Mason City High School - Masonian Yearbook (Mason City, IA)

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Gr -l ' EAST MEETS WEST-Marsha Pearson, Linda Jimenez and Sue Seeberger display Chinese artifacts acquired by Marsha's grandfather during the Boxer Rebellion. Q .....-.,,,...- FINISHED - Smiles of triumph light the faces of modern problems students handing in their research papers. f 3 THE WORLD TODAY-John Stone points out the Cape of Good Hope to Barbara Layfield, Dave McMannes and Rick Wishnowski. SING ALONG WITH IVAN -- U. S. History students play and sing a Russian song to supplement their study of Communist propaganda. ocia! Science HERBERT THOMPSON ELMER STARR U. S. History FLORENCE SHOOP Modern Problems ll Boys' Physical Education ESTHER PAGENHART Sophomore English Head Baseball Coach Head Basketball Coach U. S. History U. S. History Assistant Football Coach Assistant Track Coach Modern Problems ll Future Teachers M Club 4 E5 ERISYUS AT RHI - I t., RIC DM QBEERV U74 1.52. -me I 4 'S' x. I 23

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SHOW AND TELL - Ric Polansky tapes o U. S. history report as Lambert Orton provides the visual aid. American history classes acquire new textbooks History of a Free People is the new textbook used by all the U. S. History classes. The Ameri- can Reader and A Sense of the Past are newly acquired books in the advanced U. S. history course. These books contain accounts, letters and diaries dealing with important events in American History. The U. S. News and World Report magazine has also been added to the curriculum of some American history classes. Others use the New York Times and the American Observer for studying cur- rent events. The importance of current events is emphasized. Each history class has one day a week in which reports and discussion on world problems are held. The high school offers students a social science background in modern problems, U. S. history, world history and geography. Geography, a semester course, is the study of how different countries of the world use their geo- graphic and climatic conditions for economic, so- cial and political development. World history is a study of peoples and countries of the world. The classes study the development, civilization, religion and culture of these countries. Modern Problems l and ll are required for all seniors. Modern Problems l is a study of the work- ings of local, state and federal governments. Mod- ern Problems ll classes study such social problems as crime, juvenile delinquency, divorce and mar- riage. The course includes a unit on economics. Besides studying books, magazines and text- books, social science classes use films featuring historical events and various countries of the world. The latest newsreels also supplement the social sci- ence program. ocial Science ART LUNDBLAD Modern Problems I Geography TED KJAER Head Junior College 4 World History Football Coach ALICE RITER Assistant Football Coach Assistant Wrestling Coach U. S. History , Assistant Baseball Coach

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RS:- MOLDING CHARACTERS - A group of Art Xll students get their fingers into a little clay during o unit on modeling and sculpture. New artists' press enables classes to print ancl etch New opportunities were made available to stu- dents in art classes this year as an artists' press was added to the department's equipment. The press makes possible work in numerous types of printing and etching and allows students in all grades to become acquainted with more varied forms of art. Students in Art X classes concentrate mainly on gaining a basic understanding of fundamental art techniques. Art Xl emphasizes art in the com- mercial fields of advertising and fashion designing. Art Xll, once again added to the school's curricu- lum after a one-year lapse, is designed to give the student an opportunity to study the fine arts more deeply. All art courses offered stress functional tech- niques which will be of value to students in their future lives. CAREFUL! - Sophomores Iris Haight and Kathy Denhert use power saws for a Crafts class project. CRAFTSMEN - Fred Lehmann and Keith Riser display their skill at tooling leather as Daniel Holman looks on. WARREN RUBY Art X, XI, XH Crafts X' N .,.,