Johnson County High School - Wyomalo Yearbook (Buffalo, WY)

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yt :fi Q f ,if qvzuucs Q A FIQLLA HAs TO be time to clear a '1M 'S 4' corral fence in nothing flat around L1 Q. place where there a lot of vicious lnus Q- tangs and brahma bulls. This looks simple enough, but with a critter's hot breath on your neck you have to be in practice and know how it's done before you can do it. To stand at the barn door and be able to drive a horse away I from the oat bin with a clod or stone , takes practice in developing perfect aim and quite a lot of skill. To perform - the many ranch tricks, one must be as 1 A well trained as must the city folks who play football and basketball. Like city schools, the ranch needs an instructor for this. Mr. Baker has been coach at the ranch for four years. and during this time he has performed his duties remarkably well. Besides instructing the ranch hands in athletics, Mr. Baker answered the puzzling questions in the minds of the curious. He and some of the gang MR BAKER had great fun cutting up frogs and studying plant life. VVhen the boys had difficulty. such as trying to pull a boulder out of the field or load machinery into the wagons. they asked Mr. Baker for help. He told them just how to wrap the chain around the boulder or how to construct a pulley so that it required less force to moye the object. Nlr Baker graduated from qouth Dikota Qtite Volle e with a B Q dufree and A . c c ' k c . L . , L. 1 ' ' gf ' q iz- took graduate work at Minnesota University. ' 3 ff 'jglaw ff-1 ff ' 4 f'5f5 ' t J Q3 1 2 N . - V,

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FOREIGN LANGUAGES come in mighty handy on a ranch. One great help the study of Latin and Spanish ot- fers is that of improving one's vocab- ulary, because these languages contrib- uted largely to the creating of our Eng- lish language. The study of Latin also helps students in mastering sentence parts. It is fun to tune the radio to a Span- ish or Mexican station and see how much of the talking you can under- stand. In connection with the foreign lang- uages, Miss Olsen sponsored the Span- ish Club and the Latin Club. In addition to teaching four foreign language classes, she taught a class of sophomore English. She also sponsored several extra- curricular activities. The Wyomalo Staff looked to her for assistance with their projectg her clever ideas and nev- er-tiring assistance was invaluable to the publishers of this book. She gave MISS OLSEN instructions to the members of the Li- brary Commission as to how to cata- logue new books, mend the old ones, ar- range them and aid students in finding books. IVhen a new band of hombres joins the outfit. it means that a stiff job is in store for someone. This group has to be made acquainted with the ranch and adiusted to the customs and ways of the ranch. This was one of Miss Olsen's many assignments. Miss Olsen received her B. A. degree at Carleton College in Minnesota, and later took graduate work at the University of Montana.

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THE SOUND OF TYPEWRITEBS, which take up part of the room in Miss 6 Baird's cabin, can be heard above the bellering of the cows and other sounds -. N-0 peculiar to a ranch. Miss Baird taught the art of typing to those who are in- terested in learning to type. To those wanting to acquire the skill of taking dictation speedily and putting their thoughts down in the briefest possible way, she taught the tricky system of shorthand. After the chores were all done and everything taken care of, the gang had a lot of time on their hands. Many en- joyed passing the time by playing ping- pong and soccer. She taught the girls many interesting games and refereed games of basketball. She showed the acrobats new stunts for tumbling, and supervised all the other forms of girls' physical education available to us out here on the ranch. Miss Baird also sponsored the Pep Club. The girls in the club furnished the applause and cheers while the boys were MISS BAIRD riding fierce broncos, having a race, or performing other entertaining feats. She helped sponsor that busy group of workers. the juniors. Miss Baird is a graduate of the University of Nebraska. lVhen she was not busy at the ranch, she spent a lot of time in her Chevrolet coupe. Many miles have been registered on the speedometer between here and Sheridan, where she went nearly every week end to visit her sister. She loves to play Chinese checkers and dissipates to the extent of numerous cokes and cups and cups ot' black coffee minus the trimmings. I we