Spencer High School - Spencerian Yearbook (Columbus, GA)

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THE FOUNTAINHEAD MR. CHARLES WESLEY DUVAUL Principal of the WILLIAM HENRY SPENCER HIGH SCHOOL The Eternal Drama has not been complete and the players are gradually making this most heart rending presentation before a vast audience which we call the population of the world. To my mind this is one of the greatest stories ever told. It is so realistic and filled with both tragedy, love and comedy. This is who Shakespeare said, All the World is a stage, And all the men and women merely players. To you, Class of 1967, this is your time to present your story, and I am sure that you feel that it is the greatest story ever told. As you tell your story you will also contribute to the story of Spencer High School. Thirty seven years ago the Board of Education and the citizens of Columbus had a dream. This dream was the establishment of a high school to supplant the outmoded one at Fifth Avenue. Through the scientific maneuvering of the skillful engineers, the old mud hole on Tenth Avenue and Eighth Street, a most modern structure soon raised its head and was dedicated as the William Henry Spencer High School. Coming events cast their shadows before. This institution served as an inspiration to many hundred boys and girls who have completed the ninth grade at Fifth Avenue and dis- continued school. These young people came trooping back when Spencer opened her doors, and soon its influence was felt throughout Muscogee County. Thirty seven years have passed and Spencer High School can boast of thousands of young men and women who have passed through these sacred halls. They have matriculated at some of the most outstanding colleges and universities in America as well as abroad. If you would call the roll of our Alumni, they would answer from all corners of the world. They would answer from all fields. They would present credentials from every college of any note and would give proof of their work as doctors, nurses, teachers, principals, college professors, professional football players, therapists, business men and women, ministers, politicians, lawyers, dentists, and thousands of other professions. Class of 1967, you have a rich heritage. Those who have preceded you have blazed a path which is thirty years long. You are now ready to join this long Grey Line , which reaches from Spencer to the ends of the earth. As you leave these sacred halls, I too shall leave, but I shall still watch you as you march down the halls of time and as you take your places of honor and distinction in One World . Go on, Oh, Spencer, proud and bold Set for yourself bigger and better goals. Thy name shall live, and we shall give Love and protection Oh, Green and Gold As thy bright emblems we shall behold. 25 Charles W. DuVaul

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THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE Dr. William H. Shaw Superintendent of Muscogee County Schools Dr. Fred Kirby Director of Instructions Mr. R. Brice Carson Director of Personnel 24 Mr. Nathan Patterson Director of Special Services Mr. Nathan Hunter T reasurer

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SECOND IN COMMAND Mr. Wadsworth W. Gentry Dear Seniors, The fundamental element in education is self-activity. Schools and teachers can set the stage, furnish materials and opportunities, motivate and inspire, direct and guide; but the individual must do the learning. In this changing and dynamic age, education should be a continuous and integrating process. To this end one must acquire tools, basic information, methods, and stimuli that will carry him forward as a learner. He must also get the habit of wide partici- pation in educational activities and experiences beyond his required courses. The opportunities for continuous and integrated self-education are numerous. Li- braries, an abundance of literature, ease of travel and communation, releases of modern research, institutions and increased leisure--all these lend themselves to this fuller development of the self. We congratulate, therefore, those of you who have had the opportunity of completing four years of high school for initiating this process that is so largely dominated by self-activity. Wadsworth W. Gentry 26