Murray High School - Pilot Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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Scorching Scene MeTal shop as iT is TaughT here aT Murray by Mr. Eugene Pose, is only one oT The many phases oT indusTrial arTs. IT serves as anoTher area oT general educaTion in regard To The world oi indusTry, science, and machinery. ApproximaTely one hundred and TiTTy boys are enrolled in meTal shop courses and mechanical dravving. l-lovvever, TuTure engi- neers are urged To Take The laTTer subiecT. DemonsTraTing The uses of The aceTylene Torch are James Rudie, John EckhoTT, and RoberT Blade. By Training sTudenTs To use various Types oT Tools and insTrumenTs, The boys will be able To relaTe Their experiences To iobs They may hold in The TuTure. Hang On Tight! Keeping up vviTh The modern world aT rocl4eTs and missiles is Vilarren Johnson, a physics sTudenT lasT year. Shovvn on The righT in The picTure, Warren is explaining The principle loehind his aTom smasher To juniors Sandra Schalsfner, Julian Andersen, and Thomas Anderson, sTudenTs of physics This year. As picTured here, The aTom smasher is noT in iTs TTnal sTage, buT when iT is, iT vvill be used To generaTe The high volTages needed To smash aToms. Warren, in collaboraTion vviTh Mr. Donald Lindberg, physics insTrucTor, consTrucTed The aTom smasher Tor The purpose oT enTering iT in The MinnesoTa Junior Academy Regional Science Fair which is open To all sTudenTs oT physics and chemisTry. Summing IT Up AlThough many sTudenTs do noT connecl democracy vviTh The science oT maThemaTics, The pupils oT Miss Louise Pederson's sevenTl grade ariThmeTic class noT only learn louT alsc pracTice democracy, As shown here by Linda Prong, Charles Simon, Roland Vkfynn Karen Sands, and John SweeT, everyone ir The class is willing To help each oTher, The sTudenTs govern The class vviTh Mis' Pederson acTing as counselor. The pupil vvho have a special alailiTy in ariThmeTic ac as coaches Tor oThers in The class vvho neec help. By allovving The boys and girls To gover' Themselves, Miss Pederson has TaughT he sTudenTs The meaning oT democracy so Thc They may be beTTer ciTizens in The TuTure Page Twerniyreighi

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Graduation-Can lt Be True? Seniors are the best examples ot The Lite We Live as they have reached their last weeks at Murray. All agree that this year is the best ever with the trip to Washington, DC., and graduation just ahead. The class started this lite with awe and wonder as fresh- men in l956. Striving to become true Murrayites, they struggled through Latin and algebra and became active in their new high school lite. Organized with the aid of Mr. Edward Datko and Mr. John Mather as advisers, the class held election of ofhcers and ofticially began as sophomores. The hrst class party and the selection ot class rings were highlights ot this year. Does lt Fit? A traditional part of graduation is the selection of announcements and the measuring of caps and gowns. Here Kay Powe, secretary, is sizing up James White, treasurer, and reassur- ing him that the length is fine. James Flueck, president, is showing Joan Dow, vice president, a few of the varieties of announcements and cards available to seniors. Various committees headed by members of the senior class board, which is composed of a representative from each senior advisory room and the class officers, contact speakers for baccalaureate and graduation, ar- range the all-night party at the YMCA, and plan the Pilot Day party. Always an important stage in the lives of many seniors is the planning and preparation , for college the following year. Looking ahead are these industrious students as they exam- ine some of the scholarship material which Murray's guidance office receives each fall. These brochures and bulletins explain the fi- nancial aid and scholarship requirements for qualifying seniors. Requirements are gener- ally based on class rank, financial neecl, and college potential. Murray has always had a number of students entering college and par- ticipating in these scholarship pzograms. Discussing the various scholarships avail- able are Gwen Crommett and James Ash- worth, while Bonnie Marsh is looking over the information given in one of the annual bulletins. When juniors, the class held tund-raising projects in anticipation ot the important occasion, the Junior-Senior Prom. That event, with the theme Some Enchanted Eve- ning , gave the juniors the needed prestige tor their senior year. In addition to sports' events, dances, and club meetings, class members managed to absorb the languages, mathe- matics, and sciences needed tor graduation, and they can boast ot an especially high academic record. Although thoroughly enjoying The Lite We Live , the seniors have begun to lay plans tor the future by serious discussion with parents, counselors, and classmates about the lives which they must live atter graduation. Page twenty-seven

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'eo Like Sixty' Playing a big parT in The Life We Live is The Junior Class, The juniors, who sTarTed off The year by decoraTing a TiooiT Tor The homecoming parade vviTh The Theme Go Like SixTy , seem To be doing iusT whaT The Theme implies. PuTTing The finishing Touches on The TloaT are Carol WaTerman, Eugene lsakson, Dianne Lind- sTrom, Richard Wiles, Karen Johnson, GreTa Giving, and Jeanne RundauisT. LaTer in The Tall The iuniors sponsored The Sadie Hawkins Dance, a girl ask boy aTTair vvhich kepT everyone iumping To The lasT minuTe. This was one of Their hrsT money making projecTs, About mid-year, The class began plan- ning Tor iTs biggesi' projecT, The prom. Co-chairmen Tor The evenT, which is To be held May TwenTy-second aT The Lowry l-loTel, are Karen MarTz, .ludiTh Jensen, and Richard Wiles. Juniors Drganize For Action Playing Post Office These Tour juniors, vvho Take care oT The business end of Their class, have become ex- perienced execuTives since The beginning oi The year. Shovvn here sending ouT some of a counT- less number of bulleTins To Their classmates are: Verne ComsTock, secreTary, Wayne Nielson, president Carolyn Rudolf, Treasurer, Beverly Ulvin, vice presidenT. By February of l958, The class had been Tormed and oichcers Tor The The year were elecTed. Chosen aT ThaT Time were: Richard Wiles, presidenT, Warren Diesslin, vice presi- denT, Nancy Thomas, secreTary, Carol WaTer- man, Treasurer. Go Like SixTy , The class moTTo, is vvhaT The iuniors seem To be doing as They plan Tor Their senior Trip To be Taken nexT year. The class vo'ed To go To DeTroiT, and The sTudenTs have already begun making paymenTs Tor This big evenT. While members oT The class are enioying Their lives as iuniors, They are also looking Tor- Ward vviTh expecTaTion and exciTemenT To being seniors in The Life We Live , Page Twenty-nine