Roxboro High School - Rocket Yearbook (Roxboro, NC)

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Thomas Brown, principal. Mr. Walter Rogers, assistant superintendent of Person County Schools, and Mr. R. B. Griffin, superintendent, discuss plans for a future school board meeting. School leaders pilot students to Explore Mr. Gordon Allen, Mr. Lindsey Wagstaff, Mr. John O ' Briant, Mr. Jake Taylor, Mrs. R. D. Bumpass, Mr. Monroe Whitt, and Mr. Thad Wilkerson uphold the duties of the Roxboro District School Board. 10

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ADMINISTRA TION Roxboro High School has seen many changes in its administration. The major change is the gaining of a new principal, Mr. Thomas J. Brown. He has replaced Mr. Walter S. Rogers who has become Assistant Superintendent of Person County Public Schools. The Guidance Department has been made more effective by having a fulltime guidance director, Mrs. Elsie Harris. An entirely new department in the field of Industrial Vo¬ cational Education has been added to the cur¬ riculum. The faculty gained two new teachers for this department, Mr. James Woody, teaching mechanical drawing and radio and television repair, and Mr. Jesse Barrett, teaching internal combustion engines and welding. The History Department has gained three new teachers. Miss Mary Alice Elliott re¬ places Mrs. Rosalie Gates, who, after spending the summer in India, has taken the year off to work on her doctorate at Duke University. Mr. Carl Hampton and one of Roxboro ' s own, Mr. Royce Gillis, complete this department. We acquired two new teachers in our Mathematics Department: Miss Joyce Fogle and Mrs. Patsy Hester. With these additions the Math Department now has four teachers. Roxboro ' s Mrs. Peggy Bishop has come to teach Typing I and II while Miss Diana Graham comes from Denver, Colorado, to teach U. S. History and French I. Miss Darcus Soles and Mrs. Jean Sabis- ton have increased the staff of the English Department to eight. We are proud that one-third of our faculty have obtained advanced degrees. Through their EXPLORATION of new ideas through further study, they have made a greater con¬ tribution to our students as well as helping to raise the standards of our school. We are proud of them, their work, and their con¬ tributions to the school. 9

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Mrs. Sue C. Bercaw, A.B., M.Ed. Shephard College, Duke University English m, IV Sponsor of Annual Mrs. Rachel Brown, A.B. W.C. of U.N.C. English I Mrs. Nancy B. Burruss, A.B. Meredith College English II Sponsor of Tri-Hi-Y Mrs. Patsy Hester, A.B., M.A. Louisburg College, E.C.C., U.N.C., N.C. State, Uni¬ versity of the Americas, University of Virginia, Uni¬ versity of New Mexico, Applachian State Teachers ' College General Mathematics, General Science, Business Arithmetic the phases of composition and literature . . . Mrs. Ethel D. Knight, A.B. Elon College English II Sponsor of Newspaper Mrs. Mildred S. Nichols, A.B., M.A. Duke University Latin, Public Speaking, English IV Sponsor of National Forensic League Mrs. Joan R. Sabiston, B.S. East Carolina College English III Miss Darcus Soles, A.B. Limestone College English I Sponsor of Journalism Club 11