University High School - Bisbila Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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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

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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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Language Arts: Instrument in Thinking CUP IN HAND. Mr. RoJgcr Kemp contemplates 'Hester ’ YOU REALLY WANT a hall pass? was often heard coming from Mr. William Martin. SENIOR ENGLISH wu attain uu hi by Air. Thomas Bacig. Language is not only the vehicle of thought, it is a great and efficient instrument in thinking. Sir Harold Davy This quotation can be applied to the Language Arts department and its part in the education of students. Learning to communicate orally and in writing, the students learn to appreciate and gain a better knowledge of all facets of language. This includes literature of the world, philosophy, verbal speaking, creative writing, journalistic techniques and theater arts. In addition to the department’s educational curriculum, some of the instructors have been working on Project English. Under the direction of Dr. Stanley B. Kcgler and Mr. Rodger Kemp, acting department chairman, the project continued in its third year of developing and evaluating language materials for grades seven through twelve. The Language Arts department also provided advisers for the Bard, Breeze, debate team and theater arts projects. MISS NANCY CROSMAN surveyed her junior English class as they wrote an essay. 10