Stillwater High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Stillwater, OK)

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enrors Wave oflctrrre Lzfe lt was '1 warm 'Xlay mornrng rust after frraduatron from force of habrt l strolled to the school house where I had gone for the past three years rnd rrrrressly walked rn the door l wandered down the deserted halls of 5 H S and lrnally perched myself upon the trophy ease that famous seat for all good loafers lt seemed queer that l would never be a real pirt of thrs scene agarn fhe odor of the wooden floors soaked wrth many years applrca tron of orl sent my thoughts seurry rng back to m frrst days rn school l remembered the day rn the frrst Grade when we learned to w rrte the word Mother and how we wrote rt on ey ery scrap of paper we could frnd and even wrth chalk on the srdewalks how thrrlled we were when the grade school custodran let us rrng the recess hell the school rule of no l eps durrng the sprrng marble season and the day we marched rnto the burldrng to the strarns of Lohen Urrn after one of the teachers was marrred Vx rth yunror hrgh can e our frrst dat ah loye' sweet mystery' our desrre to wear lrpstrck and curl our harr our frrst Home Lconomrcs efforts and shop and our homes farrly brrstlrng wrth nrck nack shelves candy pans callrng cards and baskets We thought we were really accom plrshed when we marched across t e stage rn the sprrnv of 37 to recerye our frrst sheep skrns hut there strll w rs hrghschool' Valrantly sophrstrcated sophomores we battled through Sponsored By LAUGHLIN S geometry and Caesar heay ens' there was so much to learn' as Jolly yunrors rt was our duty to enter EdlI'l the senrors so we decrded on a Banquet Prorr and had a dreadful trme try rng to frnance rt rn sprte of our box supper and class dues NN e put rt oy er though and only hoped that the future yunrors would have as much fun as we drd Rnd then we were drgnrfred senrors lo we were by o means droll' Oh the glee we felt on Sneak Day when we went to Yost' I-low funny everyone looked on Senror Hobo Day' XACHSUTIHQ for caps and gowns' lmrnally as a clrmax to twelve years of studyrng we were ready for graduatron' Drdn t you feel odd last nrght marchrng across the stage rn your robe and mortar board knowrng that everyone s yrng My goodness' Hasnt that ones grrl grown up' or l drdnt know johnnv Brown was that old Vve started out rn N28 and although we have lost a few from our ranks we have garned many untrl today 177 senrors stand on the threshold of lrfe and lool back on our portals of learnrng where every rnrtral on the desks and everv worn spot on the starrs means somethrng rn our mem ones' There are 88 grrls and 80 boys rn the class of 1940 Thrs year there rs one set of tw ms Lester and Chester Ross Almost thrrty seven percent of thus class has always gone to school rn Strllw ater Confmued on page 30 812 Main Femr-rine I-'paarel PHONE 2440 . K .. A f V1 ' L, . 7, -- 7 x l f ' ,, ' ' 1 L ' f' H . 1 r 1 V' ' A t 1' l N' ' ' - 1 f A ' ' ' , ' -ee ut ' ' ' n A r U V ' A 3 I V plays we useel to make upevthe was looking at you and probably' . ee e ' a ' --' ' , . - U I . -1 - aww A U . . I y A K 7 u , ' e-- , ' 1 ' xl- ' lr ' 7 1 4 'ur 1 ' L ' , 1 Q 1 Q h X 1 y . y -. U . H A It , . ' 'a ' , . V A ' 'y 1 . if as . . V by . . I 5 7 qu A : ui sh