Choctaw High School - Faces of the Future Yearbook (Choctaw, OK)

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R. DR PER IDS ENGLISH ERFORMING a greal' service for Choc+aw Public Schools and ils sfudenfs, Mr. Bill Draper drew up a new English program for grades 7-IZ. He infroduced dual lrack English af college prepara+ory and prac+ical English levels. This syslem will go inro effecf in +he fall of '67 and will be 'rhe 'firsl' of ils kind ever used here. His many and varied du+ies of being Associale Superinlendenl' in c l u cl e cl planning for 60 square miles of 'trans- porlalion roules in his disl'ric+ which involved 25 buses and drivers. Taking par+ in school ac+ivi+ies, Mr. Draper sang his in+erpre'la+ion of The Green, Green Grass of Home and played 'lhe par+ of 'Marryin' Sam' for 'Twirp Day'. ln his spare +ime, Mr. Draper en- joyed working wi+h his caHle, and as commander of fhe Choc'l'aw American Legion he presenred awards on Awards Day. Being responsible for all buses, Mr. Draper checked +0 be sure all were in good condi+ion. An easy way lo relax for Mr. Draper was rhe playing of ping pong. Working af his desk look much of Mr. Draper's lime. .....fQ.......J

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Dr. Wesffall explains fhe addifion of fhe iunior high school fo fhe feachers af a meefing. Ls Dr. Weslfall found liflle fime fo relax a few min- ufes and few chances fo fake life easy, Discussing lhe possibili- fy of sending fhree or four coaches fo a clinic af Tulsa is fhe school board of Irvin Rhodes, vice presidenfq J. E. Whisenenf, member: W. W. Tarkingfon, member: Floyd Calverf, presi- denf: and Phil Ogee, clerk. ' One of Dr. Wesffall's many weekly acfivifies was swimming af lhe YMCA in his spare fime. DR. WESTFALL ALWAYS N GO LWAYS on fhe go wifh innumerable fhings fo do and places fo be, Dr. L. W. Wesffall along wifh Mr. Draper and fwo board members wenl' 'ro Aflanfic Cify, New Jersey, for fhe I967 Annual Convenfion of fhe American Associafion of School Adminisfrafors. For five days fhey heard speeches and had loads of paperwork. Besides Dr. Wes+fall's regular office dufies he fraveled fo fhe slafe colleges 'lo find 'leachers for fhe coming school year and also led fhe drive for a building bond issue and mill levies. When he is nol' in his office, 'rhe Oklahoma Sfafe Universify graduafe can be found checking around fhe campus or in fhe bus garage, visifing wifh feachers, or possibly af home gardening.

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F., ., N Paperwork and federal reporfs 'look much of Mr. S+earn's Hme. EADING 1'he new posilion of Assisram' Superin+enden+, Mr. Dale Slearns in his 'firsl' year here served as direc+or of srudenl' ac- +ivi+ies and coordinaled 'federal programs such as Head S+ar+ and Work Sfudy. A graduafe of Cen'l'ral S+a+e wi+h a Mas+ers Degree and work- ing on his doc'l'ora+e, Mr. S'l'earns was superin+enden+ for 'rwo years a+ Hun+er where he 'raughl' busi- ness and coached for +hree years. As direcror of sfudenl' ac'I'ivi+ies, Mr. Slearns worked wirh +he slu- denl' council +o complele i+s pavilion, was one of 1'he coordi- nalors of Career Day, and gave 'Phe welcoming speech a+ lhe Jacke'rs' Jamboree. R. STEARNS NEW DIRECTOR , Xf,.,,,..f Fi Performing one of his many du+ies as ac+ivi+ies direc+or and coordinafor of 'rhe Jacke+s' Jamboree. Mr. Siearns welcomed fhe Jamboree audience.