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

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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.

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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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Thecumculumofthese nine classes included such variations as making illustrated poetry notebooks, pre- senting cuttings from plays, writing creatively, studying grammar, prep- aring for ACT tests, and reading Shakespearean plays. Speech, which was offered as an elective, was returned to the curri- culum after an absence of two years. Stressing drama the first semester, the fourth and fifth hour classes pre- sented Sauce for the Goslings, Why Teachers Go Nuts, Teach- er's Pet, and Whodoneit? Second semester was filled with various speech contests and a trip to CSU to see a drama production. Eleven adventuresome students met the challenge of Spanish I be- cause it sounded like fun to be able to talk in a language other than Eng- lish . With emphasis on communica- tion, the class, taught by Mrs. Jean McBride, received new books at the first of the year and zoomed through them, learning the language by repe- tition. No memorization also was enforced by Mrs. McBride. Many book reports and speeches have been delivered from behind the old podium in the English room. Mrs. Retha Curtis is in a familiar position dur- ing English III. Teacher's Pet gets a good, thorough study by fifth-hour Speech class members. LANGUAGE DEPT . 17