Nevada High School - Nevamo Yearbook (Nevada, MO)

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BIG WHEELS STUDY PLANS WHILE PM .,VL.S, ,un,r,.,, vS.S HA MEN WITH A PLAN--Members of the School Board register approval as they study the preliminary plans of the proposed new Junior-Senior High School building. Seated are School Board members George Lo- gan, Hubert Fowler, Secretaryg O. M. Flory, Presidentg and Dr. Roy Pearse, Vice-President. Standing are Dwight Brown, Dean Lintecum, architectsg C. H. Jones, Ir. , Superintendent of Schoolsg and Dr. Standlee Love, member of the School Board. The task of operating the schools of the R-5 District is a big one, but the problems of 1956-57 have been multiplied enormously The Nevada Junior-Senior High School was destroyed by fire the night of November 29. By noon of November 30 a School Board com- mittee was negotiating for emergency quar- ters. Various board committees were at work daily on some phase of the emergency, and within the next five weeks, the School Board met fourteen times . The first students to return to school, the eighth graders, were at their desks within seven days . By january 2 all Junior-Senior high school students were attending their classes again. Superintendent Jones and the members of the Board kept the public well-informed, stres sing the fact that the new building would det- ermine the character of education for the next century. The community is indeed fortunate to have these administrators and School Board mem- bers to direct the educational activities of this area. Shown below are Superintendent Jones and School Board member Lynn Ewing in the superintendent's temporary office at Bryan Grade School. 1 I K W-as PM as A as is H! S I !

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Successful negotiations were carried out for securing the new Pine Street Church Annex to house the Senior High School studentsg Longstreth's Market resounded with noises quite un- usual to a normal store as eager Freshmen returned to their booksg the Nevada Motor Company building and the former Safe- way Store building took on their new roles as Junior High Schools without complaint. Ringing the old-fashioned bell became quite an honor for seventh and eighth graders as the Strange became ordinary, and the unusual became common. Bleak partitioned walls soon were covered with Santa and the reindeer. Windows were plastered with miniature blizzards, and the Wise Men traveled to Bethlehem in many rooms. According to tradition, the Senior Christmas tree was decorated and erected. Although it was probably the smallest one in the long line of Senior trees, and Bryan auditorium seemed different from the time-honored spot under the clock on the second floor of N .H.S. , Seniors felt that traditions must be kept as usual.

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SPOKES DIRECT EMERGENCY FACILITIES 1 t I E 'Nu-.gi A THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ACCURATE. . . is demon- strated by Mrs. Nelie Inwood, Registrar, and Janie Riggs as they check a list of students. DEAR PATRONS. . . is the byword in Mr. Jones' office as Mrs. Ruth Weltmer and Miss Kleetis Wirth work to keep the activities of the school district run- ning smoothly and efficiently. MAN ON THE GO. . . Traveling to six buildings each hour of the day, Mr. Keithly finds time to pick up attendance reports in addition to handling competently his many other duties as principal.