North Division High School - Tattler Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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DI ISIU ?i ty 'lfam yet it has provided rich opportunities for the boy and girl to whom high school means the end of a formal education. Noteworthy successes have been made by North Division graduates in countless fields of work: as writers, lawyers, engineers, artists, businessmen, and religious leaders, they have made their contribution to America. Yes, North Division has gone steadily on' ward. and is still going onward, not only steadily but rapidly, since the coming in 1946 of Mr. lvlichalak. In fact, it seems almost impossible that so much could be accomplished in so short a time. First, let us consider the building innovations. The old, outmoded office suite has been replaced by streamlined, wellflighted, wellfventilated off tices for administration, for guidance, and for audiofvisual aids. The stage in Krug Hall has been renovated with the addition of new cur' tains and new lighting, The old public address system has been replaced. The physics laboraf tory has been reorganized, and last of all has been the clearing of houses to make way for an athletic field. Second, while building improvements were being made, many academic innovations were being introduced: the multiplefperiod with lifefadjustment emphasis: the family living classes and the electronics classes: greater library use: the freshman orientation program: career week for vocational guidance of seniors: and 9 Mr. Krug, North s first Principal, at his desk the enlargement of the guidance staff together with a program for practical functioning. Third, in the field of extracurricular activities, has been the development and reorganization of the Student Council: the noonfhour programs with talent shows. movies, and dances: the North Side Variety Shows: and the film Miss North' side. Fourth, there have been many professional innovations. These consist of InfService Trainf ing, new teacher orientation, practice teachers training program, the coordinators activities, enlargements of the professional library, a DropfOut study, guidance for substitute teachers and a Teachers Handbook. Mr. lvlichalak is a progressive, forwardflooking educator who likes to see things done and well' done: and he is ably assisted by Mr. Culver, who does a splendid job in his capacity as North's vicefprincipal. Further, he is supported by a faculty whose loyalty, scholarship, and sympathy have inspired thousands of students who have been under their supervision. Therefore, when we build, let us think that we build forever. Let it not be for present delight, not for present use alone: let it be such work as our descendants will thank us for. and let us think, as we lay stone on stone, that a time is to come when those stones will be held sacred because our hands have touched them, and that men will say as they look upon the labor and wrought substance of them. See! This our fathers did for us. , ka Faculty, 1908

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