Altus Senior High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Altus, OK)

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VOCATIONAL BUILDING was built in 1957 to be used for agri- culture and industrial arts classes. Both departments are equipped with modern shop laboratories, use'ful also for pre-industrial and pre-engineering training. LIVESTOCK JUDGING team members observe their second place banner, won at the Wichita Falls. Texas, Junior Beef Show, one of the outstanding livestock shows of the country. Members are Mackey Carder. John Bates, Charlie Howard and Fred Schmidt. Hold- ing the award is the sponsor, Mr. Kent Metcalf. At this contest John Bates won first place individual honors in judging. Members of the team placed high in several con- tests during the year. DON McASKILL and Cecil McKinney built this pick-up rack for swine. All Aggie boys participate in projects such as these, building useful equip- ment and learning carpentry and metal work. Vocational agriculture at Altus High provides one of the state’s most outstanding departments for training in the many fields of modern agriculture. Located, as Altus is, in the center of both irri- gated and dry-land farms, boys have numerous opportunities to put “book” knowledge to practical use at once. Prize money earned in contests, and income from livestock and crop projects, often provides students with college money, or resources for entering farming following high school gradu- ation. Animal pens are provided at the “Aggie farm” for the use of boys living in town in order that they may participate actively in projects. CHARLIE HOW- ARD holds the heads of maize which won for him the second place award for dry land feed at the county fair. Charlie i s a member o f various judging teams of the Ag school. 2

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MUSIC EDUCATION building, on Bulldog Lane, was completed in February. NEW BUILDING Vocal, Instrumental Music Labs Provided Pink brick exterior masonry walls with a south- west wall of deep blue tile, and blending glass panels of blue alternating with the crystal en- trance glass panels give the Music Education building a gay appearance in keeping with its purpose . . . restful recreation and musical ac- complishment for the students who use it. The peaked, poured concrete roof provides sheltered clerestory windows for the rehearsal halls within. Vocal music is in the west wing of the building, and band rooms are in the east half. Completely air-conditioned, the building may be used with ease throughout the year. Running through the center of the structure is an entrance lobby providing waiting space for students. Trophy cases built into the south walls already are well filled. Large rehearsal halls provide ample space for large vocal and instru- mental groups. Small practice rooms, flanking the big room, add additional rehearsal space. There are correctly designed robe and uniform closets, music libraries and rehearsal rooms. CONTEMPORARY and academic Gothic architec- ture blend pleasantly on campus of AHS. Students wait at entrance of main administration building.

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AUDITORIUM BUILDING for the use of high school students was completed in 1962. Its capacity is approximately 1500. Modern stage lighting, splendid sound facilities, year-round air-conditioning make this building with its padded seats, carpeted runways, and floating scenery, one of the region’s out- standing. Air-conditioning ducts were installed at the time the building was constructed, and re- frigerated air-conditioning install- ed during the summer of 1963. Special features include a sound system, piped into the lobby, pro- viding perfect sound transmission from the stage when standing room only audiences require that over- flow crowds remain outside the auditorium proper. AUDITORIUM Schools, Community, Region Use Building Altus High auditorium also is used by other schools and community groups. However high school events are given priority, and a careful calen- dar is kept of events schedul- ed. Numerous important meet- ings are attracted to Altus as a result of this building, us- able the year-round with every area comfortably cooled or heated. Seniors from a half-dozen counties assemble here for ACT test briefing, and even more return in May for Altus Junior College Sen- ior Day. Nationally known, the Junior High Boys’ Vocal Music Festival is held here. SUSAN BATES, as Cornelia Otis Skinner, and Myra Pitts as Emily Kimbrough, prove their abilities without costumes or staging as they read their lines during an early rehearsal of “Our Hearts Were Young and Gay.” DRAMATICALLY EMPHASIZING the splendid scope of the AHS auditorium stage, and the arrangement of the theatre type padded seats, this photograph was “shot” with available lighting from a raised vantage point near the rear. 3