South High School - Sabre Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

Page 33 text:

Travel programs offered students deeper insight In a world grown very small, time is no longer a set- back to international relations. This development has demanded the advance of communication and under- standing between countries. With this thought in mind, the teachers in the foreign language depart- ment strove to increase the interest of students in for- eign languages. New teachers Mrs. Barbara Bayer and Miss Martha Macnamara teaching German and Span- ish, respectively, added to the skill and enthusiasm of the department. The response to this emphasis was evident in the participation of more students in the foreign travel program. Open to French, German, Lat- in, and Spanish students, this six week summer course gave students a once-in-a-lifetime opportun- ity for gaining first hand a better knowledge and in- sight to lives and problems different than their own. TURN DOWN the volume! thought Loretta Shull frantically as someone tampered with the controls in the language lab. .51 CREATING A display on Spanish music, Rhonda Rouse, Susan Davis, and Sue Schesser added interest to class routine. PRESENTING AN assignment in dramatic form. Andre Thomas gained fluency in speaking German.

Page 32 text:

WHILE COMPILING information for his junior research paper, Mike Pottorf discovered that the collection of magazines in the library could be a valuable reference source. SANDY STONE and other members of Mrs. McPherron's junior English class supplemented their studies of Huckleberry Finn by listening to an album of Mark Twain's readings. Emphasized expression with creative new text Time had lent a quaintness to the reading and writing definition of English, but it described this year's English classes quite aptly. New text and teach- ing methods centered around creative expression, and for the first time, composition books were issued to all levels. The increased interest in dramatics and debate indicated thatthe idea of creativeness waswell re- ceived. Four teachers were new to the department. Mrs. Patsy Kerley and Mrs. Barbara Bayer were re- placements, and the large enrollment explains the two additions, Mr. Clark Lyman and Mrs. Jane Connett. Continuing in his developmental reading program, Mr. Robert Crow gave the participating students the chance to increase their vocabulary and add to their reading comprehension. Six of the teachers from this department had their rooms in the new portables, and all liked them very much.

Page 34 text:

X f .'.!'! WRINKLING HER nose, senior Nancy Lowman erased an error she made while typing. STEVE TINIUS bent over an offset master to finish a job of let- tering in office machines. Stimulated career choiceg offered on-the-job classes This year South was the only high school in Kansas having a business department that offered three on- the-iob training classes. Office Machine Design and Duplicating, coordinated by Mr. Jack Kinderknechtg Distributive Education, coordinated by lVlrs. Joan Seae ton, and Office Practice, coordinated by lVlrs. Lovetta Russell, belonged to Business Education Clubs of Kan- sas. Credit requirements specifying employment of 15 to 20 hours weekly in addition to morning classes stimulated well-rounded growth in each particular field. For South's ten outstanding business teachers, the passing of time has accumulated 120 years of teaching experience. The time in the classroom varied from three years, for the youngest teacher, to the meritorious 32 years of Miss Olson. ln addition to teaching time, there were 80 years of office and sales f work experienced by the business faculty. cr' 'XJ f7f ' r LOOKING ASCANCE at a bewildering chart of wiggly lines, Cynthia Utterback copied an assignment in shorthand.