Minnetonka High School - Voyageur Yearbook (Excelsior, MN)

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Mr. Harry Baker, history; Mr. social problems; Mr. Nelson Andrus. history; Mr. Roger Leak, history; Miss Florence Buschow, history. 4 J All of us, by the time we graduate, will have aV taken history and “soc. This year's courses were « V’ full of projects and term papers, and so was the library full the day before the projects were due. Besides affecting the library, the term papers also affected the typing classes, because many of the typing students typed term papers for seniors. This year a new system was originated when there were two history courses offered to juniors, a world history course for those going on to college and a world problems course for those who will be through with their education when they graduate. Venturing into the art room after school some night in December, you probably would have found Mr. Grimes busy making programs for the chorus’ Christmas concert. Making these programs shows how the music and art departments work together. Mr. Burton Grimet, art; Mr. Raymond

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Mr. Gerald Bolmeier, counselor; Miss Evelyn Mo, assistant principal, Latin; and Mrs. Barbara Drolet, speech therapist. PMNClPfll FACULTY Us. Mildred Nelson, English, Spanish; Miss Olg° Huebner, English; Mr. John Raymond, English, speech; Mis. Margaret Heinen, nglish, Latin; Miss Mary Phelan, English, journal! ™; Mr. Ernest DeSantis, English; Mrs. Eloise F.ck, Engl.sh, French. All of us know Miss Mo. If we haven't been in her Latin class we've been in her office at least one morning to have her sign an absence blank. Mr. Bolmier’s office is next to Miss Mo’s; that’s where all of us had counseling when we needed advice on school problems or future plans. Some of us also had extra help from our new speech therapist. Mrs. Drolet. Also new this year were two English teachers. Miss Heinen and Mr. DeSantis. Students in senior English this year couldn’t possibly forget Macbeth, especially when they had to memorize lines and in w several instances, scenes, which were presented in full costume on stage to the rest of the class. It wasn’t too long before the juniors began quoting lines from the “Thanntopsis,” and the sophomores had their first taste of memorizing “Idylls of the King.” Besides memorizing, we also read books, gave speeches, and wrote research papers. Miss Huebner's sophomores wrote notebooks containing figures of speech, granynar, and pronunciation snags; and Mrs. Pick's seniors compiled a notebook of essays, themes, and original contributions, together with the material covered in class. 9

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Mr. Wayno Millard, mathematic ; Mr. lawayne Morseth, plane geometry, highor algebra; Mr. Eugono t »ol, highor algebra, lolid geometry, trigonometry; Mr. Ruben lokken, biology; Mr. Alfrod Gniffkc nemistry, physic ; Mr. Richard Hinkloy, plane geometry, chomistry. Bn Cn 4 v Mr . Mary Kay Potorten girl ' phy ical education; Mr. Earl Christ, boy ' physical education; Mr , lestie Feichtinger, homemaking. QjuJI u 7T T' eJU +4. With the chemistry classes trying to blow up the school, the biology classes disecting frogs and taking nature hikes, and the trig, classes surveying the school grounds, we found enough things of interest in our science and math departments to keep us busy. These departments have grown so much that this year a new teacher, Mr. Hinkley, taught the overflow of chemistry and plane geometry students, and Mr. Morseth acquired higher algebra students for the first time. Mr. Bristol was kept busy with his two algebra and two solid geometry classes. For those who didn’t go on to solid geometry and trig., there was senior math from Mr. Millard to struggle with. Phy. ed. always had been fun. Although it is required for sophomores, many upper classmen took it as an extra subject. They did the usual things this year, including combined classes with the boys and girls during the dancing units. In the fall, they went outside and could be seen from the windows doing exercises and playing soccer, and in the spring they could be seen shooting at targets during their archery period. 11