Lincoln High School - Prowler Yearbook (Thief River Falls, MN)

Page 13 text:

Culture and Communication Appreciation of music, acquired through the study of composers, scales, tones, and musical terms, is the obiective of the seventh and eighth graders in the required music classes taught by Miss Halvorson, who also gives violin lessons to those desiring them. Optional vocal lessons are given to students by Mr. Summer- side, director of the high school choir and music supervisor ofthe public elementary schools. Five minutes to three the band room becomes a iumble of voices and instrument tune-ups. At 3:00 the band is fairly well settled, so Mr. Harmon, the band director, takes over for the hour. He also gives instrumental lessons to students wishing them. Art, taught by Miss Troumbly, is a living thing. Boys and girls are made to understand that selection and judgement, as well as creativity, are important. This subiect, required of iunior high stu- dents, teaches them an appreciation of design, form, color, painting, and other fine arts. Telling children's stories was one of the assignments in Miss Hoffman's speech classes. fOn this particular assignment, Mike Haiostek told a story, after which a small child rushed home and said, Mike Hockey-Stick told us stories todaylui Radio plays for different occasions are given by members of the class over KTRF and the public address system directly to the student body. However, the main obiective of speech class is concentrated on helping the student develop speaking ability. Frank N. Summerside High School Vocal Music, Grade Robert S. Harmon School Music Supervisor Instrumental Music .i-fwya Top to Bottom: Godelyne B. Troumbly Art, Grade School Art Supervisor Patricia Hoffman Speech, Dramatic coach Judith E. Halvorson Junior High Music if nur' W.

Page 12 text:

Top to Bottom: Ellen C. Clark English, Mathematics, Grade Class Advisor Phyllis Evenstad English, Declamation, more Class Advisor Thora Skomedahl English Eighth Sopho- C' MQW RUM Gladys E. Johnson English, Ninth Grade Class Advisor Top to Bottom: Bessie Sedlacek English, Mathematics, Eighth Grade Class Advisor Theodore Q. Hellie English, Prowler Advisor Correctly Spoken Student: Can an infinitive take an obiect? Teacher: No, but you can use the objective case after it. iStudent with puzzled look on his face.l Teacher: You look as it you don't understand! The above conversation is characteristic of the difficulty in- voived in learning to speak and write correct English. Besides pro- viding the teaching of grammar, the English class is the course where past and present-day literature is taught: where self-conscious- ness is replaced by poise and a relaxed state of mind in giving a speech, where themes and essays become less of a chore, because one has learned correct punctuation, capitalization, and grammatical usage of the English language. 8

Page 14 text:

YH A.. .N1,x ...I -Q-Q., Winona V. Anderson Eilene G. Johnson V Home Economics Home Economics :wa-6 Junior Class Advisor Seventh Grade Advisor ,X Learn by Doing .QQ Q .,. ,Qs in What's that horrible oder? The home ec. classes must have burnt something! Those two people are obviously talking about the home economics cooking department, used by home economics students for half of the school year. Learning nutrition, actual cooking practice, and table manners, practiced by eating what you cook, are the main activities of the class. Wearing clothes you made yourself gives one a feeling of accomp- lishment. Students make anything from aprons to coats and suits, sew- ing the more complicated garments in advanced home economics. ln seventh and eighth grade home ec is required but is an elective for the last four years. Industrial training, commonly known as shop, is designed to give the student a practical training in the operation of hand tools and elect- rical machines used for wood handicraft. Putting this knowledge to use, the student is capable of making things like tables and lamps. The course is required of seventh and eighth grades and is an elective for freshman and sophomores. The agriculture teacher, Mr. Nelson, who is a part-time farmer him- self, gives the students first-hand information on modern farming methods such as soil conservation, crop rotation, and newer methods of caring and breeding of animals. There are four courses of agriculture, one offered each year starting with the ninth grade. The fourth course is called rural sociology. Unlike the other two subiects mentioned here there are no required courses of agriculture. Left row, top to bottom: J. Arthur Johnson Industrial Arts Harriet Y. Overboe Home Economics Stanley Nelson Agriculture Verner Johnson Industrial Arts Camera Club Advisor Prowler Photographer Advisor 10