Menasha High School - Nicolet Yearbook (Menasha, WI)

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lllllllllld ll mlllllllliilill llilnllllllll uuumniila ln fln llulllnul J. C. Riley, W. H. Jensen, F. Pankratz, H. E. Landgraf, F. B. Younger, C. E. Pierce. qdoard Qf gclucation MENASHA high school's Board of Education consists of five mem- bers, who are selected from each ward in the city, and the super- intendent of schools who sits in at the meetings. The members of the board are: Mr. C. E. Pierce, president, Mr. William Jensen, vice president, Mr. H. E. Landgraf, secretary, Mr. Frank Pankratz, and Mr. Joseph Riley. The board meets in the office of the superintendent of schools, the second Wednesday of each month. The city council appoints two of the members one year, and three the next year, so that former members will always be on the board. ' The Board of Education has a great many things to take care of- namely, they must adopt plans for the schools, purchase the necessary equipment for the schools, they must employ the necessary help needed around school, fix compensation and prescribe duties for each person who is appointed by the board, estimate expenses, which must be approved by the common council. These men give their time and energy, gratis, to develop a public school system which will benefit the whole city, and that will rank highly with the best in the state. E132

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f'l AlW'l m l AI'm ll iii f lllllllllllllln ll ' lmgllllllllk llhnlll nuumni I. ll nll Jllllllll enasha gfigh School STILL sits the school house by the road -years may come and years may go-classes graduate, new classes appear-new teach- ers--conditions and courses change-but the school goes on as ever. Although the building is an ancient and decrepit model, outmoded by the other schools that have sprung up about it, and staggering more each year under its additional burdens, even under the crowded conditions which exist, the administration maintains a system that can be compared to advantage with the best in the state. The equipment with which the students work, is as modern and con- venient as any, however, and the pupils are given all the advantages, with few of the disadvantages of a large school. And now we wish to enter an earnest plea, for the sake of those who follow in our footsteps, classes of next year and many years to come, for a new high school building, that will measure up to the standards set by the student body and the administrationj U71

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lnllullnndull llmnumgllllllllgl llwnlliuul lllmii llgnll JII lllllllll 5 E Q l E R. J. Fieweger, F. J. Oberweiser, S. E. Crockett, L. W. Whitmore, F. B. Younger, R. M. Scnsenbrennefr. qdoazfof of Cvooational Education IN EVERY town, village, and city of over tive thousand inhabitants there is required a local board of vocational education, and its work is to establish, foster, and maintain vocational schools for insruc- tion in trades and industries, commerce and household arts in part-time day, all-day and evening classes. The Menasha vocational board consists of: Mr. L. W. Whitmore, president, Mr. F. J. Oberweiser, vice president, Mr. R. J. Fieweger, secre- tary, Mr. R. M. Sensenbrenner, and Mr. F. B. Younger, who is an ex-officio member. English, citizenship, arithmetic, and geography are the general cours- es given to vocational students. Boys are given courses in machine shop, printing, woodwork, mechanical drawing and science. Besides taking the general courses, girls take a course called home-making, which includes foods and clothing. Evening school courses are home economics, commercial, printing, business English, French, general economics, arts and crafts, nursing, personal improvement, trade extension courses, and gymnasium classes for men meeting on Monday and Thursday nights from seven until nine. E191