Newcastle High School - Blue Racer Yearbook (Newcastle, OK)

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Far Left: Removing a hubcap proves a di- lemma to Lisa Miller and Diana Housh. Left: Determining the correct position of the jack presents another big challenge to the girls. with harmonious song, but some- times with an uproar of chatter. Some of the kids on the top bleacher even tried to escape, with- out being seen, by means of the windows; and the music sheets were frequently transformed into a vari- ety of paper playthings. In spite of all this chaos, the performances turned out amazingly successful. The first money-raising project for music was launched two weeks before Thanksgiving. The money was used to buy new equipment for the department. Although Mrs. Carol Cornett, director, stayed hoarse half of the year from having to yell so much, chances were that Newcastle's mixed chorus would bring home high ratings and trophies after the an- nual spring contests. Students faced the possibility of having to arrange car pools when news of the fuel shortage hit the nation. Some students feared they might even have to drop music if the problem became too serious. Music Driver’s Ed: 8:00 Class, Programs, Permits and Licenses, Floating Carpet MUSIC-DRIVER'S ED. DEPTS. 15

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Audiences attending Newcastle Music Programs learned to come an hour early in order to get a good seat. Learning how to operate a car is one of the most important steps in the life of a student. During the last three years of high school, the rivilege is especially important ecause of the extra-curricular ac- tivities . The fourth and fifth hour driver's ed classes consisted of nineteen students. The students were divid- ed into smaller groups and drove four days a week. Other days were spent discussing information from the driver's manual. Summer classes of driver's ed included much of the same kind of work, but it didn't really seem like a class as much as it seemed like fun. The majority of students felt that driver's edwould benefit them; some took it only to get cheaper insurance rates. Most students were pleased with the new driver's e d car, a Chevy Impala, but most complained about the floating carpet and its being slightly dirty. The students learned a variety of things from finding the ignition to picking pears from the side of the road. All in all, learning the rules of the road in the classroom and prac- ticing them while driving was time well spent when Mr. Pigg, an of- ficer from the Oklahoma City Police Department, came to give the stu- dents their tests. All passed but one. Because of the driver's train- ing these students received, many of them were permitted to enroll in music and drive to school. This was possibly one reason for the tremendous increase of enrollment in music. One-hundred and forty-two stu- dents rol led out of bed an extra hour earlier each day just to be in the high school chorus. When the chorus performed a smoothly polished and rehearsed song, very few in theaudiencecould really appreciate the co-ordination and balance they had just heard. Chorus members really raised the roof every morning, usually 14 MUSIC—DRIVER'S ED. DEPTS.

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People naturally have the desire to communicate with one another. Providing students with the neces- sary training to do so effectively is the goal of the Language Depart - Language: Shakespeare, Adjectives, Drama, and No Memorizing” ment. Students sometimes fuss about taking four years of English, little realizing how important this knowl- edge will be in future years. Three different teachers resulted in a va- riety of nine different English clas- ses for the Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors. Giving book reports was the only common activity in these classes. Barry Askins1 atten- tion is diverted by the camera from the qroup reading of play parts in Speech. 16 LANGUAGE DEPT.