Petersburg High School - Petro Schola Yearbook (Petersburg, WV)

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 7he Pebia-Schola Ki+Uf and 2.ueen of 1951 ! ' ft. Henry Moomau and Clarene Michael were elected Petro-Schola King and Queen by popular vote to represent the student body in 1951. '1 wenty-Four The 1951 Petro-Schola

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Seo-zyitlt Qla z Home Room Officers: Presidents: Jack Bowman, Frank Rodgers, Harold Wimer, Karen Nelson. Vice Presidents: Jerry Brill, John Parks, Glenn Van Meter, Phyllis Keplinger. Secretaries: Noreen Alexander, Sharon Roy, Sally Tribett, Vernon Keplinger. Treasurers: Virginia Cook, Dee Ann Parsons, Paige Snell, Vernon Keplinger. Student Council Representatives—Marian Berg, Edgar Nelson, Eugene Turner, Charlotte Hartman. First Row: Jr. Parsons, Joe Oates. Sharon Roby. Lawrence Rotruck. Golden Schell. Freda Smith. Second Row: Mary Helen Smith. Jr. Shook, Phyllis Sites, Francie Rodgers, Harold Rohrbaugh, Edgar Nelson. Bernard Ours. Third Row: Janet Sites, Cecil Patch. Mary Alice Smith, Eleanor Smith. Lucy Smith, Johnny Parks. Fourth Row: Dee Ann Parsons. Billy Schell. Johnny Porter, Roy Rumer, Earl Riggleman. Tim Parks. Evelyn Ratcliff. First Row: Barbara Shobe, Eugene Turner, Dixie Veach. William Smith. Justine Thome. Darwin Yokum. Second Row: Paige Snell, Catherine Van Meter. Eunice Whitacre, Donald Whetzel, John Yanky. Helen Swick. Sally Tribbett, Mr. Allen. Third Row: Margaret Waddy, Naomi Snyder, Betty Wolfe. Alda Snyder. Betty Weatherholtz, William Sites. Harold Wimer. Fourth Row: Gerald Thorne. Carroll Smith, Carole Stallings. John Thorne, Naomi Stark. Fifth Row: Dale Van Meter. Treva Sirbaugh. Pauline Thorne. Melvin Van Meter, Glenn Van Meter, Ruth Stark. The 1951 Petro-Schola Twenty-Three

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 VcUia+uU cMo+txvi Society For years students prominent in athletics have received the lion’s share of attention and publicity, while the less athletic and more academic students received little honor or notice. There developed a definite need for some form of recognition and encouragement for the hard- working pupil who kept to his books and assumed the real leadership in later life. To meet this need honor societies were established in schools and cities in several sections of the country. From these original groups the National Honor Society was formed which is an organization with headquarters in Washington, D. C. Petersburg High School received a charter for a local chapter in 1939. Since the date of organization over 100 students have been inducted into the local chapter. The purpose of the Honor Society is to build an enthusiasm for scholarship, to stimulate a desire to render service, to promote leadership, and to develop character in the students. Students are selected from the Junior and Senior classes. Those with an average of 85% or a two point average or better, are considered as candidates to be voted on by the faculty. The new members are initiated into the local chapter by a special assembly. The local chapter’s project this year, as other years, was the selection of an honor roll from all the classes at the end of each six weeks. Students having an A or B plus receive top honor, with those not quite reaching B plus, but having a B average, receiving honorable mention. The list of names is posted in a special honor roll case in the hall of the main building and published in the Viking Log. Officers and members carried over from last year are: Clarene Michael, President; Dolly Kimble, Vice-President; Elaine Coakley, Secretary; James Bush, Messenger; Wanda Mongold and June Painter. Members initiated this year are: Maynard Muntzing, Fay Schell, Pat Secrist, Neva Jenkins, Annabelle Berg, Nellie Mitchell, Pnyllis Smith, Geraldine Sites, and Vance Ben- senhaver. The 1951 Petro-Schola Tiventy-Five