West Bend High School - Bend Yearbook (West Bend, WI)

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I3lJl.l3Il.I.S STUDENTS' XIQQCQWCZY A modern educafional syslem alfribulos a large parl of i+s success fo 'rhe efficienl and unfiring worlc of 'rhe school board. Wesl Bend l-ligh School has such sup' porlers in 'rhe persons ol Mr. A. l'l. Klumb, who has served as direclor for five years? Mr. D. J. Kenny, who has been clerlc of lhe board lor lhe pasl lourleen years, Dr. A. l-l. l-leidner, who has given eleven years of service, and 'rwo new members, Mr. E. J. Krieger and Mrs. George Kuehllhau, wilh rwo years of service. As a resull of lhe board's desire lo improve The slandards of educalion, our school sysfem has mel fhe needs of a growing communily and has been able lo adapl ilself easily when expansiow was necessary Afler several years of planning wifh a cili ens commi++ee lhe Board of Educafion complefed plans in I938 for lhe exlension and modernizalion of lhe school planl By securing granls T SI64454OO from The Federal governrnenf and by raising an addihonal SZOI OOO OO if was possible +o bu ld a new grade chool building and make a 9I OOO OO addiliori lo 'rhe high school iii BOARD OF EDUCATION and no M ealeo lo To r H s Geo qe uehllha A l-l l-le Per VC G . O I ' II I . . .. 1 . I. . IE S . . l l S+ i g: r, E. J. Krie-ge' and Mr. D. E. McLane. S ' r m lell iahf: M: A. .Klumb Mr. D. J. Kerr. Mr. r K u ard of. . . id. . g gg T 'ge Nifi

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MCDDEQN EDUCATDN pw-F ' Wes? Bend High School annually opens ils doors fo hundreds of enlhusiaslic parenls on Gpen I-louse night held every year during Nafional Educalion Week. A+ lhis lime The parenls have a chance lo view lhe work Jrhaf holds fheir children's inreresfs lhrough- oul lhe school year. Exhibils, proiecrs, demonslralions and a pro- gram ol enlerlainmenl reveal 'rhe aclual lunclioning of Jrhe principles ol educalion in a democracy. Supl, D. E. McLane has guided rhe growlh and modernizalion ol 'rhe Wesl Bend Public Schools for over lhirly years. Conscienlious in his dulies, and undersfanding The problems of youlh, he has given fho cornmunily of Wcsl Bend a firsl-class school syslem. Pace Elqhl

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Q Page Ten . I I I I O Tl-IE HEART CDF TODAY'S SCI-IOCDL Our Library liasjire HZOZISIINCT books All colors, hues, and tinges. And every form' is rr door That turns on magic lz1'nge's. The library is lhe hearl ol every school. l-lere lhe ellecliveness ol lhe educalional program is measured mosl accuralely by lhe increasing circulalion rale in our library lacililies by sludenls and lacuily. Our library has grown irom mere wall shehves in lhe old high school building hold- ing a lew hundred books, lo a sunny, cheerlul room in a new building wilh shelves conlaining over 5,000 books lor relerence and pleasure reading, and lorly magazines and lour newspapers. Nexl year lee library will be increased one-lhird in size, perrnile ling addilional wall space. magazine slorage, workroom, and increased sealingcapacily. The high school library is a lraining piace as well as a place lor relerence work. All lreshmen receive lundamenlal library inslruclion in a shorl course designed lo leach lhem lhe use ol all library lacililies. Besides lhis lhere is a library apprenlice course given lo a hall dozen sludenls each year. The library assislanls lor lhis lerm were Gerlrude Albinger, Virginia Baslian, Marion Claus, Arlene Friedernan, Florence Friede- man, and Wilberl Landvaller. These sludenls help wilh all lhe phases ol library work and learn by doing. School creoil is given lor lhe course. A greal slep lorward in educalion was made when lhe worship ol one lexlbook ceased. and inslead ol using one book, lhe sludenl began lo galner his knowledge lrorn a number ol sources, This cnange meanl lhe ourchasing ol many books in all lines ol knowledge: a delinile place lc keep lhe books: a place lo consull lhese relerences under lhe compelenl direclion ol a leacher who had maiored in library science. Thus lhe school library and ils librarian became a necessily and gradually began lo perlorm innumerable lunclions. The librarian provdes a lriendly almosphere in lhe library and makes il a place where individua needs and lasles are given prompl allerilion and personal guidance.