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

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'34 ER 5635058 Tl ---....--q.g--n-nge-.QQ--Q l ,ln-4 BOARD OF EDUCATION R. U. Adams, President Alden Crumerine Frank Johnson L. A. Riggs C. C. Woodburn F. A. Buck County Mrs. Olive Coffroth Assistant County Mrs. Harold Riggle NORTH CENTRAL ASSOCIATION The North Central Association of Colleges Schools includes the States from West Virginia Rocky Mountains and north of the Ohio River to Lakes. It is the largest and, now, the most 1 Sistersville Middlebourne Sistersville Alma Mlddlebourne Superintendent Superintendent Clerk and Secondary west of the the great nfluential acc- nu- rediting body in the United States. To be eligible for membership a school must be in the highest ranking in the state as classified by the Department of Education. Tyler County High School was admitted in 1926. If Tyler students plan their courses properly they may qualify to enter such universities as Yale, Harvard, and Columbia, without an examination. COUNTY UNIT SYSTEM The county unit system of West Virginia gives the county superintendent a position of authority over the county school similar to that the city superintendent formerly had over the city schools. His duties are to recommend teachers to the Board of Education for employmentg to work out an educational plan for the county and to keep the schools working as a unit. The major part of his time is spent in supervising the schools of the county, especially those that have no other supervision. For the first time in West Virginia's school system it is necessary for wealthy centers to contribute financially to our schools in such a way that it is possible for the rural dis- tricts to have a school term and trained teachers that will be on a basis of equality with city schools. Trained supervisors are made possible for the first time in the rural schools. S g ,g.,,.lg 1 9 5 7 ..............................h........ '

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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.-,-., ....