McAlester High School - Dancing Rabbit Yearbook (McAlester, OK)

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he language department of our school affords us the opportunnty to learn our own lan guage so that we may speak and wnte It correctly and at the same time offers us the cultural back ground that accompanies Latin lt also provldes us wnth the opportunity to learn Spanush a lan guage many of us wlll have occasion to use ln American Lnterature classes rs created a better understandlng of our American heritage whale ID English Lrterature we are made aware of our English background and culture Literature as made to llve for us and In our dlscusslons we share Ideals and experiences which blnd us to gether an a common bond that could make us strong In a common cause And lust as these thlngs are true of our own literature we realnze that In order to understand our neighbor we must be able to understand hrs luterature a feat we can not accompllsh unless we can speak and wrlte his language Everyone at some trme feels the urge to act a part Our speech department under the durectuon of Mlss Anlta Henry affords thus opportunrty for us Plays produced contests entered and lnltlatlons Into varlous speech organizations hnghlrght the year for many of us enrolled In this department The prlmary purpose of Speech l us to teach us to listen and to thunk for ourselves and to de velop wuthrn each of us the posse necessary to meet everyday sltuatuons In our dramatlcs class we not only take part an stage presentatuons but we learn useful skllls whsle serving as student directors stage managers dlrectlng sound effects and constructlng scenery Agaun un the speech department as nn all other departments of our school we learn to fund our talents and to develop them to the best of our abrlntles We know that unused talents con trlbute to personal maladlustment Unused talents are a waste to our socnety Our speech de partment offers many opportunttxes to use our leisure time constructlvely r iq . tif I 0 . ' -.i . . . . I - I I - I I ' 1 I ' I I I - I I I I . . I

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u x A Transfer of English class experiences to real Ifc takes place at the Student Council Convention fx... sm- -wa. uw, W, w- Lflef situations .i Jf'.,x Academic work is Improved through student teacher conferences 6 l aqtx 1.-. I W f Miss Smallwood relates incidents of her travels in Mexico to her students. 28 Miss Veith believes in giving personal attention to all her Latin students.

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lthough the sixth hour funds our school nts students and nts faculty members showrng slgns of wear there IS stlll much work and actlvuty taking place The student councul offucers meet wnth Nluss Whutaker and conscnentuously study the prob lems of our school In order to provide leadershup for the dlfflcultles that arise un any normal school day Suxth hour the annual staff IS at work pncturlng and recordung school events for our yearbook The same responslbullty IS being met by the newspaper staff of the Buffa Low Down Some students are leavrng for thenr 'obs down town and wall loan many of theur fellow class mates who are part of the D E program and who left school for work at the noon hour Educatlon does not stop at three forty o clock when the bell rlngs for dlsmlssal nor does It stop when we place our textbooks an our lockers There are many untanglbles we learn In our school Intanglbles learned without the and of our teachers Character development may be furthered as we partlclpate un one of our sports events or rt may be fostered on the road to one of the out of town school splrnt and the backnng of our sports teams We sometimes learn to get along wnth each other over a game of checkers or we learn to understand each other as we work together on plans and decorations for a party We are 600 strong workung playlng and laughing together all wnth dlfferent nnterests and from varynng backgrounds but all worklng together for a common goal a better world In which to lave and better people to lrve nn It Thus goal takes knowing and under standing of the student snttlng In the seat across from you so tnme spent In soclal actlvltles when we get acquainted wlth each other IS not tlme wasted So off to the game and then to one of the many after game fellowship actzvmes after the actnvntues sleepy people gotng home with happy memories and plans for another day and so a yawn and a good nnght Now off to bed secure ID the knowledge that we have learned to lnve In this world of today But what of tomorrows responslbrlltnes a tomorrow full of unknown medical and sclentufuc wonders? Are we prepared to face these new responsub1l1tles'P We drlft unto sleep with a renewed determlnatlon to take advantage of all our todays In preparation for all our tomorrows 30 I I I - I - I . . . I . - - games where you will find many of us when the Buffs are on the road, for we are noted for our . I I . I . I . - . I .. . . . . . . ,, . . , 1 I I I . . . . I . . . 1 I I ' ' ' ' 1 v 1 Q ' I