St Louis Park High School - Echowan Yearbook (St Louis Park, MN)

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Lives and Thoughts f NM NineTy-Tour Teachers begin The day aT Park aT The early hour of 7:10 a.m. Besides a new assisTanT principal, T7 Teachers joined The sTaTf This year. Over 302, of The TaculTy have Their masTers degrees, and many have sTudied aT schools such as The Sorbonne. Their hobbies range from reading To rug hooking. Teaching four To five classes a day and Taking care of oTher duTies rnake Teaching a iob ThaT seldom ends.

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Classes Plus Teachers Mold Present and Future I Q . -421,3 T,?',fJ'?,,, Tw.. -T34 -:: mr r E 'X feb- The primary obiecTive of educaTion is To develop in sTudenTs a knowledge oT basic subiecTs and To insTill in Them a greaTer appreciaTion Tor learning. Park promoTed This noT only in The convenTional way, buT Through The addiTion of modern eguipmenT in science and language areas and new courses oT AcceleraTed ShorThand and Physi- cal Science. Progressive ideas Toward sub- rig iecT maTTer such as nuclear science, maTh analysis, and emphasis on proTiTable speech Topics also conTribuTed To sTudenT develop- menT. Courses challenged sTudenTs To Think for Themselves and To form Their own opin- ions. Therefore, This academic sysTem pre- pared Teenagers Tor The day when They would Tind a place in an adulT world.

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Necessity To Communicate,To Be Unclerstoocl, LEFT: The Guthrie Theater? No, it's just Dramatic Arts students, Linda Wilson and Myron Striker, reading scripts in the auditorium. BELOW: With scissors in hand, Journalism students cut their way to better writing styles. BOTTOM: You've never heard of kimish brodt? asks Mike Hechter while introducing his very unique demonstration speech. 1,1 To do anything well, one must express himself well. At Park, the courses of Speech, Dramatic Arts, and Journalism emphasized effectual self-expression. In Speech, this goal developed through studying the importance of mechanics and thought in delivering a talk. Students of Dramatic Arts observed effective histrionic expression by attending a play at the Guthrie Theater. Journalism stressed effective ex- pression through writing. To acquaint themselves with the professional field, the classes toured the Star and Tribune newspaper plant. Actual news- writing by the class enhanced the experience of putting out a cub issue in the spring.