Central High School - Optimist Yearbook (Crookston, MN)

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5 i M l l me H11 f --nu. f l I 'Q 1 gill 5 ff f ll i i fl sf ll l in-sf X .iz sr x .r L..- RAY A. FlOM, Senior High Principal, has Q BA degree LESLIE J. KNOX, Junior High Principal, earned his BE ot from Jamestown College and on ME from Colorado Unie MSC and his MA ot UND. Hobbies: photography, Hshing, versity. An Isaak Walton fun, he plqng his May fighing rock collecting. Tolerant, understanding Motto: Keep in January ... hates tardiness, poor scholarship, and walking and your feet get tired only half os fast! Double Take-Two Able Stand-bys This is Q view of the new iunior high office. We don't know what The senior high ofhce, looking toward Mr. Flom's ond Mr. Flynn's the administrators use the case of ketchup for. Report cards, oliices. Above the filing cabinet is the heart of the bells, bells, maybe? bells, bells, bells, bells, bells. l t

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ln the top photograph is C. P. Mickelson, new superintendent. Below is Farley D. Bright, former superintendent. School District 593's board includes Mrs. Cleo Thompson, Joseph Linster, Mrs. Ruby Ewing, Howard Risch, G. E. Kronholm, and Dr. Russell Sather. Mr. Bright stands in the rear. 'SE Sovereign Seven New faces, new offices, new ideas! Central's i957-'58 school year was characterized by all of these. September started with confusion, as students looking for Mr. Flom found themselves in a classroom now occupied by Mr. Nomland. A tour eastward down the hall brought them to the new offices, an executive suite occupied by Messrs. Knox, Flom, and Flynn, their office assistants, and a dozen or more proiectors, dupli- cators, tape recorders, and dentention chairs. Visitors were awed by the imposing presence of a switchboard, the school's first. This has been the year of the two superintendents. Sep- tember brought the news of the resignation of Mr. Bright, who had been administrator for seven years, and the reali- zation that a familiar friend would soon be missing from Central's halls. October gave the information that Mr. Mickel- son had been hired. ln November we said goodbye to Mr. Bright and hello to Mr. Mickelson, who soon became as familiar and good a friend as Mr. Bright had been. Another innovation in the executive department of the school was the election in late spring of two women to the board of education. For fifty years no female had raised her voice ofhcially to help with the conduct of the district's affairs. This Victorian taboo was cast off by the voters' selection of Mrs. Ewing and Mrs. Thompson as board members. Urged on by interested citizens and parents, the faculty this year began the introduction of a dual system of trainina for students in the senior high. Those who had college in their future were felt to need different training from those who planned to go to work immediately after high school. Al- though the system has not been comprehensive enough this year, by next year it should be working well and affect all senior high people, in the opinion of the administration. Two- track classes were confined solely to English in l957-58, but many English classes were still set up as mixed groups. 8

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CENTRAUS STUDENT COUNCIL. ROW 1: Curtis Hannah, Carol Barness, James McWaters, Donald Johnson, Diane Johnson, Gary Letnes, and Marilyn Anderson, ROW 2: Lana Beauchine, Jean Erickson, Norma Radi, Glenn Clark, Donna Anderson, Audrey Johnstad, Beverly Johnson, Donna Helgeson, Judy Dragseth, Joyce Walker, Karen Albright, Dale Johnson. ROW 3: Colleen Nelson, Wayne Olson, Catarino Dominguez, Carl Leusgraf, Mr. Barnes, Bill Taylor, Merton Fish, Charles Wilkens, Dennis Hayden, Dorothy Barnes, JoAnn Wikotf, Robert DeMarco. How any Minutes Make a Meetin ??? An hour a week tinds the class representatives from the ninth through twelfth grades performing their duties as the governing body of Central High School's students. Last tall Don Johnson, council president, and the group were hosts to the regional student council convention held at the Northwest School. Sharing the responsibility were vice president, Gary Letnes: treasurer, Carol Barness, and secretary, Diane John- son. ln October, Mr. Barnes, the council adviser, and his cohorts busily planned their most important event of the year, Homecoming. Their careful scheming paid oft in a very suc- ,. cessful game and dance. However, their activities are not l-l confined solely to Homecoming. Besides sponsoring other parties, they worked long hours to set up a satisfactory teen- , l age code for Central. .f Ft r ABOVE: The Master of the Council, Mr, Barnes, FAR LEFT: Some pre-meeting informality as li F' Don and Diane discuss the agenda lor the day. LEFT: Joyce Walker has a suggestion to make and Monsieur le President 'F'mrs looks happy that someone has x ' an i ea! My d ,, X ,V 10