Midwest City High School - Bomber Yearbook (Midwest City, OK)

Page 18 text:

Service . . . Ability . . . Faithfulness . . . Edition Honors Oscar V. Rose l Mr. Oscar V. Rose meets President Lyndon B. Johnson after signing the school finances bill. h0hQf3 0-v. Rose Sooner Grade School honors Mr. Oscar V. Rose during the Rose Day Parade, Service faithfulness ability just a few of the outstanding characteristics which go into heading a system like the Midwest City-Del City Schools. As our school superintendent, Mr. Oscar V. Rose has demonstrated these characteristics and many more in his 25 years of service. He has played a vital role in the success ot the third largest school system in Oklahoma. We proudly dedicate our twenty-fifth anniversary edition of the BOMBER to Mr. Oscar Rose-a well deserved honor for a man with the service, faithfulness and unlimited ability that have established and advanced the Midwest City Schools. Mr. Oscar V. Rose admires the bronze bust presented to him at the Rose Day celebration, Mr. and Mrs' Qscor V. Rose swell with pride While they receive Q standing ovation during the Rose Day appreciation dinner. 'BF li l.l 'lim 'i. . - K '

Page 17 text:

Conducting an experiment in biology, Gary Win- Glenn Collins carefully forms a stone tool for Miss Earlene Kelly's anthropology class. compleck examines DNA molecules with a micro- scope. MCHS Upgrades Academic Achievements Teachers-classes-study. A new experience-a sudden realization. The process of being educated. Knowing the ex- citement of exploring with the mind. The frustration of con- fusion-the satisfaction of understanding. This is the academic world of MCHS. Focusing attention on studies, the students of MCHS had a better chance of accumulating knowledge than ever before. The high level of academics was due to better facilities and new classes, including anthropology. The initiation of language arts and social studies together for a two-hour class put em- phasis on reading. In addition to the quantity of classes offered, the quality had also heightened. Mathematics, science, and history had improved their methods. Many new books in the library and two foreign language laboratories were a few means to help students learn of the world about them. Student teacher Miss Janet Humes and Mrs. Merle Burgess check equipment Brgdy Hum Cglculgfes Q Trigonometry problem Mrs. Gertrucl Hampton helps iunior John Barnett on the blackboard for Mr. Dick Winn'5 math class. find mvteriul for 0 report on her native Germany.

Page 19 text:

Mr. Oscar Rose confers with Mr. Erick Landman in ss A-1... 1c1c,,cc rcccc .sm in Mr, and Mrs. Oscar Rose appeared in the tenth anniversary parade, 1953. VV0Sl'1lf QT0 '1 D-C-1 0b0Uf fedefal Old 70 l 1P0'C'eCl WSU- In 1930, Mr. Oscar Rose was superintendent and baseball coach at Bearden, in Okfuskee County. 1901 1921 1931 1943 1967 Almost 50 years after he began his teaching career at Quasada School in Okfuskee County in 1922, Mr. Oscar V. Rose is still busy trying to advance the educational needs of today's youth. During that time he has served as teacher, coach, principal and superintendent. Mr. Rose was born in Webb City, Mo., on Nov. 9, 1899. He attended schools in Comanche County, Oklahoma, and spent two years at Elgin High School. Leaving school, he worked at odd iobs before serving in the army until 1918. Af- ter working as a store manager and postmaster, he married Virginia Dayton in 1921 and returned to school to become a teacher. This he did at the preparatory school of Oklahoma Baptist University, and began teaching the following year. Mr. Rose did undergraduate work at OBU and East Central State College, where he received a B.S. Degree in 1932. He ob- tained his Master of Education Degree from OSU in 1958. In 1927, he was elected Superintendent of Schools at Bearden, where he was acclaimed an outstanding educator, coach, and A-H Club leader. In 1943, he became superintendent of the new Midwest City system and inherited two country schools, five teachers and 125 students. ln 25 years, the district's only superintendent has led the system to national acclaim through its rapid growth and educational program. E Mr. Oscar Rose, Miss Ruth Townsend, Mr. and Mrs. T.M. Townsend, and Mrs. Bertha Looper, business teacher at MCHS, admire silver coffee set presented to Mr. Townsend upon his retirement from school board in 1945. lt is for his efforts in behalf of a quarter of a century of school children in the Tinker Area that Midwest City High School pays special tribute to Mr. Oscar V. Rose on its twenty- fifth anniversary.