C E Byrd High School - Gusher Yearbook (Shreveport, LA)

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Shreveporl City Hall illustrates the transformation of styiing. This is only one of the many areas that have been altered in such a notable fashion.

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Growth Changes Shreveport Shreveporl Courthouse of 1919 serves as a typical example of the architecture of that era. That we live in an ever changing world is an evident and widely accepted fact. Byrd has been effected by these changes. Each year newer goals have been conceived, and these goals have been successfully met. Within the boundaries of this year, changes have come to Byrd. The parking lot seemed a little more crowded, the subjects a little more dif ficult, and the fellow classmates a little more in- telligent. These changes occurred in the minds of students and were actually non-existent. In truth. these, as many of our changes, were mutations of the mind. Regardless of how quickly the world about one changes, his mind is able to comprehend and profit by these changes. It is not hard for the Senior to remember his first day at Byrd and the change that came to him; Byrd came to be a part of him. Then came the changes brought about by his involvement in the various activities of Byrd. The athlete’s body developed physically, the schol- ar’s mind developed intellectually, and each indi- vidual found specific changes in his attitudes and interest. The surroundings around Byrd have also been subject to change. This becomes evident through various objects in and around our city. Not too far removed is the period in which wood burning trains commuted across our country, yet scientific development has brought us within reach of jet propelled trains. During the same period local travel was undeveloped and old fashioned, yet our city has seen the discontinuance of a once modern Traffic Street Bridge and the construction of the current 1-20 complexion. Architectually there has also been change; no longer are building structures restricted in the traditional style of the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium but employ modernistic de- sign like that of the new Civic Theater. Individuals have increasingly turned to athletics, and the city has met the demand by providing facilities such as Querbes Tennis and Golf areas. Education has been perhaps the most decisively changed, and Shreveport is effectively meeting this change through the con- struction of Captain Shreve High, Northwood High and Louisana State University at Shreveport. With increases in all these factors of our world, it has become increasingly small. This has brought about the necessity for increased defensive measures that have necessitated the obsoletion of defenses like Ft. Humbug and the opening of installations like Barks- dale A.F.B. to serve as replacement. Byrd has been an important faction of the changes of both this city and this world. Each in- dividual who has encountered the experiences this school offers has been slightly changed and forever grateful. Byrd through change, benefits from yester- day, contributes to today, and looks to tomorrow.

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To the While cities, schools, and individuals change or mature, nature continues on in its beautiful pattern, adding to our world of today and remaining for the generations to come. 6