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

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FACULTY—Front Row: Harold Flolid, Roger Johnson, Thomas Benepe, Walter Kimble, Leland Gillogly, Lyle Berg, Roman Borgerding, David Baker, William Anderson, Clyde Rust, Jerome Holewa, Homer Moeller. Row 2: Mrs. Armi Nelson, Mrs. Cecilia Johnson, Miss Carole Calabresa, Mrs. Ella Lindberg, Miss Marja-Leena Onermaa, Miss Patricia Neill, Mrs. Mildred Wivell, Mrs. Evelyn Arends, Mrs. Lorna Erdahl. Mrs. Marjorie Drager, Mrs. Caryl Minnetti, Robert Lockwood. Bulletin Boards, Flags, Meetings MATHEMATICALLY, twenty-eight divided by fourteen times fifty-lwo is one hundred four, but when fifty-two is people, twenty-eight, hours, and fourteen, a number of meetings, the results are solutions to prevalent professional problems as Meadowbrook and Golden Valley faculties met jointly. FRESHMEN: READ THIS commanded the blinding orange letters on the dark purple back-ground. Closer examination showed that this bulletin board was not a propaganda device for some school function but one of the monthly messages from the National Honor Society. Working in pairs, the society members put up colorful and eye-catching boards to announce up-coming Society-sponsored social and academic events. Nine names were added to the plaque as the Society plunged into their fifth year of bulletin boarding and party throwing. The traditional ice cream and cookie socials were held after the first and third quarters. 140 hotdogs, 25,397 baked beans, and 70 bottles of milk made up the menu for the Honor Society sock-hop held after the second semester break. Seven-thirty found the Student Council conscious, assembled, and voting. Contrary to the popular image of politics, promises such as a flag in every classroom and an ice cream bar in every mouth proved to be more than empty words. Par- 20

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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

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NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY—Seated: Marcia Volkenant, Stephanie Korney, Mr. Gillogly, Mr. Bene-pe, Mrs. Nelson, Mr. Farrell, Advisers; Kathie Mikucki, Secretary-Treasurer; Marnie Mellberg, Jean DeVilliers. Standing: Diane Englebert, Claire Anderson, Mike Murphy, Gerald Peters, Fred Hass, Vice President; Jeff McLeod, President; Skip Hall, Steve Rosholt, Mark Moilanen, Kristi Prestegaard. Constitute Dawn to Dusk Days ty requisitions were a continual order of business as the Council effectively directed school activities throughout the year. The Senior Joy Boys stole the show and the Skit Award as they again enraptured hundreds at a pep fest with their cheerleading renditions of old favorites like Oski Waw Waw. Trollhaugen's slopes saw Sno-Day and the regular return of Vikings to the world of gentle snow and broken skis. The event featured an early morning hot chocolate breakfast and the polite refusal of chaperones to wear the painstakingly prepared Ski Patrol bibs. An innovation was provided by crack of dawn yawns one Tuesday, when four hearty souls ventured into the fog for a day at Orono, courtesy of their Student Council. A similar trek to U-High was organized, and both schools responded by returning the visits. The call of the outdoors seemed to be the rage, for neither sleet nor snow, hail nor rain could keep Council flag raisers from hoisting Old Glory at morning's break. STUDENT COUNCIL—Seated: Jon Skyberg, Nancy Lindberg, Cindy Hall, Treasurer; Jean DeVilliers, Secretary; Dewey Breisch, Adviser; Fred Hass, President; Judd Nelson, Vice President; Mark Moilanen. Standing-. Charles Gore, Tom McAuliffe, Mary Leach, Craig Sundholm, Skip Hall, Jeff McLeod, Leslie Mitchell, Carol Stenborg. 21