Norman High School - Trail Yearbook (Norman, OK)

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Volume 52 1947 TRAIL CONTENTS DEDICATION...........................2 ADMINISTRATION.......................4 FACULTY ............................ 6 CLASSES Senior.......................14 Junior.......................26 Sophomore....................31 Junior High School...........36 HONORS Queens.......................42 Miscellaneous Honors and Awards...................46 Who’s Who....................48 SPORTS Football.....................50 Basketball...................54 Minor Sports.................56 ACTIVITIES Trail........................58 Tiger........................60 Veterans.....................61 Band.........................62 Glee Club....................66 Gingersnaps..................68 F. F. A......................72 F. H. A......................74 Homecoming...................75 Teen Town....................76 Dramatics ...................77 “AS WE LOOK BACK”...................78 PICTURES Picture of the Year..........79 Fall.........................80 Winter.......................82 Spring.......................84 Snapshots....................86 ADVERTISING Letters to the Editors .... 90 DEDICATION TO LIFE IN OUR AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOLS To that -undefinable yet unmistakable spirit in the halls and on the campuses of all our schools —vivid, moving, and vocal when they are filled with students, waiting and reminiscent on Satur- days and holidays; to the memory of this active pageant in the past and to the expectation of its colorful and constructive future—to American high school life we dedicate this book. [2]

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THE BOARD OF EDUCATION seated around the table, left to right, are Mr. D. K. Boyd, president: Mrs. S. B. Spradlin, clerk: Mr. E. F. McComb: Mr. J. A. Staedelln; Mr. Neil R. Johnson: and Mr. L. C. Lindsay, vice-president. ADMINISTRATION by JIMMY LYNN The Board of Education of this past year has had representatives from many different businesses of Norman. Mr. D. K. Boyd, who is president of the board, is a meat dealer in one of Norman’s grocery stores. His board members are: Mr. L. C. Lindsay, owner of a local laundry: Mr. Neil R. Johnson, a rancher: Mr. J. A. Staedelln. Superintendent of Utilities at Oklahoma State Hospital; and Mr. E. F. McComb. partner and manager of a local cleaners. The board decides the poli- cies and rules of the school system. Mrs. S. B. Spradlin is secretary to the fcoard. She serves as clerk to the board and cashier of the school funds. She has been here at Norman High as clerk to the board for the last eleven years and has become indispensable to our school. Mr. J. Don Garrison. Superintendent of Schools, started his career in the Norman school system in 1924 as principal of McKin- ley Ward School. Between 1924 and 1940 he was principal of Junior High School and then became superintendent of Norman Schools. But when World War II came. Mr. Garrison, having served in World War I, and being a member of the National Guard, was mobilized with the 45th Division in Septem- ber of 1940. In 1942 he went overseas with the G-3 of the European Theater of Oper- ations. Mr. Garrison returned to the United States in 1943 to teach Military Tactics at the University of Oklahoma. In September of 1945 he became the executive recruiting officer for Oklahoma. At the time of his discharge he held the rank of Colonel in the infantry. When he re-entered civilian life, his position as superintendent was wait- ing for him. SUPERINTENDENT J. DON GARRISON is welcomed back from the army to his pre-war work. [4]