Shelbyville High School - Squib Yearbook (Shelbyville, IN)

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Route 66 This is a school corridor. Classes are now in session, but soon a bell will ring and 873 students will pour out of these doors into the corridor. Suddenly this quiet hall will be filled with the sounds of shuffling feet, slamming lockers doors, and hurried Hi,s.', Then, once again, the hall will become silent. To these 873 students this corridor is a road. For the past nine months five days a week, they have crossed and recrossed its path and now know its every turn, piece of tile, and slightest slope. This road - the school's corridor - is known to all, but each individual also has his own personal road - the road of life. These nine months are only a small part of life - a part we call Route 66. Soon Route 66 will end, and we must cross onto new roads - roads leading to the future. Yet a yearbook can also be a road, and this, the 1966 SQUIB, is a road we call Route 66. You may travel quickly over this road and catch only passing glimpses of our school life - or - you may travel it leisurely and begin to understand and feel the spirit of SHS. Now please, turn your ignition key and begin your journey.

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IN MEMORIAM JAMES M. SHARP The death last November of James M. Sharp was a great loss to the faculty and students of SHS as well as to the entire Shelbyville community. Mr. Sharp, a graduate of Wabash College, first came to Shelby County in 1938 as a teacher. In 1942 he left and served as teacher and department head at Columbus High School, principal of the Waldron Schools, and as- sistant principal of Anderson High School. In August 1954 he returned to our community as the new principal of SHS. In january 1965 he assumed the position of super- intendent of the newly created Shelby Eastem School District. What junior, senior, teacher, or graduate of the past ten years can forget the warm friendly smile that greeted each person who met Mr. Sharp in his office, the cafeteria, or in the SHS corridors! He was popular, hum- orous, and always sympathetic and considerate whenever problems troubled students or teachers. No one was more 2 interested or enthusiastic about the successes of school activities than he. He had a word of commendation for every athletic victory, dramatic production, or publica- tion of SQUIB, COUBIER, or SCURRIER. He took per- sonal satisfaction when students or teachers earned scholarships or fellowships. During the years he served as principal, Mr. Sharp contributed much to SHS. He worked with others in planning the construction of the present high school and its additions, and came with others to enjoy its growth in enrollment, curriculum, and facilities. He strove to set high standards that SHS might have an extensive educa- tion system for the benefit of its students. He affected the lives of thousands of students during his principalship. The love and respect of those who worked with him as students and teachers is the best tribute that could pos- sibly be paid to a teacher, principal, and administrator such as he.

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