East Central High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Tulsa, OK)

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1 5 or at least the last twenty years of East Central's 60 ears of existence, Ro al Cardinals have been singled out by then' peers and honored for thelr outstanding qualities, performance and contributions. Whether chosen on the basis of popularity or achieve- ment the students featured in this section of the yearbook K . . . 'fi have taken their places 1n a long hall of fame extending back to 1927. Now let's view the cream of the Cardinal crop. e 155 'R . i r . , rw, lx Y bex, 1---A- ' Mr. and Miss East Cen t1'al,Steffan An- derson and Paula Webb, were ready to show their new belongings. Kabovej Brian Hines, Trey Wells,Steffan An- derson, Kenny Hartsell and Tommy Drullinger proved to be quite the dudes. ftop right! The royal court took a break from its hectic schedule at Eastland Mall. fright! 10 Royalty gg gf 3 as

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Tommy Ortega, Richard Milliser, Don Kirnery, James Cantrell, John Richison, Keith Kirk, Travis Funk and Todd Diaz were found in their usual morning spot. Ileftj Cardinals, We've Come A Long Way Baby continued from page 6 which at one time had also housed ele- mentary students, and five prefabricated buildings. ln inclement weather, stu- dents had to don slickers and carry um- brellas to walk across the campus for lunch. Supplies and textbooks were criti- cally low. There were no literature books for the 12th gradeg consequently, a set of discarded books was borrowed from Hale. To meet the lack of choir robes for choral presentations and yearbook pic- tures, Will Rogers High School supplied a discarded set of blue and gold robes. The struggle was on to build East Cen- tral into a modern, fully equipped school. The plans for a new East Central High School began in July of 1963. Wil- liam Henry Ryan and his assistant, Wil- liam Haney, did some pioneering in de- signing and building the school. We wanted it to look different, not just like other high schools in Tulsa. We designed it so that the students would have pride in it, and I think we achieved our goal, said Mr. Ryan. The Board of Education awarded a 32.8 million contract to the Wickersham Construction Co. in June of 1964. Construction on the unique build- ing began. The next phase of East Central's progression began in the fall of 1964, as the senior and junior highs were divided. A split schedule was inaugurated to acco- modate the expanding enrollment. The senior high had increased to 681 stu- dents, With a combined senior and junior high faculty of 45 members. On the ex- tended day plan schedule, the high school was in session from 7 a.m. until noon, at which time the campus was evacuated to allow the junior high shift to move in from 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Classes were held on 45 minute periods with a ten minute milk break. There was no time or place for the varsity ath- letic teams to practiceg the yearbook had difficulty scheduling picturesg there were no class plays, assemblies, or rehearsals of any type. The optimum learning peak could be achieved only with more horne- work assignments than the students had encountered before. These handicaps were alleviated on January 24, 1966 when East Central's new school doors were opened to its 650 students. The junior high remained at the old location, which was later renam- ed Lewis and Clark Junior High School. Principal James Payne, gave classes an unexpected concert when he sent music over the new intercom system instead of opening it for voice transmission. During the 197 0's, the ultra-modern building attracted some unusual and ul- tra-modern approaches. A pilot program called modular scheduling was tried for two years. Herein, students would follow a six-day rotational schedule during a five-day week, meeting in large auditori- um groups at times and in small groups at other times. The students even had free mods, 20 minute periods, where they could choose the class they needed to at- tend to. Other new programs have been offered in the l980's, such as the current gifted and talented classes. East Central's enrollment has rocketed from the 681 students of 1965 to the present 1,762 students and 84 fac- ulty members. There have been some fluctuations up and down in these figures for the past 10 years. This rapid growth necessitated the addition of a new wing, which was opened in late spring of l9'?0. The schoolls total cost of construction came to 63,640,-470.00 and it contains 264,818 square feet of floor space with '19 classrooms on a 40 acre campus. In August of 197 9, Mr. James Payne, original building principal and principal of East Central High School for 24 years, was deceased. Some long time faculty members felt his very philosophy perme- ated the walls of the building and lived long after he was gone. Mr. Larry Smith, then assistant principal, became the acting principal for one year. Coming from Memorial High School, Dr. James Darland has served as principal of our school since the fall of 1980. The school has continued to flour- ish and grow in quality under his careful guidance and leadership. The yearbook staff of 1987 wishes that all of you 1987 Cardinals have also grown and flour- ished in this sixtieth year of East Central High School. May these halls ring joy- fully for at least another sixty years with the voices of the future. 1 1 by Judith Holt Sixty years of seniors 9

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