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

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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.

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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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-.- ,-N 7- .. -- ,N -.. - ., ... ,X AWARE of the potentialities of Bob,,, the average American boy in second hour math class, the Shawnee-Mission faculty worked to develop as individuals the doctors, lawyers, and business-men of tomorrow. Opening new pathways of knowledge in fields of language and literature, science, vocational arts, business, social science, and fine arts, the faculty saw reflected in their students living proof of the familiar proverb, From knowledge comes understanding. The many hours spent working after the dismissal bell had rung, the endless thoughtfully graded tests and themes, the faculty discussions con- cerning student welfare . . . these were their efforts. , To see in their students the birth of an idea, principles which they have striven cease- lessly to teach, to have the satisfaction that comes from being able to enlighten and in- spire . . . these were their rewards. Throughout the year, using progress as their guide, they counseled, coached, and guided. We present them to you on the pages that f ollow-our faculty. khan ' Rh ga S5-f W W 6' y W W