Casady School - Twister Yearbook (Oklahoma City, OK)

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Il Harvard University B.A. Harvard University L.L.B. History, Math Head of History Department Assistant Headmaster Baseball Coach, Assistant Coach of Football George Whitney Assistant Headmaster Who is the greatest History teacher, Father Confessor to all forlorn maidens, and baseball coach of all time? Modesty prevents but it is George Whitney, small and nifty, but a triple threat. His admiration of Andrew Jackson is only surpassed by his enthusiastic discourses on Princeton Yale and Dartmouth men plus Curly Mr Whitney advanced to the position of Assistant Headmaster to fill Howard Tabers vacated post because of his concern in the schools proper functlonlng One of the two remaining original members of the Casady fac ulty Mr Whitney came to the school after adequate fand necessary! preparat1on as a pri vate in the U S Army A Fox hole Federalist he was courtmartialed for making caustic re marks about his captain Harry S Truman University of Wisconsin BA University of Oklahoma English Head of English Department Registrar Francis C Bloodgood Registrar Mr Bloodgood has attempted through long yeals of experience and self denlal to give his many students some mklmg of the bright light of knowledge If in some case he has failed it is in no way Francis fault His classes have been one long fascinating Journey lnto the realms of the Eng l1sh language His seniors yearly find out about garbage cans without lids and escaped flying squirrels They learn reems of poetry from the little uffy verse book Through lt all the prospective graduate wonders whether Hem ingway or himself IS moie a member of Stein s lost generation Inevitably the graduate re turns to declare his indebtedness to Mr Blood good for passlng freshman English Culture IS the password and intelligence 1S at a premium Mr Bloodgood 1S the true epltomy of grace under strain 1' 9 a . . . , , . . . . . . , . - v cc ' yr , . . Y . U . -... . u ' , ' n ' - . . . . A . , . 3 L ,V u' 77 - Q . U - if . . . , . , if ' - '35 . . . .- . . . . U ' 77 .

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6- Q Howard W Taber 1n h1s f1rst year as Head master has carr1ed on the tradltlon of growth and development of Casady Under hls guld ance the schools d1sc1pl1nary and athletlc systems have flourlshed and the student gov ernment has begun to r1se from obscur1ty Mr Taber came to Casady seven years ago to head the Mathematxcs Department A grad uate of Yale Un1vers1ty where he recelved h1s BS and MA degrees ln Mathematlcs he became ass1stant headmaster shortly after h1s arr1val Mr Tabers good humor IS often masked behmd a gruff m1l1tary bark wh1ch comes from watchlng Sergeant Bllko rather than a sense of martlal d1sc1pl1ne Math classes under h1s tutelage vasclllate between qulzzes requlrmg superhuman 1ntell1gence to pass and uproarlou Joke sesslons whlch rock the bl1lld1I1gS Along wlth h1s sense of humor Mr Taber has a great feel1ng for proprlety manlfested by hlS 1mmaculate soccer umform The Right Reverend Chilton Powell Casady was orlglnated as a place of prepara tlon for better college work The church s con nectlon ln thlS a1m IS to help the student develope splrltually as well as mentally and physlcallw As Blshop of the Dlocese of Oklahoma the Rxght Reverend Ch1lton Powell IS the spxrltual head of Casadv Thxs year an early morn1ng Commumon SCTVICQ has been lnaugurated The Blshop has glven thlS servlce meanlng and v1tal1ty for students teachers and parents attendlng For the last few years he has g1ven talks of guldance and encouragement long remem bered by the Senlors at the Baccalaureate Servlce He also g1ves h1s tlme and energy as an 1m portant member of the Board of Trustees to the furtherlng of the school as an 1nst1tut1on for better educatlon He IS 1n add1t1on to all th1s a sp1r1tual and mtellectual example for Casady students to follow wwe 95 Howard Taber - Headmaster

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'Z' Oklahoma Clty Un1vers1ty BA Un1vers1ty of Oklahoma MA Drxvel s Trammg Athletlc Dlrector Arthur R Glbson Dlrector of Athletlcs Arthur R Hoot Glbson s basketball charg es havent compared to h1s football teams or wrestllng form After he coached the 56 57 football team to an undefeated season he turned to basketball But not flndmg the model team there the coach turned to hxs best loved sport wrestllng and proceeded to throw frlght ened bystanders to the mat to prove h1s strength and prowess As Dlrector of Athletlcs Mr Glbson has completely re1uvenated the sports program by addmg Mr John Gavula as the J V Coach whlch has mfused an easy gomg frlendshlp between coach and team Wxth the addxtlon of Mr Gavula and R C to clean up after the recrulted bonus rookle athletes have stum bled around the gym Mr Glbson now has txme to take a short nap on hls couch to dream up blgger and better tortures for the varslty How ever we are deeply mdebted to hlm for makmg better men UD out of us and for hls deep 1nterest 1n the school Umversxtv of Oklahoma B S Dean of Glrls Glorla Y Walker Dean of Women Th1s year s prospectlve mother has endeared herself to all frustrated and coffee gushng Casady maldens We all wonder where s Sam Evldently Glorla and Hermann hold the secret by a con fxdentlal pact Between carlng for the gyrat1ons of a calclum deflclent bull dog and an Anchor Clanker Glorla has found tlme to play Flor ence Nxghtengale Truant offlcer pollce offlcer seamstress and Dorothy D1x Surely there was never any woman better prepared for mother hood 'iv -4-,.4, if GN A at ' 6, no-'f Q 0 .-.. gk . , . V u r U ' , u u - v y r , . Q' 5 -4 - v, 5 , , f 1 X I . A ,c I 1 . J . . ' ' ' I . 1. I C xc yn ' 1 Q 4 . - , . . - x 1 f , .. . fa-arm Y 1 v ' v , . ' u - n , .