Altus Senior High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Altus, OK)

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SCHOOL BOARD WALTER MARSHALL Board President HATTAN McMAHAN Member LEVI BEACH Treasurer JOE BUCK Member Busy men dedicate time to further education “Most public spirited, unselfish group in America today,” was the way local school boards were described in a recent book. Which seems, also, to be the consensus of Altus school district patrons who elected each of these men by an almost unanimous vote. They spend hundreds of hours annually, without pay, in service of the schools. Working in close cooperation with Supt. Clifford Peterson, they formulate policies by which success and happiness of approximately 6000 future citizens may depend. All are college educated men, representing in their personal careers retailing, banking, realty, taxation and agri-business. JACK COLVILLE EUGENE BRYCE Member Vice President BOARD MEMBERS Colville. Buck, McMahan and Bryce watch as Pres. Marshall signs contract. Supt. Peterson. Mrs. Cross await document.

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FACULTY EYcnrxA Important part of every picture is its background Unless a photograph has the right surrounding for the subject, it detracts from the focal point. Faculty and administration are the background for Altus High. They often are taken for granted; without them the school would lose both impetus and fulfill- ment. They put the emphasis on the student, on what he knows, and what he must be taught. Faculty sponsorship and activities in class and club affairs reflect the interest of the AHS teachers in young people that goes beyond the classroom and continues into future years of college and young adulthood. FRENCH summer is shared by Mrs. Dale Culver with students. OPEN LINE with administrative offices, parents and community is part of the day for Mr. Roy Williams, Altus principal.

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administration Superintendent plans decade in advance for schools When newcomers or educational visitors view the AHS campus for the first time, they invariably express astonish- ment. Beauty of buildings, and spaciousness of the area attract first attention, but purposes for which the structures are utilized is the basis for surprise. Although Altus school district has less than 30,000 in- habitants, facilities offered in all 14 grades approach those of the largest cities in variety and scope. It is not enough, for this school system, to offer merely the necessary' sub- jects for college entrance and basic vocational skills. Addi- tional steps are taken to provide the cultural and recrea- tional outlets which characterize interests of the educated man or woman. As superintendent of schools, Mr. Clifford Peterson sees the whole educational vista. He often says that for Chem- istry II, for instance,to be the successful advanced place- ment course it should be, science, reading and arithemtic must be taught well initially from grade one upward; and educational planning must he ten years ahead. OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE for the school system, Suft. Clifford Peterson is nationally known as an educational leader and administrator, and is an authority on new educa- tional trends in the United States. ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Bailey Snow supervises transporta- tion. census, attendance, textbooks, supplies, and subject matter groups. MRS WALTER CROSS is both clerk of the Altus Board of Edu- cation. and schools’ financial sec- retary for the entire system.