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.

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ln the vocational field, Lamar offers a program of many and varied courses. The primary purpose of the vocational courses is to offer the student some indication of ability and interest in a field which could be the student's vocation in later life. For the girls, Lamar offers a program of Home Economics, under Mrs. H. L. Sandel. This department offers courses in food and clothing, The foods course, besides teaching the basic fundamentals of cooking a meal, teaches practical shopping and budgeting. The clothing course helps to cut the expense of dressing by teaching the girls how to design, make, and wear their clothes. The Commercial Arts Department, headed by Mrs. T. j. Rowzee, prepares the student for the secretarial field through its courses in typing. Typing, however, has a very practical application, for it enables the student for a faster and more legible preparation of his studies. Mr. j. H. Carr heads the Industrial Arts Program. This department offers courses in woodshop, leather shop, metal shop, crafts, and mechanical draw- ing. The shop and crafts courses are courses in hand work, demanding a degree of skill to produce useful household articles. Mechanical drawing is an excellent preparation for future courses in architectural drafting. One of the newer departments at Lamar is Vocational Agriculture, under supervision of Mr. Isaac Carter. In this course, the student learns of the new methods of modern agriculture. This department works closely in co- operation with Lamar's Future Farmers of America. In the Physical Education Department, Miss Elise Hawkins is in charge of girls athletics and Mr. Harald johnson handles boys athletics. The pur- pose of the department is to teach the student physical fitness, ability, and cleanliness. The department, also, offers a course in First Aid and Life Saving. For the boys interested in a military career, there is the Lamar Reserve Officers' Training Corps Unit, headed by Sergeant David Horning, The purpose of the R.O.T.C. is to teach something of army discipline. regu- lations, and life to the students in preparation for his military service. The Guidance Department. with Mrs. Ula Hennes and Mrs. Rose Good- rich, offers in the Spring Term for the Seniors, a series of lectures by out- standing men in their particular fields, The purpose of these lectures is to give the student some idea of what each vocation offers and to help him select a field in which he would like to have his life's work. Row I: Sims, Mrs. Mary Knolleg Ste- cher, Mrs. Virginiag Stewart, Coyg Tate, H. Harold, Taylor, Miss Virginia, Teshner, Mrs. jen- nie Robison. Row II: Trietsch, H. D., Trongone, Mr. Edward, Xweinberg, Miss Heleng Whee- 'V ler, Cockerellg Wooden, Lynn M., Yost, Mrs. Agnes B. Teachers Not Pictured: Allen, Mrs. Evelyn W. Brasher, Miss Alberta Buchanan, Miss Marga Butler, H. E. Carr, H. Constant, Mrs. Mozelle Covington, Miss Nina ret E Albert Ullrich, Bert AdlCil'1S, and CICSIOII HUtCh- Mrs. Ruth Lgavell, Dean, gives final difeqtiong inson prepare the movie projector before a class, to Lynn Dee Bryan before Sending her on an ef- an activity of the Visual Aids. rand, while Margie McKenzie looks on. 16 it