Marionville High School - Comet Yearbook (Marionville, MO)

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Speech-Major Step irst round events of the Monett Speech Tournament will be held iday, January 12, and the finals on Saturday, Mr. Tom Brooks lls his speech class. to Communication Keith Prewett demonstrates the techniques of humorous speaking. .,e w ,Mfr Cindy Daniel and Kathy Gold work on their duet act for the speech contest at Lockwood. Improper communication has been the cause of many of the world's problems today. Speech is a course designed for attacking this problem. Students this year learned how to present a speech, a reading, and a debate. They leamed how to arrange and deliver material properly. They also discover- ed the meaning of teamwork as they participated in debates and duet acting. Speech is a course designed to make the stu- dents aware of the importance of effective communication.

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English-Voice English as a language continues to change. To become aware of these changes, Mrs. Anne Kucera kept her English I students on a busy schedule. The freshmen were busy with the study of language and literature. The English II class, taught by Miss Alice Hayes, used the same philosophy with the sophomores reading such great literary works as Silas Marnerf, The juniors and seniors were offered four new semes- ter courses. In the literary survey class, they compared En- glish and American literature. In composition and research, they learned how to research for information which was later to be used for compositions. The novels and short stories class covered the field of essays and novels. In lan- guage arts, they studied the complete field of English. They . studied reading, Writing and speech. They also compiled a brief history of sports. l x -5 ,v -SN .3 J Mrs. Kucera will testify that being a teacher involves a lot of paper grading and daily planning. of the World Tim Hickman concentrates on his language arts assignment lg. Miss Hayes gives her literary survey class the highlights of early ary works. Gayle Hadley finds it easy to become interested in English II ture books.

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Librarians Serve Under New Sponser FIRST ROW: J. Redus, D. Hughes, S. Wishon, D. Haaeker, B. Kyle, THIRD ROW: C. Hicks, T. Ford, D. Morgan, J. Patterson, P. G. Wolfe, V. Patterson. SECOND ROW: R. Wishon, J. Gwinup, D. L. Elsey, Sponsor, S. Walker, D. Carl, D. Hendricks, S. Wheeler, P. Sellars, J. Mysinger, R. Killman, R. Chilcutt, L. Pruitt, F. Kerr. Groesbeck. v .v1 i 1 ' fe? Rose Chilcutt, student hbmnan, types a list of new books that came into the library. Marshall Miller and Janie Burk carry library books from the book- mobile as Mr. Gerald Fees and his librarian help check the books out to them. Checking out books and magazines were only a few duties of student librarians. Under the guidance of Mrs. Laverne Elsey, the librarians served the student body by helping them use tiles for needed information. As the new head librarian, Mrs. Laverne Elsey worked hard to maintain a better equipped library for the Marion- ville students. Diana Sellars gets ready to stamp the card as Tina Ford checks out book from the library.