Northwest Classen High School - Round Table Yearbook (Oklahoma City, OK)

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PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT. Chattering typewriters chisel- ing words and the whirr of business machines hold fascina- tion for a large segment of NWC students. Exacting skills and precision help learners to become earners and stand efficient students in good stead of aid toward realizing col- lege educations or careers. Mr. Clark Cunningham, '56-'57 department head teaches Bookkeeping and Commercial Law. Miss Mildred Holland specializes in Shorthand. Mr. Alvin Bryan, whose Special Assignments, such as Safety Patrolling, consume the major portion of his time and effort, conducts a class in Junior Business Training and teaches Typing. Mrs. Evelyn Findly sticks strictly to Typing 2. Mrs. Maxine Tyler varies her offerings with Typing, Shorthand, Penmanship and Spelling. Mrs. Ivy Copeland directs Commercial Occupations and on-the-job training. She teaches Office Practices and Machine Bookkeeping, Mr. Gene Loftis teaches Business English, Shorthand and Typing 4. of TornorroW's Leaders. And Be IT IS THEIR CARE THAT THE WHEELS RUN TRULY. Be- coming an artisan requires a knack not possessed by every- one. A sense of proportion, balance, design and imagination are evident in every pleasing piece of handicraft. Artcrafts, tooled and hand-turned and woodworking are a real op- portunity for self-expression for students who have ability in manual dexterity. Mr. Leonard Marcotte's workers take pride in creating beautiful pieces of metal and leather work. Mr. Maurice Ghormley's students fashion all manner of woodwork items. The boys may not be able to build a house but they can build bloomin' near everything that a house houses. I ..16..

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swf: MUSIC IS A TERRIFIC FORCE among NWC students, Both instrumental and vocal departments are filled with determined souls who are not intimidated by zero hour requirements. Their efforts are sincerely enjoyed by their less musical classmates. THE CLASSICS, annual student production, re- flects the high standards of interpretation gained under the exacting tutelage of choral director Mr. Frank Vitale and the baton precision of maestro Arthur Johnson. Numerous city-wide, county, state, regional and national competitions find NWC Knights emerging with top ratings. May We Reflect Steadfastness Needed ART IS A VARIOUS offering and appeals to a variety of students-some serious, some hoping for an easy grade. All find it meaningful and many who enter indifferently discover fascinating activities through which they find them- selves. Free hand sketching, fashions, commercial art, oil, ceramics, metal enameling, illustrating and weaving are offered. Miss Mary Lomb Lewis and Mrs. Winnie Murray direct the activities of the department and sponsor the or- ganizations which supplement regular courses. 5 Q 1' I. 1: vw I l 1 ni PRECISION, PERSPECTIVE, PERSISTENCE are principles consistent with mechanical drawing, Taught by Mr. Alonzo Norwood, students planning careers in industrial engineering find the training in graphic designing indispensable. Whether planning to build a bridge or a bird house, it's important to know how to read blue prints. For students interested in commercial advertising there is much profit in the art of understanding blue prints and engineering instructions. in R we .Af 7 ..1 5..

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AS THE TWIG IS BENT, is the basic theory of learning to KNOW HOW based on know why underlies the training in drive under direction of Mr. Paul Crowe, safety engineer, who Auto Mechanics, taught by Mr. Charles Hale. Care of shop instills NWC drivers with driver responsibility. and shop equipment are an important part of the training. Worthy of the Sacrifices and Devotion THERE'S NEVER A DULL MOMENT for Mrs. Nola Moore, R.N. and her staff of Nurse Aides. A routine day in the clinic accepts IO to i5 bed patients or dis- misses them to go home. Imaginary illness leads some 50 to 75 in for an aspirin or a dab of mercurochrome. Lost and found items are stashed there. Then there's the annual rounds of flu shots for faculty members, basketball players and wres- tlers, The TB mobile unit ran l2OO chest x-rays through, dental inspection for the entire ninth grade, and 734 polio shots were administered. lf there's nothing else it's ID pic- tures, or locker inspections, In an emer- gency the clinic could convert school fa- cilities ltables 84 cl into a functional first aid ward that could care for the enitre school population of Northwest Classen. Mrs. Moore with her staff of aides, Carol Black, Marian Matthews, Jan McCulla, and Karen Moran, pause to find out what's going on by reading THE SHlELD. 'Um -1 7-