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

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Pr1nc1pal s off1ce school mformation, activity nucleus Ask Mr. Doyle , Mrs. Kiker will know , Have you asked Mr. STarr'? , may be heard in almosT any classroom at any hour of any day. Add To This The scores of quesTions which musT be asked The guidance office, and The myriad Tasks which are performed by The personnel in The principals office. lT all adds up To The deTails handled in a single day in aiding almosT 900 sTudenTs gain a beneficial educaTion. Much of The smoothness which characTerizes This office can be aTTribuTed To The unruffled aTTiTude of Mr. Jerry Doyle, who compleTes his second year as AHS principal This May. His philosophical LeT's visiT abouT This, solves prob- lems boTh for faculTy and sTudenT body. ATHLETIC SCHEDULES for all Teams and absent slips consume much of The time of Mr. Bill Starr, athletic and attendance direcTor. s A 2 T T ,,,, ,,,c ,,, r T r ssss A A rrrr The Bulldog staff s an example of his many duties ,,,, at ' T, ss sl ifllrg

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sud., APPROVAL of another new vocational course for Altus High gets enthusiastic response from Board of Education members meeting in their conference room this spring. From left members are Mr. Joe Buck, Mr. Jack Colville, Mr. Hatton McMahan, president, Mr. Eugene Bryce, vice president, Dr. C. G. Russell. Elected to five year terms, with one member elected each year, Board of Education members serve without pay. Meetings are held at least once monthly, and may last far into the night when numerous matters are to be discussed. All members of Altus Schools Board of Educa- tion are college educated, and are successful business and professional men. They contribute their talents and time to helping further the educational opportunities of the district for stu- dents today and in the future. SELDOM SEEN by high school students, these two school executives, Mrs. Walter Cross and Mr. Bailey Snow, spend hours each day at the Board of Education building on matters concerning all students. These include activity accounts, budget allocations, transportation, textbooks and equipment. 21

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'-LW 1' .. than -.1 .. get I , K X ... RECORDS of all business transactions, student transfers, and periodic grades are kept by Mrs. Ersa Kiker, school secretary, and Mrs. Bud Spruiell, educational secretary. F' , L 51 S. .. - 'fl - is . 1 3 W l ,S 'I f .........-. RECENTLY PURCHASED - electric mimeographing 9' df' ,J .. ', .5 V' machine is operated by ve vs--A teachers aide Mrs. t Robert Killebrew. STUDENTS' LIVES are guided by full-time counselor, Mr. Adrian Rankin. Seniors and sophomores are Mr. Rankin's main concerns. uf ,ox ev'-ry MR. W. C. DAVIS has M.A. and M.S. from the University of Oklahoma. MRS. ERSA KIKER is a graduate of Groves-Barnhart Business College, Madison, Wisconsin. MRS. ROBERT KILLEBREW attended Cameron State College, Lawton. MR. ADRIAN RANKIN, holds an M.A. from Oklahoma State University. MRS. BUD SPRUIELL attended Southwest Teachers College, San Marcos, Texas. MR. BILL STARR holds an M.S. from Oklahoma University. JUNIORS' COUNSELOR, Mr. W. C. Davis, is also administrator of Adult Education at Altus Schools l-eafnlng Cenlef- MV- Davis' daY is divided between his two offices. H