Norman High School - Trail Yearbook (Norman, OK)

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Left to right: MISS JEAN SUGDEN. MRS. H. V. THORNTON. MISS BERNICE VENABLE. A Stffmurp in §iun By Barbara Biz i t i. 0 t VVINC all new teachers has really kept things flopping in the math department. Miss Sug- V den an l Mrs. Thornton collaborate — the former taking the morning classes, and the latter afternoon classes. Mrs. Rose left in November and was replaced by Miss Bernice Venable, who has very capably taken over. Our algebra III, plane geometry, and trigonometry teacher. Miss Jean Sugden, came to Norman High after teaching in the University five years. Before that she taught at high schools in Independence. Weatherford, Ardmore, Oklahoma, and at Southwestern State Teachers' College. Don't think it’s been all work and no play though. Just ask her about “Six- teen Hi” Social Club. Speaking of social clubs, have you heard about the “Fx- cclsior? That's a club that Mrs. Tliornton organized in her high school days. She also belonged to the High School Liter- ary Society, again showing that work and play can be mixed. Norman High is the fourth school in which she has taught and we hope she’ll think it’s the best. Leaving “ole N. H. S. in favor of McAlister. Oklahoma. Mrs. Mary Ellen Rose also left us with an emptiness in our hearts. Her complete knowledge of math kept geometry and algebra from being dull to say nothing of geography and business arithmetic. She attended Northwestern, Eastern and Central State Teachers’ Colleges and Oklahoma University. The attractive Miss Venable came to our little insti- MRS MARY ELLEN ROSE tution late in November. Before that she was em- ployed as a radio engineer aide at Aircraft Radio Laboratories at Wright Field, Dayton. Ohio. Born in Geronimo, Oklahoma. Leah Bernice later moved to Norman and attended McKinley School. After that (though we hate to admit it) she went to University High School. She was a member of the glee club, girls' quartet and played a violin in the orchestra. Strangely enough, after graduating from O. U. she taught at McKinley where she formerly attended grade school. We hope that these new teachers will like Norman High enough to stay here a long time.

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Hr £tkr for By Ernestine Ward ks. F. W. Everts, our high school librarian, and also one of the Gingersnap sponsors, is a Norman girl. She is the sister of Jack Springer, who graduated from Norman High last year. Mrs. Evercts went to University High School and to the University of Oklahoma. After four years she graduated from college, hut she remained one more year to study in the school of library science. While in school she belonged to Pi Zeta Kappa, a religious fraternity, and to the Y.W.C.A. She also was a mem- ber of the Women’s Choral Club and the French club. She majored in English and minored in foreign languages, but her chief interest was always library work. Mrs. Everts met her husband. Mr. Frederick Wil- son Everts, while she was attending the university. She says that she spent so much time at his fraternity Like a Thin One? house that the house mother practically demanded that she pay room and board. After leaving school she moved to Pryor. Okla- homa. where she organized the Pryor Public Library. She has also worked on WPA libraries and has organized four county libraries. On October 3, 1940. she married Lieutenant Everts, the ceremony being performed in the First Baptist Church here in Norman. They soon moved to Ft. Sill. Oklahoma, and later to San Antonio. Texas, where their daughter. Sandra Gail, was born on March 12, 1942. Next they moved to I .a Cross. Wisconsin, but on September 29. 1943, Maj. Everts left to go over- seas. (Please note advance in rank.) Mrs. Everts now lives back home in Norman with her daughter “Sandcc.” She is very anxious for the war to be over and I guess you know why. [17]

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■Nutris auit SJntablrH Bv Mary Ei izabi iii Sai i i k First Semester Glee Club ond Trio. l man of many capabilities, Mr. Leonard Hang docs an A 1 job of holding down several positions at one time. Not only is he the director of instrumental music here at Norman High, but he is assistant professor of Music Educa- tion and assistant director of bands at the University of Oklahoma. It is largely due to his energy and capability as a director that Norman High has one of the top bands of the state. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin with B.M. and M.A. degrees, Mr. Hang served as assist- ant director of bands at the University of Wisconsin for four years and also as musical director of the Harcs- foot Club. He was director of instrumental music at Fall River High School and has been active as director of many music organizations. Mr. Haug is responsible for the many intricate formations and maneuvers performed by the university hands throughout the football season. He has also been the guiding hand in the Swiss art of flag swing- ing throughout the Southwest. Mr. Haug is married and has a daughter, Terry, two years old. Another notable of our high school is Mrs. C. L. Lynch, who also has many talents. Besides directing both the junior high glee club and the senior high girls’ choir, she teaches eighth grade gym and art classes. Mrs. Lynch received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education in 1943 at Fort Hayes. Kansas. While there she was interested mainly in music and physical education. Besides the Fort Hayes college Mrs. Lynch at- tended the University of Hawaii and the University of Oklahoma one term each. Her daughter. Shirley, attends Norman Junior High School. After three years with no vocal music in the senior high school, the senior high girls’ choir was organized this year under Mrs. Lynch’s direction. What this group lacks in quantity it makes up in quality. The choir has sung for assembly programs, and the USO. Its numbers include sacred, secular, and a cappclla selections. From the group Mrs. Lynch chose a trio which consists of June Rollins, soprano; Wanda Lucas, sec- ond; and Margaret Foster, alto. The trio has sung for assembly, the state garden club convention, the USO. Christmas programs, and a V-12 program at the Union Building. MRS. C. L. LYNCH, Then ond Now.