North High School - Polaris Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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TWICE A MONTH the North High faculty meets in the library to iiscuv problems common to the group. THE FRIENDLY office force includes Mrs. Mabel Miller, requisitions: Miss Margaret Ritten, attendance; Mrs. Alice Pratt, credits: Miss I Iclcn I.indholm, telephone: Mrs. Margaret Wood yard, chief. Faculty AT present there are ninety-seven teachers in the faculty at North. There is also an office staff, consisting of five persons, and the janitor staff, consisting of three men and a woman. Last September this faculty instructed 2,823 students in the various courses at North. Of those 2,823 students, 558 entered in September, 35. Four hundred sixty-one of these students came from Minneapolis junior highs while 97 came from schools outside of the city or state. Of the junior highs, Lincoln sent the most students, 140 llB’s; Jordan sent 111 lOB's; Patrick Henry, 101 llB’s; Franklin, 89 lOB's; and Sumner, 30 lOB’s. On January 23, 1935, 335 seniors were graduated from North while 440 students entered. The junior highs in the order of the number of students they sent were Jordan, 192; Lincoln, 123; Patrick Henry, 73; and Franklin, 55. In June, 535 “A seniors were graduated. The faculty has various outside activities aside from the regular school day. Many of the teachers arc club or athletic advisers. At Christmas time, the teachers had a Christmas party as part of the faculty social affairs. Mr. Pollard acted as Santa Claus and passed to each teacher, a gift for which he or she had asked. Among the gifts were toy automobiles, houses, and aeroplanes. The party was held in the school, and Mr. Davis acted as master of ceremonies. H