Millard High School - Millard Yearbook (Fillmore, UT)

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THE TASK OF CO-ORDINATING OUR COUNTY'S SCHOOL SYSTEM WITH A MAXIMUM OF DESIRABLE CUMBS RESULTS AT A MINIMUM COST FALLS UPON To NEW R ANK LU' .SZ 00 Z?06l.I 6! While The responsibiIiTy oT selecTing an eTTi- cienT school board Talls squarely upon The shoulders oT every Millard CounTy ciTizen, The exTremely diffi- cult yes, Thankless, buT imporTanT Task oT allocaf- ing limiTed school Tunds Tor buying equipment making repairs and new consTrucTion, as well as our School Di, . mainTaining buildings and grounds, becomes ThaT GOLSEICWS New Su . of a wise school board. ForTunaTe is The com- N P- WRIGIflT'rlnf9nde,,f muniTy ThaT can boasT To have board members ex- perienced enough To handle such a grave responsi- biliTy successTully. For This can only be accomplished wiTh leaders Tull oT personal inTegriTy, Tair judgment and TrusTed wisdom, wiTh public servanTs ready To preserve our independenT educaTional sysTem and iTs democraTic principles. Millard CounTy is proud To have such sTalwarT servanTs on iTs school board. FurThermore, iT considers iTselT highly honored To have as The boarcl's mouThpiece, SuperinTendenT Golden P. Wright former principal oT Millard High, a man well qualiTied Tor such an imporTanT posiTion. Under The laTTer's waTchTul eye our golden ideals oT Americanism will remain unTempered. ParenTs can resT assured ThaT excellenT iudgmenT will be exercised in proper selecTion of Teachers, and ThaT schools ThroughouT The disTricT will noT only be communiTy cenTered, buT laboraTories oT democracy -True workshops oT learning. Special Thanks go To our public servanTs oT ed ucaTion, Tor in spiTe oT all The diTTicuITies and Thun- dersTorms weaThered during This hecTic year oT sTal'e-wide educaTional baTTles, noT one of Them, be he board member, adminisTraTor, or Teacher, shrunk Trom perTorming his duTy .... When The call To reporT Tor work was issued, everyone was on hand: no one had his TaiTh in educaTion desTroyed. THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE Informally gaTherecI before one of Their many business meeTings' openings are Ileff To righTj board members: JOSEPH L. ROBISON, ELBERT STEVENS, CARL THEOBALD, GARDNER KIMBALL, and W. C. COLE. 21

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DEMOCRA OF SELF- GOVERNMENT ARE UPHELD BY TIC PRINCIPLES MJ ouernmenf The sfudenf governmenf of Millard I-Iigh School is a governmenf of fhe sfudenfs, for fhe sfu denfs, and by fhe sfudenfs, sef up in fwo disfincf branches: one fhe execufive, and fhe ofher fhe represenfafive branch. Bofh serve sfudenfs fo experience fhe pracfical lessons of American democracy. Those who are enfrusfed in I953-'54 wifh fhe leadership of our schools governmenf, fo fur- fher sfudenfs' inferesfs fo fhe besf of fheir abilifies are: Lynn Mcfkrfhur, presidenf: Joyce Black, vice-presidenfq Helen Robison, secrefaryy Jeaneffe Warner, social manager: LeGrand Kimball, busi- ness manager: Ivlervin Beclcsfrand, commissioner of publicafionsy Joan Spencer, Theone Paxfon, and La Nila Chrisfensen, cheerleaders, wifh Mr. Whafcoff and Ivlrs. I-Iunfer serving as faculfy advisers. While fhe members of our execufive council are vicforious survivors of heafed polifical campaigns which appealed for sfudenfs' vofes, disregarding class rank, servanfs of fhe represenfafives branch are elecfees from every home-room. And if is fhrough fhe laffer, sfudenfs' ideas, views, and complainfs reach proper voicing in council meefings, where bofh branches discuss and worlc ouf solufions for one and all problems arising in school .... The faslcs of our sfudenf leaders are many and frequenf. Whenever one problem seems solved, fwo or more ofhers require affenfion. The imporfanf iob of direcfing sfudenf affairs in a pleasing way, and serving all sfudenfs safis- facforily, is a never ending, offen fhanlcless one. Neverfheless, our sfudenf council fulfilled ifs re- sponsibilifies well: everyone called fo serve gave freely of his fime and falenfs. If is, fherefore, wifh pride fhaf we say fo all fhose who have had a parf in making our sfudenf governmenf a success, Many fhanlcs for a iob well done. ess FICIAL RIDE. STRICTLY BUSIN F Just AN O C nCIIZ M-il rar, I953-'54 S+ude I ou I I a the members O , . LYNN Mc' . ,p,esicIenI- Here Bret rlqhvz If Y- JOYCE BLACK. Vice ger' Iefl 0 ' secre af ' -,I Mana ' F. L Row. BXNSQN, NERI S061 irLEL-EAIFIHSI? President get. JEANET'I'E'zlr:R ' , a - ' al ' seCOEIRii4w5TciMBAIhAilII5InEznmgsione' oi Pub ITN SPENCER, ch-wfI 'I s' Le BECKS ' EN .IO MERVIN HRISTENS ' nr a ROW C . NILA fi-IEONE PAXTON' La 20

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FACULTY MEMBERS DEVOTED TO THEIR PROFESSION SERVE AS guicbng anal Qbirecfing orce a When looking aT The Tace oT a clock, one does noT see The inTricaTe mechanism ThaT makes iT Tick, buT everyone knows ThaT exacT Timekeeping is The resulT oT masTer- Tul craTTmanship. So iT is aT Millard High. Here, Too, big hands and liTTIe hands, balance wheels and springs are perTecTly geared To lay moral and spiriTual Tounda- Tions Tor our counTry's ciTizens oT Tomorrow, To help Them acquire sound iudgmenT and maTure Thinking. Every TaculTy member engaged in This Task realizes ThaT he musT noT only know The subiecT maTer in which he is To insTrucT, buT be capable To bring sunshine inTo his pupils' school days, To be an asTuTe judge oT human naTure, skilled in psychology. IT is his obligaTion To see ThaT a child does noT merely acquire hisTorical daTa, TacTs and meThods Trom an ouTlined curriculum, buT ThaT Those enTrusTed To his care learn To Think Tor Themselves and To express Themselves: ThaT individuals grow in Tair play, helpfulness To one anoTher, in good manners, kindness and courTesy. Compassion. undersTanding and loyaITy, personal responsibiliTy and chariTy-These are The Tunda- menTals oi human relaTionship which musT be TaughT undersTandingly. EVERYONE BELIEVES IN GOOD WORKMANSHIP Row One. leTT To righ+:- MRS. ARDELL WRIGHT, English: MARJENE PEDERSON, B.S., Phys. Ed.: PRINCIPAL THOMAS A. WHATCOTT, B.S., Ma+h.: MONA WRIGHT, B.S., Home Ec.: MRS. GWEN HUNTER, 8.S.. ArT', Type. Row Two:- ROBERT A. NEILSON, B.S., Ag.: TAFT WATTS, B.S., Phys. Ed., Math: ARVEL HURST, B.S., Social Science: DON HATTON, B.S., English, Librarian: GEORGE SHELL, B.A., Maih, Science. Row Three:- KEITH WILLIAMS, B.S., Biology, B-asIreTbaII: L. A. BANKS, B.S., IndusTriaI Arfs: DALLIN NIELSON. B.S., Music: REED A. WOOD, B.S., Commercial: CARL W. VERHAAREN, M.A., English, Ger- man. 22