Rickards High School - Anumpa Yearbook (Tallahassee, FL)

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How To Produce Plays Their Aim Drama Club was originated to increase interest in drama and dramatic production, The club has been very active this year. The members attended various plays, which helped them to better understand the production ot plays, They held meetings every other week and their programs included a study ot make-up tor ditterent characters. Members gave speeches and acted out one act plays. The club pre- sented awards to the outstanding actors from the junior class play. Sponsor ot the club was Mrs Carolyn Fixel. i 1 l l t l i l Mrs. Carolyn Pixel, sponsor of the club, signals an A-OK at the end of an excellent performance while Mr. Montgomery, intern, agrees. Deeky Murphy recites o monologue by an exciting new playwrite while Charles Kight prompts. fc T0 ff' Members of the Drama Club, Left to right, Bottom row: Penny Key, Sheila Lucas, Fay Harper. Second row: Cathy Cooksey, Cynthia Dunn, Debbie Moore, Pam Cash. Third row: Vickie Walworth, Robin Kinsey, Barbara Grimes, Abigail McGhee, Kay Harper, Debra Ketchum, Barbara Gcitlin. Fourth row: Linda Williams, Cheryl Cale, Sharon Stout, Thomas Letchworth, Deeky Murphy, Mike Brantly, James Wiggins. Officer of the club are: Barbara Grimes, president, Penny Key, secretary, Deeky Murphy, vice-president, and Mike Brantly, treasurer. 61.1 H .S i

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English Siudenfs WriTe,Produce Own Plays 4-Q ' I V542 . 7 Ga f't 2 ' ' ' .' W' - . V - if f i . Q , . -- 5, T 'i . Q, ,g , Teachers shown from V IM g M leTT To right- Mrs. V - V ' ,I Carolyn Fixel, Mrs. 'I ,A Anne Gandy, Mrs. ' A . ., ' W 5 f Rita Jackson, Mrs. ' Maryzell Roberts, fl- ' .gf i Mrs. Mary Ellen 'NN'j, Y H Saunders, Mrs Befty - ... Sprague, Mrs Bar- Vgljgk 4, barcu Sfallcup, Mrs. l Y, Marie Taylor. Coffee, Tests, and graded papers, Boy! Teaching can be so fun after The work is done, as shown by Mrs. Howard, who is almost finished, and Mr. RockLi1Tle, who is still sweafing. 82 English is more Than diagramming senTences and The plain old grammar OT grandmoTher's era. Today English invelops many diversiTied Tie-lds. Speech, iournalism, humaniTies, and creaTive vvriTing all Tall under The Wide scope OT English. English isn'T all book Work eiTher. STudenTs may Take parT in many acTiviTies such as vvriTing and producing Their own plays, debaTing, mock Trials and courTroom procedure. English is a vasTly changing Tie-ld keeping up wiTh The rapidly developing world. Work! Work! Work! ThaT's all I ever do, but I enioy if! says Mrs. Gandy.

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Around The World Through Language Miss Gloria Manning Mrs. Helen Oakley , ,-5 if is nfl' will Mrs. Raker the Latin teacher at Rickards, and also sponsor of the Latin Club, points out a few important facts to attentive class. Cheryl Cole, Sharon Stout, Irma Shingles, and Alberta Jones look closely at the poster which portrays the real life of Ole France 84 Our language department is composed of three languages, French, Spanish, and Latin. The aim ot the courses is to broaden knowledge and interests, help prepare tor future study, and tor the students individual interests, The courses give background in vocabulary and language structure, which is very helptul to students on the SAT test. Miss Gloria Manning, Spanish teacher, and Mrs. Helen Oakley, French teacher, used the audiolingual method of teaching this past year. Their teaching materials consisted ot slides, recordings, and books. Mrs. Frances Ralcer, Latin teacher and head ot the language department, used the traditional method ot teaching in her course. The language department began the year vvith an inadequate supply ot materials, but have come a long vvay since then. They novv have good tacilities and the courses are an excellent opportunity tor higher learning. Marilyn Munn watches as Paul Byrd replaces the picture which has be- come the trademark ofthe Latin room, P RANGE h