Marion High School - Hurricane Yearbook (Marion, VA)

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MK1 Administration Principars Message: Marion Senior High School now offers three courses of study: College Preparatory, Commercial, and General. Marion Senior High School offers twenty-three units of work in the academic field, including five units in English, six units in mathematics, four units in science, three units in history, world geography, and two units each in Latin and Spanish, eleven units of work in fine arts, including three units in art, four units in chorus, and four units in hand; twenty-one units in practical arts, including two units in industrial arts, four units in agriculture, three units in home economics, two units in mechanical drawing, nine units in business education and one unit in distributive education. Within the framework of our offering, the administration has planned and worked during the past year to make Marion Senior High School a better school in the following ways: (1) T he Principal attended the Virginia Education Association Convention in Richmond, Vir¬ ginia, in October, 1962, and many other similar conferences of a local or regional nature. These conventions helped the administration to keep up with current happenings in education on na¬ tionwide, statewide, and local levels. (2) The administration has made many appearances before civic clubs, PTA groups, church groups, Chamber of Commerce groups, and other groups telling about various school activities. (3) There are now five groups of accelerated students. Students from the first group of accelerated students are now enrolled in advanced mathematics, advanced biology, and other elective courses. (4) A special effort was made to help all students work out an individualized study program for the year. (5) A complete study of failures in the school during the first semester was made by parents, students, and teachers. The standard of work throughout the school was raised as a result of this study. (6) An exceptionally well-planned preregistration procedure helped the students, parents, teachers, and administration plan the school program for the approaching year. (7) The school is now ' involved in a self-evaluation of the total school pro¬ gram. This evaluation will culminate with a visit in April, 1963, from a special evaluation commit¬ tee of educators who will spend three days evaluating Marion Senior High School. I J. Leonard Mauck 1 . Emory and Henry College S ' erintendent of Smyth County chools Mr. Howard W. Williams B.A. Milligan College M.A. University of Virginia Principal of MSHS Mr. Fred D. McDonald B.A. Emory and Henry College Assistant Principal MSHS Mr. Robert H. Horne B.A. Bridgewater MEd. University of Virginia Principal of MJHS Mr. James B Wilson Michigan State B.S. Virginia Polytechnic Institute Assistant Principal of MJHS

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D edication “Character is the result of two things: Mental attitude and the way we spend our time.” To the man who is devoting his life to helping others; To the man who is willing to guide us even in trivial matters; To the man who has given of his time so generously, whether on the ath¬ letic field, the classroom, the club meeting, or the home; To the man who realizes that failure is not in the grade or the score, hut only when we fail to do “our best”; To the man who always desires and encourages us “to dedicate our lives, our all, to doing the best things in life,” We, the HURRICANE staff, wish to express our admiration and thanks to our coach, teacher, friend, and athletic director by dedicating this, the 1963 HURRICANE, to Mr. Charles E. Harkins. Page 6

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S. C. A. Council Seated: Johnny Barr, President Second Row: Joe Matthews, Vice-President; Danny Bales, Treasurer; Mrs. Jane Waters, Sponsor; Susan Sneed, Secretary; Marcy Hall, Reporter. Page 8