Lamar High School - Orenda Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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One of the most interesting departments in Lamar is that of Foreign Languages under the supervision of Mrs. Elanor Huddleston. This department is divided into two fields of languages: Classical and Romance. The Classical Language taught at Lamar is Latin. The Latin course is a four year course devoting the first year to fundamentals, the second to the study of Julius Caesar, the third to the orations of Cicero, and the fourth to the writings of Virgil. In the Romance field, the department offers courses in French and Spanish. Both of these courses are carried only through the third year, but a fourth year class may be formed at the request of enough students, The first two years of French and Spanish are devoted to fundamentals of grammar and learning to speak the language. The third year is a reading course, enabling the student to apply and practice what he has learned his nrst two years. In the field of the Arts. Lamar offers excellent courses in Music, Art, and Drama. Mr. Lee Keding heads the Music Department, which consists of Mr. Keding's Choralettes, Mrs. Stecher's Lamar-O-Liers, and Boys' Chorus, and Mr. Trongone's Orchestra and Band, There is a place in Lamar's Music program for everyone with musical talent. The Art Department, headed by Miss Mary Brown, is noted for the wonderful job it does on the scenery for every Lamar play. Lamar's art talent usually takes First Place in all city contests which it enters. Mrs. Ruth Denney and her Drama Department are well known around Lamar. Last year their play Our Town won First Place in the State One-Act Play Contest. This year productions have been I Remember Mama for the winter play and a cutting of the same for the One-Act Play Contest. Another of Lamar's outstanding departments is the Speech Department, under Mr. Winston Miller. The Speech Department offers a public speaking course for beginners, to teach them the fundamentals of good speech making. For the more advanced students there is the course in debate and logic. Many of the trophies which line our cases have been brought in by students in this department from their Speech Tournaments. Row I: Miller, Win- ston, Millsap, james B., M i ne r, Mrs. Edna Wolf, Nes- mith, Miss Francis F. , O'Donnell, Rob- ert Lee, Outterson, Leslie A. Row II: Page, Mrs. Margaret Y 0 u n g, Pepper, Fred W., Perry, Mrs. Leslie E., Phelps, Mrs. Dorothy, Pleasants, Miss julia, Porter, Mrs. Ella S. Row III: Pushard, Mrs. Gladys G., Red, Miss H. Lel, Robb, Mrs. T. H., Rowzee, Mrs. T. J., Sandel, Mrs. H. L., Sanders, Mrs. Mira M. Ann Schudy points out the process of amending Camilla Montalbono prepares a delicious meat the Constitution to Denny Carlsen and Mr. Dug- sauce for her spaghetti, as fellow classmates help gan, during his Civics class. in Mrs. Wilson's foods class. 14 Us 9.