Central High School - Tom Tom Yearbook (Tulsa, OK)

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Gertrude Rector Erskine Stanberry Lorna Stenger Bernice Tomlinson Elective Courses in Language Arts Need Recommendation Besides the regular language arts classes re- quired of all students who expect to graduate, several elective courses Were available to those who could get the recommendations and who could find the time. Speech arts, either beginning or advanced, presented opportunity for practice in both dra- matics and debate. Out of the advanced classes came casts for the two speech arts plays and the chairmen for many of the assemblies. Designed to develop talent, creative writing was a first semester course in writing contest papers, original paragraphs, essays, short stor- ies, and poetry. For students interested in journalism the newspaper, School Life, and the yearbook, Tom Tom, afforded practical experience with prob- lems of publication. Paula Jean Whitson Evelyn R. Woods E291 Smiling as though the task is a pleasure, Miss Mayme Mayes checks out copies of a new grammar text, 'En- joying EngIish,' to her third hour junior English class.

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Well-known to all students in the English department, the library has many adequate facilities to serve Centralites who must prepare such class assignments as book reports, research papers, weekly written and oral compositions, and contest essays. g F QZQA4 ,X fiff Faye Laird Mayme D. Mayes Paul J. McCloud Jack Orme Miss Rae Blackburn shows how to run Linda McSpadden, and Susan Mackey. Julia M. Rackleff L 28 J i 1 V 'w..a zozf1fazvla4e' :ff, the pacer machine to Phil Sheridan,

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A Hugo Brown Russell Charles Edith A. Daugherty Ethel Johnson History and oeial tudies Explain Recorded Past Events ,ff My f , Miss Edna Newkirk points out to Tom Rush examples of Roman architecture, one of the cultural areas cov- ered in ancient and medieval history classes this year. l30 History is the branch of knowledge that re- cords and explains past events. Because it has a tendency to repeat itself, it gives to students a reasonable ability to forsee the future. The history and social studies department of- fered seven courses. United States history, a survey course of American history, was required of all sophomores. Juniors and seniors had a choice of several histories-ancient and med- ieval, covering the period from prehistoric times to 1763, world, a survey course, Oklahomag or consumer economics. Available to seniors only were modern, covering the period from 1789 to the present, or community, emphasizing local history especially. Four credits in history were required to grad- uate. Two must have been obtained in United States history, and two others in any electives. 3' Q Z' ' I V fr f- A s W , if at page f T c p . ' f' 55 , E ' ' ' Joe R. McArthur James M. Mitchell