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

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A dual reason to celebrate Okiaiiornas Diamond Jubilee and Ihe Year of time Schools-prcarnpted the parade November 6, Ralph Downs, superintendent of Pm- nam City schools, with his wife. rode in the rumble seat of an Excalibur as grand niarsiiaiis of the Diamond Jubi- lee Parade Li rzwriiiiliiil 5 Key Club's float was reiuvenated and Number 009 unit in U19 parade was sailed again to represent the PC Pirates me Pride of Pulnam CNY bind- in the parade. 16 Diamond Jubilee

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Gil Gentry was in with his OP t-shirt and tie on Tie Up the North Panthers Day. 5F'.,ll A W it 'Q Janet Chappell, Diana Whitfield and Tracy Wise sunned themselves in a va- riety of fall styles from skirt, to cords, to just plain jeans-but don't forget the Izod alligator. Tonya Banks in echo tones of purple waited for a live one in preppie shirt. knickers. knee sox and loafers- f inflated from penny to dimes, Cody Strunk was a little backwards, but he was right in style on Tie Day. Preppie still fashion look' 'cool,' casual ' Gee, l'd really like to go out, Sandy Senior, but l just don't have a thing to wear! What made hundreds of girls and boys alike. more than their classes, their parents. or their schedules? The answer might be theinclosets, or what was in them, Fashion played an es- sential part of any students dai- ly life. They sported clothes and accessories shown in mag' azines they'd bought. Fashion covered the long and the short of it-the long being prairie skirts with petticoats undere neath. and the short the mini- skirt, a retrospect ofthe sixties. Boys tried creative twists on the preppie look, with polo shirts and docksider shoes, All in all the mood was casual with untucked shirts and white ten- nis shoes. WTO sock or not to sock had less of an impact than in recent years with equal distribution of socks, and lack ot, over the stu- dent body. ln short, preppy was still riding high, but students added touches of individuality-a welcome change from carbon- copy dressing. Fashions 15

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Principal Robert Butler, standing, visits with North Central team mem- bers who visited the campus February 14-16 for the seven-year review. Diamond Jubilee, it if ' visit of evaluators unique Two special days which were unique, or at least rare, fell during this year. The first, November 7, was Diamond Jubilee for the State of Okla- homa, and in its honor, Put- nam City Schools paraded on a windy Saturday morning, with the Pirate Band leading out. All of the district schools Evaluators from the State Depart- ment of Education, Enid and Still- water, look over their notes on the English Department. marched, and members of the administration rode in open cars to greet the crowd along the route. In February, the school was visited by a team of evaluators representing the North Central Association, and once again PCHS proved what we had always known - it is an out- standing school in all respects. This was borne out by the final report of the evaluators and the written report which follows. We won't see them again for another seven years. North Central 17