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

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THE DANCING RABBIT, 1931 I3 K g The 1931 cclition of The Dancing Rzllmhit reminds us of the fzlct that :mother happy :incl successful your is about to close for the Nlcklvsu-r high school. l wish to cxtencl my COIlgI'ZlflllZltlOllS to ihc stuclcnt hocly us il whole for this splcnclicl hook. It pictures school life :ls it rczllly is in our high school and shows the wonder- ful cooperation of thc- clillercnt orgznnizzltions as nothihg vlse can mlo. l.cl mc cxtcncl my liczirticst wislws to you who sponsored this hook, :is you go out from olml M. ll. S. Sincerely yours, Wfifxpgaufw

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THE DANCING RABBIT, IQ3I Progress can be determined by the holding power of the schools. We have very few 1nore entering the first grade now than we did ten or twenty years ago. The steadily increasing number of graduates shows that 1nore pupils remain in school and Hnish their courses, which is very gratifying. It stands for growth. if

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I4 'rms olxNc1No RABBIT, 1931 The FACULTY The faculty of McAlester High whose work with the students has prove the pupil more than mere text-book l students, characters in a way that they x degrees from the best colleges and univ Miss Martha Power, instructor of Girls, is one who has done 1nuch td with the girls has been unusually comn club she sponsors 18 very active. Sh College and was a graduate student of Through her use of the contract 1 successful in making her senior Engli Miss Young obtained her B. S. degree f lSchool is composed of twenty-seven, well-trained teachers d that they are very capable. This group strives to give :nowledge and has done a great deal toward moulding the vill be a benelit to the conimuuity. These teachers hold 'ersities in the United States. l bf American literature, Poetry club sponsor and Dean raise the standards of McAlester high school. Her work iendable. Miss l'ower's classes are interesting and the e received her A. B. degree from Colorado State Teachers' T Columbia bniversity. nethod of study, Miss maint-gmt Ruth Young has been sh literature course one of the most interesting in school. rom Northeast-Missouri State Teachers' College and her M. A. degree from the University of Missouri. She is one of the senior class advisers. MISS MARTHA POVVER, 3 Dean of Girls work. She received her B. S. degree from . . , l Miss Beatrice lzdwards, auotherQ French and chemistry. Although this is h students has been commendable and ll B. A. and M. A. degrees from the De Miss Helen Ransom, teacher of sophomore linglish and sophomore class adviser, is one who insists that work be done systematically. Her popu- larity has been acquired through her fairness and loyalty. Miss Ransom received her B. A. and B. S. degrees from the University of Kansas. Miss Mina Brown, adviser of the freshman class and teacher of freshman linglish, is a graduate of the Oklahoma College for VVomen, from which she received her B. A. degree. Miss Brown has shown 111L1Cl1 patience and tact in dealing with McAlester High School's youngest and most inexperienced pupils. She is also sponsor of the Peppers, girls' pep organ- ization. Miss Elizabeth Rippey, sponsor of the Rabbit's Foot, the Dancing Rabbit and the McCubs, received her B. S. degree from the University of Missouri. She has classes in English and journalism, and is one of the senior class advisers. As sponsor of the school publications, Miss Rippey has received much favorable comment on her untiring efforts to make these projects a success. Que of the six teachers with M. A. degrees is Miss Helen McSorley, who has a high school class in American history and college classes in English and history. She is also sponsor of the C rnment club. Miss McSorley has long been admired' ,yi teachers and students alike for her concentrated devotion to her the.Central State Teachers' College. e of the HM. Af' teachers, has college classes in er irst year in McAlester, her work with the college gained for her 111l1Cl1 popularity. She received her r University. O11 IIS IVC