River Falls High School - Kinnick Yearbook (River Falls, WI)

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.Z. Mrs L1ll an Hupert Mrs Jane Laue Mrs Dons Fuka Mrs Thora Evenson Sereta1v Presldent Treasurer VICE P1 es1dent P.T A Celebrates Twenty five Years of Actlvlty iAn essent1al cog 1n the mach1ne1y of a well run educ'1t1onal 1nst1tut1on IS f1e quent contact between the teache1 and the parent of h1s pUpl1S The Parent Teach ers Assoc1at1on 1n th1s school has fO1 twenty five years been an effectlve orgamza t1on 1n promotmg mutual understand1ngJ The Parent Teacher Assoc1at1on was orgamzed 1n 1921 22 It was the result of a g1ow1ng 1nte1est of parents 1n the welfare of the school Mrs Roscoe H111 Mrs Lnlbert Norseng Mrs Franx Bl1ss Mrs Frank F1nn and Mrs Frank Pomeroy were the founders Mrs H111 became the first presldent and served two years In 1923 the PT A Jomed the State Federat1on Th1s year two of the founders Mrs F1nn and Mrs Bl1SS attended the founders day observance and told about the early alms of the organ1zat1on bome of the early 0bJGCt1VES of the organ1zat1on mcluded sponsorlng the Boy bcouts aldlng them flnanc1ally helpmg to find leaders a1d1ng the Publlc L1brary and buy1ng playground equ1pment When the school burned 1n 1927 the PTA 1ola and to buy band unlforms The a1ms have been better health good homes that are a worthwh1le un1t of SOCl6ty bette1 educat1onal opportun1t1es and communlty betterment through the prxvllege of good c1t1zensh1p and 1n short the welfare of all ch1ldren The suppo1t and mtluence of fathers as well as mothe1s and teachers IS needed to help reallze these xdeals bome of the accomphshments th1s past year have been a summer round up of all ch1ldren who are to enter school for the first t1me and gett1ng the cooperatxon of all doctors and dentlsts 1n the c1ty to glVe free exammatlon to d1scove1 any phys1ca1 defects that could be co1rected so that each Chlld can take hlS place 1n the school Mflth a strong body The organ1zat1on has also sponsored the Boy Scouts the Cubs the Teen Age Lanteen and the grade school Chr1stmas Play 1n wh1ch all ch1ldren 1n the grades get an OppO1tLlI11ty to appeal Th1s yeaz an adult recrcatlon class was started ln Wh1Ch badmlnton and volley ball were played The Mother smgers IS a group of mothers who enjoy s1ng1ng and meet 1egula1 ly They also appeared on the program P1 obably the most successful pl0g18I11 f1 om the parents v1ewpo1nt 1S the back to school n1ght when the parents attend the classes ot thell hlgh school age boys and g1llS and have the teache1 outl1ne b11efly the sums of the course each boy and gul w1ll study The regular meetmg date of the P T A 15 the fOL11tl'1 Tuesday of each month du1 mg thc school yea1 The dues are fifty cents CM1s Letha FOStE1J Page Twelve . o o 0 0 - . . . 1 - Q . . . . . Q - b ' . l 1 s D . 1 - . , Q , . , . , . . . . I U ' , ' , , , l ' 9 put on 1noney-making projects to help buy pictures for the school, purchase a rad- , . . . . . , Q 4 V y Q 1 - . , 1 ! 7 ' , . D 1 1 h ' 7 ! . Q W. 1. . . . . - - - . . ' ' ' ' ' - ' v y . . ' Q' C '

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SCHOCL BOARD E F Benson Dlrector Jeanette Hague Clerk Dr John S Anderson Treasurer It lS dlfflcult fOl us to cxpxess ou1 g atltude fox the xx hole hea1 ted suppo1t the school board has g1ven us ln cxeatmg a school that IS so outstandlng 1n manx IL spects Thex have managed then busmess w1th unfa1l1ng enthuslasm a txust so ctxnhdcntly pla cd 1n then hands bx the pcople of RIVGI Falls lhc l'IlClllbQIi of the boald undoubtedly have shown d1sc1et1on 1n then cholce oi D1 John S Ande1son as 1 lTl8lfYlbCl to lcplace M1 Hagcstad Indeed lt was xx 1th 1cg1 et that pcople of our Vlllnltx 1cce1ved the announccment of the 1cs1gnat1on of M1 Hagestad xx ho so capably and un elflshly has sexvcd oul school fox many xeaxs GRADE TEACHERS Many of the puplls now 1n hxgh school sta1ted then educatlon 1n the k1nde1 ga1ten 1n th1s same school The teachexs who command the l0W6I hall a1e the ones xx ho g1VC a chlld hls filst 1mp1ess1on of school Thxs 1mpress1on IS v1tally lmpoxtant because It w1ll affect h1S futule progress 1n school We ale fortunate ln havmg such a fine staff of elementa1y teachers who bulld the rlght klnd of foundatlon for h1gher ducatlon and bette1 l1v1ng JJ? S Myrtle Chapman Edns Campbell Helen Ph1l11ps Ruth Fuller Florence Carlson Nan Carlson and Eleanor Newcomb Page Th1rtecn