Okmulgee High School - Torchlight Yearbook (Okmulgee, OK)

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Y 1 , As a result of dramatics classwork, Carole Bissett and Joyce Slape help present Upward and On- ward in the One-act Play festival. Striving forth to meet the challenge of democ- racy, speech classes learn the power of parlia- mentary procedure and debate. The challernfge of the dramatics classes was the study of the stage and its language, and presenting one-act plays which developed into the annual One-act play festival. Debating in speech class are Carl Joe Adams, Larry Crawford, Trula Godwin, and Lendell Day. :Y L l N One Star Differeth is the brotherhood assembly presented by speech and choral club students at OHS v' :9 A f 1 ' ,, ,t .15- A yy, 'Y K by Ig' iff iq

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Spanish students learn the geographical location of Spanish speaking people and their customs and traditions. In their second year each student does research in the oplitical, social, economical or spiritual life of a Latin American country. Classroom practice of correct sentence structure and interpretation is widely stressed. Spanish students Gary Shults and Delores Murphy are looking over articles from Mexico. Language arts give opportunity to explore Latin, Spanish, English In Roman dress at the JCL banquet, are Latin class students Carolyn Orr, Mrs. Hazel Hayley in- structor, Margaret Cooper, Lois Moore, Louise Stowe, Kathy Bennett. and Dan Jones. Taking two years of Latin, the students learn its vocabulary and grammar, as well as ancient Ro- man influence on the world today. In the second year of study, tales of mythology and history, selections from Caesar's Commentaries, and stories from Vergil are read. V' 9 'Kimi' Q.- args.:-:ffscwu N ,Q ,---effvfrxrcsnt i u , 1' 4 fl .V U ' is 152.1 ! t 5 j ,sm I' is X 5 i 1 3 r M 1. , 9 M ff 1 C te, ,,f,,,g.fQ1jitT ting I Z7 , at H a g ,asa WM ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,:'n,-- M A W ,W25 Q t,,,, ,., r-M milf it l g .tfv A 1: V W' ..,.., I .,,.,. as A ,,,,,,,,,,,, l ,,,f it ff ,a 4 -.14-.

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I 143' vb-f N., A 'A' , Additional modern concepts have been included in the Senior High math classes. These include the set theory, analytical geometry, inequalities and many others. College freshmen topics in math have been covered this year in the trig and solid geometry classes. The purpose of this was to make the transition from high school to college easier. In Junior High the Math Department has empha- sized fundamental concepts and their meaning. New procedures have been introduced. Explaining how the gfieger counter detects radio- activity during a lecture given the third hour trig class, Professor John West of OSU shows Jim Bing- man, Janet Hill, and Don Jones what the instru- ment looks like. Mathematics classes provide challenges for its subjects Finalists proudly displayed their entries in the geometric Easter Hat contest conducted by Mr. John Towry in his geometry classes are Tedisue Brame: second row I-Iermionne Goldstein, Virginia J., .'..' 1' , Brown, Tom Payne, Clara Jane Rentfro, Pat West: third row Carl Newberry, Douglas Kruse, Austin Tommie, and Gwynn Flemming. -1.17 sq! ' 1