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

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All Find Niche, Some Rewarded REPRESENTATIVE of Golden Valley, Mike Murphy and Kathie Mikucki, Boys' and Girls' State delegates will take part in mock government in St. Paul. Participants are sponsored by the American Legion. BETTY CROCKER? Judith Koch is Homemaker of Tomorrow by right of scoring highest on a test administered to Senior girls. HERE I AM AS ASSESSOR ' giggles Nancy Moe to Eileen Carlson, one Girls' County representative to another, recalling their day in county offices. 8

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INTENT ON THE GAME, Golden Valley basketball spectators saw our team through to a rousing defeat of St. Anthony. Assembly Line Products Not Goal NONCOMMITTALLY, John Whitfield (Pete Myhre) listens to Defense Attorney Stevens (Gregg Parmelee) pour forth his tirade. Whether it was completing an analysis for chemistry, whether it was runing the low hurdles in a track meet, or whether it was operating the lights for a class play, each Viking pursued his own line of interest. These were individual lines, but, like railroad tracks seen in the distance, the end points came together. All purposeful endeavors culminated in a common goal—completing a worthwhile education. Academics, as they should be, are emphasized. But GV was not aiming for assembly line production of squares or complete carbon paper copies of each preceding student. Rather, the goal was to prepare an educated, well-rounded person for whatever field one would seek after graduation, be it housewife or nuclear scientist or teacher. A solid measure of studies to which is added just the right amount of extracurricular functions produced the prize-winning recipe for a well-informed, well-adjusted individual. 7

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for Special Abilities or Talents CALIPER IN HAND, Bausch and Lomb science award winner Steve Rosholt obtains an accurate measurement in an important physics project. A school building is just a shell without students lining it. A school is no more, and no less, than its occupants. Vikings characterized Golden Valley in all they did. Studious Valleyites exemplified academic leanings of GV. Fun-lovers enjoyed special events. Leaders headed committees, presided over club meetings, guided publications. Athletes put prowess to work by joining a team. Doers made the core of all activities. Each of the 455 Vikings, though, found some niche, some place in which he exhibited a special talent. Some displayed more talents than others. A few received special recognition for a special ability. But no matter how many talents a Valley student possessed he was part of a school—a school that became a living operation because of his participation in its being. A DAILY RITUAL is performed by DAR award winner Leslie Mitchell in her capacity as Student Council member. 9