Barnsdall High School - Echo Yearbook (Barnsdall, OK)

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Foreword A In thr: oublncatnon of the 1953 54 B H S Lcho the Annual Staff has endeavored to record the events that have oc curred durmg thus school term As you tum through the followmg pages we hope that the varlous putures Wlll help you to recall the never to be forgotten hours of fun and study In thc near future that hand supporting the world as ll lustrated on thls yearbook cover could be yours or mme So whxle we are lookxng through the annual and revlew mg the happiness of the year let us keep remembering that ln addltxon to enjoyment these years m school are also helplng to prepare us for the future So perhaps sometnme as vou tum back through thls book laughs frowns and moments of rellvlng your youth wxll enter your memorles And nn closmg I should lxke to leave wxth you the followmg quatraxn We never know how hxgh we are Tlll we are called to ruse And then rf we are true to plan Our statures touch the skxes Bxll Johnson Edltor . . . , 1 1 - . , . .- . 1 1 ' ' - 1 1 . . I , . 1 1 l . . 1 - 1 1 1 u - 1 1 1 ' 11 1

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BH xxl v Publzshcd by BILL JOHNSON JANE MORRISON BEVERLY MCCOY Edxtor Business Manager Assoc ate Editor J 5-x

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Administration lt? BARNSDALL STUDENTS OF 1953 54 Do you realxze that any of our students or any student xn the Unxted States regard less of socxal fcastj Oflgln may aspire to that type of education whxch hxs abxllty and ln dustry mfluencn htm to seek The Umted States sends more students to htgh school and college than the rest of the world Our annual lmome IS sxx tlmes that of any other natlon our salarxes are twtce as hx h as any natlon xn Europe Th it thls years class will makl a total of 1145 who have graduated from B H S slnce xl w IS fully actrcdlted over 0 vears ago None of you have completed your edu catlon and for some lt 15 hardly bt un None of you should be satlsfxed untxl you have rtached whatexer goals you have set for yourselves You do not have to become a presldent of the Lnlted States or a eoxerncr of a state to be a success IH llfe What vou hate ac om plasheal to the prestnt time probably gxves some lndxcatlon as to what extent you wlll succeed ln lxfe But there IS no stopiplng place and xt 15 my hope that every on of you llves so that all of the faculty and the student body can always polnt to you wlth prlde and say that vou were a part of the Bamsdall Schools ln 1953 54 when we were there I am sure that each of you Lcherlsh many pleasant mem of yo schoo cerely yo Cf:-c,d X Thanks to the student councxl and spon scars for thls edltlon of the B H S Echo It xs another chapter added to the prmtled hls tory of the Barnsdall Publxc Schools It IS xnterestlng to look through past copus of the Echo and follow the physxcal changes of students from year to year Any one can recognxze these changes but usually are not concerned wxth them Along wlth phvslcal growth there should be proper men tal development Physlcal growth wxll take place wxthout consclous ef'ort but mental grovs th requxres a contmuous and properly planned program of wo k wuch wxll produ e those attltudes habxts and skxlls necessary to develop the kmd of person we want to b Thls school exxsts to help develop, as fu both as an mdxvxdual and as an efiectxve co operat ve and responslble member of socletv Mav I ask have you utxlxzed fully the many educatxonal resources of your school' I wlsh to thank the many patrons and students that have offered constructive sug pest ons for the betterment of the schools Thanks to those that have offered words of pra1se for you have made our task more pleasant and fmally to those who have been adverselv Cfltlfal we extend our thanks for y u have preven ed our complacency L. -... 'Y X . K l l c . - : 1 . . ' , , y , . . A , 'U ' ' ' A l I ' v ' ' , , , ' ' 2 . . . , , ' if ' ' 4 3 . ' 3. - . , ,- V . . . 'fl ' ly as possible, the potentialities of each child, .- v v . . ', - 4 , . v , - ' . Q . 1 ' ' 1 A - . M ' c - ' ' . A ft ' ' ' A V V A ' 5 - ' a x ' . . ' , , . 'N . . s, l 1