Martinsville High School - Artesian Yearbook (Martinsville, IN)

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Supt. Glenn Curtis Prin. Royce Kurtz Principal Royce Kurtz and Su¬ perintendent Glenn Curtis talk over some new school policy in front of the superintendent’s office downtown. Mr. Kurtz, who became Delphi school superintendent, had been the guiding hand back of curricu¬ lum planning and faculty super¬ vision since becoming principal in 1946. Before then, he taught here for two years and was junior high principal three years. Mr. Curtis became superinten¬ dent of schools in 1949 after a long career in teaching and coach¬ ing at Martinsville and Indiana State Teachers College. Mr. Cur¬ tis, besides preparing the school budget and employing new teach¬ ers at MHS, also has charge of five elementary schools in our district. With the acceptance by Mr. Kurtz of the Delphi school superintendency in April, Mr. Ward Brown became principal of Martinsville High School. Mr. Max Shaw was appointed as¬ sistant principal and dean of boys. Mr. Brown is a graduate of Indiana State Teachers College and has been assistant prin¬ cipal here for the past five years. Mr. Brown is president of the Martinsville Kiwanis Club this year. Miss Maxine Cohen Miss Mamie Messmer Mrs. Cnuise Williams Page Eighteen

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ip % Three cheers for the Homecoming Queen! Stan Whetstine, senior guard of the football team, was the lucky fellow who crowned Lou Ann Hatter queen of the homecoming festivities. Janet Poore prepares a display for the trophy case to remind us all to be good sports during the annual G.A.A. Sportsmanship Week. MHS Offers Rounded Sports Program Page Seventeen from last year’s team, six of whom are letter- men. Coach John Mann should have a brilliant team for the next few years as only six of the returning players are seniors. Concurrent with interscholastic sports were many intra-school activities. Noon-hour recrea¬ tion was centered around noon league basket¬ ball and ping pong with checkers and chess rounding out the program. The physical education classes under the di¬ rection of Mrs. McDonald and Mr. Hill tutored their students in the fundamentals of basketball, softball, volleyball, and other sports. The Girls’ Athletic Association works along with the girls’ gym classes and proves that the weaker sex isn’t really so weak after all. As spring rolls around, many students are patiently awaiting the opening of the new swim¬ ming pool located at the foot of Nutter Hill in the City Park. Basketball coach Vincent Bisesi will serve as supervisor with Dave MacLeod and Carole Merideth, senior class members, as life¬ guards. The current baseball campaign got under way with a game against Bloomington, April 15. There were sixteen players returning “Stop him, Jim!” Jim Robinson guards third base in an exciting moment of the Franklin base¬ ball game.

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Ward Brown, New MHS Principal Indiana State, B.S., M.S. Helen Davis, Dean of Girls MacMurray, B.S.; U. of Illinois Shaw Named Assistant After serving as a teacher of U. S. History for nearly four years, Mr. Max Shaw moved into the assistant principal’s office in April to take over attendance and counselling work. Mr. Shaw has a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University and a master’s in history from Ohio State and a master’s degree in edu¬ cation from I. U. He will continue as head football coach. Board Starts Building Program The old school board successfully ended its tenure of office this year by getting under way a building program for the metropolitan school district. The board has been composed of three men appointed by the city council and the trus¬ tees of the four townships. This year five citi¬ zens were elected in the May primary in a non¬ partisan election to serve as the school board for the next two years. Left to right around the table, meeting with the superintendent, are members of the school board: Floyd Neal, Robert Fulford, Lewis Lind, Supt. Curtis, Ray Thomas, Warren Schnaiter, Roscoe Bothwell, and Walter James. Page Nineteen