Ponca City High School - Cat Tale Yearbook (Ponca City, OK)

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cation The first high school was located at the site of the present East Junior High School. On September 16, 1893, the new Ok- lahomans erected their tents in the Ponca City area and immediately called a t own meeting. It was only two months later that the first school building was placed at the site of the present East Junior High School. These dynamic, far-sighted pioneers knew what the value of education would mean to their children. Our public high school is among the best in the state and nation. PO-HI students win many honors— National Merit Scholar- ships, National English and Science Awards. They are also winners in the fields of ath- letics, music, and art. With the help and guidance of our counselors and our principal, Mr. Anderson, a student knows he can leave high school ' prepared to face the challenges ahead. We also have excellent education on the city-wide level. Ponca City has elemen- tary schools, two junior high schools, a spe- cial school, two parochial schools, a Military Academy, the American Legion Home School, and, of course, our own PO-HI. We have many opportunities to hear outstanding speakers and artists. Students may see local works of art through the an- nual art exhibit, see dramas by the Ponca Playhouse and hear concerts by local and professional groups. This is Ponca City-a place of chal- lenge, a place of learning. All of these- industry, recreation, education-had their beginning with the . . .

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. . . recreat A cowboy singing under the stars at night, a young group square dancing around a campfire— this was recreation in the days of the Oklahoma pioneer. Today Ponca City offers limitless recreational op- portunities. In the summertime the gang might spend the day skiing on the lake or swimming in one of the four local pools. Evenings can be passed by watching civic baseball groups play ball in one of the nearby parks, listening to a park concert, going on a picnic, or playing miniature golf. With the rush of summer and the beginning of the fall, football games begin. After the game, dances are sponsored by the school and after the victory dance one might take his best friend out for a Coke at one of the local drive-ins. Saturday night might be spent at one of four theaters or at one of two bowling alleys. Fall hayrack rides and weiner roasts also keep things lively. With the passing of fall, winter appears. Sleigh rides, skating on Rowe ' s lake, snowball fights, and Christmas parties occupy one ' s time. In the spring a young man ' s fancy turns to thoughts of river parties, the annual track meet, and bike riding. Throughout the year the school sponsors recrea- tional groups, clubs, plays, operettas, and other forms of entertainment and recreation. Athletics play an im- portant part in school life. The year begins with foot- ball games, then basketball, wrestling, swimming, and enters into the spring with such favorites as track, tennis, golf, and baseball. Ponca city provides many forms of recreation, including local Hootenannies. As if this weren ' t enough, civic groups sponsor plays, and concerts the year around, and on Sunday night many churches sponsor a recreation time. Or maybe— just maybe— one might drive down Grand to see what everyone else is doing or go to the telephone, call his best friend and talk, talk, talk. This is Ponca City— active, alive, busy; and with recreation came . . . In the early I900 ' s the 101 Ranch proved to be a world center for recreati(

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Today Ponca City Senior High School has one of the most spacious and beautiful campuses in the entire Southwest. The well planned landscape covers forty acres and contains educational and recreational facilities for over sixteen hundred students.