Marian Anderson Junior High School - Hummingbird Yearbook (Tulsa, OK)

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A We are bugged . . . First initials of buggers seeking reasons for Anderson's success spell out Watergate Mr. Greadington refuses to give up tapes. Mr. David Marsha1l's old tennis shoes had become legend. He surprised everyone by starting this school year with a new pair. All summer, TV was flooded with Watergate hearings. Anderson's opening assembly, under the direction of Mrs. Ruth Price, picks up the theme, and we find a hear- ing disclosing that Anderson has been bugged by persons wanting to know the schoo1's secrets of success. All new paint and tile behind the drinking fountains greet us as we return. There are several new teachers . . . some new looks in men's white shoes and new mustaches in evidence. New seventh graders seem shorter than average crop, but a good group . . . ninth graders are soon on way to raising money for spring party . . . eighth graders have officers who make things happen. The hoped-for air conditioning has not materialized by September, but soon workmen appear, and the promise is spring completion. Math gets new emphasis from the Education Service Center . . . we add a teacher and aide in program to improve ninth graders' computation skills. 2 Several new teachers made the scene at Anderson this year. Miss Norma Thomp- son, new girls' physical education teacher, had a transportation problem one day, so solved it by riding her motorcycle! ABOVE, Mr. John Benson, new math teacher, gives yearbook staffer Louis Peoples a hand in reminding students and staff to buy a 1974 Hummingbird. Sherri Rodgers and Jan Christopher help at start of year by giving schedule cards to eighth and ninth graders who attended Anderson last year. S 2 . 5: , E if Q l at

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Making progress guar- 5 ge fav S getting someplace with people in a successful integration process now in third year Z il Caryn Keel holds cue cards as Mr. John Conway readies camera. Lisa Roberts, Mrs. Glenda Sellman, Brenda Blades fill Christ- mas stockings for the Red Cross. Mrs. Cora Arkle, Mrs. Sellman, Mr. Jesse L. Greadington, and Miss Linda Smith visit at day's end. Now in this third year of a city-wide desegregation plan that changed Anderson's student body from all black to approximately 40M black, 60'Xn white, Anderson is OUR school to nearly all the students. This year, for the first time, all students have attended Anderson as' only an integrated school. Faculty and staff agree that things are better this year in an exciting way. New activities are emerging . . there's a. sense of do- ing things together and trying plenty of new ideas. MARIAN ANDERSON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL TULSA, OKLAHOMA VOLUME 9 - 1

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Winter's snows closed schools two extra days CONTENTS 1974 Hummingbird Title .... Dedication . . Progress ...... Academics .. Student Life . . Places .......... Organizations . . Sports ..... People ....... Classes .... Ninth Grade . . Eighth Grade . . Seventh Grade . . F aculty ......... Administration . . Accountability is the big word this year, with staff, parents, and students taking part in needs assess- ment surveys. The '50's return, with At LEFT, on Anderson's Thanksgiving assembly, Lisa Matheny, SEATED Second from Right, introduces the speaker, her father, the Rev. Lynn Matheny. ABOVE, Levi Buggs, Travis Chandler, and Keith Wilson wait . . . and wait . . . for the start of Anderson's homecoming game . . . but Whitney Bears never show up. Finally, an intra-squad scrimmage is held. Some big snows and hard blows hit in early winter. BELOW, students duck their heads and dash in from class in the prefab. Driving hazards cause schools to be closed twice this winter. fi! if . . .1 . . . .4 . . 5-16 . . . .6 . . . .11 . . 17-32 . . 33-69 . . 34-57 . . . .35 . . .43 . . .50 . . .58 . . .64 plenty of fun and involvement on the apparently assured for now . . . day before Christmas holiday. Energy daylight savings time is tried in crisis means changes-more car winter, we come to school in dark. pools, threat to bus fuel, but supply Everyone agrees no energy saved.