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

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. . . Jlea ut Twenty-Six rr These two students are learn- ing the fundamentals of medi- cine through the course of Work-Experience in their lab- oratory practice at Veach-Town- send Clinic. The students are given a fine opportunity to find necessary materials needed for classroom work in the school library. The American History class, taught by Miss Groves, studies the American problems and places of interest. The 1951 Petro-Schola

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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

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The Commercial Department has been active in office train- ing under the direction of Mrs. Goddin. It seems like we are going to have a careful group of drivers as we see many of the students receiving instruction from Mr. Lloyd Snyder in Drivers Edu- cation class. Miss Shackleford has an alert algebra class this year. The 1951 Petro-Schola Twenty-Seven