Northeast High School - Rocket Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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Counselors seek to discover ability. Many planning sessions, many deadlines in senior guidance—Sharon Fisher, Penny Paulson, Mrs. Bowlin. develop personality Guidance—at Northeast students and faculty would find it hard to get along without the guidance counselors. From the tenth through the twelfth year, they take charge of all testing and recording. When a teacher needs information about other phases of a student's school life, he first asks his guidance teacher for information. Guidance also forms an effective liaison between school and home. Guidance classes are devoted to the develop- ment of the individual student. Curricula, vocations, responsibilities, attitudes and aptitudes are dis- cussed, and ways to solve personal problems sought. Health and physical education classes go hand in hand. Participation, sportsmanship, and fitness are the aims of the phys ed program. Health classes try to develop the student's desire and ability to guard his physical welfare. In addition to its academic program, North- east also offers a program of vocational courses. Wood shop, metal shop, drafting, and electricity teach both practical skills and basic principles. Read this paragraph again —Mr. Simon, Charlotte Schulz. Teaching library skills—Chuck Peterson, Mr. Maly, Marv Conoway, Miss Burnham, Linda Crewdson.

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Social studies, languages bring world to LN Again this year an exhibition is planned for the main second floor hall, and everyone is anticipating it. A double period art class is one of those con- sidered for the early period second semester. The whole wide wonderful world, past and pre- sent, is brought to LN by the social studies and for- eign language departments. French, German, Span- ish and Latin are offered. The language lab is part of the modern approach to teaching language. American history, a junior or senior course, is the second TV course at LN this year. Mr. William Gillies is the TV instructor. Mr. McCormick, Mr. Mueller, and Mr. Willemsen are the classroom teachers at Northeast. World history is also re- quired—usually during the sophomore year. A class without a text is a title which could be applied to the Modern Problems Class. Students taking this course use the current material in the U.5. News and World Report and the Ameri- can Observer. It doesn't look as though this class will run out of material for discussion—if there's one thing the world had plenty of in the school year 1960-61, it was problems. The U-2 Incident, unrest in the Congo, trouble with Cuba, revolution in Laos, depletion of our gold reserve were only a few of the headaches. It looks like fun, but it's really work—Dean Anderson, Jack Hatfield. 27

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A delectable display—Cheryl Ken- nell, Madeline Towns, Kay Stoehr. Safety first in shop work— Dan Burnham, George Wasson. Girls in the domestic arts classes may be pre- paring for a career in dietetics, decorating, textiles, or homemaking. The girls invited parents and teach- ers to a lovely Christmas tea in the pleasant home economics department. If a student is interested in a career in business management or secretarial work, the commercial arts department fulfills his needs. A field trip through local banks and businesses provides the stu- dents with an insight into business life. Last of all comes a vocational department unique at Northeast—at least in the Lincoln school system. Mr. Schmadeke's FFA classes include both vocational and college prep students. The school system makes available a farm on which the boys may raise cattle and crops and gain knowledge and experience. In the shop at school, they learn to re- pair and operate machinery, test soil, study farm management. Students prepare for secretarial jobs—Norma Peterson, Janet Ev- erett, Helen Cook, Jeanette Kiner.