Technical High School - Techoes Yearbook (St Cloud, MN)

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I I 4 To the Members of the Class of 1931 Greetings l covet for the Semor Class a purpose that us both wholesome and alluring a purpose so Fine that the one of honest effort wall Fund msplrataon wltlnn the circle ol nts Influence Very sincerely yours H B GOUGH Superintendent I . . , W 0 I I Q .

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-6 O Board of Education The act1v1t1es of the Board of Educat1on this year have been both numer ous and varied First due to the erection of the new 1un1or hlgh building new furniture and fixtures were negotiated for and an o1l burner auditorium chairs and cafeterla equipment were installed Then in conjunction with P T A Work the board set aside several rooms in the Junior high for a hard of hearing class As the year progressed committees introduced the subject of bulldmg a grade school in the northern section of St Cloud Action was taken on March 24 1931 when a special election was held resultlng ln fax or of the desired building Besides frequent committee meetings the board holds regular monthly sessions which occur on the first Thursday after the first Friday IH each month P J Seberger Presrderzt Dr M A Slvlnskl Secretary George Reis Treasurer Wm Shleld Harold Schoelkopf Dzrectors 0 Q o-,po Q 0- 0 l AGL YLJLJRIEEN . . . y . I. . . . . y 7 Y 7 ' Y . . . , - - 0 , . . , ' I . . . . 7 . . . . Hubert J. Hansen .........l.....,.........,,............. Vice-President . , ..........,.,.,,..,.....l.,,.....

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Q Wlth an enrollment of 530 compared with that of 354 the enrollment of 1916 1n the year 1930 '31 Technical High began its first year as a true senior high with 197 sophomores 196 yumors and 142 seniors In 1916 the course of study was very dlfferent from that of our present one Numerous agricultural subJects were offered Although they were not required ancient and modern history subjects were suggested to the students As time went on many of the agricultural subjects were dropped and IH their stead were many science courses Instead of the present day four year Latin course a four year German course prevailed Commercial subJects were introduced one by one beglnmng Wlth the 1n1t1at1on of typewrltlng and this tendency towards more technical courses has continued Durlng the year 1916 17 the students were favored by a short school however all extra currlcular activities were conducted outside the regular school hours Class hours were only forty five mlnutes in length and classes were held stralght through the noon hour The first change IH length of day was wrought soon This postponed the closlng hour to two thirty The next change lengthened the day a half hour continuing It untll three o clock The next altered both beginning and closing time making the school hours eight thlrty to three Hfty In the present year 1930 31 the openmg hour was at first elght twenty and the closing hour three forty However at the begmn mg of the second semester the closing hour was changed to three thirty this bemg the present day schedule O 0 O Y I , 1 0 'I . ' A I y 1 . , ' l , g . 7 . 7 - q . . . . Y Y Q ' y day which began at nine o'clock and continued unt1l two-fifteen. In thls day, , - i - . . , y . . . . , l . v 1 ' ' ' x ' y - ' 9 r ' ' 1 ' ' 1 0 O lo' - N v r .- - . - -I '-: - ': '. Q