Perryville High School - Mustang Yearbook (Perryville, AR)

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Mr. Cook pauses for the Mr. Wallace takes an import- camera man. ant message. TABLE CONTENTS ADMINISTRATION FACULTY Faculty members enjoy the noon hour in comfort at the Home Economics Cottage. Mrs. Wallace's English class Home Ec. girls are working studies the dictionary. on class projects. CLASSES ACTIVITIES ORGANIZATIONS Seniors are selecting invitations. ' Juniors eagerly choose class rings. They're as dumb as a mule about figuring our Latin. 4

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As early as 1876 a public school exist- ed in Perryville. It was held in a church building southwest of town, near Cedar Creek. The six-month term was divided into three month summer and winter pe- iods. This free system functioned four years. In 1880 Miss Lucy Benham of Little Rock opened a subscription school. Later, the district rented a building until another structure was erected by Mr. J. L. W. Matthew. This was located across the street from the first site. Miss Ida Burr taught 25 students here. Two rooms were eventually added to this struc- ture. The present brick building, located two blocks northeast of the courthouse, was built in 1916. A gymnasium was added in 1928. The same year, consolidation brought Thornburg, Satuma, Antioch, Viney Grove, Harmony, and Union Valley into the district. Vocational agriculture and home eco- nomics were added in 1928. A log building was erected to house the boys, and a room was equipped where the girls met classes until 1937 when the present home econo- mics cottage was erected. The concrete structure now occupied by the boys was built in 1950, after a second consolidation tripled the enrollment. The log building was later converted into the superinten- dent's office and a music room. The school cafeteria was built in 1950, and modern rest rooms were installed the same year. In 1948, the Perryville Grade School was built, two blocks northwest of the high school. The second consolidation, begun in 1947, eventually added Cherry Hill, Aplin, Ark, Nimrod, and Adona to the high school, the wing schools maintaining classes locally for the first six grades. A junior high school, erected just north of the grade school in 1956, was dedicated October 18 and occupied the following Mon- day by the seventh and eighth grades. The high school holds an A rating and offers 30 credits. The curriculum is set up for four courses of study: general, commercial, vocational, and technical. Chemistry and Latin are the most recent additions to the choice of subjects. This is the oldframe school house that This present structure was built in 1916 was located near Cedar Creek. 3

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ADMINISTRATION SUPERINTENDENT'S MESSAGE As times change, policies have a way of becoming outmod- ed. I know of only one first-class policy. It runs like this: Use what common sense you can under these circumstances. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Mr. J. H. Moore, President; Mr. Floyd Gardner; Mr. G. M. Wal- lace, Secretary; Mr. J. A. Shel- ton; NOT PICTURED: Mr. L. O. Lakey. PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE The people of America en- joy the highest standard of liv- ing in the world. This was made possible by men who had freedom to think, to learn, and to put these ideas into practice. The class of 1957, endowed with this privilege, will cer- tainly make its contribution to a better way of life through continued progress and good citizenship. 5 MR. LAMBERT WALLACE Principal MRS. HEBURN MOORE School Secretary