Humboldt High School - Nokomis Yearbook (Humboldt, IA)

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IDW IN I SW ANSON Supa rmh ml: ut SCHOOL School? Hou mam tiles docs thlt smglt vs ord rtt1ll9 Perhaps hundreds, lf we would but stop to jot them doxx n Do we realnze that e1ch tale, no matter how small or large, 15 woven and mterwoven unto 1 Chun? Thls eham IS a sx mbol of what we are and what we shall be nn the future are strong The weak ones represent the tasks that wt hut shxrked for some trlual amusement The strong ones reprt sent some task xx ell dont The weaks lmks lre constlntls trx mg to break the strong ones It ns up to us to make the stron-Y ones so much better that thex wlll absorb the weak onts In order to do thus, we must be loyal and filltliflll stu dents, ever av are that eaeh hard task completed IS one more strong lxnk for our Cham of lnfe Rllfb Von Grmzwafl pa ga rum 1 ' f 7 r f v - - ' u V s -V ' vi r ' v Some of the links that form this chain are weak and others . . Y. ,- y 1 1 , ' V 1 , V ,- K v l . V ' - 1 1 -.s

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fl page right HUVBOI DT HIC 1-I SC H001 THE DAY The grey dawn shook ICS m1sty head Awake oh feathered folk It sald Let ITIUSIC come from every throat Pxck up the song and tr1ll the note The sun above the dlSt3,lllC hllls Calls to the farmer as he t1lls Be merry as you plow the earth And let your heart be f1lled w1th m1rth And when the evenmg tw1l1g,ht falls Wlth lengthenmg shadows on the walls I rest my weary self and say Thank God for hfe and one more day Arnllffa Hopf Ransom rf

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Catherme Osxa 'Mrs Izdna Fngqunst Audrey Burns Leone Arent FAC ULTY In the face of an lncreaslng enrollment whnch has now reached 292 and the el1m1nat1on of two nnstructors from our staff, the remammg members have taken over the addrtlonal classes and have dxrected nearly all of those actnvntnes prevxously offered ln our school Much of the credxt for our success thrs year IS due to Mr Swanson, our supermtendent md Mxss Osla, our hrgh school pr1nc1pal W orkmg under heavy schedules, thev are never too busy to l1sten to problems pertammg to the students and the varxous departments Our Innglnsh department mcludes Mrss Altman, who teaches freshman Enghsh and grammar, Mnss Burns, who has all sophomore and junnor work, and Mrs Smxth, who teaches sennor Engllsh The flrst three years work mcludes mtensnve work 1n grammar composxtlon, spellmg, oral composxtxon, apprecnatxon of good llterature, and book reports In addxtlon to thexr work ln Engllsh lrterature, senior Englnsh students become acquamted wxth elementary journalxsm by edltmg The Regxster In the commerclal department, Mxss DeW'1tt stresses the relatxonshlp between the class and the busmess world She teaches typewrxtmg, shorthand, and bookkeeping Through h1s class xn commerc1al law, Mr Swanson attempts to make his students law conscnous In the natural scxence department, Mr Crxssey SIFIVCQ to develop wxthln every student 1 scxentlfxc attrtude General scnence and phvsrcs are taught by Mr Crxssey In the same department, Mr Garbett teaches geography Mr Swanson and Mlss Altman, physxology and Mr Cogswell, biology The work ln soclal screncc IS also dlvlded among several mstructors Mnss Arent teaches Unxtcd States hlstory, c1v1cs, and cconomlcs, Mnss Sterner, anclent hxstory, and Mass Altman, psychology Mr Cogsvx ell has charge of the agrrculture department He conducts classes rn gen eral agrnculture, shops, fneld crops, ammal husbandry, and dlrects the project work The mathematncs department mcludes the followmg xnstructors and subjects Mrss Osxa, geometry, Mlss Johnson, algebra, Mr Swanson, advanced algebra, Miss Osla and Mlss Johnson, arnthmetxc Prospectxve teachers enter the normal trammg classes Mlss Altman, 1n dxrectmg these students, strlves to teach them prmcrples which are appllcable to school room sltuatlons Ltlioy Cogsvull Ruth Devi :tt Lorena Newsome Antoinette Bonstetter . . . , K . ' 5 ' - . . . . . . . ,, . ,, . . . . ,, . ,, 7. . . . . , . , I I . .. . V ,, f- , page fwz