North High School - Polar Bear Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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5 «6 We have accumulated knowledge by years of absorbing facts and figures in the typical classroom situation. More impor- tant, however, we have gained knowledge by our personal ex- periences in life. We have learned to adapt to the everyday cir- cumstances that every person must face. We must handle these cir- cumstances to the best of our ability for we may never pass this way again. CD a 5 o 7 ► 27

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it? ivf «2 Knowledge brings to mind various things to different people. 1. Some students remember Mr. Phillips ' speeches about people ' s noses growing if they tell lies. But acquiring knowledge isn ' t as easy as hav- ing someone tell you something. 2. Tom McDermott, like others, realized the number of serious problems that each of us had to solve on our own. Student rights r;osed one of these problems. 3. The fourth hour economics class exercised their democ ratic privileges by voting to throw the teacher out the window. At one time or another, all of us need a means of escape from the pressure of life ' s everyday encounters. 4. To some, escape could be found by using pink passes to skip classes. 5. Even teachers feel the frequent need to get away from it all; Mr. Lazear spends a quiet moment in the teacher ' s lounge. Some students felt a sense of revolt when card playing, a major source of relax- ation, was outlawed. 6. However, Scott Brockett managed to smuggle in a deck. It was hard, but we gave up important time and pleasant activities to acquire our knowledge. 7. Mark Morrow even manag- ed to forfeit his tennis racket for awhile. But, all in all, the things we learned sur- passed any sacrifices we made. 26

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Administration T 2 1. Lloyd Klinzman, vice principal. 2. Wally Nelson, detective. 3. Rolland Brownell, prin- cipal. 4. Albert Graziano, advisor. 6. Graziano and Brownell sorting out their dif- ficult work. 7. Louise McCaughan, counselor. 8. Lowell Perry, counselor. 9. Dorothy Lewis, study hall teacher. 10. Frank Fair, ad- ministrative intern. 11. Jean Hensley, counsel- ing clerk. Graziano, Klinzman mark advisory change Many changes were brought about in the administration staff. Mr. Lloyd Klinzman came to serve as vice principal, and Mr. Albert Graziano as advisor. Instead of having a boys ' and girls ' advisor, a new practice was introduced as Mr. Klinzman advised the sophomore and half of the junior class while Mr. Graziano helped the other half of the 1 1th graders plus the seniors. Mr. Wally Nelson ▼ 3 took the position as liaison officer. Instead of different teachers handling study hall, Mrs. Dorothy Lewis left her job as receptionist and became the full-time study hall teacher. Faculty members, parents, and students met in the Advisory Coun- cil, in its second year, to discuss the problems at North High and to find solutions. A m 28