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

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Page Twenty Today's Problems Are Tornorrowas History The Dark Ages, the Renaissance, Bis- marck's unification, Waterloo, Bunker Hill, Manassas, all these and more com- pose the modern and American history courses. ln addition, the senior American history students are extensively versed in the history ofwashington County, supple- mented by the large county historical museum maintained by Miss Heidner. The citizenship classes learn about their government. They also conduct a state-sponsored automobile drivers' test among all students each year. Adding a new wrinkle to the semester economics course, an extensive study of Utopias culminated in student versions of an ideal world. Slums, poverty, divorce, and popula- tion are among the great American prob- lems studied in the social problems course. ir 1. C. Abel and E. Harns examine new museum pieces. 2. Where is yesterday's boundary, Mr. Runkel? With Divers Tongues - - Many are the Senors, Fraeulein, and Romanites who have mastered the arts of a language formerly foreign to them. Miss Podruch instructs the linguists in the fundamentals, grammar, and vocab- ulary, gives them opportunity to read well-known German writings, and con- verse in the German language. Miss Huff teaches the students Latin, the cornerstone of all languages, by giv- ing them grand old Julius Caesar. Something new has been added to the school curriculum in the form of Spanish, taught by Miss Huff, who also teaches it in the vocational classes. The language of our good neighbors to the south has proved to be immensely pop- ular with the students. 'A' 3. Pondering over conjugations. G. Hood, C. Wagner, G. Gadow. 4. Flag day in Spanish class.

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Boys on the Farm Front lt's the Future Farmers of America who are going to be tomorroW's leading agri- culturists of this country. The boys' activities are varied and humorous. They treat corn and grain, prune trees, play baseball and basketball, sell seeds, participate in oratorical work, hold a father-and-son banquet, form judging teams -- all in addition to their regular class work. Financially, the club is one of the most successful in school. They keep their trea- sury supplied with proceeds of seed sales, and grain and potato treating services. The enterprising officers of the F. F. A. often arrange their meetings in con- junction with other local high school branches of the organization. 'A' 1. The F. F. A. judging teams win their cer- tificates of merit. Top Row: J, Goeden, H. Laatsch, R. Gerner, P. Lemke, N, Hembel, Mr. Holzhueter. Bottom Row: VV. Gundrum, C. Seideman, E. Marth, B. Kranz. 2. The Ag boys entertain their dads. Girls on the Home Front Believing in the time-old adage, 'iWork before pleasure, members of the home economics course learn the art of home- making in class and then indulge in the social aspect of their art in the Home Economics Club. Under Miss Kuehlthauis supervision, members do volunteer sew- ing and knitting for the Red Cross, while talking of creamy fudge and good sand- wiches. A high light of the year is the annual Mothers' and Daughters' Banquet given in honor of the mothers. Officers of the Home Economics Club this year were Juneva Schmidt, presiclentg Maybelle Seyfert, vice-presidentg Audrey Wendelborn, secretaryg Violetta Gilbert, treasurer, and Shirley Wiedmeyer, point secretary. y uk 3. Siftinglmeasuring Q-mixingicake. R. Fal- ter, L. Fara, Miss Kuehlthau. 4. The Home Ee. Mothers' and Daughters' ban- quet. 5. Make mine cornflakes, please. G. Heppe, N. Smith. Nw.--M ww, e QW Page Twenty-one