Newton High School - Railroader Yearbook (Newton, KS)

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Students study during their Communications III class on the unit over the short sto ry The course includes all aspects of English and was new this year. Library Science student Andy Hutton works diligently in his Listening intently are Rita Stuckey and Debbie Hwa to Bobbie Loeffler and Greg fifth hour class reshelvmg books rn the lrbrary Vogt during a cross examination round of debate in their seventh hour class. LANGUAGE ARTS DEPARTMENT M rs. Mildred Bumgarner Mrs. Patricia Fey Miss Janice Jackson Mrs. Susan Kaufman Mrs. Pearl Kurr David McCracken Mrs. Gladys Niles Mrs. Barbara Scofield Miss Bonnie Selanders Miss joy Smith Alden Stratton Lin Voth

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Language Arts Pievv lassesftre Changes brought new classes to the Language Arts currlculum Most lmportant was the addl tlon of Communlcatlons Il III and IV classes set up on four mne week sess1ons whlch dealt w1th dlfferent aspects of Englrsh Anyone could take these classes whlch were prlmarlly deslgned forthe student xx ho IS not College bound Sophomore Engllsh students studled llterature from all over the world Emphasls was on gram mar and a reserarch paper To Klll a Mocklng blrd and Shakespeare s play Iullus Caesar were hlgh hghts The mam Jumor Enghsh course was Amerlcan Llterature I and II a chronological look at the llterature of Amerlca from the Revolutlonary War perlod to the present The hxgh po1nts were Red Badge of Courage and The Cruclble Semester Courses open to Junlors and senlors mcluded Exposltory Wrxtmg Creatlve Wrltmg Shakespeare Novel and Short Story and Poetry Senlors could partlcrpate ln any of these cours es and also take College Prep Engllsh Study1ng novels short storles and essays college bound students found materlal that they mlght encoun ter 1n college Major readmgs were A Passage to Indra and The Bear Other courses mcluded drama debate journal 1sm and llbrary sclence The Advanced Actmg students do a pantom1me called The Machme where they are randomly arranged ln a group They must relate to the other people as m a machme aAdded Well I dont know but jeff England IS dnscussmg the novel The Bear 1n thlrd hour Enghsh IV College Prep class whlle Phll Kruse and Nancy Allen llsten Vocabulary IS Important so sophomores Dan Claassen Mary Decker Conme Toevs and Don Bumgarner are trymg to lmprove thelrs 1n thelr flfth hour Engllsh class I f . ' min, a v 5 ' ' ' ,M ' . . . V . I . . . . 7 7 f , 1 ' ff . . . U I 7 'M 4 , , ' 7 7 P H . . . . . , , I ' , . . . 7 - a , v Y - , 7 , . . a 1 ' I I 14

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ig re It . , ' S, va. iaatlliroaei arboolft Adds Colt To improve the yearbook, several changes were made on the 1972 Railroader. This is the first time in the history of the Newton High an- nual that color pages will be used. r r l To maintain a colorful and exciting school year, the 'staff decided to enlarge the new year? boolclso as to allow more pictures and better cov- erage on school curriculum. 1 I it was decided by the staff tocelebratefthe Centennial by ,using the' theme, :iYesterday, To- day, and Tomorrow. Editor Debbie Hwa de- signed the division pagesto carry out the theme. Olther members of the staff were seniors Amy Button, Lori Fletcher, Kit Hanna, Donna Heffel- bower, Debbie Hwa, Dale Krueger, Greg Vogt, and Montyfwallcer, jluniorslincluded Marilyn King, Bruce Love, Clit Overholt, and photogra4 phers George Krievins and Sarakenner. Seeking helpful advice from Mrs. Kaufman, editor Debbie Hwa plans one of the many division pages. - . g Q