Normandy High School - Saga Yearbook (Normandy, MO)

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.SCAOOK ' g Mr. lt. D. Shouse, Principal, was the fllfltfflfjl ot our Drama. His job was to inatntain the high standards ot Normandy. llu made sure that Normandy was meet- ing the needs ol its Youth, and that it was prrfparing them tor life. He knew that the :school could not help the student until the :student tirst helped himself. Through his knowledge and understanding, Mr. Shouse promoted a better relationship luwlvvoon students, teachers, and parents. Ho --nironrfxged each student to be a good fritixft-n and to think of the welfare of other pvoplo. L WAl.'l'lfR C'. HIQRGMANN, AB., M.E, Aszmgat int Piinvip- il 'iviirt-mtl.. turf-ft fr, Nc int nifty HmtiSvt1oot RICHARD IW. SHOUSE, BS., A.M. Piiiiviptil, Normandy High School Mr, Walter C. Bergmann, the as- sistant principal, helped Mr. Shouse in the running of the school and was also Guidance Director for the Senior High. This took much of his time, because he knew that the individual was important. He helped all the students who were having trouble with their programs, and he advised them about taking subjects that would help them after graduation. With his helpful manner and under- standing ways, he won the friendship and admiration of each student.

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.xdcfnainbfraforfi , uid WARD E. BARNES, B.S., M.A. Superintendent of Schools Normandy Consolidated School District ln the past twenty-nine years Normandy has come a long way. ln 1923, the first year of its existence, the entire enrollment was only two hundred fifty-eight. There were no buses, the courses were limited, activities were few, and there was only one building. Although we have advanced far, we have not stopped in our endeavor to keep improving. lust as all other dramas must have an able producer, so must Normandy's Drama of l952. Mr. Ward E. Barnes, in his fifth year as producer of our drama, has done a successful job. As the Superintendent of Normandy Consolidated School District, he has constantly worked for the improvement of educa- tional conditions at Normandy. Realizing that there was a great need to keep the community interested in the events at school, he found he must have a purpose which the ad- ministration would maintain throughout the year. That purpose was to make Normandy a school which would prepare the students for the future. Page Eight

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TOP ROW: Heuser, Barrier, Ritchie. BOT Thiele, Wiqhtmari. TOM ROW: Merz, obey W Lew S f S af e As the curtain was lowered on 1952 Drama, legislate and establish general policies: C21 to the Normandy High School Board of Education, elect and reject employeesg C35 to regulate the which was responsible for the general policy finances of the schoolg and UD to supervise good of the whole district, completed another suc- health and scholastic standards. l . Th l fth' h l . Cesslu Veal Q qos O IS group as GWGYS The community knew that as long as these been to make Normandy the finest school sys- , , , men were in office there would be continuous tem in the country. Their interest has always I I A Q I I progress and accomplishment. Their willing- been in the student and in his welfare. I I ness and tireless effort promoted interest and Confronting these men on our Board of Edu- good will in Qvery phase of me at Normandy- Ccllloll were lllelly problems' These Pfobl-sms The unselfish giving of their time provided the Could H01 have been solved bY some people' assurance of constant improvement. A great bw our Board possessed lhe delermmallon cmd responsibility rested on their shoulders because loleslghl lo reach Successful declslons' to them lay the task of turning out the leaders Aside from the problems which arose, the of tomorrowg in their hands rested the minds Board had many activities. These were ill to which would mak Page Ten e the future.