Saint Albans High School - Dragonian Yearbook (St Albans, WV)

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DRAGONIAN PageTh1'e0 DEDICATION HON WILLIAM E CHILTON To Hon VI lllzum F Chzlfon thu ju sf zolume of the DRAGONI4N zs clecl :cated ns n mm! of uspccf to fl lIlSf1IHllllSll6d leader of West Vzrgmza and the good of stuff and mmm If Mr Chzlfon was bona at Coleemouth now St Albans rzfffmlul Shclfon Acfulfmy taught Qchool and was pnnczpal zn the fozln In lon he stalfed on hm crneea ns n lazeuev and leqzslator n yy. lc J. . -uh ' .Ulf ' J A . - as ll challenge fo the sfmlents of the school to perfovvn like services for I '- 1 1 I 1 f 1 4' '

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DRAGGNIAN Published by The Slmmermgs Staff ST Albans Hugh School + ++ S1' Albans West Vlrglnla Volume I 19 38

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PageF0m' DRAGONIAN ST ALBANS HIGH SCHOOL Salnt Albans hlgh school has certalnly pro gressed slnce 1ts foundlng 1n 1913 by Mr Charles P Gulce From a SIX room bu1ld1ng sxtuated above the Central graded school the h1gh school has progressed to a fourteen room yellow br1ck bullcung which IS well hghted and well vent1lated and has a modern hot a1r heatlng system 'md a electrlc clock system Tlns bulldlng was financed by the Independent D1str1ct School Board and It IS st1ll used as the present hlgh school Since the foundlng of the school many clubs have been organlzed Among these are Tlce natxonal honor SOC19ty for promot 1ng character the H1 Y and Glrls Reserve to teach the students how to l1ve better llves the pepper club for encouraglng school Splflt the playmakers for promotmg an ln terest 1n drama besldes these other clubs were formed whlch added to the extra currl cular act1v1t1es In 1927 the gymnaslum was added whlch permltted the add1t1on of physlcal educatlon to the currlculum Mr B E Llggett was made p11nc1pa1 ln 1932 and hls held that pos1t1on slnce that t1me Under the d1rect1on of Mr Harold B Lelghty a band and orchestra were organlzed Flrst honor were awarded the band at the 1937 May festlval In the wlnter of the school year 37 38 the band broadcasted over WCHS for the first t1me Durmg 1937 the h1gh school was put un der the po1nt system Offenders were re quested to g1ve up offices to balance the score 1n 1938 Wlth the begmnlng of the second semes ter all four classes started studylng gu1dance All nmth year students studled educat1onal gu1dance cons1st1ng of Counsel and opportu n1ty to dlscover mterests ab1l1t1es and capac 1t1es xn var1ous studles dlscovery of studles whlch w1ll contrlbute to student plans se lectlng the r1ght course gettlng acqualnted Wlth the currlcular and extra currlcular ac t1V1t19S and the use of the school llbrary Both tenth and eleventh year students studled ethlcal c1t1zensh1p and character guldance The twelfth year students took a course of vocatlonal guldance COI1S1St1Ilg of Furnlsh mg the student wlth knowledge of occupa t1ons 1llustrated W1th talks by buslness and professxonal men dlscovery of tralts of per sonahty as related to occupatlons 1llustrated by speclal programs and furnlshmg the stu dent wlth 1nformat1on concernmg var1ous colleges and un1vers1t1es and then requlre ments 1llustrated w1th talks by college pro fessors These programs were dcslgned to help the student 1n later l1fe After standlng 1dle for one school year the clocks were started January 20 Wlth the openmg of the second semester Thls year three new teachers were added lCOHt1HU6d on page thxrty three? 0 , . . .- . , . , . - L , , , . . .. . C I ' . 7 ' , 9 1 , ' , , . . . . , 7 !' . , , - , . A , 1 - , - , n Ann . . 0 . . , . , n Q -v 4 . .- . .- , . . , , q n n u u - ,, - - , 1 ... ,' - - . 2 1 . .. . . - , .. , - . 1. . . - -Q .. ' on n ' ' - C ! . l ' , . . - a S .1 . .