La Grande High School - Mimir Yearbook (La Grande, OR)

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History becomes more interesting History was modernized and made more interesting by putting more em- phasis on research, discussion and student opinion than on books. Mr. Doc Savage taught Anthropology, Political Science, and Social Re- H lationships, Behavioral Science, Economics, and American Government were Mr. Iver Mastersons' specialties, Mr. Don Johnson taught five classes of U,S, History. Mr. Fred Bell also taught U,S, History but managed to get in one period of American Cultures for a variety. 1 I 1 Mr. Johnson helps Karen Schwebke with her research paper in the library. war in U,S, History. fi y 1 y '41 A ' g ,4 ' znf ,ff Y ffl gift , f fain E . . HP' Tere Ball listens while Mr, Savage reads the answers to a test in Anthropology. ' .wg Mr. Bell takes a stand on the Viet Nam Mr, Masterson decides if Jim Erickson is ready for Behavioral Science. i 1 Academic s- 17

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Library gets cessettesg LHS gets new course Seven cassette players and two recorders were added to the library along with a library of pre-recorded tapes in order to better study habits. Sev- eral classes around the school used the players for grading purposes and learning devices. Students could bring their own tapes and use the players during free periods and even check out the machines. Mrs. Burgess and Mrs. Young were always on hand to help in- dividuals and groups. Two stu- dent aides per period also helped check out books and straighten shelves. Health Occupations was the new course at LHS. It was taught in a two hour block period by Mrs. Elizabeth Sullivan, registered nurse. Students learned how to take temperatures and blood pres- sures, and then found part-time jobs as aides at doctor offices, hospitals, and the Mental Health Clinic, and at a mortuary. Mrs. Vivian Young--asst. librar- ian--keeps up her books. Librarian Della Jean Burgess explains the use of cassettes to Peggy Woodward Mrs. Sullivan talks to the class about mental health. ,E s Mff

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Sophs have no choice in English The English Department was changed so that sophomores had no choice in the type of English they could take. They were given a straight Sophomore English course in which they learned a variety of things from sentence structure to poet- ry. Each of the six teachers taught a period of this type. Nine-week classes were also changed. They were made into semester courses, and each junior and senior took two in the year. Juniors and seniors had a choice of sixteen classes ranging from English Lit. , Drama and Poetry, to Creative Writing and Individual Reading in order to give each person a chance to take what he or she was interested in. Speech, Mass Communications, Short Story, and Greek Lit. were Mr. Frantum's specialties, Mr. Hoard was in the field of Practical English, Individual Study, Non-Fiction, Poetry, and English Lit. Mr. Hunt taught American Lit. , and Short Story. Creative Writing was the main in- terest of Mrs. Savage, but she also taught Individual Reading and Drama. Mrs. Wright had classes in Bible Lit, , Non-Fiction, and Creative writing. Mr. Ainsworth taught Novel, Gen- eral Comp. , and English Lit. Mr. Corky Hunt Mr. Mike Frantum receives help from Terry Malone in a demonstration of his drums for Speech, Academics-18 Mrs. Billie Wright