Duncan High School - Smoke Rings Yearbook (Duncan, OK)

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Dedlcatlon Knowledge IS Power' Sunce the dawn of human hlstory when the flrst cave man packed up a club instead of has flst to drlve off a savage beast we have an lnfmlte number of examples of how mans wusdom has allowed hum to advance and become more and more powerful Man's furst lnventnon the club was followed by the wheel bow and arrow and later by the cross bow the gun dynamite and now In modern times the culmmatnon of mans knowledge the greatest force of all atomuc energy Through the ages we see how man has had to fught the forces of nature and the elements for his very survival The earliest humans suvlved only If they were both stronger and wiser than thelr adversaries No longer was lt survlval of the flttest but survlval of the wisest As the years pass we have been made more and more aware of our est most remote country school to the largest most modernly equnpped metro polltan school the future leaders of Amerlca an whose hands Iles the destmy of our great natuon are bemg prepared for the future Everyone has the right to knowledge some are more fortunate than others because of the opportunutues for educatlon offered to them We who llve In Duncan are fortunate for our cntlzens realuze the lmpor tance of educahon and have guven theur children the declsuon makers of tomor row wonderful opportunntles for educatuon To the people of Duncan the cltuzens the faculty members of our school the school board and the students who have made It possible for us to have a better education through a new hugh school we dedlcate thas 1959 edltlon of Smokerlngs wuth love and gratntude O C , , , . . . . . ,, I - I I . I . . . . , , I - , need of knowledge in order to retain our power and freedom. From the small- 1 I 1 - ' I I , . I I 1 1 l . r 1 , 1 . . f

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Foreword In three years Duncan Hagh School has become such a part of us that at occupaes mos- of our wakang tame and even fagures an our dreams at naght Could you amagane your lafe wathout D H S 7 Its gust lake tryang to amagane that there was no ground to walk on Some thangs you feel wall last forever lake bualdang floats Fraday naght prevues or pop quazzes You thank the stomp yell and the naghtly tussles wath the world hastory wall be a part of your lafe fafty years from now You re sure Racky wall stall be the greatest anytame and rock and roll as here to stay The zap down to Maan Street for a cheeseburger and a chocolate malted and the dash to get back an tame for another rumble wath ole lady Whats Her Name an fourth hour wall any of at end? Then the prancapal hands you a paece of paper and bango' You re scooted out anto ca world where D H S as as far off as the Bag Dapper After the shock wears off thangs tumble anto a new arrangement The Pep club sweater ca letter an track class rangs thangs that were once the crown Iewels to you look so small now And the teachers who seem to keep you home wath assagnments anstead of draggang Naan Street become ordanary humans workang hard to show you how to earn your bread and butter an an honest way and keep you from beang fooled by the noasy adeology salesmen runnang around the world these days And what as draggang Maan Street an the tame of Sput nak? lt wont be the facts that wall be amportant but the way you were taught to use them The decasaons each andavadual makes an the next ten years wall effect more changes than the decasaons an the last ten thousand The countdown s about to start and then you wall blast out of here anto a tame when you whoever you are, are of more anportance than you would be at any tame an hastory Remem ber that and good luck Jodey Bateman . 4, in . Q . , L . . 1 .. . , . .. 1 I, 1 ,1 . .th -D-I It I . . .. ...., ... '.- I . s

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Annual Staff Editor Assistant Editor Business Manager Copy Editor Assistant Photographer Art Editor Assistant Organizations Editor Sports Editor Awards Editor Senior Class Editor Junior Class Edltor Sophomore Class Editor Sponsor Nancy Romme Emma Lee Tucker Judy Jenkins Susan Osherwltz Lanny Allen L E Nunley Barbara Blaylock Janne Leonard Jerry Weber Kenneth Smith Spike Eoff Carol Black Donna Mundy Darla Eden Bill Hart Allan Burlison Activities Editor ........................ ............................ '