Altus Senior High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Altus, OK)

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ACADEMICS Class Rooms Mirror Many Facets Of A.H.S TRAFFIC situations are enacted in miniature with magnetic models by Ann Winsett and Ann DiCindio in Mr. Arthur Young’s Driver Safety class. REVIEWING for a test in Latin, James Duke, Larry Yee, Steve Doughty, Mike Zeaman and Jeff Miller take advantage of flexible desk arrangements in modern classroom of the new language wing. THAT ISN'T A NOTE Steve Green is receiving, it's a paper on geometry being passed to the front in Mr. Cortis Martin’s class. The mathematics laboratory desk- tables and explanatory devices at the front of the room are a part of Altus' new equipment for teaching modem mathematics on space age levels. LOGARITHMS OF real numbers is discussed by Mr. Bill Tipton with Karen Pollock in algebra class. College bound students have an opportunity to take Algebra I and II, Plane and Solid Geometry, trigonometry, analy- tics, computer programming, calculus and business math while in school here. WHO SAYS boys don’t like poetry. Mrs. Frank Smart, lower right, commands rapt attention as she reads excerpts from favorite pieces of literature to her students. English III teachers also emphasize reading lists for students recommended by college admissions officers, helping students prepare for placement.

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Typing I and II classes meet daily. Basic prin- ciples of typing, as well as the correct forms to use in writing letters, are taught. Approximate- ly 40 percent of the student body takes typing each year. English IV is a senior course that includes many facets of study. English literature, especially Shakespeare’s plays, is studied extensively. Theme writing and English 3200 are used for college preparation. JACK BECKER carefully counts spaces on a term paper cover assignment. Precision typing like this is a part of second term work. Shorthand provides valuable note-taking ability for those going to college. It gives students an opportunity for; summer jobs, for well-paid part time jobs while attending college, and may lead to full time employment following high school graduation if sufficiently proficient. Available light picture, bottom left, shows students in Miss Glade Clemons seventh hour shorthand class taking dictation at approxi- mately 125 words per minute. COLLEEN MOORE, Ann Gragg and Wallace Castle write a literary interpretation of Robert Burns’ poems from today’s standpoint. World history widens the student’s outlook about other nations. It increases his esteem of the culture of others, at the same time building appreciation for the values of his own country. World history is the basis for many other sub- jects both in high school and college, and often is taken during the final year by seniors who realize this in time. SHARON JONES and Sam Aboussie check textbook material as Mr. Anton Edmonson, not shown, empha- sizes data to be studied carefully. 4

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TWELVE BUSSES bring Altus High stu- dents from rural areas, and from the Capehart housing section of Altus Air Force Base. They also are used for field trips in nearby places as evidenced by Nicky Bagley, Glenda Everett, Sheryl Black- stone, Diane Cline and Thalia Anderson. Wes Booker and Bill Ran- dall, student bus dri- vers, give a radiator a final check before be- ginning their route. Transportation has changed greatly during the 70 years since Altus schools were founded. Grandfather did walk three to ten miles, or he rode horseback. On rare occasions a buggy made the trip a little more comfortable. After World War I “truck busses” were an innovation, with open trucks covered with a canvas canopy, and benches along the sides for seats. There was no heat, but it was better than walking through the long cold morn- ings and evenings. Today a well-heated bus comes by the home for the school student, and even from the most distant points of the 100-square mile district the drive is only a few minutes duration. Altus graduates find that an easy way to work their way through college is by driving a school bus and attending Altus Junior college during the first two years. Other students arrive in private cars, with many sharing rides on a car pool basis. Some come on motor scooters, and bicycles, and some walk. However they arrive, one thing is certain, during the day they will get their share of exercise as they go from class to class on the 35-acre campus. WINDSWEPT N. Park at Bulldog Lane offers little protection during a “northener” but the sunny new east en- trance is a welcome noon spot. Hurrying students from parking lot clearly defines dropping temperature. Overcast sky reflects deserted lot minutes after school day.