Alexandria High School - Alexian Yearbook (Alexandria, MN)

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1936 X1AN 1936 U X T. Ording E. Helseth CX Spensley Class Advisers As the class of 1936 is about to be graduated, we pause to pay tribute to those members of the faculty, the senior advisers, who have been especially prominent in making our high school careers three years of happiness and success. As director of dramatics for our class plays, Mrs. Partridge Presents and Arms and the Man, and likewise as coach of declamatory Work, Miss Evangeline Helseth has contributed much time and effort towards making these activities successful undertakings for many of the seniors. E. Theodore Ording, acting in his capacity as chief financial adviser for the senior class, has done much to aid the class in solving its financial problems as well as serving as faculty adviser for the junior-sen- ior prom. Mr. Ording has also coached the girls' interclass basketball teams during the past three years. Although Miss Carol Spensley has been a member of the facul- ty for only a year, she has been very active in supervising senior activi- ties. Miss Spensley has served as class adviser for the G. A. A., coach for girls' home room basketball, and as business adviser for the senior class play. Also deserving of credit are Miss Martha Beck and Miss Lou- ise Bennion, former members of the faculty who acted as advisers for the class during the sophomore and junior years. F0111

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1936 THE ALEXIAN 1936 To Students, Teachers, and Citizens of Alexandria: The story of the progress of the Alexandria Public Schools during the past fifty years is a, story of sacrifice, vision, courage, and faith. It is a story of growth, of change, and of achievement. It would seem that those who have had the responsibility of the local schools during these fifty years have met their responsibility well. Although we may feel that the period just clos- ing has been a period marked with tremendous growth and striking change, the new era. before us may prove to be an era. of even greater change. Our social, political, and economic structures are being challenged. New schools of thought are springing up over night. The radio and improved methods of transportation have made neighbors of the most widely separated nations. This means that we must turn our thoughts to international relations and international affairs. The problems of the most re- mote nation have, in a sense, become our problems. The function of education in a democracy is to train for citizenship. In other words it is the func- tion of the schools to help individuals adjust them- selves to become useful citizens trained to get the most out of life. 'I'his means that in the future there must be on the part of the schools at shifting of emphasis from the practice of building up with- in students store-houses of factual data to an emphasis of proper attitudes and proper ideals. Education must train for leadership of the highest type. However, all the people of a democracy can not be leaders, the vast majority must be followers. These should be trained to be intelligent followers. The schools must train those followers how to select their leaders, how to evaluate their arguments in order that they may not be influenced by politicians and propagandists. It is the function of the schools to teach students to think clearly, intelligently, and independently. The schools can fulfill these functions in the future if they will .accept the chal- lcnge of true democracy. To this end and purpose the Alexandria School System dedi- cates itself. H. N. PETERSON Superintendent. To the Graduating Class: The Class of 1936 has been privileged to benefit by the growth and progress of the Al- exandria High School in the past half century. May the years you have spent under its direc- tion serve to stimulate your talents to grow and develop to the fullest extent, so that not only will they bring you those things of life which are most worth while. but also enable you to be of service to your fellow men. May this spirit of service continue to live and grow among the alumni of the Alexandria High School, not only for another half century, but for unmeasured years. F. J. HERDA Principal. Three

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1936 Ti-1nALExmN 1936 Sluclenl Council Front Row--Ruth Bergstrom, Catherine Peterson, Andrea Wick, Kathryn Westeriield, Elsie Friedland. Second Row--F. J. Herda, Arlene Johnson, Viola Wagner, Marjorie Thompson, June Hobart, Oscar Gustafson. Third Row--Darwyn Olson, Orris Gran, Erwin Dobberpuhl. Paul Anderson, Thorvald Lillevik. Under the supervision of F. J. Herda, student government in the high school has been efficiently conducted by the student council. Some of the most important activities of the organization included the planning of auditorium periods, regulation of hall traffic, the controlling of the point system, and the administration of the activity ticket sales. Each Monday throughout the year, the council met to transact its busi- ness. To meet the expenses of the council, a program of three one- act plays directed by Miss Stieler, Miss Krauss, and Mr. Herda was pre- ented. The council, too, had charge of the Have a Heart campaign to create a fund for the assistance of needy students. Orris Gran and Oscar Gustafson were the two delegates rep- resenting Alexandria at the annual convention of the Northwest Federa- tion of Student Councils of which the Alexandria Council is a charter member. The convention was held at Wayzata on October 11 and 12. During the past year Oscar Gustafson has performed the du- ties of the presidency of the local organization, assisting him were Orris Gran, vice president, Ruth Bergstrom, secretaryg and Thorvald Lille- vik, treasurer. Other members are Paul Anderson and Erwin Dobber- puhl, seniors, Marjorie Thompson, Catherine Peterson, Viola Wagner, lilsie Friedland, and June Hobart, juniors, Darwyn Olson, Arlene John- son, Kathryn Westerneld, and Andrea Wick, sophomores. Five