Redwood High School - Oak Yearbook (Visalia, CA)

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l CHARLES POLK MARGARET BARTONL LUTHER SMELTZER BETTY IZEWIS English Lfbrdfldh Y 5. English Enghsl' ISABELLE MENENDIAN English, Department Head jine .Arid Wan Faculty members of the English Department had little trouble in con- trolling student passions, since English is definitely not considered a romance language. We have news for the English Department! lt is true that in class, students registered only emotions of business-like complacency, but on our own, we boys and girls made English do. This department offered instruction in many different facets of lan- guage usage and communication through courses in iournalism, speech, and drama lclasses in make-believel, literature, creative writ- ing lnote passingl, and dull grammar. Individual interests of the department members varied from studying Shakespeare to playing football. Mr. Butts advocated that the play's the thing -oddly enough, so did Coaches Polk and Seastrom. Mr. Sweeney's line of thinking differed a bit as he said playing is the, , A thing. He illustrated his point by tickling the ivories of his pipe organ to the tunes of O, Promise Me, Calliope Music at the Circus, The Wedding March,' and Harlem Nocturne. Quite a department, this. JOHN HENRY GREG SEASTROM English English PETE SWEENEY SHELDON BUTTS English, Journalism, Yearbook English, Drama, Speech I9 ...im .Q f.

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EUNICE HEDGES latin, English HILDA ORTIZ Spanish For the maiority, French, Spanish, and Latin are the only foreign lan- guages taught at good ole RHS, but for a few, English is classed in this category, too. lt's too bad that English cannot be taught in the same manner that Spanish and French are: through the language lab where conversation is stressed in place of grammar, coniugation, punctuation, sentence structure, composition, etc. On the outskirts of the campus the Castillo de Cabrera, within a stone's throw of Mill Creek, afforded students the necessary solitude for rest and relaxation. Mr. Cabrera, however, minimized the value of the Spanish siesta and spent his afternoons trying to keep students awake. Mrs. Ortiz and Mr. Cabrera had quite a time convincing students that just because French and Spanish are considered romance lan- guages . . . ANTHONY CABRERA French, Spanish Foreign Language Department Head oreign anguagefi, H9364 , Comlaririe we WHILE CONDUCTING a session with one of her Spanish classes in the language lab, new to RHS iust last year, Mrs. Ortiz was surprised by the roving Log photographer, who didn't hesitate to interrupt anyone for a picture.

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FRED BEIER Refresher Mathematics Vocationa EUGENE HAGUE Chemistry, Physics Applied and General Science MONTY FONES Trigonometry, Geometry, Algebra HIRAM FEAREY I and General Mathematics CECIL DISBROW Algebra GENE SMITH Life Science LEWIS WALKER Biology, Science Department Head we Wafiemafica .fgrwl Science refienf many .fdncl varied -.1 v -A f'- - ,gf ,,,. J. .. H31 -V r , .rw -'-. V.. , I WHILE DEMONSTRATING an involved trig problem to his first period class, through the aid of his innumerable handy dandy diagrams, Mr. Fones registers shock and surprise as he catches his middle finger in the slipstick of his demonstration slide rule.