Norman High School - Trail Yearbook (Norman, OK)

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Above: The 1951 salutatoriam arc. left to right: Bev Blackwood, Jeanne Winningham. F.ldrcd Bates. Noda Bettis, and Mike Pvbas. Right: Leading her class with a straight A average is Max- ine Gower, 1951 valedictorian HONORS A new honor in Norman High School is the Thompson-Wampler Memorial Award. This award is given in memory of Bill Thompson and Steve Wampler, two Norman High School students who were killed in a train-car accident on I)cccml cr 16, 1949. The winner of this award is selected by a vote of the entire stu- dent bodv as the friendliest and best- liked senior. In addition to recogni- tion in the Trail, the student receives a $25 savings bond, recognition at Commencement, and his name en- graved on the bronze plaque which holds the list of winners. George Evans, a four-year basketball letter- man, is the 1951 winner. THE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY Below: first row, left to right: Mildred Stowe, Margaret Wilson, .Mary Gayle I.al'on, Noda Bettis. Fllcn Houston. Mary Lyle Childs, Helene Harris. Second row: Shirley Hughes, Judy Jones, Darrell Stricklin, Don Newsom, Mike Pvbas, Bev Blackwood, Jeanne Winningham, Sue De- Priest. Lower right: first row, left to right: Maxine Gower, LaVeta Wood. Ann Stanley. Jane Quaid, Tloclla Sanderson, Nina Mac Roane, Leonah L’zzcll. Second row: Dorothy Hallock, Dick Thurston, Charles Woodring, James Harlow, Phil Kendall. Larry Flood. Not pictured arc F.ldrcd Bates. Lonny Campbell, and Joan Chcr- venka. Valedictorian for 1951 is Maxine Gower, with a straight “A average for four years of high school work. This year, Norman High had the dis- tinction of having five saltuatorians— Bev Blackwood, Noda Bettis. Mike Pvl as, Fldred Bates, and Jeanne Win- mngham-all with 2.8-f averages. I he National Honor Society boasted a total of thirty-four members this year, an all-time high for Norman High School. Not included in this group arc four sophomore members, Nancy Pace, Charles Goddard, Patri- cia McKinney, and Allen Morain who M4|

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Left to right: Fldrcd Bates. Larry Flood, Jerry Bullard. Bev Blackwood, and Dennis I.cadbcttcr arc the five senior boys chosen by the faculty as the 1951 Junior Rotarians. have J. averages for their first two years in high school. In order to be- long to the organization, seniors must have an average of 2.5 for four years work, and juniors must reach the 2.75 mark. Mcml crship is based not only on scholarship but character, service, leadership, and participation in extra curricular activities. This year's offi- cers— Floclla Sanderson, president; Kl- dred Bates, vice-president; Maxine Gower, secretary; Jeanne Winning- ham, treasurer; and Darrell Stricklin, reporter—were in charge of the tra- ditional obligation ceremony held in April for new members. Each year five outstanding senior boys arc chosen as Junior Rotarians by a faculty vote. The object is to teach the boys to take their places later in community life as civic lead- ers. In order to teach them the basic fundamentals of civic life, the Rotary Club invites the boys to Rotary Club meetings for two months. There are many honors in Norman High and all the students chosen to receive them arc outstanding ones. Just as they arc leaders in high school today, so they will l c leaders in their city, states, and even in their nation tomorrow. They will l»c examples of the type of citizen that Tiger Spirit inspires us to be. Right: George Evans was selected bv the student body as the friendliest and best liked senior. Below: Selected to receive the annual Amcrican-Lcgion Citizenship Award arc: left to right. Kenneth Pence and Marilyn Chatman, juniors; Charles Woodring and LaVeta Wood, seniors; Allen Morain and Patricia McKinney, sophomores. Below: Carol Collins was chosen by the faculty and the senior class to receive the DAR Award. H5I