Aurora High School - Northern Lights Yearbook (Aurora, MN)

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the national honor society was organized in the spring of 1954. it stresses three main thingsg character, service, and leadership. the initial qualification for membership is a scholastic average of 88. score sheets are rated for each candidate by the faculty members, and averaged to determine the new mem- bers of the society. these elections are held each semester. the charter members of the senior class ofl954 were: annamarie brown, ted dahlin, vera kari, geraldine parvinen, kay beloy, and ralph pesonen. charter members of the junior class were: diane grebenc, marcia brown, alice oja, violet kilpela, and connie faith. students elected in the fall of 1954 were: sharon smolich, kay mattson, richard thompson, rodney rosandich, and clif- ford pesonen. character service Nf N leade rship scholar ship

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I Ei 43 F 5 2 the senior high declamation con- test was held on february 25th. the .seven winners went to ely and received very good ratings. the junior high dec- larnation contest willbe held in late april or early may. front rowg 1. to r.: a. oja, j. johnson, f. stepetz, c. faith, s. colvin. back row: p. o'brien, h. holmen, c. huhta, c, williams, b. faragher. winnersgfront rowg 1. to r.: c. faith, a. oja, j. kocjan- cich. back row: b. fara- gher, p. o'brien. ' front rowgl. to r.: m. o'brien, j. stanch- field, c. nowak, m. kochevar, d. fondi. back row: b. berdice, k. o'brien, c. turpela , j. belongia. 33 front rowg 1. to r.: n. smohch j.e11ingson, m. hanka, k. John son, s. hakala. back row krasovetz, b.j.turpe1a k wagner.

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back row, 1. to r.: duane gantz, mrs. leiviska, dick thompson, marcia brown, sharon smolich. second row: judy erikson, hellen holmen, janet johnson, nick abrahamsen. front row: joyce make,kay mattson, rodney rosandich, dennis jaegar, alice oja. not in picture: connie faith, mary dawn chaput. many years ago aurora had an annual but it was discontinued. in 1953, however, the student council decided to undertake the publication of an an- nual again. since then, our annual has progressed and this year it has 64 pages compared with last year's 52. on the northern lights staff this year, we have 15 students who have helped to make it the success it is: editor, dennis jaegar, assistant editor, marcia brown, feature editor, janet john- son, business managers, sharon smolich and constance faith, art editor, alice oja, layouts, judy erikson and mary dawn chaputg sports, nick abra- hamsen, dick thompson, rodney rosandich, and duane gantzg typists, kay mattson, hellen holmen, and joyce maki. our advisor is mrs. leiviska.