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

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Travel, Institutes Improve Teaching BARBARA BRANSON JANIE CREEKMORE SANDRA GLOMSET JANET HARPER ELIZABETH KENDALI French Latin Spanish Spanish German National Honor Society French Freshman Class German Club Courtesy Club. JCL Tri Hi-Y National Honor Society YTK LEONARD MARCOTTE French Sophomore Class Boys ' O Club MARY SKOUGE Spanish Great Books. YTK HENRIETTA VON TUNGELN Department Head Spanish National Honor Society Honor Language, head sponsor RUTH WARRAM Latin English National Honor Society Sophomore Class fr - • . t.: M MW I B E Pl . 30 Displaying their large assortment of souvenirs. Miss Margie Smith, physicil education teacher, ancJ Mrs. Elizabeth Kendall. German instructor, compare notes on their summer trips to Europe. Mrs. Kendall attended the Stanford Institute, sponsored by NDEA. at Bad Boll, Germany, where she learned new technicjues in teaching German

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GWENDOLYN ( I.OVIE HARRISON SANDRA HERNDON REX IRWIN RAE MILLE HANGER Mathematics Mathematics, Biolnt;y Mathematics Mathematics Mathematics Cygnets Ciiurt Jesters Boys ' O Club Courtesv Club Senior Class New Mathematics Approach Challenges Mathematics teachers are constantly striving to keq? abreast of new procedures in the teachins; of mathematics. NWC teachers have recently completed detailed courses of study for each level, culminating a research program comprised of repre- sentatives of business and industry as well as of the teaching profession. Mathematics students have wide choice of jourses, ranging from algebra, the newly installed SMSG (School Mathematics Study Group) geometry, trigonometry, and ma- trix algebra, to an advanced study of probability and statistical inference. In advanced classes concerned with the higher forms of mathematics, the basic relation of math to other sciences and branches of knowledge is stressed and developed. These courses provide training in reasoning and m perception of spatial and numerical relationships. In general and basic mathematics classes, students learn fundamental processes and skills which are essential to all people in modern society. Several teachers hold offices in professional groups. Mrs. Davidson is president of the Oklahoma City Pilot Club, composed of professional women leaders, and is a member of the board of directors of the state mathematics division of OEA. She and Mrs. Chesher are members of the advisory com- mittee for new state adopted texts. The mathematics faculty boasts 100% membership in the Oklahoma City, State and National Councils of Teachers of Mathematics. ' This will teach you to keep your shirttail tucked in, Mrs. Ecton admcinishes her sixth hour student, John Siegcl. 29

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AFS ' er Finds Language No Barrier Language, which was once as much of a barrier between peoples as distance, is now rapidly becoming less a problem. Students find language a challenge in today ' s modern age, since communication means the difference between friendly or hostile relations between peoples of the world. The increase of world travel and use of various languages in movies and modern novels has facilitated gre.itly the ease with which stu- dents can master the languages. Students are offered a varied language program vvliich includes Latin, Spanish, French, and German. Not only are grammar and pronunciation studied, but also the literature, culture, and origin of the language. At least two years of foreign language is required for admission to many colleges; some require as much as five years. NWC offers four years in all languages. Every summer, language teachers avail themselves of scholar- ships to improve teaching techniques. The past summer Mrs. Kendall attended the Stanford Summer Institute at Bad Boll, Germany, and Mrs. Skouge traveled to Guadalajara, Mexico, for an eight week second level language institute, sponsored by NDEA (National Defense Education Act). Miss Von Tungeln also traveled in Mexico, where she visited Mrs. Skouge in the middle of July. Mrs. Creekmore and Mrs. Warram accompanied the Oklahoma delegation, including eight NWC students, to the Junior Classical League National convention at Lawrence, Kansas, August 11. A combination Latin and English class was formed this year under the direction of Mrs. Warram. Grammar and literature were coordinated in the two-hour course. Pegpy Palo, sophomore. drt.inis of piriata goodies, as Miss Hcnnttta Von Tuneeln. head of the lanuua.ce department, looks on. AFS Exciiange Student, senior Terrye Newkirk. displays gifts that she is packmg to take to Chencs, France, to her French family. Terrye spent two months last summer in the village near Lake Geneva, as a representative of NWC in the exchange program. She was well prepared linguistic. illy. Iiaving studied three languages at NWC. 31