University High School - Bisbila Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Many new goals for the Audio Visual Operators Club (AVOC) were established this year by Mr. Lucius Butler, in his first year here. One of Mr. Butler’s long range goals was to improve the operation of AVOC by having a member in each class, so that pages need only deliver the machines to the classrooms. He also hoped to make the instructional material center greater by working in cooperation with the library. Mrs. Phyllis Thomley, librarian, aided by Mrs. Bette Ripke and Mrs. Dell Smith, spent another busy year in charge of U High’s library materials. Besides the job of selecting new materials such as the many new modem language publications for an ever-expanding library, Mrs. Thomley was supervisor for 10 pages and chief disciplinarian of one of the most populated areas of the school. The complete change in health personnel brought, for the first time in recent years, a full time nurse to U High. Mrs. Audrey Lysne’s duties included not only running a treatment center, but helping students with all their problems during any hour of the school day. Upon Mrs. Lysne’s departure in January, the Health area was supervised by Dr. Jeanne Diefenbach. Processing books in the back room was just one of the jobs Mrs. Phyllis Thomley taught her pages during the year Changes Made in AVOC, Library, Health Dr. Jeanne Diefenbach gave U High studenta their periodical examinations at the Health center during fall quarter. 7 Mr. Lucius Butler introduced several changes in the AVOC area in his first year as coordinator.

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Area Heads Meet, Coordinate, Unify... At weekly meetings, presided over by Dr. Richard Hill, area heads discussed such issues as student teacher orientation, class scheduling and various budgets. This year also marked the initiation of a student-faculty committee which gave staff and student representatives a formal means of communication. The University high staff was comprised of instructors working on advanced degrees. The full teaching load was four hours daily, with some instructors on half and quarter time. The seven-year limit for U High teachers and the attainment of these degrees, ensures a constant staff turnover. Of this year’s 48 instructors, 22 were new. Student teachers, another dimension of U High’s teaching force, were plentiful. The student teaching program not only enabled aspiring instructors to practice teach, but also exposed students at U High to a variety of teachers and teaching styles. AREA HEADS Dr. Eugene Gennaro, Science; Mr. Ralph Brown, Unified Arts; Dr. Richard Hill, principal; Mrs. Phyllis Thornley, Library; Mr. Robert Beery, Social Studies; Dr. Dale Lange, Modern Languages; Mr. Rodger Kemp, English; Mr. Kenneth Metz. Physical Education; Mr. Dwight Lindbloom, assistant principal; Dr. David Johnson, Mathematics. Missing: Dr. Lorraine Hansen, Guidance.