Golden Valley High School - Viking Yearbook (Golden Valley, MN)

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 (?£ei 59 Dedicate . IN THE BEGINNING there was an idea, and with the passing of the years it became an evergrowing need. Golden Valley’s District Eighty Nine was to have a new high school, allowing the citizens thereof to enjoy the conveniences and merits of controlling their entire educational system. Important decisions had to be made. For all the benefits, The Piper had to be paid. Careful studies were made by the School Board as to which would be more practical, consolidating with another school district or building a high school of our own. THE TASK OF CONVINCING the voters of the district to build now confronted the Board. Over fifty meetings were held at homes of interested persons with about twenty-five people attending each meeting. To build, or not to build, was the option offered voters at the called election. Overwhelmingly the bond issue of 831,000 dollars was approved. The architects submitted designs, and when commended, the contractors began work breaking ground October 3, 1956. On September 11, 1957, students in grades seven through eleven walked into the new building for the first time. The formal dedicatory service was held on February 9, 1958. LUCILLE D. ROSENOW THE FIRST SCHOOL YEAR was difficult for students and faculty. The buzzing of power saws and drills and the clamor of hammers, not to mention the groans and growds of heavy landscaping machinery outside, along with the sea of mud that greeted us each morning, made the program of getting an education a definite challenge. IN ITS SECOND YEAR the woes of the first were only memories. The air was stilled of distractions, the grass was growing, trees were planted, and the beauty oF the school became apparent. Traditions were being established and a well-balanced curriculum was set before the students. All of- this the Class of Nineteen Hundred Fifty-Nine remembers today, but through the coming years many of the forestated facts will be forgotten. However, our associations with people of outstanding character will remain a lasting influence on our lives. IT IS WITH LOVING RESPECT THE CLASS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE DEDICATES THIS BOOK TO OUR FRIEND OF MANY YEARS. MISS LUCILLE D. ROSENOW, SUPERINTENDENT. WHO HAS DEDICATED HERSELF TO US.

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