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

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THE HEARTBEAT OF A TURTLE makes only a fainf impulse difficult to record with the electrocardiograph used by Pete Myhre in his project work during the Saturday morning Science Seminar. The Tyrone Guthrie Theater opened its doors to the theatergoing public this spring, but who's to persuade proud parents that Hume Cronyn is better than their son, the defense attorney in The Night of January Sixteenth, or a member of the Conga line in My Sister Eileen? The play was the thing, and Senior High English students traveled in busloads to see Hamlet, with Mr. Cronyn and his wife, Jessica Tandy, now Golden Valley residents. Plays weren't the only thing, as Wayne Neustrom initiated a Science Seminar on Saturday mornings in the lab. Interested students worked on projects ranging from building a rocket to measuring the heart impulses of frogs, during the two-and-a-half hours. Death struck Golden Valley and saddened all Valleyites who had had any contact with Chemistry and Physics Instructor Neu- strom, who died at the age of 35 from a heart attack. Mr. Neustrom is remembered by students and associates alike for his brilliant mind and love for teaching and those being taught. Teaching presented itself as an interesting career to about thirty students, members of the FTA, who were given a chance to present lessons to their peers, or just observe teaching techniques in the grade school. 11

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 THE DRAGON OF WENTZ' a flair for the dramatic. The The proved an outlet for artists with the Magenta Cloud and the wonderful Gizzard of Pod for a lien who lost his mane comes to new mane procured with a scale from the Dragon of Wentz. Play Was the Thing” TEACHING METHODS are explained by Mrs. Ella Lindberg, Junior High Math instructor, to Dick Ross. Dick is a member of the FTA group of students who were given a chance for a classroom teaching experience. 10

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OLD ALUMNI never die, they just return for Homecoming. '62 graduates Gail Skyberg and Jerry Boschee are served punch by Cheryl Lesch and Jean DeVilliers. Middle School BUDDING LEAVES trace an intricate scrollwork pattern in front of school doors on an early spring day. Excellence is not measured with lines of a ruler. But plays at Golden Valley were good enough not only to attract parents, but members of the community. The annual Art, Shop and Home Ec Show brought notice from educators of surrounding schools. Musicians and choristers earned B plus and B ratings, respectively, in Conference competition. The epitome of excellence in education, though, can never be reached. Always, cooperation between community and school must work to improve learning, methods, and plants. The Middle School, bringing a 4-4-4 grade plan to Golden Valley, nears completion. With it will come another mark on the line of GV educational progress. But advancement won't stop with it. Gains will continue as long as there are students who will pursue a growing knowledge of all. 12