Oakridge High School - Warrior Yearbook (Oakridge, OR)

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Scott McCleve gives individual instruction in Remedial Reading, teaches English. Keith Putnam, on instructor in the English Department, directs Drama productions. ENGLISH Program Concerned with Reading Skills As Well As College Preparation Developmental Reading, a new course designed to help develop basic reading skills, was added to the curriculum. On the other hand, students college bound were given detailed instructions and concentrated practice in writing research papers and critical analyses of liter- ary selections. Linda Johnson (OHS graduate, 62 Linda Greer) gave fresh insights into what is expected of high school graduates at university level. Her in- formation was undoubtedly authentic as she graduated from the University of Oregon as she conducted a 9-week course for college bound juniors and seniors. 15

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Keith Putnam and English class fight balmy spring weather by taking to the outdoors. Mark Tomlin and Dale Williams, coffin bearers, ward off three tavern hounds, Russ Alger, Croig Nesbit, and Bob Broussard, who threaten to teach them respect in skit, The Seekers,' at Speech class school assembly. Beniamin Twitchell, English, Speech, and Journalism teacher, advises Annual staff and Ridge Hi-Breeze. 14

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TOP: Shari Hall types final copy while Penny Schaffer rewrites news item after copyreading. ABOVE: Sports Editor Joe Schafer calculates space needed for his column “Wan- dering Warrior.” ABOVE RIGHT: Editor Cindy Clark consults with Shari Hall on feature article. Penny Schaffer studies corrected copy. Judy Johns, Nancy Peterson, Lynne Keene, Hubert Helikson, and Editor Cindy Clark work on Hi-Breeze mock-up 16 JOURNALISM Experiences Erratic Year Twelve issues of The Ridge Hi-Breeze were turned out during the year, but they came out at varying in- tervals of two to four weeks. Writers had difficulty meeting deadlines, yet three issues were completed in consecutive two-week periods. Progress was made in the advertising department as more ads were solicited making the paper nearer self-supporting. Under editor Cindy Clark page editors were rotated to give more students experience in lay-out makeup.