Man High School - Echo Hillbilly Yearbook (Man, WV)

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became a six-year school under the name of Man High School. In 1937 W. E. Flannery became prin- cipal. He served his first year in the old building. In the fall of 1937 construction of anew building was started; when ready for occupancy in 1938 this building consisted of a gymnasium, a principal’s office, a li- brary, and eight classrooms. While Mr. Flannery was here the stone wall around the school, the sidewalks, tennis court which was later torn down for the addition of the annexes, shelves in the library, and bleachers in the gym were built. Also, the office was partitioned, pictures were placed in the classrooms, the rest rooms were moved upstairs, in the old building, and signature cards were obtained from parents of all the students. During the time Mr. Flannery was prin- cipal, curtains, the cyclorama for the stage, and new maroon and French blue band uni- W. E. Flannery forms were bought. Also the junior high had homogeneous grouping and standard- ized tests given for all subjects. At this time he created an Art Department. The Man High Handbook which was published in 1939- 40 was a very helpful item. 8

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mother, was built to accomodate out-of- town students. When the bus system was started, the dormitory became a teacher- age. The first graduating class had three members - -George Queen, Finley Gore, and Grace Frazier. In 1922 the Manual Training Building was erected. From year to year equipment was added and in 1928 it included a band saw, circle saw, lathe, sanding machine, one plane, and other modern tools. Today the equipment consists of electric and band sanders, a dowel rod maker, an electric vitro tool, a router tool for making designs, and one jointer or edger. In 1 9 2 3 our Board of Education con- sisting of a president and two commiss- ioners had to construct an annex for the growing student body. Dr. J. W. Thornbury served twenty-two years as president of the board. Menwho served as commissioners were Rush Elkins, John Vance, and Tom Prichard. This Board of Education was discon- tinued in 1933 when the County Unit System was adopted. At the present time Tria- delphia District has two representatives L. F. Workman and Joe Blair, serving on the Logan County Board of Education. Paul C. Winter became Logan County Superintendent of Schools in 1939 and has held this position up until the present time with the exception of two years of service with the navy. In 1927 C. H. Withers became principal of Triadelphia District High School with Erwin Rigdon as junior high principal, until 1934 when Mr. Rigdon took over the position. During this time the Board of Education had purchased three new buses which caused the dormitory to be discon- tinued. With the passing of the years the school’s enrollment increased. Due to the increase the grade school was moved out in 1933 and the school Senior Class of 1923 7

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In 1942, the world was in chaos. The students of Man High School along with the students of Lundale Junior High, which was moved to Man that year, did their part of the fighting by collecting scrap iron and old newspapers. In the fall of 1944 Mr. Everett Stollings became principal. That same year Man Vocational School, headed by Mr. John K. Butcher was installed. Then in 1946 a new addition was added to this shop. As chaos in the world continued, Mr. Stollings was forced to use many emergency teachers because of the teacher shortage. Under the handicaps of insufficient funds, however, a new addition of the building was started which included two classrooms and four laboratories --chemistry and phy- sics combined, biology, sewing, and cook- ing, and a flagpole was purchased. In the fall of 1949 Mr. Jack Neely came to Man as principal. The addition of the building was ready for occupancy upon his arrival. Since Mr. Neely came to Man High School the intercommunication system has been installed and the bandroom has been enlarged. Also, he created the pos- itions of the Dean of Girls and Boys in Man. Mr. Everett 9 Stollings