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

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EL RENO HIGH SCHOOL PUBLICATIONS Publications of El Reno High School are 38 years old, the first annual having been published in the year 1907, with the name Blue and White. For a number of years, it was the custom for each group of students that edited the annual to choose a different name, some of those selected being The Blue Jay, The Voyage, Nonpareil, Ozni Wagala, and Boom- erang. Beginning in 1916 the name Boomer was used as the official title of the school annual, which sometimes was a special edition of the newspaper and at other times a mag- azine or book annual. This remained the official name of the annual until it was combined with the junior college annual in 1942. and, since that time, the official name has been Boomer-Collegian. As the high school grew in size, there came a time when the students began publishing both a newspaper and an an- nual. At the present time, the newspapers appear weekly in two sections, one of these being a page edited with the title El Reno Highschool Boomer in the local daily paper, and the other a page. El Reno High School Happenings, in the local weekly paper. Records show that beginning in 1941 the publications have been entered each year in the annual contest sponsored by the School of Journalism of the University of Oklahoma. Ratings received by the El Reno High School annual and newspapers since then are as follows: 1941— Boomer, first in special class for annuals El Reno High School Happenings, second in news de- partment class 1942— Boomer-Collegian, second in special class for annuals El Reno High School Happenings, first in news de- partment class El Reno Highschool Boomer, fourth in news depart- ment class 1943— Boomer-Collegian, second in Class A for annuals El Reno Highschool Boomer, second in news depart- ment class El Reno High School Happenings, third in news de- partment class 1944— Boomer-Collegian, first in special class for annuals El Reno High School Happenings, first in news de- partment class El Reno Highschool Boomer, fourth in news depart- ment class 1945— -El Reno High School Happenings, second in news de- partment class El Reno Highschool Boomer, fourth in news depart- ment class MESSAGE TO THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 1945 The owl may be as wise as he seems or he may- be stupid, as some ornithologists insist; it really doesn’t matter greatly about him. But your gener- ation is going to need all the wisdom this creature appears to possess if you are to do well the tasks that lie before yrou. Your generation is winning the greatest war of all time. It is demonstrating levels of courage and fortitude so exalted that our enemies are stunned and the rest of the world is profoundly stirred. It is revealing a greatness of spirit never excelled in the history of any land. Befoie long, we hope and pray, armed conflict will cease and victory will perch on our banners. It will then be yours to begin the task of rebuilding a shattered world. Upon your labors will hang the destinies of generations to come. What do you think of the tomorrows? I know you face them courageously and unafraid; I am sure you will not become cynical and scornful as you look upon the difficulties each day will bring; but do .you have the vision of a world of peace in which the Four Freedoms may always abide? Are you willing to fight aggressively to win perpetual peace for all mankind just as your generation is fighting to destroy' the enemies of decency? Social progress is always slow. There are long periods when, seemingly, no advance is made. In other years, though, rapid strides are taken and more is gained in an incredibly short time than would seem possible to the pessimistic student of history. Perhaps we are living in an age that may see the amazing end of war. It is certain that men of good will can live peaceably with one another if gangsters and would-be dictators are throttled be- fore they take their first sickening step toward tyranny. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if .vou could be the last of a long stream of ancestors to know the tragic awfulness of war? Winning the war is not enough ; the peace must be won and preserved. The future is in your hands. You have ideals, courage, sympathy and under- standing You will be true to that trust reposed in you. You will resolve that the sacrifice of your generation in this war shall not be in vain. Our martyred dead gave their lives that decency and mercy might live; you will so live that these vir- tues may never die. I have faith that the world will be a better place because your generation inhabits it and wills to make it so. PAUL R. TAYLOR Superintendent of Schools

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NAOMI ADAMS Irresistible you ALLEN ANDERSON Why hurry through life? BOB ARNOLD Easy-going ALTA ARPAN (withdrawn) The halls of E. H. S. will forever echo her laughter BILLIE JUNE ASBURY Commercial whiz CARROLL BARGER A farmer—and how! JOYCE BARGER Gracious and charming LAHOMA BARNETT Twinkle toes BILL BAYLESS Too handsome for tcords V BETTY BECKLEY Sweet and lovely MAXINE BEECHAM Always smiling IRA LEE BEST One in a million IVA LOU BEST Pardon me, two in a million BILL BEVERAGE Still water runs deep ELLA MAE BIEN Dainty and darling Senior class officers—Ruth Radcliff, treasurer; Lorraine Whitney, student council representative at large; Bunell Lowe, vice president; Bonnie Roblyer, president: Peggy Wiggins, secretary. Senior class sponsors—Miss Irene March, Miss Mab?) Jones, Miss May Shanklin