Wabasso High School - White Rabbit Yearbook (Wabasso, MN)

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Mr. Rustad gives some pointers to sev- enth grade artists. Teamwork gets tne linen changed on a home economics sickbed in a hurry. Rabbit experiences Art seemed the talk of the lunch- room and halls . Industrious seventh and eighth grade art students displayed their masterpieces in the lunchroom, while reproductions of famous paintings hung in the hall. A local artist, W. W. Clark, also displayed his work. From little on. Rabbits receive phys- ical education. Both Mr. Norman and Mr. Gasho worked with elementary stu- dents on the obstacle course and the Chicken Fat record. For older stu- dents , addition of archery and tennis opened new areas of athletic interest. Five weeks of home nursing training should prepare freshmen girls for any emergency. Finding pulses and taking temperatures were part of their practice. A cot was used in changing bed linens. range from cultural to practical Above, athletic elementary students line up for a quick run through the obstacle course. Left, physical ed- ucation boys get ready for their first try at playing ten- nis .

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From piles of art supplies to neat, office desks was part of the plan to provide a Steno II room for the commer- cial department. Left, Susan Jacobus and Mau- reen Macht make use of the newly converted room as they take dic- tation from a tape. When not used for Steno, the room was used for remedial reading. Right, Mrs. Christensen and Eudeen Woelfel fo- cus their attention on a reading lesson. Dual commercial class made possible by windows Aoove, fruit flies have the attention of biology students. By crossing flies with and without wings, the biologists discovered their calculations of the types of offspring were correct. Below, the German lab gives these girls added practice for fluent speak- ing . , Carrying out the idea used earlier in the German room, the third floor of WHS received some changes. Windows placed in one wall of the German room gave students a lab. Windows on third floor connected two classrooms to enable one teacher to supervise a larger study hall. Windows between the typing room and the Steno II room permitted two steno classes to procede at the same time. Study carrels near the library and in 225 were added to provide more study areas for students. Biology classes could be consid- ered something new as Mr. Eue put the sophomores through a rigorous pace. Activities included genetic experiments with fruit flies and a wet field trip to Daub's Lake for spec- imen. nxi Algebra temac can be fun if done together. Study carrels were set up around the school building for individual study.

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Region and state winners oi cne Min- nesota Soil Conservation speech contest from WHS are left, freshman Mark Raddatz, who won the junior division from this region, and senior John Inglis, the winner of the senior contest title. Wabasso orators and their advisor are seated, Miss Farley, standing, 1. tor., first row, Maureen Macht, Sandy Dickin- son, Susan Dickinson. Second row, Mark Raddatz, James Scnewe, and James Beran. Contests dramatics brighten curriculum 1964 was a good year for orators, spellers, and actors at WHS. Senior AFS student, John Inglis, succeeded in winning the Minnesota State Soil Conservation title . Freshman Mark Raddatz won the junior division of the contest for this region. Six WHS participants in declam and their coach Miss Mary Farley journeyed to the sub-district speech contest in Lamberton on March 14. Students in Mr. Richter's speech class took on the studyof dramatics in April and May. The class put on the play Petticoat Handicap for their own benefit. The annual spelling contest in grades five to eight proved Gloria Johnson, grade seven, and Beverley Bloedow, grade eight, the two top spellers. Looks of shock and amazement ap- peared on the faces of Lillian Fen- nem and Sandy Dickinson, alias Janice and Myrtle Sassifras Ever- green Buiphoffer, as they discovered this illicit embrace between per- formers Diane Arrends and John In- glis in the play Petticoat Handi- cap , studied by the speech class. Pictured at the left are spelling con- test winners Gloria Johnson, top speller, and alternate Beverley Bloedow.