El Reno High School - Boomer Yearbook (El Reno, OK)

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1 ’ T T 7 T 7 1 THE ADMINISTRATION For a Period of forty-five years, the citizens of this community have been holding high the torch of knowledge for their boys and girls. As the years have passed, they have con- stantly striven to keep the educational system modern and up-to-date. Today, they can point with pride to El Reno High School, with its efficient equipment and excellent corps of offi- cials and instructors. Many improvements have been made in the educational plant during the past few years. A spacious, sound-proof band room has been provided at the high school, eliminating the need of the band’s rehearsing some two blocks from the building. The vocal music department, which was formerly located in a small, inconvenient room, has been moved to larger and better quarters. The stage in the auditorium is admitted to be one of the best high school stages in the state, both in equipment and beauty. Since the build- ing of this beautiful stage last year, it has been in constant use, with some of the city’s better programs be- ing presented on it. The public address system, at Principal Walter P. Marsh’s suggestion, has been put to many practical uses, one being a student broadcast which is given each day by a student in the creative writing class. During last summer, a new lighting system was installed in the north wing of the building, and plans for a new and complete lighting system for the entire building have been made. The typing department is now located in larger quarters, thus accommodating the great increase in the commercial classes, some of which exceed fifty students per class. The science department has been supplied with a great amount of new and modern equipment in order to make it one of the best equipped high school laboratories in the state. Plans are being made for the purchasing of more equipment for the biology, chemistry, and physics classes for the coming year. Tenta- tive plans for the enlarging and combining of the science laboratories for next year are also being considered. (3)

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(Character, - ' (Citizenship, linoHtleftge, «tttit Chills I X? EPUESENT the objectives of an education in El Reno High School. A foundation for character building can be found in the classrooms and on the campus of this school. In the outlined studies and activities there is afforded an organized system of personal development of character, mind, and body, both in the curricular and extra-curricular educational programs. Citizenship training enters into the educational program through both the classroom and outside activities. I he individual leader is taught to adjust himself to the group, thus enriching the advantages of both. I his same citizenship training will later enable the student to adapt himself, in his vocation, to the civic and social life of the community in which he may live. Not all knowledge is found under the covers of books. Some of the most valuable knowledge that can be gained during four years of high school education is found, perhaps, in the association of the individual with classmates and teachers, the coming in contact with their ideas and ideals. Without this knowledge, an education could not be considered complete nor could one be said to possess “true” knowledge. 1 hrough the many types of courses which are offered in this school, under supervised instruction, the student is allowed an opportunity to develop the particular talents which he may possess, thus learning to become skillful in his vocational choice. This practical skill is not the only skill which the student has developed upon the completion of his education, but he has also learned to imagine, leason, create, and “do , all of which play an important part in living. In the 19.18 BOOMER we are preserving, through word and picture, a record of El Reno High Schools progress during the 1937-38 school year, both in the curricular and extra-curricular programs, towards the attainment of the objectives which are here set forth. Dedication During the dozen years we have been engaged in the pursuit of our present educational goal—graduation from high school—no group has loved us, provided for us, guided us, and sacrificed time, energy, and effort for us like those who are nearest our hearts, our parents. Heie we acknowledge their deep interest in the educational progress and vital success of their sons and daughters, the seniors of 1938, and do cheerfully and whole-heartedly dedi- cate this volume of the El Reno High School BOOMER to our parents, whom we love and respect. (2)

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Mr. H. M. Hensley, president: Mr. Fred H. Hampton, vice-president: Mr. Tom H. Farris, Mr. Harvey C. Dozier, Mr. P. W. Jensen, Mr. Luther C. Gadberry, treasurer. Four hundred and seventy-eight new books have been added to the library this year, and in addition, the entire library has been recatalogued and rearranged. The home economics department has announced plans for the vocationalizing of the home economics classes. Instead of a separate class for each of the various courses, a combined course of home training in all phases will be offered. Tentative plans have also been made for the rearrangement and modernization of this department. The equipping of a furnished living room is included in the plans. A rearrangement of the public speaking department was made last summer, the department being mov- ed to a small auditorium that seats about one hundred people, with a small stage and speaker’s rostrum in- cluded in the furnishings. The El Reno Board of Education and Superintendent Paul R. Taylor have been largely responsible for the progressive changes which have been made and which are being planned in the high school. The Board of Education has worked untiringly, unselfishly, and willing- ly, in cooperation with the patrons of the community, to make the school sys- tem one of the finest in the state. The men who compose this governing lx dy of the school have always been vitally interested in both the operation and ef- ficiency of the city schools. Throughtheir guidance and their direction, the school has progressed in a manner that is indeed a tribute to their efforts. Mr. Paul R. Taylor, head of the local school system, who has probably one of the best records in the state as a school superintendent, has been elect- ed by the Board of Education for a fourth term. Superintendent Taylor is recognized as one of the leading educators in the state. Since he came to El Reno, the Etta Dale junior high schoj] and the Webster grade school build- ings have been constructed. Work has been done on both the campus and buildings towards beautfying and remodeling of every one of the city schools. Under Mr. Taylor’s supervision, all the courses of study have been mod- ernized and the requirement standards have been raised. He is constantly busy with affairs of importance, but never too busy to confer with a teacher or a student who may need his advice or aid. Because of his untiring efforts and interest, both in civic and school affairs, he is admired and appreciated alike by the patrons and students of El Reno. Principal Walter P. Marsh is this year completing his third year as prin- cipal of El Reno High School. Each year he has become better loved and appreciated by the student body and the teachers of the school. He is great- ly admired by the students because of his humanness and his deep under- Superintendent Paul R. Taylor standing of each student’s problems. H2 is always ready to see the student’s a. b.. m. s.. Oklahoma a. ami M. point of view—ready to help him adjust his point of view to the attitude and college, stiiiwater ideals of the school and its officials. (4)