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

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Putnam City had soooo many people. How many people did it have? It had so many people that: 1. When the crowd cheered the team on, it blew the players right off the field. 2. When we walked down the hall, we could pick up our feet and still keep on moving. 3. When we looked in our locker for our history book, we finally found it under 28 folders and 10 four-inch thick textbooks. Some of these examples are true and some are slightly exaggerated, but the fact still remains that Putnam City was more than a little crowded. We had over 2800 people in a building built for1800. so . We i .sse y. Waiting became habit. We waited in line for lunch, waited to get into our lockers, waited for openings in the classes we wanted and even waited after school for a chance to get out of the parking lot. ln spite of everything, we learned how to cope with the disadvantages and once we had mastered patience, we began to see the advantages of a large school. With so many of us roaming the halls, there was always the oppor- tunity to meet people and make new friends. There was also more educa- tional opportunity. The overcrowded conditions also forced us to make the best of a bad situation and in doing so, we learned more about coping with life. WHEN the day comes to a close, the only thing left to endure is the hot, crowded ride home. FORTY minutes for lunch seems even shorter when fifteen minutes are spent waiting in line. Squished 9

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SHOULDER to shoulder, students shuffle their wav down the stairs only to find the halls iust as crowded. CARS, that just a moment before were waiting for the final bell, now flood to the exits in a steady stream of congestion.

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