Worthington High School - Trojan Yearbook (Worthington, MN)

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Three vocational courses - home economics instructed by Audrey Jorgenson, industrial arts instructed by Dean Nordell, and agriculture instructed by Walter Larson and Kenneth Johnson - are offered in Worthington Senior High. Home economics offered to sophomore, junior, and senior girls gives the girls the opportunity to learn the principles of homemaking. During the sophomore and junior years the students learn the principles of cooking and sewing, while in the senior year the girls take an advanced course of tailor- ing, retinishing of furniture, and experimenting with foods. Sophomore, junior, and senior bays elect industrial arts for preparation of fu-ture vocations. Sophomores take metal shop which deals with the uses of metals, juniors and seniors take woodshop where they build such things as desks, tables, and cabinets. Agriculture is also offered to all three senior high classes. In ag the students learn of modern farming through new machinery and farming methods. This is a continuation of the Ag I course offered to boys in the ninth grade who preferred agriculture to industrial arts. Concentration! Absorbed in fashianing the handle of his hacksaw is Roger Brust, a sophomore industrial arts stu- dent. for Commercial and Vocational Qccupations lt's beautiful - what is it? Ag. shop seems to offer an opportu- nity for Jim Jeppesen and Lowell Nystrom to gain experience in the construction of farm equipment. 29 Judy seems to find a bit of humor in her workl Refin- ishing furniture for their home ec. projects are Norma Jacobson, Julie Beck, Judy Feikema, Gail Malmquist, Alberta Hieronimus, and Lucy Martin. 1--n

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'I can see what is wrong with thatl states Arlys Nilson as she checks with Judy Hvistendahl concerning her typing assignment. Meanwhile Miss Jantzen prepares to time the other students. Copy Katz says Miss Jantzen as Karole Katz dictates a letter to these future secretaries, Ardys Ann Groninga, Glenda Kruse, Carol Janssen, and Coralie Holland. Senior Hi h Classes Offer Training Four commercial courses - typing instructed by Erna Jantzen, John Calwell, and Reuban Melom, steno I and ll instructed by Miss Jantzen, bookkeeping instructed by Mr. Colwell, and practical business and business law instructed by Mr. Colwell - are offered in Worthington Senior High. The first tour weeks of typing class are spent in learn- ing the locations of the keys on the keyboard. The rest of the year is spent in the developing of speed and accuracy in timed writings, tabulations, manuscripts, letters, and enve- lopes. Steno I and ll includes the learning of the shorthand sym- bols, characters, and blends as well as increasing speed by shorthand takes. The steno II girls spend their time increasing their speed and accuracy by 'transcribing their shorthand notes on the typewriter. ln the course of bookkeeping the students learn the prin- ciples and practices of bookkeeping and accounting which are related to the daily lives of everyone. The study of book- keeping prepares the students for employment in business as well as the budgeting ot the household. Practical business and business law is a course which in- troduces the students to the negotiable instruments of checks, insurance, etc. It also enlightens the student as to their re- sponsibilities to the community in which they live. 28

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This is your study headquarters. Lee Getting, a typical government student, is thinking about Mr. Nelson's favorite ex- pression while other not so typical students - Roger Zarn, Larry Kramer, Roger Groenewold, and Lucy Martin - take it to heart. Sure wish l could read Latinl It looks very interesting iudging by the expressions on the faces of these Latin ll students, Reidar Soderholm and Sandi Scott. Languages, Sciences, and Arts Encourage Three social science courses - American history instructed by James Gay and Reuben Melom, world history instructed by Donald Strom and Mr. Gay, and American government instructed by Floyd Nelson and Mr. Gay - and four language courses - English ten instructed by Nancy Wick, .lack Koenig and Kay Nelson, English eleven instructed by lola Kludt and Mrs. Donald Koenig, English twelve instructed by Marcia Holland and Miss Wick, and Latin I and ll instructed by .lack Koenig - are oftered in Worth- ington Senior High. American history, the course offered to sophomores, illustrates to the students the background which our forefathers built to develop this great nation in which we live. Juniors as students of world history learn of the story of civilization as it developed in the tields of culture and learning. American government enlightens the senior students in the framework and responsibilities of their government. English, which is required ot the three senior nign classes, presents to the students the fundamentals of the English language as well as a back- ground of American and English Literature. ln Latin I and ll a dead language comes to life once again through the derivatives discovered in our own English language. The course is also beneficial in the preparation for many of the future vocations that students may be interested in. In preparing for a year of study in our sister city, Crailsheim, Germany, interested sophomores study the use of the German language. The course is instructed five days a week in the Worthington Junior College by the very competent Mrs. Gosch. Bore, Bore, Book Repartslll A couple of Miss Kludt's students show by their poses their opinions of a book report. Kathy Kellen seems quite overioyed with the idea while Judy Sanderson seems to agree with the above saying. 30