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

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HOVERING OVER the new cafeteria, these half tone beams of laminated yellow pine exemplify advanced building techniques. Newest addition to the highschool campus this year is the air-conditioncd cafeteria-classroom building completed in time for use during the second term. Throughout its construction the new materials, in spectacular uses at- tracted building experts and architects as well as school administrators. Most dramatic phase of the construction period is preserved for history with the photograph above as the 12 wooden beams, each weighing 1000 pounds, arc posi- tioned to form an arch 21 feet in height. Wall carpeting above mosiactileto prevent echoes is another unusual facet. Completed, these are now walnut finished beams, giving a dramatic contrast to the walls. Best of all an unobstructed view is provided for programs and conferences. 5

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UNDA SOUTHERN, computer Ub assistant. watches as Richard Cunningham feeds the G-15 his first major math program. Altus Senior High mathematics department joined those of Denver, Colo, and Oakland, Calir., this year in offering a hands on computer program for advanced math stu- dents. Computer-related math, however, has been a part of the curriculum for three years. Two years ago Altus had the national champion junior computer scientist, and last year the third place winner. Linda Southern won an eight weeks summer National Science Foundation scholarship to the University of Okla- homa in computer programming, and returned as a senior to become Mr. Earl Newberry’s lab assistant. Mr. New- berry, director of the computer department, sponsors the nation's first chapter of the Future Computer Programmers of America, founded in October of this school year.

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DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION students headed the United Fund drive at AHS for the second year, raising $56.53. In photo below, Mark Briscoe, DEC A president, and Mr. Paul Roach, sponsor, present the funds to Mrs. Kenneth Wallace at United Fund headquarters in downtown Altus at the end of the drive. DRESS PATTERNS can be tricky, and sophomores Emilia Lopez and Corina Avila read directions carefully before cutting out their jumpers in Home Ec . A EIGHBORHOOD YOUTH CORPS members Butch Neasley, left, and Lonnie Rickey discuss the Freedom 7 Mercury Capsule as it rests in the moving van ready for the Aerospace Symposium exhibits. MACHINES class partners Ann DtCindio, standing, and Shirley Marshall recheck their calculator tapes before recording results.