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

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John Ricker Preiident Bill Blake Vic«-Pre id«nt Robert Morgan Vic«-Pr« id rrt Gordon Whitacre Secretary i k i ■1 Frankie Nagle Sacratory

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COLLEGE STAFF Bill McNaught Editor -in- Chief Butineu Manager Jack Clady Art Editor Frankie Nagle Fine Art» History The El Reno Junior College was established by an acl of the Beard of Education in the summer of 1938. The establishment was brought about by a petition signed by parents of high school graduates. The governing body included Paul R. Taylor, President; Walter P. Marsh. Vice-President; and Ray P. Porter, Dean of the College. The College is located in the El Reno high school and formally opened in September, 1938. The first student body enrolled fifty-five students. In 1938 the student body had grown to sixty-nine. In 1940 the College enrolled ninety-nine students. The College was approved by the State Department of Education in 1939 and is now approved as a full- fledged College institution. Until 1943 the college maintained its own annual, called the Collegian, but since that time the college year book has been a part of the high school annual, now called the Boomer-Collegian. In 1938 a basketball team was established. The first coach was Mr. C. R. Horton, and the team played under the colors of blue and silver. In 1939 the college became a member of the State Municipal Junior College Athletic Association and the Mistletoe Conference. The college now is a member of the Southwestern Oklahoma College Conference. In 1940 a forensic member of the college won the Oklahoma Forensic Championship and was second in the National tournament at Charlottesville, North Carolina. In 1940 Civilian Pilot Training was inaugurated and approved by the Civil Aeronautics Board. Through the years of the war the enrollment de- creased, but the college continued its program until 1946 when it returned to normal. The superior faculty has been maintained practically intact. At the present time the student organization and activities are awaiting the touch of dynamic and energetic student leadership to re- ceive and direct them to greater accomplishments than ever before.