Caruthersville High School - Cotton Blossom Yearbook (Caruthersville, MO)

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REMEMBERING THE PAST ON THE SILVER ANNIVERSARY THE MEMBERS OF THE 1974 COTTON BLOSSOM STAFF WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME YOU BACK TO THE MEMORIES OF NOT ONLY YOUR HIGH SCHOOL DAYS, BUT TO SOME OF THOSE 25 YEARS OF PAST COTTON BLOSSOMS. NOSTALGIA IS VERY POPULAR IN 1974, BUT FOND MEMORIES AND WORTHWHILE PASTS ARE ALWAYS IN STYLE. SO WITH HAPPY HEARTS, WE ASK YOU TO REMEMBER COTTON BLOSSOM’S SILVER ANNIVERSARY. COTTON BLOSSOM 1950 ’’For the first time since 1923, Carutheisville High School is publishing a year book. To carry on the tradition of the past, we are calling it the 'Cotton Blossom!' In this issue, the staff members present the many phases of campus life as we see it, with the hope that the happy memories of school days will always be preserved for all those who cherish them. ” COTTON BLOSSOM, 1956 We remember the last week of school . . . students staring dreamily out of the classroom windows wondering what's ahead . . . seniors trying on caps and gowns and becoming sentimental at the thought of graduation . . . singing the Alma Mater for the last time . . . But most of all we remember that another year is over leaving us with many fond and treasured memories. This is your life, C. H. S. COTTON BLOSSOM, 1964 Just as a sculptor makes an impression with his clay, a photographer, a picture with his camera, so, through this yearbook, the Cotton Blossom Staff has created a profile of the 1963-64 school year. It was a memorable year, not only socially and academically, but historically, and, to each CHS student, personally.” COTTON BLOSSOM, 1967 Everyone looks at studying a little differently. Most complain. There are classes you go to and those you get out of. There are papers that require more hours than anyone who hasn't done one would believe. Sometimes it's hard to tell how you learn the most. COTTON BLOSSOM, 1968 A high school is a mixture of emotions. Those who enter know victory and defeat, happiness and sorrow, elation, and anxiety. An outsider sees only a structure of concrete, steel, and brick; but a student knows that CHS is much more.'' COTTON BLOSSOM, 1955 Caruthersville High School has these prerequisites; hence the stages in the production of 'The Bumper Crop of 55’ are presented.” COTTON BLOSSOM. 1960 this is a time of hot-rods, of surging rock-and-roll music, of bermuda shorts, and going steady, it is also a time when the word juvenile too often is linked with the word 'delinquent'. for our 1960 yearbook we have chosen a theme through which we can show a true picture of today's teenagers in our theme poem, and in the pictures, words, and artwork of our book, we believe we have captured the true spirit of the American teenager, in his service, learning, activities, and sports, so it is to you, the people of caruthersville, and especially to you, our fellow teenagers, that we present our 1960 COTTON BLOSSOM, 'The Teen Age.' COTTON BLOSSOM, 1969 The CHS school year 1968-69 Is a man. He draws readily On the resources and Weathered experience of untold Years of organized education. Sometimes, he is set in his ways And little wants or welcomes Innovation. And yet, the year 1968-69 is a child, Shyly moving onward, And growing with each New day. This child, looking Toward the beckoning future, Sees needs in her students That must be met.' ’ 4

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 I thought if every teacher in every school in America - rural, village, city, township, church, public, or private - could inspire his pupils with all the power he had, if he could teach them as they had never been taught before to live, to work, to play, and to share, if he could put ambition into their brains and hearts, that would be a great way to make a generation of the greatest citizenry American had ever had. All of this had to begin with the little unit. Each teacher had to do his share. Each teacher was responsible for the destiny of America, because the pupils came under his influence. The teacher held the destiny of a great county in his hand as no member of any other profession could hold it. All other professions stemmed from the products of his profession. Excerpt in honor of two teachers who exemplify its characteristics. Taken from Country Schoolteacher by Jesse Stuart. Mrs. Brown And Miss Horner Our Special Thanks To

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TABLE OF CONTENTS ADMINISTRATION-------------------------PAGE 7 FACULTY.................. -...... PAGE 12 SENIORS--------------------------- PAGE 21 JUNIORS------------------------ PAGE 34 SOPHOMORES -.....--------------- PAGE 41 FRESHMEN------------------------- PAGE 49 CLASSES-----------.............. -PAGE 55 ORGANIZATIONS................... PAGE 81 ATHLETICS-------------------- PAGE 111 ACTIVITIES------------------------ PAGE 128 5