Southeast High School - Crusader Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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LIBRARIANS If the Principal's office can be said to be the heart ofthe school, the library can be said to be its pulse: for here one feels the beat of its varied activities. The traditional list of assigned readings which seems best to fit into the educational patterns of teachers is kept for ready reference. Books are put on reserve to be more easily accessible to stu- dents. Here, too, are the longer lists of collateral reading for filling in curriculum background: books of biography, travel, invention: of poetry and romance: of art, science, adventure and industry. The class project is at home in the library. History students do research on special assignments: public speaking classes corne for a variety of material: art students seek pictures for verification of their drawings: science and shop classes come with their special projects: likewise psychology stu- dents and home economics classes: and this year, as a special feature in keeping with the times, there has been the demand for material required for the Victory Corps. The role is endless. Yes, the pulse beat of the school is felt here-from plans for club activities to classical Latin! Instruction is given by the librarians on the use of the library to all English classes, thus covering the student body. This includes book arrangement, the use of the card catalog, reference books. pamphlet file, and Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature. Seniors are given a special talk on book buying and budgets to acquaint them with knowledge helpful in their potential future role as library trustee and good citizen. Through books, young people come to understand the tradition of our nation and to value the long struggle of their ancestors for freedom and opportunity for all people. Books also broaden their sympathies with people of other lands and cultures, thus making it possible for them to see this global war in proper perspective. Through reading they are preparing themselves to become the builders of a free World. The librarians know that Southeast students will be prominent in the building of this free world. Sally Elaine Deatherage Kathryn Holter Mary B. Herbert Berdine Petri Lillian Stortz ..15..

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I .y' 91 . X Sf' ta-' FN SIXTH ROW---Miss Mildred Wright, Mr. Don Coplen, Miss Lucy Neville, Mr. Walter See, Miss Hester Towles, Mr. Emmett Smith, Miss Minnie Dingee, Mr. Iohn Laury. FIFTH ROW- Mr. F. B. Iohnson, Miss Claribel Woodward, Miss Ma ude Mueller, Mr. M. M. Bills, Mr. Iess Cross, Miss Mary Louise Ballinger, Mr. Cecil Coombe. FOURTH ROWYMiss Hannah Bury, Miss Helen Howell, Miss Mary Virginia Clarke, Dr. Helen Perkins, Miss Brubaker. THIRD ROW-Mr. Benjamin Markley, Miss Mary Latshaw, Miss Amanda Rucker, Mr. Storms, Miss Maria Theresa Fetters, Mr. George Powell, Miss Marie Crow, Mr. Harry McMillan. SECOND ROW-Miss Grace Morgan, Miss Anna B. Shouse, Miss Ruth Robinson, Miss Helen Wilkin, Mr. Claude Harman, Miss Rose McMaster, Miss Ethel Graham. FIRST ROW-Mr. Elwood Shirling, Mrs. Mary Lawrence, Miss Her berta Towner, Miss Martha Abbott, Sgt. Robert Jennings. FACULTY With wisdom, patience, and knowledge, the Guildmasters, whom we know as the faculty, make a tireless effort to guide in the right direction the minds and desires of the students. Through work and experience, they have learned many a hard and valuable lesson which they in turn kindly pass on to their students. The teachers are a source of both information and inspira- tion and each day they try to inspire their Pages, Heralds, Squires and Knights to reach more distant goals and to attain greater achievement. The Guildmasters are not merely instructors to their students, but also they act as good friends and every day advisers. A hesitating, confused pupil has only to bring the problems that confront him to the Guildmasters and together they will find a solution for the puzzling situation. The Guildmasters are artisans who see the Pages, confused and inexperienced, develop, under their persistent instruction, into more confident, capable Heralds, better, more efficient Squires, and finally, into the self-assured Knights, who are ready and Willing to go into life and to face squarely all of the problems which they will surely encounter. When the Guildmasters hear of a Knight who has accomplished great things and who has reached the pinnacle of success, they know that their valuable time spent at Southeast was not wasted but that it was well improved and that their really great motive has been accomplished. The Guildmasters extend congratulations to the graduates, the Southeast Knights, and wish them much happiness and success as they journey onward and upward. 114k I in

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