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

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Mrs. Patricia Lind Park girls learned the art of managing a home and of rearing a family through this year's Home Economics courses. Family Living students had the opportunity to hear various speakers from county welfare agencies and to delve info such topics as adoption, marriage and drugs. Gourmet cooking and meal planning were a part of the Foods course and followed a special unit on glassware, silverware and china. Creating their own wardrobes, girls in the Clothing course filled many hours cutting, basting and ripping hems and seams. The results of their days of labor materialized in the form of stylish pant suits and culottes. 28 Miss Mary Jane Thomas and Miss Kay Johnson

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John Holmberg John Steimle Gerald Nystuen Gordon Gunlock Paul Preus Lyle Rahn 27

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Bruce Berezovsky Miss Janet Mitchell, sometimes referred to as the WAC lady formally the librarian, refiles a book as one of her many tasks. An emphasis on individual study helped students in American History classes to grasp the American Heritage. The new resource center, affectionately called WAC, aided students in finding materials for their individual projects. The curriculum included study from the Civil War era to the present. Along with student Independent Study, Afro-American studies played a large role in the course. A highlight of the year was the Bill Cosby film. Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed. Supplementing this was the traditional film Birth of a Nation. Both depicted the problems of the Negro in society. One other major topic of interest was the civil rights movement, at present and throughout history. Mrs. Peggy Gross