Classen High School - Orbit Yearbook (Oklahoma City, OK)

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des 2.1 ,nr Bu iness Education Department 17 MISS MILDRED HOLLAND The Business Education Department at Classen gives adequate training for anyone entering the business field as a bookkeeper, a stenographer, a typist, or a machine operator. An employment agency is maintained hy the department for the purpose of placing pupils qualified for working outside of school. The students in this department have an op- portunity to take the Merit Examinations and the Civil Service Examinations. In the Merit Examin- ations for two consecutive years, Classen won first place in this state, although the participants from this school had to compete with graduates of Ok- lahoma University and Oklahoma A. 8 M. College, in addition to members of other high schools of the state. s it 1? t '-eu' X fZurf 'f ' K M155 lfl HA FIONX INSEND, Head of Department lk NF A.. ,..-Jil Q s ff 4 ' if? af fli- N 1. I W I i six' ' at Miss iu:Lt:N KI-ZMP . . . , ,, W . , so . . I if MISS I'.THl',L B-XSINLER M155 NIARY LANTRRLI, ...law A group of students in tht- Ilistrihutive Educa- tion Class, a section of the Business Education Dc- partmcnt, are shown as they are leaving on a trip to Dallas. While there, they plan to study mer- chandising at N e i ni a n- Marcus, to visit a Distrib- utive Education Depart- ment of one of the Dallas high schools, in addition to many other interesting activities. MR. CLARK CUNNINGHAM MISS BETH WEST

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. - h Wg ,L QA lm' 6 5 , if? Head of llupurlmvnl XIISS IRIS Ii XLLHBI XX. ,lllf ' MISS S XIIIICIC Il XZELXX OOD Engli h Department The English Department of Classen al- tempts to teach the students to know the people of other nations through the ri-quired reading and through the study of historical and literary hackground. Special courses, which emphasize the study of our own state. Oklahoma. are offered. Creative writing is stressed. In addition, courses for students not interested in classical Courses are olfered. QA , -cg-NN XR f if miss mari, t Lmt MRA ANNE. NIUNIAMLI-. H155 Ll t.ILLI-. TA as MRS. NIABI-II. PARK M155 II.-XZI'.I. :LI-.llbli af I X' NIISS IIELICN NORRIS MISS PXRLINI-1 EVANS 'Uni f m. 13535 'IN ,, l Mas. F. CHAPPELEAR I t Miss HELEN BOIJRKE X7

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, of fa Home Eccncmic Department QI'- MISS VERA L. CAMPBELL, Head of Department MISS EDNA L. HEDGES The Home Economics Department at Classen offers courses which appeal to a variety of inter- ests. In addition to the courses in clothing, foods, and nutrition, students have an oppor- tunity to study home decoration and child guid- ance. Speech Department The Classen Speech Department is divided into two sections. One section olfers instruction in dehatesand one oi fers training in dramatics, radio, public speaking, and coral reading. In connection with their studies, many interest ing field trips to important places are taken by speech students. MR. C. E. CRADY we ff it n S -in 4, l Rs. 'ELAINE TUCKER, Head of Department 16-. l