Syracuse High School - Rocket Yearbook (Syracuse, NE)

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English and languages furnish students Miss Laura Trabert instructs sophomore English students in sentence construction. If Q f - g fd f- 1 ni As advanced English teacher, Mrs. Marlene Orton provides students with a good grammar and literary background. Completing her second year as German teacher is Miss Laura Trabert, She has one class of German l and one class of German ll. Students learn to read, write, and speak in German. Miss Trabert also teaches sophomore English. Miss Trabert has a B.A. degree from Doane College, She is a sophomore class sponsor. Among her hobbies are knitting, sewing, cooking, and reading. Mrs. Marlene Orton is associated with the advanced English. Mrs. Orton intro- duced project English to Syracuse High four years ago when she first came here. Emphasis is placed on British literature, the history and development of drama, poetry, short stories, and novels. Mrs. Orton holds a B.A, degree from Wesleyan. She is the FTA and school newspaper sponsor. Phonetic sounds and symbols are explained to speech students by Mr. Kenneth Price.

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Mr Dennis Deen and chemistry students Nancy Fisk, Lois Brehm, and Rodney Boardman look over the results of one of A wif ty. T V F 5 ,W ' their latest experiments. Completing his twelfth year as coach and athletic director at SHS is Mr, Ron Wagner. He is head football coach and golf coach. Besides teaching two classes of biology, he teaches physical education at the junior high building. Mr. Wagner serves as sponsor of the Syracuse letter club. This year the S Club sponsored an invitational volley- ball tournament, Mr. Wagner holds a B.S. degree from Peru State Teachers College. His hobbies include playing golf. New on the faculty staff this year is Mr. Dennis Deen.Heteaches algebral, biology, physics, and two classes of of chemistry. Biology is a basic course in the life science. Chemistry is chiefly concerned with the chemical make up of substances. Physics students study the science of matter and energy. Mr. Deen is a graduate of Chadron State Teachers College where he received his B.S. degree. He is a sophomore class sponsor and enjoys working with ceramics. at Mr. Ron Wagner lectures biology students on the life functions of all living things from the smallest algae to man.

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with foundations for building the future -'Ir' ...,WMm'sN- -an-u-..,, Librarian, Mrs. Margaret Masters is assisted by student librarians Glen Rosenthal and Robert Winkler in manage ment of library facilities. Fulfilling the job of speech and dramatics teacher is Mr. Kenneth Price. This year Mr. Price reactivated the Thespians Society. This is an honor club for students active in dramatics. Mr. Price also teaches three classes of freshman English, Mr. Price received his B.S. degree at North Missouri State College. He has been on the SHS faculty for three years. He is a junior class sponsor, He enjoys shooting and collecting knives. Devoting full time to the school library is Mrs. Margaret Masters. Part of her time is spent at the junior high building. Capable student librarians learn to manage facilities at both buildings. Many new books were added to the library this year along with audio visual aids. Mrs. Masters received her B.S. degree and Masters in education from the University of Nebraska. Mrs. Masters has served twelve years at Syracuse. She enjoys reading andlikes to raise flowers.