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

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Robson Accepts Superintendencyis Challenge DR. ALLEN ROBSON, Superintendent. The responsibility for guiding Pon- ca City,s young people toward ma- turity lies with the school system-the school system itself is guided by the superintendent. Dr. Allen Robson has accepted this responsibility. .Formerly principal of West Junior High School, Dr. Robson ascended to this present position at the onset of the 1965-1966 school year. The challenges of new responsibility, the vitality of new associations, and the remarkable effect of fresh ideas upon the minds of men have all contributed to Dr. Robson's success in his first year as leader and spokesman for our educational community. Education in Ponca Cit Governed b Board In order to succeed in his life with others, man must possess a conscience. And, in a narrower sense, the citizens of a community must recognize their conscience-the indestructible con- science of representation. Elected representatives of Ponca Citians are chosen to set the standards and regulations of the community's schools. When a voter complains of the judgment and decisions of his officials, he is condemning the judg- ment and decisions of his fellow men. The school board is the conscience ig.. -the conscience of thoughtful con- sideration and contemplation, and, as each of us must take care to remember, the conscience of the educational sys- tem which is exerting an immeasurable influence on our lives. X, Top: Dr. Milford Lee, Mr. Cecil Jordan, Mr. Lawrence Dronberger, Dr. Paul Powell, Mr. O. W. Meyer, Mr. Jim Walizer, Mr. Gene Morahang Bottom: Mrs. Jesse Washam, clerkg Dr. Allen Robson, superintendentg Mr. C. Richard Pitts. Mr. Floyd Martin, presidentg Mr. R. E. Geren, assistant superintendentg Mr. Charles Duffy, attorney.

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Ponca City High School is a burden. Ponca City High School is a trial. Ponca City High School is a weight no scales can measure-a weight on the shoulders of three men. The burden has been accepted-ao cepted with enthusiasm and dedica- tion. The trial is a challenge-a chal- lenge for minds of vision. And the weight-the weight can never be min- imized. Never minimized-but perhaps diminished by the knowledge that the shoulders upholding it are undaunted by its pressure. The shoulders are strong, but they are not indestructible. They need helpg they need patienceg they need under- standing. They need us. We are their challengeg we are their responsibility-to us they have devoted their talents, and perhaps their lives. The shoulders are supporting us. Some of us see their burden as a game. Some of us see it as a stepping- stone. And some of us feign blindness, refusing to see it at all. Ponca City High School is the burden of three men. We are Ponca City High School. The three men need us-as we re- cover from our blindness we will re- alize how badly we needed them. MR. ROBERT E. FORD, Principal Ford, Assistants uide Po-Hiers to aturit F,,.,.-., N ,-.. , , .. 6 s X MR. DELBERT CARLILE, Assistant Principal. MR. TOM WYATT, Assistant PTIHCIPHI