St Louis Park High School - Echowan Yearbook (St Louis Park, MN)

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Variety enhances gym Park's mandatory sophomore coed gym program grew during its second year. Gym teachers attempted to provide a wide range of electives to satisfy everyone. With classes ranging from archery to waltzing and broomball to tennis, most students were able to find a new activity that they could do well in and call their own. TOP: John Haskins decides which of his class teams he will scrimmage with. CENTER: Sally Callahan keeps her students syncronized with a resounding drumbeat. BOTTOM RIGHT: While teaching his tenth grade gym class, Robert Roy anticipates Park's next football game. BOTTOM LEFT: Roger Anderson finds teaching gym class a nice break from his daily classroom routine. HO Physical Education

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Students attracted by course practicality A wide range of courses encouraged potential Suzy of-all trades and Jack homemakers to break from stereotypes. Neuter, non-required courses allowed students to expand skills. Eggs were surrogate children for Child Development students, impressing upon them the responsibilities they might one day face as parents. Aspiring Hank Meadows and Julia Childs loaded their class schedules with Modern Foods, Food Specialties and Foreign Foods and sharpened their culinary artistry with everything from tea cakes to enchiladas. Industrial Artists expanded their junior high welding and electrical skills. Students of Graphic Arts prepared the paper work that carried most of us through our year of school. Woodworkers started with breadboards but polished their skills by refurnishing the teachers' lounge. Mostly, those courses gave students skills that would last a lifetime. TOP: Sally Kemp and Kori Samsky learn more from each other than from any textbook. CENTER RIGHT: Because of Food Specialties, Todd Beyer is now a bit more independent. CENTER LEFT: Before you start, make sure you have all the ingredients, is the helpful hint Oebra Bauer gives to Debbie Guffan. BOTTOM: Home Economics no longer means being tied to a single textbook as Jean Fgeland shows Yvonne Suckerman. Home Economics • 109

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TOP: Teamwork is the most important part of gym as Kathy Erickson and Barbara DeWall demonstrate. CENTFR: Enthusiasm was sometimes hard to find in sophomore gym class. BOTTOM RIGHT: Now that football is coed, Ruth Rounds explains a special female strategy. BOTTOM LEFT: Cus Virkus works out the battle plan for the night's gymnastics meet. Physical Education •III