Leola High School - Buccaneer Yearbook (Leola, SD)

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Hartfrid Wolff plays the piano for the Homecoming crowd. The camera catches Renee Rath unaware during English class. Also pictured are ju- niors Brian Grabowska and Hartfrid Wolff. Exchange student Hartfrid Wolff is a member of the LHS basketball squad. German student enjoys American basketball Where were you when foreign ex- change student Hartfrid Wolff made his first appearance on the LHS basketball court? Boys’ basketball season was what Wolff said he looked forward to the most during his year at LHS. Wolff said that he liked to play basketball. At LHS Wolff was a member of both the junior varsity and varsity teams. Wolffs most memorable exper- ience as a junior was “the first two weeks where I tried to understand the school system and where I made all the friends.” School is very different for Wolff in Amer- ica. In Germany, there are no lock- ers to put his books in, and the teachers go to students; the stu- dents don’t go to different rooms. Wolffs favorite thing about being a junior was “all the easy classes and to be together with my other junior classmates.” In Germany Wolff must take all classes of- fered, whereas at LHS, he chose seven classes. Wolff is interested in music. He plays the piano and the cello. At LHS Wolff played the xylophone in the band and was also a mem- ber of the chorus. Wolff was also involved in Luther League. In No- vember Wolff traveled to the state Luther League convention with six other league members. Wolff has one brother and one sis- ter back home in Germany. His family lives in Grenzach-Wyhlen, West Germany, close to Basel, Switzerland. In Leola he stayed with the Myron Fauth family. New Students 23

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Junior Mike Wolff stops at the water foun- tain for a drink between classes. Where were you when these three new students walked into LHS for the very first time? What was it like for these new stu- dents on their first day of school? Junior Mike Wolff was “a little nervous because I didn’t know anybody.” Freshman Ron Schock agreed with Wolff, while freshman Tom Kempf felt “like I had stepped into the Twilight Zone.” LHS acquired these new students through the closing of the Forbes school. All three students agreed that the biggest difference be- tween Forbes and LHS is the size of the classes. Wolff, for instance, came from a class of only two stu- dents. Having more classmates was what Wolff felt was the best part of go- 22 New Students New students recall nervous first days ing to school in Leola. The worst? “There is too much homework,” said Wolff. In his spare time Wolff likes to Fish, play cards, watch TV and sleep. At LHS Wolff was in- volved in basketball and chorus. “The more friendly people meet,” was the best part of going to school in Leola for Schock. He felt that the worst part was “the food, sometimes.” Schock enjoys hunting and fishing. He is also in- terested in model building, NASA and the Air Force. Schock was in basketball at LHS. Kempf felt that the classes at LHS were harder that they were in Forbes. In his spare time Kempf likes to listen to the radio and watch TV. He is also interested in “football and fast things.” Tom Kempf and Ron Schock work on the keyboarding skills during typing class. Freshman Tom Kempf, Toby Steckler a Ron Schock discover the boiling point salt water in a science lab.

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Administration Members of the school board include: Froi t: Chairperson Marilyn Erdmann and EarlHott. Back: Richard Kolb, Jim Goebel and Alvin Feickert. High school principal Marvin Maule dem- onstrates how to use the school’s new tele- phone system. Administrators enjoy LHS students Where were you when it was time to decide whether the roads were icy enough for a snow day? This was just one of the decisions made by fourth year superintendent William Freitag. Freitag felt that the best part of his job was “the kids,” while the worst part was “trying to comply with all the regulations.” High school principal Marvin Maule, who completed his 31st year with the Leola School District, felt that the best part of his job was “seeing young people develop (positive- ly).” The most irritating part, he said, was watching “the students who have no difficulty in doing well but will put out nothing or very little. Business manager Mary Schaffer enjoys working on the computer during her hours, while school sec- retary Lila Rau likes “to keep in touch with the children of the community.” Rau adds that there’s nothing she really dislikes about her job except “maybe run- ning up and down the steps.” Another part of administration was the Student Council. The group was made up of one male and female representative from each class plus three senior offi- cers, all elected by their class- mates. 24 Administration