William Chrisman High School - Gleam Yearbook (Independence, MO)

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DR. GUY CARTER Administrative Assistant EMORY C. PARKS Director of Instruction dministrators make long range plans Dr. Carter reflected that to many of the fine Wil- liam Chrisman students the year 1961-62 may long be remembered as the year they attended school in the dark. To others, it may come as another experi- ence in meeting the challenge of the uncertainties of the times. To an administrator, confronted with the daily task of decision making, the year of the extended school day, may be remembered as the year of ad- justment, while attempting to win the race of pro- viding classrooms for the students. From the curriculum viewpoint Mr. Parks stresses that VVilliam Chrisman is designed to be a compre- hensive high school. A comprehensive high school at- tempts to provide a highly diversihed program of studies to serve the many purposes represented by the student body. The interests, plans, and abilities of the hundreds of students in the school are highly varied, and to be effective the instructional program must be diversified and Hexible. Its perspective must include proper diversification. To maintain proper perspective much planning and coordinating must be done. To help provide this coordination, during this school year coordinators or chairmen have been appointed to work with the fac- ulty members in the various departments in planning and implementing courses that will be most effective for the students. To maintain proper perspective, the focal point of the efforts of all is in providing and maintaining the most realistic education possible for each of Chrismarfs students. NIRS. BETTY TESTERNIAN MRS. LOUISE DAVIS MRS. DOROTHY SHARON Secretary Secretary Seffffflfy

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Coming to the Independence school system as di- rector of instruction in 1951, Dr. O. L. Plucker be- came superintendent in 1954. His duties include the general supervision of the entire school program, su- pervision of the planning and erection of new build- ings and the maintenance of old buildings and supervision of allocation of school funds. Dr. Plucker was graduated from Augustana Col- lege, received his Master's degree from the Univer- sity of South Dakota and his Doctorls degree from the University of Colorado. DR. O. L. PLUCKER Superintendent to facilitate a banner school year Dr. Plucker pointed out that making the William Ohrisman school year a unified whole in 1961-1962 has not been an easy task. With a split shift schedule and a highly crowded household, maintaining a pro- ductive unity has been a real task. He salutes the teachers, principals, custodians, sec- retaries and most of all, the wonderful young people who make up Chrisman's student body. Their deter- MRS. PAULINE BROWN Secretary to Superintendent mined efforts have made this year as fine as any other. Seen in perspective 1961-62 has been another banner year at W.C.H.S. The secretaries in the central oflice help keep all the detailed business and detailed reports in good form. They perform all the duties of an efficient sec- retary which keep any office running smoothly. MISS JANEARL JONES Secretary, Board of Education ir -Mif- is .fS,,, , Q , as 3 -, afi '39 fx ' 1 f s. ,et , -. ,, L is ia, git. X sfifili ' ya. ' 5 . A1 N sr- H ,.f