Woodrow Wilson Middle School - Statesman Yearbook (Tulsa, OK)

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i rind. -' -l ,D 4 ,Q X ,a l 449 - e GALICX JONES .XSHIS'l'.XN'l' sl'l'r:1z1N'1'i4:xnlcx'r IN FIIARGIC 01 Sl'II'UNllARY HVHOOLS To fha' SllZlI1Cl7fS of Wfomlrow Vc'filxw1 Izmior High Srlmolz GREETINGS ! 1 The editors of THE BOOSTER for 1932 are to be commended on their choice of themeg namely, the Dz'1'e10pn1.'11f of Oltlaluonm. Theiunique story of Okla- homa should be known and understood by all who come through the junior high school. The history of our great country contains no more alluring and romantic story than that of Oklahoma. Your endeavors only make such appre- ciation so much the more effective. I am pleased, also, to note that your yearbook is dedicated to THR PIoN1'il2la WOMAN. She typifies the courage, vision, and faith which have been the foun- dation of our commonwealth. Your study of the qualities which made the pioneer woman cannot but serve as a challenge. Our geographical frontiers have disappeared. Nevertheless, there are social frontiers, economic frontiers, and frontiers of idealism which call for the same sterling qualities which char- acterized our pioneering forefathers. The pioneer spirit should lead you as you come to grips with the problems of modern life. Za. gm I9 THE BOOSTER 32 llmia 12

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-xl. AL l J- :DXXXX ': 'L ,' - I Po ofil QB, Rh HSLOAUA X t e L. X t ' p - : Tm N-alll! - 1. F ' ,A li ' I fl ' v! Zi AX XVILL FR ENUH ASSOCIATE SUPr:1tiN'1'1cN1n4:N'1' 01-' suHool.s OKLAHOMA IN TRANSITION Into the brief history of Oklahoma have been compressed the kaleidoscopic changes of a hundred years. In Ohio most of the last century intervened between the frontier days and the industrial age, but in Oklahoma one genera- tion broke out the sod and remained to build skyscraper and factory. There are Yancy Cravats in every Oklahoma town. The spirit of the frontier still lingers in the minds of men here though the physical frontier has suddenly been swept aside. So we find a curiosly sharp conflict as the old free thinking, free living, inlisidualistic, frontier-mind meets the more conservative, methodical mind of a new born industrialism. Oklahoma thus becomes the political experiment station for the nation. But there are strong elements in both types of minds and the welfare of the State and perhaps of the Nation depends upon the free, forward-looking spirit of the pioneer bending itself to the creation of a planned social order in which both Man and Things shall count, but count only in the proportion tc which they are able to contribute to enriched and enobled living on the part of all mankind. I9 THE Boosttn 52 1 1 J

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' 4 x . --R . 't-P F F ' '- P 4 I W fa tc- ef- : - .eil - . V. v 'A il ' A il I V3 .xx HALL' av. . Quan? 1.2.2013 A ROY Il. IIIIADSIIAXV I'I:INc'II'.x1. OI' NVOOIJRUXV WVILSOS JUNIOR IIIGII SCHOOL To the Sponsor and Staff of the BOOSTER: May I congratulate you on the happy choice of your theme for the 1932 Yearbook. You are depicting in your annual the wonderful drama of Okla- homa. We see the Spaniards, the Frenchmen, and Indians playing out their skit on the stage of our state's history. Then the West of pioneer days passes in review. The Indian and the buffalo gives way to the cowboy making the uproarous cowtown resound with his whoopie. Next comes the pony express, the stage coach and the iron horse blazing a trail across the plains of the bison for the covered wagon of the 89er heading towards the promised land. Oklahoma is like a great cauldron, into which has been thrown the ingred- ients which produce the unique blend of Oklahomans represented in Wilson school. The pioneers may have vanished from the forests and plains but their unconquerable spirit still lives. Their courage and resourcefulness is an inspira- tion to us. I am glad that you are honoring them by dedicating your Yearbook to the Pioneer Wfoman. ROY B. BRADSHAW. I9 THE BOQSIER '52