Gale Ettrick Trempealeau High School - Arrowhead Yearbook (Galesville, WI)

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MUSIC DEPARTMENT ABOVE: DON ROWLANDS RIGHT: RANDY SWENSON A new idea being worked on in the Music Department this year was the earning of letters or emblems. These awards would be given to each individual music student who has a certain number of points. These points would be earned by participating in the solo-ensemble contest, the concert contest, or the piano contest by providing special music in church, such as a vocal, or instrumen- tal solo, or an instrumental accompaniment, and by playing in the pep band. The solo-ensemble contest, concert contest, and piano contest was hosted by Taylor this year. Any student in Band, Chorus, or Girls Glee Club can participate in the contests. To be eligible to participate in the piano contest a student must accompany the chorus or Glee Club. Each year the Music Department produces three musical concerts: A Christmas Concert, a Pops Concert, and a Spring Concert. All students in the department partici- pate. These concerts are always open to the public. 119

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PHYSICAL EDUCATION ABOVE: AURORA WARRINER The Physical Education Department expanded upon its well-rounded program again this year. New activities in the curriculum included beginning skiing, tennis, indoor recreational games, and team handball. Seniors are now offered electives within the program. Each quarter four different activities were presented and the students chose from these areas. 'This offered a more varied program and gave seniors the opportunity to select team or individual sports more suited to their own interests. There was an expansion of co-educational activities alsc this year, with experiments in soccer, flag football, anc dance. Student teachers from the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse were helpful in the boys department this year as well as the girls. 118 ABOVE: DON SKWIERAWSKI BELOW: Physical education promotes both fitness and fun.

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ART - DRIVING - LIBRARY Printmaking, painting, jewelry, sculpture, drawing, weaving, pottery, serigraphy, macrame, and design-- these were parts of the many-sided discipline called art at G.E.T. this year. The investigations of the first year art students into such things as color theory, ele- ments of design, and special relationships, both posi- tive and negative, highlighted first year campaigns in- to the world of art. Silkscreening, printmaking, and painting prompted the second-year student to finally consider art as a vocation or a hobby. The third year students investigated all forms of art. The students worked diligently on art shows and dis- plays for the enjoyment of the rest of the school. For what is art, if it is not meant as a medium for enjoy- ment, though it may be used as a tool for satire, polit- ical comment, and historical record. The Art Depart- ment again climaxed its year with a raku demonstra- tion and clinic behind the school. The kiln was student- constructed and student-fired as was the make-up of the clay and glazes. The main attraction in the Drivers Education Depart- ment this year was the Driving Simulator. Any sopho- more or junior who hadn't had behind-the-wheel train- ing was eligible for training in the simulator. The simulator had twelve places or cars , therefore, twelve students could be in a session at one time. By watching films fwhich were taken from the driver's seatj, the students were taught general instructions Qsuch as how to signal, turn, brakej, and more specif- ic situations, such as city, winter, and night driving in light, medium, or heavy traffic. Mr. Solberg could accurately check each student by watching a control council. This council checked speed, signaling, steering, and brakes. Each car had a feed-back panel, which could be on or off, and told the student if he was driving correctly. The cars could be driven as automatic or standard transmissions. The simulator was here for six weeks. Other schools in the area used its facilities the rest of the year. With ever increasing emphasis on individual research and independent study, the importance of the library as a learning center has been re-emphasized. Student-library assistants helped Mrs. Twesme to dem- onstrate and encourage the use of a variety of print and non-print materials. More than ever before, G.E.T. students relied on microfilm, recordings, cas- settes, filmstrips, and other media to improve their understanding of the world they live in. In keeping with the new philosophy of including audio- visual materials, Mrs. Twesme, librarian, completed work on her Masters Degree in audio- visual education at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse. Mrs. Debbie McDonah served this year as a part-time secretary and assistant in the library office. 120 ABOVE: FRANCIS GREEN ilu ABOVE: RON SOLBERG ABOVE: DOROTHY TWESME