Marion High School - Cactus Yearbook (Marion, IN)

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We ccrngraTulaTe lvlr. EIberT E. Day, SuperinTendenT ol lvlarion ciTy schools, Tor his ouTslanding service To lvlarionls eTTicienT school sysTem. For The pasl sevenTeen years, Supe-rinTendenT Day has guided The riducalion oT lvlarion sludenTs. lvlr. Day was born in lvlarlfle, Indiana, gradualcid Trom lvlarion I-ligh School and has since allended lvlarion Normal College, Columbia UniversiTy and Indiana UniversiTy receiving AB. and Alvl. degrees. BeTore he became aTTiliaTed wilh The Marion schools, he was in charge oT Teacher Training in Toledo, Qhio. I-le has also serv- ed in oTher public school sysTems in The middle wesT and in Indiana UniversiTy. lvlr. Day supervises Ten grade schools over The ciTy, Two junior high schools, and The senior high school. l'le is in charge oT The maling OT The annual school budgeT and The selecTing ol a school personnel ol more Than Two hundred people. ElberT E. Day has disTinguished himselT as a leader in The Tield oT educaTion. I-le is pracTical and modern in his meThods and is largely responsible Tor The Tine gualiTy oT educaTionaI worl oTTered in This communiTy. NoT only acTive in This Tield oT worlr, Mr. Day is also prominenT in many civic aTTairs. ...? -.g,.,--,.i?-, ,Aes 7-4, , Y--..,....,....-. , . ,.. ,I lil ll lilif . If ll D P l?,ll-l 'ill'Al, :iv I ELBEIQT E, DAY siipsiunreisiesnr 15' wsu r-1- 4 Endeavoring To give each sTudenT special guidance, advice, and aTTenTion, Mr. John W. Kendall is TirsT in The hearTs oT his sTu- denTs. During The nineTeen successive years he has been principal oT Marion l'ligh School, he has Tried To help each sTudenT To build Tor himselT a Tine moral sTrucTure as well as an educaTional sTrucTure. BeTore coming To lvlarion, lvlr. Kendall was principal ol The Peru, Indiana, I-ligh School. I-le aTTended Indiana STaTe Normal and Indiana Universily. He is a lover CT hisTory and liTeraTure and has a vasT lcnow' ledge ol each. l-lis TavoriTe diversions are reminiscing and reading. Mr. Kendall arranges programs and many acTiviTies which are inTeresTing and helpTuI To The sTudenTs. l'le is consTanTly aT worlr leeping imporTanT educaTing TacTors bee Tore Them. I-Tis sTories in assemblies aboul some alumnus or TavoriTe auThor, such as James VVhiTcomb Riley, are characTerisTic of his worlhwhile acTiviTies. The Tareieaching ellecls oT Mr. Kendalls oulsTanding leadership and elliciency in guiding Marion High School can never be over eslimaTed. A Triend lo every sTudenT, Mi. Kendall has proved a capable and dynamic principal,

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- 7-- Mayo D. Foland, vocaTional direcTor and business manager oT The Marion schools, has served in This capaciTy Tor nineTeen years. His duTies are The purchas- ing and issuing oT all supplies used in The buildings. All shop work is under his di- recTion and repairs on school TurniTure and numerous iobs oT painTing are carried ouT under his supervision, including mainTen- ance work in all The ciTy schools. Mr. Eoland aTTended Elwood High School and Indiana UniversiTy, where he received his A.B. degree, wiTh a major in English and a minor in science. He Took posT' graduaTe work aT Terre HauTe STaTe Nor- mal School and The UniversiTy oT Chicago. Mr. Foland's Teaching experience began in MiddleTown, Indiana, where he remained Tor one year: Then he wenT To Elwood Junior High School Tor one year's work, aTTer which he TaughT aT Shelbyville Tor eleven years, six as physics insTrucTor and Tive as principal. From Shelbyville he came To Marion. Mr. ,Eoland is an acTive member of Lions InTernaTional, secreTary oT The Y.M.C.A. board, and superinTendenT oT The FirsT MeThodisT Episcopal Church school. He is also an enThusiasTic sporTs Tan. fl lk X- T GLADYS NEATLQ , . ,, QTTN, .J GIRLS' ADVISOR MAYO D. FQLAND VOCATIONAL DTREC-TQR Those who are hurT, ill, or need advice, go To Miss Gladys Neal Tor solace and guidance. Loaded down wiTh oTher people's Troubles, Miss Neal is pleasanT and cheerTul aT all Times. Her duTies as dean oT girls brings her in conTacT wiTh every girl in Marion High School, and many boys besides. Miss Neal was born on a Tarm in GranT CounTy, and moved To Jonesboro aT The age oT Twelve. She graduaTed Trom Jones- boro High School and Then Trom Earlham College. She laTer obTained her masTer's degree aT Columbia UniversiTy, and has Taken addiTional graduaTe work aT The uni- versiTies oT Colorado and Chicago. Her presenT advisory work includes: lo- caTing posiTions Tor girls, giving Them help on problems concerning school, helping choose vocaTions or TuTure courses in col- lege, assisTing in The arrangemenT oT high school programs, adminisTering TirsT aid, helping individual girls adiusT Themselves To Marion High School and building Their personaliTies. Aside Trom her work as dean, she has acTed as sponsor oT The Girl Reserves, and recenTly served as chieT coordinaTor oi The EasTer Parade.