Martinsville High School - Artesian Yearbook (Martinsville, IN)

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Ward Brown, Assistant Principal, Helen Davis, Dean of Girls; Dean of Boys; Indiana State, B.S., M.S. MacMurray, B.S.; U. of Illinois Busy Staff Serves MHS and School District Chief assistants to the principal are the dean of boys and dean of girls. Both spend much time in counseling with pupils on educa¬ tional and personal problems. Absentees must report to their offices to be readmitted to classes. Mr. Ward Brown is assistant principal as well as dean of boys. He directs the work of the Student Council and teaches one clas s of industrial arts. Mrs. Helen Davis is general club co-ordinator, a sponsor of the Sunshine Society, and instructor of two classes in home¬ making. The deans are located this year in the offices formerly occupied by the superinten¬ dent and his staff. As secretary to the superintendent of a newly consolidated school district, Miss Mamie Messmer had to tackle many new problems. For assistance she had the services until Christmas of Mrs. Barbara Caress and then of Mrs. Louise Williams. A new secretarial assistant in the high school offices this year was Mrs. Ernestine Car- roll. Continuing her efficient services as secre¬ tary to the principal was Miss Maxine Cohen. Miss Maxine Cohen Miss Mamie Messmer Mrs. Barbara Caress Page Sixteen

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Consolidation Brings Changes in School Control Planning the curriculum is one of the main tasks of Principal Royce Kurtz. Other duties include supervising teachers and making rec¬ ommendations to the superintendent. New responsibilities given to Superinten¬ dent Glenn Curtis by the consolidation necessi¬ tated his moving to a new centralized office in the downtown district. Mr. Curtis prepares the school budget, employs new teachers, and acts as the general supervisor of the six schools in our district. Last year, the control of our school unit was vested in a three-member board appointed by the city council. This year the board is com¬ posed of these men, Warren Schnaiter, Eugene Barnard, and Walter James, and the trustees of the four townships in our district, Roscoe Bothwell, Lewis Lind, Robert Fulford, and Floyd Neal. In the next primary election the citizens will elect a five-member board on a non-partisan ticket. Principal Royce E. Kurtz Superintendent Glenn Curtis Sitting with Superintendent Curtis at a special Fulford, Eugene Barnard, Floyd Neal, Roscoe Both- luncheon-meeting are school board members: Robert well, Lewis Lind, Warren Schnaiter, and Walter James.

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Mrs. June Favour Mrs. Helen Coglan Mrs. Ernestine Carroll Student Health and Attendance Get Special Attention Disease prevention is the aim of the school health service. School Nurse Jean Favour is particularly on the alert for defective vision and active tubercle bacillus. Mrs. Pat Wright, speech and hearing therapist, administers aud¬ iometer tests and gives special instruction to pupils with speech handicaps. Besides supervising the MHS bookstore, Mrs. Helen Coglan purchases all books and supplies for the consolidated school district. She is also the auditor for all extra-curricular activities. Consolidation brought a promotion to Mr. Herschel Baker to be director of maintenance and supply for the expanded school district. Mr. Baker studies materials, interviews sales¬ men, makes recommendations for improve¬ ments, purchases materials and supplies, su¬ pervises maintenance and custodial work. As attendance officer for the entire school district, Mr. Kenneth Taylor tracks down tru¬ ants and keeps official attendance reports. He has much to do with the enviable attendance record established by our schools. Herschel Baker, Director of Maintenance and Kenneth Taylor, Attendance Teacher Supply; Central Normal, B.S.; Indiana, M.S. Central Normal, Indiana Page Seventeen