McClellan High School - Lion Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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Speech and drama courses will undoubtedly improve a person's self-confidence-and if you have self-confidence ou can do Y anything. -Lane Kidd, teacher Eunfid ru: is th LUU bb kay class, in drama today vve'll participate in a little improvisa- ion. Joe and Marcy, you two act out grapefruit and an orange arguing ver which one is the better ruit. These familiar words and others 'filled drama class as students oncentrated on learning acting kills and studying the theatre. Another phase of the Speech epartment are the Speech I classes. eing an introductory course, these lasses provide students with the pportunity to study various types of ommunication including oral inter- retation, public speaking, radio and elevision broadcasting, listening kills, and the development of interpersonal communication. Combining the efforts of speech -nd drama is forensics. This class M ,WM ' ,mf I carer. 'Q , Q.. .ut ws- 5. -1 4- mms mann www' Wt' L i za: .2 f. f-rw we 'I' - 4eif5?ZI:?5 N Q 'if' K ' I S ' '1 .X at N' , -'i, A Al d looks closely at the specific areas studied in speech and the perform- ing skills of drama. Debate, the fourth course, is academically advanced for students interested in the study of reasoning and argumentation. Making up the class are first, second, and third year debaters who study political and historical events as well as debate technique. Some 200 students are involved in the Speech Department which in many ways prepares them for future careers in advertising, public rela- tions, radio and television broadcast- ing, sales, performing arts, and law. Attending high school speech tournaments provides outside op- portunities for students to explore these areas of study. f.tt.'c r 5 ,. r. - ,.,,,, ..,,, J, I .,,, 5 t E i Filming of a news broadcast in forensics gives Scarlett Knabe, senior, an appearance on television. In the character of Mrs. Abbercromby, Barbara Sparkman, junior, shows disgust with her new maid. FF' Searching for evidence, Laura Williams and Ty Adcock strive to prove the other debate team wrong. Portraying a little girl, Renea Bass, sophomore, participates in chi1dren's storytelling. Ullllll SL Academicsf45

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x is l Cinderella shines through as Susan Smith, junior, reveals her own personal costuming ideas in drama. XM v Q af s A K Y? ee ' 1 Q, is L Q, was X k m. LM if - A A ' it Ki 'Y K ...Q-df' W ' 2, -f - -fin., A, . K M, K , ,..,,,... J! + ra- 4 'PH' ' , - V X,,ff'-new N Nwwfwn, X r 44 f Academics ZQX XQXQX Z .53 Acting as a weatherman, Jeff Whitson, senior reports to his forensics class. Behind the podium, Kinsey Butler, junior, presents her speech in class.

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With all the technological innovations in business, the emphasis in all our business teaching and learning activities should be to help students cultivate imagination, innovation, and creativity. -Doris Robey, teacher. Eumputsr Business Eames his is great! We made the right decisions this week. The seasonal index was high and we made a large profit. Next time, though, I think we should put more money into marketing expenses? These were some of the state- ments heard during Mrs. Robeyis lst and 2nd period Data Processing classes. They were involved in computerized business games spon- sored by AP8LL. For this concept to be successful, the cooperation of three groups of people was neces- sary. A business with an interest in educating young people about business and private enterprise was responsible for bringing these people together. Arkansas Power and Light Company worked with the econ- omic and business administration professors at the University of Arkansas at Monticello to develop the program for the computer. A primary goal of the computer- ized business games was to reinforce DECA: Front: Bobby Shepherd, historian, Scott Gross, parliamentar- ian. Back: Miss Finney, fsponsorj, Brenda Boyce, reporter, Chrystal Jones, v. president, Jennie Kirkpatrick, secretary, Tammy Ebsen, treasurer, Mr. Steele, fsponsorl. Missing, President Standley Henderson. 46 f Academics Data Processing Board of Directors: Tonya Loftin, secretary, Rebecca Higgins, treasurer, Renae Rapier, president, Rene Eagle, vice president. These students make the final decisions concerning the computerized business games. the concept of Management'by Objectives. Most of the functions of a business were simulated on the computer that is programmed to correspond to real worldu responses. Different schools competed as a firm against each other. Each firm was in a consumer goods industry selling one product. It was flight bags. While 2nd period Data Processing students discusi business game decisions, Mrs. Robey intervened witf several comments. , l 1 --' 1 E