Tyler County High School - Echoes Yearbook (Middlebourne, WV)

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Q-one--on , ,W - - .-Q T3 GENES? EQEQEWSES 41-11- TYLER'S PRESENT NEEDS A Statement by Principal S. R. Wood The greatest ne gymnasium in which w education is essenti athletics. I might of the North Central Another need is factorily the crowds seating and lighting for dramatics. In some schools iterium, but in almo The practicing of at ed of our high school, as I see it, is a e may teach physical education. Physical al in any high schoolg a gymnasium is for mention, too, it is the only requirement Association that we do not fulfill. an auditoriumg one that will seat satis- we usually have and one in which the is modern. A larger stage is necessary the gymnasium is combined with the aud- st'every case it has proved unsatisfactory hletics conflicts with the practice of dramatics on the stage. If the room is heated to a temper- ature suitable for athletic practice it is entirely too cold for practice on the edu Still another t course of study to 1 stage, and health of students is endanger- hing needed is a reorganization of our nelude a modern recreational and leisure- time program. In this program one would learn how to use his spare time const social differences t ructively. It would provide for all the hat graduates feel when they enter other ' schools or other communities. Tennis, golf, swimming, rowing, dancing are a few of the activities that should be included. I would not have the much time, I believe m compulsory subjects but electives. Too , is spent working and preparing to work, and not nearly enough on recreation and living . Tyler's Vo-Ag organization is one headed in the right direction, but it does not as yet meet the requirements of Tyler County. We are still preparing young people to live in another community rather than in Tyler County, I would like to see the entire building redecorated. Two rooms, those of largedg our toilets Mr. Davis and Mr. Keys, need to be en- should be modernized. In case of the new auditorium I would have the old auditorium used as extra classrooms or as a suite of rooms managed by the home econom- ics class. Our new manual training shop is one of the best of its kind in the state, but it yet needs a heating plant, running water and toilets, as well as more tools and some machinery. rj ,l.T..,..l-..:.a...r.-,-., ....

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TYLER IIHOES F A C L T Y S. R. WOOD, PRINCIPAL Citizenship A. B. Bethany College A. M. West Virginia University. FLORA LOUISE FURBEE FAY KIRCHNER Biology and Modern History Cooking and Sewing A. B. West Virginia Univer- B. S. Margaret Morrison. sity. Teachers College, Columbia University. RENA FRANCES TUTTLE 0. E. MARKS English I, Latin I and II, Algebra I and II, Solid French I and II. Geometry, Advanced Arithme tic. A. B. West Virginia Univer- sity. A. B. Salem. Graduate Work, West Vir- ginia University. It 1955