Shawnee Mission West High School - Saga Yearbook (Shawnee Mission, KS)

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i Vikings Voice Ideas By Speech I students sought to acquire confidence while publicly speaking. They exhibited powers of persuasion, deep perception, and clever humor. Speech II students added extempore speaking using domestic affairs as the main topic, as well as oral interpretation of poetry and prose, to their speech topics. Debate students acquired speaking skills based upon facts and statistics. While researching both sides of the issue, they gained a broad knowledge of the current topic concerning arbitration of labor and man- agement disputes. Vikings traveled to thirty debates and hosted the annual S-M Cooperative Debate. Drama students spent an entertaining, informa- S Demonstrating make-up techniques to his drama classes, Mr. Coplin meticulously molds nose putty into the proper shape. peaking, Acting, Writing tive year learning about the theater and skills in act- ing. For the convenience of absentees, Mr. Coplin recorded his lectures of the theater from Greek to mo- dern times. Students learned drama terminology as they studied in detail make-up, costumes, lighting, set construction, and actual production. Students of journalism I composed news and fea- ture stories, editorials, headlines, and advertisements. This practice provided the necessary background for editing the school newspaper, which was the respon- sibility of second-year students. In addition to staffing The Epic, advanced students attempted to improve basic techniques and crystalize concepts. 33

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Down to the menial aspects of journalism, Mr. Aiman pre- pares to type one of the better copy blocks. I With the one-half minute card showing, Brenda Zager draws her affirmative speech to a close, glancing finally at her notes. 32 4 l 1 J li Miv a z 'P 5 Mrs. Shipley gathers her speech class together for an informal round-table discussion on speaking techniques. Language Arts Teachers-Sally Shipley, Billey F. Coplin, Michael T. Hayes, Henry C. Aiman.

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Delicately fishing for the right specimen, biologist Kathy Ul- vestad searches for a well-hidden blue-green algae. Inquisitive Biologists Offering an entirely new program of study last year, Biology I and II students, instead of emphasis upon the traditional ecology, geared their studies to- ward bio-chemistry, or chemistry of the cell. New text books, modern lab equipment, slides, films, and movies aided students as they discovered the simpli- cities of the single cell and the complexities of mul- ti-cellular organisms. They spent a major Part of the year investigating the scientific approach and scienti- fic research. With evolutionary change as the basic concept, they saw the earth develop from its earliest chemical form to its present state. The employment of team teaching in ten Biology I classes owed its existence to the overcrowded con- ditions and in part to the fact that students found two teachers advantageous on laboratory days to an- swer questions and help solve the problems that all budding scientists run into. Complex chemical exper- iments helped both Biology I and II students to sat- isfy curiosities while synonomously gaining knowledge. W I... A gm ....., . ,, . K , A blackboard full of equations, figures and drawings, plus a complex model of DNA aids Mr. Spohn in his lecture session.