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

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fm W gain pEffVCfpflZ 5 Mi'. Ira W. Baker, beloved head of Classen, has completed nine years of serving his school. His versatile personality is portrayed here in some of the ways he serves-ns honor guest at the Classette WM Q nrt f, as vell leader nc Cl basketball ame, as host P ' . I g to Rubxnoff and other rominent uests, and as a P 3 counselor to students. M f-Q20 L r Page 8

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Jima! Z. Www i . . . C177 SUPERINTENDENT Genial Mr. Herbert E. Wrinkle, curly red-haired city school superintendent, is completing his second year as head of the Okla- homa City public schools. This experience is not a new one since he held the same position in Bartlesville for eight years prior to coming here. Both his daughters are outstanding in Classen activities. Geral- dine, better known as Gerry, is a member of the graduating class and was chosen basketball sweetheart. Charlotte, a junior, is a mem- ber of the Honor Math group and the orchestra, and both girls be- long to the Honor Society, Comes and Courtesy club. Mr. Wrinkle has promoted various improvements in our school including the all-school parties held in the building and a new metal work unit for boys. The Qklahoina Qity School ifioaifol A group of prominent business men form the Okla- homa City School Board. They are responsible for making the rules and regulations which govern the city schools, they choose the staff of 1614 people who work the best schools in a nation full of the finest schools in the world. At the left is Mr. Edd L. Hisel, president and below, left to right, Mr. Warren H. Edwards, Mr. Dave R. McKown, Mr. Wiley Richardson and Mr. Roy I. Turner. Page 7 in the systemg and under their direction ours are among, HERBERT E. WRINKLE Superintendent N. I.. GEORGE Clerk-Business Manager

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exam 5. warm ...VICE-PRINCIPAL F? Resembling a banana in its ability to bring everyone to a common level is the row of chairs in Mr. Charles S. Wallaceis office. Self-termed the principal vice , he has been dealing the same impartial judge- ment to each culprit, senior or sophomore, large or small, for eleven years. As sponsor of the proctors, he is the major domo of the discipline system and Solomon in all his glory never had to make the many decisions Mr. Wallace hands down in one day. He plays by the same rules during every game however, and that graceful handwriting decides the fate of the just and the unjust with the same Spencer- ian twirl. 'ive THE !-HSTOEV of 6'lf4SSE!V f-5' , The physical shape of Classen may have changed since September 1921 when the first student enrolled, but the spirit that Mr. Anton H. Classen, civic leader, established when he founded a junior high school has only grown deeper in the hearts of students and teachers. It continued to be a junior high school until 1924 when it became a junior and senior high combined. In 1925, it became solely a senior high school. The original building extended from Mr. Charles Gra dy's room to Mr. A. M. Kincaid's and was three stories high. The cafeteria was in the rooms now used for typing on the third Hoot and the library was in -the classroom now occupied by Miss Lucille Willoughby. At this time, the present girls' gym was used as an auditorium. A Because of an increasing number of students, the section containing the present auditorium was annexed. Dur- ing the years the various graduating classes have given curtains for the windows and stage and also the decorations on the walls. The stage included the present band and orchestra room and all the basketball games were played in the auditorium with the stage as a court. 1 Then the cafeteria was changed from the third Hoot' to the space it now occupies and a little later the south wing containing the science department was added. In recent years, the addition of the boys' gym and a girls' locker room has been made. The class of '41 presented a retaining wall for the front lawn. , The first senior class graduated in 1926 with 62 members. The next year the membership was boosted to 225. Last year 648 seniors graduated. Also with a few minor alterations several teachers have remained since the junior high school days. These are Mrs. Edna B. Stevenson, Miss julia Denny, Miss Mary Lawson, Mrs. Anne Nlontague, Mrs. Edna Hedges, Mr. A. M. Kincaid, Miss Della Link, Miss Emma Meneely. Miss Blanche Paul and Miss Bess Snell. Miss Katherine Bragg, Mr. Leo I-Iigbie, Mr. Carroll Smelser and Miss Isalona Carter graduated from Classen and now are instructing in the school of their 'teens. Page 9