Will Rogers High School - Lariat Yearbook (Tulsa, OK)

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hrough the halls of Will Rogers High School have passed hundreds of students, who under the capable i 3 guidance of its faculty, have nigitle our school one of the most outstanding in the southwest. livery faculty niemher and every student who has at any time enrolled in W'ill Rogers High 'iehool has added his hit. Not only have they upheld the stamlnrcls and high ideals of the man for whom this school was named hut they also have contrihutecl gifts which, in gi nmterial way, maltc it .ln even more beautiful nieinoriqxl to hini. Some of our treasured gifts .ire the Honor Roll nam- ing Rogcrites who served during W'orltl Whir ll, our gavel, our school crest, the senior heneh, lampposts. the Student Council honor plaque. .mil the scoreboard in the gymnasium. X -lr i Each year the top ranking seniors have their names en- graved on the plaque presented hy our Student Council. iffy . H A . . I I f.:-, we '- f ,eil ,sf V s Pi .Xl Seniors of 1949 admire a picture presented by the Class of 1943. All Rogers students look forward to the privilege ot' sitting on the senior bench. Recorded there are the names of the first Will Rogers High School graduates. I ow 11, ' ' X. mag, .i wee.. 4 Landscaping was started by gifts from our first graduating classes. Shown is Gerald Lockwood, President of the Class of HMI. planting an evergreen at the right of the southeast entrance. v A. ...........

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i.i.'g Sf lil! I! IB If 4 X ..,- V. I l OUR Fmsr ATHLETIC Fifi' J ' V- IIRNKA MEMOR'lAL FIELD Here our first Ropers began their p .gong the 1 Frnka Memorial Field was dicated November 30, 1948. tumbling tumble Weefds. 'J , , Here oupiuture Ropers l prfgtice for Victory. ,ff X X f . , i li: ff A UL, -MLP, Mfg jvy., W lil' yy ,X Y. D . jlj J W I nl I- v l - r 7 J I if .751 J fi' N I -JLL fe. ij. 'R ' if ' ff .V ,W M ' fi' , A R .I -fi' 'R lv 4 'fy . I A' 'll VJI' 'lily 0' 1 ' ,ii l h yi lj 5 JP 'Ml -, I L 7' f , f V . 0 , 1 I ,, A yi, v 7,1 UW . J X If . L y X i f K dj! yi JM f , ,yy X f xx , K 9 y f vwy . . ' fin A . xfp , N 5 ,jg U by I J t u i . t f .iloreword 5-,ff , V, V- 1 K I af , A ' ' ' fda! , fx A 'X O. M Li ' 'I' he class of '49 presents this book of blue M J, jf, . 'fy . sf E ach very page was planned especially for you. A 4 if V . if N ow we've had work and fun galore- - ' T is through these pages you can see once more XL' - H ow Rogers is now and was before. X' A brand new school was opened here, r. yy Su N ew students enrolled year after year, 5, N ew faces became friendly and very dear. J -. 1 In every contest we strove to excel, x JJ 4 sf W V ersed in the rules of doing it well. l il, X' E ach and every student has had some part i I ' ' K R ecording our history from the ,39 start, l Refill! fb V 1 , S triving to bring Will Rogers High fame, i Q NV - A nd keeping the high standards that belong to our name. I l f..l A .5 N R ogcrites, through the decade, have come and gone If I i N in J ,E Y et happy memories will linger on. , nfl ' 1 1 I' 7 si - N . is iw f he ,v r - Xl rx K xl Y f If ' ix, sv M f, I f I I I Q x X N DN, XIX I 'I if v, if r ' Q V .f . fig? .e.l'v- ' nl' fr ai E x l A' 4 1 ,I If - . PM ll ,Y J - JI ff 7, 'fl 8'-W of if 1 li A I C I fs f if ' fs ij K I7 fl ,yn l 'N N I Q 5 -gl

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I I Wu ' ,, To realize how much change has taken place, we look back at Will on the Hill as it stood on the lone and bare prairie in 1939. - ' fwn M' k 'Q' ' --- -Q f- 4.5-5'5 ' L I 1 , Z vt,,.Ss.4 - Y v-K f - up J ML- .. za- X N5 'H-' k . Afw, .J- 'N , V Q , sf A .V I ' x , ,.I l 5 . A .4 ' ' , x A JL! f - 'Spb' 1 ' r N K 11,35 ' X -K Lv ' - -Qjpirl-4 ' a x, A njfwf' 'Y '?':1'v . X' . 2--f' 4 5 ' .41 'fl I ' ' ' ' . - 3-'xv' iw' - lv 5 1 XJ 7 - t 1 A ' ' 3 4 X - ,J 'Z r' ' xx-if i' L lay . J . ' ,X J I ' .yd , A 1 . ' u , ' X Q . V ' ' ,.-v , Sl ' . 1X ' ' 1 I X v.,,., .ff Q- t ,, I . - N' J, Ava it lx, 1 .X - X X 4 ,If Q X t xt ,ii I - ' L . va' ,fe - T0 everyone 1vb0sba5dy1d as part ,, , L -+ ' 11.-' ', , 4 A ' -- v ' ' f' . -f . . , . Lights out at l0:00. Our lampposts were the A ,M , - x ' making Roger! gift of the Class of 1946. f 'N' K, nf,-5. I A? '-' School what it is today, we dedi- V I ' - ' .1 , cate this 1949 Larzfzt.