Rolla High School - Growler Yearbook (Rolla, MO)

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 An opportunity to influence the thinking, ideals, values and understanding of the next generation of leaders.” Thelma Cave — Reading, Writing, Study Habits, Group Discussion In the 1950’s my most overwhelming experience occurred one Homecoming with the freshman class. I still meet par- ents of freshmen who spent the day Sat. chasing scraps of paper all over the neighborhood. Velma Jensen — Grammar, Consumer Living, Speech One of greatest pleasures is having a former student recall things he has learned in class.” Anita Goben — Science Fiction, Writing, Gram- mar, and Usage, Mythology People in education are finally making a real effort to deal with the student as a whole person, to provide experience more pertinent to his life beyond formal schooling. 24 • Communications Wayne Jackson — Grammar, Consumer Living, Speech After nine weeks of pounding the eight parts of speech into my Elemen- tary Grammar classes and having felt that I had been doing a fairly good job of getting the message through to them, I was particularly busy one day when a fellow teacher came into the room to ask me a question. While this teacher was waiting patiently amid the confusion, a voice from out of the noise yelled at him, ‘Hey, Mr. , do you got good grammar?' Joy Von Nostrand — Grammar and Usage, Poetry, Short Story and Novel and Jour. Teaching Means . . . Helping peo- ple help themselves through their own efforts, taking time to listen, learning from previous experiences and becoming involved. Art Smith — Speech, Radio and TV, Debate It means a personal committment to being involved with helping kids discover themselves and life.

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1. Pam Cress gets into the blend of things as she prepares for a demonstration speech. 2. Martha Malone uses Rich Lewis as a model during speech with Mr. Art Smith. 3. Steve Olds and Bill Rolufs set up a camera for radio and TV. 4. Undo Mar- shall practices her German with the help of a taped program. 5. Jean Collette and Phil Eudaly get down to business during fourth hour journal- ism. 6. Foxy Ailor gives Beau Rothe the evil eye in fourth hour journalism. Languages-Communications • 23

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Lola Howe — Reading I have always regarded teaching as an opportunity to work with students and to help them grow in knowledge. “The bells rang and I ushered my first hour class to the south hall and prepared for the tornado drill. I even sent Coach O'neal's class to the basement. Suddenly I heard a disgusted voice say, 'Mam, this is a fire drill.' Renee Ross — Drama, Speech “It can be pure hell ... or you can have the time of your life. It's long hours grading papers, making out tests, grades, passes, tardies, excuses, lists and deficiency notices. It's also being greeted by a bevy of students at your door each morning, learning of their passionate but brief love affairs, becoming the victim of practical jokes and jumping the gen- eration gap to firm friendships. Teaching is giving your all in the hope that the eyes of your charges will be opened to new horizons and finding your own blindness dissolved in the process. Jennifer Ailor — Journalism, Publications Peggy Croom — French In teaching a foreign language the whole approach had changed from just translation to include also speaking and comprehension. Eva Penico — German It is the most interesting, challeng- ing and rewarding profession that there is. It links the past with the future, analyzing the past and giv- ing meaningful direction to the future. Nancy Beveridge — Latin, Word Study, Mythology Teaching means helping students in learning to think and write, to appre- ciate other cultures, to find out about what great and interesting things have happened in the past. Communications-Longuoges • 25