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

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JACQUE MONTGOMERY BOBBY CLAPP MARILYN STONG TOM GRIFFY MARILYN RICHARDS BRUCE BATCHELOR BEVERLY BELSKY JIM HIPPEN LASSE A ARD When the Medal of Honor was first established by the late Mr. Anton H. Classen, Can early Oklahoma City civic leaderl he said it should be presented an- nually to that boy and girl member of the senior class of Classen High School, who shall be chosen, under the rules to be promulgated by the school, as giving the greatest promise of worthy contribution to the progress of the world by reason af strength of character, record of scholarship, activities of leader- ship and all-around achievements. Mrs. Classen, following the death of her husband, increased the number of awards to ten but still pro- vided for the Medal of Honor award to one boy and one girl. Under present regulations, the highest rank- ing ten boys and ten girls in scholarship in the senior class are listed as candidates for the awards. The Classen faculty then rates the candidates on leader- ship, citizenship and all-around achievement. The highest ranking five boys and five girls are declared the oward winners and one boy and one girl from the ten who are ranked highest are presented the Classen Medal of Honor. ln the 29 years the Anton H. Classen awards have been given, the 290 winners have done much to justify their selection as the leading graduates of Classen High School. The Anton H. Classen Award Association, composed of award winners, was started in l946, for the purpose of establishing a group of all Classen Award winners in order that they may re- ceive benefits of fellowship with students who have received like honors, to perpetuate the lofty ideals symbolized by Mrs. Anton H. Classen's contributions to her community and to inspire its members to great- er individual effort. -84...

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to the progress of the world by reason of strength of cha racter, record of scholar- ship, activities of leadership, and all- around achievements shall go the Classen Medal of Honor, highest award given at Classen High School. Mmm ui Hiliilill Ami, Jwfmfr

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DEPARTMENTAL AWARDS ART DEPARTMENT AWARDS Tommy Stearns, Ccreativel Leah Kay Higbee, Ioriginalityl Harriett Bernat, lservicel ART NOUVEAU Barbara Cheatham Mary Frances Fenton COMMERCIAL ART Jerry McMillan. lAward presented by A8tE Equip. Co.7 ORBIT ART I Nan Hosmer. RENAISSANCE ART AWARD AND NATIONAL SCHOLASTIC ART SCHOLARSHIP Brunel Faris HONORABLE MENTION Betty Jo Meadows. AAUW ART SCHOLARSHIP TO OU Mary Frances Fenton BOYS: Outstanding athlete-Phil Lee. JOSEPH HESTER PATTERSON AWARD-Phil Lee. Honorable mention-Allen Paine, Ronnie Fost. GIRLS: All around girl athlete-Nanci-Ames Early. Team sports-Marcia McElderry. Swimming-Carol Cox. Golf-Linda Melton. Honorable mention-Eileen Smith, True Smith. COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT AWARDS COMMERCIAL AWARDS Mary Armstrong, Jo Ann Blackard, Claudia Blake, Lois Janelle Brandle, Nancy Bressie, Carolyn Sue Brown, Mary Beth Clasby, Anna Ruth Crowe, Denise Daniel, Claudette English, Patsy Ferguson, Delores Ann Green, Cherry Hadlock, Janice Hamilton, Diane Harlow, Elloui Harwood, Judith Ann High- tower, Elizabeth Hodges, Barbara Hollis, Patsy Holt, Norma Pritchard, Joyce Thomas, Charlene Wilson. COMMERCIAL CLUB AWARD Delores Green. COMMERCIAL OCCUPATIONS AWARD Judith Beverly, Ja Ann Blackard, Lois Brandle, Ann Crowe, Paul Gardner, Judith Hightower, Joyce Humble, Lenora Inge, Carolyn Ryan. DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION AWARD Jim Hathaway. HONORABLE MENTION Tommy Hibshman, Don McManus, Haven Reynolds. DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION CLUB AWARD Terry Allen. HONORABLE MENTION Jerry Carlisle ENGLISH DEPARTMENT AWARDS Bruce Batchelor, Beverly Belsky, Charlotte Belsky, Ga- briel Chodos, Bobby Clapp, Sharyl Crowe, Nancy Cullins, Char- les Fagin, Feral Ann Finch, Virginia Foster, Margaret Gober, Janice Hamilton, Diane Harlow, Andy Haswell, James Hippen, Elizabeth Hodges, Ronald Jacobson, Sarah McCuiston, Mary Ellen Miller, Paul Mogridge, Jacque Montgomery, Leah Pum- mill, Mary Jane Reed, Ramona Rhodes, Marilyn Richardson, Phoebe Slate, DiAnn Smith, Marilyn Strong, Joyce Tyson, Carol Wittels. HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT AWARDS MAJOR AWARD Jean Henderson. CERTIFICATES OF MERIT Nancy Cullins, Donna Evans, Murleen Nelson, Nancy Wotring. LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT AWARDS ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT AWARDS FRENCH Charlene Guthrie. LATIN Glenda Chappelle, Gabriel Chodos, Andy Haswell. SPANISH Jacque Montgomery, DiAnn Smith, Marilyn Strong, Carol Wittels. AMERICAN ASS'N OF TEACHERS OF FRENCH AWARD Carol Bailey. JOURNALISM DEPARTMENT AWARDS NEWSWRITING Elloui Harwood. YEARBOOK STAFF Marv Collins, Patsy Ferguson. JOURNALISTIC PHOTOGRAPHY Gene Thompson. MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT AWARDS RECOGNITION Bruce Batchelor, Bernie Boyle, Bobby Clapp, Robert Corn- forth, Ronnie Fost, Linda French, Tom Griffy, Vann Hand, James Hippen, Ronald Jacobson, Sidney Jones, Jack Lovell, Paul Mogridge, James White. MUSIC DEPARTMENT AWARDS INSTRUMENTAL MRS. JULES BLOCK AWARD iservicel Penny Walker. MRS. CLYDE HARRISON AWARD Iservicel Torn Griffy. VOCAL' OUTSTANDING GIRL VOCALIST Mary Ellen Miller OUTSTANDING SERVICE Lou Ann Wilkins. OUTSTANDING BOY VOCALIST Jack Trent. HONORABLE MENTION Carolyn Abernathy, Yvonne Allens, Audrey Alleshire, John Andrews, Mary Beth Baker, Ronnie Becker, Jackie Gaumer, Kathryn Glasgow, Beverly Jenlink, Pat Jordon, Carolyn Lamb, Dixie Law, Charles Lewallen, Dick Little- ton, Tom Littleton, Mary Ann Maimburg, Lavan Myers, Sherry New, Parnell Privette, Mona Lynne Sanders, Bar- bara Smith, Harlene Smith, Susan Sparkes, Mary Ann Spiva, Patty Stout, Larry Taylor. SCIENCE DEPARTMENT AWARDS BAUSCH 81 LOMB SCIENCE MEDAL Tom Griffy. SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT AWARDS D. A. R. CHistory awardl Carol Wittels. HONORABLE MENTION Kenlynne Maxwell. SOCIAL STUDIES RECOGNITION Bob Baker, Gabriel Chodos, Sharon Connally, Mary Glen- da Morris, Nancy Voth. DEBATE Benton Clark. HONORABLE MENTION Jim Hippen, Bobby Clapp, Claude Chappelear, Jared Ha- zelton, Jerry Mash. FORENSIC Jim Hippen HONORABLE MENTION Jerry Mash MARY MARTINEAU MEMORIAL AWARD Clairenell Clemons HONORABLE MENTION Sa ramay Wiley MARY MARTINEAU MEMORIAL AWARD FOR SERVICE Virginia Leopold HONORABLE MENTION Jack Trent BEST THESPIAN True Smith BEST ACTOR Charles Fagin BEST ACTRESS Pat Tyson SOPHOMORE SPEECH AWARD Muriel Hite Bennie Benson JUNIOR ALTRUSAN AWARD Lou Ann Wilkins GIRL OF THE MONTH Alice Lay CAREER CONFERENCE Eileen Smith Ronald Jacobson GIRLS' STATE Linda Kennedy Polly Ishmael SPEECH DEPARTMENT AWARDS