Rome High School - Roman Yearbook (Rome, GA)

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FACULTY ir if , ASQAOOK MISS SUE GRIFFITH Home Econornzcs if Georgxa State College for Women Q 3 s RYAN ta-4 E A W DERRICK, AB I,-x 5 mx ,,-or Q' 'Cf '71 A+- ,,,,., -9- f l I W A very? QV? Prmczpal Vanderbllt Umversxty Flrst Row Miss ELIZABETH WAT KINS BS Enghsh Coach Geor g1a Teachers College if Miss MABEL THOMPSON, AB MA Mathmetzcs Bzble Shorter Col lege Columbxa Umverslty Miss ELIZABETH HARRIS BL Hzstory Shorter College 'il' MISS MARGARET AMBERSON, A B French Enghsh Shorter College Second Row MRS B C HOLL1 DAY Commerczal Bowlxng Green Busmess UH1V6YS1ty if MISS FRANCES NUNN AB Lzbrarzan Georg1a State College for Women ii' MRS MELVIN HILL BS Chemzstry H o m e Economzcs Georg1a State College for Women wa MIss DOROTHY ESPY AB M A Englzsh Shorter College Co lumbla Unlversxty Thlrd Row Miss JOANNA JOHN soN AB Latm Englzsh Wesley an College it Miss VIRGINIA B GREEN BS Sczence Bzology Berry College ff MRS RUTH CLARK BUNN A.B Commerce Cwzcs Florlda State College for Women iff Miss ANNIE LAURIE RUSH BS Englzsh Soczology Georgxa State College for Women Fourth Row Mlss SUSIE UNDER WOOD AB Mathmetzcs Shorter College it MIss MURIEL TURNER AB Mathematzcs Shorter Col lege W Miss LoIs KING AB Mathematzcs Geography Western College it MRS JOY LYTLE WOOD AB Cwzcs Sczence Shorter College

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Llllelltff 0 gy I1 tefed Sl'll00L N ILWS Mr H C Brewer began hxs dut1es as superm tendent of the Rome Hxgh School at the openmg of the present school term He has been assoclated w1th the Rome schools for twenty four years serv 1ng as scxence teacher and athletlc coach He con t1nued hrs work as coach until 1930 and durmg th1s tlme turned out a Wlnfllllg team year after year In 1924 he was named prlnclpal of the Rome Hlgh School In 1940 he became Asslstant Superlntendent After hav1ng served as asslstant superxntendent for four years he became Super1ntendent on the re tlrement of Mr B F Qulgg m August 1944 Mr Brewer was born ln Kmston N C He re celved a degree at Wake Forest College 1n 1920 and d1d graduate work at the Umversxty of V1rg1n1a and Wake Forest ln the summers of 1921 22 23 He has always been promlnently connected w1th the c1v1c He IS a deacon ln the Flrst Baptlst Church past presxdent of the Kxw n1s Club dlrector of the Rome Chamber of Commerce and a past commander of the Shanklm Attaway post of the Amerxcan Leglon Mr Brewer IS plannlng to contlnue to operate the school system accordxng to the pol1c1es whlch have proved successful durmg the prevxous years but at the same tlme he IS plannmg lmprovements and a large GXDHHSIOH program He w1ll make such changes as post war tlmes will demand In these undertak 1ngs The Roman wxshes for him many years of the greatest success and the hlghest achlevement Mr J J Medl1n was named pr1nc1pal of the Rome Cxty Schools ln October He was formerly connected w1th the schools for nme years as a teacher Smce that tlme he has acted as Supermtendent of the County System He was born 1n Monroe Georgla and recelved a Bachelors Degree and a Masters Degree from the Un1vers1ty of Georgxa Many new teachers Jomed the faculty of the two hlgh schools thxs year At Boys Hlgh Mr D C Sulllvan a veteran of World War II IS teachmg chemlstry phySlCS and algebra Mr Rlck Davxs a veteran of the Seabees teaches Englxsh and CIVICS He IS also the athletlc coach Mrs Bernard Harris of Mad1son Georgla teaches Englxsh and history At Glrls High Mlss Ellzabeth Watklns whose home lS ln Edlson Georgia recelved a degree from Georgla Teachers College She teaches Englxsh In the com mercxal department Mrs B C Holllday orngmally from Blrmmgham IS ID charge of the shorthand classes and Mrs Ruth Clarke Bunn of Mlaml con ducts the typmg classes M1ss Susle Underwood Rome 1S teachlng algebra Mlss Vlrgmla Green who attended the Berry Schools teaches general sclence and bxology Jommg the faculty smce Chrlstmas are Mrs LOIS Klng who recelved a degree at Western College Oxford Oh1o and Mrs Joy Lytle Wood of Rome Mrs Kmg teaches mathematics and Mrs Wood has classes 1n CIVICS and sclence Mrs Alvm Everett Rome IS llbrarlan at Boys Hlgh and Mxss Frances Nunn Jefferson Georgla IS llbrarlan at Glrls Hxgh Three new courses were added to the currlculum at Boys Hlgh th1s year To the Sophomore course of study a class 1n wood work IS bemg offered for the first tlme Senxors were able to elect a course ln machme shop which mcludes practlce xn the skxll and use of tools drawmg weldlng and use of lathes mxlhng machmes and drxll presses A lxmlted number of boys were selected to take Dlverslfied Cooperatlve Tramlng whlch mcludes consultation and 3dV1C6 m a chosen trade They are then allowed to work a part of the day ln thxs field to gam practlcal experlence These courses form the begmnlng of a plan to mstall a thorough course ln manual trammg Plans for a complete revxsxon of students orgam zatlons at Gxrls Hlgh were completed and a num ber of the lnnovatxons were lnstalled The club system was expanded to mcrease pup11 partxcxpatlon Further study by puplls of the prlnclples of the Honor System resulted ln the establishment of the Student Councll m a permanent form replacmg a temporary orgamzatxon v Y Y , 1 . . . - I , I 1 , , I l , , . . I - . 1 1 . y ' ' 1 v - ' - 1 Y J Q . b . . , . . - ' 1 s ' l - ' - - l n - v - r . 1 Y Y ' I social, educational, and religious life of the city. , , ' ' ' ' ' ' . . Y - , Y . , . . . , - ' ' C . . y . I . . . 7 1 1 . , , . ' - , . . , - . . . . , . - . , , ' , , . . . , . - , b y . . . I . u . 1 , ' - q . 3,21

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FAC LTY 0 if AN A ASZAOOW H Q TUCKER A B Prmczpal Oglethorpe Umverslfy Flrst Row MRS RALPH PRIMM AB Englzsh French Shorter College Columbla Un1vers1ty MRS C V LovvoRN AB Commerce Un1vers1ty of Georg1a D C SULLIVAN AB Physzcs Chemzstry Mathematzcs Oberlm College Second Row N S WOODARD JR Hzstory Mathematzcs Young Har r1s South Georg1a Teacher Col lege il? MRS FRANK SI-IROPSHIRE AB Englzsh Sczence Shorter AB Mathematzcs Georg1a State College for Women Thxrd Row MRs BERNARD HAR Rls AB Englzsh Hzstory La Grange College fl' MRs B J CAMP BS Sczence Englzsh Georg1a State College for Women 2 D R DAVIS AB Coach Eng lzsh Tusculum College Fourth Row MRS ALVIN EVER E'r'r AB Lzbfanan Shorter Col lege Emory Un1vers1ty Umver slty of Georg1a 1? S E HUB BERD JR BFA Muszc Cwzcs Umversxty of Georg1a Un1vers1ty of Mxchxgan ff H O CARLTON AB CEducat1onJ Dzrector of Vo catzonal Educatzon DCT Co ordmator C E HAMIL AB Hzstory Biology Un1vers1ty of Georg1a Umversxty of Alabama 44 3fN 'WP A C2 QC' 'A S.. A 'Y 'gre 7 e ' ,il V y g 5 . . , . . K J in e C' , , , f , . . A i -D - : 5- S 4 . n 1, J . , I . At, gy LXR' . . I . I , . l ., ' F X ax I Z ' j 1 'J ' , V A . 1 1 , 3 S : S ie A, I Zi., v . ' . . , , , 1- 3 College. ik' Mrss IN!-:Q .ADAMS, Xi- ' ix 'A - 'v 2 TW -1 A fx A 1 - -9 . 2 . J ' ' A VV , J' . -y ' , ' , il -hr an M Q V' V' C L Q ,. .X r f 1 - . , . ., , I T i . I! ' I , 1 - ' e , ' - ,u f 1' Q , 'Vg f - - . K. i M. 6 . get ' fe' I ' 'Y I I ' . 1 , 1 , - V I I o o , . q ' . '. ' I .A 3 7:1 A 1. r Y., E . , - - - ' ' , A 9 'A ' Q l A , A C 4 1 l ll ' l A