Austin High School - Austinian Yearbook (Austin, MN)

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LIS IN ALI. OLII2 ACTIVITIES FIRST Row-HILDEGARDE E. HEIN, Girls' Physical Education: MARI LU HETHERINGTON, Artg ALTON D. HILL, Coordinatorg MATIE J. HILLIER, Mathematics: PETER HOLAND, Vocational Agriculture. SECOND Row-PAULINE H. ISAACSON, Civics, Historyx EVELYN KENTTA, Latin: JACK KENTTA, Manual Arts: WALTER R. LATONDRESSE, Manual Arts: WINIFRED LEONARD, Science. THIRD Row-HENRIETTE LIBOZ, English, French, Spanishg ELEANORE LIFPMAN, Speech Correction, EDNA MARTINI, Mathematics, LILAH A. MARVIN, Social Science, SEDORIS MCCARTNEY, Science. S an annual custom in the high school, every year each homeroom usually gives a Thanksgiving basket of food to families in the community. Miss Lyma Geiger, school nurse, furnished the list of families, and Mrs. Evelyn Kentta was in charge of the baskets. At the November Teachers' Tea, Miss Elsabeth Grey was general chairman, On December 15, the annual Christmas faculty tea was held. Sedoris McCartney was chairman. Impersonating Santa Claus, Ray Wescott presented each of the faculty with a gift with appropriate messages for each. Guests of honor at the party were Miss Evelyn Thore- son, Latin instructor, and J. A. Kentta, di- rector of printing, whose engagement had been announced previously. They were married De- cember 28. At the January teachers' tea, Miss Marjorie Bell was in charge. The February tea was held in the form of a Valentine party On February 3, the faculty was saddened by the death of Mrs, Mary Davison, junior high instructor in social science and mathe- matics. She had resigned shortly before Christ- mas because of illness. With the second semester, two new teachers were added to the faculty. They were Miss Beulah Buswell, teacher of social science and mathematics, and Francis M. Russell, civics and English teacher. At the faculty meeting on January l9, Dr. McConnell from the Univer- sity of Minnesota spoke on What Is A Modern High School? He addressed the P.T.A. in the evening. A committee of teachers was ap- pointed on January 25, to score the Iowa Basic Skills Test.

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OUR TEACHERS COUNSEL AND ADVISE l:lRS'1' Row--ALICE l-. DAHL, Commercial: JEAN DAUGHERTY4 Englighg NIABEL Nl, EVERSOLE, English: SYl,VlA K. FLAGSTAD. Junior High Nlusic and String Instruments: STANLEY R. GABRTELSEN. Science, Physical Education, Swimming Coach. SECOND Row- RACHEL D. GARDNER, English. Journalism: LYMA GEIGER. Assistant School Nurse: LEONARD A. GOICK. Commercial: JOHNEL E. GOLBERG, Social Science, Business Training: VIOLA GORDON. Secretary to Superinrqndgm, EIEIIIRD ROW'2KATE GREER, Director of Special Classes: ELSABETH E. GREY, Science, Mathematics: BLAIR HAINER, History: THEODORE H. HAL- VORSEN, Science, Mathematics: XVILLARD A. HARDY, Manual Arts, N order to organize and formulate a program for the year's Work, the new Parent-Teach- ers Association met for organization on Octo- ber 20. The organization was formed to estab- lish a closer bond between the teachers and par- ents of the students who attend the high school, The following were chosen by the nominat- ing committee to serve as officers for the year: president, Mrs. Oscar Dahlgren: first vice presi- dent, L, J. Gustafson: second vice president, Mrs. Roy Tedrow: third vice president, Mrs. W. Eullen: secretary, Alton D. Hill: treasurer, Mrs. Kleo Gildner: program chairman, Mrs, Paul Kimball. Erom October 27 and extending through October 29, faculty members of the public schools attended the Minnesota Education As- sociation Convention in Minneapolis. 16 A special invitation was extended to parents and school patrons to visit the public schools during the week of November 7-11, which was American Education Week. Each day of the week was represented by a theme. Miss Rachel D. Gardner and four students represented the journalism department of the school at the Na- tional Scholastic Press Association held in In- dianapolis, lndiana, November 10-12. On February 25 through March 2, Super- intendent S, T. Neveln attended the sixty-ninth annual convention of the Department of Super- intendence in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Neveln has now served sixteen years as secretary of the Schoolmaster's Rotary Club. The general theme of the convention was The Eoundation of American Education .

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OUR TEACHERS ARE OUR INSPIRATION- FIRST Row-BERNADINE MCGEE, Civics, History: KATHARINE L. MEIER, English: CLARA MILBRATH, Secretary, Attendance Department: HAZEL G. MURRAY, Teacher Training: DORIS R. NEVELN, Secretary to Principal. SECOND Rowf- RUTH ANNE OLSEN, Public Speaking, English: CLARA C. PETERSON, Com- mercial, J. A. RANUM, Manual Arts, FRANCIS M. RUSSELL, Civics, English: RUTH M. SAMPSON, Eng- lish. THIRD ROW-EVERETT J. SCHROEDER, Science and Mathematics: JOHN SIEKMAN, Science: C. VIT- TORIO SPERATI, Senior High Music, Instrumental: EVELYN E. SPONBERG, English, LURA LYNN STRAUB, commercial. N early March the teachers on the committee Which selected pupils to membership in- to the National Honor Society met. As Austin High School has chapters in both junior and sen- ior high, two groups of teachers, representing the junior high and senior high, did the voting. Those on the senior high committee Were: Mar- jorie Bell, Blanche Black, Helen Boddy, Mary Cotter, Rachel Gardner, L. A. Goick, Blair Hainer, Hildegarde Hein, Pauline Isaacson, Jack Kentta, Winifred Leonard, I-Ienriette Li- boz, Bernadine McGee, Clara Peterson, C. Vittorio Sperati, Evelyn Kentta, Ciuy Tollerud, Ray Wescott, W. G. Wiegand, William Wie- hoff, and Margaret Wood. The teachers on the junior committee Were: Rachel Anderson, Willa Church, Stanley Ga- brielson, Johnel Golberg, Theodore Halvorsen, Hildegarde Hein, Matie Hillier, Pauline Isaac- son, Jack Kentta, Edna Martini, Lilah Marvin, Bernadine McGee, Katherine Meier, J. A. Ranurn, Ruth Sampson, C. Vittorio Sperati, Evelyn Sponberg, Evelyn Kentta, and Maud Vest. In both junior and senior high school, there Were many extra-curricular activities. Each of these had a teacher in charge. The fol- lowing activities and the teachers who Were in charge in junior high school Were: football, Theodore Halvorseng swimming and track, Stanley Gahrielson: social alfairs, Willa Church: assemblies, Evelyn Sponberg: hall pa- trol, Katharine Meier, Theodore Halvorseng Junior Eriendship Club, Willa Church, Kathar- ine Meierg Junior High Drama Club, Evelyn Sponberg.