Putnam City High School - Treasure Chest Yearbook (Oklahoma City, OK)

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lfkti CROWDED Conditions and hens lammed with people shocked new-Comets to Putnam ALTHOUGH the: Putnam City High Sczhoul split nut the overall populx-xtinn, the largest senior City. After Bdmsting to the Strange Situation- quick -n easy mums were esmbushedl class in Putnam's history only increased the parking problems. Students found it necessary NEW Pirates, Greg Sorenson, Diana Fant. Paula Furgerson. Debbie Korhan. Stan Welker and Susan Syliaasen congregated in the hall to visit club displays at the fend of orientation , To start year Off right they placed s down payment on their Package Plan from yearbook staffer, lanet Apitz. Clin- xflx 6 ,v

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. 2 'A ' ' , ft fAQQ A MINUTES l SECONDS mms vasm nuww in an ut ,Q-'Wg ,,, Wlgn , , ,,,,,,,. 4l....liY Foreword Alt is easy, in the world, to live after the world's opinion: it is easy, in solitude, to live after your own: but the great man is he who, in the midst of the crowd, keeps ...... the independence of solitudef Emerson Each senior being graduated with the largest class in the history of Putnam City High School is an individual- each with thoughts, feelings, plans and hopes for the future. Each, too, is a product of a mass system of edu- cation in a nation of overpopulated cities. How does one acquire individuality within the modern frame-work of conformity? As a child, one encounters the first influence-that of his family. Entering school, teachers, friends and environment influence him. Acting on these influences, he develops ideas, opinions, goals. Yet he may remain an individual, struggling on an individual road toward his own goal. Individuals within Putnam City create the traditions, win the honors, fill the stands at athletic events. The new Pirate Stadium is an outcome of ideas and sugges- tions on the part of individuals. The change in the grading system and the expanded curriculum are the result of observations and criticisms of some and careful thought and decision on the part of others. Individualism is inherent in America. Democracy is founded on the premise of the worth of each individual. Youths are encouraged to participate in campaigning and to form opinions on national affairs. Committees to develop individual ideas into one well-balanced decision are fundamental in our government. Individualism remains available to all American youth in spite of participation in activities of a large high school. As each young person leaves high school, he appropriates some of the influences of his en- vironment, friends and teachers over the past eighteen years. But he only needs to take these factors as in- fluences -he may leave as an individual -one in himself. 5

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-ifwnt ' sax: ' -'gt M W ' -.' 45 , M to .,,,,,.ir,'zaQg . ef , Wandering in crowds with quiet eyes of contemplation . . . ' X n swf , -. l ' 'e't 'A j K H Q4 Absorbing all that I see, -. '4..,,x I-V U Q I- N ' searching and drifting . . . M h-wif. to park in the practice football field and in nearby residential streets. For those students who did not drive to school, numerous buses were provided each regular day of the year. P1NCURLEDpledge, Catherine Bruce. carrying out the embarrassing and unmerctful orders of a member. was heckled by e supposedly innocent hystander. Mike Boydston. 1 lff'. f5. . '3'ff'4 iL-'V' 'ef dms3'fQ,iEe?fk'?2f,- .'IKET5Ff?V,!8s,, xfhf S. lf- 1 'L ' ' A Jr 'J' lf M 1 V ' W - I 'xt , . M' W Becoming a part ofthe madding crowd that surrounds me. 'T f ,N '-, 4 4 - ' tt, A . My me V 9 Ab V V, , K, ayr I X K H War , ijt X beau 'N tw 'M' i .. ' 4 l H , CROWDED lines tn the cafeteria created several problems. In the limited time allowed for the split lunch period, many Putnamites took advantage of the quick line. 7