University High School - Bisbila Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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NEW TO U HIGH, Mr. Ralph Brown taught three advanced an SARA USES the skills being shown to her by Mrs. Waleta Ham- classes and photography. erston. Arts Stimulate Creativity in Students MR. ROBERT SURPLUS spent this year directing the senior high baod. 21 MR. GERALD LIZOTTE conducted the junior high band and chorus.

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DR. ROBERT RANDLEMAN resumed hi many responsibilities as Unified Arts department head. 'The highest problem of any art is to cause by appearance the illusion of a higher reality. Goethe Under the supervision of Dr. Robert Randleman, the Unified Arts program, composed of art, music, industrial arts and home economics, strove to achieve certain goals. Primary emphasis was placed upon individual development as well as on stimukting creativity in students. Making colbges, block prints and bronze sculptures were only a few of the creative efforts produced in the Art department. Seventh and eighth graders spent one-fourth of the year in art, while older students took advanced art for the entire year. The Music department offered courses only on the junior high level teaching the aspects of music appreciation as well as directing choral groups and band ensembles. Within the Industrial Arts department, the whir of circubr saws and drills could be heard as senior high students worked on their projects. At the junior high level, the seventh and eighth grade boys spent half the year learning basic skills. A similar program for seventh and eighth grade ?;irls was instituted in home economics. Aromas of reshly baked cookies and cakes wafted out of the kitchens as students worked on meal planning and preparation, one of many units in homemaking. Art, Home Ec, Music, Industrial INDUSTRIAL ARTS was taught to the seventh and eighth grades by Mr. David Pixel. NINTH GRADERS learned drafting and other skills from Mr. Frank Pratzner. U HIGH GIRLS learned their homemaking skills from Mrs. Jesus Engel-mann. 20

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Physical Education Stresses Vigor The exercise of all the muscles of the body in their due proportion is one great secret of health and comfort as well as of strength and the full development of manly and womanly vigor. W. Hall Do I have to take a shower? and I finally broke 100!” were comments often heard by U High's physical education teachers. Under the supervision of the four coaches: Donald Dennison, Robert MacLeod, Kenneth Metz and Harold Whitehead, the boys' physical education program strived for fitness and prowess in many sports activities. A similar curriculum was organized by Judith Hclgcson, girls' gym instructor. Due to U High's affiliation with the University, classes were permitted to use many of their sports facilities. Students in grades 7, 8, 9, and 10 were often seen headed for the University tennis courts, Coffman bowling alley or the Norris and Cooke Hall swimming pools. MR. ROBERT MACLEOD headed the physical education department. SEVENTH AND EIGHTH graders were taught by Mr. Kenneth Metz. NO, THIS IS NOT the girl's locker room, replied Mr. Harold Whitehead. MRS. JUDITH HELGESON pauses as she plans the upcoming girls' physical education program. WATCHING WRESTLING techniques was one of Mr. Donald Dennison's special jobs. 22