Norman High School - Trail Yearbook (Norman, OK)

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trail is as old as time and as msw-.is Ion ion ow. 1' rom a loin path Ttri i iuli 11 ilitpn ilili i iii' uTthc supersonic speedway of the scicntist ifsfSnTman records his progress in the trails he makes. Scare preserved for us by history, literature, and our own familiar songs. We who live in the West have been fortunate in holding contact with the romantic vigor of the past while we live in a center of specialized industrial achievement. The old ballads of the cattle trails have given way to the legends of the oil fields, and these in turn to the complex phenomena of city living and the inspiration of culture and of humanitarian building A trail is more than a map and a story. It is the moving pjjg«mt of thinking. When we take pride in our advancci}jfitt ’tf!e travel L-new trail. In recognition rliii'i j'i nr on the back- ground of the past tQday, our high school yearbook, the 1948 Tq t Vv ' « « % « « . . . » ».' %'• - —- « V • ;ioVW '» V ;• ' ' ' ' '' 3 » «v Bot latc pm The Chisholm Ridings; cowtttsy of ?tlrs. Sam P. ’Riding vMedford, and the Co-operative Publishi7ig,fC mpany, Guthrie v VA.V - VS

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STAFF CHARLOTTE GIBSON Editor HARRIETT RUTLEDGE Assistant Editor MAURICE HOLLAND Business Manager CLONNIE DAVIS Assistant Business Manager SAM WILSON Layout Editor FRANKLIN HUNT Photographer MARK MELTON Assistant Photographer GEORGE COBB Activities Editor, Feature Writer MARIANNE ISOM CHARLES SPRADLIN JACK LOCKETT JIMMY EWBANK JERRY LEMON JOYCE COX GOLDA RICE SHIRLEY CRISMAN BARBARA FISHER HELEN TULLIUS HOYL LOCKETT MARY ELLEN CASEY LARRY FLOOD MISS LUCILE SEARCY MRS. H. C. DAVIS Senior Editor Junior Editor Senior Sports Editor Junior Sports Editor Senior Art Editor Artist Artist Feature Writer, Picture- Copy Checker Feature Writer Typist and Secretary Sophomore Sports Sophomore Editor Junior High Editor Literary Sponsor Financial Sponsor

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MR. 1). K. BOYD President MR. NEIL R. MR. J. YV. FOSTER JOHNSON Treasurer Vice-President Leaders on Education Trail Deciding the policies and plans of the school system, the Board of Education—consisting of Mr. D. K. Boyd, president; Mr. Neil R. Johnson, vice-president; Mr. Lynn Bullard; Mr. J. A. Staedlin; and Mr. E. F. McComb— has shown itself most efficient. With Mrs. S. B. Spradlin as secretary and clerk, Mr. W. K. Newton as auditor, and Mr. J. W. Foster as treasurer, the board has energetically car- ried out its duties and received unanimous commendation. The board members arc all outstanding business men and leaders in activities of the city. As an exemplification of wit and diplomacy of Norman High, Mr. Lance Ewbank, our principal for the past four years, has accom- plished perfection in the completion of school affairs. Born in Argonia, Kansas, Mr. Ewbank, as an infant of one, moved with his family to the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma, where he re- ceived his grade and high school education. After his mariage in 1923, he attended North- western State Teachers College at Alva, and received the bachelor’s degree in social science. In the following summer he studied at the University of Oklahoma and received a master’s degree in education. Mr. Ewbank served as assistant coach and history instructor at Cherokee, as coach at Sayre, as coach at Cherokee again, and as coach and principal at Chelsea. After four years in Wagoner he moved to Norman, where he became principal of our high school. As is his past, his present is also exemplary of experience and tact. Airs. S. B. Spradlin and Mrs. Ina Delattre, representing the feminine side of the school, have helped to bring Norman High to a peak in efficiency and progress. Mrs. Spradlin has proved herself indispensable as cashier of school funds. As school registrar, Mrs. De- lattre, whose zest and amiability have made her popular with all students, acts as Mr. Ew- bank’s assistant. —George Cobb MR. YV. K. NEWTON Auditor MR. LYNN BULLARD MR. J. A. STAEDLIN MR. E. F. McCOMB 161