Edina High School - Whigrean Yearbook (Edina, MN)

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William Shakespeare, 400 Years Old, Still Educates English teachers get steamed up about what's In the pot. Larry Stotts. English 10. 11, play director. Nancy Gim- Ann Oleson. English 11. Jim Garner. English 12. FT A mestad. English 11. cheerleader advisor. Essay tests provide all English students with an opportunity to show their writing skills under pressure Restless students kick their neighbors' books with intruding feet. 24

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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

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mm English Students Edina - Morningside Courier editors turned back the clock this year by publishing Anglo-Saxon verse. Old English ballads, and Elizabethan sonnets, written by senior English students. Other monthly publications were Anglo-Saxon riddles, couplets, and haiku. Douglas Campbell's interpretive films on Macbeth” supplemented senior English courses. Students visited the Guthrie Theatre in the Spring for “Richard III” in return for Mr. Campbell’s visit to Edina. To prepare students for the rigors of college comp.. Dr. McKiernan, St. Thomas English professor, spoke on the problems of English composition in college. Tales of tho uneducated cowkeeper. Caedmon, bring laughter from John O'Dougherty and Mrs. Shirley Mahowald. English 11. 12. English 10 Tony Pastore, AFSer from Italy, finds the language of Shakespeare's tragedy. “Macbeth” particularly perplexing. The high-pitched voices and imaginations of Penny Anderson and Ruth Carlson create original American ballads. There's absolutely no doubt about it. English teachers love to read. Birgit Anderson. English 12. Mrs. Frances Fraxec. English 10. Richard Busch. English 10. 11.12. Ruth Aanrud, English 10. Foods. 25