Miami Jackson High School - Old Hickory Yearbook (Miami, FL)

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AN EVER-PRESENT smile greets the frequent visitor 'lo Principal Loran L. Sheeley's office. Mr. Sheeley, never too busy to listen' to the problems of his students and teachers. is respected and admired because of his leadership. Years Bring Chan es I AND EACH YEAR brings many changes . . . In 1954 Mr. Loran L. Sheeley, an experienced educator, prepared to assume the title and job of principal, came to Miami Jackson High School. ln 1959, Principal Sheeley looks over his Jackson years with a notable sense of achievement in a high school that has grown and expanded, physically and academically. When Mr. Sheeley became principal, basic curric- ulum ideas differed greatly from todayis set ideas. The mode of the early 1950,s was to relax serious studying a little. However, today the attitude toward learning is a more realistic one, due to the recent emphasis on science and the need for the scientific- ally wise. Mr. Sheeley looks in retrospect over the past five years, and notes many changes in the appearance of Jackson. During his administration a permanent guidance office was established and the cafeteria enlarged. An overhead shelter was built adjoining the band room to the main building. An Inter- national Business Machine took over the work of filing and scheduling a large number of Jacksonites. Throughout his Jackson years, Mr. Sheeley has watched four classes of graduating seniors go into occupations, universities, and the impressionable world. Again, in J une, he will see another of his classes graduate. The Jackson students, who have learned under Mr. Sheeley's leadership, think of the changes, prob lems, and difficulties of the past five years . . . but they think also of the wisdom and devotion Mr. Sheeley has shown to a principal job.