Wasson High School - Wahian Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

Page 71 text:

Using the newly donated time clock, De Ann Herbaughpunches a librarypass. Unloading new textbooks is just one of the many jobs of Mr. James Sarkis, head librarian, and his experienced student library helper, Jim Michaels. LIBRARY RECEIVES NEW LIBRARIAN, MACHINES r. James Sarkis became Wasson's head librarian in the fall of 1968. He is a graduate of Saint An- selms College, Kansas State Teachers College, and Washburn University. While attending graduate school, lVlr. Sarkis learned that a library should be a place where a person who wishes to improve his knowledge can find any source of information he may need. This concept was the main goal of the library staff com- posed of Nlrs. Charlotte Hunt, assistant librarian, and lVlrs. Roma Carrithers, secretary. In order to carry out that goal, the library ordered many new magazines, records, filmstrips, and micro- films. Also, a new micro reader printer enabled stu- dents and teachers to copy any picture or article which had been recorded on microfilm. Another new machine, a time clock, was donated by the 1968 grad- uating class in order that library passes could be vali- dated accurately. New additions to the library were twenty career books, including Handbook of Job Facts, and ninety new novels with such titles as Death Had Two Sons and A Country of Strangers.

Page 70 text:

15257 SENIORS OFFERED TWO NEW ENGLISH CLASSES thematic approach to literature changed the use of the anthology in English classes this year. Pre- viously used as the major source of reference, the an- thology was employed as a supplement to other class- room reading. Also, teachers were encouraged to teach literature through genres and through an inter- disciplinary approach. A mass media class and a Shakespeare class were added to the courses available to seniors. The mass media course, taught by lVlr. Jerald Bridgman, dealt with different forms of communications such as radio, television, and movies. Under the instruction of Nlr. Bernard Gannon, seniors interested in Shakespeare studied representative comedies, tragedies and his- tories. Through the assistance of the Pikes Peak Arts and Humanities Program, Wasson students were able to see a variety of plays and movies relevant to the cur- riculum. The National Shakespeare Company pre- sented Othello, Traming of the Shrew, and Murder in the Cathedral before capacity audiences. The movies included such titles as Beckef, Death of a Salesman, and Lord of the Flies. MQW Under the instructzon of Mr. Jerald Bridgman, Chip Merkert and Bette Blasing learn how ro thread a projector for the presentation ofone of the Mass Media films.

Page 72 text:

NEW MATHEMATIC LAB FOR MATH DEPARTMENT new course taught in a new room was offered by the Mathematic Department this year. The course is designed to teach the fundamental ideas of mathe- matical science to those students who are not mathe- matically inclined. With no textbook used in the class- room, the student actually practices the theories of modern math. For this purpose, a room was remod- eled and changed into the new mathematics labora- tory. The student is taught while surrounded by visual aids and mathematic equipment to allow him to apply what he is learning. The Mathematic Department, under the chairman- ship of lVlr. Robert Schenk, gives a full scope of courses including geometry, algebra, trigonometry, math anal- ysis and computer programming. All classes develop scientific learning and prepare students to meet their future. Mrs. Torrie explains a complicated algebraic problem to attentive students. Surrounded by Ui-will llid-9, SfUd6nfS listen to a lecture in the new math lab