Highmore High School - Hisodak Yearbook (Highmore, SD)

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 The Language Arts department had a widely varied curriculum which gave every student a chance to do his own thing . In place of the traditional four years of straight English, there were courses such as Personal Writing and Journalism, which were each one semester in length and worth one half credit each. Required courses included English I for freshmen, Speech and Grammar for sophomores, American Literature for juniors, and Seniors had many options of English classes which they could take. Language Art classes were taught by Mrs. Frances Ruebel, Miss Mildred Wollman, and Mr. Douglas Tschetter. Mrs. Ruebel and Mr. Tschetter taught American Literature, with Mr. Tschetter having two classes in the second semester and Mrs. Ruebel having one class during the first semester. Students Acquire Language Skills Below Left: Miss Mildred Wollman teaches freshman students the basics of modern English. Below Right: Mr. Douglas Tschetter and Steve Morford research a topic for speech, which is a required course for sophomores. Bottom Right: Mary McGregor, Todd Cowan, and Bob Houdek try to put a little excitement into their Personal Writing class, an elective course which teaches students how to write more expressively. 9

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Students Learn New Abilities Teachers in the area of Vocational Education are Mr. Vincent Skaff and Mr. John Ziegler who instructed stu- dents in shop classes and drafting, and Mr. William Lehman who taught Vocational Agriculture classes, which were a new addition to Highmore High School's curriculum. Miss Lori Willoughby also taught one class of Vo-Ag. Mr. Gwen Lehman was responsible for all Home Economics classes, including Bachelor Living, which was a popular class with high school boys and some girls. Mr. Henry Johnke served as Guidance Counselor. He assisted students in planning for future education and administered ACT, ITED, GATB, Kuder Interest Survey, and Lorge Thorndike tests. The new Vocational Agriculture classes added this year consisted of Vo-Ag. I, which was created especial- ly for freshman, Vo-Ag. II, which was very popular with sophomores and some juniors, and Vo-Ag. Ill and IV comprised of juniors and seniors. Below Right: Mrs. Gwen Lehman assists the Bachelor Living students in the preparation of a meal. Below Left: Mr. Lehman is assisted by Lawrence Weidenbach, Mike Anderson, and Roger Myers in making bleachers. Bottom Left: Durward Ratzlaff uses his mechanical abilities to fix the lawn mower.

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Students Learn Business Skills One of the new teachers this year, Mrs. Gauer, taught the Commercial Arts classes of Typing I and II, Office Occupations, Accounting, Basic Bookkeeping and Shorthand. The Typing I class learned basic typing skills. If they ventured on to Typing II, they were taught to type more advanced business letters. In Office Occu- pations, students learned to operate machines used in offices. Accounting and Bookkeeping classes learned con cepts of accounting and bookkeeping along with doing a uniton income taxes. The students in Shorthand developed skills in dictation and transcribing. General Business, taught by Jaquelyn Neuharth, covered comparitive economic systems. A tour of the bank was taken with a follow-up of speakers on banking and insurance. Lower Left: Janet McDonald was surprised to be caught in the camera's eye while working in Office Occupations. Lower Right: Back-to-back performances given by Susie Kutt and Janet McDonald. Bottom: Julie Taylor sits in solitary peace amongst the unoccupied typewriters. 10