North High School - Polaris Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Judge Levi Hall, retired, celebrated his 23th year on the District Court bench in 1964. He is chairman of the mayor's traffic safety committee, president of the Greater Minneapolis Safety Council, and the American Legion, which he helped to found in 1919. Luther B Sletten, Judge of Minneapolis Municipal Court. Graduates Gain Distinction in Clarence Biggie Munn, athletic director of Michigan State and head of physical education department, says I remember particularly the great teaching staff who encouraged me to go on to school and make something of myself.” Many Fields John O. Roning. athletic director of University of South Dakota, I remember W. W. Hobbs sprinting down the corridors in hot pursuit of some culprits doing wrong. Don Rudolph received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroic action in World War II. Ellard A Walsh, Major General U.S.A. retired, I remember Waldo Hobbs great football teams of 1900-1907 trying to outwit Prof. Hobbs but never succeeding! Eldon Mason, director. Red Cross Youth, Minneapolis— Hennepin County Chapter. Elwood Maunder, executive di- Winslow Elliott Wedin, well- rector. Forest History Society, known architect Yale University. Donald O. Wright. Minnesota state senator. Robert Latz, state representative from the 59th district, which includes North Minneapolis. Prior to his election he served for over three years as an assistant attorney general for the state of Minnesota.

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In seventy-five years. North has had only five principals. These men, pictured above, are John N. Greer, Waldo W. Hobbs, Albert M. Banks. Harry H. Mass, and the present principal, Chester M. Johnson. Even in the Twenties all students had some business in the main office. 2 c a 0 frC c c K z O—» Mm . •HrMf NIT. $ The Sweet Sixteen graduates of 1891. The outstanding and yet the most tragic graduate of North was Floyd B. Olson, Governor of the State of Minnesota from 1931 until his death in 1936. For many years after his birth in 1891 Floyd Olson knew what it was to live in poverty. His father, a lumberjack, and his mother, a domestic servant, continually tried to make ends meet but the times were bad.” Realizing that he would have to do something to lessen his family's burden, young Floyd took on a small-sized newspaper route. This route helped him stay in North at a time when many of his friends were dropping out for financial reasons. During the time when Floyd was supporting his family he also managed to keep up an outstanding scholastic average and take part in many extracurricular activities. Graduating from North in 1909. he went to work a$ a freight trucker, harvest hand, and farm machinery salesman, managing to enroll in a night law school from which he graduated in 1915. As Hennepin County attorney he won fame by prosecuting members of the Ku Klux Klan and four aldermen who were involved in a city council graft case. His next step was to the governorship. As leader of the Farm-Labor party he served as governor until his tragic death in 1936 at the very apex of his career. Total Alumni Exceeds 30,000 What began and developed under these men and through this office has now produced over 30,000 graduates. These graduates have excelled in the fields of medicine, law, entertainment, journalism, business, government, science, scholarship, and theology. Many have created reputations which are admired and revered by others. These graduates have also been unique in their support of North High School, for North's Alumni Association is one of the most active in the city. It has been generous in its aid to the school. Many gifts, particularly the organ in the auditorium, have been given to North; and financial aid for special school projects, such as Homecoming, has always been cheerfully offered. On May 22, 1966, the Alumni Association will hold an open house for all North graduates in celebration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the first graduating class from North High.

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Robert L. Wolfson, president of Gem Corporation. How ironic it was that I was president of the German Club. Dcutches Verein. at the time when a fellow by the name of Hitler came into power. Gifford D. Cherry, executive vice president of Greyhound Corporation. John F. Thomas, known best for his work on the Refugee Relief Program in Cuba anil Vietnam George Faust, vice president and general sales manager Thco. Hamm Brewing Com-pany. William F. Foss, president of Minneapolis Moline Company. Gerald T. Mullin, president of Minneapolis Gas Company. Donald W Judkins, I re- Henry Rutledge, president of call Waldo Hobbs catch- Northwestern National Bank ing students in the corridors of Minneapolis, for minor misdemeanors and almost any student over a period of time. President, First Southdale National Bank, Edina, Minn. North Alumni who have relumed to serve their school at teachers ami in oilier CIKXH are SEATED: Mr. John SchneuSer, Mrs. Katherine Prtrrson, Mrs. Ruth lun.l, Mr. Alvin Ou.rinx. STANDING Mr. Lloyd Rutgcnoo, Mr. Howard Nenow, Mr. John Conover. Not pictured Mm Mathilda Kittling, Mn. Jean Gustafson. Clarence R. Chaney, vice chairman of the Board of Directors Northwestern National Bank of Minneapolis. He is an amateur painter and has some of his paintings displayed. Cyril Jensen, director, Bureau of Materials Testing and Research. Pennsylvania Department of Highways and Mrs Bessie Evans Jensen, I remember a class party where I came dressed as ‘cigarette and my future husband as a ’minister.'