Nitro High School - Nitronian Yearbook (Nitro, WV)

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THE SPY GLASS Page Seven FACULTY VIRGINIA MILLER Home Economics; A.B. Marshall; came to N.H S. in 1938. SAMUEL SHIPLEY Business Training. General Sci- ence; A.B. Bethany College; camo to N.H.S. in 1936. PAULINE RICHARDSON Social Science; A B. Marshall; came to NTIS in 1328. JOSEPH BARGER Industrial Arts; B.S. University of Illinois; came to N.H.S. in 1934. MARGARET GLASS English. Social Scienc- ; New River Stale College; A B Marshall; e::me to N.H S. in 1CC8.

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Page Six THE SPY GLASS FACULTY LOUISE HART Latin; A.B. Georgia Wesleyan; A.M. Emory University; came to N.H.S. in 1934. BRUCE REPPERT Science; Public Speaking; A.B. West Virginia Wesleyan; A.M. West Virginia University; came to N.H.S in 1928. FRED HUFF Business Training. World History. Physical Education; A.B. Marshall; A.M. Springfield; came to N.H.S. in 1934. SUE SHELTON Commercial; A. B. Dennison Uni- versity; came to N.H.S. in 1938. CLARA WOODYARI) English; A.B Marshall; A.M. Co- lumbia; came to N.H.S. in 1932. HELEN HOUDYSCHELL Mathematics; A B. Marshall; came to N.H.S. in 1937.

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Page Eight THE SPY GLASS ALMA MATER HISTORY OF NITRO HIGH SCHOOL Perhaps no other high school in the State of West Virginia has such an interesting origin, such a varied history as Nitro High School. Erected hurriedly by the United States government in 1917-18, along with the town of Nitro, during the exciting days of the World War, its architectural design shows the handwork of mass production and hurried construction which is also typical of the town itself. The school, built as a model, is unique in that it is all located on one floor. Every room has two exits, one into the central hall and one to the outside. The building is sep- arated by fire walls and doors to prevent a possible fire from spreading. There are three large central halls which were original- ly used as recreation and assembly halls. When these became too small, a large gym- nasium and auditorium combined, one of the best in the state, was completed by the citi- zens of Nitro. There are thirty class rooms in the building, 13 of which are used for high school classes. During the course of twenty years three separate governmental units and one private corporation have owned and controlled the Nitro school. After being built by the federal government and operated by it until 1920. the school plant was taken over by the Char- leston Industrial Corporation, a private en- terprise, which operated the school free of taxes, until 1923. It was during this year that the Nitro Independent District was formed which purchased the entire school plant from the Charleston Industrial Corpor- ation for about 810,000. Now under the county unit, ownership of the school has passed to its fourth owner, Kanawha county. Another distinctive feature of the Nitro school is that the same building houses all pupils from the first grade through the twelfth. Under the ownership of the federal government and the Charleston Industrial Corporation only two years of high school were offered. In 1923 under the independent district there was organized a six-year high school, under which plan the school operates today. Original courses given at Nitro were: American and European history, arithmetic, algebra, geometry, English, Spanish, and Latin. In addition to all of these with the exception of Spanish, the following subjects are now taught: public speaking, chemistry, physics, biology, general science, mechanical drawing, music, typing, shorthand, book- keeping, commercial geography, physical training, economies, sociolgy, civics, occupa- tions, manual training, business training, and domestic science. The courses of physics and mechanical drawing were installed this year. Nitro schools are unique in that one prin- cipal has charge of the entire system—an elementary school, a junior high school, and a senior high school—with 531 enrolled in the first six grades and 402 in the high school. The teaching personnel consists of 17 teachers, 6 of whom have Master degrees. Those on the high school faculty are: Walter F. Snyder, principal; Pauline Pratt, English: B. H. Reppert, physics, chemistry, biology, and public speaking; Samuel Shipley, social science and mathematics; J. L. Barger, man- ual training and mechanical drawing; Paul- ine Richardson, geography and civics; Louis Hart, Latin, and social science; Fred Huff, physical training, social studies and athletic director; Helen Houdysehell, mathematics; Virginia Miller, home economics; Sue Shel- (Continued on page thirty-three)