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

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TODAY'S DEMAND FOR STRONG BODIES to house alert minds makes physical education serious business and earnest study. Some 800 boys partici- pate in sports through intramurals and team sports. Winnings are important to any athletic compe- tition, but more important to Northwest Classen Knights is, How we play the game. Our teams rank high in sportsmanship. All girls are encouraged to participate in phy- sical activities and exercise. Femme team sports include basketball, badminton, table-tennis, volley- ball, ping pong and swimming. This season found several girls interested in track. Golf is also avail- able. Bowling is offered as an intramural only. Boys' and Girls' O Clubs are available for those who letter in sports. Competitive sports include football, basketball, wrestling, track, baseball, tennis and golf. Mrs. Barbara Dennis teaches swimming. She presides over individual sports and four P.E. sections also. Miss Nona Cowan breaks her P.E. schedule with a class in Hygiene and sponsors Team Sports. Remember- OUR TEACHERS! Mr. Paul Crowe, director of Safety Education coaches Tennis. Mr. Rex Irwin, athletic director, coaches Football and Track. Mr. Don Van Pool assists in coaching Basketball. Mr. Leonard Marcotte coaches wrestling. Mr. Clay Davis coaches base- ball. Mr. Jack Roblyer coaches basketball. Mr. Jack Ander- son assists with spring football coaching and teaches swim- ming. Mr. Carroll Smelser is a full time Physical Education instructor and coaches Golf. -1 9...

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gf ,gs THE HEARTH IS THE HEART of today's society. Northwest Classen enjoys one of the finest homemaking departments in any high school in the land, An entire five-room dwelling is incorporated in the build- ing. Here girls may have practical experience in home management. Homemaking is more than learning the cook-sew-dust routine. Fin- ished homemakers emerge with well rounded personalities, intelligent interests and an appreciation of their individual civic responsibilities. Mrs. Edna Hedges supervises Foods and teaches Child Guidance. Mrs. Ramah Miller teaches Clothing and Home Nursing. of Those We Shall Always As lNFlNlTE RICHES IN A LITTLE SPACE. No truer words were ever said of books. Life to have depth and purpose, must have an ideal to cherish, some great personality to imitate. Many a man's destiny has been shaped by the ideas and ideals found between the words were ever said of books. An invitation to reading is enhanced by the attractiveness of our library. Wide tables, comfortable chairs, perfect lighting, and the open shelves where a student may browse for a selec- tion, make an hour spent in the library a tonic for dis- pelling a days rough spots. Miss Eunice Cockrum and Mrs. Alma Doughty are eternally viligant for ways in which the library may contribute its maximum value to every user. PLEASE, PASS THE PIE. Feeding 2,000 hollow legged teen-agers is the daily stint of Miss Pauline Butler and her 2l helpers. Miss Butler, a graduate of the OU School of Home Economics holds an internship in dietetics. Before coming to NWC she taught Institutional Management and Research at Pratt lnstitute, and was foods director at Anna Maude's cafeteria in Oklahoma City. -13- THERE'S NEVER A DULL MOMENT for these four busy souls, They keep track of fees, funds and follies, Mrs. Doris Taylor, financial secretary, presides in the counting room, counting out the money of 2,000 student's class fees and dues, and some 40 clubs and projects, Mrs. Billye Jo Pearce, registrar, files and finds grades, Mrs. Delma Harris, recorder, checks absentees, Mrs. Reba James, secretary to Mr. Estes, keeps track of cuts

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