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

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TABLE OF CONTENTS ADMIIVIS T RA T I UN Pager 6-19 A C T I VIT IES' Pager 20-37 OR GANIZA T I ONS Pager 38-65 SPOR TS Pager 66-89 CLASSES Pages 90-156 ,,,nsN.N ---N . --X , 541 . ' m . 5 r ieyf Ol O X-s , -N-

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DEDICA T I ON To Uur Parent! THROUGH THI5 DOOR Into The FUTURE

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l S - fi K, . I'1l never forget the first time I saw Mr. Taylor on the stage at assembly. Now, here's Mr. Estes with a few announcements, is a phrase I'1l always remember. It took me a long time to discover that teachers are h uman beings, but they are. However, there,s nothing more tenacious than a bunch of teachers obsessed with the ambition of creating a senior, whether a guy is senior material or not. They keep in trim by consoling themselves with, Not at the top, but he's climb- ing. To them we are clay to be fashioned into the best possible design. Our mud-in- your-eyen attitude rarely daunts them. They crowd in an extra chair for the newcomer, push out the walls of the library when we gang-up on late book reports, swab our throats when maladies threaten, and do dozens of little kindnesses every day. Living and moving and having your being among the clatter of chattering type- writers, acrid smells of chemistry experiments, hissing chlorine that irritates your eyes makes you realize you are in the process of getting educated. Sometimes I feel sorry for the head man. But watching a cherished idea materialize has been some consolation this year, no doubt, when annoyances common to the Cap- tain of any crew of 2,000 spontaneous, unpredictable teenagers arose. Our new Classen at Twenty-third and May is the result of Mr. Taylor's ambition for Classen students. He's the drive behind the acquisition of this unique school plant. Upon completion it will represent the finest in the Southwest. But it,s more than a building, it's one man,s dream for and devotion to youth translated into substance- stone and marble, where many generations of Classenites will meet the patience that will steer their vagrancies into useful, successful lives. ,6- ADM