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

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Donald Paulson Agriculture 10, 11 Future Farmers of America DONALD PAULSON pointed out the seven farm business factors as Gene Horning listened attentively. Lowell Ross Agriculture 12 Modern Agriculture Aids Student Farmers Playing an important role to those who were in- terested in farming, was the vocational agriculture department. Students were not only taught the basic fundamentals, but also were kept informed of the new developments in the field of agriculture. Under the supervision of Mr. Donald Paulson, the sophomores were introduced into Future Farmers of America and helped in developing their own super- vised farming. They were taught the fundamentals of crop and livestock production. Agriculture 11 included advanced work in the pro- duction and marketing of livestock and crops, soil management and principles of feeds and feeding. With Mr. Lowell Ross as instructor, the seniors taking Agriculture 12 and Farm Accounts, gained in- formation on the various problems that would confront them when they started farming on their own. Agriculture 12 was a course in the knowledge and skills required successfully to operate a farm. For Farm Accounts, students were required to keep a com- plete set of records on their farm for the year. Other items studied were basic farm law, farmstead planning, farm safety and government programs. LOOKING OVER soil fertility deficiencies, Larry Van Ryswyk and Keith Iverson compared inferior ears of corn. 3 iff? 1 Maw If SME l :'i:: ' ..,. 2 Z. fps ,x Page 29

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Physical Education Stresses Coordination Building the body and stressing physical fitness was one of the main goals in the physical education classes, Sophomores and juniors found themselves participating in varied programs that ranged from volleyball to track and activities that could be played both in the gymnasium and outdoors. In the fall a touch football program was carried out with the different squads of boys Working as team- mates. The girls played soccer While the nice Weather lasted but were soon driven in when Old Man Winter came around the corner with snow and ice. For the boys Winter brought wrestling, basketball. volleyball and gymnastics. Squad participuation pre- Raxlph Summers vailed in all of their activities except in gymnastics Athletic Director Where there were no teams organized. Intramural Basketball . A Baseball The girls played ping-pong, basketball, shuffle- Hcallh board. volleyball and tumbling during the winter, Driver's Training Athletic director, Mr. Ralph Summers, was in charge of all physical education classes. Mrs. Joan Van Beek headed the girls' gym classes and advised the Girls' Recreation Association and HA and HB squad cheerleading. Mr. Donald Buhr was the new A squad basketball coach and headed boys' classes. Donald Buhr Physical Education A Basketball Baseball Joan Van Beck Physical Education Girls' Recreation ASS0i'if1li0l1 HEAD COUPLES D0-SI-DO: side gents swing their partners! A and B Cheellcaflillil yelled the caller to square dancers Judy Goldman and John lngehritson, Linda Todd and Bob Kennedy, Kathy Kissinger and Ralph Summers. and Cheryl Lutner and Tim Bothof. Page 28

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MADLY CRAMMING for their final six week examination dur- 'LA GOOD TOPIC SENTENCE is picked up and amplified, ing summer school, from three social books, were seniors Ron explained Wallace Kennedy through explanatory diagrams, to Olson, Tom Carroll and Kathy Olson juniors Judy Engbritson and Ken Muilenburg. Summer School Experiment Is Successful APPRAISING THE LETTER finished by Alice Thompson, to discover errors that must be corrected, was her summcr school typing classmate, sophomore Carole Lee. Page 30 Summer school was held this year for the first time in the history of our school with 574 students attending the June 15 to July 24 session. During this six week course students came to school five days a week for one, two and four hours a day. The elementary and junior high reading class helped 296 children and 123 others learned to use the type- writer. No academic credits were given. Summer school was a concentrated study of 120 hours in the classes giving a credit. Taking this course enabled many students to take more subjects this year and it gave many a much needed study hall. The same text books were used as were used in the regular classes and the same material was covered. English and history classes, which are required sub- jects, were attended by 155 students. One full credit toward graduation was given to all the students who satisfactorily completed these subjects. In senior high there were a total of five courses offered. Teachers who taught the classes were Mr. Orville O. Gilmore, English 12g Mr. lVl. E. Wambach, Social Studies 12, Mr. Wallace A. Kennedy, English 11g Mrs. Joyce Allen, English 105 and Mr. Bruce S. John- son, Wo1'ld History 10.