Kilgore College - Ranger Yearbook (Kilgore, TX)

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The 70S President Watson led Kilgore College through most of the 70s decade until 1978 when he passed his role on to former math teacher, registrar, and vice-president Dr. Stewart McLaurin, KC’s current president. This period was the beginning of the need for increased awareness of our responsibility as protector of the public trust. Taxpayers developed a low tolerance for poor management, asking instead that tax dollars be wisely scrutinized. They wanted a day’s work for a day’s pay,’’ McLaurin explained upon assuming his new duties as president of Kilgore College. An exciting new addition for the public as well as the student body was added to the KC campus. The East Texas Oil Museum provided visitors with an historic tour of Kilgore’s boom era” complete with a street scene mock-up of gusher days. The Rangerette Museum told the story of the now internationally famous drill and dance team. Other projects continued including modernization and rennovation of physical facilities.

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This page- In a scene from KC’s thcalrc production Wizard of Oz. Tin Man Jason Wooten receives a heart from the Wizard, Dennis Stanley, while Cowardly Lion, Paul Bochmer (lower left); Scarecrow, Richard Blackstone and Dorothy, Melissa McCathran (far right) watch with interest, opposite page, bottom- Students being initiated into many clubs and organizations dress in costumes according to the desires of active members of the respective clubs. The variety of dress is obvious from the photo of initiates at a KC pep rally.

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The 80S Already we are halfway through another decade. It’s been said many times that history repeats itself. And trends and fads of bygone times repeate themselves. Or, at least they seem on the surface similar. But some things won’t change. Since its modest beginnings in highschool and church classrooms, Kilgore College has grown because of the great wealth of natural and human resources avalilable. During these times when every area of human involvement seems very delicately balanced, it is especially important to remember that education and enlightment are perhaps the greatest insurance that we will survive and prosper. Kilgore College’s role is no less important than any other institution, great or small, in promoting its motto, “emphasis excellence.”