Prairie Du Chien High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Prairie Du Chien, WI)

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Out Standing in Their Fields We went to the Ag Department and asked the teacher and a few of the students what their thoughts were concerning Agriculture. Mr. Ralph (instructor) said; The Vocational Agriculture Department offers a wide variety of ’hands on’ meaningful student involvement. They have a well equipped classroom, meat cutting lab. welding, spray painting and mechanics department. They also operate a 26 acre school forest, a school garden, a nursery, an orchard and are making plans for a greenhouse. The students enjoy it because they get to 'learn by doing' in many different ways. Past students say it became one of their important high school study experiences and if they were able to go to school again, they surely would be enrolled in Vocational Agriculture The students had this to say: Ag is fun because you are not buring your head in a book. You're getting 'on the job experience. . . all the tools you would ever need Ag is a class which has a wide variety of subjects from farming to landscaping. It is a chance to better yourself in more than one field. (field! Get it?) Instead of sitting in the room studying out of books, we go out and get practice doing it. I Believe that the Ag Department is a very good thing for students in high school. It teaches you many things about agriculture, things that everybody should know before they go out into society. It is a more challenging course than any other subject you could take while in high school. Upper Left- Mr. Ralph I have this fuzzy thing under my arm! Upper Right- Hey. who’s the big, new guy in the corner?” Middle Left- A rare moment: K. Tesar hard at work. Middle Right- Mr. Guy Ralph. Ag teacher. Bottom- T. Kramer, L. Haines, and K. Drysdale begin plans for orchard project. 28-Ag

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Paging through the Literature text. It’s granted that you'll find-Short yet touching stories, that lodge in the threshold of your mind. settling down to read, both anxious and aware. the pages come alive and it seems as if you’re there. Adventure and sadness soon come to call . . . and suddenly you realize it wasn’t so bad after all. Poe. Steinbeck, Shakespeare- Are these names familiar to your ear? HUCKLEBERRY FINN and ANIMAL FARM These titles depict books of charm. ”Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment”. Bartleby”- Short Stories of meaning and mystery. LITERARY CAVALCADES and magazines- Filled with poems and essays from teens. All of these add to the excitement of the years. And as time flies, your English is done . . . Yet when you think you understand it. You’ve really not even begun . . . Page 21 ■. Top- . . . And have them all ready by tomorrow! Middle- Ms. Stemper and Mr. McCoy watch a Reader's Theatre. Bottom- J. Becwar says, and then. Santa. I wanna Honda, and a mink coat, and a . . .? L Herat ure-37

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Launch Pad A high school counselor occupies a unique position in the high school organization, outside the formality of the classroom and apart from the authority of the administration. He is under the authority and supervision of the school principal and has a responsibility both to him and to the faculty, to aid in the process of formal education. It does place him in a position to approach pupils on an informal basis. From this vantage point it is the counselor s job to help the student select and carry through a school program that will lead to the best opportunity for a successful post-high school experience. The Counselor is a repository of facts (or where to find them) about occupations, educational opportunities, community resources. etc. G U I stands for Guidance stands for You who need the guidance stands for Me as I am the Guidance Counselor D stands for a four letter word that I sometimes utter r stands for All the good students we have Nl stands for those Nuts who never hear the announcements C stands for Constant checking of credits E stands for Everyone who has some good in him. Upper Left- Mr. Harold Rassmusen, our guidance counselor. Upper Right- J. Gates talks to Army representatives. Middle- The guidance girls: P. Kahler. B. Check. L. Check. T. Fulmer. K. Rabe. Lower Left- D. Key receives much needed guidance. Lower Right- Do you have any catalogues to Wattsamatter University?” Guidance-39