St James High School - Saintonian Yearbook (St James, MN)

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SIGNING THE OFFICIAL SIGNATURE A. J. Cole (Superintendent) BEGINNING ANOTHER DAY . . . WORKING FOR ST.J.H.S. Gladys Belcher (Secretary to Mr. Johnson) Ardis Eng (Secretary to Mr. Cole) IT'S ALL IN THE FILES C. E. Johnson (Principal) School which makes innovations every year . . . which manages to spread out in scope as new fields of learning are opened up . . . and yet con- tinues to maintain well-disciplined class rooms and turn out not only intelligent, but liberal - minded citizens with a sense of responsibility and a re- spect for the human rights of others, must of necessity, reflect leaders who have worked to achieve this end. With Mr. Cole it is constant emphasis on a we school — a school in which community, faculty, and students work together toward a common goal. With Mr. Johnson it's a sound psychological approach to everyone of the many, many problems that confront a man as busy as he always manages to be. With all of the

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Cori Jessen and Jim Blackstad rack up the tape as Buz Steinberg adjusts the movie projector for the fifth hour chemistry class. Mrs. Dunham, school chef, dishes out her specialty to an eager customer. Right: Not so glum, chum! Jim Wer- merskirchen, defendant during the mock trial, won’t get far with three women against him. 7 Hey, slow down. warns Mr. Davidson to Delores Bowers as she works the speed controls in driving class with the assistance of Edith Christensen and Marland Montgomery as backseat drivers.

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Meet the Misters faculty members it's a concerted effort toward educating for living. And thus at St. James we look to two administrators and twenty-seven faculty members for guidance. These people are educators . . . but they are also human beings . . . that twinkle in Mr. Johnson's eye as he became athletic hero Curt and floundered his way through an im- promptu pep talk at the faculty pepfest . . . the way teachers untangled themselves from Miss Tweeten's coupe or Ken Fechter's new Chevie . . . the rusty-voiced bit of harmonizing whenever more than two teachers got together . . . those after- school raids on the home ec. icebox ... or some warmed-over coffee and a heated discussion of the game prospects ... a hillbilly skit at a Saints Reporter party ... a birthday cake and cokes during fourth-hour shorthand ... a lot of ribbing about heinie haircuts or flashy ties or suspenders . . . yes, these things made teachers real to us. NOW THERE'S AN INTERESTING BOOK Left to right: Marguerite Fosviclc (Spanish. English), Marjorie Carlson (Library), Lila May Benrud (World History, Science) and Misses . . . WEECH AND WOEHRLE. BIG GAME HUNTERS? Robert Woehrle (Business Training), Richard Weech (Physics. THOSE INDUSTRIOUS HOME EC TEACHERS . . . HOW CAN THEY KEEP THOSE FIGURES? Dorothy Barr (Home Ec. 7, 9, Advanced). Idella Solberg (Home Ec. 7, 8, 9)