Hazelwood Central High School - Torch Yearbook (Florissant, MO)

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NCREASED E ROLLMENT CREATES ' pl-x if Xi 1' ' Mnclifford Elmrby SeaTed: CliTTord R. Kirby, superin- TendenT: RoberT F. Bischofg James Wehmer, presidenT: C. O. McDonald, assisTanT superinTendenT: Harry C. SuperinTendenT Lack of space is The biggesT problem conTronTing The school dis- TricT righT now, says Mr. Clifford E. Kirby, superinTendenT. We have To decide which schools need enlarging and where To buy land Tor The new ones. The need of space will resulT in a new look Tor Hazelwood High School in I962. Co-ordinaTors, expediTers, middle-men-These are The groups oT inTluenTial Americans who malce and Tol- low Through adminisTraTive direcTives. Our adminisTra- Tors are men who Teel ThaT sTudenTs musT prepare To be good ciTizens in The communiTy by accepTing re- sponsibiliTies in school now. The members oT our Board of EducaTion and The supervisors in our school, Them- selves leaders in Their own Tields oT endeavor, are con- vinced ThaT educaTion aT Hazelwood musT be an ap- prenTiceship To success. Knowing ThaT whaT we do aT xii Hazelwood deTermines where we go Trom Hazelwood, Try They are malcing every eTTorT To alleviaTe The crowded classroom, To enrich The curriculum, To improve The physical condiTions oT The school, and To provide an in- TellecTual aTmosphere for every sTudenT who desires iT. Mr. I. L. Zohner, newly appoinTed assisTanT To The princi- pal, keeps consTanT vigil over discipline, arranges The com- plicaTed calendar of school acTiviTies, and Tries To solve The TraTTic problems arising Trom Too many people going in Too many direcTions beTween Classes. Mr. I. L. Zohner S , 'Y' i

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ADMINISTRATION AND FACULTY COLINTDOWN EducaTion is man . . . EducaTion is liTe . . . iT may have iTs beginning in humble seTTings. BUT iT leads To The innovaTion oT man-made safellifes and The possibiliTy of rockeTs To The moon . . . IT has iTs TuTure in The realms oT The unknown, The undis- covered desTiny oT Tomorrow . . . EducaTion is Time iTselT. WhaT we will remember Trom our Tormal educa- Tion will be The Triends we made and The knowledge we acquired. And yeT This schooling is The Tounda- Tion Tor our social and culTivaTed background.

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BIC-JGESTA MINISTR TIVE PRGBLE give J 7 ,I Gvrannemann, Jr., ireasurert Miss Viola Hord. secreiary: Don O. Russell, a+ Ben+rup. Sfanding: Howard F. Gamble. forneyg George Vancil, assisranl super- vice-presidenip Roberl C. Bond: J. W. infendenf. Mr. Francis C. Huss Principal Wilh more lhan enough 'ro lceep a dozen execulives hopping, our principal, Mr. Francis C. Huss, s'rill reiains +he same enlhusiasm for his adminislralive duiies Jrhal he had when he came lo Hazelwood Two years ago. He relies on good iudgmenl and a sense of fairness To baffle The persisleni problems of an expanding educalional syslem. Every day he lries lo lceep peace be- Jrween sludenls and Jreachers, supervises school aciivilies, and mainiains ' ' ' ' d l d' .Theabili'ry Mrs. Billie Hoppen Secrefary slrici discipline in a filling blend of aulhorily and un ers an ing wirh which he handles his job malces Hr difficull To realize how big if is. LJF N4 i i Mr. Laurence J. Fuqua T feel l'ke fhe agifafed Q .5 Mr. Laurence J. Fuqua, assisfanr principal, af limes mus i 'Q 'U chap who iumped on his horse and rode off in all direcfions. Busy is fhe word for 4 X 1 Q him. His desk serves as a clearing house for excuses. absenfee records, and closed 3 i door sessions wifh recalcifranf sfudenls. He has a iob 'ro clo, and he does if well Mrs. JeanneHe Gruenewald Secre+ary wifh a warm smile and a sincere aHi+ude. 9