Edina High School - Whigrean Yearbook (Edina, MN)

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TIRED OF TRADITIONAL ways of teaching, Mr. Larry Stotts lectures from a unique position. MURRAY WILSON MANAGES to focus all his attention on Babbitt despite the commotion of the library. English Students Offered Elementary Study of the Theater Arts A THEATER ARTS course was introduced into the curriculum this year to provide Edina students with a broad view of the arts and skills of live theater, films, and television. Various types of drama were studied as well as technical skills and acting. In their work on the acting theater, students first studied various techniques and later made use of what they had learned. They acted out scenes, impromptus, and pantomimes in accordance with the basic assumption of the course that to fully understand, one must participate. Other techniques studied included the projection of the voice and the reading of a script. The study of lighting, design, sets, and costuming culminated in the construction of a model set. Films and television were also studied for their differences from live theater. The Humanities course which was offered for the first time last year in place of English 12 was instead offered to juniors this year as an alternative to English 11. The course was improved by using a curriculum revised after one year's experience. 29 MISS URSULA COSTELLO ponders an explanation of myths.

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Miss Ruth Aanrud — English 10 — received B.A. from St. Olaf College, graduate study at the University of Minnesota. Miss Birgit Anderson — English 12 — B.S. from Moorhead State College. Mr. Everett Anderson — enriched and standard English 12 — National Honor Society — B.A, from Custavus Adolphus and M.A. from the University of Washington — travelled in Europe last summer. Mrs. Lois t Anderson — standard and enriched English 11 — B.A. from Mount Holyoke College and M.A.T. from Yale University. Miss Martha Hatch lor — standard and enriched English 11 — B.A. from Macalester College — graduate work at the University of Minnesota — sophomore debate. Miss Ursula Costello standard and enriched English 10 — received a B.A. at Winona State College. Miss Barbara Elaison — English 12 and speech — received a B.S. from the University of Minnesota — one act play director. Mrs. Sonia Fogelman — English 10 and general art — B.A. from Brooklyn College, B.S. and graduate work from University of Minnesota. Mr. Bennett f. Garner, fr. — standard and general English 12 — B.A. from the University of Minnesota — Concessions Club. Mrs. Barbara Hare — standard and enriched English 10 — University of Wisconsin, Northwestern University, and University of Minnesota. Miss Shirley Hoaglund — general English 10 and Spanish 1 — the University of Minnesota. Mr. Vernon A. Iensen — English 12 and Humanities 11 — Hamline University and University of California — traveled in Ireland last summer. RESEARCHING American authors. Sue Sloan, Cheryl Elmgren, and Donna Stockdale exchange junior gossip behind the librarians' backs. 28

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THE MANY EXPRESSIONS of Mr. John O'Dougherty help convey the feeling behind Shakespearean literature to his senior English students. ENACTING THE DEATH of Julius Caesar by Brutus, Mike Cummings and Brian Lee humorously entertain their English class. Mrs. Patricia Johnson — English 11 and speech — B.A. from St. Olal College — debate, declamation, and National For-enscics League adviser. Mrs. Shirley Mahowald — standard and enriched English 11 — B.A. from the University of Minnesota. Mr. John O'Dougherty — standard and enriched English 12— B.A. from St. John's University. Mr. Stephen Oliver — English 11, speech, and theater arts — B.A. from Wisconsin State University — Thespian Club adviser. Mrs. Mary Theresa O'Neill — standard and general English 11 — B.A. from the College of St. Catherine. Mrs. Beverly Rudijuist — English 10 and journalism — B.S. from Mankato State College — Buzzettc adviser. Mrs. Joan Schulz — English 10 and creative writing — Hamline University and Macalester College — advises Images On The Wind. Mr. John K. Sheldon — standard and enriched English 10 — B.A. from St. Olaf College and M.A. from the University of Minnesota. Mr. Larry Stotts — English 11 and theater arts — has a B.A. and M.Ed. from Macalester College. Mrs. Marie Wyatt — English 12 and humanities — the University of Minnesota and the University of Illinois. 30