Baraboo High School - Minnewaukan Yearbook (Baraboo, WI)

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SEVERN RINKOB Vice Prinlzipal Senior High School Superintendent GORDON L. WILLSON Principal Senior High School NORMAN K. SOLUM Principal Junior High School

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HARLAN H. HILL OSCAR ALTPETER A. R. DIPPEL, President W. T. JENKS GEORGE Mc ARTHUR SCHOOL BOARD Have you ever stopped to consider how important the school board is in the life of the school? No? Well, I think that's usually the case. Unless we come in direct con- tact with the board most of us, l think, are likely to forget what an integral part of the educational system such a body forms. On the second Monday in every month this group of five men meet together with Mr. Willson to consider problems dealing with every phase of school life. At the recommendation of the superintendent they take up matters pertaining to every- thing from the purchase of a new typewriter to large construction problems. Deter- mining the major expenditures and changes in curriculum, fixing the school calendar, hiring teachers, and making regulations or changes in the buildings are just a few of their duties. Yes, I said few , for all their services to us are too numerous to mention. Now, l hereby make a motion that we express our sincere thanks for all the time and effort the board has so kindly spent upon us. All in favor signify by saying aye. Ah, what's this? I thought so, the ayes have it unanimously.

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WlLMA EVANS Civics History , ,j fggib . ' H- 1 A... Q ,, A A li scssj . 3, . ,. Q j H . ...L HEZY W ONES GORDON L. WILLSON IRENE MASON GARNER L SMITH H551 YY Law ' Civics History Q SPGCCK Q Economics Geometry SOCIAL SCIENCE History and the social sciences are related studies of man in group life, past or present. The subject matter ranges from the Cro-Magnon man to the latest interchange of notes between Mussolini and Hitler. Since elimination and selection are vital for high school subjects, the field has been narrowed to seven full-year courses emphasizing European and Ameri- can history, American government, and economics. ln the junior high school seventh and eighth grade students are intro- duced to the social studies by a two year course which includes American history and citizenship. As sophomores the students are required to take civics, whose chief objective is to teach the forms of federal and local government. A histcry course is required during either the second or third year of high school. The sophomore world history is a summary of civilization from the ice age to the present. European or modern history, a course for juniors, includes the period from the time of Louis XIV to the World War, American history, required in the senior year, traces the growth of our country frcm the English colonies to the world power we are today. Business law and economics, elected by junior and seniors, interpret the business wcrld in terms of its legal and financial aspects. History and the social sciences offer us an increased understanding of our social heritage, an informed sensitivity to the problems about us, a training in critical reasoning as applied to human experience. 1-..- if Q