Drumright High School - Gusher Yearbook (Drumright, OK)

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'W 1.5596 i 27' The friend of Drumriqht Thr Gusher, the Drumright High School yearbook. had its beginning just two years after the city of Drumright was founded. Appropriately, it was called The Gusher, for the present site of Drumright, at one time a hilly. good-forvnothing cow pasture, became a city almost overnight when two oil gushers were brought in on the same day, March 17, 1912. The growth of Drumright does not differ greatly from that of other oil- boom towns of the day. As the news spread of the discovery of oil, the usual gang of boomers moved in-usually a rough, lawless group who were accus- tomed to the hardships of establishing a new field. They stayed for a time: then moved on. However. there was another group too, the home-loving type who remained to mold the little oil camp into a city. livable and decent. Within a period of three years,the oil camp was transformed into a thriv- ing city. A city government, which was incorporated in May, 1913, began making civic improvements. The school grew hand in hand with other civic developments. The first permanent school building, Washington grade school. was built in 1914. During the next two years, Edison and Lincoln grade schools were built. In 1915. the first high school was constructed atop a steep hill. ln 1919 construction of the present high school was completed. Because oil has been a friend to Drumright, in this edition of the Gusher, we have used oil, with five of its different phases of production, as our theme. -Q V ff. 'Tal' rf .,v 44 Sf -, it LJ! .il ..f,l'f I I l'a' - 1 . X i, Vahf- cet., i fxwT

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The held must be surveyed Oil prospectors have always used some device for locating oil veins. Some geologists used the doodle-bug method while others used the early surveying instruments,which were not always accurate. The story is told that the driller who brought in the first wells in the Drumright area didn't want to move his equipment over a steep hill where the survey indicated the oil vein lay so he drilled where he was. Thus the discovery well was outside the present city of Drumright on the Frank Wheeler farm. Since that time, methods of drilling are more scientific. Geologists investi- gate all possible locations by studying aerial pictures, rocks, and fossils. They also study the surface for clues to what's underneath. If good indications are discovered. the findings are marked on a map. Next,seismic crews make small earthquakes with dynamite at thedifferent locations. If the shock waves they record indicate that oil is underneath, the information is turned over to the drilling crew. In much the same way, the FRESHMAN surveys the field of education. With the aid and guidance of teachers, parents, and upperclassmen, he decides what courses will give him the best training in the particular field in which he is most interested -...v-vw af'-an 'ra favs - ' 'f . e- , fm.: 1' , '- ' - , s 1. . - nfl, -f 'r . 50 2--' 46+-1..5 'W .-.M -riivfgee-iz-.-it 'fy f V Q 1 a - f W. +- ' - - --- - - '. -' - N - t , , , - ga. 1, . .M - - ' -P ,f - ' , -wa--f l - ,- - ' '-Q '. .-1f'- .-w,- eau-S ' . 3 A V , A 1-.Y Z 'V it 151' jqgpmn.,-.-. , .- .wsu f.- j- ,- I,--' V, .fsjf .,..Q'f?.:'