Rotan High School - Yellowhammer Yearbook (Rotan, TX)

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To Coach Nlarcum and the Yellowhammer Football Squad District Champions--- l 948 For their excellent sportsmanship and untir- ing efforts in the field of Football the Annual Staff proudly dedicates the I048 I949 YELLOWHAMMER be Lcahon First row Bobby Clark Jimmie Don Hale ohn Quincy Adams Dickie Rallsback Rudy Lotief Weldon Rives Cecil Weems Second row Pat Shipp Ted Patton Douglas Weathersbee Billy Frank Hardy W C Ashton Archie Rivers Chester Dowell Manager Richard Posey Third row Billy Rives Wayne Morrow C B Waggoner Buddy lVlcCr1ght Kenneth Clark Wayne Porter Fourth row Winston Smith Harold Shipp B R Allen ,lo Bob Martin Bernard Weems Roy Carter Luther Waddell Coach Marcum if r N l WN

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were lnterested ln the betterment of their chlldren and the CIVIC lmprovement of the communlty Thanks to those who had a part 1n the plomotlng of thus worth whlle program W1tn thxs momey the follovung bulldmgs have been constructed 111 Modern and well equlpped shop bulldmg vxhlch accomodated approxlmately 40 students In shop bovs are permltted to gam experlence m cablnet makmg weldmg and electrlcal equlpment aut rf echamcs and sheet metal L23 A modenn cafeterla has been constructed YXlllCl'l accomodates 450 people 'lhe cafeterla lS llkewlse a servlce to the commumty nd lS provlng to be a most xx 01 thwhlle part of the school It serves as a place for banquets publ1c meetmgs etc 131 A modern pumaly bulldlllg' ctnslsts of 12 classrooms 0fflC6S and storage rooms, modenn m every lespect A ve1y 1mpress1ve bu1ld1ng ceremony was held at the prlmaly school and the bulldlng was dedlcatcd to Mxss Estelle Patterson Inzer who was the fust teacher ln Rotan Schools and who rendered worthvwhlle selvlces ln our schools for 38 vears 141 An elementary bulldlng has also been completed xxhlch has 12 modern class looms, a large study hall offlces and storage space These bulldlngs are a cred1t to Rotaun and should be adequate to serve Rotan for the next 25 to 40 years 153 Rotan also constxucted a modern football fxcld wlth a seatlng capaclty of 2000 people To date Rotan has not lost a game on 1ts home fleld Rotan football fleld vsas dedlcatcd duung the Balhnger Rotan game to the boys who lost For many years the need fol a modeln gymnaslum was sees by foxeslghted school people Thls dream has now become a reallty We have a modern gymna slum and It 1s one of the best ln West Texas We can now have a well balanced athletxc proglam that w1ll adequately serve the entlre school ENRICHED CURRICULUM Durmg the physlcal development f Rotan School Dlstrlct the need fox an enuched currlculum was dlSCOVeled We now have approxlmately 40 credits of affllxatxon and a teachlng corps of 36 teachers most of whom have then degrees and some have masters deglees Today courses are bemg cffered m thc f1eld of vocatxonal aguculture suence homemakmg bookkeeplng typ mg shorthand mathemat1cs drlver tralmng educatlon personalmty development, and many others The completlon of the gyn naslum brlngs to a close a successful bulldlng program whlch cost approxlmately S280 000 00 For the above achleve ment the entue cltxzenry IS justly proud of our entlre bulldmg program whlch has been an outstandmg success The Student Cou'1c1l xuth Roy Calter as presldent and WHL F Rallsback as sponsor has done an outstandlng work to enrlch school llfe of all Rotan students They have raxsed funds to pay for tenms courts playground equlpment stage curtams, 155500001 fxlm projector and they have made avallable numelous fxlms avallable to students The Student Councll has done an excellent work and we x Ish to express ou1 appzeclatlon to them fm thur accompllshments JOHN PAUL YOUNG, Asslstant Edltor . ' W ' x - - .Us . . . A 1 , X , , U ., , t l . ' . , ' . ., . . . . W ' ' - 'S K. . in :V ' , As .. v ' . . ' . l , 4 vt ' ' 1 : , : . . ' ' ' ' ' , K 1 , . - - . their lives in senvlice overseas. . - 1 - v - v' ' . - ' l Y . .K 1 . t U Y - X . 1 ' S' ' ' o . I . . 1. i I. Y V., I . .- 7 Y Y Y U- 9 -' ' 1 'v 'V ' v ' W v 1 A 1 1 , . . ' 1 , I v' - ' , . x .- ' 1 'I 1 I . Q Y v . . . , . A A. , ' K U ' . L J . v V. A l 1 A . . i 1. Y . C.

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