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

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An important subiect today-our world and its problems-is the basis of the courses taught to iunior high students by Kenneth Exel, Theodore Urseth, and Edward Vukelich, social studies in- structors. They give their pupils a good back- ground knowledge of our democratic system and the current world situation. ln addition to building physical skills and forming good health habits, the physical educa- tion classes taught by Don Carlson, Kathryn Johnson, and Don Johnson promote good sports- manship among their students. The spirit of fair play and team loyalty which high school stu- dents learn through participation in athletics continue long after they have forgotten how to kick a field goal or shoot a free throw. Teaching practical manual skills is the iob of industrial art instructors Levi Gifford, John Jurkovich, Wesley Wolhart, Paul Terry and Ar- thur Jacobson. Such courses as wood-shop, gen- eral metals, general machines, and drafting give high school boys useful training and experience which prepare them for iobs after graduation. Budding artists, musicians, and vocalists are trained in classes taught by the members of the fine arts department-William Wilke, Ken- neth Burns, Ralph Strom, and Charlene Wolhart. Together with teaching the students the basic fundamentals of music and art, their efforts are a source of pleasure and beauty to the en- tire school.

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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.

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ENICRS . . . . The beginning of the end- our senior year. This is the year when we pass through these door- ways for the last time, the year when events become memories even before they are over, the year when we begin planning our fu- ture, whether it be college, career, or the armed forces. We know that we will never be together again as a group. The time has come for each of us to complete our goal for the future ....