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

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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.

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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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Publications Are Full Time Job GETTING CAUGHT nn a busmessluke pose IS usually em barrassnng to an Orbit staff member but the thought of lOO pages to go nn one week IS enough to sober even thus group Martha Mlller and Cindy Cartmell are varlfyrng the spellings of names whsle Sharon Noftsger seeks the expert opnnnon of WHY SHOULDNT the Llfe staff snt around and have a party After all the snlly old paper usnt even due tsl to morrow and they can always wnte the copy this afternoon The sponsor :sn t nn the room at the moment she has gone for more tranquullzers Seated Bob Pans lwnth foot? Leon 1 1 ,Z i in IT MAY NOT be good but the darned thang IS finished at last us the sentnment of Sue Stewart as she looks Over the shoulder of her co edutor Alsce Sulluvont Mnss Dorothy Butler us just happy to send one more Issue of the Classen Lnfe to press She knows that nts tume to start worryung Wulson Jody Dalton Donna Stephens and Gmger Garber Standmg Steve Fnsher sports edntor Alnce Sullnvant Bob Ande Pot Carter Vina Wlndes Susie Doolittle and Lloyd Muller Z 30 '-'L i. o o o . 1 1 ,w Y ' uv' - 1 ' 3 b , , Y N , Q 8 kin N I re , ' l X . . . . - ,, . , . , - ' 11 - - ' I ' I . . . , Gef1eWhitfle On the l0Y0Uf- about the nekt issue. Miss Butler also teaches English. 1 . . . . , - 1 . . I . I . I . , A ' r 4 I ' : g 1 I -1 4 1 I I A ' D 1 1 1 1 , . . 1 , T , l br A l 1 f - ' X . 'fu , 1 . Ur wr I, -v