John Marshall High School - Gavel Yearbook (Oklahoma City, OK)

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Students relax during those first days of school when summer is still here and winter seems faraway. Campus Combines Recreation and Rehearsals When Indian Summer comes to John Marshall for one last fling before autumn settles over the school, students relax at noon or after school in a green area on the west side of the school. Each day at John Marshall brings to the students new challenges, new friends to make, new duties to perform. It is in this way that John lVIarshall's stu- dents arel constantly achieving. We learn to smile at defeat and to take winning right in stride . . . this is real school spirit. Students learned to contribute what they knew and could do for the clubs to which they belonged . . J. achievement through contribution. Here at John Mar- shall, we learned that God was a part of each and everything attempted . . . achievement through worship. Darendia Lowther, a drama student who is an accomplished ballerina, has represented the school in many dramatic functions.

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Library Leads Searching Students to Research, Relaxation Students and faculty members make John Marshall's library a gathering place for those desiring aid in research, reference work or a novel for that much-needed book report. Eleven thousand volumes comprise the library, in addi- tion to the books, many magazines and news- papers are made available to the students. The reading area located on the west side of the library is a favorite place for those who have no pressing assignments and want to relax for a few minutes ,during the busy school day. Marian Dierdorff, school librarian, and Jo Ann Pryse, assistant librarian, are constantly on the lookout for new books that will enlighten as well as entertain. Today, when more and more emphasis is being placed upon the academic areas of school life, the library occupies an important position. It is here, amidst an atmosphere of study and books that research is done for prize-winning essays, Science Fair Projects, and other school events. The library provides the foundations necessary for students to achieve not only aca- demic fulfillment, but also extra-curricular fulfill- ment. .lt is a storehouse of unlimited knowledge that is made available to students who seek it at John Marshall's library. In the space age of today, John lVlarshall's students go forth into the world and continue to achieve. The school, the faculty and the subjects offered make the statement John Marshall High- a proud achievement-a living truth.

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i I Individual Interests Are Included One of the departments of which the John Marshall students and administration are most proud, is the up to date language department. Here, the study of the French and Spanish lan- guages is made interesting with the use of audio- visual materials in the modern language labs. The use of these is based on the theory that hearing the spoken words clearly through ear- phones, and repeating them, hearing the way his own voice sounds through the microphone, helps the student to comprehend the language better. The tape recordings are supplemented by color slides, and by songs and poems in the language being studied. The first language laboratory was introduced at John Marshall three years ago, and because of its success, a new Spanish lab was installed this year for students taking languages. In Scholastic and Social Surroundings A school as large as John Marshall would not be complete without the aid of her notable audi- torium. Throughout the year, tra- ditional assemblies, school plays, style shows, concerts, conventions, contests, and speeches take place within these walls, Where, also, hundreds of students attend televi- sion classes each day. The John Marshall auditorium, completed in 1958, seats 966 peo- ple, all of which are proud to be seated in such attractive and ac- commodating surroundings. The attractive carpeting found in the auditorium was the gift of the 1961 class.