Cowley College - Tiger Daze Yearbook (Arkansas City, KS)

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Students show better attitudes in concrete English, speech by Ann Hollenback Themes, organization, context... These phrases are on the minds of many students when they enroll in English courses. And that's what they found by taking the courses in speech, freshman English, and literature that were offered this year. Developmental and Rapid Readingclasses were also available for students who wanted additional lab work. This year, students were allowed to take English literature to fulfill their literature requirements. Instructor Margaret Wheeler discussed the outline of the class. Basically it was a survey of major authors and works in English literature, Wheeler said. The first semester dealt with the older periods and ancient authors. In the second term, we started with romantic authors and came up through modern times. According to Wheeler, the course was not all book-learning. lf a good play was being staged somewhere in the area, the class tried to attend. We also used visual films and recordings to hear different presen- tations, she said. I tried to make it enioyable and not too technical, so people wouldn't feel the class was something they had to do. Basic English courses usually have high enrollments because students are required to take them. Even though enrollment dropped slightly this year, the classes weren't affected much. Elaine Brown, English in- structor, said one reason for that was the students. Personally, I had a lot of students this year who were serious about the courses, Brown said. I had good writers, so I enioyed the courses. She feels it is important that students learn to write well, so themes were an important part of her curriculum. The students were helped ex- tensively, she said. They made alot of progress. I felt we had an especially strong freshman English program, and they should have no trouble transferring. Speech instructor Sharon Yar- brough also noticed changes for the better among her students. The students appeared to have a positive attitude, she said. GETTING THE MESSAGE ACROSS - Angela McCrary uses a diagram to illustrate a point in speech class. iPhoto by David Bartonj SIDE BY SIDE - Two students take ad- vantage of the peace and quiet of the Learning Skills Lab to improve their reading levels. iPhoto by David Bartonl ACADEMICS!English, Speech 23

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,a,,V. ,ws sr.. S., , DEEP IN THOUGHT - Sharon Yar- brough, speech and drama instructor, concentrates on planning the next day's class activities. fPhoto by David Bartonl READ SPEED - Part of Margaret Wheeler's skill development course con- sisted of a program in which the reading comprehension of students was measured. fPhoto by David Bartonl MAKING PROGRESS - A student uses a machine that allows him to read one line at a time in an attempt to sharpen his reading skills. fPhoto by David Barton, 22 ACADEMICS !English, Speech xx . .. XX ,zip ,S-ask ' S -ziszx .. :W X l .X Sn. X- 1 -X X-X1 f 1 kg.. A f f i ' ff: al ' rw. X. .QQ -5 i 4 ' xx: ' X es X A XR 6 X + w fx . 1- S sg :X S f 'Y X X S 0 n N fiih..- .Qvf?Sfi. E' x A ' S xx 3 ,Q X si, ' Mu

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Journalism improves publications by Pat Jordan Change was the catchword on the iournalism staff this year, as its mem- bers strived to bring refreshing in- novations to the school publications. For example, the yearbook was delivered in the spring rather than just before the following fall semester, and according to yearbook editor Laurie Randall, that was no small task. Our first deadline was less than a week after we signed the contract with Josten's Yearbook Company, Randall said, but thanks to our small but wonderful staff, we were able to meet it, and most of the other deadlines as well. Randall said this year's Replay theme was the result of a brain- storming session early in the fall term. In fact, she said, the book represents a full year of teamwork. A yearbook is not something that iust 'comes out,' she said. It takes lots of work to write copy, take photos, and paste up the pages. But it's worth it to give the students a record of the school year. Student satisfaction was also the goal of Pat Jordan, editor of the daily Tiger's Roar, who said the paper's maior purpose was to keep students abreast of the happenings on cam- pus. We did our best to inform the students about the really important school events, Jordan said. Our printing schedule, which required us to do the papers a day ahead of their appearances, sometimes hampered our timeliness, but I don't think it was ever a big problem. Jordan said the Roar added a few new features this year ,including national college stories, quizzes, and a conversational column called Just Between Us... 24 ACADEMlCS!Journalism The Cycle, CCCC's monthly feature newspaper, did not ex- perience many changes in ap- pearance or content, but editor Katy Godfrey said it took hard work to produce it, lust the same. I was proud of the effort put forth by the staff this year, Godfrey said. Sometimes it seemed like we were going to miss the deadlines, but our students always came through in the end. Godfrey said the Cycle improved its look this year with editorial car- toons by art student Mary Juul and with attractive ads supervised by business manager Janet Campbell. To iournalism adviser Linda Punt- ney, one of the biggest changes this year was the renovation of the jour- nalism room, which she said helped a lot in improving the publications. They doubled the size of the darkroom to give us separate developing and printing areas for our photos, Puntney said. We also had a partition knocked out to give us more lab area. The whole feeling is modern and open. Puntney also credited the improved quality of the publications to a trip she made with Randall, Jordan, and photo editor David Barton to a national collegiate journalism con- vention in Miami Beach, Florida. The trip to Miami did lots for the program, Puntney said. We felt the school's recognition of us through their help in getting us there. It gave us something to be proud of. The editors and adviser said they were also proud of their reporters which included Karen Whitney Butler, Ann this year, Abington, Hollenback, Becky McConnell, Randy Rowe, and recognized Stacey Wells. They also the contributions of photographers Lorna Autry, Jim Kerr, and David Scott. MEETING THE DEADUNE - Pat Jordan puts together an issue of the Tiger's Roar, the daily publication that was meant to keep students up to date on campus events. iPhoto by David Barton, , . s fa' M 95 . 1-'QS ,. K ,. Qs -5 E' 1 Z