Snyder High School - Tigers Lair Yearbook (Snyder, TX)

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SHSIS P1ctured above are Seated Left to r1ght Mary McGraw Jlllla Boyd James McCannon Fred Reynolds and Ann Bradley Stand1ng are Kenneth Haught and Margaret McCr1ght They are shown putt1ng on a puppet show for one of the Enghsh Classes The Enghsh department has used many new a1ds 1n teach1ng th1s year One of these was the closed c1rcu1t telev1s1on wh1ch enabled several classes to be comb1ned 1nto one b1g classw1th one teacher The Freshman and Sopho more classes were espec1a11y act1ve wmth th1s rnedlum They gave programs w1th the students assum1ng all the responslbllty Tape recorders over v1ewer and f1lms were among the other teach1ng alds used th1s year Creat1ve wr1t1ng research themes and Macbeth were among the subjects studled IH Seruor Enghsh They also carr1ed on extens1ve vocabulary study and study of Poet Laureates Junxor Engl1sh classes started the year by analyz1ng the1r needs andthen began study on those th1ngs they felt were most needed Dur1ng the year they stud1ed the background for Amer1can L1terature and the l1ves and works of Amerlcan wr1ters as well as a thorough study of grammar The Enghsh students wrote essays and poetry and entered the Natxonal Essay Assoc1at1on and the Nat1ona.l Poetry Assoclatmon Several of the stu dents had the1r works pubhshed mn Young Amerlca Speaks and Young Amer1ca IDES . , 1 , I ! I 1 . n , ' , . 3 I , . I

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ht d1scuss1ng T V are the hteachers To the r1g Freshmen and Sophomore Enghs They are Mrs Forrest Beavers M1ss and Mrs Arel Faver Margar 22 et Mlller The Faculty of lish The heads of the .Tumor Semor Eng epartments are as follows left to rlghtz Mrs M M O'Rear Mrs V1rg11 Jo1nes and Mr V1rg11 Jo1nes XJ.. .Y- vxpx A' A f 15 wwf' -...-S--.zfgw . 71.45 VM H

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a depend QR wif!! ...XR Above a group off art students makmg rmmature heads and puppets They are from left to r1ght around the table F10 Watson CharsleyL1ngle Lanette M111er Jack1e Dean Gayrene Sh1rley Dyes s Art IS made up of many th1ngs 11nes forms texture and color Through art man has found a way of express1ng h1mself and has developed an under stand1ng and respect for our cultural her1tage The a1m of art IS to teach that there 1S more than one way to draw and that art 1B for everyone The language department consxsted of Spamsh Lat1n and Speech Spanlsh pronunc1at1on vocabulary and grammar were stressed bes1des the fundamental hlstory of Mexlco and Spa1n Th1s year was hlghllghted by the West Texas and Eastern New Mex1co Flesta Latxn class th1s year was concerned w1th Roman hxstory grammar transalatxon and Latxn 1n 1ts relat1on to the present age For thelr projects some students made anclent v ar mach1nes and others dressed dolls 1n Roman style and made posters about Latxn hfe The ma1n 0bJ6Ct1Ve8 of Speech 1S to develop talents of the hxghly talented br1ng out the 1eadersh1p ab111t1es 1n the shy or ret1r1ng and g1ve group partm c1pat1on for everyone Th1s was accornphshed through reports stag1ng f plays talks and study1ng the h1story of drama .7 33 7' N nf D . I . I . I Cumrnings, Lenora O'Brien, Betty Row, Betty Morgan, and ' ' , ' , . In I D I I Q , ' . Q . 1 . . . , . 1 . 1 Q ' , u O