De La Salle High School - Delta Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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 What did students think of De during the 85-86 school year? Julie Stoltman's and Michelle Paul's , both '89, favorite memory so far was Freshman Fun Night. Each remarked that the students here were very friendly and accepted you as you were. Julie and Michelle feared their World Cultures teacher, Mr. Johnson, because he had a short temper and yelled without warning. They both liked Mr. Z and Freshman Orientation because he made you feel good, and Michelle liked Mr. Courtney because It's nice to know that polyester stretch pants are back in style. Both came here because their fathers. Dennis Stoltman '62 and Dennis Paul '68, graduated from here. The boys basketball team taking state was Todd Constant's '88 best memory. He liked Bro. Stephen because he made algebra fun, interesting, and challenging at the same time. He came here because his father, Robert '56, came here and he heard that the students here are very friendly, dependable, and fun to be with. Rebecca Warpeha '87 was a third generation student, her father and grandfather. Dr. Warpeha Jr. '64 and Warpeha Sr. '29, both graduated from De. Her favorite class was Art. Art allows you to express your feelings through creativity, she stated. Becca's funniest memory was Mr. Anderson's blithering. She came here as a sophomore because she wanted to change schools. She said that even though De was small, it was not lacking. This Is Now 5

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That Was Then Imagine what De was like in years past. What questions arise? What were the times, students, teachers, and classes like? Let's turn the clock way back to the roaring 20's. Why come here? In 1925, De was THfc place to eo according to Walter Warpeha, br. '29. You could get a good education and a chance to qualify for college. Classes were divided into academic (those planning college) and business tracks. His best memory was during his freshman year — 1925 when his teacher, George Roberts, would threaten to dump him into the wastebasket if he didn't behave. Adding 30+ vears to the DLS time clock, to tne 1950's — communism was the Big Scare and Rock and Roll was born. Typical 50's teenagers roamed De's halls. Robert Constant '56 was one of them. They had no cares, no protests, and were referred to as the Apathetic Generation by historians. As a freshman he was scared to death of De — coming from eight years of nuns to all male teachers. But Being from De was the GREATEST he wrote. Somewhere between the foolishness of American Graffitti and the seriousness of Vietnam lav the 60's and Dennis Stoltman '6l, Dr. Walter Warpeha, Jr. '64, and Dennis Paul '68. Back then most ot the curriculum was the same as now. Even a few of the teachers — Mr. Bohen, Mr. Shrake, Bro. Ed, and Mr. Johnson — were around then. Stoltman remembered Bro. John C. the most. Brother joked with the students, but he also had a sneaky stomach punch. Dr. Warpena studied more than his daughter, Becca '87 , because there were no girls and there was nothing better to do. Paul's sharpest memory was spending late nights working on the Islander to make it the best newspaper in the state and having fun at the same time. When he began here, De was like a large, impersonal institution to him. When he left, he left a family, with even the teachers being more than authority figures. 1. This is how the Del-aSalle basketball team looked in 1929. 2. Michelle Pahl, Julie Stoltman, Rebecca Warpeha, and Todd Constant look for their fathers in the old graduation pictures that hang in the halls. 3. Dr Walter Warpeah Jr., 1964. 4. Dennis Stoltman, 1962. 5. Dennis Pahl, 1967. 7. The 1964 Cheerleaders before the girls invaded De. 8. Teenage Brains Try Test Tubes — Robert Constant, 1956, (in the back) was one of them. 4 That Was Then

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