Ponca City High School - Cat Tale Yearbook (Ponca City, OK)

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L MISS MADCE QULGLEY MR. JOE SURBER MRS. LA VELLE Speech, English 115 Stagecraftg WITTMER Debate. English 11, 12. 1 need, you need, he needs, we need, you need, everyone needs a bet- ter background in English, and Po-Hi's English department provides the teach- ers who encourage students' achieve- ments. The sophomores begin their new phase of school life at Po-I-ti with Silas Marner, Julius Caesar, and Tale' of Two Cities. Completing their yearis work is an extension of all grammar they have learned thus far. To be or not to be, that is the ques- tion which plagues the minds of jun- iors as they struggle through Shake- speare's Hamlet. Short stories, essays, and poetry also fill their time. Preparing the seniors for college, senior English teachers require a re- search paper and help the students with a review of all grammar. Macbeth and short stories complete their final year at Po-Hi. Also included in the English depart- ment are the speech, journalism, world literature, and debate classes. Speech is the mirror of the soul discover the students in Miss Quigleyis speech classes as they prepare speeches weekly for presentation before their in- dividual classes. The journalism classes learn that there is more to publishing a newspaper than meets the eye. World literature students take a trip around the world as they study litera- ture from different countries of the world. Although personal opinions might differ from the standpoint of the de- bate, the students in Mr. Surber's de- bate classes learn to fight pro or con. The English department has worked for perfection in fully developing the potential of each student. English Courses Pre-requisite for Diplomas so 'rs xii I Q S asa ', -tp'f it 1 Cheryl Allen, Christine Croft, and Cheryl Bullard portray the three witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth while Mrs. LaVelle Wittmer, English 12 teacher, looks on. .wi .. 'Aff if ix

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MISS CARONLYN BAGBY English Department Chair- mung English 12. MRS. RUTH ESKEW English 10. MRS. ANNIILEE HUGHES English 10. MRS. LILLIAN MARTIN English 10. MRS. RUTH BEAUBIEN Senior Girls' Counselorg Senior Class Sponsorg English 12. MRS. MAR CELLA GALBJRAITH English 11. MRS. .IANE LE BLANC English 11g French I. MRS. RUTH PARKER English 11. MISS MARY BRIGHAM National Honor Society COUCH PONCAN Sponsorg Eng- lish 10g Journalism I, II. MISS VIRGINIA Sponsorg English 12. 2 if IE I A cr a. -ws dw glans.-'W' 'i . Sophomores in Mrs. Hughes' English class find that one of the essentials of grammar is the diagramming of sentences. up-v-. Mrs. Alma Lee Oates' World Literature class provides the op- portunity for Buddy Robertson to interpret and become familiar with great writings.

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-I MRS. PATRICIA CLAPP Girls' Counselorg World History. MTR. FLOYD FOCHT Student Council Sponsorg Government. MR. BILL ESKEW Head Basketball Coachg Assistant Football Coachg American History. MR. ENNIS HOSKIN Chemistryg Problems of Democracyg World Geog- raphy. MR. CARL FLIPPIN Social Studies Department Chairmang Psychology. MR. PAUL INGERSOL CAT TALE Sponsorg ,lun- ior Boys' Counselorg Stu- dent Council Sponsorg American Historyg Audio- Visual Director. History Students Strive to Learn From Past ,A 2437! Mr. Floyd Focht, stationed at his familiar lectern, speaks to an attentive government class. Mr. Bill Eskew, who is teaching his first year at Po-Hi, assigns an American history lesson to his student, Nancy Hicks.