York High School - Falcon Yearbook (Yorktown, VA)

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York Students Discover Mr. Claude Milam Is a Different Kind of Man The truth of the matter was that Mr. Milam met with a lot of static and criticism when he instigated new rules and ideas at York. A man of great personal integrity, strong faith in God, and the belief that today’s youth will be the best generation of tomorrow, Mr. Milam began his year at York with the goal of making the students proud of themselves and their school. “This school will only be what you make it,” he repeated several times. At first the student body reacted apathetically, waiting for him to get off his kick. It turned out that Mr. Milam didn’t back down from his beliefs, and the students actually started to listen. The idea of self-pride was only one of the things Mr. Milam emphasized at York. By the end of the year students and faculty, alike, had discovered Mr. Milam was a different kind of man and a differ- ent kind of principal. 10 Mr. Milam