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

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the study of mathematics promotes orderly thinking l Anna Neitzel would have liked to raise chickens as she is very capable of counting them before they hatch . . . she teaches math. Now she raises Afri- can violets instead. Likes athletics and was thrilled with a preview of the Olym- pic Events at Cologne, France. Attend- ed the Universities of Wisconsin, Colo- rado, and Iowa. As Miss Neitzel com- pletes her twenty-five year teaching career at Park, we realize the loss of a fine teacher and friend whom we all admire. - Handling an average of 650 to 700 students a semester, Park's Mathematics Department, headed by Mary A. Potter, math con- sultant for all the Racine public schools, owns a total of S765 worth of equipment, including the film strip proiector seen here. This apparatus aids students in the comprehension of mathematical problems. - Richard Green . . teacher and Ushers' . . . hopes to spend a a foreign country children may learn its He has gained lasting friendships in his first year at Park.

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1 Jf 0 Q o A L1 i Mariel Gralow ioined Park's facul- ty this year . . . has traveled in eight European Countries. A graduate of Oshkosh State College, she previously taught at De Pere High School. Enjoys I sewing . . we enioy her. ,y I 'Cf X' ij ' A ' i ,MM ,flf-! ,ft r fl' J' 4 4' 9 as 9 ye J I - xx , ,I -' I ' fl . 2' f Ll ' , 1 ffl ' ,ll I !'-' 0 M' v well as developing skills, I Civil engineering and chemistry interested J. William Christensen, but mathematics teaching came first. At home he is called daddy by three small children . . . two boys and a girl, He claims a warm spot in our hearts. '35 - Living in a mild climate would be Wil- lard Raymond's dream come true. Coach of Park's track team. Main hobby of this mathe- matics teacher is vaca- tioning . . . enioys fur- niture upholstering and wood working. Saw Charles Lindbergh on his return from trans- Atlantic flight. To be a doctor was his first am- bition. One student's re- mark: Mr. Raymond is sure a swell guy . . . we echo the refrain

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we learn what makes th - Leander Berven . . .the man who knows what makes the world, and everything in it, go 'round. Retiring and soft-spoken, he is able to trans- mit physics into hard heads. Whether the subject is easy or hard for them his students enioy watching demon- strations and performing their own experiments . . . you can never tell what will happen next! iv - Mary Jane Gordon . . . divides her teaching day between biology and phys- ical education. Attended Ripon College, the Univer- sity of Colorado, and the University of Wisconsin. Previously taught at Chil- ton High School and at Watertown, Wiconsin. Ad- visor of girls' Bowling and Tennis Clubs, 24 I Once in ct while the boys and girls in Park's biology classes be- come real cut-ups. This happens when they disect frogs, worms, or as seen here, grasshoppers. A microscope is but one type of the modern equipment used by the Science Department in everyday classes. Leander Berven is chair- man of this department.