Huntington High School - Huntingtonian Yearbook (Newport News, VA)

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ADMINIS TRATING Writing recommendations, conferring with parents, and maintaining a competent staff are but a very few of the cumbersome responsibilities which weigh upon the office of an administrator. Mr. Scales uses the intercom to contact one of the offices at the other end of the yards and yards of corridor. DEDICA TING With enraptured faces, eager students and other spectators await the first play of the game. The throng of spectators roar enthusiastically as Mr. W. D. Scales rolls the basketball onto the floor, thus opening the 1964-65 basketball season. OFFICIATING Of his reserved honors, crowning Miss Homecoming is one which Mr Scales cherishes. ils

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THE ROLES OF AN ADMINISTRATOR Presiding over a committee meet- ing composed of faculty and mem- bers from the community, Mr. Scales expresses a point which is vital to all concerned. THE PRINCIPALS MESSAGE Members of the Class of 1965: It is most gratifying to extend greetings to you on your graduation day. All persons who contrib - uted to your development have ample reason to rejoice with you. Today you join hands with a multitude of other boys and girls who are completing their secondary education and to whom society must look to do the work of the world. We are living in an extraordinary age, requiring extraordinary thinking and extraordinary ap- plication in order toveftect:the creativity andiireshnesssof ideaspsuccess demands Oho the age of challenge and change. Never before has there been such a diverse and exciting array of trades and professions to stimulate achievement. Never before have schools and the general public evidenced a greater awareness in the worth of education by virtually underwriting the cost for all who would further their training. Never before has there been such a variety of opportu- nities available to you nor more stringent requirements made of those who would seize them. Never before has there been a greater need for men of thought, industry, and dedication. How you can best develop and use your talents must be your searching question now. Your ful- fillment is contingent upon translating into action the many truths you have learned here. En- deavor to attain an appreciable degree of excellence in some area of competence that you may build a fortress against frustrations, fears, and failures. Determine what worthwhile goal you would realize and elect to give to its pursuit the perseverance success demands. You carry with you our fondest good wishes. We trust your future will be fashioned from the counciliot Lhe Greatwleacher, 14

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ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Having a helper makes matters go more smoothly for Mr. C. C. Johnson, Assistant Prin- cipal. Arranging schedules fer teachers and stu- dents, managing the curricular offerings, and attending problems concerning school discipline | are among the many responsibilities that encum| ber an assistant principal in a high school of over two thousand students. Christine Spratley, an Industrial Cooperative training student, and Mr. Johnson begin the day's work by checking the principal's list for students needing class admission slips. Case stated, conference ove., admission slip granted.