West High School - Trail Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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,. 0, if Mrs. Lakme Coakley, Mrs. Shirley Gabrielson, B.S., AB., M.A., Reading, English ll, Journalism I, ll. Reading Club. Trail, West Word, Press Club, Quilland Scroll. Ray Huss, B.A., English lll and lV, Pep Club, Debate. Mrs. Nancy Lackey, B.A., Drama I, ll, Thespians. Marva Lange, B.A., M.S., Eng- lish Ill, World Literature. Mrs. Mary Ann Lewis, B.A., English ll, and lll, Y-Teens. Mrs. Agnes Newbrey, B.A., English ll, and Ill, Pep Club, Junior Class. Joe L. Nixon, BS., MS., Eng- lish ll, College Reading, Sophomore Class. Mrs. Verla Griffiths, AB., Mrs. Margaret Hunnicutt, English lll, English Composi- AB., MS., English lll, English tion, Future Teachers, Composition. la TVN 'Divx irq , , r--- 13

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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

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via Q -as f I 'is if 9 N rss Donald Small, M.E,, English Mrs. Joan Swinney, English Helen Throckmorton, M.A., Mrs. Natalie Wilson, B.A IV. lll, Pep Club. English Ill, English Litera- English ll, Pep Club. ture. languages offering large, methods vary with class At a faculty pot luck, Mrs. Mary Ann Lewis was elected captain of the jogging team, so Mrs. Lewis and Mrs. Mar- garet Hunnicutt have a run through the halls. Bewildered senior John Culver ponders over what to write in his daily English Composition journal. 14