Martinsville High School - Artesian Yearbook (Martinsville, IN)

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THE BOARD OF EDUCATION The Martinsville School Board is elected by the city council. Each mem- ber serves three years. The board is responsible for raising funds and for disbursing them so as to get a maximum service. This can only be accomplished by intelligent organization of Work and purchase of supplies. lly very careful management the board has been able to keep the per capita cost in the schools at a low ligure. . Charles Abbott is president of the school board and is serving the third year of his three year term. Mr. Abbott has served several successive terms on the board. Ile is vice-president of the Martinsville Trust Company. T. tl. Kennedy, treasurer of the board, is serving the second year of his term. This is the lirst term Mr. Kennedy has been connected with the schools in an onficial capacity. Ile is manager of the llubbard Lum- ber Company. Dr. VV. bl. Sandy is secretary of the board. This is the first year of his three year term. lle has been a member of the school board at a former time. Dr. Sandy is a prominent local physician. Fourteen

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School Life All the school's a stage and all the members merely players. They have their exits and entrances. Each person in his time plays many parts, his acts being the seven ages, as herein shown in the administration, seniors, juniors, sophomores, and the three years of Junior High.

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r l l 1 M. S. MAHAN For nine years the schools of Martinsville have prohted by the wise guidance and watchful supervision of M. S. Mahan, city school superintend- ent. He has seen the high school grow from an enrollment of 313 in his lirst year to 733 for the year 1929-30. As the enrollment increased need for more room arose. This was met by the addition of the junior High building and the new gymnasium. Seeing the needof making school life more attractive to all kinds of students, Mr. Mahan has been inliuential in bringing about the addition of new departments, as manual training, vocational agriculture and home economics. Likewise he has lent his inlluence in increasing and enlarging the scope of other departments. . A new library was opened two years ago, and this year for the first time a full time librarian has been employed. Each year several hundred dollars worth of books are added to the library.. l.OlS HOWELL Lois llowell has served as secretary to the super- intendent of the city schools for two years. She was graduated from Martinsville High School in the class of 1928. Lois was always sure of a smile from the teachers, especially when she delivered the monthly pay check. Fifteen V