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

Page 14 text:

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

Page 13 text:

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 '

Page 15 text:

Ana' How o ay . ,Q . Lg I W A Mrs Mabel Clare Kmght English and Orbit Mrs Mary Vlrgmxa Beasley Englrsh and journalism J' lt aint what you say but how you say rt could cause a little controversy here as Buddy Powell and Dottie Young manipulate the CSS while Carole Klllam and jamze Edwards talk over the scnpt Daxly announcements and programs 1patxon nn the weekly Youth Speaks and other radlo programs, school plays and tournament competmon afforded practxcal applxcatxon of speech courses m basxc com mumcatxons d1ct1on pubhc speakmg debate lnterpretatlon actmg and production and radlo Mrs Elame Tucker Head of Speech Department Classen speech students have brought home many natxonal trophxes the most recent bemg a f1fSt place m humorous declamatxon won by john Guy Havmg won three na tlonal champronshlps Classens debate teams have an unequaled record m the natxon John Cox and DeV1er PISYSOD were awarded scholarshlps to Baylor Umverslty after wmnmg the mvltatxonal de bate tourney at Waco Texas 11 .42 Mrs Vnrgmla Chappelear At the end ot' the frrst semester Mrs Chappelear gave up jour nalrsm for a full schedule of English classes Mxss Hazel Sledge English and Creative Wrrtmg as Mr J D Hoover Debate and Speech s E - hi 'ff - I . 5 ' J ' ' 1 . ,f y 3, I 3 , over Classens Central Sound System, partic- ,V-1, . . . . I in