Fairmont High School - Maple Leaves Yearbook (Fairmont, WV)

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A Glimpse Within Q Q Q HE govemment of our school is one of exceptional efficiency. Ir consists of the president, our principal, Mr. Buckey, who has the power to veto any movement which, after much consideration, he decides is not for the betterment of our school schedule. He is a friend to every one and gives advice to those who are not acquainted with the functions of our school. His cabinet is the central council, composed of three faculty members: Mr. Kahn, Mrs. Musgrave, and Miss Conn. This council, each year, makes out club schedules and decides which organizations shall be active in the school. The minutes of meetings of all clubs are given to the council, and it is this council which decides which club has been the most active during the school year and shall receive the plaque. The faculty might be compared to the Senate, the senators being in different departments of work: music, art, science, commercial work, dramatics, and languages. The Senate passes on all bills by at least two-thirds majority before they are sent to the President The Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors, or the student body, are represented in the Government by each group's electing a boy and a girl to membership in the Student Council. It is by this very complete and unique form of government that the numerous classes, organizations, school publications, athletics, and entertainments are regulated. From eight-thirty until eleven-thirty in the morning and from one o'clock until four in the afternoon there are classes one hour in length, in every type of work conducted. Each student is encouraged to have four solids each year and to keep at least one period vacant each day for library reference work and other study. It is the aim of the officials of our school to develop the best regulated and most efficient co-curricular activity period of any school in West Virginia. There has been muah work done toward the completion of this aim in the past few years. There are organizations of many types: those devoting time to the arts: to promoting friendship, scholarship, and health among the studentsg to the study of the origin of languageg to historical happeningsg to sports and social activities. On Tuesday and Wednesday at eleven-thirty there are half-hour club meetings. The students are encouraged to belong to at least two clubs but, without special permis- sion, no more. Every Friday there is great interest created among the students by the Hi-Life, the student publication, edited by students selected by the student body. There are two staffs which publish the paper alternately. Representatives from our staffs were sent this year to the state journalism conference at Huntington. The annual, Maple Leaves, is published by the Junior class which elects the staff at the end of the Sophomore year. It is a complete story in pictures of the year in Fairmont High School. There is a football and a basketball team backed enthusiastically by students of Fairmont High, and our school is always given a high rat'ng in the state athletic association. The entertainments in the high school are numerous. There are plays given yearly by the Junior and Senior classes and also by the faculty. The different organizations have parties and dances under the supervision of the faculty. With this efficient government and organization the yearly program of Fainnont Senior High School moves smoothly and in a way which benefits everyone. 'fi-s.. .5 - g ' 5 - R as 5 w..1f W .E S liz i '-'Q 1 iv x k