North Little Rock High School - Wildcat Yearbook (North Little Rock, AR)

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Tap, will you please hurry, we're going to be latel! exclaim Mrs. Jim Grimmett and her speech students as they prepare to leave for the State Speech Festival. This darn old pen never works right! moans Jan Winn as she and Robert McBride prepare their debate against their opponents Dana Smith and Steve Riggs. Speech Offers an Excellent Course of Release ln any environment, culture and art are two necessities for a well-rounded life. They are that extra glow in the dim shadows of dreariness, a bittersweet taste in a fascinating brew of actors, debaters, and speakers. The North Side Story cannot be complete without mentioning its speech arts. There are many facets to North Little Rock I-ligh's speech department. Each serves as an outlet to the students who are inclined for this particular stage of learning for future use. lt serves as an excellent course of release. Debate emphasizes the art of thinking on one's feet, an important factor for future lawyers, perhaps, who will no doubt have an excellent beginning here. Speech ll QDramatics5 is concerned with reading and analyzing plays in one specific area. The dramatics department also takes charge of promoting their widely anticipated production ---- the senior play. For first year students, Speech l is a blessing for those who enjoy speaking, listen- ing, learning, and getting just a small taste of debate for next year. Speech is a fundamental stepping stone in society. lt need not be an obstacle. The honors speech art students have won speak for themselves in city and state tournaments. The goals are merely to speak clearly, decisively, and correctly, issuing self control and ease. Just ask any speech student who has achieved them to explain. Sharon, please, l'd rather do it for youl pleads Jane Ann Munnerlyn a s she applies make-up to Sharon Beall. Mrs, Grimmett, what do l do if it won't come off? asks Jan Winn removing make-up. 4 .

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Physical Education Builds for Physical Fitness Building both the bodies and morals of the students of NLRHS are the physical education classes. Never a dull moment in the classes from the roll call to that satisfying shower. Boys' phys. ed. begins with 15 minutes of exercises which is followed by such endur- ance-testing games as dodge ball and rough ball. Also included on an average week's agenda are wrestling, boxing, track running, and peeking through cracks in the partition. Girls' P. E. includes folk dancing, soft- ball games, volleyball, ping-pong games , shuffleboard, and basketball. ln an average week these young misses dance the Teton Mountain Stomp, Put Your Little Foot, and Kora Buska. They will play dodge ball, will jump on the trampolin, and will do various acrobatics. These physical education classes help to develop youth in such a way as to help him cope with his fellow man through group partic- ipation. And then of course there is its benefit physically. . . Not flying lessons .... windmills are displayed by these members of Girls' P.E. Everyone scrambles for the ball as the Boys' Physical Education class plays bombardment. ,...,,.,,,-,,i,,.Mt-.is WW.W....,,,V.,W,,,M.w,,...,s,n,s,.w1.....s..,tW-.s.

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Art Artists Acquire Cultural Adeptness Young artists are helped to gain a firm footing in the mastery of the fine visual arts in NLRHS's art classes. Projects cover the extremities of the Wide field of art from com- mercial lettering to watercolor painting to oil painting. Students are introduced to the primary methods of HIE in the first classes and discover Where their particular talents lie. They join in with others in small group projects that will help them in larger projects that con- front them as second year art students. Second year art students must still finish certain required assignments during the year, but they have a free hand in the selection of their projects. Art students are beneficial to the school also. They are responsible for the Wildcat heads that the Football players run through during each home game as Well as decorations for the holidays, the backdrop for the Musical Varieties Show, and numerous other small extentions of talent. Each student tries his talent here and strives for improvementsg there are no bound- aries to the heights he may climb, but he has to start somewhere, and maybe it is here. Freddie Link touches up another of her art pieces Art students study the methods of leather craft. -fdrdgki Qatar lv- Anwar N , iflfiarr E 2 7