Sharon High School - Mirror Yearbook (Sharon, PA)

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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

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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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Secretaries Classify Mountain of Paperwork I'm applying to Penn State. Would you please send them a transcript of my credits?” asks a senior. Mrs. King, could I have change for the telephone? ' Joyce, can I use the Xerox machine to copy an English poem?” asks a teacher. With many requests interrupting them, the office secretaries find it difficult to type the letters, keep the attendance cards, handle the telephone calls, search for transcripts and the many other duties required of them. Yet they always manage answer our questions cheerfully and still get their work done. Mrs. King says she enjoys her work because, It's the variety, knowing that no two days are alike. Without the secretaries to keep the office running smoothly, our school would be tangled in a web of utter confusion.