Peter G Appling High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Macon, GA)

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EDICATED IO... Mrs. G, B, Holbrook In memory of Mrs. G, B. Holbrook, whose deep devotion and un- tiring efforts made our experiences together more meaningful, Many of us have profited from her guidance during her teaching career which lasted more than twenty years, Mrs, Holbrook passed after a lengthy illness on September 18, 1963, May the ideals she cherished remain with us and the memory of her life never fade,

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“Democracy demands more of us than any other system in education, character, self-restraint, and self-discipline. How are we going to get the best education in the world? One of the best ways is to have the best trained teachers... Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education, The human mind is our fundamental resource,” A These are some of the lessons of the past, of this great man, which America's teach- ers may offer to those who must create the future, With the national emblem again hoisted to the very top of the flagpoles before all the schools of this nation, let it be re- membered that a people soundly educated, every child, not according to his means or his race, but according to his capacity, are our late President's most appropriate and enduring memorial, of Sime. Dervice. .. e

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IN RECOGNITION RECIPIENT OF MCKIBBEN LANE AWARD 1963 For profiency and excellence in teaching, Mrs, Retha Walker Simms received the McKibben Lane Award for 1963, Mrs, Simms, a native of Bibb County and the daughter of Mrs, Louise Walker, is a teacher of World His- tory and Geography at the P, G. Appling High School; and at the time this award was received, her teaching experience, as teacher and principal in Bibb and surrounding counties, totals 38 years, Professionally, she is the possessor of two academic degrees; namely, the Bachelor of Science degree, Fort Valley State College, and the degree of Master of Arts, Atlanta University. Mrs, Simms has also toured the West Coast, and has done further study, This annual presentation to a selected teacher of the Bibb County School System is made possible by the family of the late Judge McKibben Lane, a former member of the Bibb County Board of Education. The Appling family rejoices with the honoree, and the Yearbook Staff reserves this space as another con- gratulatory gesture to this teacher of merit.