North High School - Polaris Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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I rpi» Kom Brum, Fitter, ZU lie nan, Breckheiner Lowrc How— Sloteall, Thorpe, Pontll, MaJigan, Ming nit Technical Course THE technical course is planned to meet the needs of the pupils. While preparing part of the students to enter college, those not intending to go farther with their school education are not left without help for future occupations. The course is so planned that any one may get the basic elements of many of the vocations. The subjects taught are closely correlated. The work in English treats of discussions of mechanical subjects. The mathematics deals with the practical problems. Part of the work formerly taught in drawing is now regular part of mathematics. Drawing is correlated with gas engine work by using the gas engine as the basis of drawing materials. The teachers are grouped as follows: Mr. Stowell and Mr. Jacobi teach architec- tural drawing; Mr. Fetzer, machine drawing; Mr. Zitlleman, automobile work; Mr. Kingwalt. machine shop and forge; Mr. Breckhcimcr, wood shop; Mr. Brom and Miss Madigan, mathematics; Mrs. Powell, Miss Thorpe, and Miss Horsch, English. I’he technical course aims to help the pupils apply the knowledge acquired in school to actual problems which arise in their life and to express their thoughts, clearly and concisely, both in talking and writing. Students must have sufficient training along certain lines to be able to do something well so they can make a place for themselves in the civic world and have an insight into the possibilities and principles of industrial I i fc. —Orin A. Kingwalt, Chairman. Twenty-Tiro

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 Physical Education E7 ROM the standpoint of physical cdu-cation, the most marked deficiency in the average high school youth is a lack of co-ordination. He is awkward and unable to time his actions to make the most of his strength when using his muscles. Work on apparatus in the gymnasium is given as a means of correcting this fault. Progress is generally rapid, except where even a reasonable amount of strength is lacking. In this case an attempt is made to build up arm and shoulder strength. To move the class as a unit, marching exercises are given; but this type of work is not overemphasized. In the fall and spring when the weather allows, all work is done outside. Then track and field events are encouraged along with use of footballs. —M. T. Kennedy. 'File girls' physical education department has used for several years the system of dividing classes into “A and “B” groups. The Advanced “A” and “B” classes are made up of juniors and seniors while the Elementary “A's“ and “BY are sophomores. Outstanding girls from the “A classes are formed into a special class where they receive more advanced work. Those who are medically excused report to the gym every day for a period of rest. All first semester sophomore girls take a series of food lectures besides their regular periods of gym. Developing and experimenting with silhouette posture pictures of the girls also aids in judging and r e m e d y i 11 g their needs more quickly. —Beatrice Berthold. Ttctnti Onr

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Tor Row—01 ion. Mini, Jacobi Bottom Row—Kane, fiction. Smith. Ilolmbcrt New Instructors SEVEN new instructors were added to the roster of North faculty this term: J. J. Jacobi, Miss Viola Marti, M. A. Olson. Mrs. Harriet Kane, Miss Irene Holmberg, Miss Lillian Nelson, and Miss Dorcas Smith. Before coining to North, Mr. Jacobi was associated with the high school at Shakopee, where he coached all school athletics including baseball and football, and taught in the technical department. At North, he teaches mechanical and architectural drawing. Miss Marti taught public speaking in the Red Wing high school before coming to North, where she teaches mathematics. Mr. Olson was superintendent in the Beltrami school. At North he teaches U. S. and world history. Last year, Mrs. Kane taught English in Melrose high school and Miss Nelson was an instructor at Moorhead. They both teach English at North. Both biology and chemistry claimed the efforts of Miss Holmberg, biology teacher, when she taught in Sparta, Wis. Miss Smith, cooking and sewing teacher, was previously at Pauline, Iowa. The insert below shows Miss Glasoe, Miss Konig, Miss Foss, and Miss Holtz, who were absent from school when the other faculty pictures were taken. Besides teaching sophomore English, Miss Agnes Glasoe acts as adviser for Silver Triangle. M iss Hermine Konig, German instructor, is also adviser of the Ka-dimah club. Miss Elizabeth Foss, botany teacher, is adviser of the Park Board. Miss Mathilde Holtz, who teaches German, is a G e r m a n club adviser. Twenty-Thrtt