Haltom High School - Buffalo Yearbook (Haltom City, TX)

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Senior Honors English students Bennett Howell, Pete Ullman, Maria Rodela, and Julie Brown play in the rain after visiting UT's English department. During a class party in fourth period non- fiction, senior Chris Onley consumes some of the refreshments. sf.-Nails.. ! ya. 3 . Q- 5. V 'U ' I ' A ENGLISH COURSES French students Jim Pikul, junior, Carrie Nobles, and Julie Pickett, seniors wait for the meal to be served at a French Club party. Mrs. Fredna Sturch, English and German teacher, Maria Rodela and Wade Pierce, seniors, picnic in Fair Park after touring The Treasures of Conceptionne. 'Q 542 . Luv an WS x f 5' , gf, L ffl -1 -Q4 i qv iW,,:,, .,......, -v'i'.5'5' -is

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.--' wif sv' 'T 2g .Q E ,I .,.--.. Q- f N with . as . N. ', ,p ' M . X X .xx X X x Concentrating on centering a tab prob- lem, sophomore Jeff Cooper checks to make sure it's straight. Out of the twelve typing classes, over 75 percent were sophomores. With the pressure mounting, sophomore Tami Feldman takes a five minute tlmlng during UlL competition at Sam Houston High School. Taking it easy after decorating the tree, seniors Lorri Evistan and Leah Cook munch out on lunch. The tree was later given to a needy family for Christmas. Typing for the fun of it Secretaries born in office procedure classes Stop, carriage return. Now, gay-e-tee out your Gay-are-e- gay ish-tee-h-end be-oo-kay, in other words, get out your Gregg shorthand book and open it to page 36. L'Do the best you can and don't limit yourself because you're all you've got, baby. Remember to file the receipts under expenses in your packets. Before you leave, don't forget to unplug the transcribersf' Any of these remarks sound familiar? If planning or pursuing a secretarial career, a student usually heard one, two, or even three of these cliches every day. But for those who are unfamiliar with the area, an explanation is in order. Don't let speed spook ya, get a pumpkin for 30 words or more. Trot your tree down the road of the lot and win a Santa lollipop for licking your speed. Huh? What does that have to do with becoming a secretary? According to Mrs. lla Osborne, Typing in competi- tion forced speed while still having fun. On special days, students also typed to music and did Art Typing from puzzles which emphasized creativity at the typewriter. After taking typing, the next step is shorthand. lf planning on borrowing someone's government notes, be sure to find out if the person's in shorthand, why? L'lt's like learning a new language. You have letters for our alphabet and symbols for shorthand, junior Alton Boerner, one of two boys in the four classes, commented, 'tYou write the word just like it sounds, you don't spell it outf' he added. According to Mrs. Judy Griggers, the basic goal included learning to take dic- tation and then typing it in mailable form. Junior Tony Hester summed up the course by saying, When beginning shor- thand, everyone thinks that they'll never make it. But later everything falls into place and you finally realize 'I-ley, l can really do this stuff'. If numbers are a person's fancy, ac- counting is next on the list. With the aid of adding machines, students were re- quired to do supplemental packets which was keeping the accounting records from a business for a month. t'lt's not mainly the adding of numbers. It's where to put the numbers lbillsl in the books of business, how to journalize the documents, junior Glen- da Frady exclaimed. I BUSINESS COURSES

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H l J . i Q w.t,MM ti Honors English class tough, some drop Grammar, vocabulary also taught in foreign language classes. In September, Honors English IV was almost to the point of being over- crowded, with close to 30 enrolled, yet after the first semester ended, the class contained only 12. Those who dropped the course simply didnlt have the time to write the compositions, read the classic novels by foreign authors, study the poetry, and learn the vocabulary at the pace at which it was required. Nevertheless, those who remained said that they enjoyed the class and were glad that they had stayed. Developmental reading classes and novel-short story classes concentrated on reading comprehension while the creative writing classes emphasized ability to compose different types of literary works. Courses in science-fiction and non- fiction offered students with either of those particular interests an oppor- tunity to study what they enjoyed reading. Yet English was not the only language taught on campus. When asked, Parlez-vous francais? students who took one of Mrs. Jeannie Fisher's French classes could honestly answer, Oui, je parle francais. In addition to learning grammar and building a vocabulary in another language, students who were enrolled in French, German, or Spanish also learned about the culture of the peo- Senior Kathy Womack, a German ll stu- dent, paints a panel of the booth that will be used at Novemberfest by the German Club. Mrs. Mary Peterson, teacher of Honors English ll, science-fiction, and non-fiction classes receives a gift from Paul Bramlett during a birthday party. ple who spoke the language. By studying maps, reading about the countries' artists, philosophers, and politicians, and discussing the mannerisms of the countries, students gained knowledge far beyond the language itself. In order to learn the language, students listened to tapes, wrote com- positions and read magazines in the language, practiced in conversations with friends, and listened to the teachers' explanations. Total immer- sion days, when no English could be spoken, helped students recall what they had learned but might have forgotten.l In addition to teaching junior English, Mrs. Donna Henson teaches classes at TCJC in astrology. She published a book also. FOREIGN LANGUAGES