Mankato High School - Otaknam Yearbook (Mankato, MN)

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NE ot the major duties ot The guidance department was to administer various Tests throughout the year. The col- lege board tests, required by many private liberal arts col- leges, and the American College Testing program, an en- trance requirement ot all State colleges, were given on several different dates during the year. These tests were also used as the basis tor some scholarship offerings. New to the department this year vvas Milton Vihstadt who worked with students on tuture educational and vocational choices. Other counselors were Miss Catherine Pinney, LeRoy Asche and Robert Singelstacl. Appointments were made through Mrs. Marjorie Tomlinson who also had charge ot registering students for tests concerning college entrance. Q, .1 ' T ' ff . -Q lv . T., ., . . ,332 1 3 A W g w . .-., . . Sy l Q , il'-M .s Q. y ya .man A . ...M ,, . T 'yy .2 f H ,K sg M . is . I - --f A . l , Hx T S Q ': ...,, .R X , g ,,,,,, i i LEROY ASCHE - Guidance. MISS MARGARET HOBART - Li brcrian. MISS RUBY OKERSTROM - Librarian. MISS CATHERINE PINNEY - Guidance. ALVIN VICK - High School Administrative Assistant. MILTON VIHSTADT - Curriculum Corrdinator, Guid ance. VOCATIONAL CLASSES FEATURE ADDED .15 62' .V 4 JOHN ROSSEAU, JAMES Beech and Jerry Melvin solder several metal seams at the soldering bench. 24 A FAMILIAR SCENE in woodworking class - Dick Nerem and Doug Paape are running o two-by-four through a table saw. The procedure of ripping stock is a preparatory operation to making furniture.

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Livfwt rg ,kit . ' J ft s f ,M W, stfsitiiltilit me s it - in t , f, .f , gm I r A, -' Xi W SCHOOL NURSE MRS. Eva Quiram looks on as Dr. John T. Olive administers shots to students waiting in the main lobby. Protection available to students included diphtheria-tetanus, smallpox, and Mantoux. l . sill MELVIN KNUTSON - Music Coordinator, Vocal Music, Choir. ROBERT NORTHENSCOLD - Instrumental Music, Band. EUGENE VUICICH - String Music, Orchestra. MINNESOTA SCHOOL BOARD CONCLAVE HOTO montages made by the art classes were exhibited in the first floor display window. Other art proiects through- out the year included toothpick sculpturing, wire stabiles, silk screening and tempra painting. CONCENTRATED PRACTICE ON Sinfonians, a new Driver Training WGS O Ulm- and missff proposition OT This contemporary arrangement, occupies first clarinetists Byron year Us Roy Smphens, msfrudorl WGS kept busy Gvoiding Cansler, Kathy Burns, Nancy Farst, Deanna Neuberf, Manly insurance claims, but then there was that special award he received from the Minnesota Association of Driver's License Carlson and Kandi Demaray. Examiners for superior cooperation with examiners. The Minnesota school board association played host to the MHS choir during January in St. Paul when the choir pro- vided music forthe evening banquet and also presented sev- eral other concerts. Kato bandsters traveled to the university of Minnesota in September to participate in the annual mass band which took place during a half-time performance. Home economics students highlighted their year with field g trips to Bretts, Landkamers and Minnesota Valley natural gas VM, company. Topics of discussion were centered around nutri- tion, clothing, child development, home management and personal and family relations,

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DEEP CONCENTRATION AS he builds a printed circuit the construction ot transistor radio sets which the students board in his electronics class marks the tace of senior Bruce could purchase at a nominal price. During the year the Johnson. Further work in the field of electronics included electronics students also erected small computers. STUDIES, WORK IN PLASTICS FIELD HE high school girls continued their attack on the vo- cational school as a number of them enrolled in the architectural drawing course. Their studies included all aspects of drafting with emphasis on house plans. Looking ahead to new educational opportunities, Edward Renner was hired to instruct in the Helds ot plastics and in electronics. Units in plastics and resins were taught in gen- eral shop classes. Electronics students worked with transistors and built radio sets. They also constructed small computers. The vocational department, along with the science depart- ment, co-operatively owned a closed circuit television camera. Vocational students were responsible for the maintenance and repair ot the cameras and school A-V equipment. Basic instruction in auto mechanics was provided through fixed or stationary engines. During the second year students worked on actual automobiles as further training. Agriculture I was again otfered to sophomores with rhe second and third years combined for iunior and senior stu- dents. It was necessary tor boys enrolled in these classes to live on farms unless special permission was obtained. Farm shop and tarm management were otiered to adult farmers. 25 HAROLD AGA - Auto Mechanics. LUVERNE BJERKE - Photog- raphy, Drawing, Publications' Photography. KARL EVARTS - Elec- tronics. RAGNAR MOEN - Industrial Machines. EDWARD RENNER - General Industrial, Industrial Drawing. HAROLD SANDHOFF - Agriculture, FFA. NORBERT SHOENROCK - Woodworking. JOHN VOTCA - Coordinator.