Martinsville High School - Artesian Yearbook (Martinsville, IN)

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Ward E. Brown Mrs. Helen Davis Kenneth Taylor School Board Draws Plans for System As architects of school policy, the Board of School Trustees sets up a budget, hires teachers, and approves changes that may be necessary to meet new conditions. This year the Board approved the spending of hundreds of dollars for such maintenance as roof re¬ pairs, interior painting, black-topping of the parking lot, and restringing the rope on the flag pole. Mr. Eugene Barnard has served on the School Board for eleven years, Mr. War¬ ren Schnaiter for ten, and Mr. Merrill Wilson for six years. Three people who also have very vital jobs in our school system are often overloo ked. Mrs. Helen Davis, dean of girls, has gained a long-needed office this year in one end of the Home Nursing room, and now carries on a more thorough counseling and girls’ at¬ tendance program. Kenneth Taylor has for several years car¬ ried out his duties as attendance director, and spends much time traveling around the school city and its outskirts in this capacity. Our assistant principal and dean of boys, Mr. Ward Brown, works with the boys’ at¬ tendance and also counsels with the male contingent, as well as serving as junior high principal. Warren Schnaiter, secre¬ tary of the School Board, is manager of the Martins¬ ville Milling Company; Merrill Wilson, president, is cashier of the First Na¬ tional Bank, and Eugene Barnard, treasurer, is a farm manager. Page Thirteen

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Principal Royce E. Kurtz Superintendent Glenn Curtis Head Supervisors Direct Huge Project Offices of the head contractor and chief foreman are occupied by Mr. Glenn Curtis and Mr. Royce E. Kurtz. Superintendent Curtis is constantly striving for new and prac¬ tical methods for the school. Through his effort we have under construction a new farm shop. Mr. Curtis supervises three grade schools and the junior-senior high school. This school city of 2,270 pupils and 99 em¬ ployees has a larger enrollment than any other city in our population class. Chief foreman Kurtz is responsible for the direct supervision of teachers and the total school program. During Mr. Kurtz’s five years as principal, we have broadened our guidance program, including testing and personal counseling; enlarged the curricular offerings to include such new areas as Span¬ ish, Latin America and the Far East, remedial English, bookkeeping, speech, and driver training, and published the student hand¬ book, Red and Blue. Handling many of the details of these offices are Miss Maxine Cohen, secretary to the principal; Miss Mamie Messmer, secretary to the superintendent, and Mrs. Barbara Caress, who works both in the office of the superintendent and the assistant principal. Maxine Cohen Mamie Messmer Barbara Caress Page Twelve

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Counselors and Custodians Add Their Bit Testing Director John Bremer ex¬ plains the directions of one of the several tests that he administers in the elementary and high schools. At regular times in a pupil’s school career his mental ability, achieve¬ ment, and aptitudes are measured as an aid in his educational guidance. Speech and hearing therapist Pat Huntington is a new addition to the MHS faculty. After administering speech and hearing tests, she gives remedial instruction. Miss Hunting- ton spends one day each week in the high school and four in the grades. Advice is given students on the school program which would best fit their future vocations by counselors Herschel Baker, Georgia Marshall, and Max Shaw. The high school offices, library, and bookstore each have a staff of student assistants. BOTTOM ROW: Margaret Walls, Elmerline Todi, Kathleen Max¬ well, Carolyn Vogus, Viola Knoy, Cor¬ delia White, Elmer Reynolds. SEC¬ OND ROW: Anice Burleigh, Carolyn Fisher, Peggy Hacker, Jean Turley, Nancy Henline, Joan Lowry, Norman Voyles. TOP ROW: J. K. Daily, Glenda Wilson, Sally Schnaiter, Janet Cherry, Joyce Hurt, Kenneth Dalton, and Jon Lee. MHS has an efficient staff of cus¬ todians composed of Andy Moore, Walter Martin, Mrs. Bertha Gregson, Robert Farr, and Ralph Hammons. Page Fourteen