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

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,v f- U., ' p ORBIT STAFF MEMBERS line up fora picture. Seated are: Peggy Prag, Becky Ogilvie, Sally Sage, Sandy Connelly, Jann Lowther and Editor Martha Miller. Standing: Tom John Bryan, Cindy Cartmell and Linda Casey. Rowles, Anne Johnson, Barbara Bryan, Mary Sherman, etie f .K :.f5gg.:z,f MARTHA MILLER, Cleft! ORBIT edi- tor, looks over her dummy for the yearbook. Martha sees that pictures are taken, copy is written, and dead- lines are met. ALICE SULLIVANT lrightl is editor of the CLASSEN LIFE and ORBIT copy-editor. Here she writes headlines for the LIFE, a bi-monthly publica- tion. 29 Classen Life Staff STACKED UP on the stairs are: Lloyd Miller, Alice Sullivant, Kenneth Eyler, First Row. Sec- ond Row: Vina Windes, Sue Stewart, Connie Northrop, Bar- bara Campbell. Third Row: Susan Records, Mary Lou Braddy, Barbara Chastain, Sue Pendleton. Fourth Row: Jerilyn Erdman, Radonna Wiley, Jody Barnes, Jan Brown.

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YOU NEVER KNOW what will develop in the darkroom. Mark Birmingham and Sue Hoising- ton as ORBIT photographers spend much of their time in the darkroom . . . Ahemmm . . . developing pictures. This year the photog- raphers were handicapped by the theft of the ORBIT camera. wmg. i ONE OF THE JOBS of the yearbook staff is to publish the STU- DENT DIRECTORY. This responsibility was given to the sixth hour class. Jann Lowther, John Bryan, and Sally Sage are taking heed of the sign behind them. We are proud of this year's di- rectory. Journalism Dept. Does Publications The Journalism Department is composed of the two school publications, CLASSEN LIFE and ORBIT. CLASSEN LIFE has won more national honors than any other city school publication. lt is published bi-monthly and sponsors the annual Man of Dis- tinction Contest. Miss Dorothy Butler teaches the Beginning and Advanced Journalism Classes. ORBIT, a review of the Classen year, is published by the classes in Yearbook. Mrs. Jeane Williams has Yearbook Classes fifth and sixth hours. The sixth hour class also publishes the Student Directory. This year's ORBIT could not have been published but for the generosity of CLASSEN LIFE'S staff in plac- ing its camera at the disposal of the ORBIT photog- raphers. BEMUSED CLASSEN LIFE chiefs talk with their adviser, Miss Dorothy Butler. From left to right are Vina Windes, Editor Alice Sullivant, Mary Lou Braddy, Sue Stewart, and Miss Butler. l E i i l CINDY CARTMELL is checking to see if anyone is looking before she borrows some money. Cindy, you know that money belongs to the ORBIT. Cindy is kept busy with the duties of business manager. 28

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4 f w THIS ADVANCED FRENCH CLASS makes use of earphones, Linda Collins reads along with the transcription while Judy Ande poses and Guy Parkhurst looks wistful. Gael Holcomb appears attentive, but her mind is who knows where. Romance and Dead rsisemss-.::'.':Ne:..::ft:z.'gfs'zzistataser. Languages Qffered important English test. Carol is in the advanced debate class. Advanced debate students win many honors for Classen. IN PREPARING for high school, junior high English is very important. Miss Dorothy Butler presents some interesting material to her attentive eighth grade class. Miss Butler also teaches Journalism. In this jet age, with the focus on science, it is important that we learn to speak, write, and read our own language. As our world grows smaller we must be able to communicate with people of for- eign lands. At Classen, the Language Department offers English, French, Spanish, and Latin. English is studied by Classen students for six years, and they may study four years in any of the foreign lan- guages. The Foreign Language Department spon- sors a Language Week in February. The Speech Department offers courses in Be- ginning Speech, High School Speech, Debate, Dra- matics,,and Stagecraft. The Drama Department produced two highly successful plays, Our Town and The Man Who Came to Dinner. The Stage- craft Class is in charge of lighting and scenery for all the school productions. The speech and drama classes have won fame for Classen in many tournaments. The National Student Congress Trophy, awarded in the summer of l958, is the first de- bate trophy won by Classen since the school be- came a junior-senior high school four years ago.