Marion High School - Memory Kit Yearbook (Marion, IL)

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With Sincere Appreciation MR. ORLAND STANLEY To you, Mr. Orland Stanley, we wish to pay a special tribute for your 47 years of dedicated service to education. As a teacher, a principal, curriculum supervisor, and as superintendent, you have had the oppor- tunity to see and be a leader in many changes in school organization. You have been a part of an educational program that has evidence of great improvement. You have lived to see the time when people with an education have truly drawn recognition in the eyes of the public. You have excelled in a most difficult task of keeping a balance between the educational program and the economic con- ditions. You have stayed in the profession so long, because you stated that you never saw a child you didn’t like. You contribute your success as an educator to your home-life and the guidance and encourage- ment of your wonderful parents. If you could recall your life, you would only strive to be a master teacher— Make good things better.” For your devoted contribution to education, the annual staff of the Golden Anniversary” edition, wishes you many years of happiness in your retirement. 3

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Arno B ratten 1918 . . . and Principals Fifty years ago Marion Township High School stood on West Main Street housing only a few classrooms and teachers. In 1920 and in 1948 the school was enlarged to meet the steadily increasing enrollments. The township system was abandoned in 1951, and became Marion Community Unit High School. As Marion Community Unit District 2 grew, changes became necessary both in curriculum and buildings. In 1965 on land donated to the school system by Dr. W. W. Ritchey, a new high school was completed. With the addition of a new school the curriculum was changed from a 6-2-4 system to the present 6-3-3 system. The building occupied 50 years, with its additions, became the Junior High School, and the new building became Marion Senior High School. Without the continued and progressive spirit of our princi- pals from 1918 t0il968, the school system’s growth and devel- opment would not have been possible. Due to the efforts of Principals Arno Bratten, J. D. Brownlee, Allan R. Edwards, Fred H. Sheppard, William Bundy, and A. C. Storme, the educational program has been broadened to meet the constantly changing needs of the students. A. C. Storme, current principal of the school, who is largely responsible for the success of our new building and educational facilities, has recently been named as Superintendent of Marion Community Unit School District 2 effective June 1, 1968. So as the Fiftieth Anniversary Edition of the 1968 Memory Kit” goes to press, we learn of another principal’s departure and hope his successor can continue to meet the ever-present and constantly changing challenges he will en- counter at our high school. A. C. Storme 1968