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

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During the school year Martha McCornell displayed her Before the Woodlawn game, Stingerettes Drum Corps mem- love for Byrd with her constant care for its appearance. bers hosted a spirit breakfast for the football players. BYRD — 50 Years 9

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Jacket Pride Honored Memories of Byrd Byrd High School is fifty years old. Constructed in 1925 it has stood through three wars and the Great Depression, has survived social changes in Shreveport, and has pre¬ pared countless young people to live in their individual times and circum¬ stances. Upon looking at Byrd today, one sees that in many places the paint has peeled from the ceilings and the plaster has fallen off the walls. The school shows her age in other ways, as during the first cold snap of winter the old steam heaters clank as if in a final effort to make the students warm. Byrd’s architecture is not standard with the streamlined construction of more modern schools, but the high ceilings and the intricate artwork on the front of the building are indeed part of the char¬ acter of Byrd itself. Since Byrd High School has been in use for half century, many wonder when or if it will ever fall dow r n. It is hard for those who love Byrd to imag¬ ine that it might not stand forever. Even though sometime in the future Byrd may crumble to the ground, it is assured that its image, its reputation, and its memory will never die in the hearts of those who graduate from Byrd. At the beginning of the year, the new library began to take shape before opened for use in November. Senior Pep Squad members devoted many long hours of hard work to the traditional painting of the Gator Day murals for the cafeteria. 8 GUSHER

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Mr. George Wilson looked on as Mimi McDowell made a class officer nomination. Sergeant David Yerton and Charles Smith discussed the upcoming officers’ test. 10 GUSHER