Classen High School - Orbit Yearbook (Oklahoma City, OK)

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QW? Sf' ,lf The boy you see in this picture is one of our famed football players. Howard Moore, you seem to be pampered by your Latin teacher, Miss Snell. You even get to sit on her prized cushion. How do you rate? Does everyone have to get injured on the foot- ball field to get this type of attention? ,i f f ' Beware, Mrs. Dessaur's firsthour speech class! She looks as if she might have just caught the culprit who cheated on the test. 28 LANGUAGE ARTS The youth of the world today does not realize the impor- tance of foreign languages, speech, and English. As the world enlarges and population increases, there will be a need to know several languages and to have a good background in English. Classen is prepared to meet this situation. The languages offered at Classen are Spanish, taught by Mrs. Ann Fowler, Latin, taught by Miss Ruth Snellg and French, taught by Mrs. Linda Harris. The French department has just received an entirely new laboratory. The students learn French through films, records, tapes, and also by speaking into the microphones and hear- ing their voices in their earphones. The laboratory teaches a foreign language through the association of sight and sound experiences. It is very good for developing conversational ability. The teacher has direct contact with each student through the master control panel. She can help an individu- al student without disturbing anyone else. Oklahoma City is fortunate in having five such laboratories, as this is a fairly new development in the teaching of foreign languages. In the speech and drama classes, students are prepared to face the world either in groups or individually. Speech and debate classes have contributed many trophies and honors to Classen. If one would look through the trophy cases he would surely notice that nearly half of the awards have been won by speech students. In the new French room we see Studious Betsy , Sour Sue , Cheatin' Chester , Camera-shy Dar- 1ene , Laughing Jody , and Itty Bitty Charles Stewart . The nose in the far, far background be- longs to the one, the only Mary Hunt!

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ll ww W , umm E1 F, wif? ' gr rs tii t til Baby Huey Ogden seems a little camera shy. No, No, Mr. Ogden, don't jump! With an ancient instructor such as Mr. Ogden all the easier to study world history. Marshall, are you catching or pushing? Mr. Petree is shown here standing behind his industrious class. Notice how busy every member of the class seems. That is, all except Sharon Honea. She seems to be day- dreaming--get to work, Sharon. .sg . , This is a Psychology class? Mr. Milburn seems to be getting the bad deal here. Maybe the teacher is abused in this class. Monty Lamb, and John Bryan seem to be taking advantage of this seance. Hang loose fellows! 27

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So You're a Girl Scout and that's your troop flag, what do you want? A medal? I'm awfully sorry, . . , Paul, but that s the way it goes. ,iff , Shown above is one of the most promising English classes in school. Mrs. Stone could be quoted as saying, No matter what activity is going on, I can count on more than half of my students participating in it. This is a drama class? It looks as if Jim is pro- posing to Margaret and Bene seems to be eaves- dropping. Just ignore Bene, Jim, and go right on with what you were doing. You see a promising speech student in this picture. Judy Ande has also proven herself to be a good cheerleader. 29