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

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ye Q-AH FOOD tastes better after Mrs. Nettie YOUFI9, DSW COCONUT PIE is a favorite with cafeteria customers. Mrs. Freda Ethridge and Mrs. Jessye Dorst manager, adds the finishing touches to salads. two of the twenty-five ladies who work in the cafeteria, prepare for lunch lines. Special Services Create Pleasant Atmosphere PLEASANT SURROUNDINGS added to the enioy- ment of students and teachers, and much credit was due to the cafeteria workers, maintenance and cus- todial staff who prepared food, kept the campus beautiful and the mechanical operations inside the building running smoothly. Pride in maintaining the building and grounds has become traditional as Northwest has been a show- place for a constant stream of visitors since its open- ing eleven years ago. A new cafeteria manager stressed appetizing food service by adding attractive embellishments to dishes. She directed twenty-five ladies in food preparation, not only for daily lunch lines, but for the numerous dinner meetings held at Northwest, the largest school plant in this area. Although the extra dinners necessitated additional work hours for the custodial and cafeteria staffs, they CHECKING circuit breakers are Mr. Raymond Tartar, ass't. head custodian, Co er Ted Whole-heanedl in I-Ovidin courteous ' Mr. Doug Roden, tloorman, and Mr. Sam Teague, head of the 19-man custodial op a Y p Q I staff which keeps the building's mechanical operations running smoothly. friendly service for guests, students, and faculty.

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BETH WEST Social Studies F.T.A. MAURINE WILLIAMSON English Senior Sponsor, Great Books HELEN WILLINGHAM Mathematics Cygnets Honor Math MARILYN YOACHUM Science Junior Sponsor, Science Club Freshman Sponsor, SEE how simple this is. Audio-visual director Pat Grimes shows Jim Germann the finer points in operating a projector. Office Personnel Keep Pace With Demands SECRETARIES: TOP ROW: Irma Bottger, Instructional Materials, HELEN EVANS, Sec. to Principal, PAT GRIMES, Audio Visual Director, MARGARET HACKLER, Instructional Materials, DELMA HARRIS, At- tendance, IONA KING, Sec. to Ass't. Principals, MARY LATHROP, Business Dept. Sec. BOTTOM ROW: NORMA OWNBEY, Sec. to Counselors, VIOLA SCOTT, Instructional Materials, FLORENCE SCUDDER, Library Sec., JANE SMITH, Financial Sec., THELMA STEWART, Instructional Materials, DORIS TAYLOR, Instructional Materials: MAURITA YOST, Registrar.

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4 QW, iQk,5eN V CREATIVENESS emerges in sculpture class as Diana Moses, John Hardin, and Mallory Hartman ' POSTERS for all school activities are designed and make original pieces from terra cotta clay, wood, metal, and plaster. 59 Www! WHO would ever imagine ravelings of material could create such interesting effects? Former student Bob Bender interprets his unique drawings to art classes. drawn by Robert Shackleford, Chris Woodward, and Dale Page, supervised by Mrs. Jenkins. Art Forms Explored as Creativity Emerges HARMONY AND COLOR complementing the aca- demic courses in students' lives were provided by the art department. Students developed techniques along with pleasing results in the fields of painting, design, illustrating, lettering, layout work, weaving, leather tooling, wood carving, ceramics, mosaics, costume de- signing, and metal smithing. Fundamentals of art were learned in first year classes when novices explored ceramics, crafts, and painting. Advanced students enioyed creative out- lets and achieved recognition in gallery displays. A committee of art students was responsible for approving all posters displayed in the building. At Christmas time the school turned into a veritable fairyland, with offices, halls and showcases decorated by art students. Increased enrollment in commercial art required formation of an additional class this year. Originality, imagination, and interpretation were stressed by instructors in the approach to teaching all forms of art.