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

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PROGRESS IS OUR MOST IMPORTANT PRODUCT. Superintendent Lucille Rosenow and School Board President Bruce McNeil examine the plans for the new middle school which will house grades five through eight. The new school building, to be adjacent to the high school, will answer the need for more classroom space. 4 OUT OF $38,821 books found in the Minneapolis Public Library. opened January 31, 1961, are about to be checked out by Chrissy Peterson, Jan Hammenncister, and Jill Bryant Vikings Live in a Whirl of “A MAN IS NOT IDLE BECAUSE HE IS ABSORBED IN THOUGHT. Modern day Viking Kevin McCaffrey delves into the mystic, imaginative, and spiritual aspects of English literature. The works of immortal men such as Chaucer and Milton were introduced to Seniors. 8

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Citizens in the ‘New Frontier’ BEWITCHED. BOTHERED, AND BEWILDERED is Susan Steele as she puzzles over the intricacies of French grammar. Directions proved to be just as difficult os the exercises, for the texts were written completely in French. “MAN IS BY NATURE A POLITICAL ANIMAL” The fall election debates bring out the beast in Dan Kane as he jumps down opposing Republican throats. HEY. SANTA! WHERE’S YOUR BEARD? Andy Marks, Colden Valley’s own Santa Claus piles present upon present for the Santa Anonymous campaign. The Valley Viewer sold ads in the Christmas edition of the paper to purchase these toy for needy or orphaned children. 7

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WITH THE REQUIRED TEN POUNDS. Jrrry Bo che« doubts whether the additional volume Griff McAuliffe is choosing are necessary. The library' proved to be a frequent haunt of Vikings doing the many term papers assigned. “I.OOK MA. NO F s! cries Jerry Huuschildt. He displays his enthusiasm for the new report cards, which contain evaluating numbers after the letter grade. Change — New Faces and Places One year is a short span in the course of a lifetime. To the older generation, who realize the importance of each task and the brevity of life itself, a year may seem very short. To the middle generation, time speeds by much too rapidly. One year is merely a ripple in the water which quickly disappears into obscurity. To a teenager, time is measured between dates, school, parties, and is as fluctuating as his emotions, so that a year moves slowly week by week, month by month, but quickly in its entirety. To a Valleyite or Minneapolitan, a year is a time for improvement, for new horizons, for new faces. I960-1961 has been such a year and has opened up entirely new facets in the areas of education and culture. Golden Valley's own community theatre became a reality on January 20 when the curtain rose on their first production. My Three Angels. It was acclaimed “an overwhelming success for the first effort of a community theatre” by reviewers in 8:30, a theatre magazine. Minneapolis too. has become “stage struck. The Tyrone Guthrie Theatre Project selected the Twin Cities for their new home. To Valleyites it will mean another cultural experience. While interest in the theatre was booming, so was Golden Valley’s population and, with it, the increasing need for more classroom space. Thus, District 275 was organized educationally on a 4-4-4 grade plan. This means that Golden Valley is to house kindergarten through grade four in Meadowbrook. and grades five through eight in a new middle school. The latter will be built adjacent to the high school, which will house grades nine through twelve. Report card day, often candidly referred to as “Black Wednesday.” showed up with something new for Valleyites this year. Besides the regular letter grade, numerical grades of one or two were given if the student was not working up to his ability. The purpose of the change was to provide a greater understanding of the student’s progress for both students and parents. Juniors and Seniors referred to Minneapolis' new 8-million dollar library as “my second home. The modern library created a l eautiful atmosphere for study. The use of a revised system of Ncw-Matic tubes and the drive-in window saves time for Valleyites. While two new important figures, Dr. 0. Meredith Wilson, newlv-elected president of the University of Minnesota. and Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, the new director of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, were making their debut. Valley was saying good-bye to Lucille Rosenow, superintendent of District 275. She came to Golden Valley when the Class of 1961 was in first grade and left the year they graduated. Succeeding her is Dr. Elmer R. Kane, formerly employed as assistant superintendent of the Minnetonka School district. And so another year of progress becomes another year of history. 9