Classen High School - Orbit Yearbook (Oklahoma City, OK)

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ETHEL BASINGER IRIS BAUGHMAN MARIORIE BRAINARD KATHERINE BROUS HOWARD BROWN KARL BROWN G. W. BRUCHER UNDINE BUTLER VERA CAMPBELL MARY CANTRELL RICHARD COFFEY CLARK CUNNINGHAM IULIA DENNY MARTHA DENNY GRACE DEUPREE ISABEL EASTLAND MARGUERITE FLOOD IEAN WEST FORBES GERALDINE GABEL BUZBEE BERNIECE GORDON C. E. GRADY NELL GUTHRIE e Faculty SAIDEE HAZELWOOD EDNA HEDGES BESSIE HERRIN LEO HIGBIE BLANCHE HOLLAND MILDRED HOLLAND FERN HOOVER RETHA WAVE HULET AGNES HUSER MARION BORDO IARRELL ARTHUR KINCAID NILS LAGO LOUISE LAING MARY LAWSON MARGARET LINDSAY DELLA LINK MILDRED MCCORKLE FRANK MCKEE FLORETTE MCNEESE THOMAS MALLORY EMMA MENEELY CLARA MEYER HAROLD MILLER MABEL NEAL IAMES NEILSON HELEN NORRIS IOHN PADEN BLANCHE PAUL ANNE PEARSON LELIA PICKARD DAVIDA RICHARDSON OPAL RIDENOUR FLOYD RUSSELL CARL SCHAFER GLADYS SHEIJARD BESS SNELL MARYE STEVENS DOROTHEA STEVENSON EDNA B. STEVENSON GEORGE N. STURM LUCILLE TANDY ETHA TOWNSEND ELAINE TUCKER HENRIETTA VON TUNGELN CHARLES WALLACE LUCILLE WILLOUGHEY IAMES HARLOW ffice IRA W. BAKER, Prin. CHARLOTTE STRINGER MARGOT GAINER MIRIAM MOYER MYRTLE GROUP THEODOSIA GAMBRELL HELEN NANCE HUGH SCHRIVER By the boiler room to hand Hugh Schriver and assist- ants a bouquet. They're great guys. Then into the presence of the chiefs, Charles Wallace, who it Seems is interested in the proctor System and room 217, and Ira W. Baker, who'upholdS the conservation arm of student council. Both threatened me direly if I put anything in this article that would bring the pink to the cheeks of William Randolph Hearst. They punctuated their remarks with something that sounded like gradu- ation -or something. On the last lap now. Into the office of that accom- plished Iack-Of-all trades, journalist, writer, teacher, foot- ball coach, debonair, delightful man-of-the-world, George Sturm. He criticized the article in a fabulous fashion. From beginning to end. All, that is, except the fourth from the last paragraph. So I covered the faculty front. They're a great bunch. You get to like them after the first ten flunks. They're all hail-fellows-well-met, and we hope that anon someday we may resume where we left off. For three years I covered the faculty front. I like it. cron

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.ental chief, known as M. Du the uDoe.U Nliss Bernice Gordon rises. L'Wcf deserve it coachl fre loafinl. I gave a guy a D the other day, but we're roundin' into mid-season form and I for one am go- ing to bar a thousand. VVe'll fight. XVe've got the red pencils. VVL-'ve got the mean scowls. Now come on! VVhat d'ya say, girls? I:lunlc'er down, boys! Iflunlc 'er down, boys! They go to Classen but they never make de lassenslw chortle But- ler, IWcCorlcle, Denny, Deupree, Stevens and Cunningham. as they race down the hall sharpening their red pencils. Off between war whoops to the foreign n language department, whose teaching, regard' less of nationality, is Greek to everybody. WCIl'C, by this time, authorities on Greek. Headed by M1's. Davida Richardson, this group of stalwart teachers includes, lVIr. Arthur Kin- caid, Miss Lucille VVilloughby, Henrietta Von Tungeln, Miss Bess Snell, Iyfiss I,elia Pickard, Miss Bessie I-Ierrin, and hfliss lVIarjorie Brainard. The commercial department is the uKey point of the school, as far as type-writers are concerned. It's a typical department. Upon our entrance into Miss Etha Townsend's typing class, Sadie Stutz is waving frantically. HTeach, this thing won't world Wlialt do I do next? Townsend speaks: Ulf that journalism department ing in another lemon on us, I am going to get citrous- .ruit conscious. XVhat's wrongP', The in is missingf' uIt's the journalism departznent, alright, they have great respect for the ui . All my teachers are very fond of the journalism department except Miss lVIary Cantrell. lX4rs. Marion Bordo Iarrell, Nliss Ethel Hasinger, lVIiss lXfIil- dred Holland, and IX'Iiss Ifmma Meneely. CHA1u.izs W. XMu.i.Ac:E Vice-Principal The science department is located on the third floor near the houses of Miss Geraldine Gabel, Miss Nell Guth- erie, lNIr. I-Iarold E. Brown, Mr. Iames I-Iarlow, IN4r. M. Paden, and Mr. Carl Shafer. A nice crowd, even though they do ruin the school two days a semester by making sulphur dioxide gas. Disguising myself with manliness, I ventured into the domestic science department. IX'Irs. Edna Hedges and Iyliss Veta Campbell were teaching the sweet young things the intricacies of water boiling. It's a good place for future wife-hunting. They all ducked when they saw me coming and sighed with relief when I left. In again, out again, to see Mr. liranlt Nic- Kee, industrial art head, and hilt. G. VV. Bruch- er, mechanical drawing prof. Left hurriedly when Brucher broaehed the subject of payment of activity tickets. It's a peaceful world'-f-the art department. Everyone wanders around, nobody says hello or goodby. Mrs. Edna B. Stevenson and daughter, Miss Dorothea Stevenson, both art instructors, painting a modernistic painting of a landscape. Later found out it was Venus Playing lvlarblesf' james Iimmie Neilson hurries out on an errand of mercy for his trombone player, who slipped and swallowed part of it. I-Ie's filling the spot left vacant by Ludwig W. I-Iebestreit, who told the piccolo player Hhe'd never get to first bass. I-Ie's filling the spot well. lyliss Charlotte Stringer, who i'uns the lost' and found department, Miss Miriam Moyer, superintendent of the shelves, and Mrs. Theodosia Gambrell, empress of the palace of gastronomical splendor, all came in for their share of 'Ipeeping Tommy. THE FACULTY C95

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oard of Education nk The Story of the Energetic Higher-Uppers by Laurie Lisle Continuing its enthusiastic promotion of Classen High, the board of education has kept a helpful and protective eye on the school during the past year. With each term the feeling of cooperation and willingness to assist grows stronger and more evident, and though nothing as spec- tacular as the completion of another Taft stadium or a fresh supply of glittering band uniforms has been per- formed, over S6880 was spent on Classen alone in the last few months. The Comets have always realized that their wants are attentively noticed and that every effort is untiringly made by these of- ficials to obtain anything within reason- and of that, only the finest. The past year's program conclusively proves that the Blue and the Gold are never even acci- dentally neglected. Many sums have been carefully appro- priated and thoughtfully spent by the ceaselessly-working board members: Otto Rose, president, Roscoe Price, vice-president, C. K. Reiff, superintendent of schools, G. Stearley, clerk and business manager, and Mrs. S. Poole, E. W. Spivey, Fred jones, Earl johnson, P. Harris, Ancel Earp, and E. E. Dorsey. To meet legal requirements, the body convenes the first Monday night in May of each year to elect a president, vice presi- dent, and clerk. This insures their actions as being of- ficially authoritavc. Elected in pairs, during odd-numbered years, from the city's wards, and with one member at large, this group bears the grimly official title of the Board of Education of the City of Oklahoma City. ln spite of the awe-inspir- ing coldness of the name, this administrative body has kept itself alertly aware of Classen's welfare and needs. Four-hundred study hall desks have been ordered, new bookkeeping desks are awaiting installment, plans are pending for new showers and dressing rooms and many other improvements are planned. Building repairs have cost SI7I6.5O, repairs for equip- ment and furniture have totaled 33,6072 35272 covered the upkeep of the grounds, additions to the building have come to 5115, to the equipment-51170. Changes in schedules and subjects are worked out by Mr. Reiff and the individual principals. But the school board hovers ever ready to lend aid and encouragement. These city fathers can well be proud of their past work, but resting on laurels is not for them. The new cum Otto Rose gym, the imposing stadium, are only milestones in the glorious marathon that leads ever upward and onward. The familiar brick building at Fouth and Walntxt has been thc nucleus of many Classen improvements. The gym stands as the most outstanding of the many additions and improvements for which the board has been responsible. Built only last year, the gym is already becoming imbued with Comet tradition, and years from now the gym, probably still called the NEW gym, will be a familar and beloved I part of the campus. The Oklahoma City school system re- sembles the city manager plan of govern- ment which has been adopted by the capi- tal city of Oklahoma. Both plans have the same general advantages. As a result of this system, City schools are recognized generally as being among the most pro- gressive institutions in the United States. The school board functions without pay, and exercises the right to criticize and make suggestions and improvements in the gov- erning of the schools. It is the principal above the principal. The school board has served for many years to link the schools, especially the high schools, with the rest of the community. The fact that every member is a success- ful business man who is very much in- terested in our schools is, to a great extent, accountable for our progressive system of high schools and junior highs. On the other hand, the members, being business men, and their receiving no pay for their labor causes perfect under- standing between the board and the citizens of the city. The board is able to recognize the weak points in our high schools, and point them out in such a way to both the citizens and the superintendent-of-schools that action is usually the result. Probably the most remarkable thing about the board of education is the way in which it cooperates with the officials and authorities of the various city high schools. Classen's principal, Mr. Ira W. Baker, works in harmony with the board, he makes suggestions for improvements, and they criticize and fulfill the requests. It is doubtful if any school could succeed without the influence of some governing agency, such as the school board, which acts as a combination legislative and judicial body. Controlling, as this bureau does, the life and welfare of every city child attending school, the great success of its enterprises, and the infrequency of its fail- ures are mute testimonies to the work done by the Okla- homa City board of education.