Booker T Washington High School - Hornet Yearbook (Tulsa, OK)

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.J 4 I Life at a school with few or no assemblies is like a box of crackerjacks without a prize Peering through the windows of the auditorium doors, we saw nothing but scaffolding and bits and pieces of plaster scattered amidst a sea of old seats, standing row after row at attention, waiting to be led away to be replaced by new ones Remembering past assemblies, of trying to see over the 'fro in front of you, or trying to hear with the person behind talking to his neighbor, we hoped our auditorium would be, finished by next school year so we wouldn't have to walk through the chilly autumn weather to the boys gym just to hear lVlr. Mayes tell us to stop writing on the bathroom walls. But we were lucky: by spring, the auditorium was opened and we had our stage. if 1 -if

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