Shades Valley High School - Tower Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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National Recognition and Class Fun Five Valley student entered the National Council of Teachers of English Contest. They are: Ann Wheeler, Jim Thompson, Mary Vines, Dot Siegal, and Linda Ennis. Valley is proud lo acknowledge Lynda Ennis who won the N. C. T. E. award for outstanding achievement in English. Linda who was cited for high quality of writing and literary awareness was one of eight in Alabama to win. Only 860 national winners out of 8000 entrants were chosen. 20

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. . . Reading Maketh a Full Man BETTY FOLEY University of A1 M A.B. Jr. English, Jr. Honors SIDNEY M. RICKMAN Miss. State College for Women, B.S. .Senior English FRANCES HAYES Howard College. A.B. Sophomore English EULA LEE SIMMONS Peabody College A.B. Junior English 19 Just think 800 pages of outside reading, and it looks like the job has just begun.

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Combine in English Department. Each year during semester exams, Mrs. Mackey’s classes present skits as a dramatic interlude. By writing, producing, and acting themselves, the students reveal amazing ingenuity. Some surprisingly professional productions are put on before the classes, and students hear the combined sounds of laughter and horror from room 107. Charlotte Weaver, Coyle Weaver, Nancy Childrec display dramatic talents in a melodrama of the “Old West. The Mad Minstrel—Susan Kidd Denny Emory: “Mcthought I heard a voice cry ‘Sleep no more’.” Winnie Benson: Wham! 21