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

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Po-Hi exhibits one of the most beautiful campuses in the state which is augmented in the morning each day before school by its students CLASS S 28 Perhaps the day will come when we Po-Hi students have an opportunity to reflect upon our experiences as young people approaching the manifestations of our ambitions. Our memories will be diverse, encompassing week- end adventures as well as the traditional school ac- tivities. We will recall Saturday afternoon football games, dragging Grand , pizza after the show, and dancing to the local bands. But perhaps most vivid in our minds will be recollections of our classes and friends attending them with us. The classes are the academic foundation of the school life. They provide an environment complimentary to the learning process. For the remainder of our lives we will be employing and profiting from the knowledge imparted to us in Po-Hi's classrooms. Aside

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LISTODIANS MAINTAI HIGH SCHOOL Custodians, Bottom: Louis Yellowhorse, Mrs. Dotson, Mrs. Davenpo Middle: L. L. Cloudd, K. W. Russell, Floyd Cobb, Arlie Eberle. Top: Bewley. Have you ever noticed how clean the halls and class- rooms of Po-Hi are? Have you stopped to appreciate our beautifully landscaped campus? These things and many more are a result of the fine work done by our fine staff of custodians. This hardworking crew is busy year round to keep the school in tip-top shape for the rt, Matthew Moore. Charlie Potts, Frank Arlie Eberle, third floor Howell Building custodian, cleans the Home Ec. room after a long day. benefit of students and teachers alike. The custodians are always at work on the classroom floors and halls, as you've probably noticed by seeing fellow students slip on the slick, shiny surfaces laid by the group. They are ready, willing, and able workers who will help any student who needs their assistance. BUS DRIVERS, ALWAYS O THE JOB y Throughout the school year, whether during a spring thunderstorm or sub-freezing winter cold, the Po-Hi bus drivers are always on the iob. With a large percentage of Po-Hi students living outside the city limits, these bus drivers play an im- portant part in their daily activities by transporting them to and from school. The Ponca City School system does not own the buses, as is found in most cities, but the drivers own the buses and are paid by the Board of Education. This type of program results in better service for the students as drivers receive contracts only if they render courteous and efficient service. Blus drivers, Bottom: Lee Harney, Vera Harney, Evelyn Howe, Zelma Weaver, Leo Simmons. Top: Roy Wilson, Norman Grassman, Floyd Howell, Jim Whitfield, R. E. Geren, director. ' 27

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coming to the day's classes, with their books and assignments under their arms from its essential usefulness, we may remember the traditional classroom fun and riotous laughter, the quiet silence of a study period, the challenge of a class dis- cussion. Remembrances of nervous apprehension before a speech class, endless repetition of dialogues in the foreign language lab, the squeamish feeling of dissect- ing that first frog all contribute to the mass of inci- dentals which evolve into a whole concept of life at Po-Hi which is shared by all her students. The instructors endeavor to prepare us for higher education and self-reliance. Into an atmosphere of preparation and vigilance, an aura of lighthearted happi- ness is invariably iniected. Perhaps one day we will be able to realize the complex fusion of these seem- ingly contradictory elements.