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

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'6 ANNUAL DEDICATED TO HO ER ln 1935, Mr. Homer S. Anderson was elected as The new principal af Po-Hi. Soon, he won The confi- dence and respect of The school and communiTy by his pleasanf personalify and his forward looking admin- isTraTion. His easy smile and warm friendliness became a vifal part of every phase of school life. His appearance became commonplace wherever spiriT and guidance were needed. I2

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l 4 ft 'A in-.gh ,Xl The group of the leaders who abound at Po Hi are represented here by these Tri-Hi-Y and Hi-Y members The foundation of a school is only so strong as Those who lead the school. Leadership is vested in the faculty, administration, and school board, but they do not give the system its light or enthusiasm. The leaders of youth, the students who accept responsibility and honor to guide their contemporaries, carry the burden of a school's success or failure on their shoulders. Our school is one whose students delight in taking the initiative. The student council, a composite of many leaders, has accomplished innumerable tasks for the betterment of the student body. Po-Hiers have often been inspired by achievements of others, such as the founders of the Dare Club who followed an, example and became leaders of the Moral Rearmament group and the sports lettermen who succeeded in or- ganizing a club to promote high standards of sports- manship. Many successful adults who rise to the height of their careers began to take responsibility and scout the path for others during their high school days. They have learned through Fate's incomparable tool, ex- perience, that to succeed one must rely on his own resources and take very little for granted. Those with the strength and ability to forge the way will find themselves leaders-perhaps without realizing it un- til glancing at the masses who follow. We of Po-Hi are fortunate to have so many capable young men and women who are able to guide the student body to seldom achieved heights. We can be proud that our school is one where followers are often inspired to become leaders on their own.

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S ANDERSGN MR. HOMER S. ANDERSON, Principal Can a man be a living tradition? Webster defines tradition as what is handed down from parents to children in the way of opinions, beliefs, customs, stories, etc. One could hardly say that Mr. Anderson has been handed down from parents to children for thirty years, more appropriately could it be said that he handed down from our parents to us the same wonderful opportunities that they enioyed. A tree's roots are its contact with the world. It receives its nourishment, its strength through a storm, and the foundation for its towering monument in the skies from its roots. What then is a man without roots? If he has nothing he can call his own, nowhere he can feel secure, and nowhere from which to receive nourishment for his soul, what can he be? Mr. Anderson has deep, clinging ties to the past and to the future through his tradition of handing down the educational qualities available at Po-Hi from year to year and class to class. As he stands tall and proud among his fellows, he is like the giant oak in the forest, he can see where his influence has fallen and he can watch the growth of those he has led on the way to success. Looking back on his thirty years of loyal service to his school, one can only feel admiration and respect for the man to which this book is dedicated, Nlr. Homer S. Anderson.