North High School - Polaris Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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 Frail (JUZcCsC Office Force THE office force of North High School consists of four regular clerks, one part time clerk, and eight students called pages. Mrs. Adelaide Anderson is the attendance clerk, having complete charge of attendance; she supervises the calling of attendance and makes out all monthly and annual attendance reports. Mrs. Alice Pratt, credit clerk, sends all credits to other schools and checks credits received. She also assists Mr. Gates in counting credits of candidates for graduation, and assists in copying credits on annual and permanent record cards. Miss Mabel Sand, requisition clerk has charge of all requisitions, refunds on locks, athletic eligibility, and assists with dictation and copying of records. Mrs. Margaret S i m onso n, chief clerk, has charge of teachers' pay-roll, takes the principal’s dictation, files, and has charge of stencils for the office, state reports, and superintendent's reports. She also assists in copying of credits. Miss Evelyn Newman, who is part time clerk for North, assists the attendance clerk in calling absentees, answering switchboard, typing, and assisting in general office work. There is a student page each period. These pages who assist in answering the switchboard, calling absentees, and with the general office work, are shown below: Dorothy Maguire, Evelyn Stevens, Sigrid Lily-holm, Sidney Pratt, Helen Sieg, Hildur Fredrickson, a n d Margaret Anderson. Audrey Johnson also pages, but came in second semester. —Marcaret S. Simonson, Chief Clerk. Thirteen

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 General Advisers THE general advisory group of North high consists of Waldo W. Hobbs, principal; Frederick W. Gates, assistant principal; Margaret E. Borden, adviser of girls and faculty adviser of the Polaris stall; Theresa Murphy, counselor; Thyrza McClure, librarian; and Mary Walkup, assistant librarian ; Gertrude L. Gee. adviser of January graduating classes, and Georgia Burgess, adviser of June graduating classes. The responsibility of directing and supervising the entire school routine belongs to Mr. Hobbs, principal. Assisting him in his work is Mr. Gates, assistant principal. Mr. Gates was chosen for this position in September, 1916. Beside his other duties, Mr. Gates is general adviser of hoys. Miss Borden is adviser of girls; she has charge of the rest rooms and general oversight of girls; also included in her work is the advising of the Polaris Stalls, both weekly and annual. Miss Murphy holds the position of general counselor. Her work is to help along the success of the students. She gives vocational advice, information regarding schools, and courses offered at these schools. She also has charge of scholarships and student loans. Miss McClure has general supervision of the library, checking on new books and loans, with Miss Walkup assisting her. On the previous page, Mr. Hobbs and Mr. Gates are shown in conference; on this page, the insert shows the general office with the clerks, familiarly known as M a b e I, Margaret, Adelaide, and Alice, hard at work. Twelve

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Vrttn Itow—Crittenden. Lindt ten. Potrell. Shannon. Horseh. Seder. Laurence. Sherman. band tor,. Thorpe, Long I.nwiK Hi « Adamt, loner, Abbot. Pierce, Kelly, Get, Marion Gould THE English course provides for a definite amount of oral and written composition and literature in each semester. The sophomores study Ivanhoe, Idylls of the King, and American literature; the juniors, oral and written expression and Shakespeare; the seniors, English literature. Besides this, opportunities are offered for public speaking, debate, news writing, play writing, and play production as well as for special work in contemporary essays, poetry, and fiction. In each semester except the S6A, all students are given drill in functional gram m a r, spelling, punctuation, and correct usage of words; and they are expected to pass at least a minimum in these before they arc permitted to advance to the next grade. Provision is also made for the technical boys and for those people who wish to do commercial work. The former enter English classes which have been planned to appeal to their interests and suit their needs. The latter are given one year special training which not only affords a background of literature but also furnishes practice in business forms and in salesmanship. At the close of the first semester, those students who are proficient in the minimum essentials are put into groups known as A classes and encouraged to read more widely and to do creative work. It is in these classes that a large proportion of the honor and honorable mention students are found. The picture below shows one of these classes taking part in a socialized recitation. —Katherine Kelly, Chairman. Fourteen