Scnptures The m1n1sters m the Albert Lea area devoted th1s tlrne to ard the students m sp1r1tual and moral oblrgatlons ot the Chrrstran and broaden the1r background of the hte ot Chrlst and other doctrmal behets from the Brble Resultrng from the Janrtors hours of labor through out the year was a Well kept school bulldmg m whlch the students prepared for the1r futures School mamtenance seemed the mayor duty of the custod1ans but each student rehed on them for many thmgs Extra currlcular act1v1t1es and audltorlum pro grams usually requlred a 1an1tor to unlock a door A locker stuck or was broken and the1r serv1ces agarn were needed Broken 1nk bottles threatened cleanlmess but the men were prepared to clean up after each ot the mmor accldents occur1ng ln the day Tendmg to the heat shovelmg snow repa1r1ng broken hxtures or sweeplng floors always managed to occupy all ot the addltlonal tlme they had rn the1r work day RGIIQIOUS release penods and a school bu1ld1ng xn perfect order added to the school llfe and knowledge gamed by each student through the effort and hours g1ven by the clergymen Jamtors and the engmeers . i . . , 5 .Q .. nf I . 1 . . , . , f , , , , .