Ruskin High School - Mirage Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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tf Protest, Mirage: How many girls take Man and Myth and expect to find Robert Red- ford? Miss Belden: HALL of them. Mirage: Of all your subjects, which do you most enjoy teaching? Mrs. Casper: Composition and Reading? Mirage: Our motto in journalism ls We sur- vive every crisis! How many have we survived so far? Miss Mooney: I never know how many - Just that we survived! What are YOU doing up?

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Mooney, Ellen, Dept. Head t , , . B'A 8' Edq M'A' there was the day she assigned Mass Media, Essen- tials of English, Jour- nalism t ' , C 't . . , , t Belden, PrIscHla , B.A. Essentials of English, Literature of Protest, CANA DIAN TEA CHES ' ' wmmmwm AMERICA NS ENGLISH English at Ruskin for '72 was full of surprises. There were courses to suit varied needs and tastes: Language of the Film and ttMass Media for tuning into the media world; Literature of Protest and American Humorists for un- . explored dimensions of our literary heritage; and Maw ' Business English for the practical needs of the , vocationaIIy-oriented students. These and many other courses offered opportunities for both individual enrich- ment and enjoyment. Now who says English is a drag? tE. Mooney - Department Headt Casper, Millie B.S. Composition and Reading, Business English, Individualized Reading Do your students write things like this, too?!

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.. .. ,........ .- ...,.,...,.r mm ..,.s..........-....4,-.......-,,TVs- s4.wsuMHywageyywa . v .I 2 Clark, Carolyn Crawford, Mary Ann B.A. B.A. Individualized Business English, Reading. College Gram- Developmental Reading mar Geisinger, Jean McCreary, Dorotha B.S.; M.S. B.A.; 8.8. American Humorists, Individualized Reading, Language of the Film Creative Writing, English Literature MC CREARYREMEMBERS WHEN. . . In the 16 years I have been at Ruskin, I have watched our English Department make an almost unbelievable growth. There were not enough class rooms or arm chairs to ac- commodate all of us, so we often traveled with our classes from room to room, or had classes in one of the art rooms. Our library at the time was mostly one in name, but we were proud of our students' ability to make the most of the limited literary resources open to them. We also enjoyed the generosity of parents, community, and the Red Cross, which donated books, money and time to help our depart- ment. Since then, Ruskin's English department has doubled its staff and has broken away from the old idea of traditional English. We no longer require non-academic students to take all traditional English courses, but we offer. instead, many varieties of English classes. We hope in this way to make our English classes as enjoyable as well as instruc- tive. Then too, our library is now one of our most outstan- ding resources for research. It is the best library in the state. D. McCreary Pinch her and wake her up! Below: Don't put down MY candidate!