Austin High School - Austinian Yearbook (Austin, MN)

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E Q I I E SUPTERINTENDENT S. T. NEVELN THE choice of the theme 'fWe for the 1939 Aus- tinian yearbook is fortunate and timely. The world today is pretty sharply divided between two opposing philosophies, as exemplified by the democratic countries and the totalitarian governments. The totalitarians are autocratic, dictatorial, loud, unscrupulous. The We philosophy is the democratic way of life, the first person plural. It furnishes unlimited op- portunity for cooperation, working out difficult prob- lems together, and helping each other, lending the help- ing hand, especially to the weaker or less favored. It gives play for ambition, eagerness, initiative, experi- mentation, resourcefulness. The We may develop self-reliance, dependability, honesty, liberty, and satis- faction, and the individual grows strong in both fol- lowership and leadership. This romance and excitement of the democratic procedure brings achievement and success, in a society that is free and practical, spiritual and idealistic. The Austinian staff is to be commended and con- gratulated upon the selection of so significant a theme. I S. T. NEVELN, Superintendent OUR SUPEIQINTEN DENT AND ADMINISTRATOR I-IEADS AUSTIN PUBLIC SCHOOLS 13

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W. I. BERGMAN E. C. BANFIELD President Treasurer PUBLIC SPIIQITED CITIZENS DIRECT OUI2 PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AVINCI the interest of I-Xustin's educa- tional system at heart, eight local citi- zens have been responsible for the eflicient organization which our public school sys- tem has experienced. Members of the school board are elected for a period of two years, after which they may be reelected. W. I. Bergman has served eight years, R. H. Daigneau, three yearsg Lloyd Lilygren, two yearsg H. O. Westby. three yearsg E. C. Banield, twelve yearsg Brooks Cutter, two yearsg R. C. Alderson as clerk for fifteen years, S. T. Neveln is now serving his eighteenth year as superin- tendent of the public schools. The primary attention of the school board members is now occupied with the fB800,000 addition to the million-dollar high school, which will be Hnished by July 1, l94O. LEFT TO RIGHT7-Brooks Cutter, H. O. VVestby, E. C. Ban- Held, S. T. Ncveln, Ralph Daigncau, W. I. Bergman, Lloyd Lily- gren, R. C. Alderson. S. T. NEVELN R. C. ALDERSON Superintendent Clerk BROOKS CUTTER R. H. DAIGNEAU Director Director LLOYD LILYGREN H. O. WESTBY Director Director 12

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PRINCIPAL L. J. GUSTAFSON QLLI2 PRINCIPAL SLIPERVISIES AND GUIDES LIS L. J. GUSTAFSON WE are all associated in a common task, that of preparing ourselves to live adequate lives as citizens and Workers in society. As We pass through the public school system, We take from it just as much as We are Willing to absorb. In return We leave a part of our own personalities behind. The character of a high school is a composite of its indi- vidual members. Fortunate indeed is that school which counts among its students and teachers a larger proportion of We- thinkers than I-thinkers. As you peruse the pages of this beautiful Austinian of 1939, what are your reactions? Do you experience a thrill that this book represents Our School, that it is packed with memories of the Worthwhile things we contributed to the growth of the institution, and that it is an account of the many projects in which We all cooperated? On theI other hand, is our only thrill in seeing pictures of ourselves and our friends and in glorying in the first person singular? The I-feeling results in a lifeless photograph album While the We-feeling creates a beau- tiful living memento of high school days. -L. J. GUSTAFSON, Principal