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

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Administrators Build New School, WITH AN EYE ON THE FUTURE, Superintendent Dr. Elmer Kane and Principal Dewey Breisch inspect the new middle school's library. DRIVING home a point. Dr. Kane strikes a familiar pose. His poise at the podium complemented his material throughout the year. DIGGING through his files. Counselor Frank Farrell checks on student progress. Mr. Farrell's files contain records of students' grades, test results, personality ratings, and any other records pertinent to school affairs. 18

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Academic Lines Unite Valleyites The word academics, formalized into unwieldliness by tradition, tends to run many Viking events into one blot of activity. Caught without the imposing label, students and faculty bustled through a blank year, each creating his own mark and each leaving a labyrinth of lines for others to follow and explore. Courses grew with the student, and class members saw new ideas and methods strengthening old, well laid foundations. Students met the challenge of progress and disciplined themselves into studiousness. Libraries were a necessity as students attacked book lined shelves and demand exceeded supply, setting midnight oil at a premium. Faculty members, clinging to a line of responsibility, were drawn out of the classroom and into a web of organization. Skilled, knowing advisers guided club plans into successes. Parties, dances, initiations, and service were welcome diversions and broke up the routine of assignments and deadlines. Hidden by the mechanics of teaching and being taught, an efficient administration directed and co-ordinated converging lines until they formed GVHS. THE SHAKOPEE BAND IS LOST! Mrs. Armi Nelson reports Band Contest. GV faculty members used their time not only to Mrs. Bernette Engquist and Miss Patricia Neill at the MVC to teach but to supervise many extra activities. 17

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Scholars Helping students to remove their rose-colored glasses was the aim of the administration. Dr. Elmer R. Kane, Superintendent, and Dewey R. Breisch, Principal, worked to help students adjust to the cruel hard world. Carrying out the policies established by the school board was a key part of Dr. Kane's position as Superintendent. While keeping an eye on the construction of the new Middle School, he was also in charge of co-ordinating the activities of both high school and the grade school. In spite of his busy schedule, Dr. Kane found time to write a book and head the Minneapolis Area School Council. Taking charge of all the extracurricular activities and academic studies. Principal Breisch made sure that they functioned for the benefit of the entire student body. Checking for stray pencil marks in the mazes of IBM analyzed answer sheets was an insignificant but necessary duty faced by Counselor Frank Farrell. Aptitude, achievement, interest and personality tests helped students in filling out college applications and schedules. This very significant phase of Mr. Farrell's work brought him into contact with each of the school's four hundred and fifty scholars. In spite of his title, Mr. Farrell was not an advice-giver but rather a discussion leader, probing for the pros and cons in the ideas presented to him by the searching student mind. His many facets led him into the classroom, where he taught an Eighth Grade Guidance class. Through this class, he attempted to show students the importance of high grades in high school for college admittance and job applications. Mr. Farrell readily gave out information on colleges, scholarships and job opportunities. ANOTHER DAY starts for Dewey Breisch as he pauses to greet students in the foyer. Despite a demanding schedule he was head of the Minnesota Valley Conference Administrators' Association and president of GV Optimists' Club. 19