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

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RUSHING THE SEASON, Jay Martin takes advantage cf a balmy April noon hour to study low temperature solids comfortably on the school lawn. SUE CROWDER, 1962 Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow, topped a field of 20 senior girls on a 50-minute test covering all phases of homemaking. Passed by village voters in 1961 and following groundbreaking ceremonies in August, 1962, Golden Valley's Middle School is scheduled for completion by September, 1963. Employing a 4-4-4 grade plan, the Middle School would adopt grades 5 and 6 from Meadow-brook and 7 and 8 from the high school. Prime subscriber and defender of the We're small, but ... society of schools. Golden Valley for the first time boasted an achievement few schools, comparable in population, can claim: four valedictorians. The quartet, Tom Ylvisaker, Gail Skyberg, Margie Hoines, and Anne Knickerbocker, has maintained consistent 4.0 grade averages. Holding the fifth place in her class with a 3.8 average, Christine Peterson staked claim on saluta-torian honors. As specialization has come to other white collar fields, departmentalization will be initiated at Golden Valley in the '62-'63 school season. Department heads, Roman Borgerding, English; Tom Benepe, social science; and Bob Lockwood, mathematics, constitute a beginning for future specialized staffs. The trio is intended to be a triple tonic to reorganize some of Valley's departmental areas, to keep instructors informed in their respective fields, and to attempt to keep Valley abreast with advancement in education. 7

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Ghtuiij, Ckofyohto D CHmiM rib '€ ] -'62 Scena FOOD, RfflDS FURNISH FUN For weeks Mill City residents were not quite sure of what was happening throughout the world, as employees went on strike at Minneapolis Star and Tribune for the first time in history. News-hungry citizens had only to look about, however, to see that the world was not standing still. Construction crews were tearing down the eyesores of lower Minneapolis and, sometimes, a local monument, as in the case of the Metropolitan Building. 1961-62 was the year Jack Paar went off the air, Ernest Hem- ingway's life ended, and liquid diets became the answer to excess eating. Indonesia moved closer to Golden Valley when exchange student Go Sien Nio added Oriental spice to GV. With wigs as coiffures, the feminine fashion-conscious looked to Rome and saw the Cleopatra trends, but the masculine set looked in the mirror and saw only familiar patterns. Weather-wise, the unusually cold Minneapolis temperatures didn't hamper the record-breaking 88 inches of snow dumped throughout the state. Steele, Jean Gulstrand, and Jean Thomas had a choice of seven flavors. Chocolate chip was the biggest seller. FOUR SUPPORTERS of the Student Council ice cream machine congregate on the foyer heater. Suzy Crowder, Anne 8