Pensacola High School - Annona Yearbook (Pensacola, FL)

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MR. l. p. McDowell Memphis State College, BS George Peabody College, MA MR. R. D. BINGER Auburn Florida State University, BS, MS This Office Runs Smoothly Around the Pensacola High School campus there are often seen two well-known administrative faces, those of our assistant principals, Mr. R. D. Binger and Mr. L. P. McDowell. Mr. Binger, who was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, has attended Auburn and Florida State University. After teaching math and science in Maryland, he became a resident of the Sunshine State in 1937, and for the past three years has graced the Pensacola High School faculty. Mr. McDowell, a native of the State of Mississippi, was active in sports during his school days. He received his B.S. degree from Memphis State College and in 1956 came to Florida to serve as assistant registrar of Pensacola Junior College. This is Mr. McDowell's second year on our faculty. The responsibilities of the assistant principals are far-reaching. Mr. Binger handles registration and is in charge of the instructional program, a duty which includes setting schedules, helping teachers, and de- vising testing programs. He is also in charge of pur- chasing instructional materials and supplies. Mr. McDowell's duties include keeping records of the ever-changing student population, transportation, and discipline. The maintenance of buildings and equip- ment of the grounds forms an important part of his responsibilities. The assistant principals assist Mr. Lipscomb with administrative duties as assigned and act as his representative. This myriad of duties keeps our assistant principals very busy, but their tolerant and helpful attitudes have made them two of the most popular members of our administrative faculty. Mr. L. P. McDowell, an assistant principal, gives helpful advice. ]

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To the Seniors of ’59 For many years Pensacola High School has made valuable contributions to this community. If you look through the yearbooks of previous years, you are amazed at the number of present day business and professional leaders who are pictured there. You are encouraged when you realize that your school is in part responsible for the development of the qual- ities that produce these leaders. You must surely feel a sense of pride in the accomplishments of Pensacola High School. You may also be a little frightened when you recognize that the reputation of your school is now making, and will make, a significant contribution to the status of your school. You must have learned that there is nothing free under the sun. All benefits carry with them obliga- tions. Your obligation is to take any benefits you have received from society, through your school or through other sources, and so use them that the maximum number of people are helped. If you will pursue this goal with all the diligence at your command you not only will be an inspiration to persons who follow you in school but also will be a source of satis- faction to those who have helped to place your school in its present position. The tradition, attitudes, and practices of a social institution are developed over long periods of time and are effected by each person who is, or has been, a member of the institution. Each of you has made his contribution to Pensacola High School. This is a much better school because some of you have attend- ed here; some have not changed things much. We who remain are grateful to each of you for the privi- lege of working and living with you for this’ brief period. Remember that you are our representatives in whatever group you find yourself. You will either enhance or hurt our reputation. If you are successful, we succeed with you. If you fail, we share in your failure. We have the utmost confidence in you, and we are happy to be judged by your actions. a.

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Guidance Offered • • • This year the offices of discipline and guidance have been separated, and an in- dependent guidance center has been main- tained under the direction of Mrs. Lynelle Freeman. Mrs. Freeman, a native Floridian, attended Florida State University, majoring in guidance and graduating with an M.S. degree. Among her many educational affili- ations is membership in Alpha Delta Kappa and the American Personnel and Guidance Association. Under Mrs. Freeman's direction the guid- ance center has developed into a valuable center for personal counseling. A library of information on colleges and vocations, as well as over two-hundred career mono- graphs is in the center and are available to students. Here all scholarship informa- tion is received and distributed. Test inter- pretations aid students with educational and vocational planning. Mrs. Freeman and her assistants are ready to assist students with the many problems that face them as they plan their future careers. MR. JOHN NEWCOME Pennsylvania State College Davis and Elkins College, AB MRS. LYNELLE FREEMAN Florida State College for Women, BS Florida State University, MS If You Misbehave... Each morning in the attendance lobby is a familiar figure, Mr. John N. Newcome, ad- ministrative assistant to the principal. Mr. Newcome, certainly an asset to the admin- istrative faculy, is a native of West Virginia. He graduated from high school with an ath- letic scholarship to Pennsylvania State Col- lege, and following a tour of duty with the navy attended Davis and Elkins College, graduating with an A.B. degree. Mr. Newcome is in charge of all attend- ance and discipline. Each day he and his corps of assistants thoroughly check and record all absentees and review excuses for absenteeism. As discipline officer he inter- views offenders of school regulations and administers just punishments. His face, usual- ly stern and comanding, can break sudden- ly into a broad, fun-loving grin which re- veals a friendly nature. Mr. Newcome came to Pensacola High School three years ago from Gadsden, Alabama, where he held a position similar to that which he now holds. f 16 ]