Callaway High School - Lesprit Yearbook (Jackson, MS)

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AND FURTHERMORE ... Pam McKin- ley shows off her oration talent. WHAT A FUN PARTY. Dwayne Campbell, Jeffery Waite, and Tracy Griffith enjoy a German Oktober Pest. Alt YOU HAVE TO KNOW ENGLISH BE- FORE YOU LEARN LATIN. Mrs. Holder instructs students in the fundamentals of Lat- THIS IS THE WAY WE MAKE OUR LUNCH. Mrs. Schmid adds new twists to teaching descriptive writing. ITM i( English and Foreign Languages 33

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The communication gap hit Callaway with full force when un- knowing students signed up for for- eign languages, and (wonder of won- ders) found the courses not as easy as Ihey had heard they would be. They struggled with strange pronunci- ations and even stranger spellings, and the strain on the brain caused total bafflement even though teach- ers patiently explained again . . . and again . . . and again. Students fared no better in English classes. Most students spoke it fairly well, but could not always write it correctly. Teachers solved the prob- lem by broadening students ' expo- sure to different types of literature. Sophomores studied various novels such as The Scarlet Letter and A Separate Peace. Juniors explored the development of America ' s literature from colonial times to the present, and also read several works such as The Glass Menagerie and Johnny Got His Gun. Seniors had a choice of pursuing Creative Writing, World Literature, New Dimensions, English Literature, Novels, and Career Eng- lish. Of course, no one escaped the tortures of research papers. Re- search Syndrome produced three characteristics easily identifiable by any Charger: cramped, tired hands and blood-shot eyes; heads buried in card catalogues; and mass hysteria on the night before due date. Never- theless, work left the students ' hot, little hands on the designated day, and students awaited the dreaded day of paper return. The speech class explored the fasci- nating study of rhetoric (how to con- vince some you ' re right even it you ' re wrong). Subjects that stu- dents spoke on ranged from How Makeup Enhances One ' s Looks to Building Model Cars. Students who took the course gradually recov- ered from their fear of talking in front of large groups . . . well, at least most of them did. Ih iil«|iiii| 1 he i;»|i icrirp THE FRENCH CONNECTION. Ginger Buzhardt finally connects thoughts with her Kindergarten students. 32 English and Foreign Languages

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Okay, people, let ' s take it from the top, and this time try to get it right. This familiar sound came from every music group at Callaway at one time or another during the year. Despite sweaty, trembling hands that fright- fully clutched instruments and scratchy throats of singers, the music groups at Callaway blossomed into spectacular groups. The band and choirs performed at various evening concerts at Callaway, and also per- formed away from school in District and State Competition. Besides practice, each group also immersed itself in fund raising in order to pay for out-of-town trips. Beauty came not only in the form of music, but in the form of art at Callaway. Students broadened their knowledge of art and developed their creativity in the form of portraits, still life, landscapes, and abstracts. Advanced students entered their work in the Arts Festival and Na- tional Scholastic Art Competition. A new addition to the music depart- ment came in the form of a String Orchestra. Although very few stu- dents composed it, it stood with the best at Callaway, and proved itself as an excellent chamber music group. These groups brought pleasure to DOth the eyes and ears at Callaway, t the same time, they broadened itudent understanding and apprecia- tion for different types of music and art. MUSIC MINDED. Singers rehearse for up- coming concert. THE FINISHED PRODUCT. Lerone Boul- din shows off his techniques taught in Callaway ' s music department. Notes Strolies J 34 Art And Music