Sharon High School - Mirror Yearbook (Sharon, PA)

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School Under Leadership of William Crowell and Robert Paxton “No leader, however great a personality he may he, is as important to a people as their own intellectual development. Russell As the Assistant Principal of Sharon High School, Mr. Robert Paxton spends many hours consulting students. He listens to students' problems and makes decisions on their sometimes unconvincing excuses. Besides being a listener, he is also a disciplinarian. An unhappy part of his job is to occasionally reprimand or suspend a student for his unconventional behavior . Mr. Paxton was born on September 8,1910 in Canons-burg, Pennsylvania and attended Canonsburg High School. Some of his numerous qualifications for the position of our Assistant Principal are his degrees from the University of Pittsburgh, Penn State and Columbia University. His experience as a teacher covers a wide variety of subjects ranging from history, geography and algebra to chemistry, physics and German. After school hours his interests include photography, music and bridge. BELOW: Mr. Paxton consults with Mr. Bennett, guidance counselor. 19

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Sharon RIGHT: Mr. Crowell inspects the floor plan for the new building. BELOW: Mr. Crowell's active support of the Mirror is shown by his purchase of two candy apples. High Prepares to Enter New Each morning a booming voice sounds over the loud speaker. Informing us of daily events, admonishing us for rocking the bleachers and congratulating outstanding students and sports teams, it is the voice of Mr. William Crowell officially beginning a new day at Sharon High. The principal of SHS, Mr. William E. Crowell, was born on May 8, 1908 which tells us he is Taurus in the Zodiac. Persons under this sign are creative and successful, and Mr. Crowell has fulfilled his destiny. Graduating from West Middlesex High School, he went to Westminster College for his Bachelor's Degree, and to Penn State for his Master's. After teaching and coaching in Mercer, he came to Sharon. He spent twenty years at Sharon Junior High, and in 1962 became principal at the high school. Mr. Crowell looks forward to the completion of the new school as an important milestone in his career.

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 “ We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.” La Rochefoucauld Mr. Bennett, you’ve got to do something! I don’t have lunch on my schedule!” It’s September again and the guidance counselors are up to their ears in requests. During the first two months of school most of Mr. Bennett’s, Miss Moore’s and Mr. Eakin’s time is taken up with the demanding job of schedule changes. Along with November, December and the holidays come students needing college applications. At this time the guidance counselors also administer college entrance exams to the juniors and seniors. The library in the guidance office testifies to another of the counselors duties-.that of helping students pick a college and sending transcripts to various colleges. Spring brings students flocking to the office for help in planning their next year’s schedule. But at any time the counselors scheduled activities maybe interrupted by students seeking advice on their problems. LEFT: Mr. Ea-kin consults with a student on his test scores. BELOW: Mr. Bennett demonstrates a machine that aids in selecting a college. Mr. Donald Bennett Mr. Forrest Eakin Miss Ruth Moore Guidance Counselor Director of Guidance Guidance Counselor