Royal Oak High School - Oak Yearbook (Royal Oak, MI)

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ln English 6, Bonnie Rechl, Lisbelh Nisbell, Joan Millard, Sharon Marlin, Sharon Mac- Kinder, Dick Lechleilner, and Gene Fran- cis ponder over lheir reading assignmenls. Going over some exciling deleclive slories in English 2 are ll. lo r.l Jim Leach, Anila Pellersson, Pele Raymoure, and Lanelle Uplon. Rose Marie Loomis, Barb Ballzly, Margarel Bearess, Marcia Bracher, and Ron Jones seem unconvinced as Mr. Morren poinls oul how imporlanl lhe diclionary is lo advanced comp sludenls. Parlicipaling in a panel discussion in Mrs. Goodrich's English 3 class are ll. lo r.l Kennelh Collier, Miles Young, John Rub- erl, Rila Michel, and Bill Oleshansky. Ray Veiack, a very happy corpse, plays Julius Caesar wilh ll. lo r.l Phyliss Man- kee, Karen Lasl, Mike Jackson, Suzelle Kirkpalrick, and John Davis laking supporl- ing roles, in English 4. ll looks like-Chuck Charmalgiland Mr. Rosen are havingfa dilference ol opinion on an English Yfqueslion., Mickey Beigler, Fred Nahabedianpland Marciag Willmer follow lhefaclion inlenllyg' ' - Norma Webb gels some lips from her ad- vanced speech leacher, Mr. James Mead, on how lo use lhe microphone. Nancy Eddy, Roberla Bouchard, Dale Palmer, Melvin Oiala, Tom Hahn, Mike Aposlall, and Dave Sanford ll. lo r.l lislen, loo. Judy Angeloscci, Carlin Orr, Harold Las- kie, Dick MacDonald, and Joyce Andrea- son ll. lo r.l pay close allenlion lo a speech by Joe Murray in Miss Breclaxffs English 5 class. 'II - lm

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ENGLISH CLASSES Tradilionally, English classes musl be laken, bul are nol lo be enjoyed. This is a very bad silualion, since English is our nalive longue, and lo be con- sidered lilerale, we musl have al leasl a parlial grasp ol il. This piclure ol dislress is rapidly changing in ROHS, however. Visual educalion, phonograph records, recording devices, and beller books are supplemenling lhe regular educalional aids. Soon T.V. will be used lo increase lhe polen- lial scope ol learning. Many more valuable and inleresling new leaching lechniques can be loreseen. The lulure looks rosy lor lhe new slu- denls, bul our years wenl somelhing like lhis: ln lhe ninlh grade ROHS freshmen ballled dia- graming from Warriners Handbook and spelling in English classes. Tenlh grade classes concenlraled on lhe classics, Silas Marner, and lhe Rime of lhe Ancienl Mariner. And since no sophomore year would be complele wilhoul coming lo bury Caesar, lhe sludenls read Shakespeare's lragedy. English 5 classes meanl speeches galore lo all iun- iors in Miss Breclaw's and Mr. Mead's speech classes. American lileralure was covered by English 6 slu- denls. Their reading inlroduced lhem lo lhe blood and lhunder sermons ol Jonalhan Edwards and lhe sublle humor ol James Thurber. Then came English 7 and 8 lealuring Shakespeare, Millon, Chaucer, Keals, Shelly, and Charles Dickens. Upon gradualion sludenls had received a well- rounded background in English. They, ol course, were glad il was all over, bul lhey realized lhal il was worlhwhile. 4 Dynamic Mr. Coughlin puls across a poinl in his advanced comp class al lhe beginning ol lhe day ll.l, bul by lale allernoon labovel he is x hausledl 10

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A few seniors in ROHS can look back on four years of ma'rh classes. al'rhough mos+ of +hem remember only general maih or firs'I' year algebra. Ninfh graders eniered algebra and siruggled and sweafed 'ro find 'ihe value of x. One day, ihe geniuses finally succeeded in finding i+, only io have ihe feacher give 'ihem homework for 'rhe nex'I' nighl' in which fhe had fo solve for 'ihe unknown all over again. By The 'lime 'ihey were ready 'io leave for higher maih, ihey had found af leasf four 'lhousand values for x and s'rill were noi' sure which one was correc+. Sophomores iook geomefr and were no longer concerned wifh x's : now fhey 'fried 'ro prove fhal' 'l'wo obviously sfraighl' lines were siraighf, and hav- ing finished fhis, a'Hemp+ed +o prove +ha+ circles were round. The found how many degrees angles confained and why ihey confained fhem. Afier a year of proofs, hypofheses and iheorems, ihey ad- vanced anoiher sfep in masfering maih. Juniors wenf happily info a more advanced algebra, glad fo work again wi+h leH'ers, insfead of li'Hle picfures. The work was harder 'l'han expecfed and some budding maihemaficians almosf drove Miss Gibson fo disfraciion wiih fheir ignorance. Finally, seniors eniered Mrs. HoFfman's frig class, iheir minds filled wifh +angen+s, co--sines, and orher confusing ferms. The second half of rhe year was devoied +o solid geomefry wi+h Miss Kirk, where 'l'hey siudied shapes of cones and spheres. H was plane geomelry all over again, +his lime in 3-D. MATH CLASSES Carol Burns explains fhe problem fo Bob Kauppl Joe Wickers, and Nancy Smi+h in Miss E Schulfe geomefry class. Grades appear 'io be falling in Mrs. Dyer's algebra class as Ellen McMeeken and Roberl Reeves indi- cafe wifh 'rheir graph. Fred Allor is lrying +o pick his grades up.