University High School - Bisbila Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Library, AVOC Meet U High’s Needs A COLORFUL ARRAY of some 10,000 books and over 5,000 pamphlets were available to students this year in the U High library. Under the guidance of Miss Edith Kromer and her two assistants, Lois Carlson and Sandra Sandholm, students could find almost any educational or free reading material desired. Miss Kromer commented that during this past year, she and her staff have added even more useful media. In the area of reference encyclopedias, the Cambridge History of English Literature and the Encyclopedia of Science and Technology were added. Another increase in reading material was made in the area of periodicals. The library now subscribes to over 80 magazines ranging from the newly acquired Ebony and Fantasy and Science Fiction to the standard issues of Life and National Geogntphic. STRAINS OF Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony could be heard as students walked by the AVOC department this past year. If a student had stopped and peeked into the room, he would have gazed in wonder at the complicated movie and film projectors, foreign tape recorders and other mysterious wires and devices. Yet this room was well under the control of Mr. John O’Leary, audio-visual instructor. During the past year, Mr. O’Leary has been instructing fifteen senior high boys on the fundamentals of operating audio-visual equipment. In turn, each of these boys was required to make use of this instruction by helping the various departments use the equipment. MISS EDITH KROMER cared for some 15,000 books and pamphlets in the U High library. SHOWING FILMS and instructing AVOC students kept Mr. John O’Leary busy this year. MISS SANDRA SANDHOLM was one of the new assistants in the library this year. 8

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Health, Office Staffs Solve Problems STOMACH ACHES, minor sore-throats and head colds were some of the ailments that confronted the University high school Health department this past year. The careful guidance of Dr. Emma Fronk and Nurse Marian McReavy stressed the importance of preventing illness and ailments before they started. In regard to their efforts towards the students' health, they performed many duties. Their biggest task was examining the entering seventh grade as well as all other new students. They also were in charge of the medical check-ups given to students every three years. As another part of their program both Miss McReavy and Dr. Fronk met periodically to exchange pertinent information, and discussed problems with the counselors in order to gain a better understanding of each student According to Miss McReavy, these consultations also helped their department to know each student better emotionally, as well as physically. Along with these discussions the Health department could also give students added medical attention, in the way of innovations, further testing and emergency treatment through the University Health department. AMIDST THE EFFICIENT click-clack of the typewriters and the ceaseless ringing of the telephones, students may have become quite bewildered. However these were only a few of the typical activities heard in the general office this past year. Under the supervision of Edith Nyquist, the office staff performed its many valuable functions in helping the administration. The many duties performed by the office staff this year included keeping student records up to date, signing tardy slips, answering phones, and dittoing daily absence reports. Along with these duties the office staff also made out PTA communications, and handled the processing of student report cards. The office staff obtained two new Verifax units to aid in their work this year. These machines were also used by teaching departments. OFFICE STAFF — Back row: Mrs. Carla Hill. Miss Edith Nyquist, Miss Mary Dcs Marais, Miss Susan Grund. Scaled: Miss Marilyn Foss. DR. EMMA FRONK and Nurse Marian McReavy are U High's team of health experts. 7

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Business Changes 'To business that we love, wc rise betimes, and go to it with delight.” Shakespeare The Business Education department which is headed by Mr. Robert Peters introduced an entirely new program to the students of U High. The new Diversified Occupations program is centered around an outside job during the school hours, while the student is permitted to attend courses for graduation. Paula Carey, senior, was the first U High student to participate in this program. Another change in the department was the general business course offered. Its main objective was to prepare students in practical aspects of economics and business. Units studied covered such areas as money and banks in an efficient economy, money management and fundamentals of business. Five new typewriters and one electric typewriter were a part of the new equipment purchased by the department. MR. ROBERT PETERS taught typing, shorthand, consumer's math, and basic business. PAUSING FOR.A MOMENT were three of U Highs hard-working custodians. Mr. Emil Blomquist, Mr. Larry Dc Mar, and Mr. Albert Bcnrz. Custodians Toil The whirring of gigantic brushes on automatic floor washers and the clean, somewhat antiseptic odor of U High's corridors were part of the duties performed by the school's custodians during the year. After the last bell of seventh hour classes and the exodus of the student body, the custodians day was still in progress. Busily, with sweepers, brooms, and other efficient equipment, men dressed in gray uniforms removed the traces of forgotten lunch tid-bits such as banana peels, orange peels, and crumbled cookies. They emptied wastebaskets, cleaned blackboards, straightened desks and chairs, checked radiators and closed windows. Thus each day ended for the custodians in preparing U High for the next day. Camera shy custodians who are not pictured were Mr. Curtis Leslin, second floor, Mr. Joseph Rivard, gym building, and Mr. Norman Skibbe. head caretaker. 9