Owasso High School - Trails End Yearbook (Owasso, OK)

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Administration Owasso grade and high school housed in two modern well-kept buil- dings, had a total enrollment of 502, 323 in the grades, and I79 in junior high and senior high school for the year I937-38. Serving the educational needs of the rural pupils in the surrounding territory, the six school busses have simplified transportation by running on schedules and routes that have enabled the pupils in the far parts of the district to attend school at all times during the year. ln high school the student has the opportunity of selecting a choice of twenty-seven units. Twenty-five units are offered each year and two al- ternating every other year. Students are fortunate in that they are offered not only the regular curriculum but also work in the departments of home economics, vocational agriculture and commerce. Each department is supplemented widely by the books in the high school library. In addition to six sets of general reference books of several volumes each, each department is proportionately supplied with outside reading matter: science books total 9l 3 home economics 58 books and pam- phlets: speech I6, English--which includes grammar, literature and the class- ics--numbers 207, fiction 212, civics and democracy 4lg history, I39, mis- cellaneous prose l39. ln addition to the bound volumes the 'best monthly magazines and periodicals are a part of the library. Magazines included are: Good House- keeping, Ladies Home Journal, Atlantic llVlonthly, The Pathfinder, l'larper's Bazaar, American, 'lVlc'Calls, Cosmopolitan, American rlVlercury, Grade Teacher, Instructor, Physical Culture, Readers Digest, Forum, Scholastic, American Cookery, and Scribners. Knowing the value of well equipped laboratories the school has purchased approximately S300 worth of science apparatus and supplies in the past two years. The home economics department has been greatly enlarged and made more efficient through the purchase of kitchen and sewing room equip- ment. ' The commercial department is equipped with nine Underwood standard typewriters which are kept in perfect condition throughout the year. Not only does the school serve the youth of the district but also the community, for the auditorium is open at all times to those in and around the community who desire to meet or to hold various programs in the build- ing.