Ardmore High School - Spectrum Yearbook (Ardmore, OK)

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N ,fm N 20 X S Left to nght Allce Bartee Nan Smmth Bobbxe Bowers Delores Murphey The Gxrl s Trxo a new addltuon to the muslc department thls year has been one of the busmest OI'gEiI'llZ3tlOIlS IH school The glrls sang at the State Student Councxl Conventlon ln Ma dlll ln autumn and attended the choral contest at Durant ln Aprll also they have sung for numerous assemblxes for the oratorlcal contest and have been the guests of churches and CIVIC groups ln Ardmore UU' 1?g Off f Standmg left to nght Marmlyn Shores Laquxta James Anne Labbalt Nan Smlth Bobbye Bowers janet Lane Betty Dolman Peggy W1lson Dorotha Evans Betty Hendricks Delores Murphey and Nancy Underwood Seated Alxce Bartee Strams of llltmg musmc have often wafted through the halls of A H S as the mne mem bers of the Trlple Trxo and themr alternates have practlced for thexr concert m May Thls tal ented group has had no regular class penod but has met every day after school They have sung for varlous c1v1c clubs churches school assemblles and furmshed the music for the coro natlon of the Smawxk queen My --- g --. h Ei E rf , . :S i lil A .L 3 , y xl jo T J , . . K N 7 - . ...Q . . v -r . . ' I N. . ,l A . 3 ,gif L g we A , .-crm X, . 2 4 , , in ' - F -S it X . K , . .- V B 1 O 1 s - V Q I In f l Q l 7' QQ 'hs Mauzdqx L.,' l m lf .iff S7 ., lx We xkvl . . I h Q t U lg

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Ofg f f wwf Left to right Alxce Bartee Dorxs Ward Flavll Yeakley and jan Lovell SPEECH DEPARTMENT MAKES STEADY PROGRESS A comparatlvely new addxtlon to Ardmore hxgh school IS the Speech Department dlrected by Nancy Fry Somc of thc act1v1t1es partlclpated 1n by the speech students are Presentatxon of humorous and dramatlc llterature oral xnterpretatron of poetry panel dxscusslon antlnpubllc address Varrous hopefuls entered tournaments at Durant and Ada and some came home bearlng the laurels of vxctory A total of seven assemblles were presented by th1s department throughout the year mcludmg one act plays demonstratron debates and mmstrel shows Resolved That the Pres1dent of the United States be elected by the dlrect vote of the people Thls statement the debate questlon of the year was carefully studxed sweated over and struggled with by the eleven members of the debate class Desplte the fact that the green sophomores are ribbed and bellttled by the upper classmen these students have d1st1ngu1shed themselves by representlng the entrre student body ln the art of refutatlon To begm the 1949 1950 season these up and commg debaters encountered Sulphur m slx practxce tourneys Debates were glven before the Junror hrgh Enghsh classes for practlce and also to attract future debaters Feelmg that obsewatron of other debaters at work would be beneflcral the group went to Denton to llsten to debates held at North Texas State Teachers College Fmally after much blood sweat and tears thls ambltxous group ventured forth mto the tournaments held at Durant Shawnee and Acla They emerged vlctorlous at trmes and at others somewhat daunted but each person felt he had beneflted from every contest These debaters who have cred1tablyrepresentedA H S are jan Lovell Flavll Yeakley Alxc Bartee Gwynn Hann Dons Ward Tanya Colbert Jena Vayve Tuck Tom Smgletary Jlmmy Renfro Charles Collms and john Caldwell I f A ,241 44 Left to nght Gerald Glazener, Sydney McNabb, and Lajuana West F9 if 1. fra 0 full. xxx N X '. l xX Z X Z 9 f A 271' 1 1,1

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U Flrst row left to rxght Scallon Meek Trurtt Hensley Brxstow Edens jones Allen P1erce Folsom Second row Phxlllps Shores Lane Champmon Harvey Drummond Wxlllams and Boyer Thnrd row Nance Black Phelps Fowlkes Rxcketts Bowers Horstman Padgett Creecy james Evans and Hendricks Fourth row Smnth Brooks Yeakley Mc Bryde Carter and Suggs Thxrty nme muslcally mclmed boys and gurls enrolled at the begmnmg of the school year to blend thelr vorces and muslcal efforts rn the mlxed chorus These students under the dx rectlon of Mlss Susan Scallon gave an mspxrmg and xmpressxve Chrxstmas tableau Scenes from the Chrxstmas story were portrayed on the stage wxth musxc formmg the background Outstandmg voxces were Barbara Bowers Bob Denms and Nan Smlth I-zrst row left to nght Dons Ward Marjorxe Murray Frances Essary jean Mooneyham Second Row Phylhs Swartz james Hamxlton Glen Reagor Cletus Brewer Thzrd Row james Lane Davld Dragg Rae Whxte Harold Berry Edwxn Zellner Fourth Row Charles Combs john Holloway Dlck Mlley Ardmore Hlgh s orchestra rs part of the schools well rounded muslc department Al though It IS relatnvely small wrth 16 members lt does much to provlde the muslc student wlth a chance to acquamt hrmself wlth the classlcs and other orchestral materxal Under the dlrectlon of Raymond Gabbard the orchestra has had a busy and extremely enjoyable year In january the organlzatlon provlded an assembly for jumor hlghSChO0l Or chestra s presldent IS Cletus Brewer 1 qu 2 A 6 , .- ' 6 ' ' s - 4 , X L - - - 7 5 5 , Q sb A f 111. . A L34 if . 5 E . - , Jw I K 1 1' . . i, , N , 6 6 A . . 5