Woodrow Wilson High School - Crusader Yearbook (Dallas, TX)

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In Memoriam MR. ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON B.A.. M.S.; English, Journalism Bom: September 11,1909; Died: July 13.1973 MR. ROBERT EARL WILLIAMS. B.S.; English Born: November 21,1947; Died: March 8. 1974 MRS. RUTH STRUBLE B.B.A.; Bookkeeping; Typing; Shorthand; Student Council Sponsor . . . MRS. MARTHA TIMM — B.A.. M.L.A.; Senior English; National Honor Society; I.L. Ready Writing; D.I.S.D. Management Team; Ice Skating Club SjMinsor . . . MRS. LOLLIETOMPKINS — B.F.A.. M.A.; Art; Art Awareness. MR. BILL TURNER — B.S.. M.E.; American History; American Government . . . MRS. ERMA VICTOR — B.A.. M.A.; English . . . MRS. BETTY WHITE — B.S.; Typing. MRS. VERLINE WHITE — B.S.. M.S.; Typing; Business Math . . . MRS. NANCY WILKINSON — B.S.; Homemaking: Future Homemakers of America Sponsor . . . MR. ROBERT WILLIAMS—B.S.; English. 29 ACADEMICS

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MR. LL'CIOUS NEW HOUSE — B.S.. M.S.: Physical Education; American History ; Football Coach; llrail Track Coach . . . MISS BETTY BARRETT B.A.: Span- ish; Pan American Student Forum Sponsor . . . MR. JIM RILEY — B.S.; Mat hemal ic . . . MR. ERNEST SCOTCH — B.S.: American History; Physical Education. MR. DOYLE SMITH — B.A.. M.A.: Civics . . . MR. DALE SMI TH R.J.; English; Journalism; Newspaper Sponsor . . . MISS SARAH ISABELLE STOVALL — R.S.. M.A.; Home Economies; Red Cross Youth Sponsor . . . MRS. DORIS STRATTON — B.A.; Latin; World History. Teachers Have Travel Hobby World traveler and Woodrow history teacher Bill Turner prevailed on his Russian guide to take his picture with the Moscow River and the Kremlin in the background. - - — Mrs. Dunlap spends Christmas Eve 1973 atop the Niches-El Tujin Pyramid near Papantla, Mexico. 28 ACADEMICS

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The new elans in mass media has plenty of the newspaper-type of media available. Busy with a morning assignment an- Mike Parluin. John Ikirtta. Alix Thayer, ami Janet Green. The new reading laboratory furnishes opportunity for practical accomplishments. such as reading the comb's (Kenneth Mansfield! and preparing a grocery list (F.rnestine Kirk). Language Arts Get New Stress at W. W. Woodrow Wilson was chosen among 12 of the Dallas high schools hv the Dallas Independent School District for the Reading Lab Program. Emphasizing reading skills and reading comprehension, the reading lab successfully helped students with their academic work. Teacher aides, college student tutors, and volunteers assisted Miss Judy Epprighl, Mr. Robert Williams. Mrs. Barbara Hill, and Miss Ann MeSpadden with the students in the laboratory. All materials, such as newspapers, magazines. paperbacks and all reading machines were available for the students' convenience. Another new program at Woodrow was a class in Mass Media” taught by Mrs. Martha Timm. This course helps to prepare the student to become a discriminating consumer of mass media in the genre of the newspaper. A notebook was kept which included collection of clippings, assignments, written work, and editoral comments. Classes discussed the freedom of the press, and the responsibility of using good taste, that is, practicing ethical journalism. A new experimental program, the Bilingual Research Project was funded by the Emergency School Aid Act to help non-English speakers whose native language is Spanish and to assist those students who have trouble with their foreign language (Spanish) course. Mrs. Mary Munoz is the instructor aided by Mrs. Margaret Martinez. A mtiii- from Oscar Wildes Importance of Being Earnest. furnislu-s the mall-rial for this skit in Mrs. Hills' Knglish class. Tin- actors an- Kllery Lovclady. Jeff Kox. Patti Tay lor, and Pita Klorrs. 30 ACADEMICS