Wilbur D Mills High School - Comet Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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The Big Three E k Swafford People Editor We've come a long way. I feel real good. That's what Bill Barnes had to say about Mills. Mr. Barnes was new when school started, but he quickly adjusted to the routine of Mills. He set up a student advisory com- mittee to decide whether or not to allow gum and shorts. Mr. Barnes came over from Fuller following the retirement of Mr. Iohn Voegele, the first Mills' principal.The whole situa- tion was a great ball of confusion, but he had his reasons for coming. Mills was a challenge and I knew most of the tenth graders, he said. Mr. Barnes had no prob- lems following Voegele. He was a good friend, but I wanted to make my own tracks, he said. The school year got off to a rocky start when a big fight occurred in the com- mons, but Mr. Barnes was able to get the situation under control. He ar- ranged a pep assembly so 186 People that students could talk about the problems. I wanted an open rela- tionship with the stu- dents, he said. Mr. Barnes is not dissat- isfied with his decision to come here. Mills is exciting be- cause we have a lot of good talents, he said. Kathy Turner agrees. 'fIt's thrilling, challenging, and it's fun! she exclaimed. Mrs. Turner was also new to Mills. As the vice principal, she felt that this job offer was one that I could not refuse, she said. Everybody's adjusting so there is a big support system, she said. james Nash, on the oth- er hand, can speak from experience. He has been at Mills for 'I0 years. This year he had some adjust- ing to do. Almost half of the school was made up of new teachers, but for Mr. Nash nothing was differ- ent. I love the school as a whole and I love to see kids achieve certain goals, he said.

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aieswfsssvt--ffwfs, Brian 81'82 Mrs. Turner was usually busy in her of- After a long day, Mr. Nash takes a mo- fice discussing students' problems ment to relax while he discusses techni- when she wasn't monitoring the halls. cal problems with the custodians. ii, 3 Q Brian Linn Linn Mr. Barnes interrupts a pep assembly for Mr. Barnes speaks at an assembly that he a moment to make announcements and arranged so that students could talk out add a personal message to get the spirit up. their problems and come together. Teachers 187