Valley City High School - Sheyenne Yearbook (Valley City, ND)

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MR R I, FRENCH utr -1 I5 'X1 r tat 1 1 o South Dlkota P t I FI l rth rn Stlt T 1 Fo MISS WANDA TI-IORINE Hoxna Ecorsomcs Asn Scuzxcn B S Iowa State Colle me Iowa 22, CA., 042-2, ULMQZ lull! NIISS KOR-X I-IALI EN Stnxtr un Nlarrlrxunt HX I3 Con ordu Coll U ol 1111 r 4--s MJ L M'T11ii,1ZfifL1ifER A - Gs ATTENITANLE 2 B Albert Lea Colle e YQ, --ul-' NR' A h1gh school educat1on ls IS necessary today as was an elementary school educat1on 11 short t1me ago The AI'DEI'1CdI'l h1gh school 1s the peoples college ma1nta1ned by all and for all the mamstay of self got ernment and the surest guarantee of l1bert1es For many years m1themat1cs and natural sc1ence h ue been Integral parts of the h1gh school curnculum ID the Un1ted States The 1mport ance of developmg mathefnat1cal exactness and accuracy was recogmzed ex en by the e rrly Greek c1x 111 at1ons The natural sc1ences were brought 1nto the secondary school by the academy and hate constltuted a part of the publ1c school curr1culum s1nce the day of 1tS or1g1n The con tr1but1ons of sc1ent1hc study to present da1ly l1fe are so mamfold and nnportant that WTIKCFS have come to speak of th1s age as the age of SCICDLC In Valley CICY I'I1gh School all students are requ1red to take algebra wh1ch IS a bas1c course and furmshes the language and the pr1nc1pal tools of mathemancs Many pup1ls take geometry wh1ch deals w1th the study of hgures wh1ch l1e on a plane surface Trans lated from the Greek geometry means to measure the earth Valu able rdxanced courses for mathemautally 1ncl1ned students are sol1d geometry and tngonometry All freshmen take general sc1ence wh1ch 1s an mtroductory course des1gned to acqualnt the student w1th h1s enx 1ronment and 1nd1cates the vtlue of SCICDCC 1n modern l1fe B1ology as a sophomore subject ls most fasc1nat1ng 1nclud1ng 1n 1ts scope all l1x1ng th1ngs even man h1m self Chenncnls and chem11.al changes and efforts to control them and make them of use to m tn these thmgs absorb ones txme Ill chem1stry In phys1cs knowledge of 111echan1cs sound heat electrlcxty and l1ght are apphed to l1fe The student learns to obserxe and class1fy the ama lllg phenomenx of ex eryday expenence and to seek a loglcal md sat1sfV mg ucplanat1on of them 1 . . . fl 1 ' 1 1 I I 1' ,x 1 'u1.T11'- 1 1 . t.. ' '- K B. S, S. c Agmc llturai Ctllege 1 . ., c 1. egg, P1q Y 1, 1 ' 1. os 1 11' Gr.1tlu.1te.Ch1c11g 1' ' 'c s1ty. u.1te.No e 1, . Q egncrs 'N ' , llegc. I , v N y ' Y 4 A . . , ak -Y . A.-, I .Q ' '10 1 1 . . '1 'ge.A 's. A 1- ig, L. A. ..1 1 'g. .5 f 'j , is iw' sv . A M iw f l W. v A , ' . . 1 . 1. . 1 . 9 7 T I , c ' . K n . . 1 z 'V 'z' ' 1 ' ' ' s 1 1 V y I . 4 I 4 Q I w bb . L , . 1. 1 1 1 v L I -1. 1 I : . .. .1 1 , , . ' I I V 1 I ,Q . , W I , 1 1 . , . , 5 . 1 2 . . . . . il C . I .Q I . , . , . . A .v. . 1 I 3 1 . 2 I, T ' ' ' , 1 ' 1 1 : ' L: 1 1 ' '. . 5. . ., . , , , , ' ' 2 ' ' 1 ' ' s' ' ' 1 1 1 f , I I 1 .

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MR. C. A. HALMRAST HlST0R!'. FRENCH ANI1 ATII1.ETIcs A, ll. Concordia College. MR I E ROLNSTAD SOCIAL SCIENCE ARD ox S ATHLETIC DIRECTOR A Sr Olaf Colleg,c Po t B fdLlUACC LJINXETSIIY of Mmn c ota Une of the most s1gn1ficant trends IU educat1on today 15 the v1tal1z at1on of classroom teachmg The curr1culum has been bu1lt on the be l1ef that the school s task 15 to offer a program prov1d1ng the max1mum gu1ded growth to every pup1l 1D order that he may be phys1cally and mentally healthful a worthy home member equ1pped w1th a mastery of tools and Splflt of learnmg a fa1thful c1t1zen vocatlonally effectwe a WISB employer of h1S le1sure and endowed Wlth a h1gh degree of eth1cal character Because educators have felt that lt was essentlal to prepare the student for well Informed part1c1pat1on ID publ1c HH'-HIYS more and more emphas1s 15 bemg g1ven today IH h1gh school to the soc1al stud1es In Valley C1ty H1gh School Amer1can h1story modern h1story soc1ology econom1cs CIVICS c1t1zensh1p VOCBIIODS and 1nternat1onal relat1ons are taught Several of these courses deal Wlth the 1nsp1r1ng events and great deeds of past generauons Other subjects acquamt the pupll w1th the fundamental concepts regardxng soc1al econom1c, and pOl1tlC3l l1fe IH Amer1ca as It fulhlls 1ts pos1t1on as a member of the fam1ly of nat1ons ThlS background gwes the student a better understandmg of the prob lems and pr1nc1ples to be facet. In the complex l1fe of today and a fuller real1zat1on of the respons1bIl1t1es of C1f1Z6Dbhlp Clxss worl' 15 deslgned to bu1ld sound att1tudes of l'1llI1d rather than sunply supplymg llll'-OVID 1t1on Ind memor1z1ng facts Ofg8UlZHClOH of courses ll1tO 1nstruct1onal umts has a1ded In brmgmg about Independent real1st1c th1nk1ng skep txcal readmg tolerance and falth IH the bel1ef that human nature IS sound and problems are capable of solutlon Abou, all, th1s department strwes to dex elop w1th1n the student a keen Interest III modern affa1rs and to co operate Ill I1'31l'1lDg for th1s country I group of Interested Intelhgent Cltl ens A. MR. U. E. JORSTAD HISTORY' ANI: INSTRUMENTAL Muslc B.. Concordia College. P092 Craduate. University of M1III'- esotaz lnterlachen MUFI' Camp MISS MARY BAKER SOCIAL SCIENLE AND CIRLS ATHLETIC IDIRECTOR S 10 Educatmon Northern State Teachers College 'K trdctn South Dalton Jxaf 0-11 lf,f,f.42fZZf -M1-dl I . .1 c gage N 1 A l .lx 1 B .Q a B. . . ' 1, s ..' ', , . . , A , Cf' f. '. - 1,1hf C, . .. I . . , I tm ga.. . . . .. . I - 3 ! 7 9 1 7 3 S 9 3 9 1 3 9 k . , c ' . QS . 2 2 . . , , - 1 sf . , I ,, ' ,,, ' . ' v ' ' ' 4' f,'- , -y ' - l'k 1 -.7 .. . 12 . I

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MR. V. M. MCCONNELL INDUSTRIAL Anus B. S. in Education University of North Dakota. MISS THELMA TI-IORKELSON EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANT B rn Education Valley City State Teachers College The greatest security that any young person has is in himself what he is what he can do with his hands or brain the part that he can play among his fellow men These are the values to which the American high school is devoted In the commercial department of the Valley City High School the student may learn the fundamentals of secretarial work and correct office prac tice Elementary and advanced courses are offered 1D typing and short hand junior business training bookkeeping commercial law and com merical arithmetic are other commercial subjects which may be taken The industrial arts department initiates the student into the mysteries of woodworking lathing, electricity and mechanical draw ing Additional projects involving home mechanics sheet metal work tical and attractive in school The need for preparing girls for home making resulted in the devel opment of courses in home economics The elementary and advanced courses cover cooking including nutrition preparing and serving meals food preservation budgeting and sewing which includes the selection making caring for and repairing of various types of clothing The purposes of the music department are to awaken an interest in and a liking for music in the general mass of pupils and to stimulate a desire for advanced study among the talented The band the orchestra the a cappella choir and the glee clubs are all splendid organiaations Organized play is found in physical education which includes both competitive and non competitive games and exercises All StUd6DtS take physical education twice each week two semesters each year and health classes once each week one semester -I MISS CLAIRE KUNZE COMMERCIAL A. B. in Education, Valley City State Teachers College. Post Graduate, University of Iowa. MISS MARGARET DAHL LIBRARIAN Valley City State Teachers College l I A, . ' ' , ' . 9 5 ' 3 9 r . L . s . . . , . , ' 1 and auto mechanics have made this department one of the most pracf . . . . . a . . , . 9 9 A ' 9 1 I ' . Q . . , . . . V . I . 3 5 . . .7 . 0 7 . , . y , , .