Elkins High School - Tiger Yearbook (Elkins, WV)

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N H SCHOUJL ADMINISTRATOR Durrng the past year there has been a change rn the admmlstratlve personnel of the schools of Randolph County When Mr Klrkland S McKee prlnclpal of Elk1I'lS High School and dlrector of slgned last summer Miss Em1ly Wllmoth asslstant prlnctpal of Elkms Hrgh became the asslstant supermtendent of Randolph County schools and Mr Henry Haxn1l ton dlrector of elementary schools 1n th county became the prmcrpal of Elkms Hrgh School and dlrector of hrgh schools ln the county Mr Bryan Ham1lton supermtendent of the Randolph County schools contmued m the posmon wh1ch he has held for ten years Both Miss Wllmoth and Mr Henry Ham1lton are well quallhed for thexr new positions The former has her A B and MA degrees from West Vlrgmxa Um versrty and has had a number of years exper1ence rn both teachmg and admm lSII'3I1Y6 work The latter has hrs AB degree from Davl and Ellclns College and hls M A degree from West Vlrgrnxa Un1vers1ty He has ln addltlon to sev eral years teachrng exper1ence been prm Ellclns unlor Hrgh School As HSSISIHHE supermtendent Mlss Wil moth IS supervlsor of lnstructlon m the county for both elementary and secondary school Durlng the past year she has carrled on an CXICHSIVC program for the rmproxement of reachng 111 the elementary schools Mr Henry Hamllton has charge of malntenance m the hlgh schools and lt IS because of hls mterest and efforts that we have comfortable well equ1pped bulld 1n s Mr Henry Hamxlton dnrector of hlgh schools Mr Bryan Hamllton counts supermtendent Mlss Ennly Wllmoth as slstant county supermtendcnt . I ' K li, A , w .1x. enry Hamllton. Mr, Bryan Hamllton. bliss lfmllx XY'1lmoth I , ' I 7 u 4 . s s A . G , , , . . A , . . . U 7 high schools in Randolph County, re- cipal of Third Ward School and the s I l 9 J ' ' s s ' 9 - ' - , ' ' e s. ' 7 . . . , 7 . . . . , . . 7 , 9 7 1 1 g . . , . . . - g . X . ' , I' , g .V 4 ' - Pa g e I0

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Eliiiiix 'iz 1 J K J, Fl YW 0 K. as? tc gf K 6,411 C ll MPTIR ONE lln bchool E ms Hlgh School wl at docs If mean to you' Does lf suggest a Ullld 1ng trrends faculty or just an msn tLlt1OI1 where a certam amount of tune must he scrxcd heforc you art free thousand and one different lI11pI'Lbb10I'1S hate lncen recorded on a thousand and one m1nds at the mere ment on of th word, school Flrst the terrlhed freshman as he trmxdlv approaches th1s huge hulldm thlnlcs Oh, wtll I ucr hnd my way out of here He sees hundred of upper classmen scurrymg to and fro and W1 h s he were hack 1n the secure calm of junror hlgh In the classroom the stern usage of the teacher frxghtens hun as he trles to comprehend the mysterxcs of algebra or Latm The vlsltor to Ellcms Hlgh enters the door, perhap for an assembly program XVhen he hears the deafening Slcyroclcet rmg out from 780 throats he reallzes that there IS a certam somethmg here that dlstlngulshes the school He IS 1m medlately lmprcssed hy the orderly classes, ly the LIlIl lllSl'lS!T1 ol the students and he carr1es away wxth hum a feelmg of sanstactxon and prxde Ourselves after all we re the ones who wlll hate a lastlng plcture of Ellcms Hugh lmagmt cur SUYPFI e and pleasure when the f0I'l7ldd1I'lg teacher of our freshman days turns out to he the best advlser and pal one could ever have And classes they re not so terrlhle after all But the most lmportant lmpresslon of all IS that made hy classmates and frxends We ll carry the memory of them wlth us long after all other lmpresslons are erased from our memory Pa e9 fl l f f ' , , X N g I , A, L x o K l I' f Y ! R ' Q 1 l .- f 'K - ' 9 1 w 1- ' a 1 rrl I - Q ss X, : .fl lyk gf .'f'Q, I A 'r '- .1 X H at a t ttf' 5 X 155 ' A Z Q f1..'. v-17 Ji Q 1 'I' A . 1 : ur 1' X '4 I. fl la ' ' A ' JO.. ,' . f ,ai .- ..1 ,. 1- . N- -. I, A' ' 41- vf f ' ' V if as ,- . s - 1 A , . - - .- A . ' fs' -x, . fa H ., 1.1 4-.f -' ' ' A ' I . ., 0 '14 1' '-1. 1 ' W,f- I I 1- . mai 'W ,'-' cr M1 V , f., I 5 Q, ff KG f rf'-, ' -,X 'l 543 t 147-1 LQILA fig- F7 , 5 ' 2 9 if . rj-fi Lf rgqff If ,. f l ' 1 A l AW 7 f W , i , it -V r I It ' 110- ll lf' ,fs Q! Q ft, f' as . -fl f ', A few 9' eff f W Q x We 4,1 , A er gl- f, ff, I It fp Y ' . e r - 1 , V N W f L A , lxi w - ' - , ,L ,- ' ' . . .L - . ,K '. ' K V2 -JLx.l'l- A - ' ,,-' 's -,AK -vq ' . ' A- X ' P' 4 A va -K K e ' s s ' 1- 7 gn rv x x x.l - 1 : . I . - - i 1 9 Q , Q I lx l v x A 4 1' Q S ' . ' . S e . 'V 1 4 , V ' ' l x fl vi 7 ' s . ' ' . - - 9

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A BOARD OF At the head of the schools m Randolph County there IS a board of educatxon composed of hve members elected by pop ular vote From Ellcms we have Mr Albert Mr Shreve and Mr Rrflle from Mull Creek Mr Downs and Dr Bos worth Under the supervxslon of thes men there are ten hrgh schools flve of whlch are hrst class 1n rank There IS a total of 1515 hrgh school students rn the county 780 of these go to Ellclns Hrgh School Randolph County has been fortunate to have such a board of educatlon as thls one durmg the trymg nmes through whlch schools have recently passed Though often handlcapped by lack of funds these men have managed to mam tam ln our county the high standards of education that lt has had lh the past H EDUCATION Peg Many t1mes the1r problems have been real ones more than a year ago the hngh school bulldlng at Plclcens was destroyed by flre Now a modern well equtpped bumldmg has been constructed there Plans for a consolldated school at the Tygarts umform course of study for the hlgh schools of the county and a new muslc program for grades four to elght are out tandlng among the xmprovements made 1n the currxculum We regret that Mr Shreves term ex prres 1n uly we know that the schools are losmg a good friend however we are sure that Mr Fred Chenoweth who wrll take hrs place will have the same mterest tn the welfare of the schools of Elkms and Randolph County The Class of 1937 appreclates what thxs board has done for E H S lbetr. Downs. Shreve Rxffle, Bosworth. amxlton . ' . ' v 2 ' . , - , - ' 3 , ' 7 l - - I 0 Valley Homestead have been completed. A , . , . s ' ' S . . ' I 7 . . A ' J 5 . . . 3 1 . ' 7 - f 9 ' . e I I