Shawnee Mission High School - Indian Yearbook (Shawnee Mission, KS)

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The 157 students sat down at the tables, and the annual picnic of the National Honor Society had begun. Traditionally held at the home of one of the members, the supper climaxed the year's activities of the group. The first event was the election of the four officers: Ronie Schwiesow, president, Kendall Bailes, vice president, Connie Cristler, secretary, and Fred Jones, treasurer. Tests for the N.H.S. scholarships were given to four finalists in the middle of March. Perhaps the best-known activity of the society, the yearly assembly was held in April under the direction of Miss Seaton, Miss Boys, and Mr. Clements, the three sponsors of the group. The thirty-nine remaining members of last year's group went into the audience for the seventy-four seniors and forty-four iuniors who had been chosen by the faculty members on the basis of their scholarship, leadership, character, and service to the school and community. Accompanying this nomination was the coveted congratulatory letter from Mr. Welch to parents of the lucky N.H.S.'ers. Later, this group, comprising five per cent of the iunior class and ten per cent of the senior class, was welcomed into the society in the traditional initia- tion service. Following speeches on the four tenets of mem- bership, each new initiate lighted a candle and walked out into the auditorium as a student highly honored and respected both by his classmates and his teachers. NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY OFFICERS. Back: Fred Jones, trea- surer: Ronie Schwiesow, president. Front: Connie Cristler, secretary: Kendall Bailes, vice-president. national honor society NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY. Back: Vic Neill, Gary Zuck, Ford Maurer, Art Griesel, Jim Bryan, Fred Jones, Tim Bryan, Bill Brown, Mike Roberts, Jim Fifeld, Bob Sayler. Third: Phil Muntzel, Jim Arm- strong, Kendall Bailes, Dave Marmon, Greg Rick, Dick Harper, Curtis Wells, Charles Schultz, Ronie Schwiesow. Second: Martie Skaer, Cheryl Barnett, Mary Ann Warner, Astrida Blukis, Mary Kay Hall, Eleanor Meyers, Chip Elwell, Marty Rowe, Sally Daniels. Front: Karen Cornelius, Sandra Slough, Janet Fraser, Donna Trolinger, Sally Barhydt, Connie Cristler, Judy Miller, Peggy Ogan. 142

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american field service A trig class practicing Italian phrases . . . a glimpse of a gay Norwegian sweater . . . two hundred S-Mites awaiting the air- plane of their world-traveling classmates . . . the smiles and tears of four elated juniors-these scenes equalled AFS. Shawnee-Mission truly extended a hand of friendship through its American Field Service exchange students. Ellen Larssen from her island home above the Arctic Circle and Pietro Cappelletti from sunny Italy were the foreign students who spent the year at S-M. Through assembly speeches, home- room talks, and classroom contacts, they explained European customs while they began to understand the American way of life. In summer the high school's American ambassadors gathered their cameras, drip-dry clothes, pills for seasick- ness, and writing paper and then crossed the ocean to represent the United States and Shawnee-Mission in a foreign land. A February campaign was launched by the AFS Com- mittee of the Student Congress to earn funds for next year's foreign students. Shares sold at fifty cents apiece, chili served before the Wyandotte basketball game, and a dance whisk- ing students to far away places were some of the methods used by the committee to reach their goal. A share with a foreign flag proudly worn on a sweater proved that S-M worked for peace through AFS. 9 s N f we .Hiram-?i':f2f' -1136 'ks ' ,g,w,::f 12' 55 we 2, . 1 7 gf .J ,.- -: ,ug W : C-',52ff'f'.' gf-A' I 1 TranspIantecl Europeans , Ellen Larssen and Pietro Cappelletti are apparently enioying their year as Shawnee-Mission Indians. Even scraping garbage for the AFS Chili Supper can't daunt Sally Daniels, Becky Johnson, Mary Ann Warner, and Marty Leith. 141

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National Honor Society. Back: J. Hinchman, B. Schaefer, D. Mc- Killop, L. Bingham, A. Parker, R. Peterson, R. Gaebler, B. Johnson, D. Keller, D. Eppler, B. Waid. Sixth: M. O'Leary, G. Schoofs, D. Trowbridge, K. Pfuetze, B. Ferren, M. Baker, H. Asner, A. Heaton, T. Wagner, J. Gruver, D. Trueblood, L. Kraft, P. Parks, J. Franz, D. Moser, C. Clark, L. Justice. Fifth: I. Gant, D. Gibb, M. Nicholaus, R. Metzinger, K. Nelson, C. Crone, H. Willis, S. Lyon, K. Bennewitz, D. Hiemfelt, P. Stern, C. Kinell, M. Shatto, M. Martin, H. Parker, P. Duncan, C. Luker. Fourth: N. Hoffman, S. Helmreich, J. Klinsiek, J. Holland, J. Gibson, L. Plake, J. Rose, J. Hendrickson, J. Gardiner, E. Segrist, K. Moen, S. Griffin, J. Wallace, M. Heimer, S. Whitacre, National Honor Society receives another ioIIy new member as Cheryl Barnett picks Jolly Wallace for NHS membership. M. Starkey, L. Edgerton, K. Welty, G. Marsh. Third: L. Cissna, C. Dickerson, L. Bartley, C. Lowry, A. Wiegand, A. Miner, H. Kirk, B. Johnson, M. Leith, R. Moyer, L. Langworthy, J. Schulzke, J. Keane, T. Purinton, J. Watkins, N. Morning, S. Young, F. Daniels, C. Cun- ningham. Second: C. Cheesbrough, D. Rankin, C. Horne, Z. Cole, M. Walker, L. James, K. Crouch, B. Meyers, L. Gerling, P. Jones, D. Theis, D. Gunn, M. Flanagan, D. Robinson, C. Young, B. Heller, C. Cone. Front: M. Zwetow, B. Robinett, K. Barnes, L. Watson, N. Lintecum, L. Yadon, C. Early, K. Holm, S. Butterfield, J. Johnson, S. Shore, M. Fassnacht, M. Hasty, B. Kelly, K. Kesler. National Honor Society sponsors: Mr. Arthur Clements, Miss Velma Seaton, and Miss Elizabeth Boys. 143