Omaha North High School - Norseman Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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PHYSICAL EDUCATION Two years of physical activity are required for graduation. Thus, most students are active in athletics or in milder physical education. Boys' sports follow the seasons, and include football, basketball, wrestling, track and base- ball. Not to receive minor mention is the good sportsmanship developed by participation in these events Basketball baseball volleyball tennis and badminton consume the time of the girls This year cage ball and deck tennis were intro duced to the roster In addition girls may belong to the rifle team or learn grace and poise in the dancing class INDUSTRIAL ARTS All year long the saws in the shop buzzed busily the boys in the industrial arts depart ment were getting practical experience ap plicable to a profession after graduation This course also helps them to become general handymen capable of repairing mechanica defects and constructing wood products Mechanical and architectural drawing are also included in the course These boys pre pare to outline the future as Mr Burkholder and Mrs Students study In 220 library Simpson discuss book select ons SOCIAL STUDIES Social studies is the first history course with which freshmen come into contact It in cludes orientation to high school life and world geography The high school career then follows with world history American history and American government This year resulting from a school decision no American government classes were offered After l95'5 American government will be re quired during the senior year preceded by American history In former years this pat tern was reversed LIBRARY As a result of National Book Week in the fall the library has a greater selection of books now than ever before At that time extremely successful program of fund raising and student reading was originated Vikings were given 80 minutes of class time each day to read and at the conclusion of the week they donated five cents toward a fund for new books Forty magazine subscriptions six complete sets of encyclopedias and IO OOO books pro vide outstanding supplementary reading for all students Q19 1 1 1 SX . , , , , I , . I T I . I ' A A i . . . ew, , E y 2- I: E . , OPI X mfg , . S t, wig , , , , I 'E I I I I -

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I Q X Nw NX -A--.ic --1---....,. N XX X XX xg ENGI.ISI-I ThIs year the EnglIsh department was dI vIded Into two sectIons academIc for those students preparIng for college and general for all others ThIs arrangement provlded stIf fer work for those who were capable of It and sImpIIfIed detaIIs for students takIng a gen eral course Grammar tests gIven at least once a year were many VIkIngs Waterloo s Another change affected the 1unIors They couId substItute IournalIsm debate or speech for EngIIsh V If grades permItted BUSINESS EDUCATION A few years of conscIentIous applIcatIon In the busIness educatIon department should as sure Instantaneous success for any student enterIng Into the commercIal world TypIng, shorthand and transcrIptIon are of fered for the secretary to be, whIIe the ac countant to be wIll be Interested In bookkeep Ing, busIness law and OIIICG practIce For several years, Instructor Mrs ColIIns has maIntaIned a school employment agency for senIoI students 8n A Posters paIntIngs and ceramIc fIgures adorn room l48 the artIsts workshop to make It one of the most IOSCIHGIIUQ In the school Newcomers In the department are taught by James P FOIIO to use colors correctly and employ freedom of style creatIvely They od vance rapIdly In crafts stIll lIfe and fashIon desIgn untIl many are able to sell theIr hand work commercIally The art department ranks hIgh among others In the cIty Indlcated by the great num ber of awards earned by the students FOREIGN LANGUAGE UnIted we stand when It comes to fI nances decIded the foreIgn language depart ment Therefore the French German LatIn and SpanIsh classes combIned for two money raIsIng projects the sale of GhrIstmas stIck ers and the presentatIon of a dance There IS a club In connectIon wIth each lan guage group Several prInt a paper In addI tIon These provIde a common bond for frIend shIp and an opportunIty for IndIvIdual mastery of IInguIstIc peculIarItIes Mrs Petersen helps Lon Fratt wlth typlng lesson II I It T P'1'f' I 5 E? its f S 1 ' , N f 4 K s 5 ' 5 o 5 ,I -2 ilsrii s is If' S 25 ' g.,,fc Qig,'! I . X QQ I is . 55 6 It gait 1. S . Digg -Qfflm, ---- . Xx A Q, - :fu-,?, :Y '- Xi: A5 . ' E' .5 '-' ' I . . . . . II,-2 ' I 1,53 '. . I ' , ' gf' - ' !i::.:L L ,Ir . ' A f-: ' X .xsxfsxws sig . ,Iv X X X M I '1 XX ' I I ' I ' Z I I ' ' . 1 ' I . . . - ' I I I I ' ' I Il I ll ' - I

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SCIENCE The fa cunatuon or horror of dussectung a frog are known to almost every Vukung before graduatuon Thus us part of the buology course whuch us offered together wuth general scuence physuology and health chemustry and physucs un the scuence department An aquaruum and terraruum are recent ad dutuons They are un contrast to the collectuon of plants and stuffed anumals on p rmanent dusplay f e4A ,:slSl IAQ, R...-1 l-lOME ECONOMICS lt us no cause of speculatuon as to why the home economucs rooms are always so cheery and spotless The gurls un that department are taught these healthful habuts plus the skulls applyung to sewung cookung and chuld care They study also how to keep expenses at a munumum when rnauntaunung a home Thus year as un those past homemakung students have planned and made theur Easter outfuts 20: Mr Dorsey Mr Burkholder and Mr Ekfelt confer a stu dents study anumal Iufe through the rn croscope MATHEMATICS Solvung geometry problems us not as sumple as ut looks but that does not stop Vukung mathematucuans from tacklung ut Thus applues also to the algebra and trugonometry courses offered for by the nune unstructors un that de partment students have been taught to putch One year of math us requured for gradua tuon but two are necessary for a college pre paratory course Junuors take a math test the results determunung whether extra math need be taken theur senuor year Muss Butler supervuses artusts ot the range un homemakung class l ff 1 as f ' ' ' ' Q B 'Jizz ., .'.... Q! in-H M, ff T . . , xl S I . ' , s -Q S 4 S . l . 2 . I . I Q .