Greenwood High School - Under the Greenwood Tree Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

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make for better world understanding To succeed in any walk of lite, a workable knowledge ot the English language is a must. Realizing this, Mrs. Baird, a newcomer to the Greenwood Teaching staff, ably super- vised the eighth, tenth, and eleventh grade English courses which offered the basic needs ot grammar, spelling, and fine literature. She also taught two electives: Senior English, a fine-arts course, and Speech, an important study ot the art of speaking. In addition to her other duties, Mrs. Baird sponsored the sophomore class, Dramatics Club, and the school newspaper -the Cub Standard. What is outer space like? This is one of many questions answered by panelist Roland Langston as he shows pictures of space travel. Vividly portraying their' parts, Bill Groth, Pat Riebold, Linda Wakeman, ancl Bill Mauck do a cutting from Victoria Regina. Corinna Siceluft gives her interpretation of a demonstration speech, one of many proiects of the speech class. VIRGINIA CRAIG BAIRD, Supervisor of English, re- ceived her B.S. from SMS and her M.A. from Arkansas University. She sponsors the tenth grade, the Cub Standard, the Drarnatics Club, and directs all Greenwood speech work. 5 I I V ' , ' .. f f rf, , . Q

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French, Spanish, and English - together, they LOIS CARTER, Spanish Supervisor, received both her A.B. and B.S. degrees from SMS. She directs all Spanish activities as well as supervising la clase de espanol. Cal Keet, Kay Klever, and Carol Lechner dramatize their Spanish L Mrs. Carter, foreign language students enioyed many activitie this year. F Highlighting the activities for the Spanish and French classe' was the traditional singing of carols in the halls. Along wit? the carols, Spanish students presented the story of the Nativity: The Spanish class was fortunate in having a student teache' who studied in Mexico. As a result, the class learned man new Mexican customs. T. The beginning French class concluded that learning a ne language was difficult, yet fascinating and worth while. Th students found themselves as interested in the country as thi' language. . Both classes have found that a foreign language helps an , improves their English. ed by French Supervisor, Dr. Payne, and Spanish Supervisor R. J. PAYNE, Supervisor of French and sponsor of the French Club. He received his M.A. from University sn., of Michigan and his Ph.D, from Savae University of Canada. play in Spanish ll while Ann Jones and Suzie Blair criticize. Singing French is fun when Dr, Payne directs Mel Robinette, John Ferguson, Sarah Andalafte, Judy Gott, and Martha Sperry.

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