Tecumseh High School - Savage Yearbook (Tecumseh, OK)

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TECUMSEH HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY FULL OF PRIDE AND TRADITION The colorful history of Tecumseh High School dates back to the spring of 1892. Then Miss Lela Henry brought 25 pupils together, set them on box seats and started the first teaching of fundamentals in Tecumseh. For $3.00 a month she rented a frame building on West Main Street. Her pupils paid $1.50 a month tuition and gathered their ABC's from whatever books father and mother had saved. In 1915 an almost new high school building--the second to bum on the present Krouch School location--burned to the ground. A new temporary high school building was hastily constructed in 1916—and much of it is still here. The first Tecumseh High School Building. Made of red brick, it was destroyed by tragic fire. BEFORE Majestic-looking THS building as it looked to students in 1915. A P'TP'D • • • And how it looked after dis- nix astrous fire Feb. 10, 1916. New Tecumseh High School in 1916. Note dress of lady students. Right wing of this structure was tom down in early 1960's to make way for modem concrete block structure. New high school of future will be built north of present Tecumseh City park with athletic fields nearby. Land has been purchased.

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THE SPIRIT OF A NATION I was born American; I live an American; I shall die an American.” daniel webster “Don’t give up the ship . ’ ’ ('APT. JAMES LA WHENCE war LINCOLN to Harriet Beecher Stowe. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, emma lazarus 'The people are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.” thomasjefferson “A truly American sentiment recognises the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.” a rover Cleveland Be sure you are right, then go ahead. davidcrockett A knowledge of the past prepares us for the crisis of the present and the challenge of the future.” johnf. Kennedy “ . . That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom.” Lincoln Historic continuity with the past is not a duty; it is only a necessity. justice oliver wendell holmes America is a tune. It must be sung together. f GERALD STANLEY LEE “Go West, young man, and grow up with the country HORACE GREELEY ‘7 come to present the strong claims of suffering humanity. ” Dorothea dix

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THIS SPORTS HERITAGE PROUD ONE My, how cute THS girl basketball players looked in 1915! And how about those hats. They had a 4-3 record. McLoud beat them three times, 23-12, 30-4, and 5-4. Players are, Left To Right, Ward, Arrington, Grimes, Longstreth, Cot- ton, (captain), McKinney and Coach F.R. Pauly. The uniforms didn't match. But the 1916 Savage baseball team went to the state playoffs in Norman. They beat Ana- darko 7-5, then lost to Hollis, who went on to win the state championship. Coach was G.R. Bridgewater, in rear, a former OU pitcher. Archie Clark, All-State center on the 1917 football team, believed to be only player ever to reach that coveted position from THS. SAVAGES' TEAMS CHANGE STYLES OF UNIFORMS, BUT NOT FOR VICTORIES Down through the years, Tecumseh's fighting Savages have displayed a rich tradition in sports activities. There have been great teams, such as the only undefeated football seasons in 1936 and 1952. There have been magnificent basketball, baseball, wrestling, boxing, and track teams. Individual stars such as Aubrey Buzz Barton '32, who won the national high school 440-yard dash. And all-round star Ralph Star Crane '48. It would take pages to list them all. One of the all-time season records was held by the football squad of 1926. Lexington beat Tecumseh 7-6 the first game. They played Lex- ington again and tromped them 72-0! Farris Willingham was the coach. The photo- graph at Bottom Left shows the Savages kicking off to Lexington. Here's how devastating the football team was that year: SEASON'S RECORD—1926 Tecumseh 6 Lexington 7 14 Konawa 0 19 Maud 0 42 Wanette 0 58 Cromwell 0 46 Konawa 0 21 Seminole 0 24 Maud 0 34 Stroud 0 40 Chandler 0 72 Lexington 0 376 TOTALS 7