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

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Full Language Arts Language arts is a modem term devised to include the various courses in speaking and writing skills that the standard school offers. At Classen the language arts department includes joumalism, languages, composition, and speech education. The joumalism department, in charge of school publications, is divided in two sections, newspaper and yearbook. The Classen Life, our bi-weekly newspaper, has won more national honors than any other city school publication. Newspaper is a two year course, with the senior group writing the paper. The Orbit staff is chiefly responsible for the school annual, but this year they volunteered for extra duty and published a school directory also. Members of the staff are especially happy to be able to present the first full-sized Orbit since the recent school re-organization. Program Cffered In the language department, French, Spanish, Latin, and English are offered. Classen students study English, including literature and composi- tion, the six year they are here. In addition they may study four years in the other languages of- fered in the department. One interesting Classen innovation offers eighth graders a six weeks' sample course in each of the foreign language courses to test their interest and aptitude. The plan offers the students a chance to see if they will do well in languages before they waste a full year in a course that they are not suited for or interested in. The speech department offers full courses of study in beginning speech, debate, and dramatics. OBVIOUSLY SMILING and happy fthis is the third time we have taken this picture? are Mrs. Ann Fowler and Miss Lorraine Bell. The photographer tried to pacify them with a Pepsi, but the chance to sit down was much more effective. Mrs. Fowler teaches English and beginning Spanish, Miss Bell teaches senior English and sponsors the ,Y-Gs - Honor Society. R ' N'-wa UNLIKE STUDENTS, who have to pass notes in class to send information to their buddies, Classen's teachers have note boxes for their messages, Pick- ing up the latest poop sheets are Miss Mary Lois Wallace, English teacher, and Mrs. Estella Stinson, English teacher and financial secretary. HAVE A PROBLEM with Latin? The quickest way to find the answer is to ask the Einstein of Latin at Classen, Miss Ruth lmy friend Ermai Snell, other- wise known as Stinkie. Miss Snell is giving aid and comfort to Mary Nell Barker and Roger Clapp, both of whom certainly need it.

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5 R.. 9' W , r 'Fx' ? lat. L Q., 4:51 E -1 xNQ Y 1 I rg ,l - , 'fa . .J ,npnl i ONE OF THE SUREST ways to spark unter est nn a soclology class as to bring In out snde maternal Madame Zeta ocal astrologer came to Classen to explaln the meanlng of the zodlac calender and to answer questions concernrng her occu patnon Mr Paul Cunningham holdlng the calendar teaches soclal studles and psy chology one half of the day The rest of 8 the day henperates an the old teachers lounge with administrative duties M.-mu o-a lg.. 27 MRS. MARY MCCAIN, who has been a member of Classen's faculty for two years, combnnes the lah at teachlng socual studnes In the ClO:S' room and an teleyisnon wlth that ot sponsorrng Youth of God, On her televrslan programs she uses her regular students to gwe reports and to explain the-lr displays made for socnal studles classes. These stu' dents, who have gust trmshed thelr show, are Jlm Stones, Conrad Mas- terson, Frank Carlyle, and John Swann. rs -,bs ORAL REPORTS are an mspf rtant rt t 1 merucan st y sses Mary L u Bratttly l I M entlrn rt the IIC enneth Jacl- n a rodent tc. c wer m Central State, C Inge ranced ly the tc t a he grading V7 3 , , . ' I I ,,I l 5 I al- , ' L X , ,. V .C 1 A . , A ' , . fm' pa o Ile A a ht ,or ' '- . K cla '3 TI, ll: tl 1 - Ott r f Class, wh Mr K :tt I E ' 'Z l - fra 1 f- 2 tp lf -I Iaalts sq- ent J -s gn per as

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MRS. BONNIE DESSAUER, debate coach, shows Clas- sen's highly honored debate team some of the tourna- ment dates. Members of the team Carol McCarty, Jack Love lcomedianl, Monty Hoyt, and Dick Cies. gt WHOEVER THOUGHT a tape recording machine would help a student with French. Mrs. Kathleen Ryan watches as Calvin Morrow and Sharon Honen listen to a few choice French words. This is 0 port of the new plan of language study, learning French more by ear than from a book.