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

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xxx Ana' fiebed ol ve 0ur P oblems Mrs Clara Alley Regzstrar As registrar Mrs Alley had charge of our permanent entrance applications Mrs Matthews assisted Mr W H of school routine, received visitors, and and announcements Taylor ln matters prepared bulletins Keeping accounts separated, writing checks for pay ment of bills and receiving and depositing money made each day a busy one for Mrs Evans, our school treasurer i L 4 ,,..- Mrs Charlotte Stringer and Mrs Rachelle Stephens Attendance Mrs Laura Haley Matthews Secretary to the Principal I' ip., Mrs Thelma Evans Treasurer With their accurate check on attendance and reasons for absences, Mrs Stringer and Mrs Stephens were largely responsible for keeping us in our classrooms when balmy days and outside mterests tempted us to ditch school We soon leamed that alxbxs of dental appointments on Friday aftemoons didnt al ways excuse absences, and stories about car trouble didnt clear tardies' 42 I 1 A A ,: F Q 1. O ' 'KJ ' i 4 ., 1 'S A scholastic files and transcripts. She also supervised college .. . . . . : X' X , L 3 - - 1. - H ' i v ' . . , .x I '

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Mr Duane Wemert Dean of Boys M1tt1e Ann McAll1ster and Mrs Mnldred jamxson asslst Barbara Mxller and Harry Brown wxth their lx brary needs wt A WJ A 4342 EQ Mxss Retha Wave Hulet Dean ol Gzrls and Guidance Counselor Admmlstermg Hrs! ald to Phyllxs Morrow are cluuc asszstants Beverly Crabb and Shzrlee Marrs wt. Miss Inez C Elhs Guidance and Testing When a program of guxdance, counselxng, and testmg was set apart from the academlc phase of educatxon at Classen thxs semester a bxg step was made ln helpmg teen agers ad just themselves properly For Mxss Retha Wave Hulet, head of the counselmg program, Mlss Inez Ellxs, and Mr Duane Wemert, com mandmg the confidence and respect of boys and glrls apparently comes naturally Durlng their years f teachmg at Classen they have been lnterested ln helpmg others, makmg lxfe happxer and better for them 8 f f at X y . , xr . -W t ' 1 Es we , V 'f' Y ,as V - e f .., 'Q ff A Q K ' A Q . a A 14 . . . ' 7 -1 . . a K U l , . . . ' . . - A ' o

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0ur acuity Tau bf 0: Wfmf To ay Miss Ins M Baughman Head oi English Department Mxss Helen Bourke Mxss Luclle Tandy Mrs Anne Montague Mxss Sandee Hazelwood Mxss Helen Norrns Durlng our senior hlgh school years we elected to take commercxal subjects mdustrxal arts home economics or forelgn languages dependmg upon our specxal mterests or upon our plans for the future Enghsh however was a part of everyones program Essentlal m makmg these our best years were the courses ln Engllsh whlch gave us a foundatxon for correct oral and written ex pressxon and an apprecxatxon for literature Mrs Mabel Park Specxal mterests were developed an Creatwe Wrxtmg Speech Orbrt journalxsm Readmg Courses Combmatmon Engllsh and Hxstory classes and Busnness Enghsh For years Classen graduates have ranked h1gh on the Enghsh placement tests at the Unxverslty of Oklahoma with 85 per cent makmg average or above .ful 10 ,Q V ' .I fixxx t v N , f' ' , s . J if v hy .- 'A V ' 2- . nil f . -' g, e g Miss Della Link M ' Qi e 2 . V' . . y . I Y Y ' . Y ! 3 , . . ' l I l I Y 7 . Y 1 1 , . ' 1