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an sv L -x uss Muncy Recs sponsor m lm, ,TR '5-x You From left to rught Dotty Cude Vuce Presudent Ray Davudson Presudent Ruby Day Secretary fiqgfwgbfs of 0ar ffgfzscbool Career lhe class ot 19425 EHIEYEG hugh school on September 1 1945 Our furst vuvud umpressuon was that of the upper class men un our furst assembly lustenung for a faunt tune-our noble efforts un A Song of Ardmore However our attempts were soon more admurable and before long we took the lead Mr Crocketts splendud vocabulary and unspurung teachung had marked effect too We soon found ourselves engrossed un Les Miserables We were never quute able to determune whether ut was a French or Englush course un whuch we had enrolled A very memorable occasuon was the nught of February 13 1945 Our valuant gurls un whute devoted the remaunder of the week of the junuor Senuor prom found many of our sophomore gurls peerung through the wundows of the Leguon Hut thunkung My wull our day ever come? And too we couldnt help swellung our chests wuth prude when Muckey Clark carrued off top honors un the Oratorucal Contest guvung us the dustunctuon of beung one of the two soph classes ever to have thus gloruous experuence Our herouc efforts un shorthand when we became junuors Cwhat a beautuful word'J were frequently munumuzed by Muss Bows constant declaratuon Aunt no such anumal' One day some of us were un great anxuety as to the cause of that buzzung un the hall Delvxng unto the matter we found Cto our delughtj that the manshortage had been allevuated somewhat by the arruval of one Harry Brown That was the year un whuch we concluded that Mr Hann and Mr Hall should express theur enthusrasm and loyalty to the Tugers more notuceably so we presented each of them with a brught red tue People were really aware of the Junuors whereabouts when Dottue Cude had an explosuon un the chemustry lab Our fondest dreams came true un that year Margaret Sullu van was vuctoruous wuth her sturrung oratuon People began to wonder what else thus class was capable of accomplushung what wuth beung the only class un the hustory of the school ever to wun two years consecutuvely Certaunly everyone remembers that sprung day when we met an attractuve brunette un the hall-doubtless new to A H S After an about face we dus- covered ut was none other but our own Sherma wuth carbon on her golden locks. establlshung somethung of a precedent, as she celebrated her furst annuversary by repeatung ut on March 12 1948 Our qualms about that Saturday date were greatly relueved when we found that many of the older women flast years senuor gurlsj had packed theur bags and gone away to the noble unstututuons of hugher leamung, thus leavung a few more stags Our senuor class guves to posteruty such cosmopolutes as Ora Bell who unhaled the pleasmg aroma of japanese lotus blos soms and uncense whrle dwellung un the Oruent Robert Cavuns and Robert Cornell who saw Gay Paree and Belguum on a Scout pulgnmage Of course the porthole gave uts burdseye vuew of Parusuan gauety after sundown Then too Dorothy Moss saw many beautuful golden Calufornua sunsets fWe must respect the Calufornua Chambers of Commerce and not men tuon the fogj Shall we ever forget such uncudents as Phulup Brodues callung Mrs Madden Mrs Chaucer the mussung Buuck rungs and the sudden unterest un jewelry bracelets un particular or john Holladays Sux Lessons From Madame Mozunga and hus en suung romantuc unterests9 We shall always smule to recall our Fred Astaures who made such a remarkable showung un the Fall Frolucs Howie male assembly whuch quute properly umpressed us Dont thunk that the gurls were to be outshone however just look at the lust of those whose present unclunatuons lean toward matru mony Louuse Hunter Norma Balthrop Nelda Barnett, Pat Greuder Ellen Smuth, Hazel Mauldun Mona Rabun, and Ro- berta Cox Console yourselves, gurls, there us stull half a leap year left' We recall wuth smules the mad scramble for seats on chartered buses to the out of town football games The senuors contru buted greatly to the all school play Its All ln Your Head Our talent turnout un thus productuon uncluded Sherma Lorenz Margaret Mance Carolyn and Bob Beane The one act play Whurlwund was consudered worthy of a trek to Durant, where ut was guven an excellent ratung It was then taken to the state tournament un Norman un Aprul wunnung excellent. The new look was untroduced to our stately halls by Muckey Clark jo Pat Graham Frutzu Hom and Pat McCarty The Natuonal Echo day un the uournalusm class was one of much hulanty when we read the creatuve efforts of other hugh schoolers throughout Ameruca Other joyous days fat least for those goungj were those of such educatuonal student councul tnps to Corpus Chrustu and Ponca Cuty The students of AHS presented Mr Hall wuth a watch on Fnday February 20 1948 as an expressuon of our devotuon and apprecuutuon of hus fauthful servuce As much as we re- gretted hus leavung, we were happy and fortunate to have as our new pnncxpal Mr Pruce a fnend of long standung, whose excellent guudance and assustance we remembered from our junuor hugh school days It was thus same day that our class dud the unprecedented we gave forth our thurd gold medal orator-e feat never before accomplushed wuthun the 44 years of the annual presentatuon of thus contest We were thrulled to see Shurley Geurkunk handed thus medal As we leave these famuluar halls and rooms, we hope we have set somethung of a standard for succeedung classes We realuze that our departure us a commencement upon lufe and we are grateful for that phase whuch was our hugh school career Q Q V 1 ' I 5 J : ' .. 1' V I e . Q mls. X ' , I 4 I 3 as y Q ' H ',V L s A ' ' g -1 I L, -. Q- , - . 1 ' 4 . 'R A M ' f - - 3 5 4 ss ,W ' Y H t 1' Z 3. ' .n ' , KN ,, , , f H A 2 ' - . z . v 1 '. ' . . o , to the tornado stricken people of this city. The Spfini night Cavuns, Cornell, Boyd. and the Boys' Chorus presented an all: , ' b . 1 I 1 V A 4 . , . Q h . - 1 u '
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S.. serif it l 'Emi' 'Q Seated, from left to right: Betty Sue Cude, Lorenz Boyd. Mona Rabun, Louise Hunter, Margaret Sullivan, Nelda Barnett, jack Geure kink, Billie Loughridge, Elizabeth Dyer, Stella Brooks, Mary Fraley Standing, from left to right: Scotta Sparks, Harold Butler, jo Clough, Joyce Hill, john Hollarlay, Dick Howie, Kathryn Clifton Shirley Geurkink, Robert Cornell, Wayland jackson, Dotty Cude, Fritzi Horn, Carolyn Whitt, Barbara Patterson, Katherine New- ton, Joan Walker, Camille Anderson The Criterion is edited to serve as a practical project in creative work on the part of the Journalism class, and to serve also as a memory book which will depict some part of every activity in Ardmore High School. It presents a portion of the work as well as the recreation of students, and records in pictures a complete story of our high school community. Staff Editor-in-Chief . . Shirley Geurkink Ass't Pictorial Editors . . Louise Hunter, Kathryn Senior Editors. . . . . Mickey Clark, Mona Rabun Clifton, Billie Loughridge, junior Editor ...., . . jo Clough Scotta Sparks Sophomore Editor ,... . . Mary Alice Fraley Make-Up Editor , . . . Kathryn Clifton Business Manager A A V Robeft Comell Ass't Make-Up Editors ..... Camille Anderson, Nelda Ass't Business Manager . Wayland jackson Barnett Senior Sales Manager. . . . Elizabeth Dyer Feature Editor ,,,,,- E , , Fritzi Horn junior Sales Manager ,.,.. Harold Butler , - - Sophomore Sales Manager. .Jack Geurkink Feature Edltors 4i Dotty Cude' Joyce HIM . An Editors HVAIVVV Q IAHI Katherine Newton, Barbara iterary Editors .... . . . Stellaxgrooks, Carolyn Whitt Patterson S Ed. Hauser Copy Editors . . . . Dorothy Moss, Betty Sue ports 'tor' ' ' A ' 'C owle Cude Ass't Sports Editor. . . . , John Holladay Pictorial Editor. , . . . . Margaret Sullivan Music Editor ..... . . Lorenz Boyd Q9- 9' 'Z2' Q-. SHIRLEY GEURKINK MRS. J. J. ARNOLD ROBERT CORNELL Editor Sponsor Business Manager 1
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