Washington Park High School - Kipikawi Yearbook (Racine, WI)

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- Gerald Kongstvedt . . . English teacher and humorist . . . since the day a chair collapsed under him, knows he carries a lot ot weight at Park . . . now sits on desks. The thing which ranks first with Mr. K. is his family: one wife, one boy aged 2, one girl aged 4, and one dog aged 5. Doesn't like to grade people, but believes teaching to be the fulhllment of all work, no matter what other iob ct man has, if he does it well, he is some kind of teacher, therefore, to be 'lust a teacher' is to take the best part of any other iob. .. . the dependence of modern .161 , ,K h . ..r M, .41 I i - v sig - 1 -5 - . 5 g si K - Park High was six months ,old X when Ruth Ruggles arrived on the scene. Likes to teach . . . attended Platteville State Teacher's College and summer sessions at the Univer- sity of Wisconsin and Northwestern. Miss Ruggles believes her lite to be uninteresting, but it is truly full . . . with happiness and a real sense of humor which she imparts to all her English students. She believes sin- cerely in today's youth . . . they return her sincerity by believing in her. -.. x 5 1 'NJ

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the wheels of Park run smoothly . . . - Vice-principal, A. B. Clase, relieves Mr. Prasch of tedious tasks. His method of scheduling Park's 1400 students is o model for other schools. lntensely inter- ested in photography . . . building his own home in the country . . . advisor of Park Co-Rec Club - part of his deep in- terest in the Y.M.C.A. A great mon . . . this we realize. - Park's efficient office stalt, the girls who are on duty winter and summer serving the school, pictured here from left to right: Marilee Crozier, the newest addition to the staftg Ruth Ann Stiebel, Mr. Prasch's private secretary, Joyce Akin, the only married member of our ottice staft.

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y society upon the art of communication . . . - A versatile person is Elizabeth Felten . . . takes full advantage of the opportunities life presents and strives to have her English students realize them too. Educated at Cambridge Uni- versity in England and at universities in the United States. Extremely interested in the arts and the peoples of the world . . . has traveled extensively, particularly in the British lsles. People are able to learn by merely looking at her. - Elizabeth Williams has claimed the hearts of many students at Park. Considers it a privilege to have met and conversed with Charles Lind- bergh. Advisor to Scribbler's Club. Has many secret de- sires . . . Who hasn't! she exclaims. Musician, chemist, or maybe statistician would have been her profession if teaching English had not claimed her first attention. We hold out our hand to her in true friendship. I My good lass, that is poppycocl4 . . . a familiar saying around 2l9 where Theodore Stewart conducts his English classes. Finds it humorous and extraordinary that he is' still on his feet after twenty-one years in educa- tion. Enjoys tennis so much that he was tennis coach at Park for the past six years. Believes today's youth may do new things for the old girl fthe worldl. Advisor of the KIPI . . . a man whom we admire and respect.