Valdese High School - Impersonator Yearbook (Valdese, NC)

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e Administration e Faculty ¢ School Board e Curriculum e Language e Mathematics ° Science e Fine Arts e Social Studies oP. E. e Business Education e Home Economics e Industrial Training ¢ Employees “I’m amazed from day to day that I am ambulant and in my right mind.” Under the pressures of academic life, stu- dents sometimes wonder about the state of their minds and the quality of their work. Always urged to upgrade their standards, students strive to achieve their ultimate goal - - perfection. Sandburg believed ‘‘school is for dis- cipline . . . Discipline. Tightness. Firmness. Crispness. Sternness. And sternness in our lives. Life is tons of discipline. Your first discipline is your vocabulary; then your grammar and your punctuation, you see. Then, in your exuberance and bounding en- ergy you say you're going to add to that. Then you add rhyme and meter. And your delight is in that power.” Sandburg had great feeling for and sym- pathy for the student, for he was himself a scholar. His greatest claim to fame was, in fact, an extensive research project in U.S. History. His vast volumed biography of Abraham Lincoln made him known the world over as the greatest authority on Lincoln. He knew the agonies and frustrations of study - - and its rewards. And he saw school as a training ground for life. School is not just trying to teach us facts and maxims. It is training us to live: for if we master the art of scholarship, we master the art of living.

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Mr. Wilson, principal, and Mr. Byers, assistant principal, work out the class routines. Administration Strives to Retain High Ideals Principal G. D. Wilson and assistant Richard Byers efficiently directed the students through another successful year. Showing concern for each individual, they offered guidance, understanding, and leadership to both faculty and students. Keeping records, making reports, advising on school activities, and arranging sched- ules were only several of their burdensome tasks. VHS having achieved accreditation last spring, the administra- tion sought to carry through the requirements set by the Southern Association. High standards, which are necessary to retain ac- creditation, became the major objective of Mr. Wilson and Mr. Byers. They were aware of the many improvements to be made, and worked hard to achieve such goals as keeping teacher loads as evenly balanced as possible, arranging the schedule so that teachers could work in their specialized fields, providing for new courses such as business mathematics, modern mathematics, and office occupations to broaden and enrich the school’s curriculum offerings - - not easy tasks to achieve in the crowded facilities at VHS. Mr. Wilson and Mr. Byers have proved themselves able leaders and are respected by students who realize that set principles are for the betterment of the entire student body. 18 Imogene Traylor, school secretary, and Pat Cline, an office assistant, work hard at dif- ferent office problems.