Marietta High School - Olympian Yearbook (Marietta, GA)

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Max C. Pittard Thomas Mitchell Tlic seniccs of Gov. Joseph M. Brown, Dr. V. H. Pcrkiii- son. Judge N. A. Morris, Mr. Ralph ' . Northcutt, Dr. J. D. Malone, Mr. Morgan McNccl, James T. Anderson, A. D. Little, D. R. Little, and many other distinguished members of the Board of Education for the last fifty years, is being matched bv the present board, whose pictures appear here. Theirs is a tr -ing task, that of guiding the phenomenal war- time growth of onr school. Dr. Ralph Fowler Judge J. H. Hawkins Chairman

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DEDICATION To those men who b)- their leadership ha c made Marietta High School «hat it is today, to the superintendents and members of the Board of Edueation from 1895 to 1945, we humbly dedicate this book. A message from Dr. S. V. Sanford father of Marietta High School ; Greetings: Immediately after I recei ed mv diploma, Mr. Thomas A. Murray, a gentleman in the audience, informed me that he had been named principal of the Marietta Male Academy and that he ould like to have me associated with him to teach Latin, Greek, and mathematics. I as ONcrcome with surprise and requested him to gi e me a week to determine the channel of my life. I accepted his offer and I ha c ne er had cause to regret that I ha c devoted mv life to educa- tion, both on the secondar ' and the college level, and that I began my career in Marietta. At the end of three months Mr. Murray, through illness, resigned, and I was named to succeed him, much against my wishes on ac- count of my youth. Two years later, the Marietta Male Academy, of which I was head, and Harwood Female Seminary, of which Mr. J. S. Stewart (one of the great educators of Georgia) was head, passed out of existence, through our influence; and there came into being to take their place a more democratic form of education— the public school system . . . [and with it, coeducation!. Dear indeed to me are all the people in Marietta, particularly From 1921 until 1941, Mr. C. A. Keith scr cd capably as superin- tendent of schools, succeeding Professor W. T. Dumas, who had taken the position on the resignation of Dr. J. S. Stewart, first superintendent. Col. John H. Boston, for 12 years a president of the Board of Education, and under whose leadership the present high school building was erected, is typical of a long roster of Board members who have unselfishly given their time to the boys and girls of Marietta. S. V. Sanford Chancellor of University of Georgia the boys who attended the old Marietta Male Academy and later the boys and girls who attended the Marietta public schools. I married Grace A ' leClatehcy, and our four children were born in Marietta. No hap- pier days ha c we ever had than those spent in Marietta. With appreciation for this opportunity to give greetings to the fine bo ' S and girls in the public schools today and to those boys and girls of an earlier generation •ho are toda}- men and -women rendering a service to make Georga ]mt it should be, I am Sincerely yours, S. V. ' Sanford Colonel John Boston

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ADMINISTRATION Coming to Marietta High School as principal in 1928, Mr. Antlcv so won the esteem of parents and bovs and girls alike bv his wise guidance, that he became superintendent m 1942. A teacher of shop and mechanical drawing courses for four years, Mr. Covington since 1 942 has been principal of the high school, a place which he fills with dignit ' and competency. Shuler Antley Superintendent of Marietta Schools Mr. Kemp, Marietta alumnus. Class of 1928, came from West Fulton last fall to be principal of freshmen, in the Winn Street School. Principal of Marietta High School Henry Kemp Principal of Winn Street School