Norman High School - Trail Yearbook (Norman, OK)

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MRS. NELLIE CHILDS is dictating notes to her .speech class. The various activities in which the speech students participate are debates, orations, pantomimes, one-act plays, and impersonations. This course teaches the pupils correct public-speak- ing. THE SECOND-HOUR GEOMETRY CLASS, in- structed by Miss Bernice Venable, are working in their notebooks that supplement their geometry text, in an atmosphere thick with angles, triangles, and trapezoids, circles, squares, and rectangles. Miss Venable teaches two hours of geometry each day. STUDY HALL in the library is under the supervision of Mr. Arlo “Skivey Davis. Around the walls of this room are the covers of new books which the library possesses. Mrs. Radical Keeley, the librarian, assists Mr. Davis in controlling the obstreperous students. The library provides handy reference for pupils in se- curing information for reports. There are magazines and newspapers available for spare-time reading. Brains simmer and homework takes shape in this room heavy with the atmosphere of studying and sup- pressed talking and giggling. [u]

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IN MRS. DOLLY CONNALLY’S SECOND-HOUR mixed chorus class the students are taught har- mony. rhythm, and theory. They are rehearsing for the all-school spring music festival to be held May 15. The choral division of this festival will be under Mrs. Connally’s supervision. THE HIGH SCHOOL ARITHMETIC CLASS of Miss Jean Sugden is studying areas and volumes. This course covers the practical applications of arithmetic and provides a comprehensive review of general mathematics. As the attitude of the stu- dents in this picture shows, this course requires much concentration. THE STUDENTS IN WORLD HISTORY class, ably instructed by Mrs. Claude Campbell, are studying the Senior Scholastic, a weekly magazine which keeps abreast of the current events of the day. This is a supplement to their daily lessons. CONVERSATION IN THE SPANISH language is practiced by Mrs. V. E. Brown’s second year Span- ish students. They enjoy speaking Spanish, and often do so outside of class. Besides learning just the language, the students also study the laws and customs of the Spanish people. [10J

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THE PHYSICS STUDENTS in Mr. Ford Michael’s fourth hour class are engaged In one of their many experiments. The physics room is equipped for experimenting in electricity, gas pressure, heat, mechanics, light, sound, and work. THE CHEMISTRY CLASS, under the supervision of Mr. Gordon Shelton, is preparing nitrous oxide to study its physical and chemical properties. The students are learning to analyze unknown substances by testing with various reagents.