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

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We ill Grow I One oT our school's newesT and mosT inTeresT- ing deparTmenTs is The agriculTure course, or- ganized on July I, I94O, as a Tour year course. Our agriculTure-minded boys responded whole- hearTedly and enThusiasTically To The new course. ForTy sTudenTs enrolled This year and TiTTy-Tive are expecTed To Take The course nexT year. There are ThirTy-Tive To TorTy parT-Time vocaTional agriculTure boys enrolled in aTTer- noon insTrucTion. Besides These, ThirTy farmers who wanT To learn more abouT Their chosen work spend Their evenings in a special agricul- Ture course. The agriculTure insTrucTor, Mr. l-lolzheuTer, is employed TiTTy per cenT oT The Time in The high school and TiTTy per cenT oT The Time in The vocaTional school. His job does noT end in The classroom, Tor he has Tield work in The counTry, on The home Tarms oT boys en- rolled in his classes, working ouT problems and Teaching The principles oT new Tarming meTh- ods as an aid To Their TuTure success. He worlcs Twelve monThs a year supervising The many Types oT programs carried on during The summer monThs. Over TorTy herds, num- bering 600 dairy cows, are TesTed monThly aT The deparTmenT's TesTing laboraTory. The boys learned how To prune apple Trees and oTTered Their services To Townspeople Tree oT charge. The FuTure Farmers OT America chapTer oT The high school is an organizaTion ThaT is spon- sored in connecTion wiTh The agriculTure de- parTmenT. While The F. F. A. emphasizes Train- ing in agriculTural lines, iT also gives The boys Training in public speaking and in aThleTics. The agriculTure sTudenTs learn pracTical Tarm managemenT by acTual experience in Tarm Tasks. A caTTle iuclging Team which aT- Tained The raTing oT good in a sTaTe conTesT is shown below in The upper leTT-hand picTure. The oTTicers oT The local F. F. A. chapTer are shown in The nexT picTure. They are Norman l-lembel, ReporTerg Ralph Wardius, Treasurer: George FalTer, President Carl Wagner, Vice- presidenT: and Carroll Hembel, SecreTary. Ex- amples oT The pracTical Teachings oT The agri- culTure course are The milk TesTing scene, and The insTrucTion Mr. l-lolzhueTer gives The sTu- denTs in rope splicing shown below. WiTh This spiriTed enThusiasm shown Tor our new agriculTure course bumper crops can be expecTed Trom The FuTure Farmers oT America. Top H LaaTsch Mr T-lolzhueTer, G. FalTer, Top -- N. l-lembel, R. Wardius, G. FalTer, E, Wagner N DeTTn-iann. C. l-iembel P. Lemlce, Mr. T-lolzhueTer BoTTom Cv FalTer M McCarTney, M. Derge. BoTTorn -- E. Wagner, P. Lemlce, C. Hembel THE NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-ONE BEND Page TwenTy-Two

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Add I School Ioasuros and special arrangemenTs oT ChrisTmas hymns. AT abouT The same Time They provided some music Tor The Kiwanis Club. ln spring The special chorus appeared beTore The RoTary Club. Songs Trom The Mikado were TeaT- ured. AnoTher ouTsTanding group was The boys' quarTeT consisTing oT Calvin Claus, Lewis Rose, Bob VornholT, and Brownie Grogan. This group specialized in negro spiriTuals. They sang aT several oT The local service clubs, churches, special gaTherings, and were even booked Tor several engagemenTs in Milwaukee. ln May, The eighTh annual music TesTival wiTh PorT WashingTon was held here and aT PorT. The selecTions were The besT ever ren- dered. The occasion, eagerly anTicipaTed by The sTudenTs, proved To be Tun Tor all. TI.- -,,-. J--. '.-J.--,-J. :E .--..-1- -,.J.f.,:J.f-- L-, IHC QIKJVYIIIH IIIICIUQI III IIIUDIL OLIIVIYIGU IIUJ resulTed in The deparTmenT underTaking new and beTTer Things To presenT Tor The enjoy- menT oT The public. One oT The mosT colorTul addiTions To The music deparTmenT has been The drum-maior- eTTes. ATTired in snappy cosTumes and wiTh baTons Twirling, These girls add a decoraTive eTTecT To The band when They are on The march. They are led Through Their inTricaTe maneuvers by Calvin Claus who is a Trick arTisT wiTh The heavy sTeel baTon. IT is signiTicanT To noTe ThaT This modern innovaTion has been copied by oTher surrounding schools. Besides acquiring The mechanics oT playing an insTrumenT and The TundamenTals oT orches- TraTion, The music sTudenTs learn To appreciaTe greaT music. A radio-phonograph and a supf ply oT records were presenTed To The music deparTmenT. The proceeds oT The varieTy show were used To purchase new addiTions To The sTore oT records. Mr. ChrisTensen, who came To WesT Bend Trom Mayville, has builT our music deparTmenT To iTs presenT level. He sTudied music aT Mil- waukee STaTeTeachers College, and in addiTion has carried on graduaTe work aT The NorTh- wesTern UniversiTy. STudy under The direcTor oT The Tamed ST. OlaT's choir has given him invaluable Training in choral and voice work. Top-- The special chorus sang Tor The ChrisTmas play. CenTer-- G, Grogan, C. Claus, C. Hansen, E. Schmidt M. Hansen. BoTTom, lTopl -- E. Barber, J. Kolar, lBoTToml -- W. Grady, R. SchachT, R. BenneTT, J. BaumgarTner. THE NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FGRTY-ONE BEND Page TwenTy-one

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he ill Ooh I In preparaTion Tor home-making The girls in The domesTic science deparTmenT learn To cook and To sew and To perTorm many oTher useTul household skills. WiTh Miss KuehlThau as overseer, The girls work quiTe independenTly aT Their proiecTs. The domesTic science rooms in The vocaTional school are modernly equipped, which makes The course a greaT deal oT Tun. When sewing is begun, simple Things like smocks and blouses are made: buT by The Time The course is Tinished, The girls are able To make mosT oT Their wardrobes. Cooking is such Tun! EveryThing ThaT is prepared can be eaTen by The cooks. Some Times ThaT isn'T such Tun. OTTen some oT The Tood eaTen in The caTeTeria was prepared by The domesTic science girls. The caTeTeria pro- vides an opporTuniTy Tor pracTical experience. As The girls advance in The Tine arT OT cooking, They unde-rTake more diTTiculT Things. Luncheons were planned and Triends were inviTed. Some- Times The girls inviTed Their besT beaus. This Tended To prove The old adage, The besT way To a man's hearT is Through his sTomach. The Third-year class is indeed helpTul. Dur- ing The TirsT semesTer inTerior decoraTing is sTudied, while The second semesTer work con- sisTs oT a course in household managemenT. To supplemenT The domesTic science course Miss KuehlThau has organized a Home Econo- mics Club. The club meT every second and TourTh Thursday oT The monTh. The oTTicers Tor The pasT year were: Bernice Voeks, presi- denT7 Juneva Schmidt vice-president Edifh Degner, secreTary: Phyllis Mains, Treasurer: and Alice WolT, poinT secreTary. PoinTs were earned Through aTTendance, parTicipaTion in programs, being an oXTTicer and Through dona- Tions Tor home-made candy sales. When a girl has acquired 500 poinTs, she is given a pin in recogniTion oT ThaT achievemenT. The big evenT oT The year is The moTher and daughTer banqueT which is held in May. This aTTair gives The girls an opporTuniTy To display Their domesTic TalenTs To The besT criT- ics in The world, Their moThers. The Tavorable commenTs made by The parenTs prove The Thoroughness oT The course. The picTures below show The home econo- mics sTudenTs in Their club work and proiecTs. Top The T-lome Economics Club holds a business Topu BMO Mower and Dauqmer banquet SanTa Claus Threw kisses Ti T Th d Tic science mee ng. N . . . . . a e omes BoTTom -- Real Tood Tor real pracTice in eTigueTTe. Bolfom Prachce ln Sewlce 'S one of The Sublecis' parTy Page TwenTy TT ree l 1