St Ansgar High School - Highlights Yearbook (St Ansgar, IA)

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VOCATIONAL DEPARTMENT Dave Hinman: Vocational Agriculture Mr. I tinman proudly announced that the St. Ansgar Chapter of Fu- ture Farmers of America won the premier exhibit at the Minnesota Spring Barrow Show this year. Mr. Hinman also had another an- nouncement-the birth of his baby daughter. He also included the “paddle method” in his teaching as a means of discipline. Richard Hogan: American History II. Psychology. Latin II Dale Thrond: Government. Sociology, World History Terry Christianson: Vocational Homemaking Mrs. C hristianson’s senior homemaking class is having quite a new experience this year. The foreign exchange student, Maria Gon- calves, has been teaching the class how to cook many of her native dishes. Mrs. Christianson also tried something new this year for the FFA-FHA Sweetheart Swirl. The swirl, Midnight Royale, was a totally black and white formal, decorated with black and white roses and many silhouettes. James Luensc: American I listory I, Eastern Civilization, Eco- nomics, Economic Geography SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT Mr. Hogan has had a totally new experience in St. Ansgar this year. He is new to the St. Ansgar schools, is new to the modular schedul- ing, and is teaching all new subjects. He comments, “I’ve really en- joyed this year. The kids are all just great.” This year. Mr. Luense, along with the other coaches, shared the pride of taking their basketball team to the sub-state tournaments. He also has found a new system of teaching this year. This is the “Think System:” the students must arrive at their own decisions. Mr. Thrond has again made it through another year with those ex- asperating seniors, retaining his customary calm. Next year’s class: the seniors of 1969 envy you for he has been willed a sense of hu- mor for next year. Don’t forget gang: worksheets and book reports, NEWSWEEKS and government lectures! The graduating class of 1969 most generously will to the future seniors of 1970 all of their best memories from STA! 11

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SCIENCE DEPARTMENT Charles Madson: Biology. Advanced Biology The ehem room, presided over by none other than Harold J. Schmelzer, is always a center of busy activity, whether it be spray- ing water fights, poisonous gas experiments, tossing pennies 20,000 times or polishing those horrid black counter tops. Next door are the studious freshmen, quietly doing their earth science labs. And on the other side, that notorious green-thumbed biologist, Chuck Madson. rules over a court of noisy sophomores, busily cutting up frogs.and worms, and senior Bio II’s in- jecting chickens. We can't forget the physics classes, trying to talk Mr. Schmelzer out of another test and the Albegra 11 peo- ple cursing over another equation. INDUSTRIAL ARTS DEPARTMENT Roland Schubert: Drafting, Woodworking. Metals. Elec- tricity, Welding Rol Schubert spends his time in the industrial arts department trying to keep the large majority of boys busy and separated from the small minority of adventurous girls. Drafting, a course in mechanical drawing, teaches the use and care of instru- ments, freehand sketchings and lettering. Woodworking students try their hands at creating furniture and other porjects in this course. General metals explores the fundamentals of metal work and includes such areas as welding, sheet metal, and bench metal work. And for those interested in electronics, general electricity deals with basic theories and also gives valuable practi- cal experience.

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GRAFTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY 12 Wesley Fiala Instrumental Music Carrol Jones Math