Grand Junction High School - Tiger Yearbook (Grand Junction, CO)

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Introducing Our Book vornis On August . ' 51, 19. )!. beder remembered as Ke«islra(ion Day in (irund Junction Hijuh School, (wo small bookworms were rudely shaken from a leisurely nap by a violent Iremblintj of liieir muslv summer home, A Thou)j;hlful Discourse on the Life Habits of the Zulu African Tribe. Wit beckoned to Nitsi, who was really simply Nit, but whom, after a summer-lonjj companionship. Wit endearin i;ly renamed Nitsi. Frightened but curious, the (wo cautiously crawled from (heir dus(y home on (he (i.IHS library shelf (o see wha( could be happenini . That ' s how they met (linjrer and .Ia , (wo (vpical (irand .luncdon High students. Oddly attracted to (he (eenaners, Ni(si and Wi( followed (Jinj er and .lay and more (ban 1100 )(her (J.IHS-ers (hrounh (ba( da and (he entire school year as the teenagers grew in knowledge, in skills, in understanding, and in (|ualities of citizenship. Page 6

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li ' tii JIiliiii. I. h . Iloll:. mill Miss M iiiijuiiI In iii r look orir pliiiis for the niir svliiiiil. School Administrators Robert Jniiies, hifjii school principal, reads a letter of ailmiiiistra- tii ' C importani ' c. Do you realize what an enormous job the Grand Junction school administration personnel have done in only one year in working out school district reorganization problems? Nitsi earnestly demanded of Wit. There have been myriad problems in ironing out reorganization details to assure a smooth running program in School District 51. A great deal of this load has fallen to I. K. Boltz, superintendent of District 51, who has used his inexhaustible patience and ad- ministrative ability to good advantage. Let me tell you something about his equally efficient secre- tary, Miss Margaret Benge, Wit interrupted. Miss Benge is really much more than a secretary. She ' s drawn on her vast wealth of experience to keep the administration office a smoothly functioning organization. Miss Benge has been able to accept a lot of extra responsi- bilitv because of her background, Nitsi agreed. Another member of the administration staff is Ray C. Hume, whose official title is assistant superintendent of School District 51. Mr. I lunie ' s duties include taking charge of the building of new schools plus the maintenance of the old. He also pur- chases school supplies for the whole district, which takes in most of Mesa County, she continued. For eight years Robert C. J.inies has been piiiicipal ot Grand Junction high school, Wit offered. During that time he has taken time to council students about career and per- sonal problems with a fairness and inierest winch show his desire to make (iJHS successful in Iniikling giH)d citi ens in a democracy. Page 8