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

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,ss- Mr. McEachen presents the bills to the Board of Education, who meet monthly in his office. BUARD STRIVES FUR A MUDEI. SIIHUUL WORKING for you, the students, and for your parents, the taxpayers, and with your interests in mind, the Shawnee-Mission Board of Education met throughout the year to plan, approve, and execute matters di- rectly affecting not only the present but also the future welfare of the community. They were respon- sible for the handling of the budget, the hiring of personnel, and the payment of financial obligations. For these services they asked no thanks, they felt rewarded in the satisfaction of a job well done. To their judgment is left the formation of school policies, and under their supervision our school grew to be a model of progressive education and engineer- ing perfection. Faith in their wisdom and foresight is evidenced by the fact that they have been re-elected for many successive terms. ln these men-R. L. Fish, chairman, J. W. Puckett, vice-chairman, J. A. Hall, treasurer, Ken- neth Smith, clerk, and Mark Sharp, member-we see embodied the school spirit of the community. The Citizens' Committee studies school changes.

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.Y mx I The usual line of students in the cafeteria is replaced by their parents at a social hour after a P.T.A. meeting. nmcn HIGH anus if Hobbies was the topic of this meeting of the Parents Educa- tion Classg this group met to study subjects related to a fam- ily-citizenship theme. Discussing their hobbies are Mrs. Lawrence, Mrs. Guy, Mrs. Feil, Mrs. Mc- Eachen, Mrs. Kent, Mrs. Cladish. Knowledge of their children's classes was gained by parents at the Back-to-School Night.

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Assembled in faculty meeting, these teachers discuss school problems and hear various committee reports. Miss Seaton, Mr. Hemphill, Mrs. Noel, Miss Slaten, Faculty Club officers, pause to smile. FACULTY CLUB ACTS WIiAT do the terms 'izone schooli' and iitriangular membershipn mean to you? What are the proposed '53 legislative measures? These questions and others were answered by the Shawnee-Mission Teachers' Association this year--a long step from the readin', writin', and 'rithmetic paramount in the days of the little red schoolhouse. Discussions of state and national educational policies and local questions pertaining to salary, teacher load, retirement security, and similar items furnished material for group study. Educational panels were not always the order of business, however, as Hall work and no play makes even Mr. Educator dull. An occasional get-to- gether allowed ample opportunity for social contacts. Functioning in its sixth year as an organization, the faculty club was directed by seven committees under the leadership of Orval E. Hemphill, presi- dent, Velma Seaton, vice-president, Mildred A. Noel, treasurer, and Lenell M. Slaten, secretary.