Mankato High School - Otaknam Yearbook (Mankato, MN)

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TOP, BACK Row: W. Swiers English, history A. Kiefer English, social science P. Ivcrslie social science FRONT Row: D. Sandgren history L. Sterling history, economic geography R. Tallc history MIDDLE, BACK ROW: W. Cote office secretary G. Woller assistant nurse FRONT Row: E. Daniels vocational guidance, personit H. Ostrem vocational coordinator CENTER, BACK ROW: H. Osher French. English F. Klampe Latin. German: C. Pinney English FRONT Row: C. Glasrud English, journalism I. Mehlhouse public speaking M. .MacDougal English acre ltena Q-fha qctculftcy Modern history, American history, social science-one for every year and two teachers for each: Miss Dorothy Sandgren sponsors the B.P. girl reserve. Miss Linnea Sterling acts as co-sponsor of the junior class and sponsor of the G.A. Girl Reserve. Hi-Y uses up any spare time that the American history teachers, Willard Swiers and Reuben Talle, can find. Of course. the time Mr. Swiers spends on the Yell Club can't be counted as spare time. Philip C. Iverslie sponsors the Boys' Civic Club. Alois Kiefer coaches debaters, sponsors Hi-Y, and is co- sponsor of the National Forensic League. Are you wondering what college to attend or how to get a job? Or are you merely suffering from a headache? If it is either of the first two. visit Miss Esther Daniels or Harold Ostrem for some sound advice. If it is your head, go to Miss Lynda Billet, the school nurse. Miss Gwen Woller, her secretary, keeps a record of all these headaches for future reference. Miss Daniels also advises the Girl Reserve Council and the Sopho- more Home room Council. There is no one so sympathetic and at the same time so unyielding when you are late to class and need an admit as the office secretary, Miss Wilma Cote, known as Ticky to her friends. If you want to learn to speak or write well, there is a corps of teachers to help you. Besides teaching the languages, Miss Helen Osher and Miss Frances Klampe sponsor the French and German clubs. Miss Klampe advises the sopho- more class. Just to prove that she likes juniors, Miss Catherine Pinney is co-adviser of the junior class as well as junior English teacher for four hours a day. She sponsors the Sag En Girl Re- serve. At the beginning of the new semester, Miss Francelia Smith took up the reins of the Radio Workshop which Miss Nellie Olson dropped when she left for Arizona on leave for the rest of the year. Again this year, Miss Marjorie MacDougal advised the senior class, and successfully directed the senior carnival. Miss Irene Mehlhouse coaches declam entrants and class play casts. She is co-sponsor of the National Forensic League and sponsor of the Drama Club. In his Hirst full year at Mankato High. Clarence Glasrud has advised the Otaknam, the High News, and two Hy-Type magazines. He also sponsored Quill and Scroll and acted as tennis coac .

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Jlclmlnlfatnatloe afectclanb. Not a dictator but a counselor, not a teacher but a friend. For the past eighteen years Louis R. Kresensky has served as principal of Mankato High. During these years Mr. Kresensky, affectionately known as Kris, has become intricately interwoven with the traditions of the school. Acting in his capacity as principal, Kris wields the gavel that brings assembly to order and raises the two lingers that officially bring it to a close. He prides himself on the fact that he knows most of the students by name. His intense interest in people and their activities is evident in every organization in school, and each is better for his patronage. For the past ten years J. E. Anderson has occupied the superintendents office at Mankato High. Though we stand in awe of him, we respect and honor his advice. His reprimands and decisions, even when severe and irre- vocable, are just. Mr. Anderson really advises from experience. In his years as an educator he has run the gamut of the educational system-from student to superintendent-and in his own words has taught nearly every subject in the curriculum. His kindly interest and well-timed rebukes have sent many students on the path to a fuller and happier life: and now in later years they are proud to count him as a friend. lf you hear a quiet voice say Stay off the court house lawn, or You must refrain from throwing snowballs on the school grounds, you'll find that you've been listening to J. E. Anderson, superintendent of schools and friend of students. The Parent-Teachers Association again sponsored the traditional senior reception and furnished dessert for the junior-senior banquet. Mrs. J, F. Winn is president for the current year. Clgolllcmff fl'Vlalzen1.i LEFT TO RIGHT: Dr. S. J. Tillisch, F. A. Buschcr, William Stradrmann J. R. Snow, J. E. Anderson, Dr. Frank Yukel, Miss Loretto Veigcl Mrs. Roy Andrews, Albert Nitzkowski. Williain Blethen

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unlnct the SDau, ancllfaflclluiacna Science, mathematics, and athletics form a major branch of education. If you don't believe it, ask C. J. Arnold, Curtis Johnson, Louis Todnem, Miss Catherine Cottrell, Miss Cecelia Allen, or Lerroy V. Jones. Maybe attendance problems have increased: at any rate Mr. Arnold dropped the sponsorship of the Yell Club. Coaches Todnem and Johnson work overtime with football, basketball, and track: Mr. Johnson also sponsors the Student Council. Miss Cottrell teaches the fundamentals of sports and sports- manship to the girls' gym classes and sponsors the Girls' Athletic Association. Miss Allen suc- ceeded Miss Anna Erickson as sponsor of the Girls' Civics Club and also sponsors the Phi Omega Girl Reserve. Mr. Jones keeps busy sponsoring Hi-Y, Chess Club, and acting as photography adviser for the Otaknam. Industrial arts, agriculture, home economics, and the commercial subjects-typing, shorthand and bookkeeping-are Mankato high school's contributions to vocational instruction. Besides directing work in the industrial arts workshops, David N. Ling is an active leader of Boy Scout work in the community. Ernest O. Bailey spon- sors the Mankato chapter of the Future Farmers of America and teaches scientinc methods of agriculture to boys. Early in the first semester of l94l, Miss Irene Pritz replaced Miss Ella McMasters as home economics instructor and sponsor of the Home Economics Club. Miss McMasters resigned to become Mrs. Robert Ibaugh of Peoria, Illinois. Many students who secure positions immediately after graduation owe their success to the tutorship of Miss Laura Johnson and Miss Cora Weum, who share the honors and worries of the commercial depart- ment. Miss Johnson sponsors the I-I.E. Girl Reserve. Miss Weum is treasurer of the student association. The arts-music, art, and literature-are Well represented at Mankato High by Karl Aaberg and Miss Vivian Klein, who direct instrumental and vocal music: Miss Margaret Ritchie, who selects and distributes the library books: and Miss L. Georgia Tate, the art, instructor, who also sponsors the Brush and Palette Club and acts as art adviser for the junior-senior prom. TOP, BACK ROW: C. J. Arnold. physics, senior science, attendance officer: C. Johnson, business management. business law, senior drawing: L. Todnem, physical education FRONT ROW: C. Cottrell, physical education: C. Allen, algebra, geometry, Latin: L. Jones, geometry, physics CENTER, BACK Row: D. Ling, woodwork, metal work: E. Bailey, agriculture FRONT ROW: L. Johnson, shorthand, lypewriting: E. McMasters. home economics: C. Weum, bookkeeping, typewriting BOTTOM, BACK ROW: K. Aaberg, chemistry, instrumental music FRONT ROW: V. Klein, vocal music: M. Ritchie. librarian, G. Tate, art