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

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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

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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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'Q Art Department 'VIISS LOTTIE CONLAN Head of Department MISS MARY I.. LEWIS The objective of the Art Department is to promote creative, pictorial expres- sion through a variety of classes in de- sign, technique, and mediums. A .Fine Arts Degree is offered. This year Classen Art students received twenty of the sixty awards presented by the state in the regional National Scholastic Exhibition. Mu ie Department The Music Department of Classen otfers both vocal and instrumental training. Through the glee clubs 'of the vocal section and tI1e band and orchestra of the instru- mental section, people are encouraged to enjoy and to learn music. The individual in- terest is reflected in the numbers that try out in solo contests., participate in small en- sembles, and further themselves by outside study. Individual interest is also re- flected in the large number continuing this type of training in college. As a background for the instrumental and vocal training. the Music Department teaches a course in music theory. I Y W if ... s 1.-- 1 25' ev? MR. CHESTER P. FRANCIS Q MR. OAKLEY PITTMAN, Head of Department