Guymon High School - El Tigre Yearbook (Guymon, OK)

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DEDICATION To MANY CITIZENS of Guymon and our neighbor, Spearman, Texas, school” and Miss Deakin” are synonomous. And not one of the many who have enjoyed the guidance of this pioneer teacher remember her with anything but the respect and affection which she has so richly merited. Oklahoma was scarcely one year old when Miss Ethel un- locked the doors of the little James Ranch school ten miles north- east of Guymon and rang the bell for her memorable First Day as a schoolmarm”. Now, at the turn of the century, she admits with modesty, but pride in her profession, that she has either been in school furthering her training or in the classroom teach- ing every year since that day in 1908. For twenty-five years as head of the mathematics department of the Spearman, Texas, High School, Miss Deakin helped the timid freshmen with their algebra, smiled at the sophisticated sophomores struggling with their geometry, and guided the jun- iors and seniors through the complexities of trigonometry. She saw her pupils grow up, take their place in the world, and was in the classroom to welcome their children. This year marks Miss Deakin’s eighth in Guymon schools. From 1915-1918 she taught in our elementary grades. The par- ents of several of the Class of 1950 were numbered in her classes. The long interval at Spearman followed, and then she came back to us in 1945 to stay as the head of Guymon High School’s math- ematics department and sponsor of the local chapter of National Honor Society. So it is that we gratefully and respectfully dedicate this, the 1950 El Tigre, to Miss Ethel Deakin, who by her devotion to duty, her high ideals, her charm and kindliness personifies the best of that great profession—The Classroom Teacher.