Minneapolis Vocational High School - Tradewind Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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and from our Assistant Principal Y’ocational High School and Technical Institute stands for purpose in thoughts and effort. It is assumed that students attending this school have a plan tor their future. For some that plan will materialize and for others it will change. There will he many choices to make requiring decisions, and one must keep in mind that it is the exception when one achieves a goal without well-designed plans and the determination to see them through. Rarely do we fail to realize a desire if we properly set our sights on an objective. Conditions and events may at times obscure our vision and make it difficult to see into the future; nevertheless, one must anticipate and plan for the days ahead. One needs to have an aim in life for which to strive and the faith to believe that his efforts will Ik rewarded. It is our wish that you will go forth and become a useful part of your community and your country, and thus bring success and happiness to yourself. —Mr. Wilfred McGimpsey, Assistant Principal 1 1

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A word from our Principal 9 9 9 Each of us is endowed with a different set of talents, skills, aptitudes and interests which combine to give us the qualifications for a certain job or held of work. The degree to which we can apply these qualifications in our daily living determines our success or failure in the paths we choose for our life work. The key to happiness in life lies not in what we do for ourselves, but in what we do for others. It is well that we pause from time to time to analyze ourselves to make sure that we are making full use of our talents. not only for our own satisfaction and advancement, but more important, that we arc contributing to the welfare of our fellowmcn, and to this great country which presents to us not only the heritage of the past but the hopes of the future. —Mr. Norman A. Jensen, Principal m

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“Let the voice of Vocational Mi$t Jane Lewit. Co-ordinator Pre-Nursing The Pre-Nursing Department has several objectives: to give a good basic high school background for the field of Nursing; to give the students an opportunity to test their manual dexterity through simple nursing care procedures; and to give the students a true picture of the fields of nursing. Miss Jane Lewis is co-ordinator for Practical Nursing, Pre-Nursing, and I Jotcl and Restaurant Training. Her duties include co-ordination and job placement for young people in these trades. In a Pre-Nursing class. Marlene Thureson (left) shows Miss Gladyce Budd, instructor, that she has learned the bones of the skeleton. Jay Safro, patient, enjoys the ministrations of Patricia Samek in a class in nursing care. Cio]