Wayzata High School - Wayako Yearbook (Wayzata, MN)

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Commercial Subjects, Shop, Home Economics MISS SONJA RONDESTVEDT Home Economics Skiing is Miss Rondestvedt's hobby. MISS MARY KING Home Economics, World History Miss King plans to study French at the University of Minnesota this summer. MRS. NOREEN LEVAHN Home Economics Mrs. LeVahn spends some of her extra time judging at baking contests. MRS. BERNICE HECKLIN Typing. Bookkeeping Fishiing and traveling attract one of our senior class advisors. Mrs. Hecklin. Page Twenty MISS ELEANOR SMITH Typing Miss Smith likes to travel. She visited Europe in 1956.

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As Physical Education Develops Body Efficiency WILLIAM MANNING Physical Education. Health In addition to stipervising the lettermen's Club. Mr. Manning was Wayzata’s athletic director and director of health and physical education. JIM GRAVEN Physical Education. Health Mr. Graven was Wayzata’s new football coach this year to increase the student’s vocabulary and showed some of the origin of English. Those who frequented school dances and other school activities became well acquainted with the band. Under the direction of Mr. Budnick and Mr. Hansen, the band also played at assemblies and sponsored a spring and winter concert. A visit to the Walker Art Institute in Minneapolis and the University to interview Malcolm Meyers, noted for his wood blocks, brought a background and greater interest in art. The students had a chance to show their talent in variouss show and displays throughout the year. Something new was added to the physical education department this year, a trampoline, and “flips and “drops became a common procedure in physical education classes. This was another step toward installing facilities in the high school which develop body efficiency and recreational skills and interests. The study of Trench or Spanish adds to a student's understanding of the backgrounds of these countries. It gives the future European traveler a fighting chance in the confusion of an unfamiliar country. T rench songs and records added variety to that course, and never-ending irregular verbs were finally mastered so that the students could say that they paries le francais — somewhat. Spanish is a language noted for its musical bcautv and. in accordance with tins, the class visited a Spanish Dance at the Nicollet Hotel this year. The third language offered was Latin which helped MRS. BEVERLY EBBECKE Physical Education Mrs. Ebbecke’s summer plans include playing baseball for the Minneapolis park board. MRS. GLORY HARWOOD Health. Physical Education Mrs. Harwood had a busy year advising Pep Club and the Junior Class and planning with the cheerleaders. Page Nineteen

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Prepare Students for Life After High School VICTOR JOHNSON Industrial Arts Mr. Johnson's hobby is fishing, and he plans to do a lot of it this summer. Although sonic girls have other motives than marriage on their minds, those who included home economics in their program this year were familiarized in homemaking skills whoch prewired them for such. Mail planning and preparing, plans for a house, buying and budgeting of foods and child car were several projects undertaken. A pizza |xirty was the highlight of the year. Other students prepared for the future by including commercial courses in their curriculum. Typing, shorthand. bookkeeping and office practice, were offered to commercial students. The senior commercial class toured the new Prudential Insurance company and General Mills new office building and any Girls interested in furthering their business education found the Minnesota School of Business tour helpful. Boys in Industrial Arts worked on leather, woodwork and linoleum while those in metal classes studied oxy-acetylcnc and arc welding and worked on bench and sheet metal. Forging and foundry were other subjects covered. 'The boys also studied blueprint drawing and reading. NORM SCHROEDER Industrial Arts. Printing Mr. Schroeder coached the B-Squad basketball and baseball teams. ART STEFFENSON Industrial Arts. Metal Mr. Steffenson supervised the industrial Arts Club which met once a week. Page Twenty-One