Starbuck High School - Chippewan Yearbook (Starbuck, MN)

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Page22 CHIPPEWAN 1940 Agricultural Department A special department, Smith-Hughes Vocational Agriculture, was added to the school curriculum this year. Farm Shop, a new development in Agriculture education in Minnesota, was instituted along with the new course. The annex, formerly occupied by the lower four grades, was moved directly north of the school build- ing proper. A full basement was built underneath and a complete job of refinishing was done inside the building. That, along with the new shop equipment. classroom fixtures, and laboratory facilities turned the once temporarily constructed building into a perman- ent home for the Vocational Agriculture Department. Agriculture is a course designed primarily for rural boys interested in farming as a probable vocation. In addition to offering four years of Agriculture, the de- partment conducts part-time classes for young farm men and evening classes for adult farmers during the slack season of the year. The board of education, the citizens of Starbuck, and the school administration are to be congratulated upon their foresight and progressive attitude in instituting a program of Agriculture Education in the Community. Twelve Vocational Agriculture students attended the Ag Students' Congress held annually at the University Farm, St. Paul. where they participated in various contests and short course activities. Split into four teams, the local Aggie boys made a creditable record: garnering one first place team with a 'tsuperior rat- ing, one second place team with a rating of superior, and two other team ratings of excellent, ln order of the above placings the teams are: Crops- Wallre Hoium, leroy Flkstrom, Ellsworth Thompson: Farm Mechanics---Gerhard Lingen, Ralph Skinner, Sid- ney Aslagsong Beef--Arvid Sylvester, Roy Berens, Or- ville Dahlsengg Dairy-Arthur Hanson, Howard Tei- gen, Ralph Brevig. The local boys competed with a variable number of teams from 141 schools.

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ittwn u fl W .g U qg,,v' rl, VJ-CJ?,.' .. 04, Will f fu'fWfMflf frqv 43, EXWAN Pagezi in fr j - Q .. ,. W asebaii 1940 Standing-Howard Hagen, Erling Brevig, Norris Evjen, Randolph Sanvik, Teddy Ross, Claremont Pederson, Earl Person, Sidney Aslagson, Arvid Sylvester, Luther Nelson, Harris Larson, Gerhard Lingen, Elwood Wollan, iMr. Nygaard, coachj. Seated-Roy Berens, Walter Nelson, Arden Brenden, Perry Berg, Wallace Hoium, Orville Dahlseng, Aldrid Opheim, Arthur Berg, Vernon Larson, Henry Nodland Jr. Baseball practise started officially on Monday, April 15. About thirty enthusiactic boys reported to Coach F. V. Nygaard. By April 24th the squad was cut to twenty-five. The season is short and the weather of- ten inclement. Thus far this season one game, the re- turn game with Alberta, has had to be cancelled be- cause of rain. As our annual goes to press before the results of all of our games are complete we include mnly those games that have been played, the season's schedule, and the names of the nine members of the baseball squad who are seniors. Senior members on the team, and most of them veterans and letter win- ners, are Orville Dahlseng, Vernon Larson, Walter lXel-'on, Arthur Berg, Wallace Hoium, Gerhard Lingen, Sidney Aslagson, Earl Person, and Arden Brenden. They wish the best of luck for next year's team. On April 24 the Bucks journeyed to Alberta, only to l'e defeated by the rather decisive score of ll to 3. Vernon Larson started on the mound but got into dif- tculty and was relieved by Roy Berens, who did a nice job ol' checking the Alberta swatsmen. Orville Dahl- seng had the Alberta hurlers worried whenever he :etc-ppcll to the plate, as he got a long triple in the se- cond inning. Cooper, the Alberta pitcher, deserves much credit, as he really had the Bucks swinging at thin air throughout most of the game. May 7 found Morris High School playing Starbuck, and the Bucks turned back Morirs by a score of 4 to 0. Roy Berens pitched a three-hit game allowing no one to reach third and only two reached second. He struck out eight batters. Starbuck got seven hits and had nine men left on base. Starbuck High School played Hancock at Hancock on May 9 and won by a score of 7 to 3. Perry Berg went the route for the Bucks, allowed 6 hits, and struck out seven batsmen. Schmidgall and Thurson pitched for Hancock, and the Bucks got 10 hits off their delivery. Three games remain on the schedule, namely Cyrus, Chokio, and Wheaton, but these will be played too late to be included in this year's annual. Baseball Schedule Alberta at Alberta ,, April 24 Morris at Starbuck .,,..., ,.,. . , ,,,,, May 7 Hancock at Hancock ., ,, May 9 Alberta at Starbuck May 14 Cyrus at Starbuck .. ., ...... May 17 Chokio at Chokio .,.,. May 20 Wheaton at Wheaton May 23

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1940 CI-IIPPEWAN Page23 Home Economics Department as- Kitchen and Dining Room A new Home Economics Department was opened this year. It is furnished in the latest type of equip- ment. The Foods Laboratory is in black and white with touches ol' tangerine, yellow, green and blue. One wall features cupboards of art metal, The room is arranged according to the unit kitchen plan. There are rix kitchens. At one end of the room there is a modernistic birch dining room set consisting of buffet, china closet, table and six chairs. The Clothing Laboratory is equipped with two elec- tric and four treadle machines. The room features many built-in conveniences including ironing boards, ample storage space for sewing boxes and reference material, triple mirrors, fitting room, and a glass ex- hibit cabinet. Courses offered 1939-1940 included Home Economics I, II, III and IV B. There were eighty-nine girls en- rolled. Units of work studied were Foods, Clothing, Family and Community Relationships, Child Care and Training, Home Planning, Furnishing, Care and Man- agement, First Aid, Care of Sick, Personal Care, and Vocations related to Home Economics -Miss Johnson.