Ardmore High School - Spectrum Yearbook (Ardmore, OK)

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SPEECH , ng the fantasy The Wonder Hat Dale tound an un Thcrlbert has to contend with Granny it he comes sparkin ' rl use for a pin Vetyessl Sisters Mclntosh gave Dwayne quite a time! Under the direction of Mr. Elmer Mantooth, the Speech classes this year have done many things varying from a dramatic production Our Town to advocating super- stitious methods of easing an earache or a new way of stopping the hiccups. The Speech classes helped the Vocal Music depart- ment present the Christmas program this year. The tableaus were beautiful. During the first semester the department presented three one-act plays under the sponsorship of the Student Council.Oneof the plays, The Wonder Hat, was taken to the speech tournament in Durant where it rated excellent. Attending the state tournament on the OU campus were Vicki Garner and George Allen. The all-school play, Our Town by Thornton Wilder. was presented the second semester. This play was mod- ern drama at its peak and practically no props were used. A narrator managed to catch all loose ends and pull them together. The result was an entertaining two hours.

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INDUSTRIAL ARTS Mr. Dodd demonstrates the uses of the plane to his second hour woodwork class. Mr. Gordon Sturdevant and Mr. Harry Dodd had their hands full this year with 150 students enrolled in the Industrial Arts Department. Students working in General Metals, Electricity, Woodwork, and Mechanical Drawing have applied their knowledge in mak- ing such projects as chisels, electric buzzers, motors, hammers, and barbe- cue pits. Electricity students have special- ized in simple house wiring and repair- ing home appliances, while Wood- working students have turned out cof- fee tables, gun racks, bookcases, and many other useful articles. As a required course prior to actual shop work, Mr. Sturdevant has instilled a basic knowledge of lines, in- struments, and measurements into his Mechanical Drawing students. Mr. Dodd and Mr. Sturdevant try to give a boy the essentials for draw- ing, metals, electricity, and woodwork, so he can better choose a vocation or a hobby. Accurate to perfection

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BUSINESS EDUCATION gi . ft 4 No. not a spelling bee. but shorthand recitation. The Business Education Department strives to prepare young men and women for a useful life after they grad- uate from high school. As some students go directly from school into the business world, the Shorthand, Bookkeep- ing, Typing, Stenography and Transcription a student has learned in high school will enable him to go into a busi- ness office at good pay. Other students avail themselves of all business courses offered in high school as a background for a two year intensified course at an institution of higher learning. Bookkeeping is offered to Iunior and Senior students. The entire bookkeeping cycle is presented in a simplified form. Regardless of the size of a business, every employee prepares some records and reports daily. Mrs. Louise Akers, Mr. Bob Williams, and Miss Consuelo Fernandez instruct in commercial subjects. Mrs. Akers explains a bookkeeping problem to Sharon and Dor Sara carefully follows Mr. Williams' instructions si-111:-Q - - -4' . Pencils poised ....... Ready! Dear Sir: ..