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

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DEDICATION The 19 5 6 EL TIGRE salutes MRS. D. K. ADAMS who this spring completes her twentieth year of service in Guymon schools. Young in body, mind, and spirit, Bessie Adams’ zestful approach to classroom teaching offers a constant challenge to her pupils and her fellow teachers— “Live, Learn, Grow!”

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CONTENTS Dedication 3 Administration 4 Classes 8 Seniors 10 Juniors 41 Sophomores 53 Ninth Grade 65 Eighth Grade 77 Seventh Grade 87 Sports .96 Football 98 Basketball 106 Activities 116 Advertising .143 Index 163

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Our Superintendent For thirteen years Guymon schools have grown materially and educationally under the efficient guid- ance of George Washington Spenner, our progressive superintendent. During each year of his stay here, class- rooms and buildings have been added, improvements have been made in equipment, and the faculty has been expanded to meet the needs of the rapidly growing Guymon area. This material growth is an impressive thing, but Guymon citizens are proud that under Mr. Spenner’s superintendency the educational standards attained have expanded proportionally. Boys and girls from Guymon schools graduate well qualified to maintain their roles in the collegiate or business scene. The Guymon High School diploma is more than a scrap of paper; it is a record of achievement. George Washington Spenner is a native Oklaho- man born in Major County. As a boy, he attended schools in Ringwood and Cleo Springs. Later he went on to obtain an AB degree at Northwestern State Teachers College, Alva, and entered the teaching profession. As his desire to become an administrator matured, he worked out a Master’s degree at Phillips University, Enid, and has done additional hours of graduate work at the Uni- versity of Wyoming. After thirty years as a teacher and school adminis- trator, Mr. Spenner has never regretted his choice of a career. He feels that teaching, with its increasing public service opportunities, is a great profession, worthy of a man’s best efforts. For Guymon schools, Superintendent Spenner’s goal is continued progress, with the Accent on Youth!” DEFINITELY NOT DERELICT. Old High, now designated as the Administratioin Building, certainly was not vacated when the new Senior High was opened in 1953. Becoming more beautiful each year as inside improvements are made, the old building contains Superintendent Ceorge Spenner's suite of offices, the completely modernized speech and trades and industries departments, a Little Theatre in the process of renovation, the local state text book repository, and, on the second floor, the vocal music department.