Northwest Classen High School - Round Table Yearbook (Oklahoma City, OK)

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--:- sys-..,,. - A fwiw . -. WHIZZING PAST each other on Lake Annecy are French teacher, Mr. Leonard Marcotte his wife and Martha Butler and Steve Flynn 'Qfudg travel' groups four Europe view tribal We had a baII! was the con- sensus of the estimated 100 North- west students and teachers who agreed that going to Europe was the in thing last summer. Three official school delegations took separate tours of the European continent. On a 25-day whirlwind trip of eight countries were eight students ac- companied by sponsor, Mr. Dennis Simpson, science teacher. Lost suitcases, passports and people were our biggest problem, laughed Mr. Simpson, but the French Riviera made up for it aII! The Lido in Paris, flamenco dances in Madrid and the Alps in Switzer- land were only a few of the trip's highlights. Meanwhile, back in France 19 Northwest advanced French students toured the country by train with Mr. Leonard Marcotte, French instructor. This group had sponsored money raising activities all the previous year to finance their trip. 18 o Special Activities Staying away from tourist traps, students often pitched tents in camping municipaIs set up for the purpose. A combination of school and sight- seeing was implemented by six Span- ish students in their trip to Spain. Accompanied by Mrs. S a I I y Brooks, Spanish teacher, they attend- ed the University of Madrid. Highlight of the trip was taking a break from the campus and going on a three-day trip to the south where they visited Barcelona, Sevilla and Cordoba. Of the 170 students attending this summer session, senior Prissy Stew- art was named class valedictorian. During the Christmas holidays senior Liz Tatum spent two weeks visiting Wycliffe Bible Translators' Jungle Training Camp in Chippas, Mexico. I wanted to find out how mis- sionaries are trained, explained Liz, because l'm considering work in some area of this fieId.

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ABOVE: SYMBOLIC of the responsibilities of Student Council president is the passing of the gavel by last year's president, Frank Marwood, to his successor, Scott Rayburn. RIGHT: FIRST-DAY confusion mounts as frosh Randy Collins searches for his class which was scheduled in the annex. BELOW: YOU'RE FLAT, boys! Director John Platt tells his Cry-slurs as they browse in a curio shop during their June concert tour in Mexico. is sMHsxwazSSxs

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l E' E A TOUCH of home is felt by Becky Slade SIDEWALK CAFES in Paris are frequented by all sorts of people, senior Norma Meriwether gnieqgggywgffdhgyiaspglfg xg2':'1c2 e John decides as she asks movie actor Rock Hudson for his autograph. ' ' ' life in Mexico LEFT: BREATHTAKING views in the Austrian Alps prompt Scott Tigert to take a break from his studies at Innsbruck. ABOVE: FRIENDLY PER- SUASION is displayed by missionary-hopeful Liz Tatum in her work with the Tseltal Indian children. She spent two weeks in a jungle translators training camp in Chippas, Mexico, tutoring natives during school break. Special Activities o 19 .Q 4 l l 3 3'