Gurdon High School - Gurdonian Yearbook (Gurdon, AR)

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 SOON AFTER SCHOOL BEGAN, so did the library begin ... to fall! •’WE'RE THE BIGGEST, WE’RE THE FASTEST” was heard over and over as the cheerleaders worked hard on getting the Devils to win. That Three-Ringed Misery Called Summer School has to begin sometime (or does it) and here in Gur- don, August 24 seems to roll around fairly often. And with it comes football and band practice for students, cleaning a summer collection of dust on textbooks for teachers, sched- uling class for the counselor, and planning a new nine months for the administration. But what comes to mind most of all is heat. Heat and all that goes with it. The drip of sweat on your forehead to a desk top is just about described as A- l gross. The announcement comes out that school will soon begin and another year is begun for the files of time. Summer and registration can best be described as The Greatest Show on Earth - Gurdon High’s Three Ring Circus. IF ONE WERE PLANNING ON GOING OUT FOR FOOTBALL, he could practice and practice, or just kill time on a summer after- noon.

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SUMMER MEANT WORK for David McClelland . . . and at the school! GETTING JUST THE RIGHT PEOPLE in just the right classes seemed to be the duty of Mrs. McGill. THE BOOKS WERE PILED HIGH in all sons of boxes as construction was to begin. REGISTRATION IS NOT ONLY fun for the students, but fun for the teachers!!! 10

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The earliest record of a school in Gurdon is dated 1892, the year of its organization. This school, the Gurdon Academy, offered a practical business edu- cation and had a total enrollment of forty-one stu- dents and one faculty member, the headmaster. The