Minnetonka High School - Voyageur Yearbook (Excelsior, MN)

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RUBEN LOKKEN Biology RONALD OLSEN Higher Algebra ALFRED GNIFFKE Chemistry, Physics WAYNE MILLARD Senior Math MARTIN THAMES Chemistry LYNN KRAFVE Plane Geometry, Trig., Solid Geometry AUNE LAUHALA Biology RICHARD HOLMBERG Higher Algebra Many different mathematics courses are available to students. Subjects in this department, directed by Fred Windland of Excelsior Junior High, and La-Wayne Morscth, MHS chairman, are plane and solid geometry, elementary and higher algebra, trigonometry and .Senior math. These courses review algebraic and geometric concepts and continue on into more difficult relationships. Senior math includes budgeting, investments, and installment buying. The Science Department, with Alfred Gniffkc as MHS building chairman, offers biology, physics, chemistry, and physical science. Biology is the scientific study of life processes of all living things. Physics covers mechanics, heat sound, light, and electricity. The various grouping sections of chemistry are designed to fit each student according to his vocational plans. Physical science is a broad study of many chemistry and physics areas. MINNETONKA'S FACULTY . . .

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PRINCIPAL Harold I. Larson is responsible for all organization, administration, and supervision within the school. He carries through policies adopted by the Board of Education and keeps the administration informed about educational and physical conditions of the school. He also works with the teachers for the interests of the students. ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Eugene Bristol aids Mr. Larson in much of his work. Development of desirable student-faculty relationships with emphasis on strong student leadership is a major part of Mr. Bristol’s job. He assists the principal in programming and curriculum, and supervises the clerical activities. THE COUNSELOR’S job is to help students develop their own realistic plans for the future, to arrive at their own decisions and to learn responsibility. It is to help students learn to adjust to new and changing conditions and to help them become mature, happy and educated citizens. 9 Adeline Haag, Russell Thomsen

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LURENE MILLER Commercial John Briggs makes a point in Mr. Grimes’ art class while Lynn McClees thinks of another question( ?). . PROVIDER AN OPPORTUNITY . . . DOROTHY KLOTZ Librarian The Commercial Department, directed by Mrs. Lurene Miller, offers courses in typing, shorthand, bookkeeping, transcription, and office practice. These subjects prepare students for a vocation in business. Miss Eloise Fick is chairman of the Foreign Language Department. French, Latin, and Spanish arc taught. These courses develop a fuller understanding and appreciation of the language and country. The library, in which Mrs. Dorothy Klotz is the librarian, affords an opportunity for recreational reading and research. Art, taught by Burton Grimes, consists of a general introduction to various art media, which include drawing, ceramics, architecture, screen painting, leather craft, and many others. This course develops individuality and artistic talent, providing an advanced course for exceptional art students. INEZ THORSEN Commercial MILDRED NELSON Spanish RAYMOND MINKLER Music ELOISE FICK French JAMES DUNLOP French, Spanish 11