Amarillo High School - La Airosa Yearbook (Amarillo, TX)

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Mrs. Gibbs regularly affends faculfy meefings ThroughouT The school year. She also serves as iunior counselor assisTing sTuclenTs wiTh Their schedules and helping Them wifh Their school and personal problems. Mrs. Gibbs keeps informed on sfudenfs' permanenT records To make sure They are meeTing The requiremenfs for graduaTion. T Much of The worlc ThaT Mrs. Gibbs does is done by use of The Telephone. Every day she musT check upon absenT sTudenfs. phone parenfs and make various phone calls. Along wiTh phoning. she also has con- ferences wiTh sTudenTs and sfudenfs' parenTs. Gibbs Guides Students As Counselor Mrs. Nan Gibbs, junior counselor and Dean of Girls, is serving Amarillo High on iTs faculTy for her fiTTeenTh year. As Dean of Girls. she is in charge of all girls in The school and any acTiviTies ThaT concern Them. She also has greaT responsibil- iTies as iunior counselor. All iunior curricular prob- lems are referred To her. Mrs. Gibbs aTTended college aT EasT Texas STaTe. WesT Texas STaTe. and The UniversiTy of Colorado. where she earned her BS and MasTer's degree. AfTer graduaTion, Mrs. Gibbs began Teaching aT a small school in Talco. Texas, where she TaughT business courses. ln l952, she became a Sandie when she came To AHS as a Typing Teacher. She kepT ThaT posi- Tion for The nexT six years. Then she quiT ThaT To become sophomore counselor. ln l962, Mrs. Gibbs became Dean of Girls when Mrs. Haney reTired. This is her fifTh year in ThaT capaciTy now. This year. she changed counseling iobs. AfTer serving as sophomore counselor for nine years, This is her firsT year as iunior counselor. AHS sTudenTs owe much graTiTude To This woman who has given of herself To help us reach The un- reachable sTars. Mr,-,,, f i - - s ff fi' A ,,,, -'--, .11'i Z fji N The reinsTaTemenT lisT is one of Mrs. Gibbs' maior iobs. She musT make sure ThaT everyone fills one ouT and has all Their Teachers sign iT. NoT only does she have To keep an accurafe accounT of who is absenf. buT also sees ThaT everyone checks in and ouT of school during The day. 25

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Molherly ls Helpful To '68 Seniors ,.1:L ,,,, '- 1 Sewing his second year as senior counselor, Mr. Malherly is an as- sef fo all who are gradualing. His cluiies consisl' of checking each senior sluden+'s credils and cerfifying senior sfudenis for gradua- lion. He adminislers various +es+s for 'rhe college bound siudenl fhroughoul' lhe year. ln lhe pasl. Mr. Maiherly has served as assislani principal and head of lhe Marh Deparfmenl' al Amarillo High. Before moving info The posilion of senior counselor, Mr. Mafherly served as iunior coun- selor for six years. He advises siudenls on college iniormaiion and helps 'them 'ro make 'rheir seleclion. 24 Our senior counselor lhis year is Mr. lvl. L. Malh- erly. Mr. Maiherly is quiie a leader of AHS. His influence is sharply feli among ihe seniors he works wifh. Mr. Maiherly obiained his B.S. degree from Easi Texas Siaie. Laier. he obiained a Mas'rer's 'From The Universiiy of Texas. Mr. Malherly served as assisianr principal here al' Amarillo High in I946 +0 l950. From lhere he weni +o Plainview High as principal. He served 'rhere for six years. Afler Plainview. Mr. lvlaiherly reiurned lo Sandieland 'ro Jreach maih. ln I96O, he was made iunior counselor, where he served uniil I966, when he became senior counselor, I 1 Senior counselor, Mr. Maiherly, prepares +o rake his fray lo rhe scullery afier eafing lunch al- ihe school cafeferia. He musl' be one of lhe busiesi' people al AHS. Many seniors are very undecided as fo whai college +hey would like 'ro alfend. Mr. Maiherly will ralk wilh a siudenl and fry 'lo help him de- cide whaf would be fhe besl' college choice.

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Mr. Larson confers wifh fha sophomore counselor, Mr. Pippin, as fhey discuss the new Occupafional Training course to be esfablishecl af Amarillo High School nexf year. This program will be for fhe high school sfudenis who do noi' plan 'lo offend college afrer graduafion and will go direcfly info fhe working field. Much fime is speni' on fhe felephone as Mr. Pippin is somefimes confronfed wiih personal problems 'lhaf musf be discussed wifh parenfs. Somefimes il' is necessary for appoinfmenis fo be made for con- ference wifh 'rhe counselor. Pippin Plans Sophomores' Schedules Mr. Louis Pippin is serving in his firsf year as sophomore counselor here. Alfhough if is his firsl' experience as a counselor, Mr. Pippin is cerfainly noi' new fo Sandie sfudenfs. Before he became coun- selor, he served as direcfor of +he Bel Canfo Cho- rale for eleven years. Mr. Pippin obfained bofh his Bachelor's and his Mas'rer's degrees from Wesi Texas Universify. Be- fore coming fo AHS, he served as choir direcfor al' a junior high school. As sophomore counselor, Mr. Pippin has many responsibilifies. His greafesi' 'lask is To acquainf fhe sophomores wifh Sandie cusfoms and fradiiions. The sophomores can always Turn 'ro Mr. Pippin fo help wiih any of The problems Thai fhey run info in fheir firsf year ai AHS. Mr. Pippin checks each s'rudenf's schedule fo make sure Thai' he is enrolled in fhe righi courses 'ro enable him fo alfend 'rhe college of his choice or pursue a career. Mr. Pippin sponsors many proiecfs fo guide The sophomores. These include many 'resfs io defermine a s+udeni s apfifude and abilifies. Planning fhe sophomores' high school schedules during +he year is one of fhe many iobs fhaf keeps Mr. Pippin occupied. This is very imporlanf in fha? he musf be sure fhe course fhey are faking will safisfy fhe necessary requiremenfs for Their enfrance +o fhe college of fheir choice. 26