John A Johnson High School - Maroon Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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owto 'MJ Ljogeflwf .... One of the duties of a democratic school is to provide opportunities for employment after graduation. First-hand experience is offered through a new class here, called dis- tributive education. The class consists of eighteen students who have three classes: English, senior social studies, and distributive education. After distributive education class the students are dismissed to go to their various jobs. As a result of this training the students should gain confidence in themselves and become experienced in some field of work which will greatly aid them in the future. Dick Maas and Donna Connolly distribu Don Fisher uses sales technique to per- tnve education students wait for attention suade o customer to purchase a pair of from the cashier shoes. Greta Strom admires the work Of Ronald Part ot the distributive education group, Dufley as he ooes about his task of pressing Mary Berg, Arlene Freeman, Donna Connol- trousers ly, and Richard Maas, look on as Mr. Perry gives them some pointers on good salesman- ship. .......uf'

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3' 3z,,,,L,6, Mass Tatz helps make gurls physucally Ht forthe 'ob of cltlzenshlp rn the world ahead Healthy gurls make happl r gurls Professors Torwuck and Nelhart teach the fundamentals of the sclence frequently en titled Bugology Here they are Inspecting some sharks with two of thenr students Jaygf 0-argl-'X' 14 'Cn-um: Although usually seen buslly workmg nn the halls the custodlans take time out here for a brief rest Pictured are Mrs Roblnson Mrs Halgren and Mr DeZvel chlef custodlol engmeer Mass Chapin keeps a careful eye on the smppmg shears of students as they aspire to become expert seamstresses bffffe U25 1 . W' a . A, , yi, 5 - 1 , . I Q . . ' 9 . ' J F . e . 0 , . . . . . . .S . I ' ll ll ' ' , ...- Kip 7 , .. , . . , . , . , 5? V ,M s

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Mr Carlson is pictured here with a group of students before going as an exchange teacher to New Zealand for one year He returned to Johnson after the Christmas va cation to begin the school year of 1952 Blended voices fill the air with sweet strains as Mrs Johnson leads one of her music classes in typical fashion special talent for brewing up an occasional pot of coftee to stimulate other men teach ers Here he helps Silvano Garafalo recent ly from Italy with his special English problems Compasses and protractors seem to be the order of the day for a learning group of mathematics students taught by Mr Sheplee Besides his teaching ability Mr. Harp has a