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

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Guidance Counselors Aid Students The guidance department, under the direction of Mr. Dales Shuldes, continued its program as a consolidated department to guide, counsel and aid the student in his academic and extra-curricular activities. Counse- lors ot the Central and Southwest junior l-ligh Schools were included with the Senior l-ligh School counselors, enabling co-ordination ot counseling activities. Helping students in choosing their educational cur- riculums constituted the major duties of Miss Gertrude Piers, sophomore counselor, and Mr. Stanley Mittle- stadt, junior guidance director. Another duty ot these counselors was to record standardized test scores. Mr. Egil Hovey and Mr. Shuldes, counselors of the senior class, assisted students in making preparations for college and other opportunities upon graduation from high school. lt was their responsibility to report the various scholarship test scores to the students. With the innovation of the seven-hour day, the re- quired credits tor graduation were raised to l3. Subjects required included three years ot English, three years oi social studies and one credit ot a science. ONE OF THE MANY duties of Mr Egi1Hovey senior counselor was MH. STANLEY MIDDLESTADT, iunior counselor. checked his file for to relate college entrance information to seniors the name of cr prospective counselee.

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KEEPING TAB on library helpers lean Madson and Karen Unselh were Ruth Iordahl and Diane Wilkinson. Rosalie Dudley Senior High Library Leon King Librarian Ruth Nelson Senior High Library Library Offers Better Opportunities ALPHABETIZING AND ARRANGING books were just two of the library responsibilities undertaken by Pat Enderson, Ioy Hanson and Edna Kycek, senior high volunteer workers. Better lighting and more room for study and new books are two of the features found in the new library. The large size of the library permits l5U students to study there while the old library had room for only 45 people. Many new books are added each year as there is now room for twelve to fifteen thousand books as compared to nine thousand in the old library. Students wishing to listen to music assigned to them by their instructors listen to the records in the new music room in the library. Filmstrips and slides are also shown there. Students may use maps of the United States and Minnesota which are hung throughout the library. College catalogs from many colleges of the United States are also available to students. Past magazines are so arranged that students may obtain them themselves. A special check-out window is in the library so that magazines may be taken out. Readers' Guides are placed in a special table which is used only for students using the magazines. A new atlas stand is another feature. This stand provides a better opportunity for students to make use of the atlas. Page 11

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With Present and Helping future seniors choose and plan their senior class schedules was one of the main responsibilities of the lunior Class counselor, Miss Gertrude Piers. Besides planning academic schedules, Miss Piers conducts conferences throughout the year with each of the students of the lunior Class. With these confer- ences, Miss Piers helped the students with their social, scholastic and vocational plans. One of the valuable opportunities of the senior year was College Day, an annual event. College Day provides an opportunity for students and parents to become acquainted with the colleges of interest to them. Much information was obtained at College Day concerning various phases of college such as tuition costs, housing facilities, working opportunities, scholar' ships, student loans, activities and the curriculum offered. Each student had the opportunity to meet with representatives from at least three colleges. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOT1-YS Professor Roger Page outlined Uni- versity programs to interested seniors Michael Morrison, Roxanne Wehrhan and Barbara Slife on College Day. Future Plans WHICH COLLEGE IS FOR ME? How much will it cost? Where do I obtain the answers? These questions could be answered for the prospective college students by numerous college bulletins available in the senior high guidance oHice. WORKING IN CLOSE ASSOCIATION with sophomores in planning their senior high curriculum was Miss Gertrude Piers, sophmore counselor of the Guidance Department. Nw Page 13