Belle Plaine High School - Tigerian Yearbook (Belle Plaine, MN)

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MRS. CL APPIER MR. MONTBRIAND MISS WILHELMI MR. HEITKAMP MR. MILLER MA TH AND SCIENCE DEPARTMENTS Contained within the mathematics department are courses ranging from general math to college-prep math. Included in this curriculum were elementary algebra, plane geometry, higher algebra, and tri- gonometry. Math is an aid in chemistry, physics, and business classes. Mrs. Clappier’s seventh and eighth students were in- troduced to the language of Modern Math. It was a much more comprehensive subject and thus more interesting; including a bit of algebra plus fractions and percentages. Many interesting things happened in BPHS science labs, where students received training in the scientific method. Mr. Miller's biology classes found dissecting such creatures as frogs and crayfish very interesting. Chemistry provided necessary background for further work. A major part of chemistry studies centered around the periodic table of elements. Physics classes, under Mr. Heitkamp, surveyed land, measured molecules, and discovered Newton's Law by experimentation. BPHS students were trained mentally and physically as they took part in physical education classes. Girls’ phy. ed. covered topics including first aid. basketball, and softball. Working out on the trampoline and balance beam helped to develop coordination--essential in boys’ physi- cal education. They played team games such as volley- ball, football, basketball, and baseball.

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MR. BARFKNECHT MR. RICHARD MISS BAKER WAS SOUGHT.. . Our school had not, until 1965, when Mr. Cote was hired, had a counselor. Because of his friendship and willingness to aid students in any way, his assistance was gratefully appreciated. The job of a guidance counselor can best be described as the services available to each stu- dent to facilitate academic success; to help achieve a better understanding of personal strengths, and to aid in planning for and attaining realistic goals. In the counseling process the individual is assisted in understanding, accepting and utilizing his abilities, aptitudes, and interests, in relation to his goals. Because of this increased understanding he will be more capable of making free and wise decisions relating to his education- al, vocational, and personal adjustments. Music, you might say, added a finishing touch in the schedules of BPHS students. Band members were kept on their toes by challenges which stimulated good performances. Choir members were also confronted with many new challenges this past year. The choir sang A-l-rated songs through-out the school year. The library provided a laboratory where stu- dents' questions were answered and where an enriched background for daily studies were developed. MR. COTE, our new guidance counselor, has assisted many students toward their academic success.

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THE COOKS at the start of another day. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Mrs. Marie Albrecht, Mrs. Tillie Stier, Mrs. Ema Cruetzmacher, Miss Ida Stier, and Mrs. Marilyn Lewer. THE JANITORS of the school were, LEFT TO RIGHT: Dave Soller, August Tolzman, Darin Hauer, and Arm in Kruschke. PREPARING, CLEANING, AND DRIVING It was no easy task for the five cooks of BPHS to feed 400 students daily, but these cooks did the job efficiently. They prepared meats, sandwiches, and desserts through- out the school year. How would you feel after sweeping 43 miles of highway? This is just what Dave. Armin, August, and Darin, custodians of Belle Plaine High School, did throughout the school year. They pushed their brooms over 244. 067 square feet of floor every twenty days. Another big task for these men was erasing and oiling the 1.000 square feet of blackboard, which was constantly being marked upon with 576 pieces of chalk per month. Rain, snow, mud, and fog were the main obstacles that confronted the bus drivers of BPHS students. But such weather conditions seldom stopped the buses from traveling their routes each school day. Bus drivers also drove the school buses to local and tournament games, and to music contests. BUS DRIVERS of Belle Plaine students were, FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: I. Plonske, L. Lieske, S. Stier, D. Hennen, B. Stradcutter, E. Stier, O. Stier, L. Farrell, V. Hermann. MISSING was D. Tilquist.