Albert Lea High School - Tiger (Albert Lea, MN)

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YOUR CAREER should be carefully chosen and prepared for,', advised Egil Hovey to Ron Dahlen and Janet Rusley. Quwawgzwasiwf tsxfffm is or if xx . + . . 3 A-ga'-rw we at W L shgagxw 'V HELPFUL REFERENCES showing a studcnt's ability and op- portunities could always be found on a counsclor's desk. Show Student Interests In arious Fields As in previous years a College Day was planned during which students had the opportunity to visit in- formally with representatives from the particular college in which they were interested. Much helpful information concerning the college's tuition, campus, activities and curriculum was obtained. New to the school system this year was an Armed Forces Day. Students contemplating entering the serv- ice after graduation were able to have their questions concerning educational and vocational posibilities in the service answered by qualified representatives of the Armed Forces and the Auxiliary Forces. Iowa Tests of Educational Development, previously administered only to sophomores, were extended to juniors and seniors. Through these tests students were able to compare themselves and their school with others over the entire United States. Those students ranking in the upper one-fourth of their class throughout the United States were classified as superior and talented studentsw by the North Cen- tral Association Project on the Guidance and Motiva- tion of Superior and Talented Students. By this program students with above average abil- ity were encouraged to take more difficult subjects. This category included approximately 35 percent of the students in Albert Lea High School. WHAT ABOUT LIVING QUARTERS at thc University of Minnesota? asked John Chester-man and Darlcnc Ileckcs of a College Day representative, Roger Page. Page 15

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CAREFUL CONSIDERATION regarding the senior high course OBVIOUSLY PLEASED with the progress of the junior to of study she would choose was done by sophomore Judy Ken- whose records they were referring were the junior counselors, nelly with the help of her counselor, Miss Anne Anderson. Stanley Mittelstadt and Miss Gertrude Piers. Guidance Programs Unite Under Director Dale Shuldes, Guidance Director Page 14 Consolidating the counseling program under a single guidance director proved to be an advantageous development this year. Mr. Dale Shuldes was given the position of guidance director, thus relinquishing his former position as physics instructor. Serving under the guidance director were the counselors of Central and Southwest Junior Highs as well as the counselors of Senior High School. The chief purpose of the arrangement was to coor- dinate all of the counseling activities and to improve the counseling techniques. Aiding students in planning their education and improving their scholastic standing constituted the primary purpose of sophomore counselors, Miss Anne Anderson and Mr. Shuldes, and junior counselors, Miss Gertrude Piers and Mr. Stanley Mittlestadt. Senior counselor, Mr. Egil Hovey, helped many students solve their problems of attending college and advised them concerning their vocation. Beginning with the class of 1960, thirteen credits were required for graduation instead of the former twelve credits. Compulsorarily included among these credits were three credits in English, three credits in social studies and one credit in any of the three sciences -biology, chemistry or physics.

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' l nglish Skills Provide Student Expression Grace Dahle English 12 Joyce Allen English 10 Ushers Club American Field Service Senior Adviser Page 16 Edna Gerckcn Journalism Ah La Ha Sa Tiger Orville Gilmore English 12 Cultural History Helen Heath English 10 Hi-Teens Learning to express themselves well in their own language was a main activity of every senior high stu- dent. This art of expression was available to students in seven courses of English study. Sophomores began their senior high English studies by mastering basic grammar principles and practicing good sentence structure. Intensive studies made on 6'Silas Marnern and 4'Julius Caesar were especially remembered by this year's sophomores. Juniors concentrated on American literature, cor- responding with their United States history, and learned correct parliamentary procedure. A new ex- perience faced by every eleventh grader was the com- position of an 1100-word term paper. More short stories and a final review of grammar were all a part of senior English. Shakespeare's plays highlighted a study of literature taken from many his- torical periods. Of course the senior term paper was a major project undertaken by these students as they put their thoughts into 2,000 words. MASTERING VERBALS by a concentrated joint study were sophomore English students Susan Smith and Janice Gappa.