Osseo High School - Oriole Yearbook (Osseo, MN)

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Mrs. Flora Rogge, English, Mrs. Barbara Silberg, English World Affairs .. . Mr. Don Miss Sharon Mattinen, English. Okerson, EninSh, Mr. Earl Christensen, English ... Mr. Mrs. Carol Cover, English .. . Mrs. Eugene Swieringa, English. Kay Furgeson, English. New to the English department is the Journalism class which advances students into the world of newspaper techniques.

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Senior High Secretaries: Mrs. Marietta Martin. Mrs. Dalyce Leabo, Mrs. Shirley Small, Mrst Clarine Sutherland, Mrs. Marvel Rasmussen. Student life centers around our bustling office. Turning screws and adjusting doorknobs are some of the many and varied tasks of Robert Baldwin, our head custodian. Chewing Gum,Carbons, Weiners and Wheels Always there, but not always given the recognition due, are the services. If you happened to see a large orange metal monster, with special seats and racks on the top, you wculd have seen the new Bluebird bus. With 15 new buses, making the total force 36, ninety per cent of Osseo's students were transported to and from school each day. New and better buses made rid- ing to school more enjoyable. Each day an average of 1400 gapping mouths had to be filled by the cooks. Bending over the hot ovens, washing dirty dishes and soothing growling stomachs made the job of the 14 cooks a never-ending task. Washing windows, waxing f100rs, and cleaning up af- ter dances were some of the duties of Osseo's 10 cus- todians. These responsibilities are in all custodians' lives, but the Osseo custodians had the additional job of vacuuming the new library carpet! Swamped by papers and harassed by phone calls, the Senior High secretaries had a busy year. As the go between for students and the principals, the secretar- ies were required to take on more responsibilities than ever before. 21

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Miss Barbara Anderson, English iss Judith Johnson, English .. . Miss Karen r . . Mr. Delano Mottaz, English. M MK WWW WW The trials and triumphs of languages and earphones. Johnson, English, Latin Miss Judith Sannes, English, History iss Myrtle Krause, Speech. . r r Mrs. Jean Premack, French, . r . Mrs. Phylis Wrucke, German. English-The Art Of Communicating Programmed learning and new textbooks were some of the changes in the English department this year, Students were exposed to new experiences in play production, independent study, analyzing thought pro- cesses, and defining values for themselves and socie- ty. More modern literature was included in the curricu- lum in the hopes that more students would develop a lifelong love of literature A language laboratory was added to the language department, as well as student newspapers. plays, and pep fests. More emphasis was placed on speaking and understanding the language in the French and German classes before the reading and grammar begant Third-year courses in French and German were offered which helped to eliminate the time students need to spend on a language at the college level. A class in Journalism was offered for the first time this year. Students in the class learned about the basics of effective newspaper writing and gained practical ex- perience in producing a newspaper Other forms of mass media were also discussed. 23