Willmar High School - Senior Yearbook (Willmar, MN)

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st ' 33, J' .1 gc' xg. ws ,. N 'sa K TRAI The junior high students, under Verne Holte and Alice Callahan, are taught theltundamentals of sewing and cooking. They learn how to make muffins, bread and candy. In addition to these skills, the students also have sewing projects ranging from aprons in the seventh grade to suits in the ninth grade. Agnes Brandvold is Willmar high schooI's trainer of future homemakers. The students study house-planning, color combinations and the care of children. In advanced home economics students learn the more difficult ele- ments of sewing and cooking. Edith Johnson and Evelyn Sandie lay the foundation for future book- keepers and stenogrophers. They teach the elementary steps of these subjects which are essential to students who plan to enter the business world. Miss Johnson and Miss Sandie also teach typing to those who plan to attend college or desire the skill for personal needs. Agnes Brandvold BA St Olaf shows a student some techniques in upholstering a chair, one of the practical projects taught in home living. Alice Callanan, B.S. St. Catherine's, and Verne Holte, B.S. U. of North Dakota, help a student mix a home made cake. ERS of Typists, Homemakers 'Q Edith Johnson, B.A. North Dakota State, and Evelyn Sandie, B.S. North Dakota State watch as ci student uses a new calculating machine.

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Y i rum' Eldon Everetts, B.S. Stout lnstitute, and Walter Kokesch, M.A. U. of Minnesota, examine an electrical exhibit. Neal Anderson, St. Cloud Teachers, Bill Hanson, B.S. Stout Institute, and David Randall, B.S. Stout institute, show their students haw to make the threads in a bolt. Malders of Mechanics, Farmers Supervising a student project are agriculture instructors Leonard Kodet, B.S. U. of Minnesota, and Mike Cullen, MS. U. of Minnesota. 1 5 Practical experiences and textbook assignments are combined ta mold future farmers and skilled laborers. The agriculture department advises students in home projects and provides the source for many exhibits at county and state fairs. Mike Cullen and Leonard Kodet head the agriculture department and advise the local chapter at the Future Farmers of America. They teach the technical points af farming and new scientific methods. It is their duty to open the door to better American agriculture. Industrial arts and agriculture classes, ever expanding, are now also being taught in the shop at the athletic field. Neal Anderson, Eldon Everets, Bill Hanson, and Walter Kakesch instruct welding, woodworking, and drafting to boys interested in these fields. Bookends, lamps and welding exhibits are examples at the projects done in the industri- al department. This year a Co-educational class consisting af black painting and prac- tical home mechanics is being offered. 16

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ff-3 Developing the character and talent of our school are the teachers of artists, iournalists, musicians, and actors. The language department provides us with a back- ground for the grammar and the culture of today as well as the past, Miss Alicia Noonan and Mr. Robert Smith sponsor the language clubs and indoctrinate Veni Vedi Vici, Viva le France and Ja wohl to Latin, French and German enthusiasts, Miss Vaughn Chiglo, speech instructor, directs class plays, radio workshop and attempts to make Thespians out ot Willmar high students. Miss Dorothy Morrow advises aspiring iournalists and guides the production of school paper and annual. Mr. Willarrl Mistelclt, art instructor, loads the art clubs and inspires interest in art. -, Z X Miss Alicia Noonan, B.A. U ot Minnesota, compares some French and German words with German teacher, Looking on as Cora Saver, B,M. MacPhail, accompanies a Roberf Smnhy BHSA Mcwieger' soloist for the Christmas program, are Victor Olsen, M.M. Northwestern University, and Ronald Prozalc, B.S. St. Cloud Teachers. Creators of Artists, Actors Journalism teacher, Dorothy Morrow, B.S. North Dakota State, ancl Miss Vaughn Chiglo, BA. Hamline, explain the publicity campaign for the class play to a iunior. Creating future artists is one of the goals of art instructor Willard Misteldt, B.S. U. of Minnesota, Duluth branch. 18