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Senior Officers
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Senior Officers
President . . . . . . . . . . Roy Smith
Vice President . . . . . James Campbell
Sponsor . . . . . . . . . . .Miss Isabel Watkinson
Secretary . . . . . . . . . .Margaret Robinson. . . . .. . .Succeeded by Floyd Cummings
Treasurer . . . . . . . . . .John Brooks
The class of '25 entered upon its treacherous trip through high school with Mrs. Louise M. Dodge guiding from B1. Mildred Maxey captained the good ship Freshman with the right sail foremost. Ralph Gore, Vice President; Daniel Bailey, secretary; and Winifred Stahl, treasurer, filled their offices as well as very small freshmen could do. In march of that year, under Mildred's urging, a freshman party was held. It was a happy occasion that is even now frequently recalled.
Vacation came and went very quickly. Soon four hundred sophomores scrambled about the halls of the "new half" lost in a maze of unset lockers. Mrs. Dodge hitched up the sophomore wagon and the class chose Tom Maxey as the driver, George Norvall as his assistant in case he had the mumps, Alice Mae Kistler to keep the minutes for the week, and Mary Louise Stalker as the purse-holder. We all took intelligence tests and found we had more horse sense than any other class in school, and just to prove it, no pink slips were issued to us during the whole year. In sports, and academic subjects, we felt that we had done all possible since the first honor roll resembled the sophomore card index files.
Three moons waned, and Mrs. Dodge moved to the vine-covered cottage of her dreams "Out Where the West Leaves Off." Miss Blanche Mullin assumed the driver's seat in the "Good Fliv-Junior." The rest of us all piled in the back seat. After some argument Paul Washington was allowed as president to shift gears, Alfred Druout, vice president, sat in the front seat in case of emergencies, Winifred Stahl, kept the speed record, and Dorothy Hawkins paid for the gas.
The first semester was occupied with History V. and English themes, the second with History VI, Macbeth, "The Charm School," our junior play, the Pow Wow and its long-suffering committee. But on May 27, 1924, everyone worked feverishly and we gave the seniors such a time as they had never heard of before. The next day we slept and forgot to study.
Seniors at last! M. L. Wardell accepted the job of piloting the senior "Blimp" to the door of the college campus. But he just couldn't stay up so long as he was needed at the University of Oklahoma campus in a hurry. Miss Isabel Watkinson is now watching the class barometer with an eye to the weather. Roy Smith, president, jerks a nifty propeller, James Campbell, vice president, Floyd Cummings, secretary, and John Brooks, treasurer make up the list of officers who are watching the big ship through the clouds of graduation requirements, college entrance talks, exams, and senior electives. The number of passengers grows steadily and exceeds all past ventures in Tulsa high school.
On June 5, 1925, the class members will have climbed down from the cabin, making frantic efforts to recover their "land legs," grasping bulging memory books, possessing much knowledge, and trying vainly to swallow tremendous lumps in their throats.