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

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So You're a Girl Scout and that's your troop flag, what do you want? A medal? I'm awfully sorry, . . , Paul, but that s the way it goes. ,iff , Shown above is one of the most promising English classes in school. Mrs. Stone could be quoted as saying, No matter what activity is going on, I can count on more than half of my students participating in it. This is a drama class? It looks as if Jim is pro- posing to Margaret and Bene seems to be eaves- dropping. Just ignore Bene, Jim, and go right on with what you were doing. You see a promising speech student in this picture. Judy Ande has also proven herself to be a good cheerleader. 29

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QW? Sf' ,lf The boy you see in this picture is one of our famed football players. Howard Moore, you seem to be pampered by your Latin teacher, Miss Snell. You even get to sit on her prized cushion. How do you rate? Does everyone have to get injured on the foot- ball field to get this type of attention? ,i f f ' Beware, Mrs. Dessaur's firsthour speech class! She looks as if she might have just caught the culprit who cheated on the test. 28 LANGUAGE ARTS The youth of the world today does not realize the impor- tance of foreign languages, speech, and English. As the world enlarges and population increases, there will be a need to know several languages and to have a good background in English. Classen is prepared to meet this situation. The languages offered at Classen are Spanish, taught by Mrs. Ann Fowler, Latin, taught by Miss Ruth Snellg and French, taught by Mrs. Linda Harris. The French department has just received an entirely new laboratory. The students learn French through films, records, tapes, and also by speaking into the microphones and hear- ing their voices in their earphones. The laboratory teaches a foreign language through the association of sight and sound experiences. It is very good for developing conversational ability. The teacher has direct contact with each student through the master control panel. She can help an individu- al student without disturbing anyone else. Oklahoma City is fortunate in having five such laboratories, as this is a fairly new development in the teaching of foreign languages. In the speech and drama classes, students are prepared to face the world either in groups or individually. Speech and debate classes have contributed many trophies and honors to Classen. If one would look through the trophy cases he would surely notice that nearly half of the awards have been won by speech students. In the new French room we see Studious Betsy , Sour Sue , Cheatin' Chester , Camera-shy Dar- 1ene , Laughing Jody , and Itty Bitty Charles Stewart . The nose in the far, far background be- longs to the one, the only Mary Hunt!

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Mary Lou Bramblett seems quite disturbed with the Orbit photographer, and poor Karen Robinson, no one has called her in such a long time! Oh, the life of an office-aide! --1 30 Mrs. Booher's wonderful office-aide, Mary Belle alias Tinker Bell, is found gaily skipping from class to class re- trieving class cards. What is the matter, Mary Belle, don't you want your picture taken? second hour Business English class. 1 BUSINESS The business classes are designed to prepare interest- ed students for the business world . You can take classes such as Typing, Shorthand, Business Math, Business English, Bookkeeping, Business Machines, and Intro- duction to Business. These classes are taught by Mrs. Sue Branson, who is head of the department, Mrs. Carolyn Gluck, Mrs. Julia McPheeters, and Mrs. Faye Freiberger. These classes give the students a general back- ground in business planned as preparation for the business field, but applicable to any phase of work a student may plan to enter. Peggy, does your hair also glow in the dark? She must be a shining example of Mrs. McPheeters