Fargo South High School - Bruin Yearbook (Fargo, ND)

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Nl A gyys VAI V i ' A ? 2 Ed Raymond Arnold Hermunslie Don Johnson John McDonald Principal Asst. Principal Asst. Principal Asst. Principal l ii Ed Raymond talks to Mr. Tom Manley at the coffee-hour presented in Raymond's honor, 'W r ev ,W Ed Raymond chuckles as he looks at the ulty meeting where the agree, no opinion, and Mrs. Lois Mayer donates blood at one of the opinion t-shirt and sign brought out at a fac- disagree methods are used by teachers. blood drives held each year by the Key Club. twenty

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tremendous experience but for the poorer students, it encourages loafing . Mr. Raymond believes that the upperclassmen have to be given room to make decisions on their own because after leaving high school most students go out into the world alone. Whether going to college or starting in the business world, they have to depend upon their own decisions. Mr. Raymond believes in open campus whole-heartedly and he says that there rarely are problems with the juniors and seniors. In 1970, Mr. Bernhoft left South High and went to work in the District Office. He did not stay there long because he preferred working with young people. Today, he is the principal of McKinley Elementary School. When asked if he missed South, he replied that he did but that he finds the work at McKinley more satisfying. Mr. Bernhoft felt that his job at South was becoming too demanding. At McKinley, he finds his job very rewarding and he thinks that the younger children are so real and so very thankful for anything that they are given. In the fall of 1970, Mr. Raymond became the new principal of South. Mr. Raymond thinks that one of the biggest reasons for the decline in the enrollment in language classes is that many colleges no longer require the languages as part of sz i2.i E the entrance requirements. Many new classes have been added in the last ten years including the community service class which was added last year. The course gives credit to students- who are volunteer workers. Health careers, another new class, helps students get an idea of what a job in the health field is like. Modern Dance was added last year as another alternative for the regular gym classes. South is missing the boat, commented Mr. Raymond, because we have no classes in the area of mass media ftelevision and radiolf' He would like to see classes started in these areas because there are many jobs in these fields open to high school students, and he believes that South should be preparing students for these jobs. Over the past ten years South has made a great many changes in the academic areas. A great improvement has been made in the wide variety of new classes offered. The past ten years has brought many things, good and bad. What will the next ten years bring? The first change for the second decade will be a new principal for South High School. Mr. Raymond resigned the principalship to become the Director of Personnel Relations for the Fargo Public Schools. Mr. James Spence assumed the principal- ship July 1, 1977. .,,.:' Academics-nineteen

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Counselor Russ Riveland confers with an in- coming freshman about class selections at a ive Facult From September to December 1976, five members of South's faculty announced their resigna- tions. The trend was started by James Ebsen, an English teacher, followed by Geryldean Brannan, a former reading teacher. Mrs. Ca- rol Rustad and Marie Thorstad, Freshman Registration held at South on Tuesday, March 16, for the eighth graders. cmbe who had taught math and biology, respectively, resigned in Decem- ber as Principal Edward Raymond did during the month of February. Raymond, who had been with South for seven years, left to become a negotiator. I have had contact with the different groups mea I Charles Metzroth, one of the four counselors practicing at South, holds a conference with sophomore Lori Hawkinson concerning her registration of classes for the next school year. June Dobervich Lois Mayer Counselor Counselor Charles Metzroth Russ Riveland Counselor Counselor rs Resign l'll be working with. I like negotia- ting, along with the fact that there's slightly more money in- volvedf' explained Raymond. l-le expressed regret at leaving South by saying, lim going to miss the involvement with the students. I like South, and I'd like to stay. twenty-one