Benton High School - Wahwahlanawah Yearbook (St Joseph, MO)

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5ooJ for Jliouglit Left: Ms. Bower helps a student on her assignment. This year Miss Bregin teaches all Language Arts 1 classes. The purpose of her Lang. Arts class is to improve reading and writing, develop thinking and to enlarge vocabulary. Even though this year she teaches all lang. arts she would really love to teach a Humanities II class or a Contemporary Issues class. Miss Bregin is a native of St. Joseph and a graduate of Benton. Some of her hobbies and interests are people, reading, and gardening. She finds people interesting because they vary so much and are com- plex and gardening because it is relaxing. She likes to read because it provides, “New food for thought.” Before she became a teacher she was a nun for seven years and worked in the slums of Kansas City and East St. Louis, 111. She was also a law secretary and stenographer. When asked about the ac- tions of students compared to when she went to school she replied, “Students are not as interested in learning and want everything to be easy.” Her degrees include a B.S. in Education History, and Sociology, and a M.A. in guidance and counseling. Left: Miss Rita Bregin shows how her favorite President. Richard Nixon, took the oath of office. Language Arts 21

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Below: Janice Johnson works hard on her studies. Below: Rodney Dowell looks at his assignment trying to understand it. Below: Tom Nolan works enthusiastically on his studies. Far Below: Kristie Wright sits contently while studying her Spanish. 20 Language Arts

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Students in Algebra II listen while their teacher explains a problem. Mr. Dean Burmeister watches his second hour class while they study their assignment. 22 Math