Natrona County High School - Mustang Yearbook (Casper, WY)

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New Ways of Learning Foreign Language Department l From left to right: Ann Blower, Ruby Mc- Bride-Chairman of the Department, Margaret Shidler, and William Wells as they enter a brightly revamped building. , William Wells listens critically as the tape recorder re- produces a conversat on in Spanish. 26 'lla' v ac ,div 5 iv . i 1 Aural-Oral training is new in the language Department. Learning by hearing, then speaking, instead of burying pupils in books, has been instituted in some of the conversational Spanish and French classes. We shall never forget the difficulty our leaders and movie actors and farmers had in conversing with Russia's Strong Man. Language barriers presented with our many foreign visitors in 1959 only emphasize the need for a more workable use of many tongues as the people of the world try to move closer and closer together in peace. ln- structors in NCHS are fully aware of this world need. Staff members offer Spanish and French for two years and Latin for four. Two levels of ability have been taken into con- sideration in setting up these classes. Learning languages in new and lively-colored rooms, the pupils take a deeper interest in vital and usable living lan- guages.

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MISS RUBY McBRlDE Born in OTTumwa, Iowa, Ruby McBride aTTended grade school and high school There. She conTinued her educaTion aT The UniversiTy of Iowa, receiving a BA. degree and a major in LaTin. Her MasTer's degree in LaTin was achieved from The UniversiTy of California. Miss McBride, who has always given an aTmosphere of enThusiasm and inTeresT To her classes, has TaughT LaTin in NaTrona CounTy High School since 1925. Friendship and Wisdom Will Be Missing From NCHS MISS ETHEL LINDSEY Born on a caTTle ranch in The Black Hills of SouTh DakoTa, and having received her elemenTary edu- cafion There, Miss EThel Lindsey conTinued her edu- caTion aT Nebraska UniversiTy. She received her Bachelor's degree aT Lincoln and wenT To Wy- oming for her MasTer's degree. Miss Lindsey has really seen The counTry, aTTer working Toward her docToraTe aT NorTh California STaTe College, Chicago UniversiTy, and Harvard. Sharing her many experiences of Travel in Europe, clerking in YellowsTone, and Teaching in several sTaTes, Miss Lindsey has given her sTudenTs much more Than English Training in her sixTeen years aT NaTrona CounTy High School.

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What a machine! Smiles of Carroll Dierks, Elsie Michalke, and Michael McTygue 'fell The whole sfory. li' . -..-.ww .' ' Making World ...M of Business Efficient Q me T 2 Business men Today demand speed and ac- curacy. Our deparfmenf of eight members, oc- cupying an enfire floor of one vving of The build ing, has The know-how and The modern equip menT To fiT boys and girls To enTer The efficienT offices of modern business. Wide selecfion of courses is provided for - commercial mafh, Typing, shorfhand, business correspondence, business machines, and book- keeping. Prepared for business will be secre- Taries, sTenographers, accounTanTs, TypisTs, and machine operaTors. Graduafes in These skills walk inTo good pay- ing iobs in The offices and commercial esfablish- menfs of The Oil CapiTal of The Rockies. ng., Lefi To right: Ardon Wolf- gang, Bruce Anderson, Ruih 5ClW-imbef, and William Stephenson. .09-f S.. Pauline Fusselman, Ruth Jean Williams, and Yvonne Rippon.