Yazoo City High School - Mingo Chito Yearbook (Yazoo City, MS)

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Administration and Faculty As we, the students of YHS, look back over our high school years, we will remem- ber many people who helped us along the way. To them we owe much of our success and excellent records in our years of school. The words printed here are only the small- est tribute to our administration—men and women who have given of themselves in the demanding task of guiding and instruct- ing high school students. With tried patience and with emotions that ranged from joy to despair, the mem- bers of the administration have devoted time and effort toward the constant chal- lenge of being good leaders. They have studied with us, laughed with us, and cried with us; they have tried to give us inquir- ing minds that would accept no graduation, however formal, as the end of an education. 21

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Proms and Froms! Our roads parted on that memorable night. After the fantasy and splendor of graduation, the graduates returned their caps and gowns as their last high school requirement. It was a long road, wasn't it? The 1963 Midnight 'til Dawn dance, promoted by the Yazoo Debs, was enjoyed by all who attended. Bill Anderson and Brig Harris show that there is more to graduation than receiving diplomas. Students, not venturing to the Midnight 'til Dawn, were in store for a night of dining and bowling sponsored by the churches of Yazoo City. One lone, sleepy-eyed graduate looks for some friend as underclass- men compare grades and averages, thinking that in only three more months it begins again for them but never again for him at YHS.

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Administrators worked unceasingly to give all Yazoo students BOARD OF EDUCATION: H. T. Barrier, C. M. Dunn, John S. Holmes, Elbert D. Lott, John L. Graeber. SUPERINTENDENT Fred W. Young The Board of Education is that seldom-ap- plauded body which formulates school policy. Five of Yazoo City's leading citizens have willing- ly given time, work, and worry toward the main- tenance and improvement of our city schools. These civic leaders have ably upheld the excel- lent reputation of the Yazoo City School System. Mr. Fred Young, superintendent of the Yazoo Public School System, is sharply aware of educa- tional needs which are shaped and revised by our changing society. For seventeen years Mr. Young has directed our schools with tact and efficiency which spring from a genuine concern for youth. He is duly recognized as a standard bearer for education—a man whose sphere of influence con- tains our state as well as our nation. 22