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

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To Wafcfz 0ur Ffgu e hh. Mxss Grace Deupree who was head of the Math Department and had taught at Classen slnce 1924 dled March 20 1948 Servlces ln her memory were held ln the school audltorlum wlth represen tatlves from her advlsory and the Honor Math Club partlcrpatmg Mlss Berr ece Gordon Head of Math Department Mlss julxa Denny P il Miss Mary Prultt O Covmgton Mrs Reba Hodge Mrs Vxrgmxa Wlgley Solrd geometry has Arthur Swanson Betty Boone and Bob Law rence gomg m circles-or should we say trzanglesg In splte of the ever present homework ln Mathe I matics we recogmzed the value derlved from thls tralnlng Math llke Engllsh proved to be a fundamen tal essentlal 1n everyday hvmg as we used xt ln some form every day correlatlng It w1th other courses m the currlculum Some students took only the requxred Math wh11e others fthe brave soulsj contlnued wlth solld geometry trxgonometry and advanced algebra courses Those who had one year of mathematlcs ln the 9th grade were requxred to take at least one semester rn senlor hlgh school for graduatlon 12

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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

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Ana' Men Ap Af Mem The laboratory sciences involving the study of plant and animal life the earth chemical elements and phases of physics showed us facts and truths Mr Howard Brown Head of Science Department Mr Merle M Boyer 'S..f-- MA Mrs Geraldine Buzbee Attracted by a Triceratops are Robert Chadwick Marilyn Smith, and Harold Copeland. Modern trends in the field of science have led to courses in safety driving. radio aero- nautics and visual education, Newest among these is the driver training. taught by Mr. Robert Reid. 13 47 Mr John M Paden Mr. Robert Reid