Miami High School - Miahi Yearbook (Miami, FL)

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Ready With Advice Miss EUGENIA HowARD, Dean of Girls, and Clyde Crabtree, Dean of Boys, are beloved for their personal interest and wise counseling of students. Welfare of students, be it pertaining to moral standards, financial problems, absen- teeism, or personal appearance, is their chief concern. Their own high personal standards help to build the desire for like conduct within the students. Known to all for their fairness and ability to see the situation from the stu- dent's standpoint, students and parents alike are proud of this team of two, composed of Deans Howard and Crabtree. From sophomore to senior, every student in Stingtown is touched by the guidance program. This department is a hub of activity. handling placement tests, helping students to secure scholarships and choose vocations. and aiding local business concerns and students in job placement. The vocational guidance breakfast and conferences held twice yearly bring out the area's top business and professional special- ists to give information to juniors and seniors in some 35 to 40 different fields of work. ! gram l F , l Q I fi , l V, ,,,,. , I Q? i i l 'sf 'r sumti ABovL: Dean of Boys Clyde Crabtree and Dean of Girls Eugenia Howard check the calendar for activity dates. Below: GUMHUCS Depaflmenl IT1CmbC'fS are Flfll rrfur Cora Lee Page, Lillian Wright, Marguerite Clark. Second row: Ronald Theobald, Annie Leigh Rollins, Sallilu Cranford. Niels Smith. 6 . , 1 3 ? f f W' , V M Vw K ,V 2 I, 1,5 rv I 'rg , , V! i7 , 'Z. X I: .1 , , V my f , 'f ..., get fl f-eff!!! ,fr 'W I' li 5 f' ' ffj ,ja ,Aff f f W I ar, f, , Mfg in ywh f 450 Wav ll gy- l .,,,,..W,.-WM, Mn, i 1 l

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Mi. Olin C. Webb, Principal They Lead Us o The LoYA1.'i'Y TO Miami High . . . pride in its standards and traditions . . . search after knowledge and truth, instilled in its classrooms and hallways . . . friendships molded to endure a lifetime . . . all these channels of expression. and many more, are inspired and nourished by our wise and friendly teachers and admin- istrative stall at Miami Senior High School. Pioneer among Dade County high schools, Mi- ami High has, through the years, been able to uphold its tradition of leadership in the lields of educational methods, scholarship, sports and service, largely because of the esprit de corps maintained by the teaching stall. Through its cllorts Miami Senior High School has sent through its doors many who have gone on to become the leading citizens ol' this community and state. Tll1'6Sl101d UNDER THE LEADERSHIP of Olin C. Webb, principal, Miami High's students are challenged daily to give forth their best through their thoughts, their speech. their dress and their actions. Stingtown's enrollment tops that of any other high school in Florida, yet Mr. Webb's interest in each boy and girl is warm and personal. He is never too busy to take time to discuss students' needs with them, whether it be to take up such serious subjects as choice of college and vocation, or some everyday topic, such as the student's choice of language and dress. Although he has only been at Miami High since l953, Mr. Webb has led students and faculty alike to a feeling of pride in main- taining the standards achieved in the past and to an ambition to keep striving For higher goals for the future.

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5' Xl fm-'Y ' f if fa Atttnl Lt t T: .Sr'a1t't1'. Helen Megee, Mary Jeanette Taylor. .sramlrrrer Nltss luntly ttnternl. Tom Dangertield, Faye Simon. tfuotr Rrulrrx Arlene Richardson. Horenee Cad- uallatler. Helen Cmaltney. and I2 lk is 13? gh: ' ff. ' lc. s -E ' 1 JN f, 'Gb' ya J v' , 'FG '4 ff is X T M. 3 3? 4 W .-Xnoyt: Alta Swtlley, Ele Tutnet, ,Xtntee Casey, Nonnie vktllantlcr. liuloit l.vfl: Maxine l-usher and lynn lrustat- s rn analog-ttp llavitl Ray for a Drarnatics Department play. I l A 1, Q I MZ, .A . English From to Z Titre Esortstt rJt1PAR'rxrrsT at Miami Senior High School otlers a wide variety of elective and compulsory courses to its students, Some courses which are offered are the only classes of their kind in the Florida school system: others, which were inaugurated at Miami High School, have now been incorporated by other Florida schools. The compulsory English courses. English ltl and English ll, offer stu- dents a study ot' grammar, public speaking. parliamentary procedure. composition. and lit- erature. The l2th grade course, which is, for the most part, elective. is divided into classes whose members are placed according to their ability in writing and understanding English. This progressive system places those of supe- rior ability in a special college preparatory class. which includes reading and analyzing Httotx: Students in Nlrs. llutchisorrs college prep class present a tlratmatie production ol Macbeth.