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

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Electronics, Electricity, Radio and Television MR. RODNEY VAN SICKLE: Department Head. Electroncis; Civil Defense: Op«n House Committee. In today's Space Age the field of electronics-engineering is more important than ever. In this department students acquire a basic knowledge in the field of installation, construction and repair of electronic equipment and appliances. This year the Electronics Department has added Radar to its many highly technical courses. MR. WENDEL NIES: Department Head. Electricity: Electronics; Staff Council. MR. ROY ALMEN: Radio: Electronics; Chairman Civil Defense. MR. WILLIAM HILTNER: Elec- MR. CLIFFORD LUNDBERG: tricity; United Funds Commit- Electricity; Social Committee, tee. MR. CALVIN SCHAEFFER: Radio and Television; Open House; Craftsman Awards. MR. ROBERT BACKSTROM: Electronics and Radio TV. MR. VAN SICKLE and students of Electronics plug away at their own business. 27

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MRS. EVELYN BEATTY: Department Heed: Nationol Honor Society Adviser; Health Committee. Pre-Nursing Sympathy fof others, and a love of mankind attract many girls to Pre-Nursing. It is a three-year course which helps the student decide if a career in nursing is what she wants. Subjects such as biology, chemistry and physics are included in the student's background studies. During the sophomoro and junior years the girls prepare for theii senior year when they continue nurse's aid training at a hospital. Students taking Nurse's Training at Swedish Hospital come to Vocational for classes twice each week. Retired this spring: Miss Dagney Awes, former department head and instructor in Community and Public Health. Mrs. Patricia Muedking. new this year, is at Swedish Hospital. MRS. JANET HENRICKSEN: Body Structure and Function: Nutrition and Diet Therapy; Medical and Surreal Diseases. MARY CICHOSKI checks Cathy Grimes to male sure that all it well. MISS GLADYCE BUDD: Phy-tiology; Nutrition: Nursing Procedures; Psychology. MRS. GERTRUDE SEARS: Nursing Procedures and Practices: Medications; Life Span. STUDY IS 4n impor-tar part of the course, as Pat Kubintki can prove. 26

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Commercial Art Metal Arts MR. GALE GREENWOOD: Department Heed: Commercial Art; Open House Committee. These two department otter the croative tudent opportunity to develop the ability to think inventively and to acquire the major skill and technique which arti t need. Both are three-year courses. Commercial Art student , in addition to experiencing training in photography, fashion illustrating and the many facets of the art would, add their fine touch to uor school life with their bulletin board displays, and the art work needed in a school of our dimensions. The specialized field of Metal Arts, dealing with jewelry and silversmithing, finds a tangible outlet in Retail Store sales, and the department-originated awards of our Awards Day. MRS. MARTHA TRUDELl: Re-(ail Displays; Photography: Typing-Copyfitting. MR. F. JULES REED: Motal Arts: Dasign. MR. DONALD DAVIS: Com-marcial AM: Rafail Display. MRS. KATHERINE JOHN-SON: Fashion Drawing; Bulla-(in Boards; Opan Housa Committee. BELOW IS DICK SABA—senior aM student—who lettered TRADEWINO on this year's cover. Thanks, Dick. MRS. JOHNSON'S class of artists were so busy, we don't think they knew we snapped this picture! 28