East High School - Eastonian Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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lwee Able C ounselors Gezee eedeez' Advice EXAMINING THE FILES for the information necessary to lier work as sophomore counselor is Mrs. Genevieve Scott. A calm attitude and a smile that puts students at ease is that of Mr. Edwin J. King. freshman and senior counselor. Mr. King has done more than his share in working with students, as he has been active in scouting and camp work for a number of years, He has taught at Central Missouri state college and also summer programs at junior college. As the reliable person he is, Mr, King has given guid- ance for meeting college requirements, job placement op- portunities and adequate scholarship information. He also arranges for visiting teachers and continues to help at East with any counseling problems that might arise, Counseling problems are also common among the students. When a problem does occur, he attempts to find the reason rather than blame the student. To many. Mr. King is a friend, a counselor, and a teacher. ALWAYS READY T0 HELP, Miss Anno C. Stewart, sub-freshman and junior counselor checks student progress. Responding quickly to the needs of many studCnIS, Mrs. Genevieve Scott, liast's new sophomore counselor, has found a way to lighten the load of Mr lidxvin King and Miss Anna Stewart. Although this is Mrs. Scotts first year at East, she has gained many new friends and has de- veloped a manner of counseling that can not be equaled, Mrs. Scott, who took her undergraduate and graduate work at Central Missouri state college, has taught several years in elementary and secondary schools, She has also taught in Bamberg, Germany and here in Kansas City at Central junior high, Her counseling job at East has helped numerous sopho- mores with their college preferences and careers. She also organizes testing material that the sophomores use during the year. ln the spare time that she has, Mrs. Scott enjoys read- ing all sorts of classics and taking care of her twin boys. COMPARISONS BETWEEN COUNSELING cards and college desires are scrutinized by the freshman and senior counselor, Mr. Edwin J. King. 1 ff' n , lv, ' .,A- is '-:ft::-3:11 7 . iv 1' --.- ' V Q J 7 ..., n Miss Anna C. Stewart, counselor and advisor for the sub-freshman and junior classes, has found many friends in her 13 years at East high school. In her daily routine she finds time to help organize Business Education. Career. and College Days. Miss Stewart helps plan students' programs for the coming year and assists with semester changes. She receives scholarship information and has numerous pamphlets and bulletins from almost every college in the United States, Miss Stewart graduated from Redemptorist high school and attended St. Teresa college in Kansas City. l.ater she attended Northwestern university where she got her masters degree. Each year the counselors rotate the classes which they counsel in order that a student have the same counselor dur- ing all his years at East. Besides keeping busy by aiding students, Miss Stewart also sponsors the A.A.U.XY!,, an hon- orary group of junior and senior girls who rate scholastically high. USS I lan lang Spani Thor. used and and ll teachr ment MAG ,- A

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INSTRUCTION IN COMMON LEARNINGS is given by Mr. Clayton Newtan to sub-freshmen. KNEADING DOUGH is a precise art, but Mrs. Juanita Barr makes it laok easy. Cultural Values A dvd need The Hquonset hut on the north campus was ingeniously transformed into a modern art building at the opening of the year. Its two classrooms were shared in instruction by Mr. James Ryon, Mrs, Shirley Brown, and Miss Yvonne Parkerson. Teaching students to speak before an audience was capably handled by Miss Eva VanNatta, who leaves East this year after thirty-six years of instruction in beginning speech and public speaking, Mrs. Etta Marie Carlisle, drama instructor, and Miss Pauline Wfolfe, speech and English teacher. The sub-freshmen find their basic course, common leatnings, a worthwhile study of history, science, and Eng- lish under the instruction of seven teachers, Mr, Clayton Newton, Miss Cosby Harrison, Mrs. Helen Lapsley, Miss Edith Wilson, Mr. Herbert Cohn, Mr. Francis McGreevy, and Mr. Jerome Winegar. The feminine half of East's population learned to in- crease their home economics skills through foods and clothing classes taught by Mrs. Juanita Barr, Mrs. Mary Gauldin, and Mrs. Adah Vendetti, Civics, world history, and American history fill the social studies bill through the teachings of Mr. Mervel P. Lunn, Mr. James Penny, Miss Jessie Willitt, Mr. Edgar Van Fleet, and Mr. William T. Ridley. Courses in American problems. American democracy, and psychology, though half- year courses required the full time study and preparation ro benefit the students taught by Mr. Americo Felici and Mr. John Peters. Family living is a preparation for East's seniors in social and family life to fill their futures. This course is taught by a newcomer to the faculty this year, Mrs. Veona Coons. TAKING A BREAK FROM HER DAILY schedule of teaching American history, Miss Jessie Marie Willitt relaxes with the Christmas issue of the Echo. ? 2. futu ililki UIIOI M IUCI UP0 l'. l l strc ere a s Layr I yt-ar ' -i f i E Che hon new are Smii whil phot tau g fYPU tau g Rici scho Led varir Hlen Mr. and skill SOLl how