Edina High School - Whigrean Yearbook (Edina, MN)

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School Board and PTA Members Return to School If teachers had given detention on October 15, every study hall, in addition to the auditorium and cafeteria, would have been filled to capacity. Parents who attended the PTA Open House had considerable difficulty finding the proper rooms. Open House was organized differently this year to try to eliminate some of the confusion. Announcements and schedules were sent by mail to the homes, rather than through the hands of unreliable students. Board issues included the per capita tax. introduced for the second time, and the bond issue involving the construction of a new elementary school. Five district office secretaries have a busy day's work even without the hectic stream of questioning- students and teachers. The handling of incoming mail and the entire school system's business is done in this office. Room 103 ... third floor? , . . right? . . . PTA Board: Jack Bemie. Fred Lado. Mrs Beverly Diercks. Martin Krlosol, Robert Savro across from 208 . . the BASEMENT? Missing: Mrs. Elizabeth Weigel. Ralph Bolmgren School Board: Loo Kick. Herbert Hartshorn. Don Pryor. Ward Lewis. James Chapman. Mrs Marg Dufort. Ron Kennedy School Board: Mrs Marg Dufort. Ron Kennedy. Dr Paul Carson. Dr Henry Johnson. John Loper, Mrs Jeanno Strom me. Mrs Constance Kuehn. Willis Shaw

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Arnold Rehmann explains to Mrs. Martin the psychology to use on students who are waiting for counseling conferences. Sybil Wersell spends a great deal of time giving special assistance to her students. Psychology Is Applied to Athletics, Nursing, Movies Almost daily students came into contact with some of Edina’s most valuable administrators. Twenty to twenty-five students a day visited Lois Engel, complaining frequently of imaginary ailments. Edina students attended athletic events and pep fests coordinated by Howard Merriman. Douglas Hed obtained all films and related materials for the classroom. Students who were in need of special education were instructed by Sybil Wersell. A. M. Rehman, the school psychologist, aided the counselor’s office by evaluating student problems and discussing student problems with the parents. Scheduling of Professor Coleman's movie “College of the Air for senior economic classes is performed by Douglas Hed. audio-visual director. Ripping along the dotted line and scheduling athletic events make up only a small part of Howard Merriman's job as direc-torof athletics. Checking pupils and refusing to give students aspirin are among the duties of Lois Engle. Y-Teens advisor and student nurse. 21

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Students with term papers occupy librarian Carolyn Johnsons's time As head librarian. Ingrid Miller explains to a questioning parent the possibilities for a student's bibliography. Busy Library is well-stacked and Draped This Year Being academically Inclined, John Anderson surrounds himself and his classmate Jim Anderson, with books filled with knowledge. Carol Kittleson finds the library a good place to come for informative pamphlets, encyclopedias, magazines, rosearch books, poetry anthologies, statistical abstracts, and entertaining fiction and non-fiction, novels and short stories. Mr. Bechtle's favorite, “Drums of Black Africa, was added to the library during: the first half of this year with 1,644 other new books. The number of volumes increased to 18,000 in addition to nearly 170 periodicals. The increased circulation of the reserved books caused mob scenes at the overnight desk comparable to those at the Peruvian soccer games. The new beige drapes added a touch of home to the library, and eliminated the strong glare of the afternoon sun. Filing orders for new books is the Job done by Mrs. Joyce Cavanaugh. 23