Trenton High School - Tawana Yearbook (Trenton, MO)

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MARTY RIGGS YEAR LIKE A DATSUN After spending two years teaching at THS, Marty Riggs comments, This year is like a Datsun com mercial .... we are driven. Riggs earned his education at Missouri Valley College where he received his bachelor of science degree. He attended the University of Missouri at Kansas City, and Northeast Missouri State Universi ty, Kirksville, where he recieved a graduate studies degree. When Riggs isn't teaching, he coaches. He is cur rently assistant football and basketball coach. The classes he teaches are Recent U.S. History, Western Geography and Sociology. Rush helped students learn more about the United States, the Vietnam War, the Kennedy Assassination and WWII. Western Georgaphy involved learning every state an North America, every province in Can'ada and countries in South America. Worksheets were a ne verending subject in Western Geography, Sociology classes learned the social habits of man. 1. After a hard day of teaching, Riggs trucks on down the hall, headed for home. 2. Brad Ewing puts away books as David Bou- zek and Chanse Elliot take a breather. 3. Riggs was involved with many sports, espe cially boys' basketball.

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MELBA MUSICK TEACHING IS SEW-SEW As an adolescent, Melba Musick was a mem- ber of 4-H. 4-H teaches useful information and skills people need for every-day living and so do Musick's home economic courses. These courses range from Contemporary Liv- ing for Singles, to Personal Culture, to clothing and textiles, to child development. Musick's hometown is Augusta Illinois. She at- tended college for two years at Stephen's Col- lege in Missouri and continued on to recieve her Bachelor's degree in Education at the Uni- versity of Missouri at Columbia. Musick likes to sew, read, and enjoys being with people. nav-4' -al 1. Theresa Lent checks the oven temperature setting during one of Musick's classes. 2. Musick and Stan Perry nearly collide in Contemporary Living for Singles class. 3. Jenny Stotts receives help from Musick with her sewing project. V n - r 5'1 ink .H 1: I 3. I ,F .1

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RICHARD SEAMAN DYNAMITE IN SMALL PACKAGE iff? N I V E C E T, ffivli zi V ll: h w' -,f 5 ,EH : .654 , if- Q1 J I, id A . ww One role of Richard Seaman's day is the study of mysterious Greek gods. Part of learning about the gods is considering some of the great questions of mankind, such as, where did we come from? The past was brought up to date as English Litera- ture I students read MacBeth by Shakepeare and English Literature II students read about the future by such authors as Dylan Thomas, who wrote Fern Hill. Edgar Allen Poe's, The Cask of Amontillado: Rerga Giovanni's, The She-Wolf, and other short saories were explored by Seamans Short Stories c ass. The last act of Seaman's day is Composition. Students learned to write with grace and style, as they gathered ideas together for the various kinds of writing they needed for college comp courses. 1. Checking attendance is Chris Shuler's job in Sea- man's class. 2. Theresa Lent passes papers out to stu dents. 3. Seaman explains some Greek terms to students in Mythology class. vgf X 65