Watauga High School - Musket Yearbook (Boone, NC)

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Faculty and Curriculum Harlan E. Ledford V. Louise Hurd Marie G. Hodges M.A., East Tenn. State University M.A., George Peabody BrSwiAcoacs Students Gain Valuable Skills for Careers in Business The Department of Business Education prepares students for careers in the diversified, challenging commercial field. The skills they gain can be applied to college, job, or house- hold duties. Whether typing a manuscript, taking dicta- tion, balancing a ledger, or working with office machines, business students gain the skills necessary to make them competent office personnel. T. Richard Tickle Janet H. Auten ; M.A.. AS.T.C M.A.. AS.T.C. Dorothy Payne works feverishly to transcribe her wait we notes in Mr. Tickle’s shorthand class. In keeping a dummy set of books, Carolyn Davis finds Students in Mr. Ledford’s typing classes learn all the rules to be followed in pro- she must write many checks to her company’s creditors. ducing well-typed business letters and reports. 21

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Assistant Principal Well Qualified His past experience as principal and teacher makes Carl Fidler well qualified for the position of Assistant Principal. Because of his foresight, many problems connected with the smooth be- ginning of a newly consolidated high school have been avoided. Although Mr. Fidler’s most ob- vious duty is to assist Dr. Miller in the administrative affairs of Watauga High School, he has done more than merely that re- quired by his position. He has been in charge of the transporta- tion facilities for the school, seeing daily that students arrive and depart safely from the building. This is only one of many duties which Mr. Fidler has performed most capably. Carl Fidler, M.A., A.S.T.C. Mr. Fidler discusses day’s schedule with Dr. Miller while awaiting last bus’s arrival. Guidance Counselors Assist in Student Registration Margaret E. Gragg, M.A., A.S.T.C. Mrs. Gragg, the junior-senior counselor, and Mrs. Mast, the freshman-sophomore counselor, began work before Watauga High School opened its doors for the first time, pre-registering all students so that the first days of the 1965-66 school year would be less hectic. During the year, they helped many students find answers to per- sonal problems and decide ori vocations. Grace B. Mast, M.A., A.S.T.C.

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English Department Places Emphasis on Literature, Speech, and Creative Writing Patricia W. Brookshire Elizabeth E. Elliott Fred T. Poplin M.A. A.S.T.C. M.A., George Peabody BiSuWALOuEG, Our English Department offers a variety of learning experi- ences through the many daily activities which include pre- paring research papers and themes, studying the lives and works of literary figures of the world, giving oral book reports, and general discussion of assignments. The value of this knowledge contributes to our success in other classes, as well as in life. Mrs. Bradham diagrams predicate nominatives and adjectives for her sophomore English class. Katie J. Peterson M.A., George Peabody en Mattie Lou Wilson Many types of visual aids are used by the aS. ANSTO English Department in teaching literature. 22