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

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A i Ioyce Allen R. Wayne Cleveland Grace Dahle Edna Gercken L, , English 10, 12 Speech I, II English 12 Ioggnalism A ll A American Field Service English 12 Senior Adviser Algebra fy!! , National Thespians Ah La Ha Sg 7 .P--f---'J i English Teaches Basic: Skills, Speech Orville Gilmore English 12 Humanities I1 HUMANITIES II STUDENT, Mark Iohnson, compared Brugel's Tempta- tion of St. Antony to Grunwald's Crucificion. both of which are Renaissance paintings of the northern school. Man's intelligence is revealed every time he opens his mouth to speak or picks up his pen to write. Senior high students endeavor to develop this ability through three years ot English study. Sophomores delved into a complex study ot word usage, sentence structure and commonly misspelled words. Experiencing Shakespeare tor the first time, they read and analyzed julius Caesar. Coinciding with the study of United States history, juniors pinpointed their reading to American literature. The word individualism took on a new meaning after reading Thoreau. Preparing for college work, juniors experienced the long hours oi research and careful composition that is involved in writing a term paper. Clirnaxing two years of Engish study, seniors con- centrated primarily on literature. Three Shake- spearean plays and Marlowe's Dr. Faustusu high- lighted their reading. The senior term paper was longer and required more work than the junior paper. HUMANITIES I STUDENTS, Paul Black. Martha Wayne and Larry Fredrickson, learned techniques of note taking, term paper writing and study habits, valuable college assets. , f ,,N,,4.N.Nf,N.. ...,, . , ' iv s . 'Y' Page 14 . M ., ,, 2 f x -:aa 4' 3 I

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With Present and Helping future seniors choose and plan their senior class schedules was one of the main responsibilities of the lunior Class counselor, Miss Gertrude Piers. Besides planning academic schedules, Miss Piers conducts conferences throughout the year with each of the students of the lunior Class. With these confer- ences, Miss Piers helped the students with their social, scholastic and vocational plans. One of the valuable opportunities of the senior year was College Day, an annual event. College Day provides an opportunity for students and parents to become acquainted with the colleges of interest to them. Much information was obtained at College Day concerning various phases of college such as tuition costs, housing facilities, working opportunities, scholar' ships, student loans, activities and the curriculum offered. Each student had the opportunity to meet with representatives from at least three colleges. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOT1-YS Professor Roger Page outlined Uni- versity programs to interested seniors Michael Morrison, Roxanne Wehrhan and Barbara Slife on College Day. Future Plans WHICH COLLEGE IS FOR ME? How much will it cost? Where do I obtain the answers? These questions could be answered for the prospective college students by numerous college bulletins available in the senior high guidance oHice. WORKING IN CLOSE ASSOCIATION with sophomores in planning their senior high curriculum was Miss Gertrude Piers, sophmore counselor of the Guidance Department. Nw Page 13

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ZXZLLUKW7-1 S -f1enl ww Helen Heath Wallace Kennedy Edythe Olson lames Swanson English 10 English II English 10 English II Hi-Teens Humanities I Hi-Teens Communications Skills Future Teachers of America Humanities Compare World Culture To endeavor to find man's purpose, To Know Thyself' and to improve oneself culturally and intellect- ually are three purposes of the humanities, a course offered to capable juniors and seniors. Humanities l students delved into a study of American history, art, music and literature. Our Town by Thornton Wilder was presented in a series of four movies. tm Humanities ll students studied the history of the Western Civilization in which the aspects of music, art, literature and architecture were covered. Sophocles' Oedipus Rex and Hamlet were presented through educational films. Students attended the Minneapolis Art lnstitute, a Shakespearian play and an opera. Externporaneous speaking, panel discussions and various kinds of speech material were introduced to Hlldfed :rennihm Speech l pupils. ln Speech H, every aspect of the Enghshn theater was taught, including make-up, lighting, set design, tragedy, comedy and costuming. CAST MEMBERS from Great Caesars Ghost collapsed on the sofa AS MRS. HELEN HEATH dictated from behind the lecturn, two sopho- alter u hilarious but exhausting practice. more English students made up their daily lesson. Page 15