Miami Killian Senior High School - Catamount Yearbook (Miami, FL)

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Pat Zamudio Bob Davis Accolades: Favorite Seniors, Exceptional Ability, Character, Citizenship Sandy Perpich Priscilla Cantwell

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Academics Numerous changes were enacfed in The l97l-I972 year. No longer did one have To face an endless five-hour day. A TwenTy-minuTe break. during which The caTeTeria offered snacks, provided Tree Time for sTudenTs To Trade, finish home- work, and socialize. Gone was The sTudy hall and The shorT forTy-five minuTe peri- od. FifTy minufes gave each sTudenT The opporTuniTy To sTudy five subiecfs To The fullesT exTenT. STrenuous work encour- aged by. fail one subiecT and Thou shall noT graduaTe. STudenTs ceased running Through The long, bleached halls and climbed inTo TexTs, hoping To exTracT all They could. BuT all This change would noT have been possible wiThouT The assisT- ance of The adminisTraTion. Arriving in I969. Dr. E. J. Arahill as- sumed all The responsibilifies and duTies of a principal. One of The main ,aspecTs reinforced was The closed campus. No longer were sTudenTs allowed To roam abouT. 1. Dr. Arahill's selecTed sTaTf, composed of I46 faculfy members. counselors. secreTaries, and cusfodians. were The di- recT resulT of The discreTion in The choos- ing of poTenTial educaTors and The dis- placemenf of incongruous personnel. However, Dr. Arahill's responsibiliTy was lighfened by The addiTion of Two as- sisTanT principals: Mr. Harry Cole, from Mays Junior High School. and Mr. Ken- neTh Berger. a former counselor. These men, accompanied by Mr. Roger Frese and Mr. Lewis CapuTa. were each direcT- ly responsible for 251 of The home- rooms, assuring sTudenTs of The inalien- able righf To an educaTion free from dis- Turbing inTerrupTions. TwenTy-seven secreTaries, armed wiTh TypewriTers, red pens. diTToes, and schedule cards, handled all clerical work. Their unTiring labors insured The adminis- TraTion of accuraTe aTTendance records and well-balanced receipT books. STu- denTs also benefiTed from secreTarial abiliTies - all TesTs, quizzes. and final exams were reproduced from masTers submiTTed by Teachers in each deparT- menT. Main office secreTaries included Mrs. Janice Anderson, secreTary To Dr. Ara- hill: Mrs. Winnie Lesbirel. aTTendance: and Mrs. AgneTa HeldT, who helped wiTh regisTraTion forms. Mrs. Virginia Melus and Mrs. Marilyn Zucker handled all business TransacTions. Hoping To reach a compromise in The evenT of a disagreement counselors acTed as mediaTors beTween Teachers and sTudenTs. Mrs. Rosalyn Sparks and Mrs. Eleanor Tidwell aided sTudenTs in Their despairing ramble Through reams of college applicaTions. When The Time came, They Tacked on TranscripTs, TesT scores. and grade averages and mailed Them To The colleges. Mrs. Adele Berry laboriously Typed up work orders so ThaT prospecTive-addiTions To The labor force mighT earn.