Orono High School - Spartan / Orion Yearbook (Long Lake, MN)

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Abundant Facilities Provided for Recreational and Research Reading The true value of the library to the student is never fully realized while he is in school. Only when he must work on a term paper or do research for a project does he come to the conclusion that the library is not a social hour room. A helping hand to both the students and Mrs. Herzog were the student librarians. Seated behind the service desk they were willing to aid the student in any way possible. Their duties ranged from finding magazines, giving directions as to the whereabouts of a book, to signing posses. The work may seem easy but it was they, supervised by Mrs. Herzog, that kept the inflow-outflow of the library regular and organized. The work was time consuming but one acquires knowledge of the books available in the library which was useful and will be invaluable later. One also gains an understanding of people obtainable only through direct contact with them. Helpful Quittance in finding just the right beak wot ottered io Greg Peosloy by Mr . Herzog. Checking-out book , hunting for mogozines. ond tfroightening books and other rooding materials were just some of the duties of our student librarians: SITTING; M. Eisinger. B. Word, S. Wolmsley, 0. Oare, R. Croft, C. Swoggert, C. Dingwall, S. Jensen. M. Dingwall, I. Cornish, J. Helnecke. STANDING; S. Schmidt. B. Ferrell, S. Heeney, P. Crone, and B. Brockert.

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Footboll training is bogun early In order to make our football teams great. Come on, boys, get over here, called out Mr. Pesonen in on attempt to get his closs under woy. The new-yet-not-so-new stress on physical fitness has supported the views of the physical education department which hos always felt that fitness is essential to the physical and mental health of anyone. Even though all were not athletically inclined, it gove them a welcome release from the tensions of the day. The curriculum started out in the fall with soccer and football. Winter brought basketball, fumbling, wrestling, apparatus, and volleyball. With the warm spring weather, the activities turned to the out-of doors sports such as softball, baseball, track, and field. Competition also played a large part in the curriculum. While striving for physical fitness, students competed with each other to gain top honors. Their keenest competitors, however, were themselves,- the goal being to improve their past scores on the fitness tests. Enjoying o cop of coffee, Mr. Goslin discusses the potentials of the boys in his physical education classes. 23

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We Appreciated the Works of Creators As We Created Enjoyment of different types of music wos on important phase of Mr. lerohl's music dosses. Throughout the yeor, art students hove an opportunity to oxpross themselves in many different artistic ways. Some fine day your knowledge of the famous artists will be of benefit to you, was fomilior to Mrs. Bendix's art classes. Art is not functional. It is simply play and not a bit practical. So if seems at first glance. But stop and consider just what a vast area art is. Look at an object—whatever it is, it has been designed by on artist. How dull our lives would be if it were not for the artists forever creating beautiful and functional things. In our art classes we delved into the myriad aspects of art. Our aim was to acquire knowledge, skill and awareness, but above all we aspired to produce not necessarily artists, but rather oppreciofors of art. The seventh ond eighth graders studied another of the arts, music. The goal was a basic understanding and an appreciation of all music. A study of the history of music and how it relates to events of the times leads to an understanding of the mood and purpose of the selection under scrutiny. For instance, the music of Bach is harmonious and disciplined, while that of Beethoven is fiery and full of turbulence. After these students came closer to appreciation of music they went to hear the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra perform one of their Young People's Concerts. 25