East Grand Forks High School - Memories Yearbook (East Grand Forks, MN)

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7eaafam'7 Front row: Marie Ortendahl, Minnie Gardner, Kathleen O'Rourke Elaine Tangen Second row: Elaine Somdalen, Violet Bardwell, Betty Bakken Third row: Dorothymae Bakken, Arlyce Torgerson, Gloria Ingalls Gloria Aamodt Miss Sena Hanson ers' College. . 70 . TEACHER TRAINING DEPARTMENT This year the Teacher Training Department has an enroll ment of eleven girls. The students are graduates of high schools from neighboring cities At the close of the school year these girls will receive Limited Elementary Certiii cates and are qualified to teach in any rural schools of Minnesota. After having had two years experience in teaching, they can ap lv this training upon an advanced course at a State Teaclhers College and receive credit for a whole year of Work at that colle e Because of a rise in teachers' salaries rural school teac ing has become more attractive to high school graduates, but there still is a definite shortage of teachers in one room schools This class has been very carefully and capably trained by Miss Sena Hanson, who is a graduate of Aberdeen State Teach

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E YYVYY 2777 PHY' VVYVY V First row: Joyce Bridgeford, Alvlary Maloney, Levone Mc- XZV Cullongh, e carer seuevig, Mrs. Theodore Olson, Cspeech directorj. Second row: Deane Skyberg, Lawrence Goodrich, Jack Carney, Joe Massee, Frank- lin Goodrich, Frances Bax- ter. Swan! Haha! W First row: Kent Haaven, Yvonne Bateman, Lois Part- low, Carolee Croy, Gerald ,,,,, Ericksen, Lloyd Doble, Cur- tis Olson, Earl Gangeness. Second row: Phyllis Hodge, Robert Taylor, Dorothy Har- ney, Lyle Johnson, Rodney Braden, Dean Jarvis, Paul Evanson, Cy Ducharme. SPEECH A Local Speech Elimination Contest was held March 17 at a convocation in the new gym. A dec- lamation team of ten members took part. Levone McCullough, a sophomore, did an excellent piece of work on her dramatic reading, Re- nascence. Dona Ellenson, a senior, also gave a fine dramatic interpretive reading,- The Ballad of the 'Harp Weaver. Dona won iirst place in dramatics which gave her the right to attend the district contest. Mary Maloney,,-a sophomore, gave a humorous selection entitled I Can't Make Up My Mind. Mary did a splendid job and won first in humorous. She too was then able to take part in the district contest. D Ioyce Bridgeford, a senior, gave George Washington Slept Here, a humorous reading. Ioyce made a very good showing and really ut her reading across. . jack Carney, a senior, gave Raise the Iron Curtain as his memorized oration. He made an un- usually good showing and won iirst place. U Deane Skyberg, a junior who also went out for memorized oratory, gave Labor's Right to Be Freen and gave jack a close second in his reading. Carol Settevig, a junior, gave a superior interpretation in manuscript reading, won first place and partici ated in the district contest. Doris Welhe, a senior, also went out for a manuscript selection and read well. Francis Baxter, a junior, wrote an original oration on Drive and Survive. Her manner was very sweet but convincing. Franklin Goodrich, a junior, was an able extemporaneous speaker at the district meet. I Lawrence Goodrich, a junior, showed considerable knowledge in his discussion of the subject Industrial Peace in America. The District Contest took place in Climax, Minnesota. East Grand Forks took second place. The District Play Contest which was held a few weeks previous to the speech contest was held in Crookston, Minnesota. Three students from East Grand Forks put on a one-act play, Smoke- screenf' They were Ioyce Bridgeford, jack Carney, and joe Massee. j These achievements could not have been attained had it not been for the expect coaching of SCHOOL PATROL This group of boys and girls works in conjunction with the State Highway Department and the local trafiic police officers. They patrol the intersections of streets where traffic is heavy, and assist the students, especiall the younger children, in crossing the streets. This is a new organization in our school, but it is aiieady doing a commendable piece of work in accident prevention among students crossing heavily traveled highways. Dorothy Olson. -69.

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