Ruskin High School - Mirage Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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 The portrait of Mr. Steck that will be hung in the new auditorium. Mr. Blaine Steck Principal Mr. David Cattle Assistant Principal Mr. Kenneth Burkhart Vice Principal . Mr. Cattle and Mr. Burkhart prepare to make a speech. Mr. Steck announces Steve Buie '76-’77 STl CO President. dminist ration 15

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Steck Honored by Friends Mr. Blaine Sleek is one of a kind. If he is not tangling with morning announcements, he is helping with school activities or a troubled stu- dent. After serving as principal for 22 years, Mr. Steck has proved to he a fine colleague, a respected administrator and an involved, proud Ruskinite. Over four hundred friends, relatives and students gathered to honor Mr. Steck on September 25, 1976. Telephone calls, telegrams and words of congratulations came from admirers who w ished to com- mend him for his 21st year of service. Mr. David Cattle, assistant prin- cipal and Mr. Kenneth Burkhart, vice-principal, were on hand in the gymnasium to present Mr. Steck with his newly painted Aolkswagon. appropriately duhhed “Eagle I.” He also received several mementoes, a brightly painted portrait of himself, along with a chandelier which will he hung, in his honor, in the new auditorium. To make “Blaine Steck Night” even more special, friends arranged to place a diamond in the setting of Mr. Steck's Buskin ring. Along with more fcstixc duties. Mr. Cattle and Mr. Burkhart advise Mr. Steck on everything from football predictions to Saturday deten- tions. They, along with our secretaries, help keep the course of a Buskin schoolday, from admit slips to cafeteria conduct, in working order. Mr. Stcrk. overcome with joy, al Blaine Slerk Night. “This is the ery lust time. Mr. Burkhart, warns Kita (Ihun I I dministralion

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An Eye for the Future Last year, Marjorie Langford completed thirty-two years of service at Rtiskin. She has the longest tenure of any employee in CSD 1 and has worked in four of the five Kuskin buildings. Before becoming a counselor in 1959, she was a social studies teacher and librarian. Mrs. I ingford believes a change she's seen is “the students are more liberal in thinking and are more independent. Her happiest moments are whenever we “win whether it's a football game, or the receipt of a scholarship. Mr. Hoskins, counselor since 1962, has seen a change in the administration. “They have become more modernized in their altitudes. They recognize the needs of the students more by giving them activity periods and selection of most classes. College night, October 19, provided college-bound students and their parents with information concerning over sixty United States Colleges and Universities. Students were able to attend three fifteen-minute sessions of their choice, all of which provided information on college curriculum and procedure. Nurse Wright, a Ruskin veteran of fourteen years, finds the current Ruskin student to he more honest with himself and with others. Mrs. Wright complements the rest of her counseling colleagues. Mr. Crawford contemplate a day’s work. I’ll change your schedule only if you vote for Carter,” bargain Mr. Hoskins. Mr , l-avanda Booth Mr. (jdvin Crawford Mr. Charles Hoskins Another da . another dollar, for Mrs. Booth. 16 Counselor and Nurse