West High School - Trail Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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Don Filby, B.A., M.A., Intro- Roger Dale, B.A., M.A.,'Crea- duction to Art, Commercial tive Crafts I, II, Silver- Design I, II, Drawing and smithingI,lI,ArtClub. Painting I, ll. Each year the art department becomes more active with such activities as various city and state-wide exhibitions, shows at other schools, the annual spring show, which in- cludes 500-700 pieces of art, and the National Scholastics show. This department has grown from seven classes, 130 students, in 1963 to 15 classes and more than 400 students in 1968. C sits 1 liresll I 15 A l 3 l I I E an 5 Kenneth Zrubek, B.S., Ce- ramics and Sculpture, Intro- duction to Art, Crafts, Senior Class. Melody Livesay tries her hand at pottery in Nlr. Zrubek's class. Mr. Don Filby offers his advice to Roger Hendrix. 11

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E -.i i 1 J. Ellis Jackson, AB., M.Nl.E., Mrs. Sandra Miller, l3.S., Charles Emmons, Jr., B.M.E., Vocal Music,KeyClub. Nl.Nl.E., Vocal Music, Hi M.Nl.E., Band, Orchestra, Larks, music, art Theory, Ensembles, March- ing Band, Stage Band, Pep Band. large audience sees result of class work Sophomore Gary Nicholson shows his early morning ap- preciation for music. The band made appearances at many ath- letic contests and presented several concerts in the auditorium. The vocal department presented concerts during the year, some of which were for the annual Thanksgiving and Easter programs. They also formed the traditional singing Christmas tree. Along with these many activities, both the choir and band participated in special activi- ties at commencement. One section of the choir waits for its cue during a daily practice session.

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, 1 Evelyn Thompson, A.B., M.S., Marilyn Bartel, A.B., English Glenn Blakemore, B.A., M.E., Mrs. Julia Christenson, B E English Composition, Ad- lI,PepClub. vanced Placement English. languages workshops, field tri Besides the traditional reading and writing assignments, teachers in the Language Arts Department found interesting supplementary work. Daily journals were kept by students in Eng- lish Composition and Advanced Placement Eng- lish. Mrs. Joan Swinney's juniors prepared colo- nial newspapers with their study of that period in American literature. Mr. Joe Nixon's sopho- mores studied parliamentary procedure. Sever- al classes used the Wichita Eagle and various Joe Morell, Deeann Glamser, and Jeanne Heatherly, Jour- nalism ll students, prepare West Words for mailing to adver- tisers and other schools. Speech I, Debate l, ll. M.E., English ll, Sophomore Class. ps add to interest magazines as supplementary work. Fifteen students attended the second annual Book and Author Seminar in September. Throughout the year, others attended work- shops and special lectures on associated subjects. Besides the required English Il and III classes, the department offered thirteen other choices. Among these were journalism, dramatics, and debate. 'A V'.' A I ..---- Y g s 1 . N 115' 'Yip W li it X ' left, Y ' H 3 KY N xii I .7 I . A 7 L, F if: xiwg, M . , -A gjgiy. V. . . l K N ' -.5'w sky it-f as-. , I ,gms .. QQ. . '-.icky - KKIV: .D W 'T N-1 X tw kgs 12