Seneca High School - Warrior Yearbook (Seneca, MO)

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Six Hundred Attend Open House CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW BUILDING STARTED JULY 5, 1955, AND IT WAS READY FOR OCCUPANCY JANUARY 18, 1956. OPEN HOUSE, WITH APPROXIMATELY 600 IN ATTENDANCE, WAS HELD ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, WITH THE GRADE STUDENTS BEING TRANSFERRED THE NEXT DAY. THE MODERN $100,000 STRUCTURE WILL HOUSE APPROXIMATELY 340 YOUNGSTERS. HAYING TILE FLOORS THROUGHOUT AND BEING EQUIPPED WITH ALL NEW LIGHT OAK FURNITURE, IT CONSISTS OF NINE LARGE CLASSROOMS, A 57' BY 37' ALL-PURPOSE ROOM FOR CAFETERIA AND MUSIC USE, AND A BIG EFFICIBNTLY-ARRANGED KITCHEN.

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Dedication IN THE SCHOOL YEAR JUST GONE BY, THE HEAP OF BRICKS ON SENECA SCHOOLS 9 NEWLY ACQUIRED PROPERTY NEAR THE CITY PARK BECAME SENECA'S NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDING. IT IS FITTING, THEN, THAT THE 1956 SENECA WARRIOR SHOULD BE DEDICATED TO THIS BUILDING AND TO THE IDEALS IT SYMBOLIZES. TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND SUPT. 0. Wm FOX, THE EDIFICE IS THE REALIZATION OF MUCH THOUGHT AND PLANNING. TO ALL SENECA STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND PATRONS THE NEW BUILDING EMBODIES PATIENT ANTICIPATION AND MANY DREAMS FOR THE FUTURE. Table of Contents Dedication . . . 5,4,5 Administration • . . 6 Faculty . . . . . 7,5 Seniors . . . . 10-20 Juniors . . . . 21-24 Sophomores . . 25-26 Freshmen . . . 29-32 Classes . . . . 33-36 Activities . . . 37-46 Athletics . . . 47-52 Advertisements . . 53 SENECA SCHOOLS, EVER GROWING AND EXPANDING, HAVE LONG NEEDED MORE ROOM FOR THEIR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM. NOW THAT NEED HAS BEEN AT LEAST PARTIALLY GRATIFIED, AND ITS FULFILLMENT BRINGS TO ALL STUDENTS A PARDONABLE PRIDE IN BEING A PART OF A SCHOOL THAT HAS TAKEN ONE MORE STRIDE IN THE DIRECTION OF PROGRESS. WITH THE GRADES HAPPILY SETTLED IN THE BEAUTIFUL NEW BUILDING9 AND THE HIGH SCHOOL ENJOYING MORE ADEQUATE CLASSROOM SPACE IN THE ORIGINAL PLANT, THE REALIZATION OF A LONG-CHERISHED DREAM AND THE SATISFACTION OF A LONG-FELT NEED ARE COMPLETE. SPONSOR SENECA HATCHERY 3

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TEACHERS AND PUPILS ALIKE WERE EXTREMELY PROUD OF THEIR NEW EQUIPMENT. AT THE RIGHT, MRS. PHARIS, FOURTH GRADE TEACHER, AND BILLY LYNCH, HER STUDENT, SHOW THEIR ROOM TO MR. AND MRS. 0. L. LYNCH AND LORA LEE. AT THE LEFT, MRS. WALLACE AND THREE OF HER FIRST GRADERS, DENNIS CRABTREE, DAVID BELT, AND SARA HELM, CAN HARDLY WAIT UNTIL TIME TO STUDY AT THE NEW DESKS. SPONSORS JOPLIN COCA COLA CO. DR. TOM MOSELY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION HOSTED THE OPEN HOUSE. PRESENT AT THE TIME OF THE PICTURE AT THE RIGHT WERE MR. W.M. DAVIS, MR. HARVEY KEITH, MR. CLAUDE COOPER, MR. JOHN DRAG00, AND SUPT. 0. W. FOX. BOARD MEMBERS NOT PICTURED WERE MR. W.C. RAKES AND MR. GEORGE BENNETT.