Blackwell High School - Booster Yearbook (Blackwell, OK)

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THE MAROON SPIRIT THE MAROON SPIRIT is the Past, the Present, and the Future of Blackwell High School. lt is the years and years of traditions piled up by thousands upon thousands of strong, eager, in- telligent, aspiring youths. lt is the efforts, the struggles to get there, the rebuffs, the heart- aches, the injuries, the disappointments-and the successes. lt is every game learned, and won or lost. lt is studied lessons and their appli- cations. lt is high moral standards, honor, fair play, respect for the rights of others. lt is accomplishment in academic, physical and practical. lt is leadership-and intelligent fol- lowers. lt is the pride and the joy in the Worthy. lt is the spirit of Democracy and the challenge of duties understood and accepted. lt is all the little kindnesses and courtesies, and both the little and overwhelming loyalties. lt is more than these. lt is a joyous living Presence sym- bolized in conduct, in colors, in movement, and in properties. As you notice, the artist, Victor Nichol- son, made the Maroon Spirit, Himself, pure gold, the bronze of rugged health. His physical makeup suggests precision and fineness of mo- tion, speed, strength, and endurance. ln his right hand he carries high a pure white light, the torch, the lamp of knowledge and civiliza- tion. The wings on his helmet suggest what his mind attains, it goes far-but always upward. ln his left hand, but inconspicuously, he carries the laurel wreath of victory. The Maroon Spirit sails on the pure white clouds, his aspirations are high. The golden rays of the Maroon sun shine down upon him- an inspiration from above-from God! Each hour, each day, each year-many Blackwell High School youths emblazon the Maroon Spirit with finer, deeper, and greater essentials of greatness. Each year the colors of the Maroon Spirit are brighter and brighter. Today we have a glowing Spirit to make more brilliant with deeds and aspirations. Today the whole world calls for the Maroon Spirit to strengthen Democracy and to promulgate the doctrine of Christianity.

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w,'f'f Nffl ,W W 1775 'f y. i , ,, .mf ,ff .MW ,WW ,Win fx' .,' .W .. .lv f . f .yr 6' if :V 1 Lloyd H. Alford, high school principal, is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma with a B.S. degree in Education and an M.S. in City School Administration, He began his teaching career at Ames, Oklahoma where he taught mathematics and science and coached athletics. During World War ll, he enlisted and was commissioned in the Air Corps where he served four and one-half years, eighteen months of this time overseas in lndia, China and the Pa- cific theatre. After the war he returned to work in pub- lic school education at Purcell, where he served as Junior High School principal. After four years at Purcell, he moved to Blackwell, where he was principal of Lovett Junior High for two years. He is now completing his second year as Principal of Blackwell High School. He is an active member of the First Christ- ian Church, a member of the American Legion, Lions' Club, and Masonic Lodge. Mr. J. Arthur Herron, Superintendent of the Blackwell City Schools, is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma with a B,S. in School Supervision and a M.S. in School Administra- tion. Also, he has completed further graduate work at both O,U. and A.8tM. At present Mr. Herron is president of the Northern District of O. E. A. and is a member of the North Central Association Accrediting Committee. Formerly he served on the Board of Directors, on the Executive Committee, and on the Legislative Committee of O. E. A. Active in the Baptist Church, Herron has taught a Business Men's Bible Class for more than twenty years. He is an active Mason and a former state officer in the Masonic Lodge. Although now busy with a substantial building program, Mr. Herron has been presi- dent of the Blackwell and Purcell Rotary Clubs and was a charter member and secretary of the Lions' Club in Beggs, Oklahoma. He began his teaching career in Stratford Junior High School. He also served as Superin- tendent of the Stratford schools for six years, of Beggs for six years, of Francis for eight years, of Purcell for three years, and is now completing his sixth year as superintendent in Blackwell. F x ' rw.. Z 1 , ' I if X f f f 0 'rf WO V z ! zfyf sz. ff 1 ' W. ff , --W- by f' 2 V Z 'I .. .lf .... :VV

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