Atchison High School - Trailblazer Yearbook (Atchison, KS)

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Mr. Denny Has Faithfully Served AHS the Past Thirty Years — as Principal for Nine. SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL LEO DENNY Mr. Smith has done a fine job as activities director, no small project in a school the size of AHS. He always has a smile and a good word for everyone. Per- haps his greatest attribute is the fact that he is always a gentle- man. Luck in your new job! The offices of these five persons are never idle—from eight to four. If it were possible to put a turnstyle and charge a penny for each person passing through, we could realize a sizable for- tune at the close of the school year. Mr. Denny is re- tiring from his ad- ministrative duties at the close of this school year, but will still be with us as an instructor. We like you, Mr. Denny and are glad you'll still be with us! JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL VAN N. HURST Mr. Hurst is well-known for his soft, well-modulated voice. How- ever, he is an excellent discipli- narian as youngsters who have misbehaved will attest. He and Mr. Denny have made a good working team for the advance- ment of Atchison Junior-Senior High school. ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR JOHN SMITH Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Johnson keep the wheels of the school moving by the hundreds of things that come up each day —outside their regular duties. They can truly be called Our-Girls-Friday—plus Mon- day, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday! SCHOOL TREASURER MRS. ANNIE JOHNSON b SCHOOL SECRETARY MRS. JUSTINE THOMAS

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Superintendent of Unified District No. 409, Atchison County, Atchison, Kansas DR. D. W. FRAZER Any thoughtful person who scans in broad perspective and with deep discern- ment the total educational program in this country cannot escape seeing the rela- tionship of the school to people in cities, towns, and open country places. What the school is and what it has done since the beginning of public education in this country has been inextricably related to the wants and needs of people, to their hopes and expectations, to the ideals that give direction to their thoughts and actions and the circumstances in which they live. By their very nature, schools are orientated toward the future. For the most part, they serve young people, young people who look forward to rich, produc- tive, satisfying lives. This is America's promise to its youth. The public schools are committed to serving all young people, the gifted, the average and the less academically talented. All are important. Each has an in- alienable right to do the best he is capable of doing; and to the extent that any- one fails to develop his full potential and to use it for worthwhile purposes, the country is weaker and democracy has fallen short of achieving its high purpose. The schools serve not only individuals as such, but the totality of society as well —society with its ideals, its values, its purposes, its commitments, its institutions, its enterprises, and its governmental processes. The cultural circumstances of today are alive with challenges to the schools. The powerful forces that generate cultural change and lead to these circumstances have meaning only as they affect the lives of individuals, family groups, whole communities and the institutions that serve them. Without innovations, new ap- proaches, and new emphasis in the educational program, the' schools will fall short of achieving the high purposes they are expected to achieve. D. W. Frazer, Ed. D. Superintendent of Schools 5

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The Men and Women of Our Faculty— MRS. LOIS ADAMS SOCIAL STUDIES WILLIAM ALYEA SOCIAL STUDIES have guided us in our ever-increasing quest for knowledge. They have encour- aged us when we seemed to falter and wanted to take easier paths. They helped us see the importance of the word—AM- BITION. We don't know where they get all their getrup-and-go and untiring energy to see us through all the numerous projects we think up during the year, but it's there and we deeply admire them. Any thanks we might say will seem small, but we would like for you to know that we truly hope we will turn out to be the sort of men and women you will be proud of—thanks to you! FRED ANDERSON FINE ARTS JERRY BAUMGARDNER SOCIAL STUDIES DEAN BOGGS SOCIAL STUDIES MRS. THEON BOWMAN ENGLISH MRS. DORIS BUCKLEY FOREIGN LANGUAGES CHARLES CAMPBELL PRACTICAL ARTS 7 Department Head