McAlester High School - Dancing Rabbit Yearbook (McAlester, OK)

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TH :L ANCING Barr N45 and also ohnme W ooden whose chref dellght IS to answer questlons tn physics South Larolrna sent us ohn Thompson our noted advrser and from drfterent parts of Oklahoma hawe come Katrxna C lyde Harris our class secretary and Mamie Sparkman our perpetual motlon machine a strrkmg evcamplc of how often sclentlsts lmpose untenable theories upon the 'arty whrch theorres later are proved by experrence to be false ln the fourth grade we contrnued to thme and absorb culture at an astomshrng rate but we strll lacked some of the elements that go to make up an rllustrrous class ln our ftfth year some of these CICHCICHCISS were supplred for Qhto hearmg of our drre need of a mrschre these years L ella Marcum who rs famed rn Latm was an endowment from Arkansas a state not famed for producmg geniuses of Lella s Xarlety The year l906 was one of great sorrow to us for two of our dearest teachers Mrsses Parsons and Ogden passed away xxfltll thelr death we lost two of the truest frlends but thelr lovmg mfluence has remamed wrth us through all our school days ln the year 1906 the two towns of North and South McAles1er were consolxdated lqhrs made rt necessary for all the puplls of North McAlester who were above the srxth grade to jom the seventh grade of the McAlester school We were not overyoyed when we were mformed that North McAlester s famed four w ere to jom us but when upon thelr arrrval we found that Ernest Schremer the model actor was among them we rmmedrately welcomed htm wrth open arms Nor were we drsappornted rn the others for among them were Damon Wat son whose chrefambltron rs to be Mr Lockes successor as mstructor rn algebra Mabel Rogers who always makes lt her duty to be wrse and compllment the teachers and Veva Hopkms whose chref ambltlon 15 hard to deflne About thus trme lndlana sent us the greatest grft of all Mary Rose our most talented musrcran Wrth all of these great elements you need not be surpnsed when I tell you that It was here that we began to make hrstory and to occupy a posrtron all our own For lt was at this time that we purchased the beautiful picture of Str Galahad whlch now adorns the walls of our assembly hall At the end of that year we departed from the seventh grade wrth glad hearts thmkmg of the burldmg we were to enter on the next September But that much looked forward to September day was a very dreary one for rt was cold and rarmng and our burldmg was not completed But we drd not grve up and every trme we looked out of the wmdow of the cold elghth grade room our droopmg sprrrts were cheered by the srght of the raprdly rrsmg walls ofthe new burldmg How well do we remem ber that Monday mornmg when Mr Locke came rn wearrng a smlle that would not come off and mformed us that we were to move When we were grven our seats how proud we felt and what a look of contentment rested on every face At first thmgs seemed a llttle strange for we were not accustomed to these numerous lrttle bells but not to hear a class bemg rn formed about CIVICS whrle you were trymg to figure out what X was equal to rn algebra was certamly a relief But we were Freshmen now and were not surprrsed at anythmg that took , , f N ll 5 ,ll 4 S I I I . l 9 t a ' sk ' tl U I . ' ,f',3 ,,1 , . kt- l. tl A l l ' vous plotter, sent us john Fuller, who has successfully carried out his contract throughout all

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9 gg-gig,, HSS uf 1 P 0112155 Mminrg LWAYS has 1t been the hablt of manlctnd to xmmortallze IH literature the great events of thelr hlstory We feel therefore as 11 we were performlng a great Wd! LQ V1 servlce to the human race ln glvmg to the world thrs ftrst authentic hxstory of a body whose lmportance few HPPYCCIAYC The class of 1911 rs the largest tn the hrstory of the lVlcA1ester schools We belxewe the secret of our success IS due to a good begmnxng for even 1n our prtmary days we showed our commg greatness and were grven spectal attentron that our buddlng genrus should not be ntpped by an early frost For years we have been recognxzed by the hrghest authorttles as occupytng a posltlon all our own and at the present tlme our fame IS spread from Nlalne to Calrfornla On September I2 IH the year 1901 the founders of our rllustrrous class assembled at ,ZX 3 j l 483 J l gt if Wis 1 'II' 9 in It 221 the old burldmg that wonderful edifice character rzed by tts graceful wrndlng stalrs leadlng from all polnts of the compass and tts wonderful arrangement of rooms Lxttle dld these slx mardens dream of be rng the founders of such a renowned body And these slx are worthy of the honor thrust upon them by the decree of fate for where rn another school could slx glrls be found equal to Carrte Halliday the shlnrng star of the physlcal geography class lVlagg1e l-lanraty who belleves that basket ball rs more prac tical than geometry and Lots Foster a close adherent of Maggre s prrnc1ples3 1: ollowlng close ln therr toot steps were Luclle Bangs a firm belrever that country llfe xs more benehcxal than crty llfe Marguerrte Crutch er whose cherlshed ambltlon IS to be prrvate secretary to the hrst lady of the land and last but not least Mlldred Kxncannon whose amrable dlsposltton has won the frlendshlp of all the class ln the second year of our career Ruth Pal mer and Clarence Wrlson were added to our number malclng seven girls to one boy Even at that early date Clarence was a lady s man and gallant enough not to feel lt a burden to dlvrde hls attentron among seven mardens ln 1903 vartous states Yeiillllflg our deftctency rn some of the elements nec essary to a ftrst rate class sent thetr contrlbuttons Kentucky looked over our 11st and found that we needed some one to teach us not to take lrfe sertously and sent us Nlattte Rltter Texas hndtng that we were not endowed wtth a poet loaned us from her own scant supply Kate Mllner Our own clty clatms the honor of grvmg us our famous orator aclcman C111 ll' 71 f . A 1 ., if V Y 'Q 0 tru Lk 41 ' Y ' I - - ,FQ ' l 41 l . . . . F , 1 ' A fr inf r :ills . . . ' , I 13? . . Q 09. iff ' ' . an 1 ,mg A . . . V r H, lf 31' . I ' . ' . xl i 1 . A . I ' . ' 1 3 q of. . - if 'Q ' -Auuuig ' f , . . . . . . YJ . y

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ft, Class uf 1 ll place for rt was all a part of the wonderful lot of the Freshmen To crown our happrness another talented musrcran Cho Caldwell was added to our number Texas we thank you lor our muslclan and our poet You have been good to us ln September 1908 we were enrolled as Sophomores Several weeks later when we passed mto the English room we found that our class had Increased for there sat Asa Watson who had just arrrved from Calvrn oel Myrrck better known as Chaucer or ackman s as srstant and also Effie Tarter who claimed to be Tennessee s only representative and a faith ful adherent of geometry As our class now numbered twenty seven we organrzed and elected Lelra Marcum as our hrst presldent and also selected green and whrte for class colors At the end ol the term when the Senrors gave ulrus Caesar for therr class play several members of our class were asked to assrst At last we had garned the opportunrty to drsplay the dramatlc talent ol some of our members and so well drd they act therr parts that congratu latrons were show ered upon them from every srde Qur unror year was memorable for many events On one of these eventful days ducrng presrdents Consequently he was elected to serve our class and up to the present tlme has fulfilled the condltrons that Ardmore requrres of presrdents Anyone wrshrng to know what sard dutres are wrll do well to buy Mr Zrke s book advertrsed rn our new book hst He was not to be deprrved of an able assxstant for Helen lVlcGaha soon arrxv ed She rs an ardent admrrer of all the young men of the class a hnrshed ClOCLlllOl'1lSl and a mmlster s daugh ter besrdes It was durlng thrs term that the commercral department that place of much fun was added to the school The most memorable event rn our hrstory rs our grand unlor Senror dance Thxs event furmshed conversatron untrl Commencement and caused many class meetrngs to be called by the superrntendent These were extremely lolly lrttle aflarrs where nearly all of our orators obtarned an opportunrty to drsplay therr oratorrcal skrll and the only advlce we grve to the unrors IS to follow our example At last we are Semors and the same great sprrrt IS stlll wrth us and all are standrng to gether rn the last great year But we now number thrrty two Ruth Busby who was a qophomore last year was so fascinated by us that she could not reslst the temptatlon to take a llyrng leap mto the Senror class Then Bertha Kerr whose health would not permrt her to graduate wrth the Senrors last year came mto our class to make our rllustrrous body complete Thrs year we brought the Extensron Lecture Course of the Unrversrty of Oklahoma to the people of lVlcAlester and have the honor of berng the publrshers of the hrst annual ofthe lVlcAlester Hlgh School We feel that we have done our duty and now stand ready to start on our long lrfe campaign where we can no longer advrse and cheer each other but where each must rely on hrs own efforts to achreve success No longer shall we see the fa mrlrar faces that we have learned to love no longer shall therr famrlrar vorces be heard as w go on our darly round But such must be So we part from each other and enter upon e lrfe that has been prophesred for us with kind thoughts for all and not a few regrets that our school days are over that we shall no more gather rn the rabbrt den for class meetrngs for ad vrce and for pleasant httle conversatrons VEVA HOPlxlNS yy! 4 ll r . y . N :ti 1, Y? MM U n - A. , ' , '. Y ' 3 J ' . y u nj ' i A' n - - ' - I Y, Af ' x l nj ' n ' , l l ' - ' t there arrived from Ardmore, Holly Zike, who claimed that his birthplace was famed for pro- . . 1 , . . . e ' . . , th