Columbia Heights High School - Cohian Yearbook (Columbia Heights, MN)

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We, the student body, are very proud of our outstanding faculty. They have taught us not only the facts and figures, theorems and formulas, but even greater lessons-the fundamentals of living and working together, how to grow as individuals, and how to further our talents. In addition to their classroom duties, many faculty members give up their free time to serve as advisers for school organizations. A large variety of subjects are offered at Columbia Heights. Some give us a good background in the essentials of life, while others are offered to help us in choosing and preparing for our future vocations. Therefore, we extend our appreciation to the school for making possible such a wide selection of subiects, and to the faculty for teaching them so well. A thorough understanding of English gram- mar, composition, and literature, an introduction to Shakespeare, and numerous speech and iour- nalism activities are offered in the senior high English courses taught by James Gleason, John Watson, Dorothy Halver, and Helen Connole. Of course, for information about English, or any subiect from aardvark to zymology, stu- dents consult Elizabeth Gludt, fcenterl our school librarian. Teaching everything from compound fractions to quadratic equations, the members of the mathematics department-Edgar Torguson, Har- old Montzka, Basil Anderson, Inez Hansen, and Mayda Wendt-provide their pupils with a work- ing knowledge of mathematics and how it may be applied to daily problems. In addition, in- struction in more advanced mathematics-begin- ning and higher algebra and plane geometry- prepares students for college entrance. I' Aiffmf , World problems - past and present- are the subiect of the history, government, and social problems classes taught by Alice Opheim, Alice Ledwein, and Norman Wiggen. Since an under- standing ofthe successes and failures of the past and the present help us to plan for a better fu- ture, these courses are especially valuable to the senior high students who, in a few years, will be of voting age.

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I can't get my locker open! I'm tardy! Mr. Wiggen wants some blue slips. Oh- this food! These and many other remarks are heard by our custodians, cafeteria staff, and secretaries every day. If it weren't for them, the student body would have no one to fix their lockers, no lunch to discuss all afternoon, and no fines to pay. They are always willing to co-operate with us and to help us in any way they can. We would like to take this opportunity to thank them and to express our sincere appre- ciation for the many things they have done for us and for the cheerful way in which they have done them. Preparing and serving food to mobs of hungry students is the job of Alice Strand, Alice Erickson, Mildred Dragsten, Nellie Helm, Marie Knull, and Jennie Ostmoe, our hard-working cafeteria staff. Eleanor Diskerud acts as hostess, keeping condi- tions pleasant during lunch periods. Competent secretaries Dorothea Lindsey and Beverly Strand perform office duties such as typing, mimeographing, and filing school rec- ords for Mr. Sahlstrom, Mr. Nelson, and other faculty members. if The men behind the scenes-custodians Jim Deeble, Kennard Peterson, Irving Nygaard, Dale Sorenson, Albin Andrews, Harris Tate, Albert Holtan, Roger Bushey, and Ossie Anderson-keep our building clean, warm, and running smoothly.

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f fi ,I df, 'iff' -ss f We W9 7? f lfdfvc L, 'gsffffffnf'-f--L ,ff 4-d 'X '3 Alfnglisdh iflstgifg-o,9Qsther-Juls ud,, uth Stuart Anderson QGQHFYUTYCS 'lin e their iunior high pupils nf' ndation in English grammar, composition and literature. Since stu- dents of this age are beginning to realize that others are iudging them by their use for misusel of the English language, the excellent instruction they receive is very important to them. Preparing students for careers in the business world is the iob of instructors Westley Olson, Howard Akenson, Alf Soholt, Edith Holm, and Harvey Otterson. Commercial courses such as typing, shorthand and bookkeeping train stu- dents for clerical and secretarial work, junior business gives freshmen a general understand- ing of business terms and practices, and distribu- tive education teaches students business relations through actual work experience. ffbi Although they make excellent coffee, the most important job of science instructors Donald Murphy, Mervin Mikkola, Henry Bartel and Paul Shelske is to give Columbia Heights students a basic knowledge of the natural sciences-chem- istry, physics, and general science-which lays the groundwork for the careers of future doctors, nurses, chemists and physicists. Our home economics instructors, Etta Goeman- Pott, Genevieve Gauthier and Elizabeth Behrends teach high school girls homemaking skills-cook- ing, sewing, and home management. These courses are of value to every girl who plans to someday have her own home.