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

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it Hospitality Traditional by NW Service Staffs BECAUSE NWC has been a showplace for visitors since its opening ten years ago, special emphasis has been placed on keeping the build- ing and campus in tip-top shape, ready for official inspection at all times. The Knights' hospitality has been commended by numerous guests. Pride in maintaining a beautiful building and grounds soon became a tradition as Knights have continually enhanced the school by adding attractive accessories. Each graduat- ing class has contributed to this progress. The problem of heating and maintenance has increased with the opening of the new addi- tion. Crews must workaround the clock to keep Knightland clean and warm. Increased enrollment has put added burdens on the cafeteria staff as seven lunch periods, in staggered order, keep the cafeteria lines long. Special meetings and dinners are held at Northwest frequently since it is the largest school plant in this area. Although this neces- sitates extra work hours for the custodial and cafeteria staffs, they cooperate whole-heartedly in providing service for guests. TOPS on the list of students' favorite foods are hot rolls and cinammon rolls. Mrs. Jessie Dorst and Mrs. Margie Mayfield pre- pare for lunch lines. HUNGRY students swarm into the cafeteria at lunchtime where they are served by 24 cafeteria workers, directed by Mrs. lva Bentley, manager. CHECKING and maintaining equipment is iust one of the many responsibilities of the custodial staff. Five of the I9-man crew are Wayne O'Donley, Doug Roden, floormeng Glen Johnson, engineerp Raymond Tarter, asst. head custodian and Sam Teague, head of the staff. 29

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MARY WEDDING -Mathematics Honor Math, National BETH WEST -Social Studies F.T.A. MAURINE WILLIAMSON -English Literature Club, Senior Sponsor HELEN WILLINGHAM -Mathematics Cygnets, Freshman Sponsor Honor Society -x 1 l, ON HIS WAY to the opening concert of the Okla- homa City Symphony is band director Art Johnson, who has served as personnel director for the sym- phony for 25 years. He is also principal bass clar- inetist and percussionist in the symphonyi Teachers Have Community, Cultural lnferesfs Nu l JUANITA BARTLETT MARGARET HACKLER Instructional Materials Instructional Materials Sec. Seq, ABBIE PHILLIPS JANET PHILLIPS Registrar Sec. to Principal DELMA HARRIS Attendance Sec. VIOLA SCOTT Instructional Materials Sec. IONA KING Instructional Materials Sec, FLORENCE SCUDDER Instructional Materials Sec. MARY LATHROP Instructional Materials JANE SMITH Instructional Materials Sec. MAURITA YOST Sec, to Ass't. Principals NORMA OWENBY Instructional Materials Sec. DORIS K. TAYLOR Financial Sec.

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Vv,r I , , , , , FINDING new interest in her reading assignment is junior Vivian Vahlberg, member of Mrs. Lanier's new experimental English class. Students used machines devised to in- crease reading rate and comprehension. THERE MUST be inspiration here somewhere. Having exhausted conventional subiect matter, Jo Brown, Connie Hill, Greg Lowry, and Mike Mahan, members of Miss Martha Truax's Creative Writing class, search for unique topics to fulfill assignments. 30 l x, TEAM classes were effective because specialties of teachers could be utilized to better advantage. Mrs. Williamson and Mr. I Ohmart instructed a freshman English team class. Concentrated Efforts Stress National Trend THAT NOTHING should supersede the teaching of the language arts was the basic intent of the faculty of this vital department. A balanced pro- gram emphasized grammar and rhetoric on the one hand and literary highlights on the other. Following the prescribed freshman, sophomore and iunior courses, seniors were permitted the choice of reviewing technical English, surveying the world's literature in Great Books, or explor- ing Creative Writing. Alert to the national trend of stressing com- munication skills, teachers participated in work- shops concerning remedial reading, structural linguistics and team teaching. After careful evaluation, students were chan- neled into basic, average, or honors English classes. Leaders in professional organizations were Mr. Don Gardner, vice president of Oklahoma City Council of Teachers of English, Miss Martha Truax, board of director for the third year of the State English Council, and Miss Doris Taylor, who I served as consultant for workshops at Central r State College and Phillips University. Miss Taylor and Mrs. Vivian Lanier authored articles which appeared in professional publications. I l