Drumright High School - Gusher Yearbook (Drumright, OK)

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,Jn Miss Eula Camp, head ol English and dramatics department, and sponsor ol National Thespians, has B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Oklahoma. Mrs. Kane, the teacher, gives helplul hints about studving English to fresh- men Thurman Cox, Lewis Caldwell, and Patsy Davenport. We learn to write, and to The purpose of the ENGLISH DEPARTMENT is to coaordinate the four years of English in such a manner that. although the-re is some reviewing each year, the student is introduced to a different phase of grammar, literature, and creative work. Some- of these' courses are general in scope to meet all needs: some are specific to meet special needs of certain groups. For that reason some were grouped homogeneously and others heterogene-ously. In order that all seniors might receive special training in both GRAMMAR and AMERICAN LITERATURE. two years of English were com- bined into one. The classes were divided into three groups: Miss Camp taught a college- preparatory class for those who planned to continue their educa- tion in college or in the business field, and a remedial class for those students whose- background in English was inadequate for advanced work. Mrs. Anderson taught a general course. For the-ir creative writing. the seniors composed a short story or a play. Under the guidance of Miss Camp. who is head of the English department. the juniors began their work in English literature by writing an autobi- ography. From Beowulf to Galsworthy's 20th Century Writings, they studied how the people, customs. and languages changed as the centuries rolled by. The second semester the students studied a unit on the writing of poetry. After reading and collecting modern poems. they wrote a minimum of ten original poems, including ballads. sonnets. free' verse, and triolets.

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The usher corps members who greet Mr. and Mrs, Sam O'Kelley Smith jo Ann Zanti, and Geraldine Glimp. The fifteen members of the USHER CORPS, sponsored by Mrs. jackson, play an important part in the production of the various school affairs. All girls from the four classes are eligible to join the usher corps. In their lovely formals at a play, a band concert, or a graduation exercise, members of the usher corps are on hand to find seats for late-comers, hand out programs, and do other jobs that 8 ra' ...if . . before they go on duty. re Margaret FRESHMEN'-TOP Row: Virgil Anderson, Don Archer, Bonnie Arend, Eldon Armstrong, jarnes E. Arnold, Lorene Baker, Harmon Ballard. Sec- ond Row: Charlie Brannon, Patsy Budge, Lewis Caldwell, Ellen Campbell, jerry Cargill, juliene Cargill, Harold Carr. Third Row: Rose Marie Cloud, Thurman Cox, Larry Cummings, Rose Gate crew members juanita Car- gill, Gordon Avery, Marie Towers, and Virgil Bateman enjoy a laugh Mary Cushenberry, Patsy Davenport, C. j. make the pfOgI'aIT1 a SUCCESS. Davis, Henry j. Dean. ' 5 H ' Y - g ,Q 42 ,wg x ? Q 4' ,- . Q I Q . gl' .A ' v -,- ' K 'Q' x,v- C7 '- 'vb A f .ffm K ' 'gf l Q ., by X 5 A, of -e ha as ' 'ae 3 S' 'Za Q , Q , 5 'Q Q' if 5-. I 1- i V 1 Q A it Q 4 S R , 3 fr! -1' - f .g 1, ifff' Nair' J X K Q' R ' 4' ,Q ful. fi h f Q w ' . Q ' 4 '. Q D fx, 5 -1 Q i . 2 .,. V , . U ' ', C595 3-3' ' W K-'53, fe tw J .X ' 'J E, . ,L .X X ' A V :ff 1 ,x lx' .' ,Q -vis? K

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