Owatonna High School - Totem Yearbook (Owatonna, MN)

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fn Perhaps an interior decorator of tomorrow, Keith Beck proudly displays After thirty years of teaching in OHS, Mrs. Dreher, who is retiring the desk he made from birchwood, This was a project done on a volun- to become an instructor at St. Olaf college, watches students, tary basis by Mr. Skovbroten's shop classes. Helen Atkinson and Janis Kaplan clean up their miniature kitchen. PRACTICALITY JUSTIFIES EDUCATION IN TRADES A beckoning to some skilled iob in the commercial, agricultural, mechanical, or homemaking field calls many OHS students to vocational classes. The commerical department stresses knowledge of skills in typewriting, bookkeeping, and accounting. With fervent practice and constant diligence, com- merical students learn to tile, type, and take dicta- tion with speed and accuracy. The homemaking department teaches girls useful skills in smoothly run- ning her own home. Classes in sewing, cooking, and good grooming are supplemented with courses in balanced diets, and they fully prepare the student for her future. Mechanical ability and a knack for building is en- couraged in the shop classes. Boys spend many hours building, polishing, and sometimes rebuilding articles. This course will help many to secure jobs after graduation. An agricultural course teaches boys the newer techniques of farming, Along with class work comes practical application of learning to prepare for better farming practices. Students with artistic ability generally include all of the art classes they can get into their schedule. Here they learn better ways of expressing their feel- ings and exhibiting their talent. The vocational cour- ses at OHS help many students determine their futures. Agriculture is the backbone of our country. To meet the needs of a grow' ing nation, out qualified leaders in this field such as Bill Lewison, who won the Dekalb award and the State Star Dairy Farmer award.

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fa, ,I X S wsu- W r , 5-. xy A '-.. ' -as As wards are the means of communication for a poet, drawings show the expressions of the artist. The program of the art depart- ment is designed to give students an opportunity to express their ideas in the medium that they choose. Mr. Anderson, art instructor, is helping Jane Alexander, Domestic Science Club art winner, with her crayon drawing of Bonnie Tuthill, Sally Ribbe decides that she will make her drawing from a different angle. ABOVE: Typing skill proves invaluable both for alleviating homework and for obtaining a iob after high school. In the foreground Marlis Steeke, Federated Mutual Commerical award winner and Marilyn Mate- icek, Journal Chronicle Typing award winner, type with speed and ac- curacy. UPPER LEFT: Mixing and matching patterns, students learn how to redecorate a home economically, Ninth grade girls, Karen Schrom and Janice Hrdlichka enjoy designing a room from iust scraps of material. 3. l x 5 . ri , , f if Tl ' qi N us A ,zzvv A E X 7 13.1-LL-

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Y'- ' How can a guy concentrate on his studies when he smells freshly cut grass, hears the strains of laughter of schoolmates and sees the blossoming trees? wonders Tom Kost. Spring doesn't seem to affect Joan Stark and Bonnie Berghs in the same way, or maybe, at present, they are more concerned about Tom who has not yet realized that he has been called upon to recite. OUR FINAL DAYS MAKE ALL SCENES PRECIOUS The senior year reveals many traditions such as the one Janet Alex- ander is carrying out by giving her picture to Dave Heinz. Classroom cares will soon be forgotten and they will turn their attention to more interesting matters. Wouldn't you say there's a hint of romance in the air? w,'7 x x 'M- The tension of final exams, the chuckles over class wills, the solemn moment of graduation, the noisy exchange of congratulations, and then the stillness of OHS halls . . . seniors have gone, forever. High school life has rewarded us, both by the facts we have gathered and by the talents we have per- fected through applying our acquired knowledge. Details of studying have sometimes interested us, sometimes bored us, but always confronted us, The habit we have formed of doing daily assignments will become a valuable asset, for it will be added to our ambition and determination when we work on proiects in the future. The child is father to the man. The years of our schooling have afforded us unnumbered opportunities to prepare to be so much more the man. We have passed through one important stage of life and are about to enter another. Our departure does not mean the end, but the beginning, Ahead of us lies the opportunity for further study, advance ment, and discovery. Yes, high school classes have certczznly been our pPXSSl-A-LORDS T0 THE FUTUQE.