Wewoka High School - Tiger Yearbook (Wewoka, OK)

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A if Concentrating on their shorthand iupper left picturel are Genevieve Walker, Carol Mainard, Carol Austin, Margaret Em- back, Donna Boatman, Joyce Spurgeon, and Elizabeth Gordon. These girls learn those seemingly meaningless little marks which help so much in taking notes. Students who have studied short- hand and typing with Mrs. Mullen usually step right into good jobs after graduation. 2 Thomas Sciance, Richard Scott, and Bob Davis ffirst picture rightl watch Dorothy Garrett operate the adding machine. These four people are bookkeeping experts, Bookkeeping, shorthand, and a two year course in typing are offered as business courses under the direction of Mrs. Merle Mullen. Thomas won second place in bookkeeping last year at the Edmond Interscholastic ,4 ' I First year Agriculture students fsecond picturei Ronny Knowles, Gary Wilson, Pat Norvell and Benny Gosey, take a look at Pat's project, a Black Angus. These boys are going into the funda- mentals of successful farming. fi' 2 More advanced work is carried on by Ellis Orsburn, Bobby Mitchell, and Bobby Howard fthird photoj. Here these boys are surveying some property. ff 3 Agriculture lll majors have come a long way in their studies. Danny Vinsant, James Orsburn, McCoy Bryant, Kenneth Lovett, Tom Pat Pethtel, and Doyle Davis flast picture right? vaccinate a pig for the prevention of cholera. Meet. 'gf'f

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K4 '7 ,-W2 Pictured top left are Simeon Bemo, Bobby Gaines, Guy Trimble, John Hammond, and Clayton Smart, starting individual projects. In Industrial Art II classes, Mr. Nash presents more complicated problems in woodwork and kindred arts. '7 f4u' 5 Mr. Nash gives boys like these-Phillip Baxter, Tex Blankenship, and Kenneth Pattison-in Industrial Art III, more specialized and industrialized problems. fSee second pictures, left.J D Mechanical drawing gives a basis for more thorough education in the fields of drafting and engineering and teaches the reading of blue prints. Perry Poole and Ronald Lovett tthird, leftl examine a drawing by McCoy Bryant, while Jan Cartwright and Charles Col- lier work in background. 'hpaql Mrs. Mullen has this theory: Typing I is a 'must' for everyone. It may be college themes, business reports, cooking recipes, club reports, or personal letters-no matter what the future plans are, there is a time when everyone wishes he could type and will use typing if he has that skill. Here flower, leftl we find Judy Engle, Judy Howard and Dorothy Vinsant checking a copy of the typewriter keyboard. Bertha fWilliamsl Sanders, Joyce Spurgeon, David Cook, and Joyce Oaks flower rightl are in Typing II. This course is for people who wish to develop their typing skill for vocational uses. Em- phasis is placed not only on typing speed and better spelling but also on striving for a pleasing personality and good appearance. VZ! Q 4

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ll A--N ww wg, wmvssgmmt its. fx s Q ,I 555' ' fra .. .4 igtlit High If M? ' llllllllillllliif? as 5 H+ 1 div S.. ' 'W I a 'R W I ln first year Homemaking is taught the actual experience of se- lecting and constructing the type of garments the girls are inter- ested in. They also study home management, food and nutrition. and better personal habits. ln the top picture Dalphy Adams, Re- becca Sharp, Glenda Harris, and Janice Gordon are discussing a skirt with Alnita Collier. 71 2 ln Homemaking II is taught increased ability to plan and fit a garment with more advanced problems. planning food preparation. and selecting and caring for home furnishings. Lynn Burris. second picture from the top, demonstrates to Joan Mahan, Ceraline Teague, and Betty Brown the correct way to cook. W 4 Homemaking IV teaches girls how to cope with advanced problems of home life, child care, meal planning and study of new garments. MISS ETHEL LATHAM M.A., University of Oklahoma Miss Latham llower leH'l feaches American, Oklahoma, and World history. MISS MAXINE WALKER M. Ed, Universify of Oklahoma Miss Walker flower righil, librarian, also -teaches geography and consumer eclucaiion.