Patrick Henry High School - Orator Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Ilistorv ;iml ivi s No study is today more rewarding than history, tor, according to Shakespeare. What is past is prologue. Never has the tempo of world affairs been more rapid. Never have world problems demanded more understanding in the light of the past. Where once ignorance may have been bliss and it was regarded as folly to be wise, burying one’s head in the sands of oblivion today seems a custom best suited to the ostrich. Henry’s history classes arc restricted to the use of no one textbook, but enjoy the use of many maps, current magazines, and documentary motion pictures. Mr. Walter Larson American History Mr. William Dammann American History; Commercial Law Miss Pearl Kienholz Modern Problem Mr. George Frogen Modern Problem Reported fact in the light of in trrpretative opinion resolve into lively discussions among serious student of history. Pictured are Jorgen Vaage, Bruce Hay, Richard Merwin, Carol Fay, ami Karen Larson. Since “The end of government i the happiness of the governed,” students of civic learn that the extent of their happiness depend uj»on the enlightenment of all people anil the quality of the men they elect to otfice. They study the growth of the various form of government. They observe local government machinery in action, visiting groups and official engaged in making, executing, or adjudicating the law. Staging a mock trial after they had observed an actual trial in the county court were seventeen students of Henry civic class. The jury included the following students, the hack row only dimly isible: Ruth Peterson, Shirley Gad-sky, Marjorie Ledin, Pat Ingle, Hazel Cameron. F.uella Dor holt. Tom Lipinski, Tom |ohn ton. Delores Hedeen, Marion Fin on, ami Marly Carlson. In | ccij| roles are fohn Bernard a clerk, Ronald Flcaglc a judge, Corine Nchrman as witness, Douglas Anderson as bailiff, ami Lelaml Mat ka and Jerry Fitzsimmons as attorneys.

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Fnglisli mill Foreign Language Mn. F.maly Anderson English Miss Minnie Hanson English and German Mn. Marion Boquist English .uni Latin Mn. Ellen Britziu English Miss Gladys Hobbs Miss Jane Slyer English English and Spanish Other English Teachers: Prank EngdahI pictured with Drama: Carl Huerschgen, with Debate:. Clara Selson with the Orator. Ich lirbe dich! Yo le atno. Qui me amat, amat cl canem meam. To students of German. Spanish, or l itin, these phrases voice dif-ferent thoughts on the world's most (sopular topic: the tenth word in a telegram: the word thjt rhymes with dove”; the feeling that makes all the world go round with such a funny expression; the feeling which finds voice in that one little worth L-o-v-e. Pictured at the right arc Harlene Hawkins as a German Midchrn: Dean Carlson ami Barbara Swenson as a Spanish Scnor and Seno-rita. and Marjorie Knapp as a Roman matron. •I love you. I love you. If you love anyone, you will like all that belongs to him. Knowing that words wisely chosen can touch the hearts and sway the actions of men, students of English, work to understand the meaning ami to feel the power of words. . . To clarify thru style of expression, they study grammar, ami discover that, in the words of the | opular novelist Somerset Maugham, English is a very difficult language to write. Its grammar is so complicated that even the best writers often make gross mistakes. . . Students look beyond the goal of mere correctness. They try to make thru writing both concise ami precise, both vigorous and charming. Since there can be no good writing without good reading, they read not only the classics, but magazines publisher! just for them, such as Literary Cavalcade ami Senior Scholastic in which the class pictured at the left is absorbed.

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Flush! TIm I’ufriol! Patrick I Icnry’s newspaper. “The Patriot.” readable and entertaining, colorful, dramatic, and as amusing as the staff can make it. goes to press ten times each school year. Made up to capture reader interest, featuring pictures of major school events, the paper's publication dates arc red-letter days on the school’s calendar. Patriot Staff: Seated -Patricia Hoff. Tom Coughlin. Bob Swenson. Dale Flaknc, Marcia Newman, Patty Jaeger. Marion Firw n, Carol Gilbert. Standing—Richard Saucier, Jacquelyn Krieg, Patricia Fdwards, Joyce Elofson. Barbara Adams. Marlys Sturman, Marilyn Johnson, Dale Larson, Barbara Schacr, Dolores Haroldson, Sharon Willard, Marilyn Mug, Joyce Saarcla. Barbara Benson, Marlene Ringland. Corwyn Saari, Barbara Troevik, Joyce Nelson. Co-editors l‘H9—Patricia Hoff and Marion Pinson. Co-editors 1950- Barbara Trosvik and Patricia Jaeger. Mr. Emil Newstrand Patriot: World History Chief and section editors: (below left) Dale Flakne. Barbara Trosvik. Sharon Willard. Patricia Hoff, jnd Marion Pinson. Circulation Staff: (below right) Marcia Newman, Dale Larson, Carol Hilbert (manager), Dolores Haroldson, Barbara Benson, and Tom Coughlin.