Okmulgee High School - Torchlight Yearbook (Okmulgee, OK)

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li WK' Spanish students Mandena Bingman, Wayne John- son, Janis Blanchard find enjoyment from read- ing a magazine from Spain. Latin students studied language arts, cus- toms, beliefs and government of ancient Greeks and Romans. New books and use of tape recorder helped to improve students' use of Spanish. Films and colored slides of Velma llnllaway and Pat Vincent listen intently to Jimmy McGrew as he tells them about his hobby of raising pigeons, in eighth grade English class discussion time. sffil 'flf O ,. gr, 'af 1 xi FE i W, 1 E' l 3 . Ceremonial procedures for JCL are colorful and inspiring. Kathy Bennett, Mike Crooch, Marilyn Moyer, take active lead in them. Latin America and Spain, lectures on cur- rent Latin American topics showed customs. government and way of life of today and yesterday. Interviews are a must for journalist Linda Collard. Here she talks with OSU student teachers, Mr. Charles Willig, Mr. John Orendorff in preparation for a Tr-rchlight news story. 13- 4 :yy ..., , I 'la' .....m5a s.z4l V1 g kwa-,Ani -.-

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X X-L-1 Projects depicting English life in the 16th century were made by all English Literature students. Jean Peters, Barbara Clair, Delores Dillsaver look at the various projects of other students. ,Ar Student assemblies for all special holidays were given by speech and dramatics classes. Mervin Bennett reads Bible scripture for the Easter assem- bly. Language arts engages in varied educational activities during the year Language arls is a subject required every year. From seventh grade to twelfth, stu- dents study grammar and literature each year on an elevating scale. Big effort of the department is the Intramural contest in oral and written form by senior high students. American Literature students Thomas Boyd, Fred Johnston. Ruth Ann Shurden, Gwendolyn Finn, Kay Hext, Margaret Cooper come to Miss Pearl Middlebrook. teacher, for advice on a lesson assig- nment in the library. Dramatics, humorous, poetry readings, ori- ginal and standard orations are divisions for the oral portion. t'Brotherhood was topic of the written part. All senior high classes wrote one thousand word essays on Hiring the Handicapped in our Town. Distribution of the bi-weekly Torchlight is routine work for office assistant Margaret Smith and photographer C. R. Williams. -im mi , wla 'E H

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Bright futures await industrious math and science students ,Qs W J - . Surrounded by ornaments and mobile units made by plane geometry students are Phylis Gordon, Sidney Zschach, Jeanne Visser and Shirley Wim- pcy. Finalists modeling their Easter bonnets in the annual geometry hat contest are Judy Bird, Wren LaCroix Sue Tozer, Dorothy Orr seatedg Larry Kay, Wayne Johnson, Marsha Howard, Ellis Moren, Sylviag Hopton. Jim Conkin sgndlg D an V.. Solving a trigonometry problem are senior math- ematicians Priscilla Wright, Pete Adamson, Bob Perry, and Dolores Dillsaver in Mr. John W. Tow- ry's class. Mathematics classes had new books this year which more aptly present the newer concepts and requirements for mathematic- ians in engineering and scientific fields. In addition to seventh and eighth grade arith- metic, students may complete four years of mathematicsg beginning algebra, geometry, intermediate algebra, trigonometry and solid geometry. More advanced work is done by assigning outside reports and projects. A good basic foundation for further work is obtained in these courses. F 4 1 . 3 'Q -14..