Rushford High School - Valley Legend Yearbook (Rushford, MN)

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On April 27, a dairy cattle judging team made up of Arnold Hatlevig, Styrk Isberg, and James McManimon went to Austin where they won tenth place out of twenty-three groups. Orrin Rlungdvedt, archie Luhmann, and Lawrence Sorun spent the day studying neats at the Austin plant. Mr. Swanson accompanied them on the trip, Another ”agn class is made up of young farm boys outside of school. This class is called the Part-time Ag class and has an attendance of about thirty-five. Tills class meets on Thursday nights to study farm problems which nr presented by Mr. Swanson or any member of the class. Occasionally they have an outside speaker. When the probl ms have be n thoroughly discussed, the boys have what they call a social hour. It usually lasts about two hours or more. This time is spent either in playing cards or basketball. The crowning event of th year for both the F.F.A. and the Part-time class was the Porcnts-Sons banquet on April 3. There were one hundred seventy-five pooplo in attendance. The following program was presented. Toastmaster .. Group Singing Welcome....... Responses .... Tho Part-time School Musical Selections... Reading .............. Recognition of Guests Vocal Selections..... Addross............... Song ................. Superintendent J. T. Hanson F.F.A. President, Ray Humble ... ..... . Mrs. Styrk Isbcrg ............ Mr. T. S. Hjos .............. Robert Highun ............ Orrin Klungtvedt ............Lelond Torgerson ........... Tilnan Torgerson ............... Lester Holz ........... Mr. H. W. Swanson .. University Para Quartet .............. R«.E. Hodgson ...........God Bless America

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Besides the regular school work the boys are re» qulred to have some project at hone such as raisin- a calf, a pig or a few acres of corn. A fow of tho many things the boys have learned are the identification of over thirty different kinds of seeds, the identification of the different broeds of hogs and sheep and, above all, they haw learned to test nilk. Each of the boys is keeping a record of his home herd’s nilk production. F.F.A.--P A R T-TIME CLASS With a total of thirty-two ”Ag students, Mr. Swanson organized the Rushford Chapter of the Futuro Farmers of America, At the first meeting the following officers were elected. President ............ Raymond Humble Vice-President .................. Styrk Isbcrg Secretary.............. Lawrence Sonin Treasurer ................ Lyle Iverson Reporter ..............Arnold Hatlevig Altogether the F.F.A. has hold six meetings which were held on Monday nights of every other week. The meeting consists of about an hour and a half of recreation—basketball having been the favorite. Besides their own meetings the boys have attended a meeting of the Houston Chapter. At this meeting the Rushford F.F.A. basketball team lost to the Houston boys. The members of F.F.A. have made several trips during the year. The longest, and of course the best, was the trip to the Hornol neat packing plant at Austin on Saturday, February 27. Another interesting trip was to the Hybrid Yield Trial at Money Creek. This the boys thought to be a very good trip as they got out of school for it. a grain-judging team, consisting of five F.F.A. boys-Lcland Torgerson, Marvin Anderson, Ronald Eahoun, Roger Hinlie, Milton Helleland—participated in the grain judging contest at Waseca, Minnesota on March 16.

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INDUSTRIAL ARTS Industrial Arts although not a new subject has been developed a great deal this year. There arc ninety-nine students enrolled in the shop courses including students from the fifth grade through the twelfth grades. The Juniors are the only ones not having an opportunity to take industrial arts. Making a project includes not only the construction of it, but also the knowledge of the use of tools, equipment, andmaterial8, and the industry that is necessary to a genoral education. The entire program is divided into six units; electricity, metals, mechanical and machine drawing, wood and furniture design. Each class takes up various phases of these six units. Projects made are numerous and include bookcases, console tables, cedar chests, writing tables, and breakfast tables. All the projects arc to be shown at the school exhibit in May. In November the department received a combination rip and band saw which has made the work easier and more interesting. In February another machine was addod to the power equipment. This machine is called a shaper and is used for molding and shaping the edges of tops of writing desks, end tables, magazine racks, etc. It is used in connection with the drill press by inverting the head stock and motor of the drill press and placing a table and guide over the rotating shaft. Interest in the department has been built up a great deal in the past few years under the leadership of Lloyd Krogh. Industrial Arts teacher.