Edina High School - Whigrean Yearbook (Edina, MN)

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Suggestions, help and advice of? experience MR. LEO FICK Miss Marilyn Jensen 1952 MARKS TENTH YEAR FOR MR. FICK SECRETARIES KEEP BUSY The central office secretaries act as a boundary line between the administration and the student body. They must contend with dozens of interruptions every day from students and faculty, and act os secretaries to Mr. Kuhlman and Mr. Mitchell. They also have many routine jobs to do in helping to run the school efficiently. Miss Marilyn Jensen serves as Edina's School Counselor. This is her first year at Edina-Morningside High School. From Washburn High School she entered the University of Minnesota where she majored in English and minored in music. After receiving her Bachelor of Science degree, she went to Austin, Minnesota, where she taught English. In 1950, she returned to the University and received her Master of Arts in educational psychology. After receiving this degree, she came to Edina. As school counselor, she heads the senior high school girls' Y-Teen program and junior high school Miss Shirley Stevenson, Mrs. Jean Windahl, and Miss Nancy Allen girls' clubs. She also advises the Student Council Social Committee. This year our vice-principal, Mr. Leo Fick, celebrates his tenth year in the Edina School System. Mr. Fick grew up in Minnesota. He took his undergraduate work at St. Cloud Teachers College. Then he went to the University of Minnesota and worked for his Masters Degree in Education. He first taught at Marietta, Minnesota, for one year. He was principal of the High School at Nicolet. After teaching in Austin for two years he came to the Edina School System. Mr. Fick, his wife and two children live in St. Louis Park. As an outdoors man, Mr. Fick enjoys hunting and fishing. In the summer he and his family go to Lake Koronis, Paynesville, Minnesota, to vacation. We are very grateful to our fine Vice-Principal for the work he has done at Edina. We hope that he will remain in our school system for many years to come. Pag® thirteen

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Our Aclioo (life id made dmootli by. tbi Sterling B. Mitchell PRINCIPAL AIDS STUDENTS, FACULTY Friendliness, progressiveness, ond efficiency describe Edina's principal, Sterling B. Mitchell. A veteran of two years os principal of the school, his sense of humor and ready smile have made him a friend of all those with whom he has come in contact in the school and in the community. Now married and the father of two girls, Mr. Mitchell grew up in Syracuse, New York, and earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees at Syracuse University. He has recently done additional work on a Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota. Before the war he taught math and science in New York state high schools and then went into the Navy, to serve for four years in the southern Pacific. After this he came to Minnesota ond attended graduate school at the University in 1946. Following this, he was assistant principal at University High School for four years after which he came to Edina. Also to his credit are memberships in Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Delta Kappa, Lions Club, Minnesota Education Association, National Education Association, and National Association of Secondary School Principals. Page iwolvo

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Mrs. Elisabeth S. Aamodt Manager, Edina School Cafeterias, University of Minnesota B.S. Miss Mardonna Bariholet Geography 7, American History 8, 7th Grade Adviser, Y-Teen Adviser, University of Minnesota B.S. Mr. Warren L. Beson Science 8 and 9, Football Head Coach, Baseball Head Coach, 9th Grade Adviser, Basketball, University of Minnesota B.S., M.Ed. Mr. David Carlson Science 8. Junior Varsity Football, Hi-Y Adviser, 8th Grade Adviser, Golf Coach, University of Minnesota B.S. Mr. James D. Chapman Math 8, 8th Grade Adviser, University of Minnesota B.S. Miss Beryle M. Christesen Art 7-8, Advanced Art, Y-Teen Adviser, 7th Grade Adviser, University of Minnesota B.S. Miss Ursula Costello English 10, 10th Grade Adviser, Declamation Coach, Winona State Teachers' College B.E. Miss Thusnelda Doering Algebra 9, Math 7, Junior Red Cross Adviser, Head of Math Department, 9th Grade Adviser, Chairman; University of Minnesota B.S.