Surry Central High School - Aquila Yearbook (Dobson, NC)

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Mrs. White Secretary Mrs. W. L. Hine Supervisor School and County Administration Surry Central School Board: Ralph Beane, Ralph O. Lanier, J. I. Shinault, Thedford Sprinkle, Frank Freeman, Robert Burrus, Chairman. Surry County School Board: J. Sam Gentry, Dr. Joe Folger, Ford Cockerham, Joe Pell, C. W. Moseley, Cecil Ring. 11

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min-is-tra-tion (ad. min ' is.trashan) n. The persons, collectively, who perform executive duties of an institution, or of; the like. Principal Our principal, Mr. Lanier, is the focal point of the school. Although there are minor clerical, managerial, and public relations jobs in a school, he spends most of his energy and time in the improvement of teaching and learning. The mark of the successful principal is to listen, to watch, to know when and how to help teachers and students and to see that they have the necessary tools for instruction. Superintendent Our superintendent, Mr. Gentry, confers, works, and plans with all school personnel in the county to achieve the best methods of instruction, school or¬ ganization, and school government. Working with the county board of edu¬ cation, he plans a budget each year and presents it to the county commis¬ sioners for approval. These funds are then dispersed for the operation of the schools. Assistant Superintendent The assistant superintendant, Dr. Richards, is the right arm of the Superintendent in the coordination of the entire instructional program in the school system. He develops a program of study and assists the principals in implementing it. The needs of the various schools are fulfilled through him. The new federal programs for education are also his responsibility. 10

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Studies of the English and the French Because it is through the use of English that a person ex¬ presses himself, the English department devotes time to the rules of grammar so that the student may speak and write more clearly. Because the people of the ages have expressed themselves in literature, the English department devotes time to a study of writing so that the student can appreciate his legacy of the written word. Journalism, a new class added in the English department this year, has as its main functions to collect news items, to Students of the journalism prepare and distribute the school paper, and to serve on The Aguila staff. Through this work, students develop alertness, promptness, and responsibility. They become familiar with good journalistic works while learning the vocabulary, style, and purposes of professional writing. Offered to seniors, the course provides the student an opportunity to use his desire to write and to see some of his compositions in print; every student must prepare one article each month for the school paper. In this manner, he gets a firsthand working knowledge of the English language. class survey their finished product, an issue of the Centralette. Virginia C. Cooke, B. S. Appalachian State English II Clara Greene, B. S. Appalachian State English I James McPherson, B. S. East Tennessee State English I, II, Journalism C. Wayne Nance, B. S. Yearbook Adviser Appalachian State Newspaper Adviser English III 12