West Salem High School - Neshonoc Yearbook (West Salem, WI)

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%uic Enudu th tmmjJjm Vocalists discuss chorus selection with director Edith Lauterbach: David Olson, Judy Hulberg, Jean Drecktrah and Marc Ranger. 9 Swing Band members hold a casual at-home practice: Steven Beers. Jane Jostad, Lynette Shaw, William Meyer, and director Curtis Beers. Supplementing the academic classes, fine and useful arts courses add to West Salem’s educational program. Band and chorus provideour youth with the opportunity to develop an appreciation for instrumental and vocal music. The highlight of the 1960-61 year for the West Salem band was being chosen to entertain audiences at La Crosse for Presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon, and John F. Kennedy. Besides the presentation of formal concerts and active support of civic and school functions the band and chorus participate in the Spring District Music Contests. These events through solos and ensembles encourage competitive spirit and growth in performance.

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TUw Comm lOddm Guidance director John Monson discusses future educational plans with senior, David Friestad. The Guidance Department, organized at WSHS in 1959, is designed to help students better solve their educational, vocational, and social needs. This is being accomplished through the renewed efforts of each teacher as they counsel their students, a guidance committee, and the counselor who spends one-half of his time with the program. It is hoped that through the guidance service afforded students that their high school courses may be better planned and that they will make their vocational and educational plans wisely. Correspondence courses in foreign languages, including Latin, French, German, Spanish, and Norwegian have been a part of the curriculum since 1959. One period daily is devoted to the completion of weekly assignments. Tape recordings are furnished to aid students with pronunciation. University of Wisconsin personnel meet with students monthly to discuss their language study problems. Mrs. Virginia Mennes, University Extension Latin teacher, explains a language problem. R. B. Tremain, Mrs. Mennes, Anne Hulberg, Janet Snyder, John Hussa.

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(iibjjd SkdU By means of modern techniques students in business education obtain practical experience and fundamental knowledge that will be helpful both in their personal lives as well as their vocational pursuits. This training is gained through the following courses: typing, shorthand, bookkeeping, and advanced business, covering a study of office machines and procedures. Additional experience is gained through aiding in the publication of the NESHONOC, the High School and Junior High ORIOLE, as well as by assisting in the school office. Instructor June Sletteland supervises training on office machines for Eleanor Johnson, Dennis Schaper, and David Johnson, INDUSTRIAL ARTS is a collective term including drawing, wood, metals, crafts, electricity, mechanics, and printing. A recent addition to our curriculum it is designed to provide a school environment in which young people learn to work with tools, materials, and ideas. They plan, experiment, and construct. In the process, they are called upon to think, organize, and to choose between alternatives. Industrial Arts pupils at work: Lester Hanson, Karen Morgan, teacher Eldred Manske, Franklin Cox, Gary Indahl, and Myron Hicks.