Montpelier High School - Mirror Yearbook (Montpelier, OH)

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GUIDANCE J. FRANK MALONE Vice-Principal RALPH V. MILLER Boys' Counselor MAURINE HOOVER GLADYS BEEN Girls' Counselor Counselor I The Guidance Department, as we have it now, evolved from the work of two assistants to the principal: the vice- principal and the dean of girls. In 1931 the director of guidance was appointed when one of the teachers was relieved from class duty two hours a day for this purpose. In 1947 the guidance director became also the counselor of girls, and at the same time a counselor of boys was added to make the four counselors we have today, whose duties are manifold in the field of personal, social, educational, and vocational guidance. Their aim is to aid each student in realizing the greatest benefit from his three years at Central through planning wisely for these years and for his future, to help him make adjustments to his present situation, and to enable him better to meet all life situations. The curriculum at Central is broad and should enable each student to study subjects that will make him a good home member and a good citizen. At the same time, he is also learning vocational skills to enable him to make a living. The student who plans for a college education should have wise guidance based on this innate ability. He should have a sound foundation that will enable him to succeed in college in his chosen field.

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Boys and girls are citizens now. Not only do they possess potentialities for the future but they have attitudes, habits, problems, interests and needs which function in the present. The curriculum should pro- vide many broad educational experiences for all our youth that they may obtain maximum growth and development to the end that they are happy, Well- adjusted and effective citizens, now and later. F. R. BORN Principal Our curriculum must truly meet the needs of all the children of all the people if our educational program is to produce' and develop the America of tomorrow. More and more am I convinced that the function of the public school must be to teach the value of our system of free economy and the democratic way of life. ' DR. FRED W. HOSLER Superintendent of Schools

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Centrals Librarian offers smiling assistance to all Fln at ,1 as on s I HAZEL B. MYERS AGNES MARTINOSKY MORENE HILL rans' Secretary and Registrar Attendance Clerk Clerk Typist . Like the pulsing of a big heart the Central High School office reaches through many arteries to the farthest extremities of the building. A group of student helpers go on duty each hour of the school day to operate the switch board and the sound system, to collect attendance slips from each class room, to check attendance, to run errands, and in general to aid the five secretaries and clerks who are responsible for making the office pulsate . Mrs. Agnes Martinosky, attendance clerk, has the best interest of the students at heart when they are called in to give an account of their absences or tardies. Miss Morene Hill with her nimble fingers types the daily Absentee and Do Not Admit lists, and performs many menial tasks that only a good blonde typist can do. Mrs. Frances Bundy, Secretary to Mr. Bom, is the medium by which the public may or may not reach her busy boss by phone or in person. Mrs. Edith johnson, the registrar, keeps the permanent EDITH L JOHNSON EDYTHE HAAS records and frowns upon recording any grade below C. If you Reglsffaf Financial Secfefafl' aspire to a college education, she will write your transcript. Mrs. Edythe Haas, financial clerk, keeps a strict account of the money that comes and goes, and records it in black or red to be checked by the school auditor. Mrs. Hazel B. Myers, Veterans' Secretary and Registrar, has charge of all the records of the veterans, including making out attendance reports to the veterans administration, keeping all permanent record cards, and keeping the financial records. ,ns The P. B. X. board is the connecting link between Central High School and the public. In yesterdays libraries, the emphasis was on circulation figures, great pride being taken if the year's total exceeded that of the previous school year. Today's librarian moves out into the classroom scene, helping teachers to haul into their rooms assorted stacks of books for this or that unit of work. Tomorrow's libraries will be the center of the instructional program and will house all types of instructional aids. Film strip, a radio program, or a recording will be recommended by the librarian as quickly as she recommends a book to the teacher or pupil. ' The school of the future will be designed with an inviting homelike atmosphere. Easy chairs, table lamps, and inviting reading-nooks are among the new features. This will be something for Central to look forward to in the near future. In the meantime, 311 is a very important place at Central, for it is there that many students learn to consult encyclopedias or dictionaries and to do research work, as well as to check out books for information or for leisure reading. .