Kasson Mantorville High School - Komet Yearbook (Kasson, MN)

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in PRtPflRATion The major project of senior shop students is blueprinting and making scale model houses. Here, Mr. Charles Harmon advises three students. fQR fflf fUTURE THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING program is of special concern to juniors and seniors, for it gives preparation for jobs during the summer and after graduation. THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS award for the senior with the highest average in shop during the senior high years went to Dick Anderson. Two years ago his bro- ther won the same award. In the bookkeeping room, Mr. Lowell Fitzgerald finds that his students’ books are balanced after hours of tedious work.

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Modeis of the sun, moon, and earth are used by Mr. Kichard Rud to explain their cycles to his ninth grade science students. Id TUBE flno SPACE BIOLOGY BOASTED THREE separate hours for the first time. Taken by most students after a background of two years of general science, more and more students are following it with chemistry and physics. In these classes, actual ex- periments liven the class as do dissections of worms, crayfish, and frogs in biology. Through the use of “Oscar, the human torso. Mr. Edward Leuthner explains the workings of the lung to his eighth grade science students. Mr. Eugene Bartz helps a biology student adjust his microscope for a better view of a bacteria culture.

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At a home economics kitchen unit, Miss Clotile Pease and two students try out a new recipe for candy. HOME ECONOMICS, BESIDES the usual cooking and sewing, introduces nutrition, grooming, and crafts to girls. Separate kitchen units are available for use, as well as a living room used to entertain children when child care is practiced. This year, the home ec depart- ment welcomed the help of a practice teacher, Miss Virginia Larsen, from St. Olaf College. As part of the agriculture course, the boys build pro- jects in the ag shop. Mr. Ernest Knudson checks the progress of a cattle-feeder with two of his students. Several Christmas ornaments displayed by junior high home economics students are admired by Mrs. Joy Engelstad.