Corrigan High School - Blue Quill Yearbook (Corrigan, TX)

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S I. c DOI DG 'Jsz Shlmlnols of D ocpacq ci 'oeautiiui in aii hiue and n X9 ,is modern an and arnpie stage. Ps a 'oeautiiui 'oiue vehfe auuitoriurn. cofnpieted i ting capacity , hiinds and sented in the chooi auditorium, tics, a iarge sea ted by venetian 5 have been pre The iocai high s etaiis with eacceiient acous ow coior scheme is accen urner ous inspiring pr ogr afn 6 paie xyeii stage curtain. N Yew Sr0aii Schooi District aiiords cottages--ior iacuity fnefnher . trifn white houses present a pie asing p eachers, but the Corrigan independent tendent' s horne and two dupiex igh schooi campus, the schooi districts own houses ior t three modern houses--a superin s Pscross the road east oi the h icture in a resttui setting.

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,E I DernOCPGCq LUIS of school Dfw: Sum The high school gymnasium, completed two years ago, is a structure of immeasureable importance in promoting a well-rounded local high school program. Courses in physical education are among the most interesting in the curriculum. Basketball games in the local gym attract large crowds and during the past season the gymnasium was the site ofthe first all-district tournament sponsored by the local high school. The Corrigan Independent School District boasts one of the most modern small high school stadiums in the state. The first gridiron struggle within its gates was the 1950 Junior-Senior game. Since then spectators have witnessed two seasons of thrilling grid- iron struggles in it, climaxed by the Bulldogs being 1951 football champions of District 21-B.

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SlJl'l'llJOlS ol QITIOCPCICLI FREEDOM IN ACTION IN CORRIGAN HIGH SCHOOL DURING THE 1950-'51 TERM THAT WON FOR THE SCHOOL ONE OF THE HIGHEST HONORS IN THE NATION This past term a few days before the anniversary of the birthday of President George Washington, a regis- tered letter was received at Corrigan High School an- nouncing the startling news that our high school had been selected by a distinguished national awards jury as having submitted one of the 50 outstanding entries in a nationwide fundamental freedoms program spon- sored by the Freedoms Foundation, Inc., at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. The announcement came as a complete surprise to everyone, as Mrs. Aline Rothe, yearbook sponsor who entered the high school in the contest, had told no one about it as she did not want anyone to be disappointed in case the schoo1's entry did not win an award. And the award was really a surprise to her, also, as it had been quite some time since she had submitted the ma- terial-on the closing date, November 1, 1951-and she had practically forgotten about entering it. As requested in the letter on the opposite page, an- nouncement of the high school's great honor was not officially made until the anniversary of President Washington's birthday. On Friday, February 22, Super- intendent Floyd D. Manry called a special assembly of faculty and pupils and made the announcement about the school's being one of fifty in the entire nation cited for a distinguished awards entry, entitling the school to a Freedoms Foundations Library, including many famous books, films, records, and reproductions of his- torical documents, a gold medal, a bronze plaque, and an all-expenses paid trip for one teacher and one pupil to the Freedoms Foundation Pilgrimage May 1-4 to historical shrines of Valley Forge, Washington's head- quarters, and other historic places in and around Philadelphia, the birthplace of American Freedom. The entry which won for Corrigan High School this distinction was entitled Summary of a Program Promot- ing American Democratic Principles In Corrigan High School, Corrigan, Texas, During the 1950-'51 School Term. Included in the summary was an account of the promotion of democracy by the local high school chap- ter of the National Honor Society, the yearbook staff, the senior class, chapel programs, a copy of Charline Stanford's prize-winning essay on Americanism in last year's essay contest sponsored by the Texas Friends of Conservation, Inc., and pictures of local high school pupils taking part in patriotic activities. As the annual goes to press, Mrs. Rothe and Gwen Hudson, yearbook editor, selected by vote of the fac- ulty as the high school's student representative, are making plans to fly to Valley Forge to take part in the 1952 Freedoms Foundation Pilgrimage.