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

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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.

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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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OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION Vocational training open to all Altus High enrollees Each year vocational education classes are enlarged in scope and enrollment at Altus High. Last year Shop III classes were added, and students learned basic principles of electrical wiring, plumbing, carpentry and design. This year the course included more complicated construction. Vocational agriculture students won grand championship honors at the Oklahoma State Fair in Oklahoma City with a farm shop exhibit, which included a welding trailer, cattle feeder, livestock trailer and tractor lift, worth approximately ten times their construction cost. WIRING PROCEDURES are checked by Shop III Undent, lohn Bates, Robert Belter. Larry Robb,ns and Cecl McKmney.