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

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 DON'T GET NERVOUS, advises Patricia Neill (English; Speech I, II; Senior Choir; Junior Choir) as she helps prepare Roger Hick, Tom Koch, Gerry Nordley, and Dick Peters for the Optimists' Oratorical Contest. English, Speech IS HE SCRATCHING? No, Dick Merwin is acting out We Could Make Beautiful Music Together for a game of charades in speech class. The speech students also added zest to class by playing Password. 23 SPICING up his speech, Gary Visser demonstrates the art of frying a hamburger, but whether it will satisfy his appetite is nor known.

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FAR FROM schoolrooms and students Mr. Borgerding concentrates in a world of literature. CERTAINLY I'M RIGHT, argues Pete Myhre as he debates with Mr. Roman Borgerding (English Department Chairman; English 10, 11, 12) about a short story. Mr. Borgerding led his classes in open discussion on everything. Contention Highlights Bah! Humbug! Charles Dickens had nothing on Tim Ewald as Tim barrelled into his English paper entitled Humbug. With another of Mr. Borger-ding's dreaded experimental papers due, the Juniors handed in creative and interesting etymologies of words ranging from avenue to phobia. Poems, contemporary writings, and classical works were on the year's agenda for both Seniors and Juniors. Opaque projectors, record players, and movie projectors were all used to help that old standby, the English teacher, in his effort to cover broader subject areas. Following the organization of the English staff into a departmentalized system in 1962-'63, glimpses of things to come were frequently seen. Faculty members brought back current information after convention trips to such places as Miami and Louisville. This information was then applied to GV classrooms. Early in the spring, the library book shelves were supplemented by the addition of a paperback book store. Without having to worry about paying library fines, students bought and read books other than those which were required for class reading. The use of a tape recorder allowed class members to present interpretive readings from To Kill A Mockingbird and games helped them to gain composure before an audience. 22

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DISCOVERING the wonders of Biology, Dick Peters carefully follows precise directions of Mr. Flolid (Science 9, Biology, Wrestling, Baseball, and Science Department Chairman) as he begins to dissect a miserable creature of the deep. WATER OR WHISKEY-which shall it be? is the big question as Chemistry students John Kulenkamp and Vis Videns set up Formaldehyde, Flames and Flying SWINGING INTO PHYSICS with a mighty pull of the hacksaw blade, a transformed Sucret's box is carefully timed by Juan Ferrer and Steve Rosholt. Weights of unknown masses were determined by timings and student-devised formulas. Foiled in an attempt to scale the walls of the school to the roof for the purpose of dropping weights from its highest point, the young Galileos of GV were content to play with Slinkies and to watch the gentle swing of pendulums. Harmonic motion was only one of the many phases of physics studied this year. Einstein's famous formula, E=mc:, was also discussed along with the structure and composition of the atom. Look out! Someone get the fire extinguisher, and Quick, wipe the acid off your hand! were cries often heard in chemistry classes. Through the turmoil and confusion of first experiments, Chemistry students managed to adopt lab procedures which brought them through the year alive, if nothing else. Producing oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon dioxide were among many experiments done to prove theories explained in the text. 24