Billings Senior High School - Kyote Yearbook (Billings, MT)

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FIRST ROW fLeft to Rightj-Darwin Decker, Martha Day, Jere Ann Thomas, Hazel Houseman, Suzanne Grand, Ed Louk, Rob- erta Graham, Lory Wilson, Karen Jorgenson, Kay Schmidt, Colleen Merrifield. SECOND ROW-Vonnie Bowles, Donnaleen Tait, Ray Frank, Jo Thomas. Pat Cooley, Cecilia Twilde, Kenny Hofferber, Dick Critelli, Gene Badgley, Barbara Huddleston, Carol Nel- son. Gary Hill, Betty Merrill, Ruth Freiburger, Bernice Schutropp, Carol Critelli, Serina Overbo. THIRD ROW-Jerry Rafn, Jack Streeter, Dick Wike, Larry Drier, Jim Brush, Mike Molohan, Jim Lackman, Dick Fox, Harvey Cale, Dave Robertson, Helen Glantz, Cherie Brodsack, Arlene Werle, Joan Parsons, Suzie Linton, Joan Young, Marlene Leone, Marlene Johnson, Joan Jensen. FOURTH ROW-Dan Hudson, Vern Coberly, Don Beatty, Jerry Hein, Ed Nessan, Dennis Reichenbach, Don Erickson, Barbara Avent, Dean Simmons, Bob Hanson, Bill Chapple, Duane Ehrenberg, Bill Moody, Dale Tenny, Dean Phelan, Jim Cutts, Ronnie Smith, Betty Mc- Clure, Kenny Groves, Jo Robinson, Teddy Roe, Dick Finney. NOT PICTURED-Ed Bergquist, Lee Chatwood, Tom Gray. .Room Utepresentatives Strengthen Uies President ,,,.,,,, ,,,,,,, K en Groves Vice President. ,.,, ,,.,,,,,,,. D on Beatty Secretary ,,,....,,..,,...,,,,. ...,.. C herie Brodsack Two students from each second period class compose the Room Representatives. These representatives meet with school administrators to discuss items of student interest and to give their ideas and opinions on the matters being discussed. This year Room Representatives were influential in the adopting of the activity ticket. Representatives are always willing to give time and help for something that benefits the school. A true demo- cratic spirit is displayed in this organization, as students have a voice in the handling of school affairs. Mr. lesse G. Ragsdale is adviser of the organization. This brings faculty and student relationships even closer, making school an important milestone in the lives of the present-day students and the future tax-payers of the world. OFFICE SECRETARY Could l see Mr. Ragsdale? This question is heard many times a day by office secretary Mrs. Lynn Brown. Keeping school records, sending transcripts and taking care of all school business are just a few of the duties Mrs. Brown does so efficiently and cheerfully. She is also super- visor of OD, a group of highschool girls that performs of- fice duties in regular class periods. Mrs. Brown has been office secretary since l947 and is always ready to help with any and all problems that may be presented. You will find her pleasant and helpful any time you stop in the office.

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.Administration The three paramount functions of a faculty are teaching, research, and public service-these three. But the greatest of these is teaching. -Hamilton Holt. Aquarrel, a war, a misunderstanding Mightn't have happened had the truth X been known. Learning the facts, though it's quite demanding, Pays in the end, so has been shown. -Robin Fraser. Ueachers .Are the Quardians of Education I Education .95 the 'Basis of Democracy. . Learning is so very important that it cannot be stressed enough. But the following pages and your own thinking should take care of that. Of prime importance are the administration and faculty which are theguardians of education. In our government, we have congress and the house of representatives who make the laws and to enforce them we have an elected, qualified president. And so it is much the same in our school. To make our system of education run smoothly we have a superintendent to oversee everything, with a staff of principals under him and a faculty under each principal. This makes the system a united whole all working to make for the most efficiency, much as our government system works. For the benefit of the people there is a governments-for the benefit of the learners there are the teachers and the idrninistrators. -EJ' n-5, Page Seven

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YOU HAVE AN UNIQUE HERITAGE . . . Mr. lesse G. Ragsdale has been principal of Billings Senior highschool since l945. Comments Principal Bagsdale: To every generation comes the task of appraising the realities of life as they unfold before tne approach of adulthood. You have been made insecure by the necessity of confronting abruptly a divided and belligerent world. This isn't something new but it is strange to you who are emerging from the protective influences of home and school. You have the heritage of western civilization and our own standard of values which make the United States of America unique among nations. This heritage can not be used unless we understand and appreciate it, Even these are not enough. We must cultivate it and act upon it. There is so much falsehood in the world and so much dis- honesty in our own society that all highschool youth who have a sense of values and a feeling of moral direction have the greatest challenge that has ever confronted a new generation. It is a challenge to understanding, to courage, to kindness and to the best in democratic character. What you do and the lead- ership you develop in the next fifty years could well be the most significant contribution of all time. I sincerely believe that you, in this school, are chal- lenged to take the lead. jhe .Helping .Hands of Our Student 'Body Our dean of girls, Miss Gertrude Whipple, taught geometry until she took her MA degree in guidance and personnel work and became dean in 1947. Miss Whipple has charge of girls' attendance, iob recommendations personnel reports to accompany college entrance applications, housing, report cards and nurse services Through the telephone in her office have passed countless incoming and outgoing calls making it one of the busiest in the school. Miss Whipple is sure she has the most satisfying work in the most interesting highschool and says l am proud of the way BHS students learn to meet situations and to get along with people l, To Mr. Earl C. Collins falls the double duty A- of being dean of boys and vice principal of the - school. ,, Mr. Collins has been vice principal since 1948. Besides having charge of all the boys and helping to keep the school running smoothly, Mr. Collins is sponsor of Yellowstone Key club. States Mr. Collins, l am proud of the many boys who are 'self-startersf My admiration for them grows as I see them become active in projects and activities which require fine ideals and persistent effort.