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

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Activities.16 Organizations.42 Athletics.98 Military.158 Music.178 Faculty ...192 Honors.226 Classes.250 Advertising.337

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One of Byrd’s oldest traditions is the GUSHER. As the twentieth century dawned, the yearbook of Shreveport High School was born. It was thought unusual that the name GUSHER was given to the high school annual, but with oil fields only a few miles away the name seemed very appropriate. Also, and more important to this first staff, the name came from the words of Longfellow speaking of “the humbler poets.” “Whose songs gushed from his heart, As show¬ ers from the clouds of summer, Or tears from the eyelids start.” That first staff wished for the staffs of the coming years success. The GUSHER has been published each year since 1912, except a few years during the Depression and World War II. We hope that each year the book may increase in quality, and that each Byrd student, especially the 1973 Seniors, may realize that its value is undeterminable. For years from now, when we try to remember the years of high school, the GUSHER will provide the link to the past. 2 GUSHER

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Dr. B. L. Shaw welcomed Mary Anne Arnold, David Hunsicker, Linda Wingfield, and Larry Wynns to the annual Homecoming Dance. Mrs. Maredia Bowdon proved her true (acket spirit by wearing her purple dress each game day. 4 GUSHER