Washington Irving High School - Memoirs Yearbook (Clarksburg, WV)

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Principal’s Message Dear Fellow Faculty, Students, and Staff: Man, in seeking direction along his swamp-to-star journey, invariably has found guideposts at critical forks in the road. Correct paths, pursued with ener- getic courage, have led to occasional insights into wisdom and dazzling techni- cal discoveries. Beneath the guideposts' radically contrasting exteriors has hid- den a common factor: originality. At the heart of originality, of course, lies in- dividuality. In a dav when mass impersonality tends to homogenize society, the value of the individual assumes startling significance. Always endorsing cooperative in- teraction, one nevertheless observes sheep-like conformity with dismay. If blunt uniformity is as non-productive as pointless differentiation, then the al- ternative must be individuality within the bounds of ethics and common sense. Thus, your participating individuality — honed by integrity, scholarship, and service — is indispensable to our Hilltop educational enterprise. For the sum of your individuality is Washington Irving High School, which belongs to you. And I am — r Qxcji Your Principal, M. V. Duckworth 13

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Maynard V. Duckworth Principal 12

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THOMAS COACH” CASTELLANA, newly ap- pointed associate principal at Washington Irving High School, is well-qualified for his position. He received his BS in Athletics and Social Studies from Salem College and his MA in Secondary Educa- tion from West Virginia I niversity. His administrative duties have made it necessary for Mr. Castellana to give up his classroom teaching, but he remains as head football coach. He has a wealth of experience to his credit and Wl's success- ful administration can be partly attributed to Mr. Castellana’s apt handling of his numerous duties. 14