White Bear High School - Matoskan (White Bear Lake, MN)

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CHARLES AYERS--Mr. Ayres, who was responsible Tor The varied program and original acTiviTies of The F.F.A., leTT in The TirsT semesTer To become assisT- anT supervisor OT agriculTural educaTion Tor Minne- soTa . . . CLARENCE BARTA-Mr. BarTa, an ex- cellenf and well-liked Teacher, TaughT noT only pre-aviaTion, a new war-Time course, buT also chem- isTry and physics. I-Ie was adviser oT The ChemisTry Club and operaTed The Tilrn proiecTion machine. RICHARD BRADLEY-Coach Bradley, always To be remembered by The TooTball, Traclc, and hoclcey boys Tor his Tair and admirable ways and his love Tor sporTs, TaughT physical educaTion and mechani- cal drawing 7, 8, and 9 . . .JAMES BROWN-Mr. Brown, whose TavoriTe hobbies are Danny and Jimmy, was our popular 8Th and 9Th grade general science insTrucTor. I-le was a mosT compeTenT basl4eTball coach and supervised The saTeTy classes. GERALDIINIE DAVIS-Mrs. Davis IcepT her arT sTu- denTs acTive and inTeresTed in clever proiecTs. Be- sides Teaching English 9, she direcTed The acTiviTies oT The ArT Club and The SaTeTy PaTrol . . . EERN DE VRIES-ETTicienT and well-liked is Miss deVries, who conducTed inTeresTing classes in English I I and Spanish. She was TaculTy adviser Tor The Drama Club and dire-cTed The high school play. MAX DUINILAP-Mr. Dunlap, insTrucTor oT shop, mechanical drawing, pracTical arTs, and advanced woodwork, is one oT The senior high school TavoriTes. I-le olirecTed The acTiviTies oT The Radio Club, was a junior class adviser, and was The MaTosl4an group picTure phoTographer . . . MARION EARLY-Mrs. Early's genial naTure and pleasing personaliTy are Two OT The reasons Tor her many admirers in The sevenTh, eighTh, and ninTh grade English classes. She helped direcT The acTiviTies OT The sevenTh grade. LOUIS EVANS-WhiTe Bear l'Iigh's loss was The lNlavy's gain in The case OT Mr. Evans, who lelf in The middle oT The TirsT semesTer To serve our coun- Try as a gunner. I-Ie was greaTIy missed by The sophomore and senior English sTudenTs and The sTaTT oT The Bear Traclcs, oT which he was adviser . . . MARJORIE EISCI-IER-Mrs. Eischer, one oT The schools Tall brides, gave insTrucTion To The sTen- ography and Typing classes beTore leaving To ioin her soldier-husband in Colorado. I 2

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LEFT TO RIGHT: Mr. F. D. lvlehlhorn, Mr. C. G. SmiTh, Mr. C. P. Reis, Superin- TendenT C. l-l. ChrisTenson, Mr. C. M. Price, Mrs. F. N. ChrisToTTerson, Mr. G. l-l. Lund. Bodrd of Education This organizaTion is wiThouT doubT The mosT inTluenTial body in The communiTy oT WhiTe Bear Lake. IT is comprised oT six members, who are elecTed Tor a period oT Three years, and SuperinTendenT ChrisTenson, who acTs as ex-oiilicio member. The Board meeTs The Third Monday oT each monTh, and makes provisions Tor necessary building improvemenTs and Tinancial obligaTions. This group oT public-spiriTed ciTizens has spenT much Time and Thoughr promoTing The welfare oT The schools. School Curriculum Reorgdrlized To Meet Wdr Needs WhiTe Bear High School has reorganized iTs program This year To conTorm wiTh The rapidly changing condiTions broughT abouT by The war. Upon graduaTion, wiTh The required crediTs in English, social and naTural sciences, and elecTive subiecTs, The sTudenT is Tully equipped To enTer a college, universiTy, or a branch oT The service. The course of sTudy provides Tor commercial, liberal arTs, and agriculTural deparTmenTs. The liberal ai-Ts deparTmenT provides a basic course which enables The sTudenT To conTinue his educaTion in a specialized Tield. lT consisTs oT The required subiecTs: English, hisTory, social and naTural sciences: and The elecTive subiecTs: maThemaTics, languages, home economics, arT, and manual Training. The commercial deparTmenT prepares The sTudenT To become a parT oT The rapidly expanding business world or To enTer a school oT business in a universiTy or college. Courses in general business, Typing, shorThand, bookkeeping, and economic geography are available in This deparT- menT. The agriculTural program prepares boys and girls To Take on The duTies and responsibiliTies of Tarming or To enTer a Tarm school and do Their parT To help relieve The Tood shorTage. This year The class periods were arranged so ThaT an exTra period was added To The school day To beTTer prepare The sTudenTs To meeT The demands oT The war. Dur- ing This period reTresher courses in T ping, shop, maThemaTics, and nuTriTion were oTTered as well as radio code, TirsT aici and physical educaTion. Thus sTudenTs were given Training in speciTic skills or inTormaTion Tor which The governmenT TelT There was a deTiniTe need. And every one had a parT in a naTion-wide program which would noT only speed up The process oT winning The war buT build more eTficienT ciTizens Tor peace Time as well.

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JULIA HALVA-New +o our school Ihis year, Mrs. Halva quiclcly won 'rhe admiraiion oi her sopho- more and senior English classes. She was an able adviser of The Bear Traclcs and supervised Ihe iour- nalism classes . . . HARRY HAUGLIE-Congenial and popular is Mr. Hauglie, who direcrs Ihe school band and gives individual music inslruclion. He also Iaughi a class in rudimenls ol music required ol all srudenrs geiiing credii in band or glee club. CARL HENDRICKSON-Mr. Henclriclcson, a lover of preciseness and a good argumenf, had Jrhe supreme abilily oi holding his classes' allenlion unlil ihe Iinal second. He Iaughi modern hisiory and social srudies ano did much Io promoie Ihe sale of war slamps . . . EDITH HESSER-Miss Hesser, guiei and soil-spolcen, gave her pupils insiruciion in veni, vidi, vici. She iaughi Laiin, French, and English and was an adviser for Ihe iunior class and Ihe Drama Club. EIHEL HORMAIXI-Anorher of our new ieachers is Mrs. Horman, who Iaughl Iyping, bookkeeping, and economic geography. She did well as an adviser for Ihe Bear Traclcs , . . SIINIOINIE JOHN- SON-Miss Johnson, one oi 'rhe iunior high Iavore iles, Iaughr hislory 7, geography 7, and social siudies 8. She nor only supervised Ihe iunior high siudenl council buf also direcfed Ihe Red Cross and Chrisfmas Seal drives. KATHERINE KENNEDY-The Junior and Senior High Glee Clubs were again under The excellenl supervision oi Miss Kennedy, as were Ihe 7+h and 8Ih grade music classes. Miss Kennedy also Jraughl English 9, and was a freshman class adviser . . . GLADYS KEYES-Mrs. Keyes' duly as school nurse was Io adrnii pupils alier illness and give inslruce lion io Ihe horne nursing classes. She did much Io prevenr communicable diseases and promore come muniiy healih. CORA LEE-Miss Lee, always ready wilh a pleas- anr smile, 'raughi elevenlh grade American hisrory. She direcred ihe aclivifies oi Ihe Senior High Sru- deni Council and oi Ihe O.S.K. She was also girls' adviser . . . DOROTHY LEONARD-Science and pracfical arrs are Irhe subiecfs Iaughf by Miss Leonard, new Io 'rhis school 'rhis year. Besides en- joying reading and Iraveling, she is inleresied in dielerics. I3