Robbinsdale High School - Robin Yearbook (Robbinsdale, MN)

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—♦Painstaking exactitude is required by Lyndon Schaeffer to odd the finishing touches to his painting. —♦Work using clay, his hands, and a potter's wheel is exacting but satisfying for Boyd Amsler. Showcase displays give art students an opportunity to show students such as Ray Miller what the ort classes are doing. From the beginning of time, man has expressed himself creatively through art and design. Many Robbinsdale students have found an outlet in the activities of the ART PROGRAM for their ideas about life. There were opportunities to dabble” and experiment with materials of all sorts in classes on sculpture, printmaking, oil painting and drawing. The do your own thing theme of today encouraged once-hesitant students to test out their talents, especially since classes were geared to all levels of experience with art. Art classrooms were the places where individuality really flourished in school. Sculpting clay, sketching a portrait, mixing paints, students found that art classes offered a creative contrast to the books, films, and notes of other courses. —►Administrative sign painting is one of the many tasks which fall on Mr. Kvam as an art teacher. . . . the SOUL creates . . .

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Sharing oneself with others, getting a response from an audience for a speech or an action, and making people aware of the various roles played in society were rewards a student received in the SPEECH AND DRAMA classes. With constant coaching from the RHS Speech and Drama educators, students learned to express themselves through body movement and by the inflection in their voices. Speech classes allowed students to gain self-confidence in public expression of their personal views and to benefit by the sometimes harsh, yet constructive criticism from their peers. Drama classes offered an escape from the routine of school life by adopting the roles and problems of others. Involvement and discipline were always needed. fBody sculpture is one of the modes of expression being explored by Ms. Vlatkovich's movement class. The class also presented a scene from The Boy Friend at a December pepfest. —►Speech class revolves around individual interpretations of various subjects and ideos. Bob Vosika and Mark Garbacz intrigue their audience by using a slide presentation to convey their ideas. . . . the SOUL speaks through Speech and Drama . . .