Okemah High School - Panther Yearbook (Okemah, OK)

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BCARD OF EDUCATICN Mr. Cecil E. Oakes, Superintendent of Schools, Mr. Boyd Bibb, Member, Mr. Ira Cowan, Vice Presi- dent, Mrs. S. G. Ryan, President. We want to take this opportunity to salute our Board of Education for the fine work accomplished for our schools. These civic-minded people have long had as their goal, Let's Go, Okemahl , and have exempli- fied this by recognizing the vital importance of education and by striving to meet the present day de- mands of education. So, to our Board of Education we want to say, Thanks for a job well done. 5 LET'S GO! CKEMAH! MR. ROGER STANDLEY MR' W. N BARRY . , JR. Clerk Member

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SUPERINTENDENT S li MESSAGE f ma Dear Students: In dedicating this issue of the Panther to the Okemah Chamber of Commerce, the members of the annual staff are recognizing the value and strength in a united effort to go forward. Men and women from many different businesses, trades, and professions in Okemah have come together for the purpose of making local improvements. Such interest and support will result in a better Okemah. Every effort that is put forth to improve the city of Okemah will help the Okemah schools. Schools, like a Chamber of Commerce, belong to the people of a given community, and the progress and accomplishments of both depend upon active and intelligent public support. In the process of educating the youth of a community, it is the duty of a school to train and en- courage young people to become useful citizens. Such training will point out the value of being men- tally alert, morally strong, co-operative, and willing to serve where needed. . You boys and girls who attend the Okemah schools are enjoying many educational advantages that are the result of active interest and support on the part of your parents, Chamber of Commerce members, and the whole adult population of Okemah. As a token of appreciation for this adult interest and help, it is the responsibility of each of you upon reaching maturity to become active in your support of com- munity institutions, organizations, and worthy projects. It will be well to remember that the only way a person can repay the advantages afforded him as a youth is to see that the young people of the next generation are given equally as good, or better, advantages than he enjoyed. The welfare and progress of our community, state, and nation is dependent upon the type of citi- zens our youth of today are developing into as the adults of tomorrow. I feel confident that progress will continue, because Ibelieve in the youth of Okemah, Oklahoma, and America. Sincerely, Cecil E. Oakes

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U1 4 'hfn ,Fil DKEMAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CKEMAH. OKLAHOMA GARVIN A. PECK PRINCIPAL Dear Students, l would like to congratulate you on a very successful school year, for most of you have done well. Your attitude toward your studies, your faculty, and your fellow students has been good. The way you have worked together on different projects to a very successful conclusion certainly speaks well for any student body. ' As you mature you will realize that no one person can do everything well. ln every activity there must be leaders, and there must be persons who work and encourage the leaders. As you progress through school, you will find there is a place for every person who is interested in helping his fellow students make your school the best school in the state. Then when you have done what you can and come to that last walk down the aisle of your high school career, it will be with an inner glow of satisfaction of a job well done. Seniors, many of you have come to me this year with the age old story, Ulf l had only known what l know now, or if l had only tried harder.n May l remind you that a person lives only to learn, when one ceases to learn, he is not living, only existing. When you recognize your past mistakes, you are still living. Profit by those mistakes, and you will find the ladder of success easier to climb. May l congratulate the Editor, the Annual Staff, and the Sponsor on a very fine annual. Sincerely yours, M 4,400 Garvin A. Peck