Okmulgee High School - Torchlight Yearbook (Okmulgee, OK)

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Using the new Teletrainer are: Myra Alexander, Gorden Wyatt, and Vigil Wisdom in speech class. 5 L. ,XA Variety oi projects are products of speech and language classes Shown practicing on their one act play Nobody Sleeps, Barbara Doxier and King Thomas. Being interviewed is Chauncey Jan Mooney, Dick Stephens, star performer of the Junior play, Glam- our Boy. Participation in Back-to-School program, Brotherhood and Christmas assemblies were included in speech and dramatics class act- ivities. They presented one-act play festivals. One play was prepared and presented for the City teachers.

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Watching anxiously as Terrell Dixon pours a vial of Sulfuric Acid into a bottle are Pat Newsom, Jerry Sills, Danita Bird, Clyde Jordan, Leo Huppert, Frank Shurden, and David Martin. Demonstrating the principles of an Atomic React- or with a wooden model is Mr. D. C. Evans former science department chairman at OHS, now with Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Science. He spoke to science clubs here this term. Carefully mounting insects are part of Mrs. Nettie Carr's second hour biology class. At the first table are Doris Wolf and Carol Mansburger. Second table are June Hodges, Mildred Hathaway, David Horn, and Fred Mount. Third table, Barbara Clair, Elizabeth Coppenger, Melvin De Graw, Jack Polson, and Ed Stone. An increase in enrollment in math courses this year shows more students are realizing their need of math in later life. In Geometry, students maintain their interests by making projects of geometric design. geometric Christmas cards and tree decorations, Easter hats, and by taking field trips to see geome- try in life. Junior High math is made inter- esting to the student by relating it to every- day life situations. The bug hunters, beaker breakers, and mad scientists all had an eventful session of classes. The many activities carried on by the science department were planned to create a scientific interest and to encourage furth- er education in the field of science. ,Q-.. fr luv P - l- idl-