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

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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.

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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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Necessary for Future Vocational Success Advanced courses of study were offered in place of English to capable junior and senior students. For juniors this course included their United States history requirements, making American Studies a two-hour class. Two term papers were required. Cultural history took a number of seniors from stories of Greek gods to a study of the communist handbook. ln one year they made an understandable coverage of 3,000 years of culture by reading litera- ture, listening to music and observing art. Speech developed unknown talents in student speakers. As the year progressed, first year speech students learned to use the power of persuasion in speeches, panel discussions and interpretative read- ings. Speech II participants used their speaking skill in the dramatic world of personality changes. Summary leads, pica sticks, photographs and dead- line problems concerned the busy journalism student, who labored to improve and praise conditions by pub- lishing the paper and the yearbook. WHAT DO YOU THINK of this painting of Monet's? asked Steve Schwartz of two other cultural history students, Karen Johnston and Janice Henderson, who seem to like impressionism. ,E f' -:,.- . .W M W Wallace Kennedy English 11 American Studies Future Teachers of Stanley Mittelstadt English 11 Guidance America L I . 0.1 M 0 v ' 0 .Aff , 5 w Edythe Olson English 10 I-Ii-Teens Gertrude Piers English 11 Guidance Hildred Tennihill English 11 Speech Drama National Thespians Masquers Tiger's Roar Page 17 f