Norman High School - Trail Yearbook (Norman, OK)

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Below: Bill Kennedy left, and Karl Keller were named Garrison Award winners in last spring’s honor assembly. This award is made on the combined basis of participa- tion in football and high scholastic standing. A third winner. King Brice, is not pictured. Above: Each year five senior boys arc selected by the fac- ulty as Junior Rotarians. This years selections are: first row, left to right: Richard Markins, Bill Kennedy, lioyl Lockett; second row, Jeroald Andrews, Jimcll Badry. Below: An honor discontinued for a year or two in Norman High, now reinstated, is the American Legion Award. Through faculty selection six senior high students, a boy and girl from each class, arc chosen outstanding citizens of their respective classes. This year's selections were: first row, left to right: Nina Mae Roane, J. E. Hatfield, sophomores; Noda Bettis, junior; second row, Kldrcd Bates, junior; Patsy Steely, Jeroald Andrews, seniors. Above: Chosen this year for the All-State football team was Birch Rose, NHS senior. Birch's selection en- titles him to play in the an- nual North-South football game next August. Right: Congratulating each other upon their selection as salutatorians of the Class of ‘SO are Bill Kennedy, left, and Hoyl Lockett. Right: Margaret Smith was selected by a screening vote of the senior class and a final vote of the faculty as winner of the DAR Award this year.

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This year Norman High had the distinction of having three valedictorians—all boasting straight “A” averages for their four years in highschool. From top to bottom they arc: Elaine Cartwright, Richard Harkins, and Man,’ Ellen Casey. jationai onor The National Honor Society is the highschool version of Phi Beta Kappa. As in Phi Beta Kappa, membership is based not only on scholarship—though that is a primary factor—but also on character, leadership, and participation in extra curricular activities. Each school activity is rated on a point system, and each candidate for National Honor Society membership must have a minimum number of activity points in order to be initiated. On the schol- arship side of the ledger, seniors must have a 2.5 grade average for their highschool career; juniors, a 2.75 average. In addition, sopho- mores Itoasting a straight A” average are admitted to the Honor Society as honorary members. This year's sophomores established somewhat of a record by placing seven class members on the hon- orary rolls. The 1950 officcrs-Hoyl Lockett, president; Richard Harkins, vice-president; Nancy Spradling, secretary; Barbara Gregg, treas- urer; and Bill Kennedy, reporter-presided at the traditional obli- gation ceremony held in April for new members. First row, left to right: Patsy Steely, Virginia Sloan, Mary Ellen Casey, Patsy Hallock, Barbara Gregg, Jeanne Winningham. Second row: Floclla Sanderson, Norma Jean Black, Maxine Gower, Diane Butler, Margaret Smith, Nancy Stuckcr, Noda Bettis, Nancy Spradling. Elaine Cartwright. Third row: Alike Pyhas, Darrell Stricklin, Hoy I I.ockett, Richard Harkins, Bill Kennedy, Karl Keller, Eldrcd Bates, Bev Blackwood.

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 Fat I-indsav, a member of the Nor- man Riding Club, is shown atop her horse. Squaw. Far began riding dur- inn cummer vararinns in Colorado ing summer vacations in Colorado more than ten years ago and has been riding ever since. or A favorite hobby of Oneta Cay, IF A queen, is playing the piano. Al- though Oneta has had few lessons and cannot read music, she plays beauti- fully by “ear.”